Here’s a place to check results and comment along with a new episode of AEW Dynamite, airing tonight at 8 pm ET on TBS.
Check out ourWednesday morning preview post to get caught up on what led up to, and what we’re looking forward to on, tonight’s show.
This week’s show comes our way from UBS Arena at Belmont Park in the most magical place on Earth (according to Maxwell Jacob Freidman) — Long Island, New York. It will feature three Owen Hart Tournament Quarterfinal matches: Dax Harwood vs. Adam Cole, Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy, and Jaime Hayter vs. Toni Storm! Plus, CM Punk takes on local guy John Silver, Ricky Starks defends the FTW title against Jungle Boy, the Jericho Appreciation Society appreciates Jericho, Wardlow finds out MJF’s stipulations for their match, Danhausen’s in-ring debut against Tony Nese… and more!
Come right back here at 8 pm ET when the Dynamite live blog kicks off once the show starts on TBS. It will be below this line here.
Enjoy the show!
AEW DYNAMITE RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR MAY 11
I tried, you don’t believe me, but I did. I tried to mature, be responsible, dot dot dot, but my heart is juvenile and my character’s not so hot. However, I’m quite good at liveblogging this here pro wrestling show for you, folks.
The show opens with the intro video.
Adam Cole vs. Dax Harwood (Owen Hart Foundation Tournament First Round Match)
Collar and elbow, backing Harwood into the corner, breaking with an “Adam Cole, bay bay!” and a pieface. Dax with a side headlock, Adam powers up and rams him into the corner, and this time Harwood drops him with a chop when he taunts! Chops into the ropes, whip reversed but Cole takes Dax ass over teakettle!
Grounded punches, bit of mat grappling, Cole throws Harwood into the ringpost! Fighting continues on the floor, Adam brawling him around ringside and rolling inside to break the count as we go to break.
Back from commercial, Cole with a hard whip into the turnbuckles, jockeying for position over a whip and Harwood hits two German suplexes! Transitioning to a third, standing switch, Adam gets one and then Dax turns it back around for a third of his own!
Off the top, nobody home, Harwood lands on his feet and hits the slingshot powerbomb… NOPE! Cole with a brainbuster on the knee, cover for two! Adam tunes up the band, Dax counters, O’Connor roll, springboard crossbody on the kickout, only two! Whip reversed, springboard and Cole cuts him out of mid-air with a superkick… STILL NO!
Harwood reverses the pin… CRUCIFIX CAN’T KEEP ADAM COLE DOWN! Back and forth, Cole with an upkick, Panama Sunrise blocked, Dax hits the piledriver… NOT ENOUGH! Following it up with the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring, Adam trying to post up to block and Dax collapses!
Cole blasts Harwood off the apron and into the barricade, he’s knocked out and takes a moment to get to his senses as referee Bryce Remsburg counts. Back up at eight, he slips off the apron and powers up to get in right before ten! Cole going for the Sharpshooter, spitting in Dax’s face!
Crawling, desperate, but he just can’t get to the ropes…
Adam Cole wins by submission with a Sharpshooter.
We get a hype reel for Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy in our main event tonight.
“Hangman” Adam Page joins the commentary desk for this one.
CM Punk vs. John Silver
Collar and elbow, into the corner, Punk breaks clean and takes a breather outside before going back in and grabbing a side headlock. Silver breaks away and knocks him down and flexes, block the hip toss, backslide and again CM runs to the floor. Back inside, the Meat Man batters him with strikes in the corner, headed up top but Punk blocks the tornado DDT!
A lariat follows and we go to break.
Back from commercial, Silver powers up with leg kicks, off the ropes, Punk goes for a backslide but he rolls through into more kicks! Brainbuster follows… SO CLOSE! Fired up, calling for it, Argentine backbreaker rack but CM slips out and hits a flash roundhouse kick to send him stumbling into the corner.
Rising knee into a short-arm lariat, Punk is rolling, whip across, leg lariat connects, following it up with Buckshot…
CM Punk wins by pinfall with Buckshot.
Post-match, Hangman storms into the ring and he and Punk go forehead to forehead. CM gets on the mic and says he seems like he’s taking it personal, but when it comes to that title, it’s not personal to him, it’s just business. He used to wake up every morning and ask himself “are you a good guy” and this morning he woke up and asked himself if he’s the champ, and his answer was “yes”.
Last week Adam said he was gonna destroy him? Well he destroyed his boy and after Double or Nothing, he WILL shake his hand, whether he’s conscious or not. Punk offers a hand and Page flips him the bird in his face!
Dr. Britt Baker, DMD and her pals are interviewed backstage.
