AEW Dynamite on 34th Street Results: December 24, 2025 — Takeshita Clinches Spot in Continental Classic Semis, Bandido Wins Dynamite Diamond Ring, More
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AEW Dynamite on 34th Street on TBS and HBO Max came your way from New York City, as we were thrilled to be back in the legendary Hammerstein Ballroom for the second straight year for Christmas!
We saw IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita become the first person to clinch a spot in the Continental Classic Semifinals with his victory over Orange Cassidy in the Blue League. Also in the Blue League, Máscara Dorada kept his hopes alive by beating Roderick Strong. And with “Jungle” Jack Perry’s win over PAC in the main event, we’ll head into the final night of league action with a six-way tie in the Gold League!
MJF had a triumphant return to action, but he paid the consequences for his pointed words towards his Worlds End opponents by getting a beatdown both verbally and physically from “Hangman” Adam Page and Swerve Strickland.
The ROH World Champion, Bandido, defeated AEW National Champion Ricochet to win the Dynamite Diamond Ring and earn a guaranteed shot at the AEW World Championship on January 14 in Phoenix at AEW Dynamite Maximum Carnage.
Plus, AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander and Jamie Hayer came face-to-face during an interview that nearly came to blows, and Marina Shafir beat Mina Shirakawa, then dropped Toni Storm. Also, Gabe Kidd threw Darby Allin down a flight of stairs!
Here's everything that happened on AEW Dynamite on 34th Street in New York City on Christmas Eve, including your full results and match recaps.
AEW Dynamite on 34th Street Recap Tonight for New York
Continental Classic Blue League: Máscara Dorada (6 points) def. Roderick Strong (0 points)
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander & Jamie Hayter Face-to-Face Interview
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Babes of Wrath are Ready for Their First Defense
Continental Classic Gold League: “Jungle” Jack Perry (6 points) def. PAC (6 points)
Continental Classic Blue League: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita (10 points) def. Orange Cassidy (6 points)
A merry Christmas Eve began with a showdown of two of AEW’s best in front of a festive Hammerstein Ballroom. At the bell, Cassidy threw his glasses at Takeshita, who went to pick them up, so Cassidy rolled him up for a two count, and this one nearly ended quickly! Takeshita sent Cassidy to the corner, but Cassidy avoided Takeshita and executed a hurricanrana into another nearfall. Cassidy captured Takeshita in another pinning predicament and was a hundredth of a second away from giving Takeshita his first loss! An angry Takeshita chopped Cassidy and hit a big boot to knock Cassidy to the outside.
Takeshita chased after and punished Cassidy on the outside with a clear focus on Cassidy’s injured back. They returned to the ring, where Takeshita continued the assault on Cassidy’s back. Cassidy turned things around by running Takeshita up and down the apron into the turnbuckles. He followed with a pair of DDTs and then hit multiple series of punches with Takeshita down in the corner. Cassidy put his hands in his pockets and angered Takeshita with devastating kicks to the shins. Cassidy needed three dropkicks to put Takeshita down, but Takeshita came roaring back with a Blue Thunder Bomb! Takeshita worked over Cassidy on the outside and kept the attack on the lower back going in the ring.
Cassidy hit a PK to a downed Takeshita to get back in it, but then found himself in the corner with Takeshita looking for a super Raging Fire. However, Cassidy was able to reverse it into a second-rope Stundog Millionaire! Takeshita bailed to the floor, so Cassidy followed with a dive into a DDT on the outside! Cassidy threw Takeshita back in, only to walk into a giant boot by Takeshita that got a nearfall! Takeshita was bleeding from the mouth and was clearly furious! Multiple reversals between the two saw Cassidy get a two-count before Takeshita caught him with a devastating wheelbarrow suplex. Cassidy got up and missed an Orange Punch, which allowed Takeshita to hit a big forearm strike, so Cassidy came back with an Orange Punch that connected on the second attempt!
The two fought on the apron, where Cassidy hit a Beach Break on the corner of the ring! As the referee counted both men on the outside, Takeshita tried to shove Cassidy into the guard rail to beat the count, but he missed a running boot, and Cassidy knocked him into the crowd! Cassidy returned to the ring and seemed to have a countout victory in hand, but Takeshita dove in at the last possible moment to keep the match alive. Cassidy was ready for Takeshita and got a pair of nearfalls, but The Alpha stopped an Orange Punch to go for Raging Fire, which Cassidy was able to reverse into another two-count. Takeshita picked Cassidy off the mat to hit Raging Fire for the pinfall victory. Takeshita has 10 points and is the first man to clinch a spot in the Continental Classic Semifinals on Saturday at AEW Worlds End!
