AEW Dynamite Results: August 20, 2025 — MJF Secures Big Stipulations, Athena Sends a Painful Message, More
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With just four days until AEW Forbidden Door, AEW came to the OVO Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, for the first time ever in front of a raucous crowd ready to see the best wrestle.
MJF used a beaten Mark Briscoe to secure three major stipulations in this weekend’s AEW World Championship match against “Hangman” Adam Page. The face-to-face between Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley quickly turned into so much more, including an already scheduled trios match and even more backup for the Death Riders. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage were interviewed by Tony Schiavone, but were left laying by a very old acquaintance. Brodido and FTR met in the finals of the AEW World Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament. And Athena sent “Timeless” Toni Storm a direct and painful message.
Here’s everything that went down on a loaded episode of AEW Dynamite for August 20, 2025, including your full results and match recaps.
AEW Dynamite Recap Tonight for Glasgow
Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley Come Face to Face
It only made sense to open the first AEW Dynamite with a man synonymous with the rise of European wrestling over the last decade plus, “The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay!
Ospreay regaled the jam-packed Glasgow crowd with some memories from his time in the beautiful town of Glasgow, including his enjoyment of sausage rolls.
Did that elicit the first “Sausage, Sausage Rollllllllllllls” chant in international wrestling television history? Of course it did.
Ospreay said he’s been thinking back because he doesn’t know how things are going to turn out on Sunday in the Lights Out Steel Cage match at AEW Forbidden Door. He said he’s doing this match because he loves this place, as Ospreay has said many times before, so it’s pretty clear he’ll do whatever it takes to defend it.
“If there’s even a small chance that I can’t be Will Ospreay after Sunday, then I’m leaving everything in that ring!”
And that brought out the other half of our face-to-face, Jon Moxley…with the Death Riders in tow. Before Mox could utter a word, Ospreay asked if Moxley really needed help taking him out.
“This Sunday, don’t let your boys do it. Do it yourself.”
Before the Death Riders could move in on Ospreay, Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey of JetSpeed hit the ring, as their recent issues with Moxley and company were supposed to lead to a trios match later on Dynamite. Apparently, their partner, Hiroshi Tanahashi, didn’t want to wait either and the bell rang!
Hiroshi Tanahashi and JetSpeed def. The Death Riders
Tanahashi went right after Mox to start things off and we were under way with our first match of the night!
It didn’t take long for Marina Shafir to get involved, but she was immediately caught by referee Bryce Remsburg and ejected from the match! As she made her way up the ramp, Ospreay returned to give her a free ride to the locker room, garnering yet another set of big cheers from the crowd.
Still, the Death Riders were able to get control and singled out Kevin Knight, hitting quick tags between all three members as Knight had no chance of getting out of the wrong corner.
Special guest commentator Bryan Danielson admitted it was very hard to be out there watching the match, and not in there himself, as he has lots of history with Moxley, Castagnoli, and Yuta.
Finally, Tanahashi made the tag and the tide began to turn. Tanahashi, Knight, and Bailey hit
Twist and Shouts on all three members of the Death Riders. With Knight and Bailey flying to the outside, Tanahashi went to the top, as it looked like The Ace would finish off Yuta, but Gabe Kidd arrived and he wasn’t alone. Kidd was backed by the War Dogs of New Japan Pro Wrestling, including Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, and Robbie X.
Tanahashi hit a High Fly Flow on Yuta for the pin, but the celebration didn’t last long.
The War Dogs returned to the ring and swung the numbers completely in their favor alongside the Death Riders.
With Ospreay taunting the Death Riders with a body bag that apparently contained Shafir, they made their way up the ramp to confront Ospreay. However, the Young Bucks snuck up from behind Ospreay and hit him with stereo superkicks. Finally, the bodybag was opened and Darby Allin appeared!
Reinforcements arrived in the form of the AEW World Trios Champions, The Opps, and Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly of Paragon. Chaos now reigned all over the OVO Arena with brawls taking place throughout the crowd, but an Allin dive from the mezzanine took out the Death Riders and War Dogs!
With the Glasgow faithful already at a fever pitch, Ospreay, Allin, and company stood tall in the ring, landing a significant blow before the Lights Out Steel Cage match at AEW Forbidden Door.
