Hook found himself at something of a disadvantage on Wednesday's "AEW Dynamite," after winning a match against Christian Cage by disqualification. Hook was attacked by Kip Sabian and Nick Wayne, leading to a numbers advantage for The Patriarchy.

Samoa Joe returned to AEW after six months on last night's special Maximum Carnage episode of Dynamite, helping allies Hook and Katsuyori Shibata clean house against The Patriarchy.

Samoa Joe made his return to All Elite Wrestling on the January 15th episode of AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage by helping HOOK fight off the combined powers of The Patriarchy.

Taz is back on commentary, as he was part of the broadcast team at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage. Taz previously missed over two months as he had to get knee replacement surgery. AEW wrote him out of programming as he was attacked in the parking lot ahead of the October 2nd episode of AEW Dynamite.