AEW Dynamite Results 8/26 - Continental Classic Cup Semi-Finals, Strickland Vs. Perry

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage of "AEW Dynamite," emanating from the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. 

In the go-home "Dynamite" before All In hits Wembley Stadium, the Continental Challenge Cup semi-finals will decide who fights for the Continental Championship this weekend. Nigel McGuinness looks to continue his Cinderella run on a busted ankle against submission specialist Kyle O'Reilly, a man with the distinction of submitting the reigning Continental Champion in Jon Moxley with an ankle lock. 

Moxley will be battling his Death Rider teammate Claudio Castagnoli on the other side of the bracket, with the title effectively on the line; if Moxley loses to Castagnoli, he will be unable to defend his title this weekend and thus the final will determine his successor. Otherwise, he will be fighting for the right to defend his title in the final this weekend. 

Elsewhere, Jack Perry will be taking on Swerve Strickland in their first ever one-on-one match. The Divine Dominion will be teaming with CMLL Women's Champion Persephone against the Brawling Birds and TBS Champion Maya World in trios action, a prelude to this weekend's AEW Women's Tag title match between Divine Dominion and Brawling Birds. 

MJF and Andrade El Idolo are also scheduled to appear ahead of their involvement in the Casino Gauntlet match this weekend, having confirmed they will be the first and second entrants in the bout to determine a number one contender for the AEW World Championship.

Will Ospreay asks Glasgow how they're doing and gets serenaded by the crowd in return. He thanks them and says in the last year he has had a lot of ups, downs, and doubt he would get back to this position after his neck surgery. 

He says to understand the importance of this weekend you have to understand what it's like to be a British wrestler. He talks touring the different countries and regions in Britain, throwing yourself on beams and boards every day and working on building sites to make a living. All to fly the flag for the UK, all to show people that the UK is where the best wrestle. 

He says he loved it, he loved being in the foxhole with boys and girls with the same dream as him, learning from Brit-Wrestling icons, paying tribute to those who are no longer with us. 

He says it's really hard to look past Kenny Omega, drawing a brief "Kenny" chant from the crowd. He says Omega isn't here tonight, drawing a boo from the crowd. He says that there has been no better wrestler of this past decade than Omega, but all that respect went out the window the moment he mentioned his son. 

Ospreay promises that this Sunday he will give Omega the match of his life, and that he doesn't want to "f*** with the man who's looking after a boy."

The crowd responds with a "f*** him up, Ospreay" chant. 

"It's time to bring it home," Ospreay declares. "You Kenny, are going to help me show my boy that heroes are just ordinary people that can do extraordinary things."

The bell rings and they stare each other down for a moment. Castagnoli looks to close the space between them and they tie up for the first time in a Greco-Roman knucklelock. 

Castagnoli gets the better of Moxley and pushes his shoulders onto the mat for three one-counts. Moxley uses his boot to break the hold but Castagnoli adjusts and forces him into the corner. Moxley returns fire with a chop, but then Castagnoli throws three more with a much louder slap. 

Castagnoli continues with European uppercuts before agreeing to an exchange in the middle of the ring, broken when Castagnoli shoots for the double-leg and cinches in a headlock. Moxley rolls him over the shoulder and goes for a quick cover to no avail. 

Moxley now retreats from the ring rather than surrendering the advantage to Castagnoli. He drops Castagnoli and locks in a figure-four leglock, but Castagnoli fights out of it and swings Moxley into the barricade. 

Castagnoli throws Moxley back into the barricade and then again once more, snapping his shoulder across it before they both return to the ring. Castagnoli continues to work the same arm in the middle of the ring. 

Moxley tries for a rear choke but gets driven into the corner and lit up with uppercuts. Castagnoli now looking for the Neutralizer, Moxley backdrops him but he lands on his feet. Moxley takes flight with a suicide dive to meet Castagnoli on the outside and dispenses him back in the ring. 

Moxley mounts Castagnoli in the corner and lays in right hands, but Castagnoli powers out of it. Both look for a running lariat, both connect, and both wind up on the mat. 

They each return to their feet and thus ensues a striking exchange, won by Castagnoli as he sends Moxley to the mat. Castagnoli looks for another uppercut but Moxley hits a cutter, looking for the Death Rider to no avail. 

Castagnoli swings Moxley whilst holding him in a rear choke, taking him to ground with the hold still in. Moxley rolls out of it and cinches in his own, adjusting it into an armbar attempt. Castagnoli wrestles out of it and gets another giant swing going in the middle of the ring. 

