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AEW Dynamite Results: June 24, 2026 – Briscoe Drops MJF After Teams Brawl, Takeshita Retains International Title vs. Ricochet, Cameron and Aminata Qualify for Survival of the Fittest, More

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AEW Dynamite Results

AEW Dynamite was LIVE from the Rio Rancho Events Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, on TBS and HBO Max! We were just four days from AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door with a stacked card full of implications for Sunday in San Jose, and the tension couldn’t be any higher!


The night came to a close with Team Briscoe and Team DCMJF coming to blows after MJF tried to sneak-attack Mark Briscoe. That set off a brawl that saw each team briefly gain the advantage until MJF mistakenly hit Andrade El Ídolo with the Dynamite Diamond Ring. Briscoe took advantage and dropped MJF with a Jay Driller as Dynamite came to a close!


In the main event, AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita took everything Ricochet could throw at him, but he ultimately prevailed before he will step in the steel cage as part of Team Briscoe on Sunday! We’ll also see AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defend against ROH World Champion Bandido at Forbidden Door. Still, tonight, it was the Death Riders who beat Brodido and Místico in Trios action!


However, Daniel Garcia wasn’t as successful in a loss to Swerve Strickland. When Strickland tried to inflict further damage, Will Ospreay ran out for the save, only for Strickland to drop Garcia with a Vertebreaker. Ospreay had just beaten ELP in the previous match, so both he and Swerve will take victorious momentum into the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Finals at Forbidden Door.


An up-and-down night for the Death Riders also saw Marina Shafir get upset by Harley Cameron in a TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest qualifying match. Queen Aminata beat ROH Women’s World TV Champion also to qualify, leaving only one of the six spots remaining before the match goes down next Wednesday on Dynamite.


All that and so much more went down on a huge night in Rio Rancho for Dynamite! Here are your complete results!



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AEW Dynamite Recap Tonight for Rio Rancho

Death Riders (AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli) w/ Marina Shafir def. CMLL World Light Heavyweight & Trios Champion Místico & Brodido (Brody King and ROH World Champion Bandido)

Our night began with AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley giving a pep talk to the Death Riders and Will Ospreay, and reminding them to have each other’s backs tonight. As they huddled up, Garcia invited Ospreay to join them, which seemed like quite the rite of passage. Ospreay got so fired up in the huddle that he fell! Dare we say a moment of levity before an intense week of battles?


After the Death Riders made their way through the crowd, Brodido and Místico got massive reactions ahead of our opening contest. Bandido and Yuta got things going with Yuta trying to ground the ROH World Champion by targeting his leg. Bandido fought back to his feet, and the two came to a stalemate until Bandido took Yuta down with a headscissors and called for Moxley to tag in, so he did! It was time for a preview of their Forbidden Door AEW Continental Championship match!


Moxley controlled Bandido’s arm and broke cleanly at the ropes until he decided to boot Bandido in the gut. Castagnoli tagged in and stomped Bandido to the mat. Bandido turned things around with a hurricanrana and tagged in Místico, who nailed Castagnoli with a back elbow and a step-up kick from the apron. Castagnoli stopped Místico with a backbreaker, only for Místico to take Castagnoli down with a tijeras. Brody King tagged in, and we were taken back to their Owen Cup and Continental Classic matches with a clash in the middle of the ring. The Death Riders ran in to knock Místico and Bandido to the mat. King chopped Yuta down, and in an unreal feat of athleticism, he took down Moxley and Castagnoli by running up the ropes and coming down with a double armdrag. That brought the Rio Rancho crowd to their feet! Lucha Brody! Místico, Bandido and King dove through the ropes for a stereo tope suicidas!


Castagnoli was able to shut Bandido’s offense down, and the Death Riders took over from there for the next few minutes on Bandido. He suffered a triple-team attack in the corner until Yuta dropped him with a suplex and Moxley covered for a two-count. Moxley stayed focused on Bandido’s hands to weaken his grip to avoid the 21 Plex. Moxley threw heavy strikes at Bandido, but he called for more and followed Moxley to the ropes with a big dropkick! 


