Recap of AEW Dynamite, 8 April 2026

 

===AEW Dynamite 8 April 2026===

Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB

RESULTS

• Trios: DON CALLIS FAMILY (NJPW World Television Champion Konosuke Takeshita, Andrade El Ídolo, "Dunkzilla" Mark Davis) def. AEW National Champion JUNGLE JACK PERRY, DARBY ALLIN, ROH Men's World Champion BANDIDO via pinfall, Andrade El Ídolo over Jungle Jack Perry
• TBS Championship: WILLOW NIGHTINGALE (c) def. QUEEN AMINATA via pinfall
• Seventh defense of the TBS title this reign by Nightingale, improves to 11-4 career in matches for said title
• No. 1 Entrance in the TNT Title Casino Gauntlet at Dynasty: "Psycho Killer" TOMMASO CIAMPA def. CMLL World Trios & Historic Welterweight Champion MÁSCARA DORADA via pinfall
• Chaos in Canada: UNITED EMPIRE (Will Ospreay, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, HENARE) def. DEATH RIDERS (AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, "The Bastard" PAC, Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia) (with Marina Shafir) via pinfall, Will Ospreay and Callum Newman over Jon Moxley

DEVELOPMENTS

• Ahead of the show, Tony Khan announced that the TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher's injury is going to have him out for months. That title has been vacated, and the new champion will be determined in a Casino Gauntlet at Dynasty. Máscara Dorada and Tommaso Ciampa will go head to head tonight for the number one spot in that match.
• Show opens with the UNITED EMPIRE: FRANCESCO AKIRA, HENARE, WILL OSPREAY, and the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion CALLUM NEWMAN joined by the NJPW Strong Women's Champion ALEX WINDSOR brawling with the DEATH RIDERS in the parking lot and the ring. Empire get the upper hand, and Ospreay challenges the Death Riders in the main event.
• We hear from DON CALLIS who tells us about the Casino Gauntlet match. He also tells us that he was negotiating with the Young Bucks for Fletcher and Okada to face them at Dynasty, but now he's got a pivot in place. He addresses the Takeshita-Okada beef, saying that it's going to be a long time before they face each other.
• Brody King is not here tonight for personal reasons, but BANDIDO has stepped in to take his place in the opening trios match.
• Andrade immediately leaves the ring and walks up the ramp at the start of the match Universe Mode cutscene style. Darby grabs a mic, calls Andrade "Don Callis's little bitch" twice, and then eats a Chaos Theory on the ramp cold from Takeshita.
• Don Callis is now here, noclip style, and gets on comms. Mark Davis goes "YAAA IM GONNA GETCHA" and then crashes and burns on a low bridge of the top rope.
• Takeshita and Davis team up to hammock swing throw Darby over the timekeeper's table into the chairs and he eats it like shit. Soon after, there's some friendly fire from Takeshita on Davis who kind of just eats it and goes back to killing Jack Perry. Perry eats Close Your Eyes and Davis yields to Andrade who hits the DM for the win.
• Darby shoves Andrade in the chest, who points to the Dynasty banner and then promptly kicks Darby square in the cock. Davis holds back Perry as Don goes after his eyes; Takeshita sets up for Raging Fire but the YOUNG BUCKS are here to make the save.
• LANCE ARCHER, HECHICERO, and EL CLON charge the ring but all die and then Davis eats a BTE Trigger. They go for a Meltzer Driver on Takeshita, who squirms long enough for KAZUCHIKA OKADA to pull Nick off the apron. They each stomp out the Young Bucks before bowing up to each other and quickly coming to blows.
• The rest of the Family pulls them apart but now THE RASCALZ are here and do topes to take them out. Okada points and laughs at him before getting killed by Myron. Rascalz win the segment.
• Lexy Nair backstage with DOC SAMPSON to give an update on Kenny Omega's medical condition. Doc says Kenny's in the best shape of his life, he's been cleared by both him and a surgeon, and that MJF was probably just trying to get in Kenny's head.
• Queen Aminata and Willow Nightingale and fighting on the floor and we see HIKARU SHIDA watching the match near the barricade by the tunnel.
• Willow and Aminata shake hands after the match. Nightingale heads to the barricade to exchange glances with Shida.
• It's Time For CHRIS JERICHO To Talk. He's here to sign his new contract. He says he's proud of how big AEW has become and that he's gotten in as good of shape as he can because he thinks AEW deserves the best Chris Jericho he can be. He doesn't care where he is on the card, he just loves pro wrestling (I am just writing what he is saying). THE DEMAND are now here before he can sign the contract, unfortunately. I really cannot get a read on whether or not Tony Schiavone gives a shit about Jericho. Ricochet tells Jericho "just don't. Don't do any of this, don't sign your little contract, don't come back." Ricochet is taking credit for AEW being on the rise lately, Jericho's got some shit on his upper lip, Ricochet says "nobody wants you here, dog," which is true. Jericho says "you really are bald," and that he doesn't give a shit what Ricochet thinks, and signs the contract. He says he has a clause in his contract to choose any available opponent for Dynasty. Jericho is doing the List gimmick again.
• DON CALLIS backstage with the Family and Lexy Nair. Lexy wants to know what Don's big match for Dynasty is: he announces Okada and Takeshita against the Bucks for Dynasty. Takeshita says NO, Don says you two are being selfish and don't get to call the shots. Takeshita wants a shot at the International Championship for his trouble and Don relents.
• THE DOGS are backstage and they have killed RODERICK STRONG and ORANGE CASSIDY. They want the trios titles on Collision.
• ADAM COPELAND and CHRISTIAN CAGE are here. Copeland says jealousy and pettiness are what blew up Rated FTR. He says they are the "CNC Dynasty" which maybe we should rein back this name. Christian says he fucked their moms and he's going to fuck Stokely's mom too. Unfortunately FTR are now here but RPG VICE attack Copeland and Cage from behind and it's a 4-on-2 brawl. Dax goes for a belt shot on Cage, he counters, goes for an Unprettier, Cash shoves him into Stokely. Copeland eats a knee chair-style from RPG Vice. Stokely spears Christian at some point in this segment. FTR have Christian's arm set up to get Pillmanized but before Cash does it Stokely steals his watch.
• DARBY ALLIN backstage. We're getting a lot of annoying fuckers talking tonight. He says he puts up walls because he's scared he can't win the big one and that Andrade doesn't understand what he's gotten himself into. He says he needs this more than anything else.
• ALEX WINDSOR comes sprinting down the ramp to ringside to brawl with Marina Shafir pretty quickly into this match.
• Claudio breaks a kendo stick in half and Moxley stabs Ospreay with the splinters and tries to put his eye out. That doesn't work so he just shoves it up his nose. Normal wrestling things.
• Akira tries to put Garcia through a table. It does not break, so he goes up top and tries to splash him through it. He overshoots instead, hitting the table only with his lower body and going 12 to 6 headfirst to the floor. This man is a little bump freak
• Moxley is spamming Paradigm Shifts again on Ospreay here at the end of this match. Newman comes in to shift the battle in their favor, and Ospreay hits the Hidden Blade through a table in the corner on Moxley. Ospreay and Newman both cover Moxley to earn the win.
• Ospreay looks for the Tiger Driver '98 on Moxley after the match, but Claudio charges and pulls Moxley out of the way. 
• KENNY OMEGA townhall to wrap this show up. Kenny says it's been about 25 years ago since he was in Edmonton. He says last week he lost his cool with MJF and he's not proud of it. He wasn't mad about the Ibushi thing or the diverticulitis thing. Everything MJF can do, Kenny can do better, he says, but what MJF can't do is what Kenny does all the time.
• After Kenny wraps up, MJF's here. He spends two minutes basically just saying that Kenny's going to lose. I don't really feel like paraphrasing everything in this segment.
• Kenny demands Max shake his hand, Max obviously refuses and tries to line him, Kenny ducks and gets him with a knee lift that kills him. Kenny takes Max's ring off, does his closing spiel with it on, and then gives it back to him. Why did you take it to begin with 

