AEW Dynamite Results: August 26, 2026 – Ospreay Sends Final Words to Omega, Moxley vs. McGuinness Set for C3 Finals, Moné Lays Out Nightingale, More
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All In week began with AEW Dynamite in Glasgow, Scotland, at The OVO Hydro on TBS and HBO Max! We were just four days away from AEW All In: London at Wembley Stadium, but there was still much to settle, including who would be heading to the Finals of the inaugural Continental Challenge Cup!
However, the night began with the challenger to the AEW World Title this Sunday, Will Ospreay. Ospreay spoke to a captivated crowd about his wrestling history and what it meant to go through the journey of the United Kingdom wrestling scene before moving on to New Japan Pro-Wrestling and eventually to AEW. He said that when Omega brought up his son, Ospreay’s respect for Omega disappeared and at Wembley Stadium, he’s taking it all in front of his family, friends and home country!
As for the C3 Finals, the first ticket was punched by the AEW Continental Champion himself, Jon Moxley, when he avenged a past loss to fellow Death Rider Claudio Castagnoli by choking him out to get the Semifinal win. Later, Nigel McGuinness battled through the pain of a pre-existing ankle injury and all the damage Kyle O’Reilly could do before tapping out O’Reilly to win the match! McGuinness could complete an amazing story in front of his countrymen this Sunday, but Moxley stands in his way.
We were supposed to hear from AEW Women’s World Champion Willow Nightingale, only to find her injured backstage at the hands of her All In challenger, Mercedes Moné, who apparently did a number on Nightingale’s left hand!
Plus, Swerve Strickland beat Jack Perry in the main event, and Andrade El Idolo got one up on MJF before they both enter the Casino Gauntlet! All that and so much more went down in front of an electric crowd in Glasgow!
AEW Dynamite Results From Glasgow
Will Ospreay Recounts His Wrestling Journey Before All In
We opened All In week in Glasgow with the challenger for the AEW World Championship this Sunday in front of his family, friends and fellow countrymen in Wembley Stadium, Will Ospreay!
Ospreay took the mic after an amazing reaction to harness the crowd's energy.
Ospreay thanked the crowd, reflecting on the year since they'd last spoken before his surgery, a year filled with ups, downs, and doubt, wondering if he could ever get back to this position, and if he did, whether he could win the big one. He said people keep asking what it's like to be the British wrestler fighting for the most important championship in wrestling, but told them they needed to understand what it's like to be a British wrestler first. He talked about starting long before AEW or New Japan, working up and down the country through England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Back then it was throwing yourself around that ring from Friday to Sunday, only to look at your wage packet and find it wasn't even enough to cover rent, so Monday morning at 6 a.m. it was back to working building sites, building every single day to fly the flag for the UK and represent every fan from the top of the country to the bottom.
Ospreay said the UK truly is where the best wrestle, and that he loved being one of the boys and girls chasing the same dream, learning from icons of British wrestling like Doug Williams, Zack Sabre Jr., Mark Haskins, and Jody Fleisch. He paid tribute to those no longer with us, including Chris Adams, Ricky Knight, and other departed legends of the British scene, saying he wanted to find out tonight if he really is the best. He admitted that when people mention the best in the world, it's hard to look past AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, saying he wanted Omega to know, even watching from home, that there isn't a man alive who respects him more, citing his accomplishments and accolades and calling him the best wrestler of the decade.
Ospreay said all that respect went out the window the moment Omega mentioned his son, warning there's no way he's losing on Sunday because of the promises he has to keep to everyone watching, including giving Omega the fight of his life and leaving that stadium with memories for a lifetime, promising him you don't mess with a man looking after a boy. He said there's a debt that's needed paying for far too long, to everyone who saw him from the start, to his mom, his dad, his wife, and his boy, and that it's time to bring it home. He closed by saying he’s going to show the world that heroes are just ordinary people capable of extraordinary things, and that this Sunday, he's taking it all.