Místico tagged in with a crossbody from the ropes to Castagnoli and a pendulum kick around the ropes to Yuta! Místico took Yuta to the outside with a headscissors takeover and floated through Castagnoli with a Code Red! Moxley made the save! King tagged back in and rocked Castagnoli with an elbow that knocked him to the corner. Moxley tagged back in and jumped on King’s back with a sleeper. King broke it up by backing Moxley into the corner. He stomped Moxley down and went to the opposite side for a massive cannonball that connected! Castagnoli stopped King from trying a Gonzo Bomb, but Bandido came in and deadlifted Castagnoli into a vertical suplex! Yuta crushed Bandido with a Busaiku Knee! Místico dropkicked Yuta to the floor. Moxley through Místico to the floor! King clotheslined Moxley hard to the mat. He picked up Moxley for another Gonzo Bomb attempt, so Shafir tried to come through the ropes to cause a distraction. It worked because Castagnoli was able to come in and crack King across the back of the neck and head with the AEW Continental Championship! Moxley pinned King for the win!

Team Briscoe Knows What’s On the Line at Forbidden Door

Renee Paquette was backstage with Team Briscoe, minus Mark Briscoe and asked if they were ready for the steel cage match at Forbidden Door. Darby Allin spoke up and said he doesn’t feel ready, but they don’t have time to waste because this was Briscoe’s chance to become AEW World Champion. Allin said he’d do anything possible to help Briscoe win and hopes his teammates do the same. Roderick Strong said he hates the Don Callis Family, but not as much as he hates MJF, so he’ll never forgive him for what he did to his best friend, ADAM! Orange Cassidy said he’ll make sure they all have backpacks for the match and that they can put whatever they want in them. He’s pretty sure Konosuke Takeshita will put the AEW International Title in his backpack after he beats Ricochet tonight. Cassidy thought that covered everyone, but Kyle O’Reilly wondered where Briscoe was, as the man leading them to war this Sunday. 


“Don’t you worry, sickos. Mark will be in the middle of that ring tonight to give a piece of his mind.”


Renee asked if Cassidy was OK, and he said, “It’s fine.” They both looked around for Lio Rush and decided to leave the scene.

TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Harley Cameron def. "The Problem" Marina Shafir of the Death Riders

Shafir remained at ringside for her match, as Harley Cameron made her way to the ring with some Supergirl-inspired gear after attending the red carpet premiere last night. However, Shafir had no interest in Cameron showing off her attire and blasted her with a kick to the gut. The bell rang, and Shafir immediately threw Cameron to the ropes for another big kick to the chest. Shafir tried to ground Cameron and mounted her, but Shafir rolled it into a half crab. Shafir kicked loose, and Cameron went to the apron. Shafir tried to follow, but Cameron cracked her with a running knee. Cameron followed with a dropkick through the ropes! She took a look at the TBS Title and ran up the steel steps to dive onto Shafir! Cameron threw Shafir back in and was clearly in control!


Cameron went to the top rope, but Shafir was ready and kicked her down. Shafir grabbed Cameron and just threw her to the mat with reckless abandon. Shafir continued to brutalize Cameron and ragdolled her to the mat multiple times with judo throws. Finally, Cameron just collapsed to the mat, so Shafir grabbed her arm and kicked Cameron in the chest. Cameron hit a belly-to-back suplex out of nowhere and followed with a roundhouse kick. She splashed Shafir in the corner and mounted her for a barrage of punches. Cameron came off the ropes with a leaping clothesline, but Shafir stopped her with repeated knees to the midsection. Once again, Cameron was crumpled on the mat, so Shafir picked her up again and tried to throw her down, but Cameron was ready and rolled into a half crab! Shafir switched it into a rear-naked sleeper, so Cameron rolled over the top of Shafir and trapped her for the surprise three-count! What a win for Cameron! Shafir could only smile in disappointment, knowing she had been bested.

