AEW Dynamite Results: May 13, 2026 – Allin Beats Takeshita & Will Face MJF at Double or Nothing, Death Riders Save Ospreay, More
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AEW Dynamite was LIVE from Asheville, North Carolina, on TBS and HBO Max, just 11 days before AEW Double or Nothing in New York! And both the AEW World Title and TNT Championship were on the line!
AEW World Champion Darby Allin somehow did it again and successfully defended the AEW World Title in the main event against “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita despite Allin taking yet another barrage of punishment. After the match, MJF finally signed the contract to face Allin in a Hair vs. Title match at Double or Nothing. MJF attacked Allin and tried to tombstone him off the turnbuckles, but TNT Champion “The Jet’ Kevin Knight came out to make the save!
It was a busy night for Knight, as he also defended the TNT Title in an open challenge against “The Machine” Brian Cage, who returned after a 14-month absence. Knight fought through all Cage’s power to prevail in the end. Will Ospreay had to fight through his own tough battle with Ace Austin, and with some clear Death Rider influence in his game, Ospreay won by submission. When The Opps tried to go after Ospreay following the match, the Death Riders surrounded the ring to save Ospreay!
Plus, we found out the brackets for both the women’s and men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, which begins at Double or Nothing with three opening round matches!
All that and so much more went down on a huge night in Asheville for Dynamite! Here are your complete results!
AEW Dynamite Recap Tonight for Asheville
MJF Faced a Bald Gauntlet of His Potential Future
Renee Paquette tried to get a word with MJF as he entered the building earlier today about the prospect of signing a contract to put his hair on the line to get a shot at the AEW World Title against Darby Allin, if Allin beat Konosuke Takeshita in the main event later today. As referee Rick Knox, a man without hair, walked by, MJF glanced at him and blew off Paquette, before MJF encountered a host of bald gentlemen ranging from referee Bryce Remsburg to Christopher Daniels and Sonjay Dutt to a flexing John Silver, along with a wide range of follically challenged men in the backstage area. Nearly everyone MJF saw was bald, including Tomasso Ciampa, who removed his hat to remind MJF what his future could be. Finally, MJF ran into Boss Bald, Ricochet, along with Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun. Ricochet took his hat off and told Max he would look great, but not as good as him, though. AHA!
10-Man Tag Team Match: AEW World Trios Champion Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage & Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood), "Psycho Killer" Tommaso Ciampa & The Dogs (Clark Connors and David Finlay)
During the entrances, we saw that Copeland and the Young Bucks had matching gear for this unlikely team! All 10 men faced off at the bell and immediately brawled! The action spilled to the floor with everyone pairing off, including Stokely finding the underside of the commentary desk.
Finally, Harwood and Cassidy brought things into the ring with Cope getting on the apron in his corner. As the fights continued on the outside, Harwood knocked Cassidy down and immediately started fighting with Cope on the apron. Meanwhile, Cage and Wheeler were fighting up the stairs into the crowd, far away from the rest of the action. Back in the ring, Harwood connected on a big superplex on Cassidy, but when he tried to roll into another suplex, Cassidy reversed it into a Stundog Millionaire. He followed up with spinning DDT, although he couldn’t do much with it after suffering the effects of the superplex.
When it seemed like Cassidy had an opening to make a tag, Stoke grabbed his leg, and Ciampa tagged in to keep the heat on Cassidy. Ciampa nearly lost Cassidy, but Harwood tagged back in to stop Cassidy. Harwood missed a splash in the corner and went head-first into the steel post! That allowed Cassidy to tag Nick Jackson, who opened up on FTR before knocking Ciampa to the floor. Nick swung away from FTR and brought them back together in a meeting of the minds. The Dogs came in, but Nick somehow controlled them with his signature armdrag/headscissors from the top rope to take both men down! Matt Jackson tagged in and hit a superkick in the corner on Finlay, while Nick fought Connors into the opposite corner. They met in the middle with stereo bulldogs on The Dogs and a mid-air high-five to punctuate the successful attack. Matt kicked FTR through the ropes and held on for Nick to flip over and take out FTR and Ciampa with a dive to the floor!
