AEW Dynamite/Collision 5/27/2026
Last week's Dynamite and last week's Collision are here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/aew-dynamitecollision-5202026.html
We're in Philadelphia, PA. Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.
We see a Will Ospreay interview from Double or Nothing. Will says he feels over the moon and says he will go to the doctor's room. He runs into Kenny Omega there. Kenny asks about him teaming up with The Death Riders. He says The Riders have been here since Day 1 and he says you can't trust them. He says they do what they say they will do. Kenny says he will do anything for him to help make him champ. He says why didn't Will ask him.
Will says Kenny hasn't been here. Kenny says he hasn't been here and Will asks why. Kenny says he can't bounce back like he used to and neither of them are the same people they used to be. He says not to not trust them, but be careful. Mox walks in and says good advice. He says we all have our skeletons. Kenny says he will let him go but says call him anytime.
Kevin Knight comes out. He says he told Darby Allin not to let him or the people down and he blew it. He says he let us down like the Sixers vs the Knicks. He says he decided he would take matters into his own hands and he did what he had to do. He says he's the last person who humbled MJF and it should have been him in the main. He says he was in the back watching from the bench and asks if he looks like a bench player.
He says he's not here to take part, he's here to take over. He says when he first got started, Darby told him not to waste any time. He says he didn't waste time leaving him in a pool of his own blood.
Mike Bailey comes out. Mike says he knows how ambitious he is. Mike says he's impatient and makes mistakes. He says what he did to Darby was a mistake. Mike says it can be fixed if he apologizes. Mike offers a handshake and Kevin hits him with the microphone. Kevin then uranage's him.
Renee interviews The Demand. Ric says Jericho got lucky at Double or Nothing. he asks why his men can't come to ringside. He says Jericho won't have 6 others guys to save his @ss tonight. He says he pinned him but Jericho never pinned him and never will. He says Jericho will find out that he's Ricochet and he's out of this world.
Chris Jericho vs Ricochet
Everyone is banned from ringside for this.
Ric gets the early edge and hits 2 dropkicks and chops. Ric throws him out and slingshot plancha's him. Ric springboard lariats him and running ssp's him for 2. Ric boots him in the leg.
Ric chops him. Ric goes for a springboard and is knocked down. CJ top rope plancha's him outside. They go on the commentary table and CJ crabs him there. Ric kicks him on the apron then sweeps him there. CJ is pushed into the steps.
We go to PiP break and return. CJ AA's him on the apron. They trade shots. CJ shoulders him over. CJ top rope double sledgehammers him then bulldogs him. CJ brainbusters him for 2. CJ is thrown off the apron and Ric springboard dropkicks him. Ric topes him.
Ric fosbury flops him then suplexes him on the floor. Ric springboard phoenix splashes him. CJ crabs him in the ring. CJ running lariats him. Ric rolls him up for 2. CJ nearly lariats the ref and Ric low blows him. Ric asai moonsaults him for 2. Ric misses a 630. CJ codebreakers him for 2. CJ spinning back elbows him. CJ asai moonsaults him and pins him.
Thoughts: Jericho put out a good effort here and did some moves he usually doesn't do. I didn't like it though. They were doing floor and apron moves and neither meant much. This feud has also started to drag out too much.
Tomasso Ciampa jumps Jericho from behind then chokes him with a shirt. Ciampa flying pumping knees him then poses on him.
Andrade el Idolo does a promo. He says he can focus on winning the world title now. He calls MJF stupid and asks if MJF thinks he's better than a real Latino man.
Superstation Showcase - Rush vs Orange Cassidy vs Brian Cage vs Lio Rush
Cage throws OC out and Rush attacks OC. Rush and Cage go head to head and trade shots. Cage hits kicks and they botch a headscissors. Rush forearms him down then Cage lariats him. Rush rebound germans him. Cage samoan drops him.
OC does his weak leg kicks on Lio. Lio gets in his face. OC blocks a sunset flip and puts his hands in his pockets. OC dropkicks him. Lio handspring kicks OC off the apron. Lio hurricanrana's Cage to the apron and handspring kicks him.