Mercedes Moné & Athena vs. Hyan & Maya World Announced for Collision

We took a look at Maya World’s huge upset over Athena last week on Collision to clinch her spot in the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament finals against Mercedes Moné. World called it her dream match, but Moné said this is no Cinderella story.


“Dreams don’t win championships. I do.”

Will Ospreay def. ELP

Ospreay was fired up for this match, as he’s just four days away from the Owen Cup Finals against Swerve Strickland, who was in action against Daniel Garcia later tonight. ELP and Ospreay slapped hands at the bell, as they are longtime rivals from their time together in NJPW. 

ELP and Ospreay exchanged some reversals until Ospreay barely avoided a thrust kick from ELP. ELP tried to pose after seemingly avoiding Ospreay, so Ospreay chopped him hard in the chest. ELP came back with one of his own and controlled Ospreay’s arm with some nifty footwork on the ropes to take Ospreay down with an armdrag, but Ospreay landed on his feet! ELP didn’t expect it and walked into a dropkick that knocked him to the floor. Ospreay fired up the crowd and clobbered ELP with a big crossbody to the floor. Ospreay was clearly enjoying himself, as he even took time to mock his fall from the beginning of the night.


ELP reversed Ospreay on the apron into a rough backdrop. ELP took to the skies with a picturesque moonsault from the top rope to the floor! ELP took advantage of his big offense by staying on Ospreay for the next few minutes. Ospreay finally came back to life with some strikes, and when ELP tried to throw Ospreay to the mat, Ospreay sprang right back up and nailed ELP with an enzigiri. Ospreay unloaded on ELP and came off the ropes with a spinning corkscrew kick. He covered ELP for a two-count. Ospreay missed a charge in the corner and immediately ate a kick to the chest. ELP came off the ropes with a tornado DDT and hung on to lift Ospreay for a suplex, but Ospreay reversed it into a Stundog Millionaire. ELP picked Ospreay up and flipped him over for a stunner of his own!


The two fought up from their knees with Ospreay asking for more from ELP until he threw what looked like a knockout forearm, but Ospreay didn’t go for the pin. He continued to strike ELP, as ELP got back to his feet and the two traded strikes and kicks. Ospreay knocked ELP into the ropes and tried for another corkscrew kick, which ELP caught. Ospreay slipped out of it and the two traded reversals until Ospreay put ELP on the mat with a Spanish Fly. That got a two-count! Ospreay tried a Hidden Blade, but ELP countered into a hurricanrana for a near-fall! ELP hit a thrust kick for another two-count! ELP showed frustration and then tried to fire up the crowd. Ospreay rolled out of ELP’s grasp and yanked him up for a Styles Clash! Ospreay finished ELP with a brutal Hidden Blade to the back of the head and pinned him for the win! As Ospreay celebrated with the crowd, Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana made their entrance for the next match. They stopped at the Owen Cup and smiled at Ospreay. Strickland and Ospreay had a distant staredown, as Ospreay exited through the crowd while Strickland continued into the ring.

Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) def. Death Riders' Daniel Garcia

Garcia made his way from the outside to the ring by himself, but was clearly fired up and threw a chair as he entered the ringside area. Garcia got right in Swerve’s face at the bell, but Swerve just smiled back at him. Swerve stuffed a double-leg attempt and took Garcia down with a shoulder tackle. Garcia got right back up and shoved Swerve. They pie-faced and then chopped each other, which set Swerve off, as he took Garcia down for some ground-and-pound. He whipped Garcia hard into the corner and followed up with a big body shot around the ring. Garcia tried to get away, so Swerve followed after him with a deep back rake. Swerve dropped Garcia on the top rope and followed with a high boot to Garcia’s jaw. Garcia rolled to the floor, but Swerve tried to follow with a running kick from the apron. Garcia caught it and pulled Strickland into the ring skirt. Garcia yanked Swerve down with a dragon screw and knocked him into a chair against the barricade. Garcia blasted Strickland with some elbow strikes and got some distance to run at Swerve with a big dropkick. Garcia took his time to load up for another, but this time, Swerve exploded out of the chair with a House Call! That completely changed the complexion of the match!