AEW Continental Challenge Cup Semifinal Match: AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley of the Death Riders def. Claudio Castagnoli of the Death Riders
Before entering the arena, Jon Moxley got hyped up by the Death Riders, though Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta hung back while Moxley received his usual slaps from Marina Shafir before walking to the ring alone. Back in that same hallway, Castagnoli prepared with the rest of the Death Riders, including their customary huddle, before also making his way to the ring alone for this Death Rider versus Death Rider C3 Semifinal!
The crowd exploded at the bell as Castagnoli took Moxley down by locking fingers in a grapple at the opening exchange. Castagnoli worked Moxley to the corner and broke cleanly, but Moxley came out swinging with a chop. Castagnoli fired back with chops and uppercuts of his own, working Moxley over around the ring. Moxley came back with a chop that Castagnoli simply brushed off, tried again with the same result, and the two traded shots until Castagnoli scored a double leg takedown, unable to lock in a headlock. Moxley rolled through for a pin but only got a one-count. Castagnoli dumped Moxley over the apron and knocked him to the floor, following him out, but on the outside Moxley took Castagnoli down and locked in a figure four.
Back on their feet, Castagnoli took Moxley down and giant swung him on the floor, sending him crashing violently into the barricade. That big move let Castagnoli take control of the match for the next couple of minutes. Back in the ring, Castagnoli went for the Neutralizer, but Moxley backdropped out of it and slapped him across the face. A cocky Moxley told Castagnoli to bring it, only to be sent through the ropes to the outside. Castagnoli dove through after him and connected on a dive that sent Moxley into the barricade. Moxley got back into the match but was clearly favoring his left arm, hitting Castagnoli with a clothesline in the corner and mounting him with punches before Castagnoli carried him out of it. The two exchanged big strikes until taking each other down with a simultaneous clothesline.
Both men stumbled to their feet and met forehead to forehead in the middle of the ring, setting off a strike battle that Moxley appeared to be winning until Castagnoli fired up and unloaded a barrage of uppercuts. Moxley stumbled up again, and Castagnoli took him down with a backslide, but Moxley spun out of it and dropped him with a cutter. Moxley tried to fire himself up, backed into Castagnoli looking for a Paradigm Shift, but Castagnoli escaped and slammed him to the mat, locking in an armbar that he transitioned into a rear chinlock, swinging Moxley around by the hold. While still holding the chinlock, Castagnoli grapevined his legs around Moxley's torso. Moxley fought free and rolled through for an armbar attempt of his own, but Castagnoli locked his hands together to block it. Moxley kept working the grip until Castagnoli lifted him for an extended giant swing!
Castagnoli went for a Sharpshooter, but Moxley cradled him for a two-count. Castagnoli answered with an uppercut for a two-count of his own, then came firing out of the corner with a huge running uppercut that sent Moxley to the outside. Moxley struggled to get up but caught a look at the Continental Classic Cup, seemingly willing himself back to his feet, only to walk into a stomp from Castagnoli! Moxley kicked out at two to keep his championship reign alive! Castagnoli measured him for another uppercut, but Moxley slipped out of the charge, and Castagnoli grabbed him by the waistband for a Riccola Bomb attempt. Moxley landed on his feet and dropped Castagnoli with a Paradigm Shift, but Castagnoli kicked out at one, sending the crowd into a frenzy!
Moxley bounced off the ropes, grabbed Castagnoli, and dropped him on his head with a Death Rider for a two-count! Mox quickly transitioned into a choke. Castagnoli fought back up to his feet, but Moxley adjusted his grip to the Bulldog choke and locked it in tighter, putting all his weight onto Castagnoli's back. Castagnoli passed out, and the referee called for the bell! Moxley advances to the C3 Finals this Sunday at All In: London, where he'll face either Kyle O'Reilly or Nigel McGuinness!
AEW World Tag Team Champion Adam Copeland & Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. Don Callis Family's Jake Doyle, Brian Cage & Rocky Romero
Adam Copeland entered first to a rousing ovation as Glasgow happily serenaded him, before the Young Bucks made their way to the ring wearing ring gear in somewhat similar colors to Copeland's, even though they'll meet for the AEW World Tag Team Championships in just four days. Copeland started things off with Jake Doyle and made no ground trying to take him down with a shoulder block on multiple occasions, before Doyle knocked him to the ropes. Matt Jackson made a blind tag, and when Doyle charged, Copeland moved, letting Jackson catch him in the gut with a shoulder. Jackson flipped over Doyle, and both he and Copeland dropped him with a double elbow.
