Nova's Recaps: Recap of AEW Dynamite, 1 April 2026

===AEW Dynamite 1 April 2026===

Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, MB

Trios: KENNY OMEGA, BRODY KING, AEW National Champion JUNGLE JACK PERRY def. THE DEMAND (Ricochet, Toa Liona, Bishop Kaun) via pinfall, Kenny Omega over Ricochet
WILL OSPREAY def. "The Bastard" PAC via pinfall
Trios: MINA SHIRAKAWA & THE BRAWLING BIRDS (Jamie Hayter & NJPW Strong Women's Champion Alex Windsor) def. TRIANGLE OF MADNESS (AEW Women's World Champion Thekla, Skye Blue, Julia Hart) via pinfall, Jamie Hayter over Julia Hart
Men's World Championship Eliminator: AEW Men's World Champion MJF def. AEW World Trios Champion SPEEDBALL MIKE BAILEY via pinfall

The pyro keeps interrupting Tony Schiavone ahead of the contract signing to start. April Fools! CHRIS JERICHO is here in Winnipeg. He farms crowd reactions for literally 5 full minutes, says "I'm home," and then that's it. JON MOXLEY is now being attacked by WILL OSPREAY backstage. The Death Riders are unable to break it up and it comes down to security to hold him back. Ospreay screams "I'll fucking kill you, Jon."
Contract signing finally. If KENNY OMEGA gets physical, the match is off; if MJF gets physical, he vacates the title. They both sign immediately, MJF tries to talk shit, and Kenny cuts him off and tells him to shut up. He says the crowd isn't here for MJF, they're here to watch the best wrestle. He says someone needs to make sure Max is never close to that belt again, and he's going to be the one to do it.

It's Time For Maxwell Jacob Friedman To Speak. MJF says Kenny is one strong gust of wind away from retirement, but he's here to talk about the thing Kenny doesn't want to talk about or want any of the crowd to know. He says the reason Kenny is suddenly so desperate to win the AEW title is that Kenny's stomach is a ticking timebomb. Max tells Kenny that he'd be better off dead, Kenny flips the table, but MJF can't get Kenny to bite.
SPEEDBALL MIKE BAILEY gets between them and says that MJF is afraid. They say that MJF should be thanking Kenny, because without Kenny, there's no AEW, and without AEW, there's no MJF. Speedball says that respect is earned and that MJF thinks that he's on Kenny's level, but the only place MJF is a living legend is in his own head. Speedball challenges MJF to a match tonight.
Kenny says he'd rather be missing his intestines than his balls. The best way to strike a nerve with MJF is to call him a coward, and Friedman immediately concedes: in the main event, Speedball faces the Men's World Champion in an eliminator match.

Brody King crossbodies Toa Liona over the barricade through the timekeeper's table and they are just both dead. Ricochet tries the Spirit Gun on Kenny, misses, but lands several strikes and hits Vertigo but Kenny escapes. Glass Jaw to Bishop on the floor, Perry is able to stop Ricochet from using his title belt on Kenny; Kenny gets him up for the One Winged Angel but Ricochet escapes. V Trigger, One Winged Angel, thanks for coming Ricochet.
WILLOW NIGHTINGALE, the TBS Champion, backstage. She puts out an open challenge for her title on Collision tomorrow.
Renee Paquette backstage with ADAM COPELAND and CHRISTIAN CAGE. She asks what the plan is tonight and Cope says they're here to take out FTR and anyone who gets in their way. Christian gets confused and almost hits Renee with a chair.

They storm into RPG VICE's locker room, apparently this is also FTR's locker room but they're not here because they're on Collision tomorrow. Copeland and Christian kill Trent and Rocky with their chairs.

PAC told Renee Paquette that he "couldn't care less about Ospreay's fairy tale return." Somehow he got from the ring to the stage behind Ospreay, cutting off his entrance and hitting a brainbuster on the stage. Ospreay then spends the next 3 minutes selling his neck and being attended to by medical before getting in the ring against Doc Sampson's wishes. PAC immediately potatoes him and stomps him out.

PAC hits a tombstone, goes up, hits the Black Arrow, locks in the Brutalizer for a full minute and Ospreay just doesn't lose and gets PAC's shoulders down and wins. Somehow pulling out all the stops on a dude who spent 3 minutes before the match writhing in pain on the floor because his neck is fucked up and locking in his vaunted submission isn't enough to put him away.
Anyway the Death Riders jump Will after the match and Claudio goes to Pillmanize Ospreay's neck but Moxley holds him back. "There's six of us, Will, how did you think this was gonna go? Now... did I put you here, or did you put you here?" He says this isn't personal between them, but warns him not to make it personal.

The Birds go for Two Birds, One Stone on Julia Hart but Thekla grabs Jamie from the apron and tries to get her with the brass knuckles. Jamie counters, they hit Two Birds, One Stone on her instead, and Julia goes for an octopus stretch on Jamie who counters into the Hayterade for the three.
DARBY ALLIN is here for some reason. He calls out MJF and says that they're getting involved with the Don Callis Family because Max is scared because he knows that Darby's willing to die for this. He wants MJF in the ring, instead he gets DON CALLIS with ANDRADE, EL CLON, LANCE ARCHER, and HECHICERO. Don says that MJF told him that if Darby can beat a handpicked member of the Family at Dynasty, he'll earn a title shot. Apparently it's Andrade, but Andrade was not aware of this. He's not pleased to be doing MJF's bidding.

Don sics the others on Darby, but BRODY KING and JACK PERRY are here to make the save. None of the Family guys even get in the ring lol Brody, Jack, and Darby are all kinda just staring at each other in the ring but now KENNY OMEGA is back. They say something to each other and then the segment just ends. Okay

Kenny is on comms for the main in shorts and no shirt. MJF jumps Speedball during his entrance and they start hot. Speedball goes for Time Adventure, MJF pulls Bryce Remsburg in the way, Speedball throws him out of the way and MJF immediately goes to the eyes lol
MJF beats down Speedball after the match but Kenny makes the save. Speedball's selling their neck, now they're fine, Kenny wins the segment.

Collision, 2 April (SPECIAL NIGHT)

Continental Championship Eliminator: AEW Continental Champion JON MOXLEY (c) vs. ANTHONY BOWENS
OPEN CHALLENGE for the TBS Championship: WILLOW NIGHTINGALE (c) in action
Tag Team: DON CALLIS FAMILY (Andrade El Ídolo & Mark Davis) vs. THE RASCALZ (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz)
8-Man Tornado Tag: THE CONGLOMERATION (Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong), AEW World Trios Champions KEVIN KNIGHT & MÍSTICO vs. DEATH RIDERS (Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli) & THE DOGS (David Finlay & Clark Connors)
JUICE ROBINSON vs. TOMMASO CIAMPA
AEW Men's World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) in action
AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions DIVINE DOMINION (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) in action

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