As Swerve continued to punish Garcia, he went for a Swerve Stomp to Garcia on the apron, but Garcia moved. Swerve came up limping, and Garcia quickly grabbed the leg for another dragon screw in the ropes. Garcia tried to piledrive Swerve on the apron, but Swerve escaped and hit a Death Valley Driver on the apron instead! Strickland brought Garcia back in the ring and connected on a brainbuster for a two-count. Strickland toyed with Garcia by shoving him in the face with his boot. Garcia got back to his feet, so Strickland dropped him multiple times with big forearms. Garcia finally bounced off the ropes for a clothesline, but Swerve didn’t go down. Garcia tried again, and once again, Strickland stood tall. Garcia goaded Strickland into thinking he was going for it again, but dropkicked Swerve in the bad leg. Garcia finally took Swerve down with a running clothesline!


Swerve blocked Garcia with a boot in the corner and knocked him away with a back elbow. Strickland came out of the corner, but Garcia was ready and snatched him in an ankle lock. Swerve got loose and blasted Garcia with a back elbow. He missed two wild strikes, and Garcia chop-blocked Swerve. Garcia tried another piledriver, but Swerve turned it into a backbreaker. He lifted Garcia for a powerbomb and turned it into a powerslam! Garcia kicked out at two! Swerve lined up for a House Call, but his bad leg gave out, and he collapsed in front of Garcia. Garcia picked Swerve up and nailed a Styles Clash! It looks like Will Ospreay is influencing Garcia! Swerve was able to kick out at two! Garcia tried for the Dragon Tamer, so Swerve kicked free. Swerve hit a Flatliner and a House Call, but Garcia kicked out! Swerve came up angry and went through the ropes to go up top, but decided to come back in and hit Garcia with his own version of the Hidden Blade! That was enough to beat Garcia, just like Ospreay won his match with ELP!


After the match, Swerve tried to snap the arm of Garcia, but Ospreay intervened, and he brawled with Swerve! Ospreay hit Swerve with a hook kick and tried for a Hidden Blade, but was tripped by Prince Nana! That allowed Swerve to drop Ospreay with a House Call! He picked up Ospreay and tried for a Vertebreaker, but Garcia pulled Ospreay down. Swerve hit the Vertebreaker on Garcia instead! Ospreay came in with a chair, but Swerve got away up the ramp and posed with the Owen Cup and Championship.

Team DCMJF is Trying to Operate … Like a Family?

We took a look at the timeline that led to Team DCMJF vs. Team Briscoe at Forbidden Door, then went backstage to hear from MJF, Don Callis and the Don Callis Family. Callis introduced the Family members who are part of MJF’s squad, including Jake Doyle and TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight, who told Darby Allin that if he skates down to Forbidden Door, Knight will put him back in the ER. He told MJF that after this is over, he wants his AEW World Title shot. MJF dismissed him by saying, “Sure, kid. Whatever you want.” Callis continued and called Kazuchika Okada, “the best wrestler of the last 5,000 years!” Kyle Fletcher said the second the door is locked, he’s coming right for Konosuke Takeshita to show why the Family never needed him and why Fletcher is the new “Alpha.” 


Before Callis could introduce Andrade El Ídolo, MJF cut him off and began to address Mark Briscoe. MJF said that wherever he goes, he’s treated well because he was born with a white collar, and a white collar always wins. He called Briscoe a “blue collar bitch,” but admitted he’s never kicked out of the Jay Driller. But that’s because he’s never had to because Jay’s never hit the Jay Driller with the Triple B on the line, and he never will. MJF tried to talk up his team, but when he noticed RPG Vice was there, they were forced to leave. MJF noted that they weren’t all on the same page last week and brought up Andrade while coughing, but Callis calmed Andrade down, and MJF said he wants to operate not just as a team but as a family. Callis called for someone off camera, who brought in a new shirt. It was a Team DCMJF shirt with an artist’s rendering of Callis and MJF coming together, wearing nothing but trunks. MJF said they will all wear one, and when everyone else saw the shirt, they cringed. MJF and Callis smiled with their newest merch. 


