AEW Dynamite Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights for May 4

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Credit: All Elite Wrestling

The march to Double or Nothing continued Wednesday night on AEW Dynamite with a blockbuster episode, headlined by a Ring of Honor Women’s Championship match pitting Impact Wrestling’s Deonna Purrazzo against Mercedes Martinez.

Was The Virtuosa able to successfully retain her title against an opponent she has sparred with before or did Martinez usher in a new era for ROH with a defining championship victory?

That match headlined a broadcast that also featured the latest in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, MJF’s mystery opponent for Wardlow and another dismantling by the Blackpool Combat Club.

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Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Jeff Hardy, a man who once squared off with Owen Hart early in his WWE run, defeated Bobby Fish in a qualifier for the memorial tournament named after him Wednesday night. The Charismatic Enigma overcame a focused offensive by his opponent to defeat one-half of RedDragon with his trademark Swanton Bomb.

The match was not one of the better matches of the tournament thus far, thanks in large part to a clash of styles. It was disjointed early and, while the action picked up late, it still struggled to get out of first gear. 

Hardy remains massively over but this is the second consecutive Dynamite performance in which he looked a step slower and a tad off compared to the performer fans have known and loved for two decades.

Hopefully, a favorable first-round match allows him to get back in the groove and prove why he still has plenty left in the tank for one last main event run.

       

Grade

C

      

Top Moments

• Adam Cole joined the commentary team for the match.
• Sting and Darby Allin watched from the stands.
• The avalanche falcon arrow by Fish is a great spot in any match.
• Fish had to bend his way into a Whisper in the Wind from Hardy.