STILL TO COME

Collision, 11 April

• Tag Team: YOUNG BUCKS (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. EL CLON & CMLL World Heavyweight Champion HECHICERO
• No. 2 Entrance in the TNT Title Casino Gauntlet at Dynasty: RUSH vs. ANTHONY BOWENS 
• Tag Team: AEW Women's World Champion THEKLA & "The Problem" MARINA SHAFIR vs. THE BRAWLING BIRDS (Jamie Hayter & NJPW Strong Women's Champion Alex Windsor)
• Tag Team: THE HURT SYNDICATE ("The Almighty" Bobby Lashley & "The Standard of Excellence" Shelton Benjamin) (with MVP) in action 
• AEW International Championship: KAZUCHIKA OKADA (c) vs. MYRON REED
• AEW World Trios Championships: CMLL World Light Heavyweight & Trios Champion MÍSTICO & JETSPEED (Speedball Mike Bailey & "The Jet" Kevin Knight) (c) vs. THE DOGS ("War Ready" Gabe Kidd, "100 Proof" Clark Connors, David Finlay)

Dynasty Zero Hour, 12 April (7 PM ET)

• NJPW Strong Women's Champion ALEX WINDSOR vs. "The Problem" MARINA SHAFIR 

Dynasty, 12 April (8 PM ET)

• ANDRADE EL ÍDOLO vs. DARBY ALLIN
• CHRIS JERICHO vs. RICOCHET
• Tag Team: YOUNG BUCKS (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. NJPW World Television Champion KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & AEW International Champion KAZUCHIKA OKADA
• CASINO GAUNTLET for the vacant TNT Championship
• AEW Continental Championship: JON MOXLEY (c) vs. WILL OSPREAY
• AEW Men's World Tag Team Championships: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. ADAM COPELAND & CHRISTIAN CAGE
• AEW Women's World Championship: THEKLA (c) vs. JAMIE HAYTER 
• AEW Men's World Championship: MJF (c) vs. KENNY OMEGA