AEW Dynamite Results: October 21, 2026 – Ilja Dragunov Wins AEW Debut, Don Callis Family Set for Blood and Guts Match, Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs Join Forces, More

AEW Dynamite was live on TBS and HBO Max from the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida, with all the WrestleDream fallout! We were treated to Ilja Dragunov's in-ring debut against “Speedball” Mike Bailey in the main event and a dominant night from the Don Callis Family to set up the first match announced for this year’s Blood and Guts, coming to Jacksonville in two weeks! Plus, AEW Full Gear is fast approaching from Phoenix on November 14!

The night began with Don Callis gleefully watching Mark Davis and Jake Doyle absolutely wipe out the Young Bucks in an AEW World Tag Team Championship eliminator in less than three minutes, which earned them a future shot at the titles! In the very next match, “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher and “The Jet” Kevin Knight beat AEW World Champion Will Ospreay and Adam Copeland when Fletcher pinned Copeland following a brainbuster when AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada hit Copeland with his title. A post-match brawl saw the return of Steven Borden, who laid out the Blood and Guts challenge to Callis, which was later accepted!

In a shocking turn of events, The Dogs and Bang Bang Gang went from bitter rivals to a cohesive unit when they laid waste to the Death Riders and The Conglomeration following AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley’s Eliminator match win over Roderick Strong! Plus, Queen Aminata became the new #1 contender to Persephone’s TBS Title by beating the returning Maya World and will get her shot at the TBS Championship next week on Fright Night Dynamite! AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Moné was confronted by Marina Shafir! And Swerve Strickland wants Texas Death for the AEW World Trios Titles against Hangman and Brodido!

Here’s everything that went down tonight on Dynamite!

AEW Dynamite Results From Coral Gables

AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match: Don Callis Family's Mark Davis & Jake Doyle def. AEW World Tag Team Champions Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c)

Doyle jump-started the match by body-blocking Matt before throwing Nick in the hard way. Davis came in to send Nick outside while Doyle did the same to Matt on the opposite side. Davis and Doyle continued to brutalize the Bucks around the ringside area before throwing Matt and Nick into each other in front of the commentary desk. Davis sat Matt in a chair near the barricade and crushed him with a running forearm. Meanwhile, Doyle powerbombed Nick on the timekeeper’s table, but it didn’t break, so he picked him up and did it again to make sure it broke!

Back in the ring, Davis and Doyle sandwiched Matt with lariats in the middle of the ring, followed by a double powerslam. Davis hit Matt with Close Your Eyes and Count to Three while Doyle dragged Nick back into the ring. Davis hit Matt with Close Your Eyes and Count to Three two more times while Doyle bearhugged the air out of Nick. Davis and Doyle pinned the Bucks at the same time for the win in less than three minutes! Callis couldn’t have been cackling any louder at the blowout win for his dominant duo. The Bucks didn’t get an ounce of offense and now Davis and Doyle own a future shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championship!

After the match, we took a look back on the fantastic night in Orlando that was WrestleDream, including Will Ospreay winning AEW’s first Clockwork Carnage to retain his AEW World Title.

Don Callis Family's "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher & "The Jet" Kevin Knight def. AEW World Champion Will Ospreay & Adam Copeland

Copeland was out first, and as has become customary and will likely continue through his final year in 2027, the crowd took over singing his theme song while he soaked it in from the ring. Ospreay and Copeland exchanged pleasantries before the match, which seemed to be a warmer connection than the coldness you could feel between Fletcher and Knight after their loss at WrestleDream.

Cope and Knight opened the match, but the crowd chanted, “HOLY SHIT!” before they even touched. Cope stayed a step ahead of Knight in the early going by deking him into a lariat. Knight worked Cope into the corner and choked him with his boot, using the ropes for extra leverage. Knight sent Cope to the opposite side, so he slid under the ropes to the floor and flipped off Knight! Knight chased after, so Cope returned to the ring and Knight dove right back into a swinging neckbreaker.