Back in the ring, Matt hit a pair of Northern Lights suplexes on Connors before Finlay ran in and wound up on the other side of Connors in a double Northern Lights suplex from Matt! Stokely grabbed the Bucks’ legs before they could open up a superkick party on The Dogs. They dragged him into the ring, and he begged for mercy until FTR spun the Bucks around so he could escape. The Bucks kicked FTR to their knees and hit them with short superkicks. They stopped The Dogs on the apron with two more superkicks, and when FTR rushed at the Bucks, they moved, and FTR knocked Finlay and Connors to the floor. FTR turned into a pair of superkicks, so Ciampa got into the fray. He went for a bicycle knee on Matt, but he moved, and Wheeler took the friendly fire from Ciampa instead! The Bucks superkicked Ciampa to the mat and celebrated their decimation of the opposition with the crowd. Matt tagged Christian, which brought a big ovation from the Asheville crowd. With the referee’s back turned, Christian walked right up to Wheeler and kicked him low! The Bucks hit another pair of superkicks on Wheeler, so Cage covered, but only got a two-count!
Ciampa turned things around on Cage when he got a little too focused on retrieving his stolen watch from Stokely. Stokely denied that the watch was stolen on commentary, although it was clearly the one he removed with intent from Cage’s wrist during a recent FTR attack. Just when it looked like Cage had an opening to make a tag, all of his teammates were pulled down from the apron. Harwood nearly talked his way right into a surprise Killswitch, but pushed Cage to the corner, only for both men to immediately collide with one another.
With both men down, Cage finally made it to the corner and tagged Copeland! He hit anything that moved from the opposite side and launched Finlay over the top onto Ciampa and Harwood on the floor. Copeland nailed Connors with a big boot and measured him for a spear, but Finlay grabbed Copeland’s leg on the outside. Matt ran down the apron to superkick Finlay! Connors charged Copeland, who moved and sent Connors into a gutshot from Matt. Matt came back into the ring with a springboard facebuster on Connors and dove back through the ropes on Finlay! Copeland snapped Connors to the mat with a Cope-A-Matic for a two-count! Connors was sent to the corner, yet still managed to send each Jackson onto the apron. They both sprang into enzuigiris on Connors as Cage came in with a splash. Cassidy hit a rolling, jumping shoulder tackle into Connors, much to the chagrin of Stokely on commentary. “I hate him so much.”
Finlay charged at Cassidy, who side-stepped him with a dropkick that sent Finlay face-first into the turnbuckle! Cage stopped Wheeler from breaking up a reverse DDT on Ciampa and then grabbed Harwood to hit a double reverse DDT on Harwood and Ciampa! Everyone was down except Connors, so Cage, Cassidy, Matt and Nick each went up top in separate corners. Connors rushed in the ring to a boot from Cope, who synchronized everyone for splashes! All four connected, and Cope dumped Connors on his head with an Impaler DDT! Connors kicked out at the last possible moment!
The Bucks dove through the ropes onto Ciampa and Finlay. Cassidy and Cage faced off in the ring, and Cassidy went to put his hand in his pockets, but Cage stopped him. Cassidy grabbed Cage’s hands and put them in his own pockets! Cassidy did the same, and the crowd was ecstatic! Cage had had enough of the antics and just threw Cassidy over the top onto FTR. Christian went to the top and came crashing down on Finlay over the ring post to the floor! Copeland appeared to be eyeing a dive of his own, only to bounce off the ropes into a Shatter Machine from FTR! Connors crawled over for the pin, but Cassidy broke it up! Cassidy went into his trademark kicks, so FTR launched him up for another Shatter Machine, which the Bucks thwarted. That turned into a rapid-fire exchange of big moves on both sides with Cage hitting a Killswitch on Ciampa right before getting knocked from the ring by a running shoulder tackle from Connors!
