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<p>AEW Dynamite’s Beach Break special aired live from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on May 14, 2025, delivering a night packed with high-stakes matches, major storyline developments, and memorable moments</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Hangman Adam Page &amp; Will Ospreay def. Konosuke Takeshita &amp; Josh Alexander</h2>



<p>Ospreay and Page worked together during the match, picking up the win after hitting dueling finishers.</p>



<p>After the match, Takeshita and Alexander continued their attack. Ospreay fought them off but accidentally hit Page. Page didn&#8217;t believe it was an accident and stormed off.</p>



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<p><strong>Backstage: </strong>Top Flight (Dante &amp; Darius Martin) talked about trying to challenge The Hurt Syndicate last week, only to be jumped and beaten down by MJF. They had an actual match against the Hurt Syndicate that night and said that if MJF interfered again, he would regret it.</p>



<p>The ROH Tag Team Champions, Sons of Texas, interrupted and approved Top Flight&#8217;s &#8220;fire.&#8221; They then told the younger team they would be watching later that night.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Ricochet def. Zach Gowen</h2>



<p>Ricochet came to the ring with Zach Gowen’s stolen prosthetic leg and underestimated him early, allowing Gowen to get in some offense. After a lazy pin attempt following Vertigo failed, Ricochet tried to use scissors but was stopped by the referee. Gowen used the distraction to hit Ricochet with the prosthetic, but missed a moonsault. Ricochet recovered, hit the Spirit Gun, and scored the win. </p>



<p>After the match, he hit another Spirit Gun and a punt kick to Gowen’s head before Mark Briscoe ran down to make the save.</p>



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<p><strong>Backstage:</strong> MJF expressed confidence to Renee Paquette that he&#8217;d finally earn three thumbs up from The Hurt Syndicate. MVP and the group then approached. MVP told MJF to join them in the ring and walked off with the rest of the Syndicate, expecting MJF to follow.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">AEW World Tag Team Title Eliminator Match<br>The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley &amp; Shelton Benjamin) def. Top Flight (Dante &amp; Darius Martin)</h2>



<p>Top Flight held their own, but the experience and power of The Hurt Syndicate proved too much. Lashley speared Dante and locked in the Hurt Lock, forcing him to pass out, while Benjamin neutralized Darius with a superkick. Lashley refused to release the hold until Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara intervened.</p>



<p>MVP diffused the situation and asked what they wanted, but before Rhodes could answer, CRU (Lio Rush &amp; Action Andretti) interrupted. They disrespected Rhodes and Guevara, then reminded Lashley of their own win over Top Flight, arguing they deserved the title shot. MVP proposed CRU face Rhodes and Guevara on Collision, with the winners earning a title shot at Double or Nothing.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">MJF Joins The Hurt Syndicate</h2>



<p>MVP called MJF to the ring, but when he didn’t appear, Shelton Benjamin found him hiding in gorilla after AEW President Tony Khan gave him up.</p>



<p>MJF was brought out and finally received a thumbs-up from MVP, Benjamin, and a reluctant Bobby Lashley. MJF celebrated and announced his official Hurt Syndicate signing would take place next week on Dynamite.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator 4-Way<br>Mina Shirakawa def. Toni Storm (c), Skye Blue &amp; AZM</h2>



<p>Storm hit a snap Storm Zero on AZM, but Shirakawa broke up the pin attempt. Storm then went for the Big Package on Shirakawa, who rolled through and got the flash pin to steal the win. Shirakawa was officially announced as Storm&#8217;s opponent at Double or Nothing.</p>



<p>After the match, NJPW Strong Women&#8217;s Champion AZM was being helped to the back when Mercedes Mone attacked her. Mone locked in the Statement Maker while screaming that AZM had stolen the title from her. Jaime Hayter ran out to make the save; she almost got Mone with the Hayter-ade before security separated them.</p>



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<p><strong>Backstage:</strong> MJF was ecstatic over getting the thumbs-up from The Hurt Syndicate. He called for his lawyer, Sterling, to &#8220;go over the contract.&#8221; MVP was unhappy to see Sterling, but MJF told MVP that no one should sign a contract without making sure it was legal. MVP seemingly accepted the explanation as they walked off together.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">FTR Attacks McGuinness &amp; Garcia</h2>



<p>McGuinness apologized to Tony Schiavone for getting into the ring on Collision. He then called out to Daniel Garcia, saying he needed to apologize to the younger wrestler as well. Garcia refused the apology but asked McGuinness to stand with him against FTR.</p>



<p>Stokely Hathaway interrupted, speaking on FTR’s behalf and criticizing McGuinness for last week’s physicality. He challenged McGuinness to face FTR in an official match. As McGuinness hesitated, FTR ambushed both men, laying out Garcia with a Shatter Machine. Daddy Magic ran out, wielding a crowbar, forcing FTR to retreat.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">AEW World Championship Steel Cage Match<br>Jon Moxley (c) def. Samoa Joe</h2>



<p>During Jon Moxley&#8217;s match with Samoa Joe, ringside allies from both men’s camps—Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Marina Shafir, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Willow Nightingale—brawled. As Joe locked in the Coquina Clutch, Claudio attempted to intervene but was stopped by Nightingale, while Hobbs drove Yuta through a table.</p>



<p>A hooded figure slid a briefcase to Moxley, who used it to hit Joe and steal the pin. The man was revealed as NJPW’s Gabe Kidd. Kidd low-blowed Hobbs and, with Claudio’s help, sent him into the steps. Shafir took out Nightingale.</p>



<p><strong>Post-Match Mayhem:</strong> The Young Bucks appeared, applauding. As Moxley teased aligning with them, Kenny Omega arrived, attacking Yuta and Claudio. Kazuchika Okada ambushed Omega and helped trap him and Joe inside the lowered cage with Moxley, the Bucks, and Kidd. Mike Bailey then ran out and attacked Okada.</p>



<p>Inside the cage, the Bucks hit the EVP Trigger on Omega, and Moxley followed with a Paradigm Shift. Death Riders beat down Joe until Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana arrived. Swerve dove off the cage onto everyone, causing the Death Riders to retreat.</p>



<p><strong>Challenge Issued:</strong> Strickland stood tall and challenged The Bucks, The Death Riders, and Kidd to an Anarchy in the Arena match.</p>



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AEW Dynamite: Beach Break Results (5/14): World Championship Steel Cage Match, Women’s Championship Four-Way Eliminator, MJF Joins Hurt Syndicate

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