AEW Dynamite 8/19/2026
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-dynamite-8122026.html
We are in Baltimore, MD. Excalibur, Tazz and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.
United Empire (Will Ospreay, Franceso Akira and HENARE) vs The Don Callis Family (Brian Cage, Rocky Romero and Lance Archer)
Cage hits corner spears on WIll. Will goes up and over. Cage is supposed to catch his headscissors but drops him. Will flips off of him and step up enzugiri's him. Will back elbows RR down then drops Akira into a senton on RR.
Hen and Lance go at it. They trade forearms. They shoulder battle and Lance shoulders him over. Lance chops him in the corner and Hen chops him back. Hen spinning heel kicks him. Lance is put down by his opponents. Akira is double pop up dropped onto Lance for 1.
Akira upkicks Lance. Lance hits a crackerjack on him. We go to PiP break and return. Akira chops Cage. Cage slams him. Cage elbow drops Akira's back. Akira leg lariats Cage. Hen chops Cage and corner lariats him. Hen berzerker bombs Cage for 2. Cage jumping knees Hen then olympic slams him. Lance running back elbows Hen. Hen germans him.
Lance black hole slams Hen. Will hits shots on RR. Will running forearms him down. Will handspring corkscrew kicks Cage. RR takes enzugiri's and a springboard forearm for 2. Lance no sells Akira's chops and forearms him over. Hen samoan drops Lance. Will poisonrana's Cage. RR is held in the air for a cutter from Akira. Hen headbutts Lance in the chin. Akira 2nd rope moonsaults and Hen cannonballs off the apron outside. RR stupidly goes to shimmy and Will hidden blade's him. Will then wins.
Thoughts: The story going into this was weak. The match was fine though and Will's team won as expected. The heels have to be mad at Rocky for the way he lost them that match.
Kazuchika Okada is interviewed. He says nothing is more important than family, unlike Takeshita. He says Takeshita left the family as he was so selfish. He says Kyle is too smart to make the same mistake. He says Kyle knows that all that matters is that the International Title stays in the family. He says he will be happy if Kyle retains but he expects Kyle to be happy for him if he wins. He says he wants Kyle to raise his hand in the ring if he wins.
Tony Schiavone interviews Kyle Fletcher in the ring. KF says we are in the midst of the greatest International Title reign of all time. He says he doesn't think it will end or has to at Wembley. He says he agrees that family is everything. Kyle says he's willing to go along with the plan.
He says Okada needs to know how role in this. He says Okada should have no problem having his back and making sure he retains his title. He says they can also agree that they hate Konosuke Takeshita. He says he doesn't know where Takeshita is and brings up him losing the G-1. He says he's the most selfish jerk he has met.
Konosuke Takeshita comes out. Him and Kyle fight. Kyle half-nelson suplexes him. KT blue thunders him. KT poisonrana's him. KT pumping knees him. KT falcon arrows him then holds the International Title up over him. The announcers ask where Okada is.
Renee has a sitdown interview with Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega. Will says he was trying to make a name for himself when they first met. KO says he tries to keep his finger on the pulse. He says he wasn't blown away by Will in PWG but thought he had potential.
KO says Will was a different athlete in NJPW and filled his shoes. He talks about Will being at the Tokyo Dome. He says Will didn't draw there on his own but KO says his own name does. Will says KO never worked under the covid restrictions he had. Will says KO couldn't handle that situation. KO says he had the same situation.
They talk about Will in The Don Callis Family. KO says he thought Don had his best interest in mind for a while. He says Will didn't have to make the same mistakes he did but he did. Will talks about KO giving him scars and KO says Will disrespected him in Canada. KO says Will used Don Callis in their Forbidden Door match. He says he still has that bothering him and says the win meant nothing. KO says it was tainted. KO says he forgave him.
KO says he's happy about hearing that from Will. He says this match is Will searching for any way to be on his level. Kenny talks about having diverticulitis. He says he had to make changes which made him a better wrestler. He asks if Will can say he's a better wrestler after breaking his neck. KO says Will makes it seem like he has an ego but Will has the ego. KO says Will wants him at a weakened state. Will says he wants him at his best. He says Wembley is the biggest night of his life. He says no one from England has won a world title on home soil and he can. Will says he crumbles under pressure but has to do it. He says it's been a 10 year chase to be as good as him. He says he won't be satisfied until he beats him.