Zack Sabre Jr. (w/ TMDK's Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito) def. "Jungle" Jack Perry

Perry entered alone, but Sabre had Mikey Nicholls and Bad Dude Tito with him as his seconds. ZSJ kept Perry controlled on the mat, as Perry did everything he could to escape, but Sabre kept taking the advantage back and even got a pin attempt for a near-fall. ZSJ controlled Perry’s arm, and Perry broke the hold by biting the top rope. Perry rolled up ZSJ for a pair of near-falls and stopped ZSJ off the ropes to capture ZSJ in a very close near-fall! That was enough for Sabre to roll out of the ring to collect himself, as Perry had clearly frustrated him. 


Perry chopped ZSJ and tried to bounce off the ropes for an armdrag, but Sabre was ready and sat into a cross armbreaker. Perry got an immediate rope break, so ZSJ stomped the arm. Perry rolled to the outside, so Sabre followed and tried to send Perry into the ringpost, but Perry reversed it, and ZSJ hit the post instead. Perry swung around the post with a pair of knees and pulled Sabre up to the apron. ZSJ blocked a suplex and wrenched Perry’s arm across the top rope. He hit a pump kick to Perry’s shoulder, and ZSJ had full control.


ZSJ continued to work on Perry’s injured left arm in the ring by dissecting it with submissions and strikes. Perry fought back with strikes out of the corner and a desperation Sliced Bread. ZSJ rolled to the floor, so Perry came out with a slide, which Sabre turned into a cross armbreaker on the floor! He was forced to break the hold, but held on long enough to do maximum damage. Sabre tried to stomp Perry’s arm on the apron, so Perry moved and used the distance to grab ZSJ for another Sliced Bread on the apron! Perry went to the top and connected on a beautiful moonsault to the floor. 


Perry threw ZSJ back in and tried for a lariat, but Sabre captured Perry in a vicious arm submission. ZSJ transitioned into a triangle sleeper, and Perry deadlifted ZSJ into a sitout powerbomb to escape and get a two-count! Sabre escaped a package piledriver with a sleeper, so Perry rolled over it for a near-fall. ZSJ rolled through for a near-fall of his own, so Perry pulled him into the Snare Trap in the middle of the ring! Perry’s injured arm kept him from locking in the Snare Trap fully, which allowed ZSJ to grab a double-wrist lock. Perry escaped and dropped ZSJ with a lariat. Perry pulled ZSJ into a double underhook powerbomb, but Perry’s arm limited how much he could get on the pin attempt. ZSJ kicked out and quickly reversed a Glass Jaw knee into a heel hook. He rolled it over into a half crab and grabbed the left arm into a grotesque position, so Perry was forced to give up. ZSJ was victorious just days before facing Kenny Omega at Forbidden Door. As Perry was attended to on the floor, the Young Bucks made their way to the ring for the next match.

Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. TMDK (Bad Dude Tito and Mikey Nicholls)

Nicholls and Matt started things, but Tito quickly nailed Matt from behind, and Nicholls knocked Nick into the ring. They brought the Bucks to opposite corners, but the Bucks reversed the whip into a pair of dropkicks and then clotheslines in the corner. They high-fived each other as they met in the middle with stereo bulldogs. Tito was knocked from the ring by an assisted dropkick, and Nicholls was dumped to the floor. The Bucks came over the top with a pair of crossbodies to the floor! The Bucks flipped over TMDK on the apron and dropped both with back elbows. Nick and Matt each hit body slams and went to the top, but Nicholls knocked Matt off the top, and Tito caught Nick and tossed him to the floor. 