Gabe Kidd Has Darby Allin and Revenge on His Mind
Kidd sat on the exact steps that the Death Riders tossed Darby Allin down last year, as we saw highlights of the dangerous lengths both Kidd and Allin have gone to in an effort to destroy each other. Kidd said he can see the world crashing down around Allin and begged for him at Worlds End!
Bang Bang Gang Wants FTR in a Chicago Street Fight!
Bang Bang Gang gave praise to FTR, saying that no one disagrees that they’re one of the best tag teams to ever do it, but said they weren’t the best tag team when they faced off in Manchester for the AEW World Tag Team Titles last week. There was confusion, and the referee caught a foot on the ropes that might or might not have happened before the three count, so Juice Robinson said they should get rid of all the ropes and all the rules. They challenged FTR to a Street Fight in Chicago!
Continental Classic Blue League: Máscara Dorada (6 points) def. Roderick Strong (0 points)
Strong is mathematically eliminated, while Dorada needs to win to stay alive. Dorada escaped Strong’s attempts to keep him grounded by turning Strong’s mat work into offense of his own. Dorada started to get into more of his high-flying offense with a kick to the side of Strong’s head, followed by an arm drag to send Strong to the outside. Dorada fired up the crowd for a dive, but Strong moved. Dorada chased after only for Strong to scoop him up into a backbreaker on the apron! Now, Strong had the full advantage and put all his focus on Dorada’s back for the next several minutes.
Dorada got back into the match by engaging Strong in a strike battle and staying a step ahead of him by leaping to the top rope and coming off for an armdrag. Dorada took Strong over with a headscissors to the outside and followed him out to hit an armdrag off the apron. Dorada threw Strong back in and was on the money with a senton bomb from the top, but it only got a two. Dorada went back to the top, but this time, Strong moved, and Dorada landed on his feet. Strong hit a pair of big boots and then dumped Dorada neck-first on the top turnbuckle before following with a running boot and a face-first slam to the mat. Dorada battled out of that pin attempt to kick out at two, so Strong stayed on him with a Sick Kick that got another two-count.
Dorada escaped a double-underhook to catch Strong with a hurricanrana to get a near-fall. Strong hit a uranage backbreaker across his knee and called for the end. He lifted Dorada for End of Heartache, but Dorada escaped and then kicked Strong in the side of the jaw. With Strong down, Dorada went to the top and nailed a shooting star press to get the win and three significant points. He stays alive in the Blue League with six points while Strong remains winless.
AEW Earns Many Year-End Accolades from Sports Illustrated
Among the many year-end awards given out by Sports Illustrated, AEW took home both Female and Male Wrestler of the Year thanks to Mercedes Moné and “Hangman” Adam Page. FTR won Tag Team of the Year, and “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher was named Breakout Wrestler of the Year. And Will Ospreay won Best in the Ring! AEW also took home Show of the Year for Double or Nothing, as well as “Timeless” Toni Storm winning Best on the Mic and “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley earning Rivalry of the Year honors. With all those honors, it shouldn’t be a surprise that AEW won Promotion of the Year! Thanks to Sports Illustrated and our great AEW fans!
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander & Jamie Hayter Face-to-Face Interview
Standing on top of the ramp, Renee Paquette introduced Statlander and her challenger, Hayter, for this face-to-face interview. Statlander and Hayter did shake hands before Paquette began. However, that pot was stirred immediately when Paquette asked Statlander how she felt about giving Hayter this opportunity, only for Hayter to take out Statlander and pose with her AEW Women’s World Championship last week on Collision Holiday Bash. Statlander said she gave Hayter this shot because she knows what it’s like to be at the top and lose it all. She lost friends, her knees were shredded, but she came back and won the AEW Women’s World Championship. She doesn’t want Hayter to dwell on the past.
Statlander made it clear, “So don’t pity me for what I’ve been through. Fear me for what I’ve become!”
While Statlander knows Hayter said she’ll be bringing someone different to Worlds End, Statlander knew that sounded familiar because that’s what she’s become. Hayter may have beaten her before, but that was before Statlander became the Cosmic Killer. She told Hayter to prove to her and the world that she deserved to reclaim her throne.
Paquette asked Hayter if she had anything to add. Hayter said, “Oh, I have plenty of things to add.” And with that, she tried to throw a lariat, only for Statlander to catch it. Hayter said, “Just remember, mate, the last time I hit you with this, you didn’t get back up!”
Referees got between the two before they could come into any further contact.
MJF def. Dustin Waller, Taken Out by Hangman and Swerve
MJF took Waller down at the bell and rained down punches on him with an undeniable intensity. He followed with a back elbow and then took his time running his crotch into Waller’s face. Waller chopped MJF, so MJF slapped him to the mat and captured him in a hammerlock DDT before locking on Salt of the Earth for a speedy tap-out victory.
