AEW Dynamite 11/26/2025

AEW Dynamite 11/26/2025

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We are in Nashville, TN. Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 - Gold League - Kyle Fletcher vs Kazuchika Okada

They shake hands and catch each other's boot. KF takes him over then KO does the same. They sweep each other and catch each other's boot again. They shove each other and butt heads. They then slap hands. 

KF side headlocks him. KO side headlock takeovers him. KO teases a clean break but doesn't and they shoulder battle. KO facekicks him and is shouldered over. KF slams him for 2. KF chops him in the corner. KO hits forearms in the corner. KF flying back elbows him.

KF stomps him and slams him. KF goes up top, KO pushes the ref into the ropes and KF is crotched up top. KO dropkicks KF off the top. We go to PiP break and return.  

KO goes up top and the ref is pushed into the ropes which crotches KO. KF top rope superplexes him. KF running facekicks him. KF backdrops him for 2. KO over the back neckbreakers him on the knee. KF is knocked off the 2nd rope and KO top rope elbow drops him. KF suplexes him. KF is swept on the apron then takes a bridging ddt on the floor.

KO suplexes him for 2. KO boots KF in the head. They trade forearms. KF superkicks him and is dropkicked. KO dropkicks him then hits a tombstone. KO is michinoku drivered off a rainmaker attempt.

KF and KO trade forearms on their knees. They get up and trade. KO backslides him then hits a short arm lariat. KF lawn darts KF into the 2nd buckle the sitout last ride's him for 2. KF leg lariats him on the ropes. KF is nearly pushed into the ref. KF facekicks KO in the corner. KF rolls him up and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't think they sold well here and they really sped through a few bigger moves here. It wasn't one of the worst KF matches at least. I was surprised to Okada lose.

They shake hands after and Don Callis holds their arms up in the ring. Don was on commentary for this.

Lexy interviews Kenny Omega. She asks if him and The Bucks are reunited. He says it's a complicated answer. He says he hasn't been a model employee or friend. He says he needs to think long and hard about where The Bucks stand. He says if his friends and the fans accept his faults, who is he to say The Bucks don't deserve a second chance? The Bucks then run into Lexy as they leave.

Thoughts: Well that was a simple way to explain them getting along again and I guess it worked.

We see a Mark Briscoe interview from Full Gear. He says there's no words. He says he lost the most important thing to him. He says it's been a long road since then and he didn't know if he wanted to carry on. He says it was failure and loss after failure and loss. He says there's a time and a season for everything. he says when family is on the line, it changes everything. He says the title is for his road and home family. He says it's for Delaware and The Conglomeration. He says we did it. 

AEW Women's Tag Title Tournament Semifinal - Julia Hart and Skye Blue vs Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale

HC's blocks Hart's boot and side headlock takeovers her. Hart takes a double backdrop. HC gets on Willow's back and they senton Hart. Willow hits corner lariats on Skye and is rolled up. Willow backslides her then lariats her. Willow slams Skye and misses when she tries to drop HC on her. Hart standing moonsaults HC for 2.

HC takes a double flapjack. HC slingblades her. HC hits mounted corner punches on Skye. Skye swinging neckbreakers HC then hits mounted shots. We go to PiP break and return. Hart rope walks and clubs HC. Skye hits a bad PK on HC for 2. HC backdrops Skye. Skye hits lariats on Hart and corner backsplashes her. She running boots her. Willow spinebusters Hart. Willow takes a spinning ddt and a double kick for 2. Willow hits a double suplex. Skye takes an oklahoma stampede and Willow drops HC on Skye for 2.

Skye knees HC in the face. HC does the same to her and russian legsweeps her. Skye powerbombs HC. Hart overshoots a top rope moonsault on HC, lands on her feet and just elbow drops her. HC is hit with a double superkick. 

HC pushes the heels into each other. The faces get offense on them and Willow doctor bomb's Hart and pins her. 

Thoughts: Hart's moonsault botch was unique here. This was acceptable. I was surprised to see the faces win since Mina and Toni are expected to make the finals and you'd want them against heels.

Tony Schiavone is in the ring and brings out Samoa Joe and The Opps (minus Hook). Joe has a cut on the top of his forehead. Joe kicks Tony out. Swerve Strickland arrives in a car with Prince Nana, carrying a chain and a staple gun. Adam Page then walks next to him with a chain. Joe tells Shibata to get the scrubs.

The Opps Dojo members come out. Joe says he has a mind that rivals Sun Tzu. He says everything went according to plan at Full Gear. Joe then shows a video package of how we got here. Joe says we have a champ who is worthy of being called the greatest in this industry. He then brings out Hook.

Hook says Joe was right and says the redneck are too stupid to realize they are looking at the greatest 2nd generation wrestler this business has seen. Swerve and Page come out. They beat up Opps Dojo people in the crowd. They go after The Opps but the dojo members stop them. Page hits the dojo members with a chain and Swerve staple gun's them. Page and Swerve then powerbomb them. They then hang the dojo members over the top with chains. 