KO says the last time it mattered the most was 2023 and Will failed. KO says he will fail again. KO brings up Will's wife and security tries to stop Will. KO says WIll brings magic out of him and says even if he loses, his mom will be proud of him. KO brings up Will's stepson and leaves.
Thoughts: As always, everything in AEW revolves back to things that happened in NJPW and ROH 10 years ago. It was better once they got past that.
Shida and Pers do an inset promo before the match that was pre-taped. Pers says she will have to watch her become TBS champ and Shida talks in Japanese.
Maya World does an inset promo before the match. She says no one expected her to be in The Owen final or be TBS champ and she defied all odds. She says she hopes it comes down to her and Kris. She says she's ready for anything and everything as it's her world now.
TBS Title - Maya World (c) vs Persephone vs Kris Statlander vs Hikaru Shida
Pers is backrolled by Maya and she kicks her. Kris high kicks Pers then throws Shida over. Kris and Shida trade shots. Shida step up enzugiri's her. Maya flying headscissors Shida out. Pers boots Maya out of the corner and headscissors her down. Pers dropkicks Maya. Kris stunners Pers over the top rope.
Maya forearms Shida outside and Pers PK's Maya from the apron. Pers is sent into Shida. Maya topes Kris. Maya is electric chair dropped face first on the apron.
We go to PiP break and return. Pers pulls Kris' arms back. Pers germans her for 2. Maya rolls Per into a double stomp. Shida suplexes Maya into the buckles. Maya enzugiri's Shida while she's on the buckles. Kris germans Maya down. Kris high kicks Shida. Shida is tripped and flatliners Pers off of it. Kris sentons Pers and Shida together.
Maya and Kris trade shots. Shida dropkicks Kris which makes her samoan drop Maya. Shida falcon arrows Kris. Pers spears Kris. Pers knees Shida in the gut. Pers dropkicks Shida. Maya backrolls Pers for 2. Shida flying knees Maya. Shida eye pokes Pers. Pers lifts Shida and Kris takes Shida and powerbombs her. Kris superkicks Pers then spinning lariats her. Maya breaks up the pin with a top rope swanton to Kris' back.
Kris standing blue thunders Maya. Maya rolls her up and pins her.
Thoughts: It was fine. Nothing too special or memorable but they did their thing without botching and tried to make it flow together.
The Brawling Birds do a promo. They talk about Divine Dominion. They say to hit them as hard as they want because they love it. They say the receipts will always be harder. Alex says they will win the tag titles and have thousands of people screaming to take their heads off.
Renee shows Orange Cassidy and Kyle O'Reilly watching this show in the back.
AEW Continental Cup Quarterfinal Match - Jon Moxley vs Jay White
Mox rolls out of a wristlock. They test strength and Jay backs him up on the ropes. Jay double chops him. Mox hammerlocks him and Jay ropebreaks. Mox shoulders Jay over. We go to PiP break and return.
Jay hits back elbows. Mox germans him. Mox hits shots on Jay in the corner. Jay hits forearms. They slap each other. Jay ddt's him. Jay hits chop, elbows and punches on Mox in the corner. Jay corner lariats Mox. Jay 2nd rope diving headscissors him. They go out and Jay chops Mox. Jay is sent into the rails then they double lariat each other on the floor.
Jay underhook suplexes him into the buckles. Jay does a double and collar lock on Mox. Mox ropebreaks. We go to PiP break and return. They trade shots. Jay gets the edge. Mox topes Jay outside. Jay suplexes Mox inside the ring and tazzmission suplexes him twice. Jay flatliners Mox. Mox goes for the bulldog choke then tazzmission suplexes him again. Jay uranage's him for 2. They go up top and Jay superplexes him.