Lio's tope is caught by Cage. Cage goes for a suplex and OC topes them both over. Rush then poses in the ring. We go to PiP break and return. OC top rope elbow drops Cage for 2. Cage 2nd rope superplexes OC for 2. Cage flying knees Rush and jackhammers him for 2.
Lio forearms Cage. Cage hits a high falcon arrow for 2. OC is caught coming off the top by Cage. OC stunners him then spinning ddt's him for 2. OC topes Cage into a spinning ddt. Rocky Romero and Lance Archer come out and go for OC. OC tries to fight them off then is nailed by Jake Doyle. Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly then join the fight. Lance carries OC to the back and Cage goes to the back too.
Lio and Rush are left in the ring. Lio seated springboard stunners him. Lio spears him for 2.
Rush forearms him and sends him into the rails. Rush chokes Lio with a camera cable then bangs his head off the rails. Rush stomps on him in the corner. Rush then does his corner basement dropkick and pins him.
Thoughts: It was a bit dumb that 2 of the 4 competitors left here. It was amusing that we ended up with Rush vs Rush though. The match was kind of built around various spots and didn't quite have the flow it should have. Jake Doyle returned here. I thought this was average.
Renee interviews MJF, who is a shiny gold and black outfit. Kevin Knight comes up to MJF. MJF says he's glad KK came to him. He thanks him for what he did to Darby. He says he knows KK wanted to show respect to him. MJF says it meant a lot and he'll see him around. KK says he did it because Darby blew an opportunity that should have gone to him. He says he'll beat him for the AEW Title one day. MJF says "goals are good, Kev".
Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis go up to Kevin. Kyle says he's got a nice belt. Don says if Kevin ever gets serious about being Jet 2 Belts, he knows who to contact.
We get a video on Mark Briscoe.
Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor are interviewed. Alex says her heart goes out to Willow, who has left the Owen Hart Tournament. Alex now faces a wildcard. Alex says she's been prepared for this her entire career. She says she's out to prove that she's one of the best in the world. Jamie says one way or another, they will come out on top.
MJF is carried out on a throne for his title celebration. MJF throws the AEW Title in the trash as he wants to wear his version of it instead. He says he finally has his title back. He says Darby is hanging his head in shame as he beat him with the headlock takeover for a 3rd time.
MJF says only 8 men have been a 3x world champ by 30 years of age. He says they will talk about him until the sun explodes. He says we are living in the greatest era because it is all about him. He tells everyone to bow before the greatest of all time. MJF then gets confetti and his banner drops down.
Mark Briscoe comes out. Mark pulls MJF's banner down. MJF asks who he thinks he is. Mark says MJF doesn't fit in here. Mark says some of the toughest people on the planet live here. He says MJF is not tough. Mark says MJF believes that he's above them. Mark says it wasn't long ago that he pinned him. Mark says he wants a title shot. He asks if he will be a soft little b!tch or man up.
MJF says "no". He says he's the only one who understands that AEW isn't just a sport but a business. He says Mark challenging for the title would put this company out of business. MJF makes a racial mark and says he's not on the level of the devil.
MJF goes to leave and Rush shows up in the aisle behind him. Rush says MJF isn't a fighting champ. Rush says Mark is a chicken farmer but MJF is a chicken sh!t. Rush talks in Spanish and says if you mess with the bull, you get the horns. MJF says he's not the only guy who can speak separate languages. MJF says if anyone deserves a title shot, it's Rush. MJF asks if he wants to wrestle him tonight for the title and says "sike". He says they can fight next week though and says the bull will lock horns with the devil.
Thoughts: MJF challenging Rush is really out of left field as he's been established that he doesn't like to have extra single matches.
Jack Perry talks in his bus. He talks about Mark Davis on the speaker of the bus. Lucha tells him to go climb the Rocky steps. Jack says he won't as they have a match. We then see a Rocky style montage with Jack running around Philadelphia.