Britt talks about how she and Jamie Hayter are going to dominate the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.
Danhausen vs. Tony Nese
Nese blasts right in…
Tony Nese wins by pinfall with a running knee.
Post-match, “Smart” Mark Sterling gets on the mic and rants about Nese embarrassing all our internet meme wrestlers and demands he hit another knee with the pad down!
HOOK MAKES THE SAVE!
Danhausen offers a handshake and HOOK accepts!
And so we go to break.
Back from commercial, Wardlow is escorted to the ring, practically drowning in security.
We get a mock Dark Side of the Ring video package about Wardlow’s betrayal of Maxwell Jacob Friedman.
MJF makes his entrance and grandstands for his hometown crowd.
He gets on the mic and talks about how this is a true David vs. Goliath story, and is here to talk about the conditions for him giving Wardlow a match and letting him out of his contract, but first he asks his people to get out of their seats and boo Wardlow out of the building every time he speaks.
Wardlow grabs the mic and the crowd boos, so Max tells him he doesn’t get to speak. Now it’s time to talk conditions, buddy, and let’s be honest, Wardlow is kind of the worst and karma is coming his way for everything that happened to his best friend Cody Rhodes.
If Wardlow wants a match at Double or Nothing, he’s gonna get whipped how many times? Shawn Spears provides the number ten. And then if Wardlow makes it past the whipping, he’ll have to wrestle Spears inside of a steel cage, and not just any cage match, no, MJF will be special guest referee.
And if he can get past that? Wardlow gets the match. But now they have to talk about what happens if he loses at Double or Nothing— he’ll never be allowed to sign an AEW contract ever. Mr. Mayhem tries to sign in the cuffs and MJF tells the security to uncuff him so he can sign.
He does, and of course he starts taking security guards out left and right while Friedman cowers “like Martin Sheen in the Dead Zone” per my wife! Spears charges in and Mr. Mayhem drops him with a single punch! Smart Mark sacrifices himself to save Max, Wardlow sets the table back up… AND POWERBOMBS STERLING THROUGH!
And so we go to break.
Back from commercial, we get a video package for the Samoa Joe / Jay Lethal feud.
“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry vs. Ricky Starks (c) (FTW Championship)
Mat grappling to start, hammerlock from Jungle Boy, knucklelock, Starks with an Arabian press arm drag to counter. Perry fires back, big dropkick sends Ricky to the floor and we go to break.
Back from commercial, Starks grinding him down with a bodyscissors, Perry slips out and explodes with shoulder blocks and a big lariat! Suplex lift from Ricky, reversed, Jungle Boy with a tornado DDT for two! Looking for Roshambo, reversed, Starks hangs on but gets it reversed again!
Big superkick, cover… SO CLOSE! Off the ropes, Ricky with a spear, still just a two count! Perry locks Snare Trap on in the middle of the ring! Red faced Ricky Starks crawls for the ropes and forces the break! Starks looks to run away, Shane Strickland comes down, la casadora, referee is busy with Swerve, no count!
Underhooks…
Ricky Starks wins by pinfall with Roshambo to retain the FTW Championship.
Christian Cage and Luchasaurus come to the ring, blowing past Strickland on their way to Jungle Boy.
They have a confrontation, Team Taz comes around the corner to threaten Swerve and Keith Lee comes down to play equalizer.
Cage pulls Jack in for an embrace and we go to break.
Back from commercial we get a Tony Khan promo about AAPI representation, which is nice.
The Jericho Appreciation Society make their entrance.
A podium is set up in the ring for their victory speech.
Matt Menard asks if we want to know what makes his nipples hard (we don’t) and says it’s that he gets to stand here with the greatest faction in the world. Chris Jericho points out that he’s a hometown hero, born down the road in Manhasset, but he moved away quick because this place is a dump.
And if you have a problem with that, he’ll throw a fireball in your face because he’s a wizard. They did exactly what they said they’d do by eliminating Santana, Ortiz, and Eddie Kingston, and he admonishes them to stay at home. He tells Eddie’s wife to give him a call, and Daniel Garcia takes over.
He says a sports entertainer beats a pro wrestler every time, and—
Enter Jon Moxley.
Y2J tells him to turn around and go on another sabbatical because there’s only one of him and five of them.
The rest of the Blackpool Combat Club make their entrance to even the odds!
Jericho points out they’re still outnumbered… EDDIE KINGSTON AND HIS BOYS ARE BACK BABY!
The Jericho Appreciation Society is trapped and we got a brawl! Kingston chokes Jericho but when Hager tries to pull him to safety William Regal shows him the power of the punch! The Jericho Appreciation Society scuttle away with their tails between their legs.