Mox hits headbutts on Jay. Jay back elbows him. Mox goes for a sleeper and Jay turns it into a pin attempt for 2. Jay hits a blade runner and Mox rolls out. Mox bulldog chokes him inside the ring. Mox double underhook suplexes him/death riders him for 2. Mox grounded chokes him. Jay is out and Mox wins.
Thoughts: It was an alright match here. It was a definitely a different match that what AEW usually offers without a ton of high spots. It wasn't the most exciting thing ever. I was surprised they gave this away on free tv.
The Dogs jump Jay after. Orange Cassidy and Kyle O'Reilly come out to help. Gabe Kidd comes out and drops Kyle and OC. Roderick Strong then joins and he takes a high/low. Brodido and Adam Page come out and the heels leave. Page rips Finlay's boots.
The Demand and The Lethal Twist come out. Page says they are the trios champs and they won't miss Wembley. Page offers any of the people out there to challenge them for the trios titles. Page says to meet thme under the Wembley march as they will be waiting.
Maya World is interviewed by Renee in the back. She says she's not done yet and just beat 3 of the best women in AEW. Willow Nightingale comes in. She congratulates her. She says she's a woman of her word. She says she told her she'd get a title shot if she beat Thekla and challenges her for Wembley. Willow brings up her match with Mone and Maya says it could be her.
Jonathan Cruz, MJF's spanish translator (he hasn't been seen much), is in the ring. He says he will talk to Andrade in Spanish. He says Andrade will never be the real world champ and will never be a real Latino man. He says Andrade is a coward and says it's another reason why MJF will always be better than him.
Andrade El Idolo comes out and we are told this is now a match.
Andrade El Idolo vs Jonathan Cruz
Idolo spinning back elbows him and hits a DM. He pins him.
Idolo gets on the mic after and talks in Spanish. He tells MJF to get out here now and says he's waiting for him. MJF's music hits and he's a pool in Long Island. He says he's soaking up the sunshine (It's 936pm, it ain't sunny out). MJF says he asked AEW if Idolo would be in Baltimore and opted up. He says Idolo will next see him at Wembley. He says he will be looking at the lights as he messed with the one true champ. Idolo rips Cruz's shirt and hits a DM on him. Idolo then says, "how you know?".
Renee interviews Willow Nightingale and Mercedes Mone. All 3 are in different area's. Willow tells Mone she can't take her smile or title. Mone says she has a lot to say with them being in different rooms. Mone says she will end her reign and take her smile. Willow says she has the fans and says the fans don't like Mone as she spent her career trying to be perfect. Willow says she's just Willow and says the crowd knows her.
Mone complains about Willow smiling over her when she got injured. She says Willow took her title, threw cake in her face and danced all over her. She says everyone loves Willow The Bully. She says she only has 11 days left to smile. Mone says she will take the smile once and for all at All In. Willow and Mone then go to find each other.
Mone finds Willow and hits her. They fight in the aisle. Willow clubs on her and officials try to break it up. Willow takes her down in the ring and hits her. Security tries to break it up again and fails. Security finally backs Mone up the ramp.
Prince Nana and Swerve Strickland do a promo. They ask if they heard Page say anyone can challenge for the trios titles. Swerve says not to say it if he doesn't mean it.
AEW Continental Cup Quarterfinal Match - Nigel McGuiness vs Hechicero
Hech tries to trip him. Hech goes for a leg lock and Nigel tries to take his mask off. Hech hooks the arm. Hech grabs a front facelock and Nigel ropebreaks. Hech kicks the ropes into Nigel's injured foot.
Hech top rope diving elbow drops Nigel. We go to PiP break and return. They trade shots. Nigel double throat thrusts him. Hech dropkicks him in the knee and ddt's him. Hech hits shots to the gut. Hech kicks Nigel in the knee. Hech swinging hammerlock backbreakers him. Hech sleepers Nigel. Nigel does a london dungeon. Hech indian deathlocks him.
Hech runs into a knee to the face. Hech misses a move on the ropes and Nigel grounded guillotines him. Hech is out and Nigel wins.
Thoughts: It didn't get enough time and the break kind of cut this up some. What we did see looked promising though. Nigel was the heavy favorite going in and won.