Men's Owen Hart Tournament Quarterfinal - Claudio Castagnoli vs Brody King
They lock up. CC backs him up in the corner and euros him. BK backs him up on the ropes and is euro'd again. CC side headlocks him and BK hits chops. They trade forearms. CC lariats him. BK lariats him over the top.
They trade shots outside. BK chops him while he's seated in a chair. We go to PiP break and return. They trade more shots then lariat each other. They trade chops on their knees.
They trade forearms and euros. CC hits a euro flurry on him. BK boots him out of the corner. BK hits chops and forearms. BK euros him down then corner cannonballs him. They collide with lariats.
CC euros him from behind. CC pop up euros him. BK lariats him down for the win.
Thoughts: I didn't like this that much. It was just nothing but forearms and euros. It didn't really go anywhere and the shots stopped meaning so much after a while. We really didn't see much of CC's strength at all and BK didn't power CC around much either.
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage come out. Cage tells the crowd to sit down and shut up and Cope asks if he heard the crowd cheer for him. Cage says it's not like he banged their mothers but says maybe he did. He says FTR is the toughest and best tag team they faced. He says they brought out the best in them. Cage says they are top guys, just not the tippy top. Cope says FTR agreed to an "I Quit" match with 2 men who were told they wouldn't wrestle again. Cope says they refused to say I quit and got their careers back.
Cope says it's time to have fun here tonight. He says they will do a 5 second pose for the first time in 25 years. Cage says he's not doing that. Cope tells the crowd to convince him. Cage says they don't make flash photography anymore. Cope says he went to the store 20 years ago and bought a bunch of disposable camera's just for this scenario. He tells the crowd to turn on the flash and unwind it. He then gives the crowd camera's.
Cope and Cage then go to pose and get hit by Finlay and Connors. Cope and Cage get hit with a shillelagh and Cage's injured arm is sent into the post. Cage's arm is banged off the steps then Finlay hits it with the shillelagh. The steps are put on Cage's wrist and Clark double stomps the steps.
Finlay hits Cage in the head with the shillelagh. He then chokes Cope with it. Clark spears Cope. Clark then says The Dogs present a new 5 second pose and they call it the next AEW Tag Team champions. They then pose.
Prince Nana is with Swerve in the back. He asks if we saw what they did to Bandido at Double or Nothing. He says Brody King wants to step back in the picture. Nana says Swerve is winning The Owen and going back to Wembley in the main event. He says nobody would know who Brody is if it wasn't for him. Swerve says conflict makes cash and war makes money. He says he will make a lot of money with Brody and says he will see him around soon.
Lena Kross and Megan Bayne do a promo. Kross says the clock is ticking on TayJay and says welcome back.
TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay) vs Ava Everett and Allie Katch
Jay side kicks Allie then flying forearms her. Jay spinning heel kicks her in the corner. Tay running back elbows Tay in the corner. Tay pump kicks Ava. Jay low blockbusters Ava and Tay pumping knees her. Ava takes a gori special into a knee to the face. Ava is pinned.
Thoughts: It was a quick squash and nothing more. The gori special into the knee to the face looked good.
Mike Bailey says Kevin Knight made his choice. He says if Kevin wants to go down this road, they can do it on opposite sides. Mike challenges him to a 1v1 match.
We see Jack Perry arrive in the bus and rip his shirt off.
Men's Owen Hart Tournament Quarterfinal - Mark Davis vs Jack Perry
Mark has an eye patch on after landing eye first on a chair leg at Double or Nothing.
JP is nailed as he poses on the ropes. Don Callis is on commentary for this. Mark slams and sentons JP. Mark chokes him on the ropes. JP headbutts him and takes off the eye patch.
JP hits forearms and puts the eye patch on. Mark shoulders him over as JP flies at him. JP dropkicks him. JP low topes him then hits another tope and a tope con hilo. We go to PiP break and return.
JP hits chops and Mark punches him down. Mark chops him in the corner. JP hits chops and is choked. JP hits more chops then Mark corner lariats him. Mark lariats JP down. Mark knocks JP off the apron into the rails. JP comes in and Mark misses a senton. JP superkicks him on the apron then 2nd rope diving headscissors him off the apron to the floor. JP top rope moonsaults him outside.