Ospreay tagged in, so Knight tagged Ospreay’s former friend and partner, Fletcher. They had words before a shoving match ensued, which quickly devolved into an exchange of forearms. Fletcher won a shoulder block battle, but Ospreay sprang back up so Fletcher clocked him to send him back to the mat. Ospreay came back with a big back body drop and chops to Fletcher in the corner. Fletcher missed a charge in the corner, which allowed Ospreay to hit a kick to the face and a standing corkscrew press for a near fall. Ospreay tagged Cope and they sent Fletcher to the corner. Cope got on all fours, so Ospreay used him as a launching pad to crush Fletcher with a jumping elbow in the corner. Knight came in to help his partner, only to be taken down by a double hip toss. Copeland battered Fletcher in the corner until referee Bryce Remsburg had to break it up at a five-count. Ospreay came back in and tried to use a step-up hurricanrana on Fletcher, but he held onto Ospreay and tagged Knight. Knight sprinted across the ring to boot Copeland out of the corner and somehow skied to dropkick Ospreay off Fletcher’s shoulders in what’s become the most athletic version of the Doomsday Device in pro wrestling history!

Fletcher and Knight continued to dominate Ospreay for the next few minutes until Ospreay managed to escape a trio of brainbuster attempts to hit a defensive Stundog Millionaire. Ospreay kicked Fletcher away, but right into a tag from Knight, who dropped his body on Ospreay to stop the tag and get a near fall. Ospreay kicked Knight away in the corner, so Knight sent him to the apron. He knocked Fletcher away and connected on a springboard forearm to Knight!

Cope tagged in and he unloaded on Knight before catching Fletcher with a flapjack. Knight ran into a sitout powerbomb for a near fall, so Cope backed up for a spear, which made Knight bail to the floor. Cope went after Knight, so he never saw Fletcher come from his blindside with a nasty thrust kick. Fletcher threw Cope back in, so Knight could come off the top with a flying lariat. He covered Cope to get a two-count and tagged Fletcher back in. Fletcher dumped Cope on his surgically repaired neck with a Michinoku Driver, but Ospreay was there to break it up. Ospreay tried to will Cope over to the corner and sent Knight to the outside before following him out with a springboard crossbody. Fletcher cracked Ospreay with a high-velocity rising kick to the head, and Ospreay went down hard on the floor!

Fletcher tried to lawn dart Cope into the corner, but Cope dropped behind to bring Fletcher down with a Cope-a-Matic. Before Cope could capitalize, AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada appeared on the apron and held the title in Cope’s face. Ospreay pulled Okada down and blasted him with a forearm. Knight used the brief distraction to hit a step-up lariat off the apron to Ospreay. In the ring, Fletcher hit another huge thrust kick on Copeland and followed with a running boot in the corner. Fletcher pulled Cope for a Sheerdrop Brainbuster, but Cope dropped out of it right into a Killswitch! Shoutout to Christian Cage! Knight tried to springboard back in, but was speared out of midair by Cope! Cope measured Fletcher for a spear, so Fletcher hit a leapfrog at the last moment, and Cope crashed head-first into the corner where Okada was holding out the International Title! Cope stumbled back into a Sheerdrop Brainbuster from Fletcher, who pinned Copeland to get the three-count!

Okada laughed on the floor as Cope poured blood from his forehead. Okada, Fletcher and Knight triple-teamed the wounded Cope and Ospreay until Okada leveled Cope with a Rainmaker! Mark Davis and Jake Doyle returned to the ring with Wardlow and joined their Callis Family members in the ring surrounding Cope and Ospreay as Callis came into the ring with Ospreay’s AEW World Championship. Ospreay tried to attack, but was quickly subdued by a huge lariat from Wardlow. Callis handed the AEW World Title to Fletcher as Wardlow laid out Copeland. Fletcher lined up Ospreay and blasted him across the head with his own belt!

The music of Darby Allin played and he appeared on the stage, but looked back and handed a bat to the returning Steven Borden! Davis and Doyle met them on the ramp, but they attacked with the bat and skateboard! Nick Jackson came out of nowhere with an oar to help fight off Davis and Doyle! Allin, Borden, Jackson, Ospreay and Copeland held the ring as the Callis Family retreated up the ramp.

