Recap of AEW Dynamite, 18 Feb 2026

 ===AEW Dynamite 18 Feb 2026===

Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA

RESULTS

• Continental Championship Eliminator: AEW Continental Champion JON MOXLEY def. MARK DAVIS via submission in 13:58
• 4-Way for the TBS Championship: AEW Women's World Tag Team Champion WILLOW NIGHTINGALE (c) def. MARINA SHAFIR, MEGAN BAYNE, MINA SHIRAKAWA via pinfall, Willow Nightingale over Mina Shirakawa, in 11:15
• 2nd defense of the TBS Championship this reign by Willow Nightingale 
• Tag Team: "Freshly Squeezed" ORANGE CASSIDY & NJPW Strong Openweight Champion TOMOHIRO ISHII def. "War Ready" GABE KIDD & CLARK CONNORS via pinfall, Tomohiro Ishii over Clark Connors, in 10:01
• Tag Team: BRAWLING BIRDS (Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor) def. B3CCA & VIVA VAN via pinfall, Jamie Hayter over B3CCA, in 3:54
• AEW World Trios Champion KEVIN KNIGHT (with Speedball Mike Bailey) def. ROH World Tag Team Champion THE BEAST MORTOS via pinfall in 8:45
• SWERVE STRICKLAND (with Prince Nana) def. KENNY OMEGA via pinfall in 20:15

