AEW Dynamite 12/24/2025

AEW Dynamite 12/24/2025 Dynamite On 34th Street 2025

Last week's show is here:

We are at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Bryan Danielson are on commentary.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Orange Cassidy vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Don Callis is on commentary for this. OC throws his sunglasses at KT. KT picks them up and OC rolls him up. KT blocks his sunset flip then OC hurricanrana's him. OC side headlock takeovers him. KT chops him in the corner and facekicks him off the apron. OC's back is rammed into the rails. OC is backdropped on the apron. 

KT forearms him in the back then chinlocks him from behind. OC snapmares him and bangs KT's head off the buckles. OC slingshot ddt's him then hits another ddt for 2. OC hits mounted corner punches. OC stomps on him in the corner. 

OC ducks a shot then hits weak leg kicks. OC 2nd rope diving headscissors him then dropkicks him with his hands in his pockets. KT blue thunders him.

We go to PiP break and return. OC hits a 2nd rope stunner. OC tope ddt's him outside. KT's mouth is busted open. OC rolls him up for 2. KT wheelbarrow germans him. KT spinning forearms him. OC hits an orange punch. OC is on the ropes and is kicked. OC beach breaks him on the apron. KT misses a kick on the rails. OC hits an orange punch and sends him into the seats.

They trade pin attempts. OC cradles him then KT hits a spinning falcon arrow and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it too much. It was indy wrestling with not that much selling and OC goofing around like he usually does. They kicked out of 2nd rope stunners, ddt's on the floor and beachbreak's on the apron here. 

Gabe Kidd does a video for some reason. He talks about the stuff he did to Darby. He begs him to fight him at World's End.

The Bang Bang Gang says they are constantly reminded about how good FTR is. Juice says they should get rid of the ropes and rules in their match. They challenge FTR to a 4v4 Chicago street fight. We oddly never see The Gang in this one. 

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Roderick Strong vs. Mascara Dorada

They lock up. RS wristlocks him. MD flips out using the ropes and reverses it. RS side headlock takeovers him. RS sits on his back with a chinlock. MD does a surfboard on him. MD gets flipped. MD seated moonsaults into an armdrag on RS. MD takes utopia on the apron.

We go to PiP break and return. MD top rope diving tornillos RS. MD corkscrew headscissors him. MD dives under the top buckle and armdrags RS on the floor. MD top rope swantons RS for 2. MD misses a 450 off the top. RS pumping knees him in the corner and drops him chest first on the mat. RS hits a sick kick for 2.

MD hurricanrana's him for 2. RS uranage backbreakers him. MD hits a top rope ssp and wins.

Thoughts: MD surprisingly got a win here. It was alright with MD doing his flying and RS doing his usual backbreakers. I liked the dive under the top buckle into an armdrag.

Kris Statlander and Jamie Hayter are interviewed on the stage. Kris says she gave JH a shot as she was on top and had everything ripped from her hands. Kris says she was a loser then realized her sob story is over. She says she is focused on who she deserves to be. She says she is working everyday to better herself and says look where she stands. She says she will be face to face with the cosmic killer (she then shows wrist guards with that written on it). Jamie is asked if she has anything to add by Renee. She tries to hit Kris. She tells her the last time she hit her with that, she didn't get back up.

MJF vs. Dustin Waller

MJF takes him down and hits shots. DW's eyes rare raked on the top rope. MJF back elbows him. MJF runs the ropes and hits him with his crotch. MJF slaps him down then does a lifting hammerlock ddt. MJF then win with an armbar.

Thoughts: It was a short one with MJF winning as expected.

MJF gets the mic after. Adam Page appears in the crowd and stares at him. Swerve Strickland then appears. Page says the non-physicality agreement got left in England. He tells him to make a joke and says the PR teams in movies would love to hear what he says.  

Page says MJF is getting his @ss beat tonight. The Opps and The Opps Dojo guys come out. Page and Swerve beat up the Dojo guys and nearly hit each other when MJF ducks. Samoa Joe appears on the tron. He says he knew the men wouldn't be a threat but were there to expose their true natures. Joe says he's coming for all of them one by one. Page nails MJF and Swerve hits a house call kick on MJF. Page gets on MJF's back and chokes him with a chain. 

Swerve says MJF doesn't hate the fans, he likes them. He says them responding feeds his little ego. Swerve says he has never met a selfish piece of garbage like MJF and says he has power. Swerve brings up Wardlow, The Pinnacle, Jay White and Cole. He says they all ended up worse off due to him. He says he makes his allies and victims better. He says he's a better human being than he will ever be. He says he will see him at World's End. 

Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron are interviewed about fighting Maya World and Hyan. Willow says they got everything they wanted with the tag titles but then Athena hit her so hard that she didn't know what hit her. Harley puts Willow over, Willow puts her over and they then they put Renee over and chant "Babes of Wrath". Harley says they are coming for Athena and Mone. 