What Went Down with Hangman and MJF Last Week
We were taken back to last week’s Dynamite, when AEW World Champion, “Hangman” Adam Page, played MJF’s own game against him and coaxed him into executing his guaranteed contract for a shot at the AEW World Championship at AEW Forbidden Door. However, MJF still had the last laugh, when he attacked Page in the parking lot as Dynamite came to a close. Hangman is scheduled to speak later tonight.
Tony Schiavone Interviews Adam Copeland and Christian Cage
With Tony Schiavone waiting in the ring, we heard “You think you know him” and Adam Copeland made his way to the ring, appropriately serenaded by the jam-packed crowd in attendance. Christian Cage didn’t get quite the same reaction and made it worse when he began to insult the crowd.
Copeland immediately cut that off and said, “What are you doing, man? You’re still gonna be that guy? Come on, these people love us!” And with that the crowd erupted!
“I get it, I get it. He is what he is. He’s an asshole.”
Copeland admitted sometimes you need one of those some times.
“It just so happens that he’s my asshole.”
Schiavone asked if Cage had taken Copeland’s advice and found himself. Cage said he went home and did just that.
“I don’t need to change a thing! I am perfect just the way I am!”
Cage admitted the two aren’t on the same page, but they are writing the same book. The reunion isn’t happy, but out of necessity. Copeland agreed to help Cage with Nick Wayne and Cage agreed to help Copeland with FTR.
Cage wouldn’t promise anything beyond that, but said this version of Christian Cage would be the best tag team partner Copeland ever had. And with that he extended a hand and Copeland shook it.
We then heard the voices of Kip Sabian and Mother Wayne, who introduced a video from Nick Wayne.
Wayne addressed Copeland and Cage holding crutches, noting that Spike may not have taken out Wayne for good, but he did suffer a broken foot. That means he’s out for their tag match at AEW Forbidden Door, but he would have taken everything from them. Wayne said he’s always one step ahead, leading to a video showing the rise of Killswitch.
Killswitch then made his way to the ring, chokeslamming Copeland while Cage was distracted by Sabian. It looked like Cage would be left alone, but Killswitch turned around to chokeslam Cage, too.
Killswitch will replace the injured Wayne to tag with Sabian against Copeland and Cage at AEW Forbidden Door!
Mark Briscoe is Looking for MJF
We hear some commotion backstage and find Mark Briscoe saying he flew across the ocean for MJF! Briscoe threatened MJF’s life, but continued on looking before saying anything more.
MJF Makes a Deal with Ricochet
Elsewhere in the building, MJF came up to Ricochet and GOA, admitting he wasn’t a fan of bald people, but could use some help dealing with a common enemy in Mark Briscoe. So he offered a hand of friendship to deal with their problem and shooed the cameras away as the four men schemed.
Brodido and FTR Fight to a Draw in the AEW World Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament Finals
After a month of grueling battles, Brodido and FTR found themselves in the finals of the AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament Eliminator. Would FTR earn a chance to become three-time AEW World Tag Team Champions or is Brodido riding too much momentum? We were about to find out.
The clash of styles was evident early on. FTR would try to slow down the pace while Bandido would speed things up and King would use his power advantage. FTR knew King was a problem for them and seemed to focus on taking him out early, including a piledriver that they celebrated a little too early. Brody King pops back up!
Bryan Danielson is absolutely loving what he’s seeing from the commentary desk! He noted how great Brodido’s teamwork was after only three months. High praise from the American Dragon!
Brody nearly took out both members of FTR, but took a shot from Stokely on the outside and went down in a heap. No, Big Stoke doesn’t pack that kind of punch, as he slyly revealed a pipe hidden in his sling. And it was an accurate shot, as King came up with a blood-covered face.
Once again, FTR slowed things down and grinded down King finally battled through the blood to finally make the tag to Bandido and the ROH World Champion lit up FTR on his own until they caught a big dive to the outside and slammed Bandido on the apron.
Stokely, perhaps overzealous, tried to distract Bandido with the stolen mask, but Bandido was able to take it back and put it on before hitting a splash for a two count.
FTR looked primed to hit Power and Glory from the turnbuckles, but Bandido and King escaped, with Bandido nearly scoring a three count.
Harwood got King up on the top rope once again and hit an avalanche suplex which Wheeler immediately followed with a big splash!
King kicked out!
FIVE MINUTES REMAINING!
Bandido got a blind tag on King, as FTR put Brody down with a Shatter Machine, but he was no longer the legal man. Bandido sprung into action, yet after a brief flurry FTR once again took control and executed a brutal Blockbuster combo. But it still wasn’t enough!