Borden got the mic and said he’s back…for BLOOD AND GUTS!

The challenge has been made for two weeks from tonight in Jacksonville!

Swerve Strickland def. Tome Filip

Before we had a chance to revisit Swerve’s recent feature interview with Billboard, he hit a House Call on Filip before the bell even rang or Swerve had removed his ring jacket. Swerve mauled Filip at the bell with violent strikes and quickly finished Filip with a devastating Vertebreaker to get the near-immediate victory. Swerve put his jacket right back on and marched up the ramp with Prince Nana.

After the match, we saw AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Moné making her way into the building before she was scheduled to speak later in the night following her successful defense over Thekla at WrestleDream.

Bang Bang Gang’s Jay White & The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy def. Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia)

Cassidy was out solo, but White entered with the rest of Bang Bang Gang after making his surprising return at the Tailgate Brawl before WrestleDream. White and Garcia began this unique tag team matchup with White frustrating Garcia by shutting him down at every turn. White hit an uppercut followed by a float over suplex for a one-count. White tagged Cassidy, who helped with a double suplex. Garcia and Cassidy went back and forth until Yuta tagged in and took on Cassidy. Yuta and Cassidy showed how well they knew each other by showing extensive counter wrestling. Finally, Cassidy sent Yuta into the turnbuckle and then knocked Garcia off the apron. He sent Yuta back into the buckle, but with the referee distracted, Garcia pulled Cassidy into the ring skirt and went to work until White came over to help. He was quickly wiped out by a dive from Yuta!

The Death Riders picked apart Cassidy for several minutes until he took out Garcia with a dive to the floor and kicked Yuta away. Garcia tried to piledrive Cassidy, but he backdropped out of it and casually freed himself to tag White! White lit up Garcia and Yuta. He backdropped Yuta and took Garcia down with a Dragon Screw. White continued attacking Garcia and Yuta in the corner. White nailed Yuta with a DDT, but he managed to kick out at two. White chopped Yuta to the corner and put him on the top buckle, but Garcia grabbed White’s leg, which allowed Yuta to bring White out for a powerbomb until White punched free. The Death Riders regained control with their patented corner attacks before Garcia held White for Yuta to come off the top with a hooking clothesline. Garcia held onto White and put him in the Dragon Tamer. Cassidy pulled Yuta to the floor and tried to boot Garcia to break it up. Garcia held on, so Cassidy lightly slapped him multiple times until Garcia got fed up and let go. He hit Cassidy with a pair of chops, so Cassidy responded with a thrust kick. Yuta made a blind tag as Garcia ducked an Orange Punch, which allowed Yuta to hit OC with a German Suplex.

White tried to hit a Blade Runner on Yuta, but he escaped and knocked White into a Twist and Shout from Garcia. Yuta went up top, and Garcia launched him off for a Fastball Special, but White got the knees up and held Yuta down! Cassidy jumped off Yuta’s back for an Orange Punch on Garcia. He followed with an Orange Punch on Yuta, and White finished Yuta with a Blade Runner for the pinfall victory!

We saw the metronome going back and forth once again as we prepared for the AEW in-ring debut of Ilja Dragunov!

Swerve Wants AEW World Trios Champions Hangman and Brodido in Texas Death at Full Gear

Renee Paquette was with the NEW AEW World Trios Champions and noted that King and Page were the first three-time Trios Champions. King appreciated it, but said they wouldn’t be here tonight without their MVP, Bandido! Bandido said, “Thank you for believing in me,” only to be interrupted by Prince Nana. Nana said The New Level and Swerve Strickland want their titles back. Swerve got right in Page’s face and said they want their rematch. Page said they wouldn’t have the belts if they didn’t get a rematch first, so fair is fair. They came to name the time and place for a rematch. Swerve said Full Gear, and Page agreed. Swerve went to leave and stopped.

“Full Gear, three years ago? That was the night that I hanged the Hangman. You remember that?”

Page said he remembered that and wondered why Swerve lives in their past.