Dynamite Diamond Ring 2025 Final Match - Ricochet vs. Bandido

Band backs up Ric on the ropes. Ric armdrags him into a crucifix. Band corkscrew headscissors him and dropkicks him. Ric hits him from behind. Ric tries to throat Band out but Band skins the cat. Ric dances and is hit in the back of the head. Band hits punches. Band one arm gorilla press slams him on the apron. Band dances. We go to PiP break and return.

Ric stomps on him and chops him. Ric goes up and over then northern lights suplexes him. Ric holds on for a suplex then suplexes him on the apron and floor. Band pump kicks him then Ric spin kicks him. Ric spinning forearms him in the back of the neck. Ric pulls Band down by the hair and hits vertigo for 2. 

Ric pumping knees him and spin kicks him in the face. Band poisonrana's him. Ric flips out of a 21plex and gets a 2 count on Band. Ric is popped up and flipped. Band catches him on the hurricanrana attempt. He hooks him like a styles clash but does a sitout powerbomb out of it.

Band superkicks him. Band hits a reverse GTS. Ric low blows Band after being saved by his buddies from a 21plex. Ric runs at him and Band crucifixes him to win.

Thoughts: It was all flying as expected. They did go a bit too far but I still did kind of like it for some of the action. The styles clash sitout powerbomb spot was pretty dangerous as it's so easy to botch it and cripple someone.

Ricochet and The Demand try to beat up Bandido after. Brody King saves Bandido.

Darby Allin is interviewed in a basement. He says he had a lot of time to think about where he's going. Darby says he has more to worry about than Gabe Kidd. Gabe then nails him from behind. Darby is sent into a brick wall and choked. Gabe shows him the steps he threw him down before. Gabe asks if he's feeling nostalgic. He then boots him down the steps again. 

Marina Shafir vs. Mina Shirakawa

We see a meeting between Mina and Toni earier in the day. Min says Toni fought for her and now she fights for her. Mina says she will fight alone tonight.

Mina dropkicks Shafir and hits chest kicks. Mina dragon screws her then bangs her knee off the mat. Mina bangs Shafir's leg over her shoulder. Mina tornillo splashes her for 1. Mina top rope dropkicks her for 2. Mina clubs on her. Shafir blocks a headkick. Shafir powerbombs her down.

We go to PiP break and return. Mina top rope diving slingblades her for 2. Mina hits slaps. Shafir chops her. Mina hits spinning shots and buzzsaw kicks her from behind. Mina rolls her into a figure four. Shafir splits her fingers to break the hold.

Mina urakens her. Shafir ear claps her and does mother's milk. Mina is out and Shafir wins.

Thoughts: Mina had some sloppy shots here and Shafir picked up the win. I thought it was average. 

Shafir does mother's milk again. Toni Storm comes to save Mina and Shafir drops her with a shot. 

We see Lexy interview The Elite after last week's show. The Bucks have ice taped on them. The Bucks say they won't be cleared for the rest of the year. Kenny says they always have each other's backs even if they aren't around. He says maybe this gives him a chance to take care of something he should have taken care of a while ago. 

Jon Moxley does a video. He says to bring whatever you have and says there's nowhere to hide. He says that when it's over, he wants to make sure he didn't leave any bullets in the chamber and left it all out there. 

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Gold League Match - PAC vs. Jack Perry

Pac clean breaks him after backing him up on the ropes. Jack wristlocks him. Pac trips him then is put in a hammerlock. Jack hits a nice dropkick. Pac eye rakes him with his foot. Jack armdrags him then flying headscissors him. They go out and Jack casadora bulldogs him on the floor. Jack topes him into the rails. Jack top rope diving elbows him. Pac goes out again. Pac suplexes him on the floor. 

We go to PiP break and return. Pac top rope dropkicks him. Jack superkicks Pac. They trade forearms. Jack brainbusters him. Jack hits forearms and chops. Jack flips out of the corner and germans him. Jack jumping ddt's him. Pac belly to belly suplexes Jack into the buckles. They get on the buckles. Pac hits a top rope belly to belly suplex. They superkick each other. Pac poisonrana's him and Jack lariats him for 2. Jack hits superkicks and a backdrop. Jack running knees him for 2. Pac does a scholar collar and Jack ropebreaks.

Pac running lariats him and goes for the brutalizer but is rolled up. Jack bites Pac to block a brutalizer. Jack rolls him up and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't think it was anything too special and thought it was just kind of average. Jack winning was an upset for sure.

Luchasaurus then gives Jack milk and cookies on the ramp.  

Overall thoughts: The show was pretty weak on starpower here with only MJF wrestling. I assume most of the top wrestlers were off for Christmas. It was a filler show for the most part that was heavy on the wrestling as usual. I thought the wrestling wasn't that good though as it was mostly all indy style matches. I liked Strong/Dorada best here and somewhat like Ricochet/Bandido. I would give this a 5 out of 10 overall and I just thought it was average.