Tito and Nicholls crushed Matt in the corner, and Tito threw Matt into a big spinebuster, but Matt kicked out at two. Tito tagged back in, and TMDK dropped Matt with a flapjack for a two-count. Nicholls tagged back in, but Matt fought his way free with a DDT on Nicholls. Nick tagged in and came off the top with a crossbody to TDMK. Nick put them together with a meeting of the minds and then got another two-for-one with an armdrag/headscissors combo from the top! The Bucks began a Superkick Party on TDMK, knocking Tito to the floor. The Bucks hit Nicholls with a Meltzer Driver for the pinfall victory! Sabre and Tito hit the ring to attack the Bucks after the match until Kenny Omega and Jack Perry hit the ring! After clearing the ring, Omega and Sabre came face-to-face and started hauling off on each other in the middle of the ring! Omega dropped ZSJ with a Snap Dragon and lined up a V-Trigger, but Tito pulled Sabre to safety.


Omega got on the mic and said it was nothing personal. He said at Forbidden Door: "May the best man win." And when Omega does win, he’s out for redemption. He told Sabre to enjoy the next few days because after Forbidden Door, everyone will forget about him, just like last year. Sabre got the mic for a simple response,


“Kenny, try to stay out of the hospital, alright darling?”

AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla Invaded STARDOM

Before AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla faces Starlight Kid at Forbidden Door, she made a surprise appearance in STARDOM over the weekend in Japan. She attacked President Taro Okada until Starlight Kid came in to take Thekla out. As Thekla was pulled away by security in the back, she said STARDOM doesn’t care about Starlight Kid because they are putting her in the ring with Thekla!

TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Queen Aminata def. ROH Women's World TV Champion Red Velvet   

These two know each other well and exchanged reversals at the start, although the bigger Aminata seemed to use her size to her advantage. Velvet took Aminata down with an armdrag, but couldn’t do anything to follow up as Aminata threw her across the ring with a release German Suplex. Aminata followed with a running knee to a down Velvet to get a near-fall. Aminata connected with a snap suplex, but only got a one-count with a cocky cover. Velvet avoided a huge headbutt, and Aminata offered to pull her up, but Velvet turned it into a near-fall. Aminata tried to mount Velvet in the corner, but Velvet pulled her down with an ugly powerbomb that seemed to bother Aminata’s previously injured neck. Velvet hit an axe kick for another near-fall.


Aminata was doing whatever she could to stay in the match, although she took a lot of damage along the way. Velvet hit a bulldog for a near-fall and screamed out in frustration. Velvet ate a back elbow and a boot on a pair of corner charges. Aminata pulled Velvet up and bounced her off the top rope to pull Velvet over for a front-face suplex. Aminata dropped Velvet with a pair of clotheslines and a hairmare. Aminata hit a sliding boot in the corner and went to the second rope for a diving foot stomp to Velvet’s midsection. Aminata covered and got a two-count. 


Aminata went up top, but Velvet went up to meet her and pulled Aminata down with a Cazadora. Velvet hit a frog splash to Aminata’s back, but it only got a two-count. Velvet once again showed frustration and tried to go back to work, but Aminata blasted her with a forearm. Velvet came back with a shot of her own, so Aminata nailed multiple unblocked shots. Velvet knocked Aminata down to her knees and appeared to apologize before trying a roundhouse kick, which Aminata ducked and shoved Velvet into the ropes for a nasty headbutt. With Velvet crumpled in the ropes, Aminata ran across and hit Off With Her Head to get the pinfall victory! Queen Aminata is the fifth wrestler to qualify for next Wednesday’s Survival of the Fittest TBS Championship match. 

Young Bucks are Ready for Forbidden Door, but The Dogs Get the Better of Cage and Cope!

