AEW Dynamite Live Coverage 2/5 - Ricochet Takes On Swerve Strickland, Toni Storm Faces Queen Aminata & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "AEW Dynamite" on February 5, 2025, coming to you live from the Gateway Center Arena @ College Park in Atlanta, Georgia!

In the midst of a match with Jay White at the "Dynamite" Fight For The Fallen special on January 1, Ricochet attacked Swerve Strickland with a pair of scissors to cost him the match and continued to use them on him in the moments that followed. Tensions between Strickland and Ricochet have meteorically been on the rise since then, with the two meeting in a series of tense confrontations culminating on last week's edition of "Dynamite" in a post match brawl after Ricochet had scored a win over AR Fox. In light of their recent encounters, the two men look to put their issues to rest tonight as they go one-on-one with each other.

Toni Storm will be challenging Mariah May for the AEW Women's World Championship at AEW Grand Slam: Australia on February 15, but before she does, she looks to gain some momentum heading into the bout as she collides with Queen Aminata as May watches the action from the commentary desk. Aminata's last match on "Dynamite" came on the November 27 edition of the show when she came up short against Jamie Hayter in a International Women's Cup Qualifier Tournament semifinals match for the Wrestle Dynasty event last month.

Speaking of Grand Slam: Australia, AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher are preparing to face Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay at the pay-per-view event. Tonight, the Don Callis Family members will have to temporarily refocus their sights as they take on Hounds of Hell's Brody King and Buddy Matthews in an International All-Star Tag Team Match. Ospreay himself will be competing in a match of his own tonight as he squares off against the newest member of The Don Callis Family following a tease from Don Callis himself.

Additionally, "Hangman" Adam Page will be making his return to "Dynamite" with something on his mind to share. MJF will also be making an appearance on tonight's show following an attack he launched last week on his newfound rival Jeff Jarrett after he had come up short against Claudio Castagnoli and was unable to secure himself an AEW World Championship match against Jon Moxley.

We are live! We see Jay White chatting with Renee Paquette outside the arena. The pair are confronted by The Death Riders, and Moxley begins brawling with White as Marina Shafir takes down Renee Paquette. FTR meets PAC and Wheeler Yuta on the entrance brawl, and Cope joins them while Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone greet audiences at home.

White dumps Moxley inside the ring, but Yuta looks to attack him from behind. White sees him coming and delivers a Blade Runner to Yuta. He looks to land one on Moxley, but PAC comes to Moxley's aid. FTR then delivers a Shatter Machine to PAC, but Claudio Castagnoli delivers a Swing to Dax Harwood into the barricade. Cope surprises Castagnoli with a spear, then grabs a microphone and asks Moxley to respond to his challenge for an AEW World Championship at AEW Revolution. Moxley tells Cope he deserves nothing and will get nothing, then tells him no. Jay White stops Moxley as he looks to leave, then challenges Moxley and Castagnoli to a tag team match against him and Cope in a Brisbane Brawl at Grand Slam: Australia.

Will Ospreay then makes his way down to the ring. Don Callis and the newest member of The Don Callis Family, Mark Davis, follow.

The bell rings and Ospreay slaps Davis. Davis responds with a chop, but Ospreay fires off several of his own and fires off right hands and an uppercut on Davis. Davis connects with a back body drop on Ospreay, then lands a clothesline on him in the corner and follows it up with a forearm. He then delivers a vertical suplex to Ospreay before firing off chops on him in the corner. Davis and Ospreay teeter on the ropes, but Ospreay fights off Davis and lands a forearm on him off the top rope.

Back from the break, Davis delivers a double underhook suplex to Ospreay and follows it up with a running knee. Ospreay flies over the top rope with a crossbody to level Davis, then dumps him back in the ring. Davis gets Ospreay up on his shoulders, but Ospreay escapes and delivers a superkick to Davis. He follows it up with an Os-Cutter and goes for a pin, but Davis kicks out.

Davis sends Ospreay crashing into the mat with a jumping piledriver and pins him, but Ospreay kicks out. Davis exposes the middle turnbuckle and looks to send Ospreay crashing into it, but the referee stops him. Ospreay then delivers the Hidden Blade to Davis for the win.

