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Add FightsATW on GoogleAEW Dynamite took its talent to Philly for a special night at the Liacouras Center! Tonight’s show felt like a true changing of the guard for the company and professional wrestling. It was a reset from the high-paced action we have seen over the past month or so, but it certainly didn’t slow AEW‘s overall momentum. Double or Nothing will go down as one of the greatest PPVs of all time, so all eyes were on tonight’s show expecting something special. We saw new rivalries, new characters, new storylines, and new champions. What is next for Darby Allin and Kevin Knight? Is Kyle Fletcher the unquestioned leader of the Don Callis Family? And who will open that FORBIDDEN DOOR?! If you missed anything from tonight’s show, we’ve got you covered here! For updates on all AEW content, stay tuned to FightsATW.com.
KENNY VS. OSPREAY LOADING?
Following Sunday’s blockbuster victory, cameras and Renee Paquette caught up with Will Ospreay. Fresh off defeating Samoa Joe, Ospreay appeared in great spirits while heading to the training room, where he unexpectedly crossed paths with Kenny Omega. What began as a simple check-in quickly evolved into a brutally honest conversation between respected friends. Omega openly questioned Ospreay’s growing association with Jon Moxley and the Death Riders, warning him that they simply couldn’t be trusted.
In a rare moment of vulnerability, Omega admitted that while his body may still hold up, the emotional and mental toll of recent years had left him the same man fans once knew. However, he still believed there was no ceiling for what he and Ospreay could accomplish together if united. Ospreay fired back with a pointed reminder that Omega “isn’t here enough,” exposing lingering frustration between the two world-class wrestling icons. The tension escalated when Moxley suddenly arrived, acknowledging Omega’s warnings before silently handing Ospreay ice for his shoulder. Omega could only watch as Moxley walked away with Ospreay, leaving one final request: if Ospreay ever needed him, all he had to do was call.
AEW TNT CHAMP KEVIN “THE JET” KNIGHT IS COMING FOR ALL THE GOLD & THE END OF JETSPEED!
Kevin Knight walked into hostile territory for the first time in his AEW career and embraced every second of the chaos. The AEW TNT Champion was showered with very mean chants from the Philadelphia crowd before delivering heat on the mic, a complete unapologetic explanation for his shocking actions at Double or Nothing. Knight ripped into both the fans and Darby Allin, claiming he had warned Darby not to let him down and insisting the reckless daredevil failed both him and the audience, all while demanding the respect he believed he had earned as champion.
Feeding off the crowd’s hatred, Knight mocked Philadelphia sports culture and declared he was done “trusting the process,” vowing instead to seize his destiny after reminding everyone that he was the last man to pin MJF. Furious over being left off Sunday’s main event, Knight proclaimed himself the true highlight of AEW and promised to leave Darby lying in a pool of blood the next time they met. The situation escalated when Mike Bailey interrupted and attempted to reason with the increasingly unhinged champion and tag partner, calling Knight’s attack on Darby a mistake and offering him a chance at redemption with a public apology. For one brief moment, it appeared Knight might consider it, until he abruptly turned and planted Bailey with a thunderous pop-up Rock Bottom, sending a message that the TNT Champion had no interest in forgiveness, accountability, or backing down from the violence he unleashed.
JERICHO VS. RICOCHET
Backstage, before facing Chris Jericho, Ricochet brushed off concerns in an interview with Renee Paquette, arrogantly claiming Jericho only survived Double or Nothing because Bishop Kaun had been overwhelmed and outnumbered seven-on-one. Ricochet spun the absence of The Demand at ringside as an advantage, declaring that without backup, Jericho would finally be exposed one-on-one against a man he described as “out of this world.”
That confidence carried into the match, where Ricochet exploded with “out of this world” speed, rattling Jericho. Jericho weathered the storm, trapping him in the Walls of Jericho atop the announce desk. The battle turned violent when Jericho delivered a Death Valley Driver on the apron, while Ricochet answered with a Phoenix Splash and a desperation low blow. Even after surviving a Codebreaker and a missed 630 Senton, Ricochet refused to stay down, pushing Jericho to the limit.