Nick tagged in as Brian Cage entered, but the Bucks flipped out of the grasp of Doyle and Cage, avoided their charges in the corner, and alternated clotheslines before meeting in the middle of the ring for a high five and a double bulldog. Rocky Romero came in and ran the Bucks into each other, but they turned things around with an assisted sunset flip. Matt grabbed Cage by the head with his feet, allowing Nick to knock him off the apron with a kick to the head. Romero sent Matt to the corner, but he hopped to the apron and delivered a running PK to Doyle. Romero charged Matt, who was ready with a shoulder to the gut, then springboarded back into the ring with a facebuster, came back through the ropes, and tried a moonsault onto Cage, who caught him and hit a twisting fireman's carry slam on the apron.
Nick was left isolated away from his corner as the Don Callis Family clearly worked to keep him cut off. Cage held him up for a delayed vertical suplex to show off his power, but that gave Nick the chance to cradle him for a two-count. He ducked a clothesline and kicked Cage in the back of the head, leaving both men down. Nick crawled toward the corner, but Cage got up first and knocked Copeland and Matt off the apron. He sent Nick back to the Callis Family corner, but Nick was ready and kicked both Doyle and Romero to the floor. He avoided a charging Cage and went back to his own corner, but found no one there to tag. Unsure what to do, Nick charged back at Cage, who lifted him up and over onto the second rope, clobbered him from behind, and climbed up to put him on his shoulders. Cage went to lift him, but Nick shifted his weight and snapped him over with a Hurricanrana.
Matt and Copeland worked to fire up the crowd, which helped Nick scramble to the corner, where he reached for a tag that was accepted by Cope, though it appeared he was reaching for his brother Matt instead. Copeland came in anyway, immediately running across the ring to knock Romero off the apron, then took Doyle down with a flying shoulder tackle and unloaded on both Cage and Romero to send them out of the ring. He dropped Doyle with a flapjack and lined up for a spear, but Doyle stopped it dead with a giant body block. The Bucks came in to go after Doyle, who blocked their double superkick attempt, but Nick took him down with a leg sweep before the two connected on the superkicks to send him out of the ring. Cage came in and ate a pair of superkicks himself. Romero tried Sliced Bread #2 on Matt, but Matt flipped over onto his feet, and the Bucks tried another double superkick, only for Romero to duck, nearly catching Copeland instead in a near-repeat of what happened between the Bucks and Christian Cage after last week's Dynamite main event. In the confusion, Doyle rolled up Copeland for a two-count.
Copeland ended up isolated in the corner, and the Don Callis Family capitalized with repeated attacks, Doyle dropping him with a fireman's carry backbreaker before Cage picked him up for a spinning fireman's carry slam, with Romero finishing the sequence with a Sliced Bread #2, even after all that, Copeland kicked out. Cage threw Copeland to the apron, and on the opposite side of the ring on the floor, the Bucks took out Romero and Doyle. Cage stood on the second rope to lift Copeland for a superplex, but Matt superkicked his leg out from under him. Matt picked up Cage as Nick came flying off the top rope with a Swanton Bomb. Doyle tried to come in and ate a pair of superkicks followed by a dropkick from Nick, and the Bucks hit a pair of superkicks on Cage to knock him to the floor. They missed on Romero again, and he took both of them down with a double Hurricanrana, seemingly having their number all night. Romero began his customary goal celebration prematurely and never saw the pair of superkicks coming that knocked him out from behind. The Bucks then dove to opposite sides of the ring to take out Cage and Doyle, while back in the ring, Copeland speared Romero for the pinfall victory.
