CONTAINS SPOILERS
AEW DYNAMITE was broadcast on TBS and streamed on MAX live from the F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, TN!
Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni, and “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
House of Black’s Buddy Matthews vs. “The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay!
Buddy hit a shoulder tackle and Will popped right back up to his feet. Buddy accelerated, dropped a shoulder, and rammed Will. Ospreay attempted a cutter, but Buddy intercepted it. Buddy ducked two round house kicks from Ospreay.
Buddy dropkicked Will in the chest. Ospreay fired back with a plancha, taking down Buddy on the arena floor. Matthews retaliated with a knee strike and a tight headlock back in the ring. Ospreay and Matthews built up speed, bounced off the ropes, and collided in the center of the ring, both having the same idea.
Ospreay staggered Buddy with a kick to the head. Will followed up with a springboard elbow for a near fall. Matthews drilled Will with a back breaker. Matthews followed up with a dive over the top rope, crashing down onto Ospreay! Buddy followed up with a meteora for a near fall!
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Matthews and Ospreay traded kicks and knees on the apron. Buddy blocked an Os-Cutter and then threw Ospreay face first into the announce desk! Buddy bashed Will with a charging boot. Buddy tried again but this time Will countered with a thrust kick of his own, followed up by an Os-Cutter off the barricade!
The fans chanted “A-E-W! A-E-W!”
Ospreay connected with another Os-Cutter, this time in the ring! Buddy ducked the Hidden Blade. Ospreay smacked Buddy with a right handed chop across the chest. Buddy unleashed a flurry of offense. Buddy blocked an Os-Cutter and then curb stomped Ospreay, covering him for a near fall!
Ospreay flattened Buddy with the Styles Clash but Buddy kicked out at the two-count! Will connected with the Hidden Blade and was finally able to put away Buddy for the three-count!
Ospreay: “Give it up for Buddy Matthews. I’ve admired you from a far and I can tell you this for a fact. I’ve wrestled you and Brody King, and neither of you need to follow a leader. You can do it by yourself. I can see tag gold in both your futures, or singles gold if you really want it. If you ever need a man in your corner, Buddy, I’m your guy.”
It was time for Private Party’s Championship Victory Celebration!
AEW World Tag Team Champions Zay and Quen came out of the tunnel, surrounded by women.
Zay: “We made history being in the first tag title match that was featured on Max and TNT. We walked into Charlotte your Tag Team Champions and left Charlotte as your champs. We should celebrate. How about this? How about we celebrate our latest—”
Zay was interrupted by The Hurt Syndicate’s music!
MVP: “We want to party too. How about we raise a toast to Private Party?”
Zay: “OK, I like that.”
MVP: “I want to propose a toast to these incredible athletes who successfully defended these tag team championships. And Bobby here’s to the Hurt Syndicate—”
Bobby Lashley: “Taking those tag team titles.”
The Hurt Syndicate’s Bobby Lashley (with MVP & Shelton Benjamin)
vs. Mark Briscoe!
Lashley taunted Mark Briscoe, patting him on the head. Mark didn’t back down and chopped Bobby. Bobby fired off a flatliner and then suplexed Briscoe. Bobby nailed Mark with a neck breaker.
Mark served up his redneck Kungfu. Mark jumped off the top turnbuckle, but Bobby caught him and hurled him across the ring. Bobby bulldozed Briscoe and then suplexed him on the arena floor!
Briscoe set up a steel chair and catapulted off it, flying over the top rope and wiping out Lashley on the floor. Briscoe shoved Bobby into the steel ring post. Briscoe threw his body off the top turnbuckle and crashed onto Lashley! Briscoe connected with a sliding lariat, followed up by the Froggy Bow. Briscoe covered Lashley but Bobby kicked out at the one-count!
Lashley speared Mark. Bobby choke slammed Briscoe. Bobby applied the Hurt Lock, and the match ended via ref stoppage! Shelton Benjamin grounded and pounded Mark after the match. Private Party sprinted down to the ring with steel chairs, coming to the aid of Briscoe. MVP and the Hurt Syndicate backed off…for now.
World Title Contender’s Casino Gauntlet Match!
Participants included: “Switchblade” Jay White;
Powerhouse Hobbs;
“The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett;
And?
The winner faces AEW World Champion Jon Moxley next week on AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage.
“Switchblade” Jay White and “Hangman” Adam Page were the first two participants.
Jay White chopped Page and Page chopped right back. Page hit a shoulder tackle. Jay White cradled Page for a near fall. Jay White avoided the Dead Eye. White superplexed Hangman Page, pulling out all the stops.
The next entrant was Wheeler Yuta! Jay White bashed Yuta with the Blade Runner right away. He went for the cover on Wheeler, but Page broke it up. Page jumped off the turnbuckles and delivered a clothesline to Yuta on the apron, and then dished one out to Jay White.