JP top rope moonsaults him for 2. Mark tries a senton and JP gets his knees him. JP sentons Mark's back for 2. Mark back body drops him. JP slides out they both kind of send each other down on the floor. Mark suplexes him on the apron and sends JP's shoes flying.
We go to PiP break and return. Mark forearms him in the corner. JP headbutts Mark on the buckles. JP top rope ddt's him. JP shiranui's him for 2. Mark enzugiri's him. JP hurricarana's him but Mark rolls through for 2. JP superkicks him in the face. JP piledrivers him for 2. JP STF's him and Mark ropebreaks.
Mark blocks a running knee and pop-up lariats him. Mark running lariats him for 2. JP slaps him around. Mark chops him. Mark sits up top and JP step up dropkicks him. JP is crotched up top. Mark 2nd rope spinning piledrivers him and pins him.
Thoughts: I didn't like it. It went long and the top rope ddt really should have put Mark down (and the 2nd rope spinning piledriver was equally as dangerous). Like a lot of AEW matches, had they stopped half-way, it would have been fine.
Don Callis and Mark Davis are interviewed in the ring. Don says he hopes Will Ospreay was watching as Mark will put him on the shelf next week. He says Will thought he was the chosen one but never was, just like Konosuke Takeshita. He says the only chosen one is Kyle Fletcher.
Kyle Fletcher and Rocky Romero come out. Kyle tells Don to give him some sugar and they hug. Kyle says he came back from injury in record time as he's a genetic anomaly. He says he's a picture perfect performer and is 100% cleared for in-ring action. He says he wanted to be the man to cut the dead weight loose off The Don Callis Family. He says he's been trying to hold the family together for a year while Takeshita has been trying to drive a wedge between them. He says Takeshita did what was best for him when Kyle was out. He says Takeshita never cared about the family or Kyle. He says he wanted to sit up top with him but it will never happen. He says Takeshita is a selfish prick.
Konosuke Takeshita comes out. He holds his title up. The Conglomeration then show up next to him and they head to the ring. The Don Callis Family then leaves. Takeshita says he got the Continental Title back. He says now, he wants Kyle Fletcher.
Thoughts: Well, Takeshita with The Conglom's is something different. The group may help him out some but I don't really see him getting any further ahead until his English abilities improve.
Will Ospreay does a promo. He congratulates Mark Davis for advancing the tournament. He says Mark is the one guy that got his match stopped. He says he wrestled him at 50% last time and nothing is stopping him from going to Wembley. The Death Riders then walk in and say it's time. Pac won't fist bump Will.
The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay and PAC) vs The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz, Dezmond Xavier and Myron Reed)
The heels attack before the bell. Will chops Dez. Dez headscissors him down. Dez flying headscissors him then dropkicks him for 2. Dez goes to leapfrog and Will boots him down. Will chops him. Pac tags Will's back to get in. Pac hiptosses Zach. Zach hits chops on Mox and Mox back elbows him down.
Will takes a step up knee in the corner. Zach corner dropkicks Will. Will takes a codebreaker into a double stomp on the back. Zach and Reed do stereo dives out. We go to PiP break and return. Will hits chops on Zach. Zach handspring flying knees him.
Will handspring double pele kicks the heels. Will back body drops Reed. Pac spin kicks Reed then lariats him. Pac backbreakers Dez then overhead belly to belly suplexes Zach. Pac release germans Dez on his neck then overhead belly to belly suplexes Reed into Zach.
Reed takes running corner attacks. Mox cutters Reed. Will and Pac hit stereo con hilos out. Mox piledrivers Reed for 2. Reed cradles Mox for 2. Reed cutters Mox. Mox lariats Reed. Will top rope double stomps Reed's arm then la mistica drops him. Pac does he burtalizer to Dez. Will rolling armbars Reed and taps him out.
Thoughts: It was a shorter bout with a lot of flying. It was fine and they kept this moving. I was surprised it didn't go longer than it did.