Swerve said he’s living in the future.

“Swerve and New Level. Hangman and Brodido. Texas Death.”

Page stepped right to Swerve and said there’s no chance in hell that he’d allow Swerve to drag him or Brodido into that. If they want a rematch, they have one, but not Texas Death. Swerve said it’s non-negotiable, but Page pointed out he has no leverage. He questioned if this was about the Trios Championship or if it was something else. Their answer is no.

Swerve looked at all of them and said, “We’ll see.” He left with Nana.

Nick Wayne (Who Beat Jericho Twice) Has a New Shirt

A white limo pulled up, and Nick Wayne got out with a huge smirk on his face. He looked back at a production truck and saw Jericho’s image plastered on it. Wayne just laughed before opening his jacket to reveal a new shirt that said Nick Wayne Beat Chris Jericho, in some imagery that was reminiscent of Jericho’s original days on TNT. As he revealed the shirt, pyro went off in the arena!

AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Moné Confronted by Marina Shafir!

Renee Paquette introduced Moné and ran down how she won the title from Willow Nightingale at All In: London and suffered a broken nose, defended again over Queen Aminata in France and beat Thekla at WrestleDream. Moné said she still has a broken nose despite all of that, and she still stomped that stupid dumb spider and proved she wasn’t on her level. Moné told Paquette to leave and said she needed everyone to shut up. She is the most dominant and the most decorated woman in all of professional wrestling. She doesn’t chase the spotlight; she is it. Now that she’s taken out the trash in the division, she wants to know who’s next to face her.

Moné’s face dropped when the music of the Death Riders played and Marina Shafir marched right to the ring and went face-to-face with Moné. She grabbed a mic and said, “Don’t be a p***y!” Moxley appeared at ringside and was amused by the comment, as Moné decided to back away. As she did, Roderick Strong made his way to the ring for his AEW Continental Eliminator match with Moxley. Moné had some words for Strong in relation to Shafir as she headed back up the ramp.

AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Death Riders’ Jon Moxley (c) def. The Conglomeration’s Roderick Strong

We jumped right into this match after the ringside area was vacated per Continental rules. A slow start was ratcheted up by Strong lighting up Moxley’s chest with a chop that sent him to the floor. After recovering, Moxley came back in and decided to trade chops with Strong. Moxley took Strong to the mat and controlled his arm. Strong came back with a dropkick for a near fall. They began exchanging strikes again until Moxley dropped Strong with a forearm shiver. Moxley dropkicked Strong’s knee in the ropes while in the corner and ripped at Strong’s leg from the outside. Strong came back with a backbreaker on the apron!

After battling back towards the ring, the two wound up on the top turnbuckle where Moxley knocked Strong down with a headbutt. Strong came back at Moxley, so he jumped over Strong and booted him for a Paradigm Shift! Moxley knocked Strong to the floor and crashed down on him with a big dive. Mox threw Strong back in and clotheslined him in the corner before mounting him for a barrage of punches. Strong managed to come back with a running lariat and a pair of backbreakers. Moxley tried to escape another, so Strong transitioned into a lungblower. Strong bounced off the ropes right into a massive lariat from Moxley!

They started to exchange strikes until Strong jumped into a cutter with 10 minutes remaining in the 20-minute time limit. Strong blocked a piledriver and hit a short Sick Kick for a near fall. Strong hit a Tiger Driver, but Mox kicked out again, so Strong held on and turned Mox over for the Strong Hold. Moxley escaped and quickly trapped Strong in a rear naked choke, leaving Strong no choice but to tap out.

The Dogs and Bang Bang Gang Join Forces to Take Out the Death Riders and The Conglomeration!

Moxley left the ring, but Clark Connors and David Finlay of The Dogs came in to attack Strong from behind. Moxley saw it and came back in to apparently talk them down as Strong rolled away. They seemed to come to an agreement, but as Moxley turned to walk away, Connors and Finlay jumped him from behind! Connors choked Moxley while Finlay lined up a shillelagh shot. Gabe Kidd ran out and shoved Connors and Finlay. Finlay shoved Kidd into a spear from Connors! Moxley and Strong tried to come back in, but were quickly subdued by The Dogs. Jay White, Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly hit the ring to run off Connors and Finlay. However, Finlay pointed at Cassidy and White grabbed Cassidy for a Blade Runner!

