Chris Jericho retained the AEW World Championship against Darby Allin.
AEW Dynamite Week 3 was another entertaining offering that featured two world championship matches as Riho retained the AEW Women’s World Championship against Britt Baker while Chris Jericho retained the AEW World Championship against a game (if not largely unconvincing) Darby Allin with help from Jake Hager.
Last week’s second edition of AEW Dynamite lost almost 400,000 viewers from its impressive premiere with 1.018 million average viewers. It will be very interesting to see whether or not Dynamite can maintain a one-million-viewer threshold in the weeks and months to come.
AEW Dynamite Viewership, Last Two Weeks:
- October 9, 2019: 1.018 Million
- October 2, 2019: 1.409 Million
AEW Dynamite Key Competition:
- The Masked Singer
- MLB American League Championship Series: Houston Astros at New York Yankees, Game 4 (Game delayed due to weather)
AEW Dynamite YouTube Viewership: 1,007,908 views (Up from 127,061 views)
- Most-Viewed: Insane Ending to Jon Moxley vs. Shawn Spears (591,250 views)
- Least-Viewed: Riho and Dr. Britt Baker get the Win (18,210 views)
AEW Dynamite Estimated Sellout Attendance: 9,000
Average Ticket Price at the Liacouras Center: $26
Estimated Live Gate for AEW Dynamite: $234,000
AEW Dynamite Results: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
So-Cal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian) def. The Best Friends
Scorpio Sky was one of the single babyface in any building AEW has run on television to this point, then he broke up the Best Friends hug and the crowd turned on him all over again.
The Best Friends lost to a tag team with a combined two wrestling boots, which to me should count as an additional loss on their record.
Santana and Ortiz def. Alex Reynolds and John Silver
I live for the weekly Klondike Bill references between Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone. It might be the greatest inside joke in all of pro wrestling.
Santana and Ortiz vs. The Usos is the street-tough dream match that would scare the hell out of wrestling’s 50-year old demographic nationwide.
Cody Prepares for Chris Jericho
This was an excellently done video package that, at times, felt like AEW subordinates making preemptive excuses as to why their boss may not win the AEW Championship due to a hectic schedule.
After watching that video package, Cody's gimmick should be as an executive who is too busy to be a wrestler. Like, one night he should hit his finisher but then his phone rings so he's too preoccupied to make the pin.
Riho def. Britt Baker—AEW Women’s Championship
If it weren’t for her budding side feud with Bea Priestly, I’d be fully expecting a Britt Baker heel turn by following a loss in this match.
Few wrestlers do more of the little things to get a crowd into a match better than Riho.
When Britt Baker went for the Lock Jaw, these fans became terrified that Riho was going to lose this championship after just two weeks. Great fakeout.
The Lucha Bros. def. The Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy, Marko Stunt)
The otherwise popular Lucha Bros. switched to heel without warning and boy were they convincing.
Early in this match, it became abundantly clear that these four competitors were going to be too quick for the AEW camera crew to keep up with.
Mark Stunt kicking out of any of the violent offense from Pentagon can be considered a surprising pinfall.
Kenny Omega and Adam Page def. Jon Moxley and Pac
With Kenny Omega being the first AEW wrestler to work an AEW Dynamite show on his birthday (that I know of), AEW now has an opportunity to establish itself as the alternative brand that doesn’t make you do the job on your birthday.
I’m pretty sure every wrestler who worked a match to this point performed a dive. If AEW were a person, it would be Jacques Cousteau.
The initial 60-seconds of physicality between Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega was the best commercial this match could have ever asked for.
Chris Jericho def. Darby Allin—Philadelphia Street Fight for the AEW World Championship
Chris Jericho brought out his best denim in the spirit of this Philadelphia Street Fight. Darby Allin simply dressed like Darby Allin.
The fact that Darby Allin had virtually no chance to leave Philadelphia as AEW champion did not stop about 12 fans from chanting “Darby!” in the early goings of this match.
This crowd had a very tough time believing Darby Allin was going to win this match, so they spent much of it chanting for tables.
Darby Allin’s comeback with both his hands tied behind his back saved a match with a painfully predictable outcome.