The Opps do a promo. Joe says it hasn't been their best week but the mission doesn't change. He says they stand in opposition of anyone in their way and provide opportunities. Joe says Bowens will get the recognition he deserves. Joe says he's stepping away for months to do a movie and expects them to hold it down.
Thoughts: Joe constantly going away gets very annoying. I don't know if anyone has had more AEW returns than he has at this point.
Kris Statlander does a promo. She says she knew Shida hit her with the kendo stick without seeing her. She says she liked it and it didn't hurt. She challenges her to a Lights Out Street Fight. Shida says she's been patient with her but the patience has run out. She says if she wants her, she's got her.
Divine Dominion is interviewed and they say better luck next time. We then see TayJay is down and beaten up in the back.
Andrade El Idolo vs Ace Austin
Idolo side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Ace trips him and kicks him the mat. Ace casadora armdrags him. Idolo flying headscissors him. We go to PiP break and return. They trade forearms. Ace is pushed off the 2nd rope to the floor.
Idolo springboard triangle tornillo's him outside. Idolo takes a photo with a planted fan. The plant gets on his back and gets into ringside. Idolo then lifts her into the front row.
Ace cradles him for 2. Ace legdrops him. Idolo boots him out of the corner. Idolo sits up top and is headscissored down. Ace death valley drivers him for 2. Idolo 2nd rope sunset bombs him. Idolo misses a corner meteora. Ace helicopter kicks him. Ace shows a playing card. Idolo spinning back elbows him then twisting double underhook drops him to win.
Thoughts: It was alright with a fast pace and a lot of action. It was random and they did a decent bit of flying as expected.
Unsanctioned Lights Out Philly Street Fight - Kris Statlander vs Hikaru Shida
Kris takes her down and they trade mounted shots. Kris superkicks her out. Kris flying knees her off the apron and sends her into the apron edge. Kris chops her.
A chair is brought in. Shida hits her in the gut with it. Kris shoulders her over. Shida is capulted into a chair edge on the buckles. Kris chops her and euros her in the corner. Shida hits her in the gut and back with the kendo stick.
Kris is sent into the rails. Shida hits Kris with an apple then hits mounted punches in the rail corner. Shida puts an apple in Kris' mouth then buzzsaw kicks her. Kris powerbombs Shida on the floor.
Kris boots her in the aisle and they go to the back. Kris ses up a rail on an open chair. Shida suplexes Kris on the rail. We go to PiP break and return. Kris 2nd rope superplexes her onto chairs.
They duel a chair and kendo stick. Kris chairs her then spinning michinoku drivers her for 2. Kris misses a top rope moonsault onto chairs. Shida 2nd rope diving meteora's her onto chairs for 2. They trade forearms. Shida chest forearms her. Kris high kicks her then Shida enzugiri's her. Shida falcon arrows her for 2. Kris throws a chair hard at her face.
Shida trips Kris into 2 open chairs. Shida sets up a 2x2 row of chairs. Kris AA's Shida onto the chairs. Kris grabs a bundle of light tubes. Shida eye rakes Kris. Shida flying knees her outside. Shida spinnng knees her in the face in the ring. Shida hits Kris with the light tubes. Shida falcon arrows Shida for 2.
Shida hits Kris' bleeding back with a kendo stick. They fight on the apron. Kris breaks a kendo stick and stabs Shida with it. Kris tombstones Shida off the apron through a table. Harley Cameron comes out. She gives Kris a kendo stick to hit Shida with. Kris hits her staturday night fever and wins.
Thoughts: I liked it. It was aggressive, violent and stiff. They bled a little, used light tubes and tables. They didn't really have any botches and I thought they did a good job with this. This was a good match.
Overall thoughts: It was a longer show that went past 3 hours. I liked the last hour a lot more than the first two hours. Shida/Kris was the easy match of the night and I liked The Death Riders match the second best. The angle with Cope and Cage wasn't bad either. It did have some random matches. The show was okay as a whole and I'd give it a 6 out of 10.