Connors measured Cope for a spear, but he leaped over it, and Connors nailed Harwood instead! Cope and the Bucks lined up for a triple superkick and blasted Connors! Connors stumbled into an Orange Punch, followed by a spear from Cope, who covered Connors for the pinfall victory!
Will Ospreay’s Latest Training Session with the Death Riders
Daniel Garcia introduced us to the training session from earlier today, which featured Will Ospreay in a neck bridge while Jon Moxley demonstrated a choke on Wheeler Yuta. Moxley asked Ospreay how he felt, and Ospreay admitted it was the best his neck felt in forever.
Moxley asked Ospreay if he remembered the night he won the NJPW Super Juniors, which Ospreay knew from 2019. Moxley called that a lifetime ago when Ospreay was carefree and flew like a bird for no other reason than that’s what birds do. It was simple back then, chasing that feeling, like no other feeling in the world. You couldn’t really grab it, but the joy of doing it was worth it until others tried to make it more complicated. Years and life happen, including family and friends, bad choices, and then there’s a weight on your shoulder, and you feel like you can’t fly.
Moxley said nothing has changed, and all those things will still be there. He can still fly. He’s just becoming more dangerous. He’s a bird of prey. Moxley said Ospreay shouldn’t go out there tonight to protect anything. He should go out there to give something. Moxley got distracted by Yuta and went off to correct his technique, leaving Ospreay to ponder Moxley’s words.
Ricochet Recruits Andrade and The Dogs for Stadium Stampede
We took a look back at one of the wildest matches in AEW history, Stadium Stampede, narrated by the man who created it, Jericho! And now Jericho will have The Hurt Syndicate and The Elite by his side!
That brought us back live to the backstage area, where The Demand and AEW National Champion Mark Davis stood by representing Ricochet’s team. He brought Andrade El Ídolo as the newest member of his team, courtesy of his golfing buddy, Don Callis. And finally, Ricochet said The Dogs wanted in, so they’ve also been added to the team. Finlay and Connors delivered a message of violence to the Bucks, as they’re now set to meet again at Double or Nothing in Stadium Stampede!
“Speedball” Mike Bailey (with TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight) def. Westbrook
Westbrook tried for a schoolboy pin at the jump, but Bailey countered, and the two traded reversals until Westbrook got caught in the ropes trying to match Bailey. Westbrook missed a springboard and ate a spin kick from Bailey! He followed with Ultima Weapon from the top rope to get his third win in seven days! But just like Speedball wasted no time, we wasted no time moving right into the TNT Open Challenge…
TNT Championship Open Challenge: “The Jet” Kevin Knight (c) def. “The Machine” Brian Cage of the Don Callis Family
As Knight awaited his challenger, we were treated to the return of “The Machine” Brian Cage, whom Lance Archer and Rocky Romero of the Don Callis Family flanked. Renee Paquette brought us a report from ringside on Cage, who had been out of action for 14 months and planned to bring the TNT Championship back to the Callis Family!
Knight tried to stick and move with Cage at the beginning, but Cage shrugged off some chops. Cage continued to foil all of Knight’s offense with his power and was showing no signs of ring rust in the early going. Cage kept Knight in the corner with a gutshot and a big chop. He sent Knight to the opposite corner and continued to pound away before choking Knight over the bottom rope. Finally, Knight turned it around when he was able to knock Cage to the apron and then to the floor with a dropkick. Knight got a head of steam and dove through the ropes at Cage, but Cage just shrugged off the blow! Cage picked up Knight and dropped him face-first on the ring apron with a tornado fireman’s carry slam!
