AEW Dynamite Grand Slam took place from The Arthur Ashe Stadium, the home of the US Open, let's take a look at the key moments of this episode.
The ROH Championship Match between Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Jericho kicked off the night, the crowd was awesome, both the champion and challenger got great ovations at the start of the contest, the crowd were off their seats throughout, Jericho struck Claudio with a low blow while the referee wasn't looking and hit the Judas Effect for the win to become the NEW Ring of Honor Champion.
There are questions about ROH which need to be asked, why are the World, Pure and Tag Titles defended on AEW shows? why don't they have a TV deal? there have to be answers to these questions soon enough.
Swerve in Our Glory (Strickland & Keith Lee) put the Tag Team Championships on the line against The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) in a much anticipated rematch from All Out, the tag champions had mixed reactions for their individual entrances whereas The Acclaimed were cheered loudly, the crowd really wanted Max and Anthony to win what was a fantastic match, did they get their wish? in the closing stages, Swerve got a near fall on Max, he then confronted Billy Gunn ringside and was hit with a fame-asser leading to a mic drop from Max Caster as he and Bowens became the NEW AEW Tag Team Champions.
The ACCLAIMED HAVE ARRIVED!
MJF interrupted Wheeler Yuta and Tony Schiavone on the entrance stage in what was a very entertaining promo until MJF and Yuta got into a fight.
Pac was victorious against Orange Cassidy to remain the All-Atlantic Champion, the crowd was quiet to begin with and gradually got into this after the picture and picture commercial break, to quote Jim Ross, business picked up. Pac hit Cassidy outside of the ring with the ringbell hammer and threw Cassidy back into the ring and covered him for the 1,2,3
Toni Storm is still the Interim Women's Champion after winning the Fatal Four Way Match by pinning Britt Baker with the Crucifix. Britt attacked Storm to a chorus of boos until Jamie Hayter ran down and appeared to make the save until she got involved in the attack, Serena Deeb helped them out, things were brought to a halt when the music of a new addition to the roster hit, which turned out to be Saraya, also known as Paige from WWE. She was greeted with a shock reaction, as Britt Baker and co looked on in amazement, we've seen debuts/surprises in the past which have fizzled out over time, let's see if this follows the same path.
To quote Mark Henry, it was now time for the main event. Blackpool Combat Club member Jon Moxley vs. fellow member Bryan Danielson for the vacant title as MJF watched the guys battle in the ring from the press box, whilst holding the Casino Battle Royal chip, the match was physical as expected. Moxley put Danielson to sleep to become the NEW AEW Champion, there seems to be some drama in the Blackpool Combat Club because Danielson looked angry while grabbing the title from William Regal's hands before the show closure.
Grand Slam was a good show, however the picture in picture nonsense has to stop to be honest with you, until the next time, thanks for reading.
