Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Professional wrestling legend Sting competed on TNT for the first time in 20 years and bitter rivals Chris Jericho and MJF faced off in the main event of AEW Dynamite.
Sting and his protégé Darby Allin took on new AEW tag team Jeff Park and Matt Lee of 2.0 on Wednesday in a Texas Tornado Match.
Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston were attacked from behind by 2.0 and their friend Daniel Garcia to kick off Dynamite. Moxley and Kingston were heading to the ring to speak with fans when the ambush took place.
The new team then called out Sting and Darby Allin, wanting to start their match right away. A Texas Tornado Match has no rules and tags are not needed.
Allin started the match by assaulting 2.0 and Garcia with his skateboard. Sting and Allin then delivered double Stinger Splashes. The match soon turned into a brawl that went into the live audience and the backstage area. Kingston was able to recover and also joined in on the melee.
Sting was later able to fight off 2.0 on his own and got right back up after being Powerbombed through a table. The Icon performed a double Scorpion Death Drop and won the match with his submission hold, the Scorpion Death Lock.
Jericho, who had to go through four different challenges in order to face MJF again, finally got his chance on Dynamite but was unable to use his finishing move the Judas Effect. MJF was allowed to set the stipulations and even banned Jericho's theme song "Judas." If Jericho did use the Judas Effect, he would immediately be disqualified.
Fans at the Fertitta Center in Houston, however, still performed "Judas" for Jericho as he came out to no music.
The match quickly spilled out into the outside ring area with MJF grabbing a production camera to film the live fans and stick up his middle finger at them. Jericho stopped his rival by punching the camera.
MJF, back in the ring, focused on attacking Jericho's injured left arm and even used his rival's own submission move, The Lion Tamer. Jericho reached the ropes and grabbed his baseball bat while MJF started to put on his Dynamite Diamond Ring.
Referee Aubrey Edwards caught MJF putting on the ring and disposed of it, allowing Jericho the chance to use his baseball bat. Le Champion then got ready to perform The Judas Effect, but stopped before the attack landed.
MJF took advantage of Jericho's hesitation and performed his own Judas Effect. MJF then made Jericho tape out by applying his Salt of the Earth submission hold on his left arm, causing Jericho to tap out.
Also on Dynamite, AEW World Tag Team Champions Nick and Matt Jackson of The Young Bucks defended their titles against Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus of Jurassic Express. The Young Bucks were joined at ringside by multiple members of their group The Elite while Jurassic Express was joined by their partner Marko Stunt.
The highly-competitive and high-flying match was interrupted by AEW World Champion and Elite member Kenny Omega who attacked Stunt with a steel chair. Omega then passed the steel chair to Matt Jackson before he was attacked by his rival Christian Cage.
Cage was able to chase off Omega as Jungle Boy used the steel chair himself to land a Brain Buster on Matt Jackson, but it wasn't enough as Nick Jackson broke up the pin.
The Young Bucks then performed the BTE Trigger on Jungle Boy to win the match. Omega had Cage returned to the ring by Elite member Luke Gallows. The Elite then assaulted Cage with Omega finishing the attack with the One-Winged Angel.
Other moments from Dynamite included Sammy Guevara proposing to his girlfriend Pam and defeating Shawn Spears; Paul Wight announcing he will be facing QT Marshall at the All Out pay-per-view event; announcer Tony Schiavone announcing that The Young Bucks will next defend their titles inside of a steel cage at All Out; and Thunder Rosa defeating Penelope Ford.
AEW Rampage will be taking place Friday at 10 p.m. EDT on TNT. AEW and Allin have heavily hinted that CM Punk will make an appearance at the show, which is taking place in his hometown of Chicago.
CM Punk, who was one of WWE's biggest stars, left the company and professional wrestling in 2014. He briefly held a commentary stint on WWE Backstage starting in November 2019.