DEVELOPMENTS

• Show opener has us hearing from MINA SHIRAKAWA, WILLOW NIGHTINGALE, MEGAN BAYNE, SWERVE STRICKLAND, and KENNY OMEGA ahead of all of their matches tonight.
• Renee Paquette asks ORANGE CASSIDY before the show what his plan for his tag match tonight is after Roderick Strong walked out on him last week and no-showed this week. Orange says there's always someone stepping up in the Conglomeration: it's the return of TOMOHIRO ISHII to face off against Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors.
• During the opener, we find out that Kevin Knight faces The Beast Mortos tonight. If Mortos wins, La Facción Ingobernable receive a shot at the AEW World Trios Championships.
• Mark Davis busts his hand open disgusting style on the ring post during the opener and might have broken it. Moxley spends much of the middle of the match focusing on it.
• Following Grand Slam Australia, we hear from HANGMAN ADAM PAGE, who says that Andrade's effort was not good enough, and that he is going to end MJF to take the championship at Revolution.
• God fucking damn it FTR are here for an unscheduled townhall. They talk for like four hours about the YOUNG BUCKS, who are now here, they lay out Dax and Cash, and then superkick Stokely. The Bucks want their title match at Revolution, which means FTR get to go another month without defending the belts. Awesome
• After Grand Slam Australia, BRODY KING is backstage with BANDIDO who laments that he was as close as he was. Brody says he can taste it now, and that he's not going to sit around feeling sorry for himself--next week on Dynamite, Brody re-enters the world title hunt.
• Everyone is banned from ringside in the 4-way for the TBS title. Penelope comes out with Megan in her full ring gear anyway. Megan also hits a fucking disgusting Frankensteiner on Willow before the break.
• Commentary eulogizes Kerwin Silfies heading into break. Danielson is visibly emotional about the passing of the long-time WWE producer at age 75 on Tuesday.
• Hangman and MJF face-to-face meeting in the ring. They've agreed to no physicality. MJF opens by declaring that he hates Hangman and everything about him, but more than anything, he hates that Hangman holds two wins over him. MJF says that maybe Hangman's in his head because he's had the opportunity to be "the guy" twice, and both times he's crumbled under pressure. MJF reaffirms that he thinks Hangman's a lucky shot, but says he's all out of bullets. Hangman's not having it, and reminds him that MJF waited to use his Casino Gauntlet contract until he could insert himself into a 3-way to "collect the spoils of greater men." He says he hates MJF so much more than MJF hates him because when he looks at him, he has to admit that he's never met someone more like himself. They share a desperation for love and acceptance and a desire to make their mark in AEW, and both of them have always needed the AEW championship as much as everyone else wants it. Hangman says he wants to end their feud for good at Revolution and that it simply can't be just a normal wrestling match and tells MJF to come up with a stipulation. MJF is now getting heat by screaming about how it's going to be a regular singles. Hanger tells Max that he's scared because he knows what this could mean for him, and offers, if MJF agrees to this, to never challenge for the Men's World Championship again if he loses. MJF immediately agrees, but hasn't decided on a stip yet and needs a week. Hangman makes his decision known: Texas Death.
• JON MOXLEY backstage, and he says that the strength of the "woof" is the pack. He adds that he doesn't really likes woofs. PAC challenges the Don Callis Family to a fight on Saturday. Mox says he's not done with Takeshita either, and he wants him at Revolution without a time limit.
• Roderick Strong has, apparently, not been seen or heard from since walking out on Orange Cassidy last week.
• Late in the match, Ishii is showing signs of a lower body injury, either in his hip or his hamstring.
• DARBY ALLIN arrives as Gabe Kidd is chopping Orange Cassidy on the barricade and clubs him in the back with his skateboard before dragging him off.
• JOSH ALEXANDER, LANCE ARCHER, and ROCKY ROMERO are killing people again. DON CALLIS now arrives to accept Moxley's challenge. KAZUCHIKA OKADA is here and says that he's Kyle's best friend, and unlike Takeshita, he showed up to work because he's a champion instead of staying behind in Australia to celebrate with Kyle. ANDRADE EL ÍDOLO reminds us that his eyes are firmly on the AEW World Championship, and as EL CLON noclips into the scene, Don takes umbridge with the way Claudio Castagnoli carries himself. Clon wants a shot at the CMLL World Heavyweight title.
• Addendum: For some reason it is Josh Alexander challenging and not El Clon. Idk man 
• HOOK says that he's sent Shibata to recruit for The Opps internationally while he handles their affairs stateside.
• The Brawling Birds' finish is a Hart Attack called Two Birds One Stone.
• Renee Paquette backstage with KRIS STATLANDER and a returning THUNDER ROSA. Stat isn't medically cleared to wrestle, but she's still looking for a fight and isn't done with Thekla. Thunder Rosa just got cleared today and she hasn't appreciated what the Triangle of Madness has been up to. Stat warns her that Thekla is dangerous and Rosa says some stuff in Spanish I couldn't translate but I bought into it.
• Opening of Mortos-Knight has the crowd chanting "HE'S OUR LAWYER" for Mortos. Mortos for shoot passed the bar a couple months ago. We also get "HE WILL SUE YOU" chants. Mortos later hits a tornillo, then picks his nose and rubs it on the camera lens.
• Another WILL OSPREAY video package. He says that this isn't where the "best" wrestle--this is where the Billy Goat wrestles.
• THE DEMAND backstage, and Ricochet says he's ready to move on from Jack Perry and get GOA some gold. Bishop is pissed that Jet Set Rodeo haven't been defending the Trios titles, and Toa is ready to take them off them on Saturday in San Diego. There's a throwing knife wedged into the door of their locker room.
• MJF is watching the main event Deadlock style.
• Swerve is set up for the V-Trigger and starts complaining to referee Aubrey Edwards about his shoulder. Aubrey leans in to look at Swerve, unaware of Kenny charging, before Swerve yanks her in by her wrist and she gets clobbered with the V-Trigger. She's out cold. Swerve fights out of a One Winged Angel attempt with a Victory Roll and a House Call, then obliterates Kenny on the apron with a Swerve Stomp. He takes the cover off the bottom turnbuckle and lands a Decapitator before another Swerve Stomp in the ring. Paul Turner is now here and makes the count, but Kenny kicks out at 2.9.
• Kenny ducks a House Call and hits another Snapdragon, a knee lift to the back, and a Poisonrana before going for the OWA again which Swerve fights out of. Big boot from Swerve, another knee from Kenny, Swerve on the second rope but Swerve counts a V-Trigger with a standing House Call and Big Pressure to put this one to bed.
• Swerve now jumps Kenny shortly after the match before launching Paul Turner out of the ring. Nana for some reason just keeps the big ass chain with him and Swerve chokes Kenny over the ropes. Kenny collapses to the floor as Swerve clears off the announce desk and sets up the ring steps next to it. Swerve puts Kenny through the desk with the Vertebreaker and starts repeating "I NEEDED THIS" into the camera. 

STILL TO COME 

Collision, 21 Feb

• THUNDER ROSA vs. JULIA HART
• CMLL World Heavyweight Championship: CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI (c) vs. JOSH ALEXANDER
• AEW World Trios Championships: JET SET RODEO (Hangman Adam Page, Speedball Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight) (c) vs. THE DEMAND (AEW National Champion Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona) 

 

Revolution, 15 Mar

• AEW Continental Championship, no time limit: JON MOXLEY (c) vs. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA
• AEW Men's World Tag Team Championships: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. YOUNG BUCKS (Matt & Nick Jackson)
• AEW Men's World Championship: MJF (c) vs. AEW World Trios Champion HANGMAN ADAM PAGE
• Unknown stipulation; if Hangman Adam Page loses, he may never challenge for the title again