Christian Cage came out to the ring, but had words for the Bucks, telling them to sit down and shut their mouths while he conducted his business, saying he doesn't associate with people beneath him, and that's exactly what the Young Bucks are to him. He acknowledged their influence over their careers, but drew a line between influence and being legends like himself and Copeland, the type of legends matches get named after, the type pay-per-views get named after, and promised that this Sunday at Wembley Stadium, with the tag titles on the line, the Bucks would learn the difference between influence and legendary firsthand. Matt fired back, noting that pay-per-views have been named after them too, but asked if anyone had ever named a company after him. He added that last week's superkick to Cage's face was an accident, but if Cage kept running his mouth, it wouldn't be one this week.
A shoving match broke out, and Cage kicked Matt low. Nick responded with a superkick to Cage, only for Copeland to spear Nick in retaliation. Copeland seemed fired up and angry at first, but appeared to have second thoughts once he got back to his feet. Cage stumbled up and posed with the title as a visibly perturbed Copeland stormed out of the ring, leaving the Bucks to recover on the floor.
Willow Nightingale Laid Out By Mercedes Moné!
Willow Nightingale's music hit, but the AEW Women's World Champion never appeared on the entrance ramp. Instead, the broadcast cut backstage, where Mercedes Moné stood over an injured Nightingale, who was grasping her left hand in pain, with Nightingale's AEW Women's World Championship and a steel chair lying beside her.
Moné mockingly apologized to the crowd, saying they wouldn't be hearing from Nightingale tonight, and told her that this would be her last Dynamite as champion. Moné added that she had taken away Nightingale's ability to speak and vowed to take away her championship too. She then grabbed Nightingale by the mouth, telling her that her smile would be gone for good on Sunday. Picking up the AEW Women's World Championship, Moné said this would also be gone for good, before dropping it next to Nightingale's body. She then walked away laughing, leaving Nightingale writhing on the ground, whimpering in pain and clutching her injured left hand.
Don Callis Announces Mark Davis is in the Casino Gauntlet
Backstage, Don Callis and Mark Davis stood with Renee Paquette. Paquette joked that she hoped Callis was well rested from his vacation, since several Don Callis Family members had high-stakes matches on tap at All In weekend. He assured everyone he was feeling refreshed, then dropped a bombshell. No matter who won the AEW World Championship match between Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega, he had a surprise in store, because Mark Davis had drawn a number for the Casino Gauntlet Match. Callis declared that if that number got called, Davis would settle his score with Andrade, roll through the Casino Gauntlet, and bring the AEW World Title back home to the Don Callis Family!
Andrade Outsmarts MJF and Sends Him Running!
Andrade’s music hit, and the crowd began dancing in anticipation, but he never came out, and the music changed to MJF’s, who immediately made way out wearing his Triple B. MJF had something to say!
MJF told the crowd it was great to be in “sunny Ireland,” before mocking the fans as a bunch of drunken degenerates. He revealed that he'd paid off a few gentlemen “to warm up Andrade” for this weekend so that Andrade wouldn't be there that night. MJF said the true champion was in the building, and dismissed Andrade's act as nothing special, claiming he could do the same routine of coming out in a T-shirt, wearing fake jewelry, and taking a photo with an attractive woman from the crowd. He joked that finding an attractive woman in Scotland was next to impossible by his standards back home, but decided one fan in the crowd would do, although he insulted her first. Before taking the photo, MJF said he had one question.
While MJF had his back to the barricade, Andrade showed up behind him and said, “How you know?” MJF turned around, and Andrade blasted him before sending him into the ring. Andrade unloaded on MJF with knees and went for The DM, but MJF escaped up the ramp. Andrade held up his AEW National Championship in the ring as MJF yelled that he was the one true champion.
Jericho is in the Casino Gauntlet and In Action on Collision!
The first-ever AEW World Champion Jericho made big news by declaring for the Casino Gauntlet on Sunday. This would be Jericho’s first Casino Gauntlet! Jericho said he knows all about how big it is to wrestle in Wembley Stadium. He wrestled Will Ospreay there! Jericho also said he’ll be in trios action on Collision alongside “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Komander against Tommaso Ciampa, Nick Wayne and Mark Davis in a possible preview of the Casino Gauntlet with all six men declared for the match!