Tony Schiavone interviews Kevin Knight in the ring. KK asks him to get out. He says he's not a young boy anymore and is a grown man. He says he's the greatest TNT champ of all time. He asks Darby to come out.
Darby Allin comes out and KK asks him to prove he doesn't have any weapons before he comes out. KK tells security to check him. KK says Baltimore isn't worthy to see him fight. He tells him to come down. Darby stands on the stage and fireworks from the stage shoot off at him. KK hit a flying move on him as he comes down the aisle.
Darby is put in tree of woe. Darby has a chair in front of his face and KK coast to coast dropkicks him. Darby is stretchered out and they point out Steven Borden, Sting's on.
Darby is stretchered to the back. Kevin goes up to Borden and tells him to stay in his lane. Darby holds Borden and the stretcher leaves.
The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs The Don Callis Family (Mark Davis, El Clon and Jake Doyle)
Intros for this started at 10:15pm. Will Ospreay goes up top Kenny in the back and gets in his face before he goes out.
A Buck shoulders over Clon then he springboard diving armdrags him. A Buck spinning heel kicks Clon as he rolls over his partner's back. Mark is double dropkicked out. Clon is held for a single leg dropkick and sent out.
KO is tagged in and he hits the heels on the apron. Clon takes a triple team in the corner. Clon takes a backbreaker + springboard double stomp. A Buck pop up dropkicks Mark. Mark is double lariated over the top. Clon is double hiptossed out onto his partners.
Clon is ddt'd but he no sells it. Clon flips a Buck into a knee to the face. The heels hit running corner attacks on a Buck. Clon is thrown into a codebreaker on a Buck. Jake bodyblocks KO.
We go to PiP break and return. Jake is double booted out of the corner. A Buck plancha's Clon off the apron. A Buck sunset flips Mark for 2. Mark chops Jake on accident. A Buck then shiranui's Mark off of Jake. KO chops Clon and cross legged oblivion's (Finlay's move) him for 2. The Bucks hit stereo bulldogs. KO finlay rolls Clon into an asai moonsault while The Bucks do top rope elbow drops on the heels.
KO's team does triple stereo topes out. Clon no sells offense and everyone starts getting a move in in quick fashion. Jake takes a double superkick into a dragon suplex. Jake takes a triple superkick. The Bucks do stereo slingshot plancha's out. KO pumping knees Jake from behind on the ropes then hits an OWA. KO pins Jake.
Thoughts: It was the usual Bucks match. They did every move they know as usual. There was rarely less than 3 people in the ring here. It was a borderline squash. Clon no sold a lot here and he was awful in this. This was rushed.
The Don Callis Family then jump The Elite after. A table is set up outside. Lance Archer goes for a double chokeslam. Adam Copeland comes out and saves The Bucks. Cope is triple teamed. Christian Cage slowly walks to the ring. Lance stands on Cope. Cage dumps Lance over the top then hits Rocky and Trent. The Bucks double superkick Cage on accident. Cope shoves The Bucks.
Mark Davis hits Cope from behind and nails The Bucks. Lance rejoins the fight. The fight goes to the back.
Kenny grabs a mic in the ring. Will Ospreay comes out before he says anything. Will says he wants to know what he has to say to him. Kenny says the only thing he has to say is that security should get Will out of here. Tony Schiavone says he's an EVP and can do this. Kenny tells him to leave like the English b!tch he is. Kenny says they are done. Will comes in, takes down Kenny and pounds on him. Kenny flying pumping knees Will. Kenny grabs Will by the hair. He tells him to take one last look at the title. Kenny hits an OW off the apron through a table on Will on the floor. Kenny celebrates after. Kenny holds the title up in the air after.
Overall thoughts: I didn't appreciate this running until 10:34PM. It ran so long my DVR cut out on it. AEW has to cut that stuff out because what good is running a show late if people don't even get to see the ending? There was a lot going on here. We saw Willow, Will and Kenny a few times each. I'm not sure if there was a clear match of the night here as a lot of stuff was okay but nothing was great. I think they did a decent job of trying to build up All In and they had a mix of angles, talking and wrestling here. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 and it was okay overall.