On the other side of the ring, Juice Robinson pulled out Kyle O’Reilly and laid him out with Ace Austin! Yuta and Garcia came back to the ringside area, but were wiped out by Austin and Colten Gunn! Claudio Castagnoli arrived and managed to take out The Gunns on the floor before knocking The Dogs aside in the ring. He walked right up to White and grabbed him, but got taken down by Robinson and Austin from behind. Castagnoli came right back to uppercut Robinson in the corner and drop Austin. He turned his attention back to White, so The Gunns hit the ring and tried for 3:10 to Yuma, but Castagnoli destroyed it with a flying uppercut! Once again, Castagnoli turned his attention to White, but was immediately attacked by Robinson, Austin and The Dogs. Castagnoli got a hold of White and used an airplane spin to wipe out anyone in his way before trying a giant swing on White. Connors came back in and nailed Castagnoli from behind with a tire iron! That was enough to keep Castagnoli down, as he was picked apart by The Dogs and Bang Bang Gang. The Gunns hit 3:10 to Yuma and Castagnoli was held for a shillelagh shot from White, but he handed it to Finlay, who cracked Castagnoli instead. White picked up Moxley by the chin, and Moxley spit in his face, so White dropped him with a Blade Runner! The crowd rained down boos on the foes-turned-faction as they all posed together!

We heard from Ilja Dragunov after his WrestleDream debut, who said he couldn’t be more grateful. And there are many symphonies to come!

Divine Dominion and Triangle of Madness Wipe Out AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Brawling Birds and Wrathlander

As we returned to Dynamite, there was chaos in the back, as Renee Paquette was in the middle of a brawl with Divine Dominion, AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Brawling Birds, Sisters of Sin and #1 contenders Wrathlander! Paquette tried to restore order, but Bayne stared her down until she left the wild scene. Statlander tried to fight back, but was taken out from behind by Thekla with a garbage can. Bayne smashed Jamie Hayter in the face with a title belt! Kross wondered if The Birds and Wrathlander would make it to Full Gear for their scheduled AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship match. Thekla calmed things down and ordered the Sisters of Sin to leave.

Jericho Apologizes to Nick Wayne

Justin Roberts read a statement that said the crowd was required to stand and cheer for the immensely good-looking, 21-year-old prodigy; call him Nick Wayne. Wayne really took his time before speaking to the crowd and asked if they heard the news.

“That Nick Wayne beat Chris Jericho!”

Pyro went off on the stage.

“Twice.”

“Which means it’s only right to do it a second time!”

More pyro went off, and Wayne said Jericho had to come down and apologize. Jericho didn’t come out right away, so Wayne started to complain until Jericho’s pyro went off and he made his way to the ring. The crowd still sang “Judas” and Jericho egged them on. Wayne was surprised Jericho showed up, but was happy he was here. He was thinking of all the ways Jericho would say he was sorry. Jericho started to talk, but Wayne cut him off. Jericho tried again, but once again Wayne cut him off. Jericho started again, and once again Wayne cut him off, so Jericho told him to shut the hell up! He can’t apologize if Wayne won’t let him. Jericho admitted Wayne knew more than he thought and said congratulations. Jericho said Wayne did learn lessons from him and that’s why he was able to win at WrestleDream.

“You mean at WrestleDream when Nick Wayne beat Chris Jericho?”

Even more pyro went off!

Jericho wondered how Wayne did that and Wayne said it’s because he’s a prodigy. Wayne said he’s still waiting for Jericho to say he’s sorry and went through saying it in various languages. Jericho called Wayne a douchebag and said he was also a douchebag when he was 21. Jericho said after being in this business he knows when he has to say he’s sorry. So he’s sorry to Wayne. Sorry for underestimating him or not understanding how good he really is. Jericho said he’ll look back on this as the turning point of his career because this is when Wayne listened and learned. Jericho did that and went through a hall-of-fame list of names he learned from along the way. Jericho said if Wayne actually heard and listened to what he was told, he could go on to be a multi-time world champion and one of the greats of the business.