In the closing moments, Jericho landed a thunderous Judas Effect, followed by a picture-perfect Lionsault to secure the victory. The celebration was short-lived, as Tommaso Ciampa rushed the ring and blindsided him in a vicious assault. Ciampa tore off his shirt to choke Jericho, unloaded punches, and crushed him with a Knee Trembler, leaving the former world champion laid out and sending a clear message that Jericho’s war with Ricochet may be over, but it’s just starting with The Psycho Killer.
Winner: Jericho
ANDRADE WANTS MJF FOR THE GOLD
With Stadium Stampede finally in the rearview mirror, Andrade El Idolo made it crystal clear that his focus had shifted toward the ultimate prize in AEW, the world championship, and MJF. Andrade questioned whether MJF truly believed he was superior to “a real Latino man” before removing his sunglasses and staring straight into the camera while asking, “How you know?” A meeting between MJF and El Idolo will feed families for years.
SUPERSTATION SHOWCASE 4-WAY MATCH: LIO RUSH VS. RUSH VS. BRIAN CAGE VS. ORANGE CASSIDY
Rush, Lio Rush, Brian Cage, and Orange Cassidy put on a high-paced banger tonight. The action moved so quickly that it felt impossible to catch a breath. The match turned violent almost immediately as Rush and Cage bulldozed Lio and Cassidy out of the ring, then collided head-on with lariats and suplexes. Chaos escalated from there. Cassidy’s signature mind games frustrated Lio early, but the Blackheart quickly turned the tide with gazelle-type agility, slipping through Orange’s offense and blasting him with a dropkick. Lio later scampered around the ring on all fours in a bizarre yet effective manner. Cage’s incredible strength shone throughout, highlighted by a delayed vertical suplex. Meanwhile, Rush casually rolled outside, unfazed by the madness and embodying the tranquil swagger that makes El Toro Blanco one of AEW’s most dangerous men.
The match spiraled further into disarray due to outside interference. Cassidy ignited the crowd with a satellite DDT and suicide dive onto Cage, only for Rocky Romero and Lance Archer to emerge from the crowd. The returning Jake Doyle attacked Cassidy from behind, while Roderick Strong was overwhelmed trying to intervene against the Don Callis Family. Once the ring cleared, the spotlight shifted to a wild sprint between Rush and Lio. The Blackheart narrowly missed a frog splash before being flattened by one of Rush’s devastating elbows. El Toro Blanco dragged Lio across ringside, choking him with a cable from under the ring as referee Bryce Remsburg tried to restore order. Back inside, Rush sealed the win with a brutal Bull’s Horns in the corner, pinning Lio Rush.
Winner: Rush
THE FUTURE OF AEW IS LOOKING BRIGHT
Backstage, Renee Paquette tried to catch up with MJF, who arrived in a flashy gold suit, exuding the confidence of a man convinced the entire company revolved around him. Before the interview could begin, the AEW World Champion crossed paths with Kevin Knight and praised the TNT Champion for taking out Darby Allin, sarcastically framing the assault as an act of “respect” toward the company’s biggest draw—himself.
Knight shut down that narrative, making it clear his actions had Nothing to do with MJF and everything to do with his belief that Darby missed an opportunity that should have been his, while warning MJF that the world title was in his sights. The tension escalated moments later when Knight faced Kyle Fletcher in a silent, heated stare-down before Don Callis entered the scene, pitching Knight on “Jet Two Belts” and urging him to call if he wanted to get serious about championship gold.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE BRAWLING BIRDS?
Renee Paquette caught up with the Brawling Birds backstage. Jamie Hayter proudly reflected on taking Thekla’s head off at Sunday’s event, vowing that the next time they collided, she would leave with championship gold. Beside her, Alex Windsor sent support to Willow Nightingale before declaring herself ready for the wild card opponent in the Owen Hart tournament.