AEW Continental Challenge Cup Semifinal Match: Nigel McGuinness def. The Conglomeration's Kyle O'Reilly
Despite traveling similar paths throughout their careers, this marked the first time O'Reilly and McGuinness had ever gone one-on-one. As O'Reilly made his way to the ring, McGuinness soaked in a warm reception, doing his best to hide just how badly injured his ankle was, with adrenaline perhaps masking the pain on his face.
At the bell, O'Reilly and McGuinness each got tangled up going for early submission attempts, breaking cleanly each time. O'Reilly tried again, but McGuinness simply walked out of it. O'Reilly then controlled McGuinness's wrist as McGuinness made multiple attempts to escape, only for O'Reilly to keep getting the upper hand. McGuinness finally broke the cycle by moving referee Aubrey Edwards into O'Reilly's path, tricking him into thinking it was McGuinness, which allowed McGuinness to roll O'Reilly up, though there was no count. O'Reilly got up, clearly frustrated and annoyed, and kicked at McGuinness, who stepped away before firing back with a throat thrust and several shots to the chest. O'Reilly answered by locking in a guillotine, but McGuinness quickly escaped, and O'Reilly lit him up with a flurry of kicks and strikes.
McGuinness began favoring the injured ankle as he tried to create distance, but O'Reilly pulled him to the apron and slammed the ankle into the ring. As McGuinness limped on the floor, he turned around into a flying knee from O'Reilly. Back in the ring, with McGuinness clearly hurting, O'Reilly continued working over the injured leg, locking in a leg lock. McGuinness tried everything to escape, including chopping away at O'Reilly, who shook it off and cranked the hold in tighter. McGuinness finally escaped by countering into a heel hook, forcing O'Reilly to let go.
McGuinness then shifted his focus to O'Reilly's left arm, wrenching back on the elbow, and O'Reilly seemed to sense he needed to escape before real damage was done. McGuinness tried to bounce off the ropes with a lariat clothesline, but O'Reilly saw it coming, since it's a move he uses himself. O'Reilly sat McGuinness up and connected with a springboard PK, but only got a one-count. He went for a cross armbreaker, and McGuinness fought to keep his hands clasped together. Just as it looked like the grip might break, O'Reilly transitioned into an ankle lock, but McGuinness got to the ropes. After breaking the hold, O'Reilly went right back to stomping the bad ankle.
O'Reilly then tried to pull McGuinness's arm down across the top rope on the apron, but McGuinness broke free, hit a gutshot, and snapped O'Reilly's throat across the ropes. McGuinness pulled O'Reilly up and over the top rope by the neck, looking for a Tower of London, but O'Reilly landed on his feet and locked in a sleeper hold. O'Reilly chopped at the bad leg before rolling back into a rear naked choke. McGuinness broke free and rolled O'Reilly up for a near-fall, then tried again for the pin, but O'Reilly reversed it into a bridge, and McGuinness was able to kick out in time, O'Reilly was now sporting a large welt under his right eye.
Both men got back to their feet and traded strikes, McGuinness using a series of uppercuts to send O'Reilly into the ropes. O'Reilly tried a lariat of his own, only for McGuinness to duck behind him and roll him up for a two-count. O'Reilly escaped and got a near-fall of his own, then rolled McGuinness onto his stomach, trapping his left arm behind his back as the welt under O'Reilly's eye continued to swell. McGuinness tried to roll through into a crossface, and O'Reilly briefly escaped before McGuinness rolled through again and locked it back in. O'Reilly fought to a submission attempt, but McGuinness escaped, only for O'Reilly to grab the bad ankle again in a single-leg crab. McGuinness clawed at the ropes, barely making it in time, the pain evident on his face.
Once again, both men desperately stood and exchanged strikes once more, O'Reilly eventually taking the lead again. He whipped McGuinness to the ropes, but McGuinness came back with a Les Kellett-inspired lariat on the rebound for a two-count. McGuinness then pulled O'Reilly back up and locked in the London Dungeon on the damaged left arm, and O'Reilly had no choice but to tap out! McGuinness has won it, punching his ticket to the C3 Final against AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley this Sunday at Wembley Stadium, where the winner will walk out as both Continental Champion and the first-ever holder of the Continental Challenge Cup!
Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada Have Tense Words
Renee Paquette stood backstage with Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher. She asked Callis whether he was confident in his strategy to keep the AEW International Championship in the Family, given what fans saw last week between Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada. Callis fired back, asking Paquette what she thought she saw and telling her not to believe her own lying eyes. He explained that there's always competition among alpha athletes, but at the end of the day, he expects this family to run the play as called.
Paquette then turned to Fletcher for his take. Fletcher said he'd made it clear last week that he trusts Callis with all his heart and owes him so much, and that he was one hundred percent willing to run the play at All In. He added that the real question was whether Okada would be willing to do the same. Okada showed up, insisting that family is the most important thing, and that he could be trusted. Fletcher pushed back, asking what exactly he could trust Okada to do, since he'd been jumped from behind by Takeshita last week and Okada was nowhere to be found. Okada snapped back that Fletcher was always thinking about himself, before repeating, "Family, Kyle. Family."
AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion & CMLL World Women's Champion Persephone def. TBS Champion Maya World & The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor)
World and Bayne started things off, with Bayne easily overpowering World on multiple occasions before sending her to the corner and unloading with shoulder blocks. Bayne tagged in Kross, who continued the assault with boots to World before tagging in Persephone. Persephone stayed on World with a chop in the corner and a back elbow, then charged again, but World ducked and tagged in Windsor. Persephone charged at Windsor, and the two exchanged waistlocks until Windsor tagged in Hayter. Windsor sent Persephone off the ropes into a Manhattan drop, and Hayter kicked Persephone to the mat.
Windsor flipped Persephone up to allow Hayter to drop her back down with a running boot. Windsor cleared out the opposite corner as Hayter put Persephone in a neutral corner, and the two hit clotheslines on Persephone in the corner. Hayter then whipped World across the ring, where she jumped off Windsor's back for a flying attack on Persephone. The Brawling Birds grabbed Persephone out of the corner with a double suplex, then held her down for World, who came off the top with a moonsault. Hayter covered, but Persephone kicked out at two.
Persephone managed to create enough separation to distract the referee, allowing Kross to blindside Hayter with a clothesline from the apron. Hayter found herself in trouble, trapped in the Divine Dominion corner as Kross and Persephone double-teamed her, which Bayne finished off with a bridging German suplex. World and Windsor broke up the pin before the count.
The Brawling Birds and Divine Dominion then squared off, trading shots until Bayne knocked Windsor down and Hayter knocked Kross down. Hayter and Bayne ran at each other from opposite corners and collided with simultaneous clotheslines. As both women tried to stir, Hayter made the tag to World, who came in like a house of fire, unloading on Kross and quickly taking her down with a head-scissors takeover. World reversed a whip into the corner and came off the second rope with a leaping leg lariat, holding on for a two-count. World tried to pick Kross up for a bridging fallaway slam, but Bayne stopped it and attempted a chokeslam on World, who reversed it into a stunner. When World turned around, she was clobbered by a big boot from Kross. Windsor came back with a headbutt to put Kross down and followed with a pair of kicks to keep her grounded, only for Persephone to spear Windsor.
Hayter immediately grabbed Persephone for a backbreaker across the knee, and Bayne came flying out of the corner with a clothesline that nearly flipped Hayter head over heels. Bayne picked World up alongside Kross for Divine Intervention, but the Brawling Birds made the save with a pair of German suplexes. Persephone came off the top with a dropkick to take down both Hayter and Windsor. Persephone hit a big lariat on World and picked her back up for a Crucifix Powerbomb, but World escaped, sent Persephone into the ropes, and caught her coming back with an innovative stunner. World covered, but Bayne pulled her out of the ring to break up the pin. Bayne and Kross then put the boots to World on the floor, but Hayter came off the apron with a cross-body to take out Divine Dominion. They caught her, however, so Windsor leaped off the top with a cannonball to take everybody down at once.