Cage remained on the offensive without much pushback from Knight and nearly became TNT Champion with a spinning cutter, but Knight was able to kick out in time. Cage picked up Knight for a suplex, so Knight slipped behind, but Cage connected with a back elbow. Knight tried a jumping DDT, so Cage deposited him on the apron. Knight springboarded back in with a dropkick that finally dropped Cage! Knight lit up Cage with unanswered shots and used his speed to hit a pop-up dropkick that sent Cage to the floor. Knight flipped over the top rope onto Cage, but Cage caught him! Cage brought Knight towards the steel steps, so Knight reversed the momentum and sent Cage into the steps! Knight ran up to the apron and jumped back down onto Cage with a big clothesline that knocked the bigger man down. Archer came over to get involved, but ate a thrust kick on the chin from Bailey for his troubles!
The distraction worked long enough for Cage to bring Knight back into the ring from the apron with a superplex! What power! Knight still kicked out! Back on the floor, Archer tried to goozle Bailey, so he escaped onto the apron and kicked Archer in the head. Cage came at Bailey, so he hit a springboard moonsault to Archer on the floor! In the ring, Cage avoided Knight coming off the top and tried a discus clothesline, which Knight JUMPED OVER! Knight hit a jumping DDT for a near-fall!
Knight put Cage on the top rope and tried for a leaping hurricanrana, but he couldn’t bring the big man down. Cage dragged Knight up from the mat, showing incredible power, but Knight was able to bring Cage down with a hurricanrana on the second attempt. He went back up top and connected with the UFO Splash! Knight covered Cage for the pinfall win and successful TNT Title defense.
JetSpeed got on the mic to compliment each other on their victories, but Knight said he couldn’t help but come back to not getting the job done last week for the AEW World Title. Bailey cut him off and said Knight will be the AEW World Champion one day. Knight said if Bailey keeps it up, he’ll be champion here one day as well. Bailey said that got him thinking.
“Tonight, Takeshita vs. Darby Allin? I want next!”
Bailey said Takeshita was his greatest rival in Japan, but they haven’t had a singles match in AEW. And as much as he wants to see MJF bald, he’s coming for Darby Allin’s AEW World Championship!
Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Bracket Revealed!
On the men’s side, we found out that quarterfinal matchups between Samoa Joe and Will Ospreay on one side of the bracket and Swerve Strickland and Bandido on the other side would both take place one week from Sunday at AEW Double or Nothing! The winner of Joe/Ospreay will face the winner of Mark Davis vs. “Jungle” Jack Perry, while the winner of Strickland/Bandido will face the winner of Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brody King. The tournament final takes place at Forbidden Door on June 28 in San Jose, Florida!
Somewhere in the back, we heard from Perry, who said that Davis probably thinks he’s earned some congratulations. Perry said Davis is no champion to him. He said Davis is built like an Australian grizzly bear, yet he still needed someone to hit Perry in the back with a golf club to beat him. He told Davis to bring any weapon he wants to Stadium Stampede. After that, it’s back to grassroots, where he will prove he’s a better wrestler than Davis in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament! And if Davis doesn’t like that, then f*** you.
Will Ospreay def. Bang Bang Gang's Ace Austin
Ospreay's first Dynamite entrance in a month got a huge reaction from the raucous crowd, and the appreciation continued with a serenade after the bell. Ospreay extended a hand to Austin, who cautiously accepted the handshake before the men separated to start the match. Despite expectations, Ospreay and Austin kept each other close with an exchange of mat wrestling.
Ospreay fought out of a pair of Austin pin attempts and sent Austin to the mat with a monkey flip. He took Austin over with an armdrag and manipulated the arm to stomp it into the mat. The Death Rider influence was already showing in the early going. Austin changed the flow of the match with a trip on Ospreay, followed by a huge leg drop across the neck. Ospreay kicked out at one. Austin dropped Ospreay with a neckbreaker, and again, Ospreay kicked out at one. He got right up and nailed Austin with two stiff shots to the head. Austin tripped up Ospreay and locked in a bridging neck crank. Ospreay got to the ropes to break the hold. He spun out of Austin’s grasp and nailed a big kick to stun Austin. Ospreay tried a hurricanrana, but the power of Austin stopped it, as he transitioned into a squat followed by a Death Valley Driver! Ospreay kicked out at two!