Windsor spoke as a woman carrying years of struggle and sacrifice, insisting that getting “the piss beaten out of her” had forged her into one of the best wrestlers in the world, and now was the time to prove it. With Wembley looming, she emotionally tied her journey to home, family, and unfinished dreams, revealing that she and her “darling Billy” (spouse Will Ospreay) were both chasing career-defining moments on the grandest stage. Hayter closed with a simple but powerful promise: no matter the obstacles, the Birds intended to come out on top.
3-TIME AEW WORLD CHAMPION MJF SPEAKS
MJF celebrated becoming a three-time world champion in the most self-indulgent way imaginable, making a grand entrance while being carried to the ring, immediately insulting the Philadelphia crowd, and basking in his ego. The newly crowned champion mocked Darby Allin for falling victim to a simple headlock takeover, again, and launched into a lengthy victory speech about his place in wrestling history, bragging that only a select few men had become three-time world champions before age thirty. Declaring himself the greatest wrestler alive, the most complete performer in the industry, and a generational talent, Friedman demanded that fans in the arena and at home bow before him as a massive Burberry-themed banner descended from the rafters to commemorate his latest title reign.
The celebration unraveled when Mark Briscoe stormed in, ripped down the banner, and ignited the crowd. Briscoe tore into Friedman with a passionate, personal verbal assault, painting him as out of place in a city built on toughness, grit, and hard work. He reminded the champion of pinning him recently and demanded a world title shot, questioning whether Friedman would man up or keep acting like a coward. MJF refused, belittled Briscoe, and claimed a match against him would be bad for business, then arrogantly walked away.
The exit was short-lived, as Rush intercepted him on the stage and called him out as anything but a fighting champion. El Toro Blanco mocked MJF as a “chickenshit,” reminded him of past beatings, and warned that messing with the bull gets you the horns. Friedman fired back with smug arrogance, sarcastically mocking Rush for being bilingual, before reluctantly showing respect. From a business standpoint, he admitted Rush looked the part, had momentum, charisma, and the catchphrase to sell a marquee match, especially compared to Briscoe. Teasing the crowd by pretending he would defend the title immediately, Friedman instead announced he and Rush would collide next week, setting the Devil and the Bull on a collision course in one of the most anticipated title matches to date.
OWEN HART TOURNAMENT MATCH: BRODY KING VS. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI
Brody King and Claudio Castagnoli beat the hell out of each other in a great Owen Hart Tournament match. It felt more like a bar fight than a wrestling match, as chops, uppercuts, and lariats echoed throughout the arena from the opening lockup. Castagnoli tried to establish control early with uppercuts and veteran ring awareness, but the moment King landed his first brutal chop, the match’s complexion changed instantly.
What followed was a punishing exchange of strikes, with Brody battering Claudio across the ring and to the floor while Castagnoli answered with relentless uppercuts that snapped King’s head backward. Momentum swung wildly in the closing stretch, as King cut off a springboard attempt with a vicious elbow before surviving Castagnoli’s Swiss Death lariat. Refusing to stay down, Brody exploded with a monstrous lariat of his own and collapsed into the cover for an emphatic pinfall victory over Claudio Castagnoli in one of the night’s most physical battles.
Winner: Brody King
NEW AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPS CAGE & COPE GOING OLD SCHOOL
Fresh off capturing the AEW World Tag Team Championships, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage stood in the ring soaking in the “You deserve it!” chants from the Philadelphia crowd. It did not take long for Christian to hijack the celebration in his own signature way. Cage immediately antagonized the audience with insults and jokes before turning his attention to FTR, acknowledging them as one of the toughest teams he and Copeland had ever faced while insisting they were not quite on the champions’ level. Copeland took a more reflective tone, reminding everyone that both he and Christian had once been told they would never wrestle again, yet fought their way back after a combined 16 years of forced retirement to stand atop the tag division.
