Recap of AEW Dynamite, 25 March 2026

===AEW Dynamite 25 March 2026===

Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, MN

RESULTS

• No. 1 Contendership vs. EVP Status: KENNY OMEGA def. SWERVE STRICKLAND (with Prince Nana) via pinfall
• Omega claims no. 1 contendership to AEW Men's World Championship 
• Mixed Trios: DEATH RIDERS (AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, "The Problem" Marina Shafir) (with Wheeler Yuta) def. TOP FLIGHT (Dante & Darius Martin) & ZAYDA STEEL (with Christopher Daniels) via pinfall, Daniel Garcia over Darius Martin
• Interference against Zayda Steel by Wheeler Yuta
• AEW World Trios Champion SPEEDBALL MIKE BAILEY def. ROCKY ROMERO via pinfall
• Tag Team: THE DOGS ("100 Proof" Clark Connors & David Finlay) def. THE CONGLOMERATION (Roderick Strong & "Freshly Squeezed" Orange Cassidy) via pinfall, Clark Connors over Orange Cassidy
• AEW Women's World Championship: THEKLA (c) def. MINA SHIRAKAWA via pinfall
• Third defense of the AEW Women's World Championship this reign by Thekla
• No Countouts: DARBY ALLIN def. RUSH via pinfall

DEVELOPMENTS

• Taz is back and we're kicking off with one of the highest stakes matches of the year.
• Swerve grabs Aubrey's shirt while they're battling on the apron to distract her from him low blowing Kenny.
• Kenny kicks out of a Swerve Stomp.
• Kenny goes for the One Winged Angel but Swerve goes to the eyes, cheeses a Vertebreaker, but Kenny kicks out at 2. Swerve goes to the top rope for another stomp, Kenny dodges, hits a meaty V Trigger, and wins off the One Winged Angel. Omega still EVP, and now is at the top of the standings to face MJF at Dynasty.
• WILL OSPREAY backstage. He's got an issue with PAC because he's got an issue with everyone who associates with Jon Moxley, who he wants at Dynasty.
• Yuta fucks with SkyFlight a lot during this trios match. There's a lot of shenanigans. Heels pick up the win. 
• Mox has a mic after his match. He says "it's not nice to say mean things about people on TV." Whatever issue Ospreay thinks he has with the Death Riders, he says, it's not even personal, but if he wants a "big fat grudge match at the pay-per-view," he's got it. This match is, currently, for some reason, not for the title.
• YOUNG BUCKS video package. They're still focused on the tag titles.
• MJF townhall. He says his heel stuff, finishes his promo, KENNY OMEGA is here, he compares himself as the "God of Professional Wrestling" to MJF as the "Devil." I don't feel like going back and rewatching the rest of this segment but the crux of it is that Kenny wants the title at Dynasty and Max gives him the match.
• Renee Paquette backstage earlier today with ADAM COPELAND and CHRISTIAN CAGE. Renee asks them if they want to send a message to the tag team champions. Christian says life is about making choices, and FTR chose to turn on Cope, jump them after All Out, and injure Beth--and even worse, HIM. Cope hearkens back to when he trained them in 2009, and he's real angry about them putting their hands on Beth. He's determined to end their careers.
• FTR are here for an unannounced townhall. Cash calls Edge old, Dax says he's just a nostalgia act, they don't like each other. Got it. They're getting heat in the crowd but they're interrupted by ORANGE CASSIDY's tron. They're here for their scheduled match. Stokely gets in Orange's face so Orange shoves him Orange style and FTR go after him. Refs break it up before it can get anywhere.
• Connors and Finlay win off the Full Clip, their new tag finish--David holds Orange up in a vertical suplex position and Clark spears him off the middle turnbuckle.
• DIVINE DOMINION pretape. They say heel things about Babes of Wrath. 
• KYLE FLETCHER backstage. He's undefeated in singles action in 2026 unlike both Kenny Omega and MJF. He's not pleased about Don's arrangement with Max--they need to be fighting to bring the world title back to the family. Before they do that, though, he brings in KONOSUKE TAKESHITA. He says he doesn't want anything to get in the way of what they have, even if Takeshita isn't a fan of Okada. Takeshita says Protoshita came first, and they hug.
• Thekla goes to use her belt, but referee Mike Posey catches her. It turns out to just be a decoy for her to bring out brass knuckles, though. She swings at Mina, who ducks and clocks her with a backfist. Thekla gets to the ropes to prevent a German suplex and clocks her in the head out of view of Mike Posey to knock her out cold and secure the pinfall.
• Renee Paquette backstage with KENNY OMEGA. The contract will be signed next week, but any physicality will cancel the match. SPEEDBALL MIKE BAILEY comes up and tells Kenny they admire him and they hope he beats MJF for the world title. They shake hands, and Kenny says if he wins the belt, Speedball will be first in line. They are still shaking hands.
• THE DEMAND backstage. Ricochet apologizes for losing his cool backstage, but he feels like he got screwed in the Blackjack Battle Royale while everyone else gets opportunities, but if he needs to claw back to the top, he'll do that.
• The DON CALLIS FAMILY assault Darby Allin to end the show. It's part of their arrangement with MJF. ANDRADE EL ÍDOLO is not pleased with this, and the show goes to black with him arguing with Don at the entrance.

STILL TO COME 

Collision, 28 March

• ACE AUSTIN vs. TOMMASO CIAMPA
• AEW Women's World Tag Team Championships: DIVINE DOMINION (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) (c) vs. BABES OF WRATH (TBS Champion Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron)

Dynamite, 1 April

•  "The Bastard" PAC vs. WILL OSPREAY

Dynasty, 12 April (8 PM ET)

• WILL OSPREAY vs. AEW Continental Champion JON MOXLEY
• AEW Men's World Tag Team Championships: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. ADAM COPELAND & CHRISTIAN CAGE
• AEW Men's World Championship: MJF (c) vs. KENNY OMEGA