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Add FightsATW on GoogleOn Wednesday, the road to AEW All Out did not just continue—it accelerated. Live from Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, AEW Dynamite arrives like the final warning before impact, with champions, rivals, and future enemies moving one step closer to the violence waiting in Chicago. Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley are destined for a world title collision, but before that fight can headline All Out, they step into the same storm tonight. Ospreay stands alongside Andrade El Idolo and Francesco Akira, while Moxley brings PAC and Gabe Kidd into battle.
Elsewhere, Jamie Hayter and Lena Kross get an early taste of the war still to come. Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Darby Allin, and Steven Borden enter an eight-man battlefield where old grudges and fractured alliances hang by a thread, and Chris Jericho and Nick Wayne collide in a generational fight. Here, momentum becomes pressure, and pressure becomes survival. Tonight, Norfolk does not get a wrestling show—it gets the trailer for the chaos to come.
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8 MAN TAG MATCH: ADAM COPELAND, CHRISTIAN CAGE, DARBY ALLIN & STEVEN BORDEN VS. DON CALLIS (KEVIN KNIGHT & KYLE FLETCHER) & FTR (DAX HARWOOD & CASH WHEELER)
Winners: Copeland, Cage, Steven Borden & Darby Allin
Backstage, Dynamite opened with Renee Paquette interviewing Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Darby Allin, and Steven Borden. The scene felt almost calm until Christian offered Steven condolences for the loss of his father’s career, a line that landed as intended. Darby made it clear their issues were unsettled. Cage brushed it off, claiming Darby’s TNT Championship legacy still sat beneath his own. Copeland asked the only question that mattered: were they good enough to function as a team tonight? Everyone said yes. Nobody looked convinced.
Across the building, FTR stood with Don Callis, Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher. Stokely Hathaway declared FTR would leave All Out with the tag titles. Callis noted his men had just beaten the Young Bucks and belonged in that conversation. Stokely said they could discuss it after FTR won the belts.
That set up an eight-man opener full of history and distrust. Copeland and Fletcher started with a legend-versus-future-legend feel. Darby and Christian played one-upmanship with blind tags. Borden grew more confident with every exchange, even slapping Dax Harwood before a picture-perfect dropkick. FTR and the Don Callis Family isolated Darby, punished him on the apron, and cut the ring in half.
When the tag came, Borden exploded. He rocked Knight with rights, hit a back body drop and another dropkick before the match broke down. Fletcher caught a Coffin Drop and turned it into a half-and-half suplex. FTR stacked offense and nearly put Borden away. Then Dax trapped Steven’s legs for a Sharpshooter. Borden kicked free and sent Dax into a chair shot from Christian while referee Paul Turner was turned away. Copeland speared Knight. Fletcher and Wheeler were taken out. Darby and Steven closed: Borden hooked Dax in an inverted facelock, Darby climbed, and they hit the Scorpion Death Drop/Coffin Drop for the pin.
Steven escaped his father’s move, survived the chaos, and used Sting’s signature to finish on his own terms. For one night, four men with different histories found enough common ground to win.
DEATH RIDERS COMING FOR BLOOD
Jon Moxley stood backstage with PAC and Gabe Kidd and spoke about Will Ospreay with respect that sounded even more dangerous coming from him. He called Ospreay’s past year extraordinary and said few understood what Will had endured, but championships do not decide who is best. Wembley gave Ospreay the moment, the title, and a victory that could inspire a generation, yet for Moxley it was never about gold. It was about what Ospreay was becoming. Jon never wanted him to follow. He wanted him to lead. At All Out, that lesson meets its final exam. Moxley told Ospreay that whatever happens when they face each other will belong to him, because Will should now understand the responsibility of stepping into that ring.
Gabe Kidd then stepped forward with no interest in philosophy, only violence, saying he would rather carve Ospreay up before they reached the arena. PAC backed him, framing it as United Empire against the Death Riders, and shot Moxley a vicious look as he promised they wouldn’t let Will off the hook. Moxley spoke like a mentor preparing a student for the last lesson; Kidd and PAC sounded ready to skip the lecture and start the beating.