Renee Paquette asked Matt and Nick Jackson about their three-way tag team match against Sky Team and Unbound Co. at Forbidden Door. Matt said the momentum is on their side and they’re on their way back to the top of the tag team division. Nick said they are going to superkick that Forbidden Door down on Sunday. Before they could say anymore, a commotion was heard off camera, and AEW World Tag Team Champions Adam Copeland and Christian Cage were fighting Clark Connors and David Finlay of The Dogs before they meet on Sunday! Cage and Cope stopped to talk to the Bucks, who asked if they were good. Cope said they got this and followed Cage to continue their brawl with The Dogs. 


They fought near the makeup area and put Finlay in a wheelchair before running him into a wall. When Cage and Cope turned their attention back towards Connors, he grabbed a makeup artist and held her as a shield! Cope moved her to safety as Cage advanced on Connors, but Finlay came back and used hairspray in Cope’s face! He did the same to Cage, and Connors kicked Cage low. The Dogs ran Cope into the wall and choked him and Cage with electrical wires until trash talked them the entire time. They finally let go as Cage and Cope gasped for air, but returned for a mock five-second pose.

AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) def. The Demand's Ricochet

Our main event was a highly anticipated matchup between two of the world's best athletes. Ricochet came out with Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun, but because Tony Khan barred everyone from ringside, they had to make their way to the back shortly thereafter. Ricochet threw his jacket at Takeshita and nailed him with a pump knee at the bell to knock him to the floor. Ricochet came flying over the top with a Spaceman Plancha! Ricochet went up top and nailed a missile dropkick to Takeshita back in the ring. With Takeshita back on the floor, Ricochet connected with a beautiful Sasuke Special! He threw Takeshita back in and flattened him with a 450 Splash! Takeshita kicked out at two! Ricochet has unloaded his arsenal in the opening minutes of this match, and Takeshita was in big trouble!


Ricochet worked over Takeshita in the corner until Takeshita turned things around with a big boot and flying clothesline. Takeshita charged Ricochet in the corner, but Ricochet sent him into the second turnbuckle. Ricochet pulled himself into a kick around the turnbuckle and connected with a springboard flying elbow, followed by a running shooting star press for another two-count! Ricochet has been all over Takeshita for nearly the entire match and continued to stay on the champion. Takeshita tried to turn things around, but missed a running knee to the corner and fell all the way to the floor as he tried to pull himself back to the apron. Ricochet knocked him right back down with a springboard dropkick. Ricochet went to the apron and stomped Takeshita, but when he tried a shooting star press to the floor, Takeshita caught him and tossed him over his head with an Exploder Suplex! 


Takeshita threw Ricochet back in, but Ricochet blocked a pair of shots and bounced off the ropes right into Blue Thunder Bomb! 1-2-Ricochet kicked out! Takeshita pulled Ricochet back up, but it was Ricochet who got the early advantage with strikes. However, Takeshita fired himself up by punching himself in the face. He hauled off on Ricochet, but Ricochet tried to stop his momentum with quick feet. Ricochet tried for Vertigo, so Takeshita countered into a near-fall. Takeshita grabbed Ricochet and captured his legs for a Hitodenshi Driver into a Wheelbarrow Suplex! Ricochet avoided Takeshita in the corner and kicked him in the back of the head. Ricochet flipped over Takeshita from the second rope into another Vertigo position, and this time he nailed it! Takeshita kicked out at the last possible moment! As close as it gets!


Ricochet was frustrated and started to trash-talk Takeshita, so Takeshita slapped him in the face. Ricochet dropped his kneepad and hit Takeshita with his own version of a Power Drive Knee! Ricochet went up top and got all of a Shooting Star Press. Takeshita kicked out with authority, and Ricochet was beside himself! Ricochet went back up top, so Takeshita tripped him up and went to meet him. Takeshita tried a release German Suplex from the top, but Ricochet landed on his feet! Ricochet missed a Spirit Gun! Takeshita hit an elbow strike! Takeshita tried for the Power Drive Knee, so Ricochet tried to reverse it into a hurricanrana, only for Takeshita to turn it into a high-angle powerbomb! Ricochet kicked out! 