The mood shifted to nostalgia when Copeland proposed reviving their iconic five-second pose for the first time in 25 years. Christian resisted, hilariously pointing out that “flash photography” barely existed anymore, only for Copeland to reveal he had prepared decades ago by bringing a bag full of disposable cameras to ringside. The formerly known Rated-R Superstar then handed the cameras out to fans around the arena while giving younger audience members a crash course on how the old-school devices worked.
The celebration ended brutally when David Finlay and Clark Connors of The Dogs launched a savage ambush that left both champions destroyed in the center of the ring. Finlay repeatedly blasted Cage with his shillelagh while Connors drove the steps into Christian’s arm with a running stomp from the apron. With Copeland already unconscious nearby, Finlay cracked the shillelagh across Christian’s skull for added punishment.
Connors ended the assault by spearing Copeland. In a twisted act of mockery, Finlay forced a ringside photographer to document the aftermath using one of Copeland’s disposable cameras. At the same time, Connors sarcastically delivered the famous five-second pose catchphrase, declaring the Dogs “your next AEW World Tag Team Champions” as they posed triumphantly over the fallen legends.
WHOSE HOUSE? TAYJAY HOUSE?
Prince Nana flagged down a camera crew to give Swerve Strickland some face time. The former world champion wasted no time making it clear that his sights were locked on the Owen Hart Cup and a return to Wembley Stadium’s main event later this summer. Nana hyped Swerve’s recent destruction of Bandido while warning Brody King that stepping back into Strickland’s orbit meant stepping directly into danger again. Swerve delivered an arrogant promo, sarcastically congratulating King on his recent success before claiming he had broken Brody into the business back in 2017 and boldly insisting nobody would know King’s name without him.
As for Bandido, Strickland coldly admitted he neither knew nor cared if the luchador was still in the hospital, emphasizing instead that millions had witnessed the chaos and that he had learned one valuable truth in professional wrestling: conflict creates cash, war makes money, and a collision with Brody King was destined to make them both a fortune.
Moments later, the reunited Anna Jay and Tay Melo made their entrance to a strong ovation ahead of tag team action, while a picture-in-picture message from Divine Dominion made it clear the tag champs were closely monitoring their return. Once the bell rang, TayJay wasted little time re-establishing themselves as one of the most dangerous duos in the division, overwhelming Allie Katch and Ava Everett with aggressive tandem offense and seamless chemistry. Melo blasted Everett with a vicious boot before Jay joined the attack, the pair stringing together brutal double-team strikes that ended in a devastating Gory Bomb and knee-lift combination to secure the victory. The performance served as a loud statement that TayJay were officially back, and with Divine Dominion watching from afar, the women’s tag division was put on notice.
Winner: TayJay
OWEN HART TOURNAMENT MATCH: NATIONAL CHAMP MARK DAVIS VS. JUNGLE JACK PERRY
The Jurassic Express arrived in Philly ready to fight! Jack Perry stormed out of the vehicle, tore off his shirt, and unleashed a primal scream before heading into a brutal Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament quarterfinal match against Mark Davis. “Dunkzilla,” still wearing an eyepatch after the violence of Stadium Stampede, entered looking battered but dangerous as Don Callis joined commentary. Perry immediately targeted Davis’ injured eye, ripping off the eyepatch and unloading vicious elbows before launching suicide dives, an Orihara moonsault, and a breathtaking corkscrew tope con giro.
Davis answered with overwhelming power, smashing Perry into barricades and driving him into the apron so hard that Perry came out of his shoes. The match became a war of speed versus brute force, with Perry surviving crushing strikes to fire back with a piledriver, superkick, and Snare Trap, only for Davis to reach the ropes. As the pace reached an all-time high, both men traded desperation counters until Perry slipped on the ropes, allowing Dunkzilla to hoist him up and crush him with an avalanche, Close Your Eyes and Count from the top. The impact sealed the win for Mark Davis, who advanced in the Owen Hart Tournament.
Winner: Mark Davis
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