“So don’t f*** it up.”

We took a look back at Match 1 of the Best of 5 Series between FTR and the Motor City Machine Guns that started on Tailgate Brawl and ended on WrestleDream with MCMG coming away victorious. Match 2 will be Saturday on Collision!

TBS Championship #1 Contender Match: Queen Aminata def. Maya World

TBS and CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone made her way to commentary with Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., to watch who would become her next challenger. This is World’s first match in over a month after being cleared from injury over the weekend at WrestleDream. Aminata and World had a feeling-out process until World escaped Chocolate Kisses and rolled Aminata around the ring. Aminata came back and executed Chocolate Kisses on a second attempt before a pair of boots to the face. World got out of a suplex with a jawbreaker followed by a spinning heel kick that knocked Aminata to the floor. World followed out with a crossbody from the top to Aminata on the floor. World threw Aminata back in and took a step towards Persephone and Baker.

Aminata took advantage and pulled World back in for a neckbreaker. Aminata remained in control with a German Suplex for a near fall. The match devolved into a strike battle until World took over with a flurry of kicks. Aminata turned things around in the corner with a chop, but missed a running facewash and World came back with a basement dropkick. World hit a top rope moonsault for a two-count. Aminata avoided a swinging kick through the ropes and trapped World for a near fall, which turned into a barrage of pin attempts by both competitors. World got a two-count and laid out Aminata with a Shining Wizard, but Aminata managed to kick out again.

The crowd chanted, “THIS IS AWESOME!”

Aminata blasted World with a forearm that knocked her to the mat against the ropes. World bailed before Aminata could follow up, so Aminata went to the outside and threw World into the barricade. She sat World in a chair and dropkicked her out of it from the apron! Back in the ring, Aminata missed a double-stomp from the top only to immediately crack World with a Queen’s Crown headbutt! She hit Off With Her Head on World and pinned her to become the #1 contender for the TBS Title. She’ll face Persephone for the title next week at Fright Night Dynamite! Hyan and World backed up Aminata in the ring as Baker and Persephone left from the commentary desk.

We learned The Rascalz want to get into the AEW World Trios Title picture, but on Collision, Myron Reed will face former AEW World Champion, World Tag Team Champion and World Trios Champion, Swerve Strickland!

The Don Callis Family Has Plans for Blood and Guts

Don Callis stood in front of the very successful Don Callis Family to gloat about Mark Davis and Jake Doyle wiping out AEW World Tag Team Champions the Young Bucks in an Eliminator match and Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight beating Adam Copeland and AEW World Champion Will Ospreay. Fletcher said that means he has an official win over the AEW World Champion. Callis responded to Steven Borden’s challenge from earlier in the night by saying Blood and Guts is just around the corner, so the Callis Family will bring the guts, so they can bring the blood and it will be spilled all over Jacksonville and running in the river. They will use that match to soften up all the champions, take their belts and get the money that comes with it.

Callis asked what was more important than money, and Okada yelled out, “Family!”

They all had a good laugh and walked away, but there will be no laughing in two weeks.

One Cage. Two Rings. Three Words…

Blood and Guts!

AEW World Champion Will Ospreay, Adam Copeland, Steven Borden, AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks and TNT Champion Darby Allin vs. Don Callis Family’s AEW International Champion Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, Wardlow, Kevin Knight, Mark Davis and Jake Doyle

“Jungle” Jack Perry Wants Another Shot at Samoa Joe

Joe stood in front of ROH World Television Champion Action Andretti, HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata. He admitted Clockwork Carnage didn’t go the way he wanted it to, but by any other circumstance, he scored the first pinfall and would be champion. He choked out AEW World Champion Will Ospreay and would be champion. If anything, it made him realize that the AEW World Title belongs to him and nothing will stand in his way. “Jungle” Jack Perry walked in and said he heard Joe said no one will get in his way. He may have kicked Perry’s ass all over France, but Perry is still here. Joe didn’t shake his hand and he owes Perry that, so if he doesn’t want to give it to Perry, Perry will find a way to take it. He wants another match with Joe. Joe reiterated he couldn’t pick a better place to lick his wounds than Miami, but he’ll take care of business with Perry very soon.

