AEW Dynamite 12/31/2025 New Year's Smash

AEW Dynamite 12/31/2025 New Year's Smash

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/aew-dynamite-12242025.html

We are in Omaha, NE. Tony Schiavone and Excalibur are on commentary. 

We see MJF arrive. MJF then comes out. He says he's the world champ. He throws down the AEW World Title and shows off the Triple B version of the title. MJF says to either step up or get stepped on. He says he's not going down until he's the greatest of all time. 

Kenny Omega interrupts on the tron. He says he made him feel like he's approaching the end of the career and he hates that feeling. He says what if he could become champ and says what if they met agin? He says it wouldn't be MJF vs The Cleaner, The Belt Collector or The Best Belt Machine. He says he's not collecting belts and only wants one. MJF says he wouldn't say any of that to his face.

Adam Page comes out. Swerve Strickland then comes out. Security then comes out to stop them. MJF says he's not a measly wrestler like them, he's a professional wrestler. He says wins and losses matter and they are both losers. He tells them to pick up wins, talk to Tony Khan and he will whoop them like he did at World's End. MJF then runs as Page and Swerve beat up security. They clothesline security with a chain and Swerve hits one of them with a podium. Page hits a buckshot lariat and Swerve hits a house call kick.

Page says he will strangle MJF with the belt and Swerve says he only showed MJF a piece of what he's capable of. Swerve says the hunt is on and may the worst man win.

The Opps appear on the screen. Joe asks if 2 buffoons are making a case to be #1 contender. Joe says he's the only one who should be as he was robbed of the title. He says he finds these two obstacles every time he goes on the hunt to get what is his. He says Page put his hands on Hook and said he told him to beat him down and choke him out on site. Joe says meat is back on the menu and says Hobbs is coming for Swerve. Joe says they should do this all next week as he doesn't want to spend another second in this cowtown.

Page says it's new year, same dumb@ss. He says to give them Hobbs and Hook. Swerve wants a No DQ, Lights Out Match. 

Renee interviews Strong, Briscoe and Orange Cassidy. Mark says The Conglomeration is rolling going into 2026. He says they have the TNT Title and will have the TBS Title too. He says Ted Turner might wanna conglomerate too. Mark says the word of the day is another word for choking as The Death Riders will be choking on these nuts. Toni Storm comes in then Mina and Luther come in. They argue about OC. Toni says they have a date with a fig on Peach Street. Toni is given a peach, eats it and goes away. Strong says he doesn't want any part of this and leaves.

Tornado Tag Match - Toni Storm, Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong vs The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Marina Shafir and Daniel Garcia)

They all fight. The men go out and fight. Toni thesz presses Shafir and hits punches. She then dropkicks her. Toni hits mounted corner punches on Shafir. CC throws Toni out. RS hits chops and a dropkick on CC. RS then hits mounted corner punches. DG hits mounted corner punches on RS. OC then goofs around. Shafir full-nelson's OC. OC puts his hands in his pockets then rolls her up for 1. Shafir punches him and DG backdrops OC. Shafir stomps on OC.

OC takes running corner attacks and a double boot. We go to PiP break and return.

RS is triple stomped in the corner. RS leg lariats DG then olympic slams CC. RS dropkicks CC through the ropes. OC and Toni dance and hit attacks off of it. CC takes a double hiptoss. DG facekicks Toni. OC orange punches DG. Shafir does mother's milk on OC. Strong backbreakers Shafir. CC uranage's RS. OC is caught off the top and he stunners CC. Toni hip attacks CC. OC spinning ddt's CC.

Wheeler Yuta pulls OC by the hair. CC pop-up euros OC and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. I don't know why we had to see this again after seeing a similar match at the PPV. OC and Toni did a bunch of comedy here as always. Atleast Garcia tried to hit one of the girls.

Luther and Mina come in after. RS stares down OC.

We get a Mercedes Mone video. She says every division she enters is elevated. She says she's a global icon and says her global mission is accomplished. She says she's not chasing history because she is history. She says she's the game. 

Bandido vs The Beast Mortos

They lock up. Mort flips Band. They flip out of moves. Band back elbows him. Band then tries to do bullfighting with him and Mort stupidly goes for it. Mort headbutts him down. Mort tornillo's him through the ropes. 