We get a video package for Thunder Rosa vs. Serena Deeb and are informed that our main event will be contested under Anything Goes rules.
Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm (Owen Hart Foundation Tournament First Round Match)
Collar and elbow, Storm with a side headlock, Hayter gets away and takes a breather in the corner. before getting serious and blasting Toni to the floor to send us to break.
Back from commercial, trading chops over a whip attempt, moving on to forearms and both women end up down and out! Tornado DDT out of the corner, Jamie crashes to the floor and Storm hits another one to the floor! Back inside, diving crossbody… NOPE!
Backbreaker from Hayter for two, to the apron, Jamie hits a Rock Bottom and pulls her back inside! Superplex, roll through, small package for two! Backslide, roll through, Storm Zero…
Toni Storm wins by pinfall with Storm Zero.
We get promos from Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian ahead of their TNT Championship match on Rampage.
Kazarian’s is a live interview but he gets interrupted by Sammy Guevara, who claims that Sky is gonna stab Kaz in the back. Frankie says he trusts himself and that’s all he needs, and he shoos Sammy away.
Excalibur goes into Micro Machines mode talking up our upcoming cards.
Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy (Owen Hart Foundation Tournament First Round Anything Goes Match)
Allin with a dive out the gates, getting chairs out from under the ring and doing some hardcore Feng Shui on the floor! Hardy flapjacks him into the steel steps, whip reversed, Darby dives over the steps only to eat a lariat! Jeff turns the steps on their side, Twist of Fate denied and Darby puts him into the post!
In the ring for the first time, Twist of Fate in the ropes and Hardy gets a ladder from under the ring and slides it inside to send us to break.
Back from commercial, Allin pulls Hardy off a ladder and crotches him in the ropes! Climbing up the ladder, Jeff on the chairs… SENTON ATOMICO OFF THE TOP OF THE LADDER AND TO THE FLOOR THROUGH THE CHAIRS! Both men slow to recover in the wreckage, back inside, Hardy on the apron, Darby up top… COFFIN DROP TO THE APRON!
Hanging Allin on the steps, smashing him into them, Jeff goes up top… SWANTON BOMB TO THE FLOOR AND INTO THE STEPS AND DARBY ROLLS AWAY! Back inside, Coffin Drop… HARDY REVERSES TO A CRUCIFIX PIN AND STEALS IT!
Jeff Hardy wins by pinfall with a crucifix pin.
Post-match, the Undisputed Elite come out to the stage, Adam Cole waving at Hardy ahead of their match next week.
The Miami Heat ripped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals from the Boston Celtics in the third quarter.
Jimmy Butler scored 27 of his 41 points after the break, and Miami’s defense locked down Boston to flip an eight-point halftime deficit into a 17-point lead by the end of the third quarter in a 118-107 conquest.
The Celtics lost Al Horford to health and safety protocols in the hours before the series started and ruled Marcus Smart out with the right mid-foot sprain he suffered in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series. Whether they ran out of gas two days after their hard-fought battle with the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks or succumbed to Miami’s relentlessness, the Celtics collapsed after halftime and never recovered.
The Heat, who were also without Kyle Lowry (hamstring), found scoring from Tyler Herro (18 points, eight rebounds), Gabe Vincent (17 points) and Max Strus (11 points). Their defense changed the course of a game that nearly got away from them, amassing 12 blocks and forcing 16 turnovers (turned into 19 points).
The Celtics also lost center Robert Williams III with six minutes remaining in the game. He experienced cramping in his left leg, which also required meniscus surgery in March and suffered a bone bruise against the Bucks. After missing the last four games of the conference semifinals, Williams returned to the starting lineup against the Heat and anchored a defense that slowed Miami early, staking Boston to an 18-9 start.
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler registered the fifth 40-point playoff game of his career in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Herro, the Sixth Man of the Year, settled the Heat’s offense, totaling seven of his points and three of his assists in the first quarter to withstand Boston’s early onslaught and keep their deficit respectable, 28-25.
Jayson Tatum scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half, when the Celtics led by as many as 13 points and 62-54 at the break. But Miami never quit. Butler and Bam Adebayo totaled seven points on a 10-1 run to start the second half, giving the Heat their first lead since they inched ahead for 16 seconds in the first quarter.
Butler inspired a stifling defensive effort after Boston shot 59% from the field in the first half. Two straight steals led to four of his 11 points during Miami’s 22-2 start to the third quarter. The Celtics trailed, 76-64. When the third quarter was done, Boston had eight turnovers and just two field goals on 15 attempts.