Austin remained in control until Ospreay reversed a charge in the corner with a kick and followed with a springboard forearm. Ospreay hit a Manhattan Drop into a kick to the chest, followed by a standing skytwister press for a near-fall. Ospreay slammed Austin’s left arm over his shoulder and began to target the arm with kicks. Austin fought Ospreay off briefly until Ospreay came off the ropes with a spinning corkscrew kick. Ospreay tried to dive onto Austin, but Austin went to the apron and tried to kick Ospreay, who caught it. Austin used a handstand to avoid Ospreay again and kicked him through the turnbuckles. With Ospreay stunned, Austin launched himself over the turnbuckles onto Ospreay. Austin tried to throw Ospreay back in, but Ospreay reversed it, so Austin did a handstand, and Ospreay kicked him in the bad arm. Ospreay went to the top and nailed Austin in the back of the head! Ospreay hit an OsCutter for a two-count!
Ospreay measured Austin for the Hidden Blade, but Austin ducked in time and drove Ospreay’s face into the mat with a double leg stomp. Austin hit a leaping clothesline into the corner and followed with a few more. He put Ospreay on the top turnbuckle and hit an enzuigiri and an outside-in headscissors that put Ospreay on the mat! Austin ran at Ospreay for The Fold, so Ospreay lifted him for a powerbomb, only for Austin to pick Ospreay’s ankle and transition into a leg-lace pinning predicament. Ospreay just escaped in time! Austin switched Ospreay from a fireman’s carry into a flatliner! Ospreay managed to kick out to keep the match alive, but he was gasping for air.
Austin took time to gather himself and put Ospreay on the top turnbuckle. Austin followed him up, so Ospreay grabbed the bad arm and pulled it down to pop it as he dropped to the mat. Ospreay trapped Austin’s head in the turnbuckles, but he escaped the Cheeky Nando’s kick to stun Ospreay with a pair of shots. Austin leaped to the top and came down on Ospreay, but Ospreay was ready for it and turned the momentum into a sitout powerbomb! Austin kicked out at two!
They fought back to their feet, although Austin was clearly favoring his injured arm. Ospreay hit a succession of kicks to the face, so Austin responded with a back heel kick. Ospreay answered with a rolling elbow strike and a hook kick. He tried for a Storm Breaker, but Austin escaped and got to the corner. He connected with a spin kick from the second rope and loaded up to take Ospreay out. Ospreay was ready with a back body drop and a Hidden Blade! Austin struggled back to his knees as Ospreay got ready for another Hidden Blade, but Austin crumbled to the mat. As he started to get back up, Ospreay hauled off with a big kick to the injured left arm and jumped on Austin with a flying cross-arm breaker to get an immediate tap out! Ospreay wins and did so in a way that clearly had Death Riders training as part of the game plan.
After Ospreay shook Austin’s hand, he was interrupted by The Opps! Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata and Anthony Bowens came out to the top of the stage. Joe and Ospreay will meet at Double or Nothing in the opening round action of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. Joe called out, “Ospreay,” over and over again, which turned into the typical chant from the crowd. Joe just wanted to make sure Ospreay was hearing him. Fate has put them on a collision course in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. Ospreay could have had a bye in the first round because that’s what Joe does for his people. He could have been part of a team with The Opps, and instead, he’s decided to be a lap dog for Jon Moxley and the Death Riders.
“So, Will, unfortunately, you made your choice. And come Double or Nothing, you suffer the consequences. But I leave you in peace tonight. I have my date with destiny, so be well, Will. But unfortunately, my friends here feel kind of slighted, and I don’t put leashes on my friends!”