MJF grabbed the mic, but before he was able to speak, we heard the music of “Hangman” Adam Page, who appeared on the balcony! Then Swerve’s music hit, and he was in a different part of the balcony with Prince Nana! Page reminded MJF of the contractual agreement that they couldn’t touch, which was left in Manchester, so he dared MJF to make another lowbrow, misogynistic joke because he knows the casting directors and people he works with in Hollywood would love to hear them. Page and Swerve started to make their way to the ring, with Page reminding MJF that he beat him twice this year. And no matter what MJF says tonight, he’s getting his ass beat!
The Opps Dojo ran out to go after Swerve and Hangman, but they took care of them and had MJF surrounded until MJF ducked, and they almost took out each other with chains! Then we heard Samoa Joe, who was in the back, say that he put together that training exercise to show who Swerve and Page truly are. Joe said he’ll be coming for all of them and will end their hopes and dreams at Worlds End. MJF tried to sneak in from behind on Swerve, but he ducked, and Page nailed MJF with a fist wrapped in a chain. Swerve nailed a House Call on MJF, so Page wrapped the chain around MJF’s neck, as Swerve took the mic.
He said he wanted to tell everyone something that MJF doesn’t want you to know. MJF doesn’t hate all of you. In fact, he likes all of you and every place they go because he lives off your likes and adulation, which feeds his ego. Swerve said MJF is the toxic combination of being a terrible person with power. He made MJF stay awake, as MJF was fading in the choke of the chain. Then, he reminded MJF of everyone who fell victim to being alongside him, including The Pinnacle, Wardlow, and Adam Cole. Swerve makes everyone around him better, and will always be better than MJF as an actor, wrestler, and husband. Whose House?
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Babes of Wrath are Ready for Their First Defense
Renee Paquette was with Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron ahead of their AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship match at Worlds End against TBS Champion Mercedes Moné and ROH Women’s World Champion Athena. But first, they’ll face Maya World and Hyan on Christmas Collision, as Cameron said they like “the cut of their jib.” Cameron and Nightingale hyped each other up and even had Paquette join in to end the interview!
Dynamite Diamond Ring Final: ROH World Champion Bandido def. AEW National Champion Ricochet, Earns AEW World Title Shot at Maximum Carnage
While Ricochet was backed up by Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun of The Demand, Bandido came out alone, although he was wearing the mask, chain, and ring jacket of his partner, Brody King. Ricochet messed with the crowd instead of paying attention to Bandido, as they were clearly in favor of the ROH World Champion. Bandido took Ricochet down for a brief moment and tried to do the Macarena, so Ricochet nailed him and tried to send him over the top. Ricochet tried to dance, so Bandido slapped him in the back of the head! Bandido ate a chop and then sent Ricochet over the top onto the corner of the apron with a one-handed press slam! He performed the Macarena to celebrate! Unfortunately, that celebration gave Ricochet time to recover, so when Bandido went out to chase him, Ricochet was ready and sent Bandido back-first into the steps! Ricochet threw Bandido back in to continue to work on Bandido’s back.
Bandido tried to fight back, but Ricochet kept cutting him off. Ricochet hit a Northern Lights suplex, a vertical suplex, and then a third on the apron. On the floor, Bandido reversed Ricochet into a suplex of his own! Back in the ring, the two traded near-falls until Ricochet pulled Bandido’s hair into Vertigo, but a sloppy cover only got him a two. Ricochet missed a Spirit Gun, but nailed a kick and tried for a Benadriller only for Bandido to turn into a Poisonrana! Ricochet flipped out of a 21 Plex attempt and sat on top of Bandido to get another two-count! Bandido popped Ricochet out of a hurricanrana attempt into a Liger Bomb, but Ricochet kicked out! Bandido missed a frog splash, only to come back with a massive thrust kick. Bandido nailed the X Knee and tried for the 21 Plex, but Kaun held Ricochet as the referee was distracted by Liona. Ricochet took that chance to hit a mule kick low blow, but when he went for a Spirit Gun, Bandido reversed the momentum into a pin for the three count! Ricochet immediately attacked after the bell, only for King to run out to save his partner!
King presented Bandido with the Dynamite Diamond Ring, as he’ll now await the winner of this Saturday’s 4-Way AEW World Championship match to see who he’ll challenge for the AEW World Title at Dynamite Maximum Carnage on January 14!
Darby Allin Thrown Down Familiar Steps by Gabe Kidd!
Somewhere in the bowels of the building, Lexy Nair caught up with Darby Allin and congratulated him for being medically cleared. As Allin spoke to Nair about Gabe Kidd’s challenge earlier in the night, we could see Gabe Kidd coming down the stairs behind him. Allin said he had bigger things to worry about than Gabe Kidd. As he said that, Kidd attacked, and the camera went out, but we could hear the attack. When the camera came back, Kidd dragged Allin to the top of the stairs, where he had been thrown down a year ago. Kidd yelled at Allin about having bigger things to worry about and threw him down the stairs!
