AEW Blood & Guts 2024 Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights

Welcome to Bleacher Report’s live coverage of AEW Dynamite: Blood and Guts on July 24.

In addition to the massive double cage match, this week’s show also included a title defense and a few promos from champions.

Here’s a look at what AEW advertised for this week’s show:

Let’s take a look at everything that happened on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.

The show opened with Will Ospreay finding a knife in his tire and making Alex Marvez drive him to the arena. When we went live, a group of cheerleaders introduced MJF. The new international champion came to the ring where a new title belt was clearly waiting under a cloth on a table.

He gave his usual MJF-style promo mocking the crowd and everyone who has held the title. He dropped the belt in a garbage can before revealing a new American Championship belt with a red, white and blue strap.

As he posed in front of a giant American flag, Ospreay came from the crowd and attacked him. MJF retreated while The Aerial Assassin ripped him apart on the mic. Ospreay confirmed he will face MJF for the title at All In.

Backstage, we saw The Elite had attacked Christopher Daniels before the coin toss to determine which team had an advantage in Blood and Guts. They used a trick coin to make sure they got the advantage.

Notable Moments and Observations

The first match on this week’s show saw Jericho defend the FTW Championship against Suzuki. Big Bill and Bryan Keith were banned from ringside, so Jericho looked a little less cocky than usual.

Murder Grandpa told him to square up and offered him the first shot to begin an exchange of chest chops. He laughed as Jericho tried to light him up, but it was The Learning Tree who ended up with a red chest first.

They ended up trading chops for several minutes with no other offense. This was a battle of attrition with both men wanting to prove they were the tougher competitor. It took until after a break for Jericho to try something else.

Suzuki used a couple of steel chairs to inflict damage on the champion’s injured hand, which is legal under FTW rules. The Learning Tree was able to get the win with a Judas Effect, but Suzuki hit a piledriver after the match. Bill and Keith showed up and attacked him until Katsuyori Shibata made the save.

This match had very little substance, but the way it was executed was surprisingly fun. It wasn’t a five-star classic, but it was entertaining in its own way and the crowd seemed to be having a ball with it.

Result: Jericho defeated Suzuki

Grade: C+

Notable Moments and Observations

Jeff Jarrett was shown talking to Bryan Danielson backstage about his upcoming match at All In. Back in the arena, Baker was out first for her match against Shida.

They started with some basic lockups and takedowns. You could see Baker trying to find her groove again after spending almost a year on the shelf.

The crowd seemed split and cheered for both competitors, but there were times when it felt like Shida may have had a few more fans in her corner.

The first bout was 80% chops and the main event is going to be a violent cage match, so this was the match that gave us the most traditional pro wrestling on the show. Both women are great performers, but DMD being a bit rusty kept this from being as good as some of their previous encounters on a technical level.

Even with Baker trying to get back into the swing of things, this still ended up being a solid contest with a few highlights. DMD scored a submission victory with the Lockjaw but her celebration was immediately interrupted by Mercedes.

As Baker was distracted, she was attacked by Kamille, who is a newcomer to AEW. She is a former NWA women’s champion and has been wrestling since 2017, so she’s no rookie. She put Baker down with a torture rack bomb.

Result: Baker defeated Shida

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

Boulder of The Iron Savages faced Pac in the next match. The other Savages watched from ringside as Pac neutralized Boulder’s size advantage with a series of kicks and stomps in the corner.

Pac won easily in a couple of minutes. This was a quick squash that gave The Bastard a tiny bit of momentum.

Result: Pac defeated Boulder

Grade: Incomplete

Mariah May was in action against a local competitor from Knoxville. As soon as the bell rang, May drilled her with a running dropkick.

She used a running hip attack and Storm Zero to pick up an easy victory. Toni Storm’s music hit but May revealed it was a joke. Then, Storm showed up for real and they started brawling as soon as they locked eyes.

Two squash matches in a row are not ideal when we could have had one decent bout in their place, but at least we got to see Storm return to continue her feud with May.

Result: May won

Grade: Incomplete

Notable Moments and Observations

Jack Perry and Darby Allin were the first competitors for their respective teams. As Allin entered the cage, Perry attacked him. He beat Allin all around the ring and used the cage and steel steps to inflict damage. When they finally got in the ring, Perry used a trash can and extension cord as weapons.

The Elite gave itself the advantage, so Nicholas Jackson was the next man to enter the ring with a briefcase and chair. Here is the order of entry for each competitor:

Briscoe was the first person to show a significant amount of blood after having his face scraped against the cage. Considering the name of this stipulation, it was kind of surprising that it took as long as it did for someone to bleed, but they still had a long way to go. Pacing themselves was smart.

We saw several different weapons used throughout the first half of this match, including tacks, a board covered in barbed wire, and Bowens using a pair of real scissors. Hangman didn’t show up when it was his turn to enter the ring because he was waiting to attack Swerve during his entrance.

Nick lost his temper and threatened to fire Page if he didn’t get in the ring. Swerve was left locked out of the cage after Hangman complied. He then had a tense standoff with Okada that allowed Team AEW to take control.

Jeff Jarrett came out and helped Swerve free his trapped hand and get into the cage. The crowd erupted when he and Hangman started trading punches.

Part of the cage was busted open and allowed some to escape and fight around the ring. Several people went through tables, including Perry when Allin dropped from the cage ceiling onto him with a Coffin Drop.

Perry was cuffed to the cage and beaten with kendo sticks and a chair, but he wouldn’t give up. Allin grabbed a gas can from under the ring and poured it onto him before threatening to light him on fire if he didn’t give up. Nick agreed to give Allin a TNT title match and quit for The Elite to save Perry from being set ablaze.

Bouts like this are hard to judge because they are so far removed from traditional pro wrestling. Even though there was a story being told, most of what we saw was a series of weapon spots that escalated in violence as the match progressed.

All 10 men put a lot of work into this and will feel its effects for quite some time. We saw some creative moments sprinkled across the match, but there was also some stalling for time in some places as they waited to set up the next spot.

Some fans will love this kind of mayhem and others will hate it. The quality is almost irrelevant due to the level of violence being well beyond what some fans want to see. If you like hardcore matches, you will like this one. If you don’t, then this one won’t change your mind.

Result: Team AEW defeated The Elite

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

Even though we saw four other matches, the only thing anybody will be talking about from this week’s show was the Blood and Guts main event.

Whether you loved it or hated it, you can’t deny how hard all 10 competitors worked to make sure this match delivered as much chaos as promised.

Suzuki and Jericho had a unique match that was more entertaining than any description could make it sound because so much of it was just one move being repeated, but the way it was done was genuinely good.

Shida and Baker did a good job, and the two squash matches were inconsequential aside for Storm’s return. As a whole, this week’s show was around the same quality as most episodes of Dynamite, but the main event is going to make it stand out.

Grade: B-