Shibata and Bowens went to the ring and got on the apron, but everything stopped when the music of the Death Riders blared in the arena. The Death Riders came out through the crowd and circled the ring before joining Ospreay on the apron. Shibata and Bowens regrouped with Joe and considered charging back into the ring, but thought better of it and backed off, as they didn’t have HOOK tonight. The Opps left, and Ospreay watched as the Death Riders exited, but not before sharing what appeared to be a nod of appreciation for Moxley.
Konosuke Takeshita is Ready to Bring the AEW World Title Back to the Don Callis Family!
Renee Paquette was with Konosuke Takeshita and Don Callis to ask Takeshita about walking into Double or Nothing against AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada as the AEW World Champion. Callis went to answer, but MJF interrupted, saying hello. He told Takeshita it had been a while since they talked. Three years in fact, when they wrestled, and MJF beat him. Since then, he’s seen Takeshita evolve into one of the best wrestlers in the world. That’s why tonight Takeshita’s going to beat Darby Allin for the AEW World Title, and then he’s going to beat Okada at Double or Nothing. And MJF can’t think of a better idea than MJF vs. Takeshita 2 for the AEW World Title, so how does that sound?
Takeshita shook MJF’s hand and smiled while saying something in Japanese. Takeshita left, and Callis complimented MJF’s pep talk. MJF said he didn’t mean a word of it, and he’s having a full-blown panic attack. He said Takeshita needs to win because MJF can’t turn into some disgusting, bald freak.
“No offense, you look great.”
MJF said there’s only one foolproof way to know that he won’t be put in a situation where he has to put his hair on the line, so if things get hairy, he wanted Callis to utilize the Dynamite Diamond Ring, which he handed off to Callis. As that happened, Andrade walked in and removed his hat to show off his beautiful mane. He smiled, and MJF walked off in a huff. Callis said tonight, Takeshita will bring the AEW World Title back to the Don Callis Family.
Andrade asked, “How you know?” Callis tried to level with Andrade, but Andrade simply said, “Next time, it needs to be my turn.” Callis cowered and said he understood.
Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Bracket Revealed!
On the women’s side, we found out the four quarterfinal matches, which included TBS Champion Willow Nightingale vs. Alex Windsor at Double or Nothing. The winner of that will face the winner of Persephone vs. Hazuki. On the other side of the bracket, Mina Shirakawa takes on ROH Women’s Champion Athena, and Skye Blue faces Japanese standout Sareee!
The Conglomeration Makes Championship Plans
Renee Paquette congratulated The Conglomeration on their win tonight, but noted there was other business to handle. Orange Cassidy said they don’t know which two members will take their AEW World Tag Team Title shot. Kyle O’Reilly said it should be Cassidy and Roderick Strong. Strong loudly thanked KYLE. O’Reilly said he has gold of his own to go after because he tapped out someone twice before he went on the shelf, and that person will submit again. So Jon Moxley, Continental Champ, when are we doing this?
Willow Nightingale pulled her TBS Championship out of her backpack. She said she’s the TBS Champion, but she’s in the Owen and has won it before. So it’s time to do it all over again, so she can have all the gold at All In: London. Cassidy said they should do the word of the day because they haven’t done it in a while, but he wasn’t sure why. Strong yelled, “MARK!”
And Mark Briscoe made his long-awaited return! He said the word of the day is “reunification” because he is back with his boys and his girls in The Conglomeration! He called out Tommaso Ciampa for a match next Wednesday on Dynamite! But before that, this Saturday night, Collision is in Briscoe’s hometown, and they are gonna conglomerate in Salisbury!
