With AEW Blood and Guts just around the corner, AEW delivered a great episode of Dynamite as we sew The Pinnacle confront The Inner Circle, Darby Allin defend his TNT Championship against 10 of the Dark Order and much more this week. So for the first time ever let’s ignite the fuse and bring the boom as we look at the top 5 moments on AEW Dynamite

5. Things heat up between Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Kenny Omega.

After beating Rich Swann at Impact Reblillion just a few days ago. Kenny Omega would waste no time gloating in his victory as Don Callis hyped the Impact and AEW Champion as well as The Young Bucks from inside their limo. Omega would later talk about the actions of Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston last week, telling Kingston that he would have to face off against Micheal Nakazawa later in the night with both Omega and Callis cutting a short but extremely effective promo.

Eddie Kingston would later come out in the night and refuse to face Nakazawa. This would lead to Nakazawa attacking him from behind with Kingston eventually getting the upper hand. Kingston would then grab a steel chair and wrap it around the ankle of Nakazawa. Kingston would then call out Kenny Omega, threatening to break the ankle of Nakazawa if Omega didn’t come out. Omega would then come out showing little care of Nakazawa as he called for Brandon Cutler.

Unfortatanly for Omega and Calis, Cutler would come out being attacked by Jon Moxley. Moxley would then attack Omega throwing him inside the ring. Kingston would then wrap the chair around Omega’s ankle with Moxley and Kingston threatening to break the ankle of Omega, demanding a tag team match against Moxley and Nakazawa next week, giving Don Callis no choice but to accept Kingston’s and Moxley’s demands in an entertaining segment.

#EddieKingston doesn't want @MichaelNakazawa…he wants @KennyOmegamanX!

Tune into #AEWDynamite Now on TNT! pic.twitter.com/11pUKnNW4I

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 29, 2021

4. Brian Cage and Hangman Adam Page open the show against each other

One thing AEW has done extremely well in their short time as a wrestling company it’s their ability to start things off strong with a great match. While RAW in particular has a terrible problem with starting their shows with promos or video packages that drag on for too long and hurt the early pacing of the show, AEW is straight into the action, with most of the opening matches being great to watch. This week would be no different as Brian Cage and Hangman Page went head to head to open Dynamite this week.

Before the match could start, Brian Cage would attack Hangman Adam Page, with Cage hitting Adam Page with a powerbomb on the stage. Brian would continue to assault Page as the match started, punishing him outside the ring using the barricade. Page would then fight back after putting his knees up after Cage attempted a standing moonsault, Page would keep fighting back and even hit Cage with a moonsault outside the ring.

Page would then throw Cage back inside the ring and attempt to hit the Buckshot Lariat only for Cage to reverse and later hit two powerbombs as well as a Drill Claw on Page to score a surprising win, in what was a great match to open Dynamite with Adam Page looking strong in defeat as he pushed Cage, despite being brutally assaulted by Cage before the match.

Powerbomb ➡️ Buckle Bomb ➡️ Drill Claw leads @MrGMSI_BCage to a WIN over #1 Ranked @theAdamPage on #AEWDynamite

Watch Dynamite Now on TNT! pic.twitter.com/D5WXtuMMly

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 29, 2021

3. The Young Bucks face off against Matt and Mike Sydal in tag team action

After being hyped by Don Callis and Kenny Omega earlier in the night, Nick and Matt Jackson had a big job ahead of them as they faced Matt and Mike Sydal in tag team actions. Both teams would start things off evenly early in the match with the Young Bucks being the first ones in the match to get the upper hand with Mike Sydal getting caught with a superkick from the Young Bucks as Dynamite went to an ad break.

Despite the Young Bucks using twin magic against the Sydals, Matt Sydal would take the fight to The Young Bucks, hitting both members with various moves. Sydal would keep taking the fight to The Young Bucks late in the match hitting both Nick and Matt with a hurricanrana leading to a close near fall as Matt Sydal continued to push both members of The Young Bucks to their limit.

The Young Bucks would then later recover in the match, hitting a Johnny Cage tribute with a Split Legged Low Blow on Mike Sydal late in the match, following it up by hitting the BTE trigger to pin Sydal and win the match. With both Matt and Mike Sydal looking strong in defeat after pushing the Young Bucks to the limit despite being the clear underdogs of the match.

Is #1 ranked #SCU the "biggest threat" the @youngbucks and their Tag Team Titles have ever faced?

Watch #AEWDynamite Now on TNT! pic.twitter.com/Bn4zAXN3q7

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 29, 2021

2. Darby Allin defends his TNT against 10 of The Dark Order

Before the match, 10 from The Dark Order gave a short touching promo on what Brodie Lee meant to him before the match. Darby Allin and 10 would start things off evenly, exchanging holds, punches and reversals as The Dark Order and Sting watched on from their corner as both Allin and 10 tried to get the upper hand over each other throughout most of the match. Things would then heat up as The Dark Order and Sting confronted each other outside the ring, leading to Ethan Page to sneak in and attack Darby Allin from behind, throwing Allin into the ring post while Sting was distracted.

10 would then hit Darby Allin with a wheelbarrow German Surplex, with Allin just finding enough strength to kick out before the referee counted three. 10 continued to inflict damage on Allin, with 10 looking to have Allin beat when he locked in the Full Nelson on Allin. Just when things looked bleak for Allin, The TNT Champion would use the turnbuckles to reverse the Full Nelson into a pinfall for the win.

After their great match, Darby Allin and 10 would pay their respect to Brodie Lee by holding up the Brodie armband and hugging each other in a touching moment. Scorpio and Ethan Page would then attack Sting and Allin with Lance Archer and 10 making the save as the show closed with Sting and Darby Allin down after being attacked by Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page.

Make it 9 straight title defenses for @DarbyAllin after pulling out a win vs. #DarkOrder's @Pres10Vance in our Main Event!

Watch Dynamite every Wednesday at 8/7c on TNT! pic.twitter.com/JvsuRFRxBZ

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 29, 2021

1. The Inner Circle face off against The Pinnacle ahead of Blood and Guts 

While multi-man promo segments can drag on and feel slow at times. The Parley segment between The Inner Circle and The Pinnacle was amazing to watch with nearly everyone involved looking strong on the mic as both teams traded verbal shots at each other as well how important it is for each team to win at Blood and Guts and what they are willing to sacrifice in order to be victorious. Shawn Spears would be the first man to speak during this segment talking about how The Pinnacle deserved the advantage after being tricked into the match by The Inner Circle. Spears would then talk about Sammy Guevara and how he has not wrestled a match in quite some time, leading to Spears giving The Pinnacle the advantage as well as taking a verbal shot at Shaun Spears failures in WWE and AEW.

FTR would then be the next to have mic time as they made things personal with Santana & Ortiz, telling them to leave the soft versions of themselves behind than making things even more personal talking about their rivals children. MJF would then grab the mic and show a rare sign of respect to Jericho, telling Jericho how important he has been for AEW and the pressure that has caused Jericho. MJF would then finish things off by telling Jericho that he was going to put Jericho down.

This would then cause Jericho to snap, with Jericho cutting a personal promo on how hard he worked in WCW 25 years ago. Jericho would then call out the amount of time the Pinnacle has been together compared to the amount of time The Inner Circle has been together, with Jericho informing MJF that the Pinnacle will have to kill them to win next week in an amazing promo segment that did a great job building up for Blood and Guts next week.

These were my top 5 moments from AEW Dynamite this week. What were your top 5 moments and what are your predictions heading to Blood and Guts? Let us know in the comments down below.