CHRIS JERICHO VS. NICK WAYNE
Winner: Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho and Nick Wayne opened with a feeling-out process, but the tone changed the second Wayne spat at Jericho. The match became a collision of youth, arrogance, and veteran survival skills. Wayne mocked Jericho, pressed the pace, and planted him with a flip piledriver on the floor after escaping a Death Valley Driver on the apron. Jericho stayed in it with a Codebreaker, survived Wayne’s World, and tried back-to-back avalanche Frankensteiners. The turning point came when Jericho ripped off and broke Wayne’s shell necklace, rattling Nick more than any strike. Wayne charged in, furious; Jericho used that emotion and stole the win with a cross-legged victory roll. The pinfall only made things worse.
Nick barely cared about the loss, staring at the broken necklace in disbelief. He rejected Jericho’s handshake and snapped, dragging him to the middle of the ring, wrapping the necklace around his fist, and hammering his forehead before grabbing a chair as the crowd chanted, “Where’s your mom?” Jericho won, but Wayne left looking out of control, making the aftermath feel more dangerous than the defeat.
IS THE UNITED EMPIRE UNITED?
Renee Paquette caught up with UNITED EMPIRE ahead of the main event. The segment showed success hasn’t made the group any less chaotic. Will Ospreay said everything was good inside the faction, then admitted things had grown awkward with Callum Newman constantly bringing in new people, especially with Andrade El Idolo sitting there holding a contract and a future title shot. Ospreay told Andrade he could cash in whenever he wanted but reminded him that, for now, the champion is better.
That lit a fire under Andrade and forced Francesco Akira into the middle as peacekeeper. Akira started shouting in Italian. Ospreay claimed he spoke it perfectly yet admitted he still had no idea what Akira was saying. When Will asked for English, Akira delivered the only translation that mattered: “LET’S KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THE DEATH RIDERS!” Ospreay laughed, promised to pay any fines and ushered Akira away, leaving a snapshot of UNITED EMPIRE: a group held together by competition and loyalty, for now.
TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP # 1 CONTENDER’S MATCH: THE CONGLOMERATION (KYLE O’REILLY, ORANGE CASSIDY & RODERICK STRONG) VS. BRODIDO (BANDIDO & BRODY KING) & “HANGMAN” ADAM PAGE
Winners: Page & Brodido
The road to All Out got more crowded when “Hangman” Adam Page and Brodido stepped into a No. 1 contender’s match with The Conglomeration. What began as a technical chess match between Page and Kyle O’Reilly became a six-man sprint where every tag raised the stakes. Bandido brought speed, Brody King brought violence, and Hangman brought the urgency of a man who knew one Buckshot could change the championship picture. Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and O’Reilly kept dragging it back toward chaos with counters, blind tags and timed combinations. Cassidy played possum with his hands in his pockets and got flattened by Brody; Strong traded fire with the big man. Once the match broke open, nobody held control for long. Page launched Cassidy with a fallaway slam, Brody crushed bodies with a cannonball senton, and Bandido nearly stole it with a one-arm military press into an Ace Crusher.
The Conglomeration fired back with an Orange Punch, Olympic Slam, and Total Elimination that had the crowd believing the finish was seconds away. Then it went off the rails: Cassidy rode Hangman’s back, Page returned the favor, Strong turned the madness into a Doomsday Device. In the final scramble, Brody shut down O’Reilly, Hangman found the opening, and a Buckshot Lariat ended it. Page and Brodido walked out as the new No. 1 contenders for the AEW World Trios Championship at All Out. The bigger story was how they did it: not as three men sharing a corner, but as a unit ready for the moment. The Conglomeration pushed them to the edge; Hangman and Brodido kicked the door to All Out wide open.
TOMMASO CIAMPA VS. MYLES HAWKINS
Winner: Ciampa
Tommaso Ciampa didn’t come to Dynamite for a tune-up; he came to send Kazuchika Okada a message. Before the bell, he made it clear that since arriving in AEW, the match he wanted most was against Okada, and he wants it for the International Championship at All Out. Myles Hawkins (S/O to CZW) treated the moment like he had time to settle in, slowly removing his ring jacket with the confidence of a man who didn’t understand who stood across from him. He found out in a heartbeat. Knee Trembler. Three-count. Done.
Ciampa didn’t need a long match or highlight reel; he needed one opening, and Hawkins gave it to him. The win lasted seconds, but the message was built for Chicago: Ciampa isn’t asking Okada for an opportunity — he’s telling him to get ready. And later on in the night, he made it even clearer with a brutal attack on the Champ.