Trios Match: The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor) & Hikaru Shida def. Triangle of Madness (AEW Women's World Champion Thekla, Skye Blue and Julia Hart) by disqualification
Hayter and Thekla circled each other to start the match, but that allowed Blue and Hart to attack Hayter from behind. Windsor and Shida came in to even the odds. They cleared Triangle of Madness from the ring and paired off. Shida mounted Blue near one guardrail while Windsor did the same to Hart at another, and Hayter had Thekla trapped in the ropes. They all dished out 10 punches! Hayter continued to stomp Thekla away in the ring, but on the outside, Windsor and Blue fought on the barricade until Blue knocked Windsor to the floor. Hayter and Windsor came back to throw Blue from the barricade to the apron! Thekla came off the top to take out The Brawling Birds with a huge crossbody to the floor!
Triangle of Madness isolated Hayter in their corner and kept her from Windsor and Shida for an extended period until Hayter finally got loose. When she made it to her corner, Shida backed away from Hayter and then tagged in. She stacked up Thekla and Hart in the corner and connected with a running knee. With Thekla lying across the second ropes, Shida suplexed Hart into Thekla in the corner! Shida hit a vertical suplex on Thekla for a near-fall. She traded huge strikes with Thekla and tried to come back with a pump kick, but Thekla avoided and hit another strike to put Shida down. Blue and Hart came in for double-team offense, and Thekla went into her spider walk to set Shida up for a spear! She connected and covered Shida, so Hayter and Windsor came in to break it up. Windsor came in and peppered Thekla with some big shots. She held Thekla for Two Birds, One Stone, but Blue pulled Hayter to the floor and sent her into the steel steps. Back in the ring, Hayter intercepted Blue with a backbreaker, so Hart dropped Hayter with a lungblower. Windsor hit a pop-up powerbomb on Hart, but wasn’t aware that Blue made a blind tag. Blue went for Code Blue, so Windsor pushed her off, and Blue came back with a thrust kick. Windsor answered with a headbutt! Hayter and Windsor met in the middle with lariats on Blue. They set her up for Two Birds, One Stone, but as Hayter came off the ropes, Thekla blasted her with the AEW Women’s World Championship to cause the disqualification. Triangle of Madness kept the attack on the Brawling Birds in the ring, as referees ran out to stop it, but Hart sprayed black mist at one of them!
Meanwhile, Shida thought better of helping and decided to leave. Still, she was passed by TBS Champion Willow Nightingale, Mina Shirakawa and Thunder Rosa, who hit the ring to run off Triangle of Madness. However, the damage may have already been done to Hayter and Windsor.
And before our main event, we took a look at the dominance of El Toro Blanco, RUSH!
AEW World Championship Match: Darby Allin (c) def. "The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita of the Don Callis Family
During Takeshita’s entrance, Renee Paquette reported from ringside that Takeshita’s game plan against Allin will be the same as when he defeated them in their lone singles match back in 2024. As Allin made another electric championship entrance, Callis joined commentary.
Allin dropkicked Takeshita out of the ring as soon as the bell rang! He charged through the ropes, but Takeshita caught him and threw Allin into the barricades before returning him to the ring. Allin pulled himself up the ropes on the apron only for Takeshita to boot him to the floor. Takeshita threw Allin in the ring for a pin attempt, but obviously, Allin was far from done. Takeshita dropped Allin with a massive forearm. Takeshita started at Allin and then threw him across the ring, head over heels, into the turnbuckles. Takeshita put Allin on the top turnbuckle, but Allin punched Takeshita back to the mat. Allin launched himself at Takeshita from the top, but simply bounced off the bigger Takeshita.
Takeshita sent Allin high into the air with a back body drop, so Allin rolled to the outside. Takeshita followed, and Allin slapped him with defiance. Takeshita answered with a series of kneelifts against the barricade. Takeshita threw Allin into the barricade, and we saw Allin bleeding from the mouth. Takeshita set up the steel steps and tried to throw Allin into them, so Allin stopped it with a deep back rake. Takeshita came back with a forearm that sent Allin to the floor against the steel steps. Takeshita tried the Power Drive Knee and hit the steel steps! Allin jumped off the steps with a shotgun dropkick to Takeshita! Allin got back in the ring and limped into a torpedo dive to the floor, which sent both men into the commentary desk.