Swerve Strickland’s music began to play, but it was interrupted by Ricochet’s music. Ricochet was the next entrant, playing mind games with Page.
Ricochet connected with a springboard elbow to Page and followed up with a tope suicida to Jay White. Ricochet landed a moonsault on Page for a near fall.
Adam Cole was the next entrant, baybay! Cole hit White and Page with superkicks. Cole rocked Ricochet with a superkick next! Cole connected with the Panama Sunrise on Ricochet for a near fall.
TNT Champion Daniel Garcia was the next participant to come to the ring. Garcia blasted Cole with a rolling neck breaker. Garcia stacked up Cole, Page, and White in the corner and pounded them with punches. Yuta slapped Garcia and then the two men traded chops. Yuta used a cheap shot to take down Garcia.
Out to the ring next was Powerhouse Hobbs! Hobbs hurled Yuta with a suplex. Hobbs tossed Cole with a suplex. And then Hobbs hit one on Jay White! Hobbs had a suplex for Page, too! Hobbs body slammed Jay White. Hobbs charged at Jay White, but Jay White took the low road and tripped Hobbs, sending Hobbs face first into the turnbuckles.
Roderick Strong ran to the ring next, nailing White and Page with back breakers. Garcia, Cole, and Roddy stomped Ricochet in the corner. Hobbs hit Garcia and Cole with a double clothesline. Roddy smashed Hobbs with the sick kick. Jay White spiked Ricochet with a cutthroat suplex. Yuta hit White with a low blow behind the ref’s back.
“The MurderHawk Monster” Lance Archer was the next participant. Archer choke slammed Yuta on the floor and then choke slammed Roddy onto Cole! Ricochet springboarded at Archer but Archer caught him and discarded him. Hobbs tossed Ricochet across the ring at Archer. Archer threw Ricochet back at Hobbs. Hobbs power slammed Archer. Hobbs and Archer traded forearms.
Kyle O’Reilly came to the ring next and unleashed a flurry of offense on Yuta. O’Reilly baited in Archer and twisted him with a dragon screw leg whip. “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett was the next entrant. Wheeler Yuta hit Jarrett from behind as Jeff was making his entrance! Yuta brawled with Jarrett to the back.
Archer booted Hobbs in the face. Hobbs escaped the Black Out attempt by Archer. Hobbs planted Kyle with a spinebuster and pinned him!
Powerhouse Hobbs will be facing AEW World Champion Jon Moxley next week on Dynamite: Maximum Carnage!
After the match, Renee Paquette interviewed Hobbs in the ring.
Hobbs: “Let’s shoot for a second. Let it be told that Jon Moxley is the one that brought me to AEW. But next week I plan on shocking the world, I’m going to make Moxley my bitch!”
A highlight package played hyping next week’s match on Dynamite between HOOK and Christian Cage!
Ian Riccaboni was in the ring to interview “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett!
Jarrett: “You know, it’s 2025 and the Last Outlaw has to ask himself one question: do I still have what it takes to climb that mountain?”
MJF’s music began to play and cut off Jarrett’s interview.
MJF walked to the ring and got into Jarrett’s face.
MJF: “Ian, get out of my ring. Jeffrey, I don’t think you’ve had the distinct pleasure of meeting me. You are looking at the greatest AEW World Champion of all time! I’m MJF! And I want my Triple B back, but the World title scene seems like a lot of work right now.
“No one is worthy of holding my Triple B, but I can think of one man who might be. A man who has given his blood, sweat and tears to this business for over 35 years, Jeff Jarrett! My dad told me he was a big fan of yours when he was a little kid. I know you want to be World champion, but the clock is ticking. You know, Jeff, I’ve done some digging and you haven’t been completely honest with these people.
“It turns out the contract you signed is only for one more year. Was I not supposed to say that Jeff? You don’t want to retire yet, but you had to sign that contract because that’s all professional wrestling thinks you’ve got left to give. I’m here to help. The way I see it, you’ve only got one year to prove that you’ve still got it.
“One year to make sure that you can listen to these fans for years to come and make it back to the top of the mountain. I can help you become World champion one more time. All I ask is one tiny little favor. When I help you procure my Triple B, I’m first in the line for my title shot. So Jeff, want to make a deal with little ol’ me?”
Jeff Jarrett: “You know, Max, you were the AEW World champion, and just like you said, you had it longer than anyone. But you’re still too young to understand that you learn more from your failures than you do from your successes. Do you know what we call kids like you around here? One-hit wonders. I know the road that I’ve got to go down. I’ve been at rock bottom. I’m comfortable at rock bottom. Life has put me at rock bottom. But I know one thing, that gives me the opportunity to crawl and scratch and fight my way back to the top of the mountain.