Marina Shafir def. Mina Shirakawa
Before the match, we saw Shirakawa tell “Timeless” Toni Storm to stay in the back because she needed to fight for Storm tonight. Shirakawa came out hot out of the gate with strikes in the corner, followed by a focused attack on Shafir’s knee. Shirakawa hit a tornillo splash from the outside in, but only got a one count. Shirakawa stayed on the move and knocked Shafir down with a dropkick from the top! Shafir fought through it and slammed Mina to the mat to swing the match in her favor!
Shirakawa was in trouble for several minutes until she was able to hit a Slingblade from the top rope! That got her a two-count, so the two got into a strike battle, which Shirakawa won and locked in the figure four! Shafir escaped by snapping Shirakawa’s fingers, so Shirakawa came back with an uraken, though with her injured fingers, it didn’t have its full effect. Shafir shook it off and locked in Mother’s Milk, and Shirakawa passed out immediately. The win wasn’t enough for Shafir, so she locked in Mother’s Milk again, which brought out Storm to make the save. Shafir was waiting and knocked out Storm with one swift kick that dropped Storm on top of Shirakawa. Shafir flipped off the crowd as she exited, following the damage she did to Timeless Love Bombs.
The Elite are Reunited, but the Young Bucks are Injured
After last week’s million-dollar win at Holiday Bash, Lexy Nair caught up with Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks to ask about the rumor that Matt and Nick Jackson are injured and won’t be cleared for some time. Matt said it was bittersweet because they got the money, but they won’t be cleared for the rest of the year. Omega said while they are out and rest up, he needs to take care of something by himself that he should have done a long time ago.
Continental Classic Gold League: “Jungle” Jack Perry (6 points) def. PAC (6 points)
Our main event was a first-time matchup between these two Day 1 AEW wrestlers, and both men were wrestling for the first time in the Hammerstein Ballroom. Renee Paquette delivered her match report from ringside, including a quote from PAC, who said he was going to hit Perry so hard, he’d wake up back in a loincloth.
Perry tried to outwrestle PAC at the outset, and it worked until PAC bailed to the outside. Perry followed with a baseball slide into a bulldog on the floor. Perry immediately clobbered PAC with a dive and threw him back into the ring so that he could come off the top with an elbow to a standing PAC. That got him a one count, so Perry went to the opposite corner, but PAC bailed to the floor. Perry went after him, so PAC snatched him with a snap suplex on the ground. Perry’s ankle injury was clearly bothering him. PAC tried to inflict as much punishment as possible on the outside before throwing Perry back in so he could come off the top with a dropkick. That got PAC a two-count, so he stayed on the offensive only for Perry to cut him off with a superkick!
The two traded blows until Perry hit a suplex. Perry fought out of the corner and then ran up the turnbuckles to hit a German suplex! Perry nailed a running, flying DDT for another near-fall, although his ankle was still a problem. Perry went for his patented running knee strike, but PAC was ready for him and booted Perry in the face. Perry charged at PAC, so he threw Perry over his head into the turnbuckles head over heels at the 10-minute mark!
PAC put Perry on the top rope for an avalanche belly-to-belly suplex! PAC was slow to get to Perry for the pin attempt, so Perry was able to kick out to stay alive. PAC taunted the beaten Perry in the corner, but Perry booted his way out. He chased PAC into the other corner, but got a boot of his own. PAC jumped over Perry and connected with a thrust kick. Perry stopped the charging PAC with a superkick and a poisonrana! PAC stepped out of Perry's path to send him into the ropes, but Perry came back with a massive clothesline for another near-fall! PAC caught a running knee, and the two traded kicks until Perry hit a back suplex. He nailed the running knee on PAC, but when he lay on PAC for the cover, PAC turned it into the Brutalizer. Perry escaped by getting to the ropes, only for PAC to get a head of steam for a big clothesline. PAC tried to get the Brutalizer on again, so Perry reversed it into a near-fall. PAC went back to the Brutalizer, but Perry bit his way out! PAC brought Perry up to his feet, but Perry leapt into a cazadora pin to get the victory! Perry moves to six points, and we have a six-way tie between all the competitors in the Gold League heading into the final night of league matches tomorrow on Christmas Collision! Santa Luchasaurus brought out some cookies and milk for Perry to celebrate with the crowd! Merry Christmas Eve, and we’ll see you tomorrow night right back in New York City!
Catch AEW Christmas Collision on a special night and time of Thursday, 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on TNT and HBO Max back in the Hammerstein Ballroom!
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!