Powerhouse Hobbs filled in for Hook alongside The Opps’ Samoa Joe and Katsuyori Shibata to capture the World Trios Tag Team Championship within the foremost event of “AEW Dynamite.”
The match was made official after Joe made the challenge on the close of last week’s show, with the Death Riders emerging to take out Hook and eventually rule him out of this week’s contest. PAC was also legitimately injured in a singles bout with Swerve Strickland, which prompted AEW World Champion Jon Moxley to be made Interim Trios Champion in lieu of “The Bastard” for the title match.
The foremost event kicked off with the emergence of the champions after which the challengers alongside their surprise stand-in to ensue a brawl, with outside interference from Marina Shafir once more counteracted by the emergence of Willow Nightingale as things began to lose control. Back within the ring, Joe had the advantage as The Young Bucks made their very own entrance – following on from their return at Dynasty to cost Swerve Strickland against Moxley – to grab steel chairs and look on with smiles on the ring, presumably with the thought of helping him once more.
They’d each be attacked by Strickland from the group, neutralizing their interference as Shibata locked in a chokehold to Castagnoli on the ramp, establishing for the PK and cinching in a tighter choke to place him out. Moxley sought to hit Death Rider to Joe within the ring, but Joe reversed the move to lock within the Coquina Clutch, and with out a Death Rider or a Young Buck to assist him the AEW World Champion passed out to crown Joe, Shibata, and Hobbs the brand new World Trios Champions.