“Tonight you had the opportunity to enter the Casino Gauntlet Match, but you came out here to scheme. It comes down to this. I don’t need you. Hell no, I don’t need you. And whatever you’re selling, I ain’t buying, you entitled prick!”
Up next: “The Rated R Superstar” Cope!
Cope: “Jon Moxley! You and your Death Riders, while I was gone, you took out Bryan Danielson, possibly for good. You threw Darby Allin down a flight of stairs, and we haven’t seen him since. And you tried to go after FTR and I’m very close friends with them, so massive mistake.
“You’ve come out here and said guys like Orange Cassidy don’t have the grind that it takes to be World champion. No one has fought through what I’ve fought through to be standing in this ring, and I will die on that hill because I am an entirely different animal. I broke my neck in a match with Eddy Guerrero and I got up and won that match. I broke my leg in a match with Malakai Black and I got up, wrestled ten more minutes and won that match.
“So Moxley, as much as I know you’re one of the toughest bastards in the ring, what can you do to me that hasn’t been done before?”
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley walked out with Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli. FTR ambushed The Death Riders from behind!
“The odds have been evened,” said Excalibur.
Mox and Cope fought inside the ring with Cope booting Moxley in the head. Marina Shafir slid the briefcase in the ring. “The Bastard” PAC cracked Cope in the back of the head with it. Moxley applied the bulldog choke on Cope. Powerhouse Hobbs came down to the ring and the Death Riders retreated!
We heard from AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May!
Mariah: “Ladies, let’s make history by dancing for me—”
Harley Cameron: “Yes, excellent!”
Mariah: “Harley, we’re rolling.”
Harley: “Let’s give them an appetizer on Collision.”
Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander vs. Toni Storm
The Winner Earns the Number One spot in the Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match on next week’s Dynamite: Maximum Carnage!
Willow wiped out Toni with a shoulder tackle. Willow planted Toni with a spinebuster.
Toni tried for a cross body press but Stat and Willow caught her and sent her down hard with a fall away slam. Toni shoved Stat into Willow. Willow pounced Statlander. Willow whipped Toni into Kris and then smashed them both with a cannonball. Willow drilled Toni with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall!
Kris crushed Willow with a rolling lariat. Willow double suplexed Toni and Kris! Toni cradled Willow but Kris broke up the pin attempt. Statlander spiked Toni with Wednesday Night Fever and pinned Toni Storm!
“This is huge for Kris Statlander!” said Daddy Magic.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviewed Toni Storm!
Toni: “I’m not surprised I didn’t win. Clearly, I’m just not ready. It was an honor to be out there with Willow and Kris. But for me, I’m just not ready. I’ll keep working hard but I guess it can’t be Toni Time all the time.”
Up next: The Return of Kenny “The Cleaner” Omega!
Omega: “Thank you. It was a little over a year ago that I checked myself into the hospital that I was given the bad news about diverticulitis. For those that don’t know what that is, well, it took two feet of my intestines from me and if I didn’t get help when I did, the doctor told me, ‘Kenny, you would have been dead.’
“So for the past year it’s been this roller coaster ride. Upon a successful surgery I had two questions. How long would recovery take and when is it that I can get back in a ring? The doctor said I’d be lucky if I could return to a normal way of life, let along return to the ring or be the Kenny Omega that you used to be.
“So being a pro wrestler, you push things a little too hard. I had to ask myself, can I even do it? I can’t lie, there was a moment in time when I felt like giving up was maybe the safest option. And once I considered that option, I realized what purpose do I even have if I don’t have you people with me? A few days ago I tested that theory, and I found my purpose in Tokyo, Japan, just like I found my purpose tonight. If I’m not in the ring giving you people everything I have, then I’m just not living.
“Even though I might not be the same guy or do the same things I used to be able to do, this new version of Kenny Omega that isn’t concerned about money, power, or revenge, this version can prove that he is—”
Don Callis interrupted Omega!
Callis: “Well look who’s back from the dead!”
Omega chased down Callis and grounded and pounded him! Archer and Brian Cage ran out and double teamed Omega. Omega tried to fight his way out of their grasp. Kyle Fletcher came into the fray and cracked Omega with a right hand shot! Cage punched Kenny in the abdomen!
Will Ospreay’s music hit and Ospreay ran down with a steel chair. Ospreay leveled Archer with the chair and Cage and Fletcher fled the ring! Ospreay and Omega had a stare down in the center of the ring.
Excalibur announced that Tony Khan just made it official. Next week it’ll be Kenny Omega against “The Machine” Brian Cage on Dynamite: Maximum Carnage!
Don’t miss AEW COLLISION live on Saturday on TNT and streaming on MAX from the Akins Ford Arena in Athens, GA at 8/7ct!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE: Maximum Carnage live on TBS and streaming on MAX next Wednesday at 8/7ct from the Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, OH!
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