As the Brawling Birds and Divine Dominion continued brawling on the outside with the referee distracted, Persephone grabbed World's TBS Championship and cracked her across the head with it! The referee never saw it, and when he turned around, Persephone was already on the top rope, coming down with a frog splash to pin the TBS Champion!
Persephone grabbed both her CMLL World Women's Championship and the TBS Championship, briefly holding both before tossing the TBS title aside to celebrate with her own belt. After that result, one has to wonder whether Persephone has now earned herself a shot at the TBS Championship.
A Look Back at the Dangerous History of Darby Allin & Kevin Knight
Before they meet on Sunday in a Falls Count Anywhere Match for the TNT Title in Wembley Stadium, we looked at how the match came to be, including Allin getting burned by pyro and nearly having his neck broken by Knight last week on Dynamite! Allin was lucky, but what kind of shape will he be in at All In?
Swerve Strickland def. "Jungle" Jack Perry
For our main event, Swerve Strickland entered first alongside Prince Nana, followed by Jack Perry, who entered alone but clearly had the crowd behind him as they gleefully waved their hands along with his electric entrance. At the bell, Swerve pointed to the crowd while looking at Perry, acknowledging what they were doing, before mockingly joining in on the hand-waving himself.
The two stood face-to-face in the middle of the ring, exchanging words, and Swerve put his hands behind his back to offer Perry the first shot. Perry grabbed a headlock and tried to send Swerve to the ropes, but Swerve easily put him down with a shoulder block. Swerve ground Perry's face into the mat, trying to teach him a lesson, but Perry answered with a poke to the eye. Perry then got a head of steam and took Swerve down with a shoulder tackle, posing to a delighted crowd. Perry cartwheeled over Swerve and took him down with a hurricanrana, but Swerve fired right back with a big clothesline as he continued clearing his eye. Swerve stomped Perry down and worked him into the corner with a big chop, but Perry's continued needling allowed him to fire back with a couple of shots of his own before Swerve shut it down and beat him back to the mat.
Swerve sent Perry to the opposite corner and charged, but Perry sent him to the apron. Swerve mocked the crowd before trying to suplex Perry from the ring to the floor. Perry fought free with a shot to the gut and dove over Swerve looking for a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor, but Swerve kicked him in the chest to break it up and ran down the apron looking for a boot. Perry ducked and pulled himself up to the apron, taking Swerve down with a kick to the knee. As Swerve tried to get back to his feet on the apron, Perry went to the second rope looking for a hurricanrana, but Swerve caught him and violently slammed him into the turnbuckle, the kind of cutthroat mentality Swerve had been trying to teach Perry all along.
Swerve stayed in firm control after that vicious throw into the ring post, and Perry only found brief glimpses of hope before Swerve shut each one down. Swerve came off the second rope with a diving European uppercut to Perry's back, then mocked the crowd again by dancing and waving his hands, only for the crowd to fire back with chants of "Whose house? Swerve's house!" Swerve draped Perry over his back, locking his feet between his thighs to stretch his back out in an ugly-looking submission. Perry tried to reach the ropes, so Swerve hooked the arm, but Perry used his free arm to elbow Swerve and flipped around into an arm drag that sent Swerve to the floor, appearing to catch his head on the apron on the way down.
Perry slid under the ropes, but Swerve caught him and looked for Big Pressure. Perry escaped and ran up the apron to hit a slingshot spear on Swerve. Swerve bailed to the far side of the ring, and Perry followed, diving between the ropes to connect with him on the floor. Perry went back inside and dove through the ropes for another shot, then wasn't satisfied and called for a third, sailing over the top rope and crashing down onto Swerve outside. Still not done, Perry climbed all the way to the top rope and came down on Swerve with a moonsault to the floor. Perry threw Swerve back inside and ascended the top rope again, but as he tried to get his footing with his back to the ring, Swerve was there to meet him. Perry managed to elbow him away, and Swerve backflipped off the top rope, landing on his feet. Perry came off the top looking for a moonsault, but sailed over Swerve, who also landed on his feet, though Perry was quick enough to change course into a DDT. Perry covered, but Swerve kicked out at two.