Takeshita called for the Power Drive Knee again, but Ricochet pulled the referee in front of him, so Takeshita stopped. Ricochet took advantage with a headbutt and dropped Takeshita with a Kickback! Ricochet connected on the Ricosault, but Takeshita kicked out again! Ricochet took too long to try for a Spirit Gun and was met by a lariat from Takeshita. Takeshita finally connected with the Power Drive Knee and finished Ricochet with Raging Fire to successfully defend the AEW International Title!


As Takeshita got to the top of the ramp, he was met by his teammate at Forbidden Door, Mark Briscoe. Takeshita continued to the back while Briscoe went to the ring and got a microphone!

Mark Briscoe Drops MJF with a Jay Driller After a Huge Brawl!

Briscoe said Sunday will be steel-cage warfare with 12 men in one cage, and he’s ready to have fun with his buddies. Briscoe said his crew has a reputation in this type of match, as he reminded everyone of The Conglomeration beating the Death Riders in last year’s Blood and Guts! That night was about the thrill of the fight. Forbidden Door has implications that are a little more consequential. When Briscoe’s team emerges victorious at Forbidden Door, he gets a shot at the AEW World Title, a championship held by “the scum of the world” Maxwell Jacob Friedman.


Briscoe said he agrees with MJF that they are nothing alike. And thank God Briscoe is nothing like MJF. MJF is a privileged, soft, baby boy, and Briscoe is a grown-ass man. Briscoe will earn his title shot on Sunday, and MJF is stupid for saying Briscoe isn’t world championship material. MJF has the right to say that, but the last time they faced off one-on-one, he beat MJF’s ass, and MJF knows Briscoe can do it again! Briscoe said his squad will die for him, but who does MJF have? The Don Callis Family has some mighty talented individuals, but they don’t care about MJF. If MJF caught fire, Briscoe doubts the Don Callis Family would piss on him to put the fire out.


Don Callis appeared on the ramp, and Briscoe told him he'd gotten his boy into a lot of trouble. Briscoe said he hopes MJF can hear him, but MJF attacked from behind! Briscoe turned it around and tried for the Jay Driller, only for Kyle Fletcher to break it up and drop Briscoe with a half-and-half suplex. He dropped Briscoe with a sheer drop brainbuster! Takeshita returned and blasted Fletcher with a huge forearm and then a Raging Fire! Okada ran in and dropped Takeshita with a Rainmaker! Kyle O’Reilly ran in and put Okada in an ankle lock! TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight flew off the top rope to take out O’Reilly with a clothesline. Darby Allin entered and dropped Knight with a Scorpion Death Drop! Allin went up for Coffin Drop, but was caught by Jake Doyle, who destroyed Allin with Into the Void! Roderick Strong lit up Doyle with strikes until Doyle shut him down with a clothesline. Orange Cassidy ran out and delivered an Orange Punch to Doyle. OC hit a second Orange Punch right into Strong, dropping Doyle with a fireman’s carry slam! Cassidy went to put on his sunglasses, but MJF kicked him low from behind. MJF posed, but Briscoe came back in and had him step up for another Jay Driller attempt, only this time it was Andrade El Ídolo who clotheslined Briscoe to save MJF!


Callis came in to calm down Andrade, who got into a shoving match with MJF. MJF then pulled out the Dynamite Diamond Ring as Andrade held Briscoe, but Briscoe moved, and MJF knocked out Andrade with the ring! MJF berated Andrade and turned around into a Jay Driller from Briscoe! Team Briscoe celebrated in the ring to end Dynamite with Briscoe holding the AEW World Title! 


Catch AEW Collision this Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on TNT and HBO Max from right back here at Rio Rancho Events Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico!


Catch AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door LIVE this Sunday, June 28, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on HBO Max and pay-per-view! The Buy-In begins at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on HBO Max and AEW digital platforms!


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