He tries for a sharpshooter but Moxley rolls him up for the two. Castagnoli fires back with an uppercut and goes for the cover for two, following that up with a running uppercut that sends Moxley outside of the ring. 

Moxley glances at the cup sat at ringside as the count reaches five, and finally breaks the count at nine. Only then Castagnoli hits a curbstomp and lands the Neutralizer for a close near-fall. 

Castagnoli removes the elbow pad as he looks for another running uppercut, but Moxley flops back to the mat to avoid it. Castagnoli looks for a Riccola Bomb but Moxley reverses it into a Paradigm Shift for a one-count. Moxley follows that up with a stomp and hits the Death Rider. He goes for the cover but Castagnoli kicks out at two. 

Moxley looks for the rear choke, Castagnoli collapses to the mat and Moxley turns it into a bulldog choke. Castagnoli passes out and Moxley has the win. 

Jon Moxley def. Claudio Castagnoli via Submission

Copeland starts the bout opposite Jake Doyle. The former tries for a shoulder tackle but it does nothing to Doyle. They tie up, Copeland tries the tackle again and again but it does nothing, but Matt Jackson sneaks a tag in while he rebounds from the ropes. 

The Bucks now work together to take out Doyle and Brian Cage. Rocky Romero tags himself in but he gets double teamed much in the same way. 

Nick Jackson kicks Doyle on the outside and continues to take out Romero back in the ring, trying an inside-out moonsault to Cage but is caught and momentum shifts the other way. 

The DCF now continues to take turns working over Nick on their side of the ring. Nick tries to fight back against Cage but gets sat back down with a jumping knee lift. Cage now takes some time to remind the crowd he has muscles upon muscles. 

Cage holds Nick in a very delayed vertical suplex position, but Nick counters it into a roll-up for the two-count. Nick returns fire with a spinning roundhouse to create space. But Cage takes out Matt Jackson and Copeland on the apron. 

Cage looks for an avalanche F-10 but Nick counters it into a hurricanrana, tagging out to Copeland who then rallies against Cage and then Doyle. Copeland is now fighting all three members of the opposing team, allowing Doyle to run down both of his teammates before turning his attention to the big man. 

Copeland goes for a spear but Doyle halts him with a big boot, but then the Bucks come in the ring to throw a quick superkick party. 

Doyle rolls up Copeland for a two-count and that marks another shift in momentum, the DCF once again taking turns to wear down their opponent in the ring. Cage lands F-10 and Romero lands sliced bread for a near-fall. 

The Bucks pull Doyle and Romero out of the ring and band together to take out Cage, using superkicks to stop anyone from returning to the squared circle. 

Copeland hits Romero with a spear when the bodies clear, getting the winning pinfall for his team. 

Adam Copeland & Young Bucks def. Don Callis Family via Pinfall

After the match, Christian Cage makes his way down to the ring with a microphone. 

He tells the Bucks to sit down and shut their mouths while he conducts his business, and he doesn't associate with people that are beneath him. 

He recognizes their achievements but says there's a key difference between what they have done and what makes legends like him and Copeland. He says this weekend's dream match is just another day in the office for him. 

Matt asks, considering they've named pay-per-views and matches after Cope and Cage, whether they have ever had an entire company named after them. 

The talking is done as Cage delivers a low blow to Matt, prompting Nick to superkick him, and Copeland to spear Nick in return. 

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After that segment, Willow Nightingale's music plays to indicate her arrival. But then she is shown backstage being attacked by Mercedes Mone with a steel chair.

Don Callis is shown backstage with Mark Davis, who he says will be in the Casino Gauntlet match should his number be called. 

Andrade El Idolo's music plays, he does not enter. MJF comes out instead, having worked the crowd. 

He says it's nice to be in Ireland, drawing a boo, and says he does not know the difference between Scotland and Ireland since both are filled with drunks. 

He says Andrade is not here tonight, but he is. He says he can do what he does, even down to taking a picture with a hot chick, but considering they're in Scotland he might struggle to find someone. He does find someone, although, in his words, she would be a four in the States. 

He says he has one question, but then Andrade emerges behind him to finish it: "How you know?" 

Andrade then launches at MJF and looks to land DM in the ring, but MJF retreats before it can happen. 

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Chris Jericho is shown backstage and says he will be in the Casino Gauntlet match at All In. He adds that he will be in tag team action on "AEW Collision" on Saturday.