Swerve chopped away at Perry, who kept egging him on for more, until Swerve finally had enough and kicked out Perry's left leg to put him down. Swerve called for House Call, but missed when Perry moved, and Perry superkicked Swerve while he was down on his knees before backing into the corner to set up his own flying knee. As he charged across the ring, though, Swerve cut him off with House Call. Swerve went to the top rope and stomped Perry, but Perry rolled through into the Snare Trap, and Glasgow came alive cheering him on. Swerve was in deep trouble in the middle of the ring but managed to pull his hand free and bend back Perry's fingers to escape. Perry rolled through and trapped Swerve again for a near-fall, and Swerve avoided a follow-up running knee, possibly looking for a Brainbuster, but Perry reversed it into a hurricanrana and hooked the legs, only for Swerve to kick out just in time.
With Perry cornered, Swerve went after him, but Perry answered with a back elbow and went up to the second rope, leaping back onto Swerve, who caught him on his shoulders looking for Big Pressure. Perry slipped down, and Swerve stood up as if setting up a pin attempt, but with Perry's legs still trapped around him, Swerve instead pulled Perry up by the hair and finished him off with Big Pressure for the win.
After the match, Swerve held out his fingers to show just how close Perry had come, but hadn't quite gotten the job done. As the referee raised his hand, Swerve extended a fist bump down to Perry on the mat, who accepted it in a show of respect.
The Epic History of Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay
Dynamite closed with a special video package looking at the preparations for AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and his challenger Will Ospreay this Sunday at All In: London.
We saw the intense training of both men to prepare for what might be the biggest match in both their careers, while also being reminded of when Ospreay called Omega his hero earlier this year. That brought us back to their first meeting 11 years ago in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, a legendary independent promotion in Reseda, California that has seen the best of the best wrestle each other before becoming major stars. It was a fitting stage for their first encounter, with a young, raw Ospreay taking on the man he looked up to in Omega, who admitted he didn’t know much about Ospreay other than the buzz he heard on the internet. Omega won that first match and Ospreay chased that ghost for the next decade, trying to get to Omega’s level. He tried matching Omega’s achievements in NJPW, including winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Ospreay doesn’t believe Omega has ever seen Ospreay as his equal.
That brought us to the press conference before Wrestle Kingdom 17 in 2023, where Omega returned to NJPW and told Ospreay that everyone would see he’s not quite ready to grab the torch yet. Omega went on to defeat Ospreay to win the IWGP United States Championship, which Ospreay admitted tore his world apart, as Omega didn’t show mercy or remorse. Omega didn’t see it as any different than Ospreay disrespecting Omega when he showed up in AEW looking for revenge and aligned himself with Don Callis. Ospreay would win the bloody rematch, but did so by using a screwdriver provided by Callis to spike Omega in the head. While Omega had Callis but didn’t need him to beat Ospreay in NJPW, Ospreay accepted and benefited from Callis’ interference with the screwdriver. Ospreay said that he’s been thinking about that for three years because the win meant nothing.
Ospreay called this match the biggest night of his life in Wembley Stadium in front of his family, wife, mom and kid. Omega knows there’s a lot riding on this for both men because of the pressure Ospreay has to get the job done, and he thinks Ospreay will fail again. Ospreay is adamant he has to be better than Omega, but he has to do it away from everyone else and by himself. He knows he can do it because it’s been a 10-year chase.
With a look at more intense training regimens for both men, we relived how Omega took out Ospreay with a One-Winged Angel at AEW Redemption to officially begin their journey to Wembley Stadium. Since then, the two have exchanged plenty of words and barbs back and forth, although it was Omega who took the opening to V-Trigger Ospreay and put him through a table with a One-Winged Angel last week to end Dynamite.
As we were reminded of the words from Omega’s post-Wrestle Kingdom 17 victory that pierced the confidence of Ospreay, he’s made it crystal clear that he wants to beat Omega with honor and pride. And he’ll do it when it matters the most.
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