Ilja Dragunov def. United Empire's "Speedball" Mike Bailey

The first symphony of Dragunov was our main event, which allowed him to conduct the crowd for his AEW in-ring debut, although Bailey was more than willing to spoil the much-hyped encounter. Dragunov played defense against Bailey’s kicks to avoid major contact and tripped Bailey to the mat while trying to keep his body weight on top. Bailey managed to send Dragunov over with a standing headscissors. He followed with a firm kick to the chest in the corner, but Dragunov booted Bailey away and hit a leaping kick out of the corner that caught Bailey unprepared.

Bailey got out of the powerbomb attempt and fired a kick at Dragunov, who answered with a chop, which led to a kick vs. strike/chop battle with Dragunov hitting Bailey at unorthodox angles. He snapped Bailey over with a German Suplex and tried to go for a second, but Bailey sent Dragunov off and through the ropes. Bailey came right out with a triangle moonsault that clobbered Dragunov! Bailey tried to kick Dragunov against the steel steps, but missed and wound up connecting with the steel himself! Dragunov sensed the opportunity and grabbed Bailey for a head-over-heels German Suplex on the floor! Dragunov was fired up, and the crowd answered with a roar!

Dragunov kept the violence up with nasty stomps and headbutts until Bailey hit a desperation roundhouse kick to knock Dragunov to the mat. Bailey started to put together a string of kicks before hitting Dragunov with a standing shooting star press. Dragunov kicked out, so Bailey quickly transitioned into an armbar. Dragunov got out of it by standing up and going for a half crab, so Bailey kicked free and nailed Dragunov in the jaw. Bailey limped back to his feet and smashed Dragunov with a kick. Dragunov answered with a chop and off they went exchanging kicks for chops and vice versa. Bailey knocked Dragunov down to a knee and had a chance to knock him out, but Dragunov came back with a leaping enzuigiri out of nowhere and a pair of German Suplexes. Dragunov adjusted his grip for a Tiger Suplex and stacked up Bailey, who somehow kicked out in time!

Dragunov went to the top rope and connected on a diving senton! Bailey kicked out again! The crowd chanted, “THIS IS AWESOME!” Bailey rolled to the apron, so Dragunov went out after him and tried a German Suplex again, only for Bailey to sweep the knees and crush Dragunov with standing moonsault knees to the chest! Bailey tried to climb to the top, but was slow because of the damage done to his leg. That gave Dragunov the chance to catch Bailey and beat him down with headbutts. Bailey came back with a flurry of strikes, which Dragunov shook off to hit a superplex! Dragunov backed up to drop the D-Bomb, but Bailey kicked up to knock him away and cradled him for a close near fall! Bailey did it again with a straitjacket to get another close two-count.

Dragunov turned right into a kick, so he chopped Bailey in the leg. Dragunov tried to fire himself up to shake it off, but Bailey was waiting with a Crane Kick to the face! Bailey connected with Time Adventure to Dragunov in the corner and went to the middle rope for Ultima Weapon, but Dragunov threw a wild lariat to take out Bailey’s left leg and send him crashing to the mat! Dragunov powerbombed Bailey and dropped a D-Bomb forearm to Bailey’s injured leg! Dragunov backed up and loaded up another D-Bomb, which he delivered with authority and fury to Bailey’s head! That was enough to get Dragunov his first victory in AEW! What a debut to bring Dynamite to a close!

Catch AEW Collision live this Saturday on TNT & HBO Max at 8/7c from the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina!

Already Announced:

Swerve Strickland vs. The Rascalz’ Myron Reed

Best of 5 Match 2 (MCMG 1-0): FTR vs. Motor City Machine Guns

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