With King on the apron, FTR hit him with an absolutely devastating spike piledriver, seemingly taking him out of the match for good.
Bandido countered the Shatter Machine with a DDT and looked poised to hit the 21 plex, but Cash saved Dax, so Bandido turned it around and Cash saved Dax! Another attempt at the Shatter Machine hit, but King made the save with 60 seconds left!
FTR grabbed a table on the outside with King following right after them. Bandido chased Cash back in the ring and went to the outside, but Wheeler was right behind him and went crashing into the table as the time limit expired!
In the ring, Bandido hit Dax with 21 Plex, although it meant nothing with the referee waving it off.
The match was declared a draw, but Tony Khan made it official that The Hurt Syndicate would defend their AEW World Tag Team Titles against both Brodido and FTR in a 3-Way Elimination Match!
With the match made, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin made their way to the top of the ramp to stare down all of their Forbidden Door opponents.
The Story of Swerve Strickland and Kazuchika Okada
We were treated to a tremendous recap of the history between AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada and Swerve Strickland. Those two will meet for that title in Okada’s first defense at AEW Forbidden Door this Sunday!
Hangman Adam Page Sacrifices Stipulations to Save Mark Briscoe
It was a hero’s welcome for the AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, although Page was clearly angry about everything that went down last week with MJF. He called out MJF and when the music hit, no one came out.
All of a sudden, Tony Schiavone started relaying messages to Hangman from MJF, noting that Page had to stay in the ring until he was done with the threat of something bad happening.
The camera revealed MJF somewhere hidden in the building with a tied-up Mark Briscoe surrounded by Ricochet and GOA. MJF poured gasoline on Briscoe and said the only way to stop him from setting Briscoe on fire was to agree to three stipulations for their AEW World Title match at AEW Forbidden Door.
First, the title can change hands by disqualification. Second, the title can change hands by countout. And finally, MJF could have the match without executing his Casino Gauntlet contract. Before Briscoe was set ablaze, Hangman agreed to the stipulations and Briscoe was left alone by his assailants. Page went rushing to the back with a chair.
MJF Escapes Hangman, but Ricochet Doesn’t
With Page in hot pursuit, he found Ricochet and demanded to know where MJF was, but security arrived on the scene and informed Hangman that MJF was already gone. Page decked a security guard and left, just as GOA found Ricochet still cowering.
ROH World Women’s Champion Athena and TBS Champion Mercedes Moné def. AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm and Alex Windsor
Despite having common enemies, the team of Athena and Mercedes was still a pair of big egos, so there was some miscommunication between the two to start – and throughout the match.
Storm tagged in, clad in tartan and told Moné to “Get in my belly!” Moné disappointed everyone in Glasgow by tagging out to Athena.
However, that gave us a preview of Sunday’s AEW Women’s World Title match between Storm and Athena. While both had their brief moments, neither gained much of an advantage before both Moné and Windsor got back into the fray.
A frustrated Athena got in Moné’s face, saying she needed to get it together. Apparently, the message was received, as Moné assisted Athena in a torpedo dive to the outside on Windsor, but Storm followed with a big hip attack of her own. Athena got in Moné’s face again before crushing Windsor with a powerbomb on the floor!
Moné and Athena remained in control for some time until Windsor finally escaped them long enough to make the tag to a fresher Storm.
Storm and Windsor tried to go for some tandem offense on Athena, but they were out of sync and the tide shifted on a lungblower/backstabber combo from Athena and Moné. Luckily, Windsor saved Storm from a submission just in time.
With the damage done, Storm found herself in the wrong corner, and only saved herself with a desperation DDT, getting just enough time for Windsor to tag back in with a major second wind. Windsor nearly pinned the TBS Champion on multiple occasions, but Athena made a big save.
Athena and Storm wound up battling on the steel steps with The Fallen Goddess putting Storm in massive pain with a piledriver!
Windsor locked Moné in a Sharpshooter, but Athena was the legal woman. With Windsor distracted by her mistake, Athena flew over her with an O-Face for the win. After the match, Moné confronted another one of her opponents at Forbidden Door, Persephone, in the crowd, but she immediately shoved Moné down.
As Storm was tended to by medical staff, Athena and Moné celebrated their victory with Dynamite coming to a close.
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