Winner: Will Ospreay

After the match, Kenny Omega's music hits and he makes his way out as Callis retreats through the crowd. He calls out Davis and says man-to-man, he has no clue what Callis has on him, but help is there for him and there are people here that he can trust. He says listening to the cheers of the fans made him want to come to the ring as Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher appear on the entrance ramp being held back by Callis. He says the four of them can brawl right now, but if not, then they can pack a bag and get ready for next week. 

Back from the break, The Hurt Syndicate make their way down to the ring.

MVP says The Hurt Syndicate has an official announcement, then demands that the live crowd get on their feet for the new AEW World Tag Team Champions Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin. He gives props to Private Party and says they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn's music hits, and they make their way out. MVP asks The Gunns what their business at ringside is, and Austin introduces himself and Colten as former AEW World Tag Team Champions to The Hurt Syndicate. Austin says him and Colten have been waiting for years to get their AEW World Tag Team Championship rematch, and Colten says it's time for The Gunns to take back their title. MVP grants them a title match for next week.

Back from the break, we see Renee Paquette ask "Hangman" Adam Page about retiring Christopher Daniels in their Texas Death Match on "AEW Collision" a number of weeks ago. Page says he wanted Daniels to hurt him really badly before Max Caster approaches him and asks him if he wants to brutalize Anthony Bowens, and Page says he would love nothing more than to brutalize someone.

Back at ringside, Hounds Of Hell make their way out. The Don Callis Family follows.

Buddy Matthews and Kyle Fletcher begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking in submission holds on one another before Konosuke Takeshita and Brody King tag in. King and Matthews surround Takeshita, and King levels Takeshita with a series of chops. Fletcher looks to attack King from behind, but King levels him with a chop of his own and sends Takeshita crashing into one of the barricades on the outside. He sits Takeshita and Fletcher on chairs, then delivers a crossbody to both of them, then stacks them on top of one another on one of the chairs and lands another crossbody on both of them.

Back from the break, King fires off back elbows on Takeshita to escape a waist lock he has cinched in on him. Takeshita delivers a German suplex to King, but King responds with a rolling forearm on Takeshita before the two level one another with clotheslines. Matthews and Fletcher tag in, and Matthews levels Fletcher with a kick. He lands a second one on Fletcher, then dumps him out of the ring over the top rope. Matthews flies over the top rope to level Fletcher and Takeshita, then dumps Fletcher back in the ring and delivers a meteora off the top rope. Fletcher levels Matthews with a Half Nelson suplex, but Matthews ascends up the ropes.

Kazuchika Okada's music hits, momentarily distracting Matthews. Fletcher looks to take advantage, but Matthews sees him coming and tags in King. Fletcher levels Matthews with a kick that sends him crashing onto the floor off the apron, then delivers a hanging DDT to King and pins him. King kicks out, but Fletcher and Takeshita deliver an assisted Brainbuster to King for the win.

Winners: The Don Callis Family

We then head backstage and see Samoa Joe and HOOK attacking Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian in Christian Cage's dressing room as Cage and Mother Wayne lurk outside.

Back at ringside, MJF makes his way down. 

MJF wastes no time addressing Jeff Jarrett, then says the E in AEW stands for Elite and not elderly. He says with Jarrett out of his way, he's one step closer to regaining the AEW World Championship because no one is on his level. Max Caster slides in the ring, with "Hangman" Adam Page hot on his heels. Page stares down MJF, then follows Caster through the crowd.

Dustin Rhodes' music hits and he makes his way out. Rhodes warns MJF about keeping Owen Hart's name out of his mouth, talking about people's wives, and talking about people's personal demons. He says when he's gone, the mold will be broken forever and he's better than MJF ever will be. MJF continues to take shots at Rhodes, leading to Rhodes clocking MJF in the ring. Security then runs down to the ring to break the two men apart, but MJF breaks free and takes more shots at Rhodes. Christopher Daniels appears on the entrance ramp, but MJF storms past him. 

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