THE DEMAND ARE MOVING TO A NEW LEVEL
Tony Schiavone had barely finished introducing Swerve Strickland, Austin Creed, and Kofi Kingston when The Demand ambushed them before they reached the ring. Bishop Kaun slammed Creed from barricade to barricade, Ricochet hurled Swerve into the steel steps, and Toa Liona chopped Creed’s leg out before peeling Kofi off his back and tossing him into a Pedigree from Kaun. One by one, the champions disappeared under the numbers.
Swerve crawled into the ring for a last stand, but Liona shut him down with a headbutt, and Ricochet hit the Spirit Gun. The Gates added a double powerbomb, stacking New Level in the center of the ring. Ricochet then walked to the fallen championships as the crowd chanted “You’re still bald!”, lifted the belts just long enough for the picture to sink in, and The Demand dropped them across the bodies of the men who own them. The champions still had the gold, but The Demand owned the moment.
JACK PERRY CALLS OUT A FORMER AEW WORLD CHAMPION
Backstage, Jack Perry stood with blood on his fingers and a smile that only makes sense when pain is part of the lesson. His mission has been simple: find the greatest former AEW World Champions, stand across from them, and learn how far he still has to go. Two names down, two beatings absorbed, and Jack sounded more motivated than discouraged. He loves getting tested because every scar feels like another step toward the impossible dream.
Then he called his shot. Perry punched himself in the head, looked into the camera, and called out Samoa Joe, saying Joe may be feared and respected everywhere else, but not by him. He wanted the legend, the violence, and the lesson, daring Joe to come back and make his day. The camera widened to reveal huge red letters painted across the wall: “JOE IS GONNA KILL YOU.” Perry didn’t look scared. He looked ready. The challenge felt less like bravado and more like a man walking toward the monster to see if he can survive it.
JAMIE HAYTER VS. LENA KROSS
Winner: Lena Kross
Jamie Hayter and Lena Kross skipped the feeling-out process and went straight to violence. Kross blasted Hayter with a boot at the bell, ripped off her jacket and used it as a weapon, then bullied her around the corners with chops, elbows and suffocating pressure. Hayter fought back with a dragon screw on the apron, missile dropkicks and a Tiger feint kick, but Kross answered with an electric chair facebuster into the apron and a powerbomb that drove Hayter into the ring edge.
Inside, they traded lariats, suplexes, knees, and near-falls. Hayter came close with a German suplex and a running knee before Megan Bayne slipped in through the crowd with championship gold. Kross grabbed a pipe from under the ring, cracked Hayter with it, and hit the Jackhammer for the win. Alex Windsor rushed out, but the damage was done. Kross won, Bayne helped steal the moment, and the Brawling Birds had another reason to make the next fight personal.
6 MAN TAG TEAM MATCH: THE DEATH RIDERS (GABE KIDD, PAC & JON MOXLEY) VS. UNITED EMPIRE (WILL OSPREAY, ANDRADE EL IDOLO & FRANCESCO AKIRA)
Winners: The Death Riders
The Death Riders and UNITED EMPIRE turned the main event into a faction war from the opening bell. Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay teased the collision everyone wanted before Moxley tagged out and let Gabe Kidd and PAC drag the fight into something rougher. Ospreay answered with speed, Andrade with Latino swagger, and Francesco Akira with fearless energy as UNITED EMPIRE used quick tags, tandem offense, and synchronized dives to keep the Death Riders off balance. That rhythm changed once Kidd and PAC isolated Akira and forced the match into Moxley’s grind.
Ospreay escaped Moxley’s sleeper and nearly hit a Liger Bomb. Akira came within inches of stealing the match with a roll-up and springboard Ace Crusher, but the near-fall only pissed off the Death Riders. Wheeler YUTA’s interference gave Moxley the split-second he needed. Kidd wiped out Ospreay on the floor, PAC neutralized Andrade, and Akira was left alone. Moxley planted him with Paradigm Shift, cinched in the bulldog choke, and forced the submission.
The bell ended the match, not the violence. Mox chased referee Rick Knox away, reapplied the choke, and kept squeezing until Andrade rushed in to save Akira. The Dogs hit the scene and swung the numbers again. Moxley slid a chair into the ring and handed it to Kidd, who looped it around Akira’s neck like a collar. That was the breaking point. Ospreay exploded back in with Hidden Blades, snatched the chair away, and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Andrade as Akira lay between them, daring anyone to come closer. UNITED EMPIRE came to prove they could stand together with the Death Riders; by the end, they were fighting for each other.
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