We see The Death Riders talk after Full Gear. Mox says he's doing just fine and says Kyle O'Reilly is going to the hospital. Mox says their opponents don't know what the life of wrestling is about. Mox says Kyle was a real wrestler at one point and says it's not over yet. Mox says they don't have time to celebrate as the battle continues tomorrow. Mox says he doesn't celebrate the regular season as the playoffs are about to start.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League - Jon Moxley vs Mascara Dorada

Mox straightjacket chokes him. MD twists his foot. Mox takes him down by the wrist. MD headstands out of a headscissors and flips out of it. Mox forearms MD down. MD handsprings off the ropes and corkscrew headscissors him. MD misses a plancha outside then Mox topes him into the rails. 

MD springboard lariats him. MD throws Mox off the ramp. MD jumps off the ramp into Mox's forearm. Mox guillotines him in the ring then does a standing orange crush. We go to PiP break and return. They stand on the steps. Mox is pushed off and then tripped into them. MD diving headscissors him off the steps. MD then cutters him over the rail.

MD top rope tornillo armdrags him. MD hits kicks and hits a code red for 2. MD tornillo's Mox over the top rope. Mox cutters Md when he gets back in. Mox hits mounted corner punches. MD does flips him forward from the electric chair and drops him. MD then does an armbar. Mox hits forearms on MD then running knees him in the head. MD cradles him for 2.

MD superkicks him. MD 450's him off the top for 2. MD corkscrew kicks him. MD does a top rope ssp but Mox gets his knees up. Mox then does a choke on him on the mat and MD is out.

Thoughts: MD no shot of winning here and didn't win. I thought this was average. It maybe worked out a little better than I thought it would but I think it could have been shorter and done a little better.  

Shafir gets in the ring with Mox. Toni Storm comes out. Toni says she's the least b!tchy person in this ring. She says she likes Mox, but she operates in love while Mox operates in hate and fear. Toni says her team gets to decide the stipulation for their match with Shafir and Bayne. She brings out Mina and said she didn't get her anything for Christmas. She says her gift is the head of two on a silver platter. She says she wants a hardcore holiday death match. Mox holds Shafir back as Toni leaves.

Renee interviews Kris Statlander in the back. She asks what is next. Kris says she wants to ask the same thing to every woman in this business. She says she sees disbelief. She says she can face the past, stay in the present or head to the future. She says she knows where she is going and asks who is coming with her.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Gold League - Darby Allin vs Kevin Knight

They lock up and KK clean breaks him in the corner. DA hammerlocks him and takes him down by the wrist. DA side headlocks him then springboard diving armdrags him. DA armdrags him into an armlock. KK headscissors him. 

KK facekicks him then monkey flips him. DA holds his knee and goes out after he lands weird. KK moonsaults him off the rail after DA goes into the other set of rails. DA breaks up KK's springboard then tope con hilos him through the ropes. DA goes up top and KK top rope backdrops him.

We go to PiP break and return. DA is on the 2nd rope and KK hurricanrana's him down. KK dropkicks him out. DA sweeps KK on the ramp. DA dropkicks him off the ramp. They go back in and double clothesline each other hard.

KK jumping ddt's him on the ramp. KK jumps over the top rope with a diving lariat on the ramp. KK misses a 180 splash off the top and is hit with a code red for 2. DA is put in tree of woe and KK coast to coast dropkicks him. KK hits a top rope 180 splash on DA and pins him.

Thoughts: Kevin winning here was a big upset. Darby looked like he hurt his knee here on a monkey flip landing. They had some nice spots in this. It was alright but Darby really took bad looking bumps in this.

Eddie Kingston talks. He says he doesn't want to talk about Hook right now. He says he's not in line for a title shot but taking out Shibata could put him in line for one. He challenges him for Collision.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Gold League - Claudio Castagnoli vs Orange Cassidy

OC rolls him up for 2 and backslides him for 2. OC cradles him for 2 and CC tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. CC throws OC face firs into the top buckle. CC running euros OC in the corner. OC does his stupid weak kicks. OC superkicks him. 

Oc armdrags him then topes him outside. CC lariats him. OC is sent into the rails and then euro'd there. CC giant swings Oc into the rails. We go to PiP break and return.

CC spins and throws him then gutbusters him. OC ddt's him. OC dropkicks him in the knee then PK's him. CC misses a corner spear then OC tope's him into a ddt on the floor. CC blocks a slingshot ddt and OC stunners him. OC comes off the top and is caught with a euro for 2. 

CC hits downward elbows on him. CC giant swings him. CC runs into a punch from OC. CC pops up OC and OC ddt's him off of it. CC pops him up and is punched. OC beachbreaks him for 2.

CC running lariats him. OC hurricanrana's him for 2. CC pop-up euros him for the win.

Thoughts: I'm glad CC got the win here as I thought he might lose at times here. I didn't like OC doing the weak leg kicks but at least he mostly stopped there with the comedy. OC got thrown around a lot during this as expected. It had a lot of action and highlights.

Renee interviews The Death Riders in the ring after. OC pushes The Death Riders and is stomped on in the corner. Roderick strong comes out then Takeshita, Fletcher, Dorada, Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey all come out and fight. Dorada top rope moonsaults the heels outside. Okada comes onto the ramp as OC hits an orange punch on Yuta. 

Thoughts: This really wasn't the best big brawl ever and I have no idea why people like Dorada were out there.

Overall thoughts: It was a very wrestling heavy edition of Dynamite as expected. We had 5 matches and all got more than enough time to play out with the main going 9 minutes overtime. But it also meant this was light on the stories. I thought Darby's match was the best match of the night here and maybe OC/CC was alright too. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 overall and thought it was just okay.