Allin and Takeshita fought on the apron, where Allin tried to springboard into a Coffin Drop, but Takeshita caught him and swung Allin into a Blue Thunder Bomb to the floor! Takeshita kept the pressure on, with Allin showing no signs of fighting back. Finally, Allin locked on a guillotine choke to block a kick, but Takeshita got out of it. Allin tried for a Code Red, so Takeshita caught him and sat down with a crunchy slam. He lifted Allin back up from the ground for a wheelbarrow German Suplex! Takeshita hit a running boot to Allin in the corner and put him on the top turnbuckle. Takeshita went up to meet Allin and brought him all the way down to the mat with an avalanche German Suplex, which he held on to bridge at the end! Allin kicked out!
Takeshita lined up for and crushed Allin with the Power Drive Knee! Allin kicked out again! El Clon ran down and got on the apron, so the referee stopped him. Callis came off commentary to give Takeshita the Dynamite Diamond Ring. Takeshita considered putting the ring on his finger, but tossed it aside and told Callis, "No!"
Takeshita turned around into an inside cradle from Allin, but kicked out in time! Takeshita leveled Allin with an elbow strike! He put Allin back on the top turnbuckle for what appeared to be an avalanche Blue Thunder Bomb, but Allin stopped Takeshita and hit an avalanche Code Red instead! He stepped through for the Last Supper pin, but Takeshita kicked out at two! Takeshita rolled to the floor, so Allin went to the top and nailed the challenger with a Coffin Drop to the floor! Both men struggled to get off the floor as the referee counted, and as Allin made it to the apron, Takeshita yanked him back to the floor and rolled in to break the count.
Takeshita came back out and pulled Allin up from the floor to where he was standing on the steel steps, but Darby got loose and reversed it into a Scorpion Death Drop on the steel! Allin limped back into the ring and returned to the top, where he launched himself onto Takeshita with a Coffin Drop to the floor! Allin rolled Takeshita in for the cover, but Takeshita kicked out! Allin went back up for a Coffin Drop, but this time he landed on Takeshita’s knees! Takeshita rolled Allin into a crucifix, but Allin kicked out only to eat a Power Drive Knee! Takeshita lifted Allin for a powerbomb, which Allin reversed and locked in a Scorpion Death Lock! Takeshita took a lot of time, although he finally made it to the ropes to break the hold. As soon as Allin saw that, he let go and went to the top for a Coffin Drop that connected! Allin went up once again and hit another Coffin Drop to get the pinfall victory! He’s done it again!
MJF Signs Hair vs. Title Contract, Attacks Darby
Allin struggled for breath but called out MJF to sign the contract for Double or Nothing. As a table and chairs were set up in the ring with the contract, MJF made his way to the ring. He clearly looked concerned about the situation, while Allin smiled! Allin signed the contract first. MJF grabbed a pen, but couldn’t bring himself to sign!
MJF instead took the time to run down Allin. He said deep down, a small part of him feels bad for Allin because he’ll never be the AEW World Champion again. Allin has as much of a chance to be AEW World Champion again as “Hangman” Adam Page does. MJF says it’s all about legacy. Allin had his 15 minutes of fame, but now it’s over, and MJF will become a three-time AEW World Champion!
MJF still hadn’t signed the contract, so Allin told him to live in the here and now and sign it. MJF finally signed and then attacked Allin! Allin, who was still exhausted from his fifth AEW World Title match in less than a month, couldn’t do much of anything to fight back. MJF laid out Allin with the Dynamite Diamond Ring and posed with the AEW World Title before dropping it on Allin’s chest. MJF left the ring and then looked back at Allin. He put Allin on the top rope and went up to destroy Allin with an avalanche tombstone, but TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight came out to run MJF off and save Allin! MJF retreated up the ramp while Knight checked on Allin, as Dynamite came to a close!
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