The Heat’s lead reached 96-76 on three Herro free throws to start the fourth quarter. Boston was lost. Jaylen Brown could not find any seams in the defense, and the Celtics were relying on Payton Pritchard, Daniel Theis and Aaron Nesmith off the bench — three players on the fringes of their healthy rotation.
The Celtics scratched back within nine points with seven minutes remaining and 114-107 just inside of two minutes, but Butler and the Heat had an answer for every run. His block of Pritchard erased Boston’s final hope, and his last-minute layup gave him the fifth 40-point game of his playoff career and third this year.
His Major League debut occurred more suddenly than he would have liked on Tuesday night, but Chicago Cubs pitcher Brandon Hughes made the most of the occasion as he made big-league history at the Friendly Confines.
Hughes, called up to the Cubs on Tuesday before the team’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, was summoned into the game when relief pitcher Daniel Norris was forced to leave the contest because of soreness in his right Achilles tendon.
Needless to say, Hughes made quite the impression, as he struck out the final two batters of the inning and then struck out the side in the seventh inning.
In addition to being impressive, the feat was actually historic. According to STATS Inc. (as cited by Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune) , Hughes is the first pitcher in modern baseball history to record at least five outs and to have them all come via strikeout in his MLB debut.
Infielder Christopher Morel, who was called up along with Hughes on Tuesday, also made his big-league debut, and he joined the party by smacking a home run into the left field bleachers in the eighth inning. In doing so, he became the first Cubs player since Willson Contreras to hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat.
To put the icing on the proverbial cake, the Cubs blanked the Pirates for the second consecutive night, winning 7-0 at Wrigley Field.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The new wall in left field at Camden Yards served its purpose, denying Aaron Judge a home run on his 399-foot drive in the first inning.
“I learned my lesson and decided to go to right field after that,” he said.
The ballpark couldn’t hold Judge’s next two hits, a pair of solo homers that helped the New York Yankees to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Judge and reliever Michael King were the biggest stars of this victory, New York’s 20th in its last 23 games.
Judge came within a few feet of a three-homer game. His bid in the first hit high off the wall — which was moved back and made taller before this season. He settled for an RBI double, then went deep in the third and fifth to increase his major league-leading home run total to 14.
Judge added a single in the eighth for his third four-hit game and first since 2019.
Ramón Urías homered for the Orioles, who matched a season high with their fifth straight loss. Down 5-3, Baltimore managed a run against Aroldis Chapman in the ninth on a two-out double by Ryan McKenna. With men on second and third, Chapman retired Cedric Mullins on a foul pop for his ninth save in nine chances.
Jameson Taillon (4-1) allowed three runs in five-plus innings. King came on after a leadoff double in the sixth and retired all nine of his hitters with six strikeouts before giving way to Chapman.
After Urías tied the game at 1 with a homer in the second, Judge began hitting to parts of the ballpark that are unchanged this year. His home run to right-center made it 2-1 in the third. After a pair of Baltimore runs in the fourth, Judge tied it with a shot to center.
In the sixth, DJ LeMahieu came up with the bases loaded and one out against Dillon Tate (0-2) and put the Yankees ahead with a groundball. Baltimore then pitched to Judge with first base open, and he grounded out.
An error by Urías at shortstop with two out in the seventh gifted New York an unearned run that made it 5-3.
TIDBITS
Judge’s two homers went 410 and 422 feet, according to Statcast, after his double was just under 400. Judge’s reaction to the new dimensions at Camden Yards was about what you’d expect from a right-handed slugger.
“It’s a travesty man. I’m pretty upset,” Judge said. “It looks like a create-a-park now. I didn’t like it because I always like coming here and playing here. Hopefully maybe in a couple years they can put it back in.”
King induced 10 swings and misses, equaling the total by all of Baltimore’s pitchers combined.
“He’s been one of the best relievers in the league, especially considering the amount of innings we’ve been able to get from him,” manager Aaron Boone said. “Really impact innings.”
MOVES
Before the game, the Orioles designated LHP Logan Allen for assignment and optioned INF Rylan Bannon to Triple-A Norfolk. They selected the contract of LHP Nick Vespi and recalled RHP Logan Gillaspie from Norfolk.
Gillaspie pitched the final two innings, keeping the Yankees off the scoreboard in his big league debut.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: OF Austin Hays (hand) returned after missing four games. He misplayed Judge’s drive in the first, allowing it to bounce past him off the wall, but he made up for that by throwing Judge out at third when the slugger tried for a triple.
UP NEXT
The Yankees send Gerrit Cole (3-0) to the mound Wednesday night against Jordan Lyles (2-3) of the Orioles. Cole has a 1.42 ERA over his last four starts.
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