They flip over each other's backs and armdrag each other. Mort rolls him up for 2. They sweep each other and stand off. Mort goes out. Band puts his cape on and top rope plancha's Mort outside. We go to PiP break and return.

Band facekicks Mort. Band does a satellite headscissors on Mort and superkicks him. Band top rope frogsplashes him. Mort crucifix bombs him then pop-up samoan drops him for 2. Mort backbreakers him the spinning lariats him for 2. Mort spinning lariats him again. Mort misses a top rope corkscrew moonsault. Band hits a reverse GTS. Band then hits a 21plex and wins.

Thoughts: It was a random bout. Mortos was being used here for a while then just disappeared for a bit. I didn't like all the screwing around with the cape and the bullfighting. They didn't go too far with this at least. It was acceptable.

Brody King and Bandido are interviewed. Band faces MJF in 2 weeks for the Title. He speaks in Spanish. King says Band is the most wanted. He says he will have a bigger target on his head when he walks out champ. King says he's first in line for a title shot when he wins. 

Brody King vs Lee Johnson

King got the win here in a quick one. It was very fast paced and they said it was a standby match. Tony kept calling Lee "Shotty Lee" here. They made the most of the time they had and King won as expected.

We get a Darby Allin video. He says he went to hell with Gabe Kidd at the PPV. He says he's not numb to the pain. He says he's aware of what it gives him. He says his wild stunts give him peace. He says he wants to stand on top of AEW. He says he beat all The Death Riders minus Pac. He says he needs this win and needs to set himself free. He says he's needs to finish what he started.

AEW Continental Title Eliminator Match - Jon Moxley vs Josh Alexander

Josh hits Mox before he's ready and pounds on him in the corner. He rakes his face. Josh rakes Mox's face and hits a crossface shot. They trade forearms and chops. Mox hits a bunch of punches. Josh shoulders him over and hooks the ankle. Josh stomps the leg.

Josh pulls Mox's leg around the ropes. Mox hits chops and punches. Mox hits a corner lariat then mounted corner punches. Mox forearms him over. Mox rakes Josh' eyes on the top rope. Mox is back body dropped out. Mox sells his leg and Josh drops him on the apron knee first. 

Josh kicks Mox in the leg. Mox is in tree of woe and is chopped. Josh corner crossbodies him there then pounds on the knee. We go to PiP break and return. Josh stomps the back of Mox's leg. Josh ankle locks him and Mox ropebreaks. They fight on the apron for a while. Josh slams him on the apron.

Josh misses a top rope moonsault inside. They trade forearms. Josh dropkicks him in the knee. Mox running cutters him for 2. Mox chinlocks him. Josh backdrops him. Mox backdrops him. Josh dropkicks him. Mox running lariats him.

Josh slides out. Mox topes him. Josh is bleeding. Mox's leg is banged off the post. Josh figure fours him around the post. Josh top rope diving knee drops Mox. Josh goes for another ankle lock and Mox grounded chokers him. Mox hits downward elbows then puts the choke back on. Josh then taps out.

Thoughts: Mox won as expected here. Josh mostly worked the leg/ankle and Mox did a decent job of selling it. I liked this and thought they did a good job with it.

MVP and Shelton Benjamin come out after. Mox limps off through the crowd.

The Triangle of Madness talk. Thek says she saw her partners do what they do best and saw Kris drop her friend on her head. Thek says they will make it real toxic.

AEW National Title - Ricochet (c) vs Jack Perry

JP wristlocks him. Ric ropebreaks. They trade hammerlocks. JP is sent out. Luchasaurus and Toa Liona stare down outside. Ric shoulders JP over then pulls him down by the hair. JP sweeps him and side headlocks him. JP shoulders him over and tries to pull the hair but Ric has no hair. JP pulls the beard down and then dropkicks him. JP topes him.

Kaun trips JP, Lucha grabs him then Toa hits Lucha from behind. Ric knocks JP off the apron and topes him. We go to PiP break and return. JP flying forearms him. JP hits chops and forearms. JP flips off the buckles and germans him. 

Ric northern lights suplexes him then brainbusters him. Ric running ssp's him for 2. JP backrolls him for 2. JP lariats him for 2. Ric is back body dropped out. Jack slides out and casadora bulldogs him on the floor. JP superkicks Kaun from the apron. JP is then crotched up top. 

JP top rope diving ddt's him for 2. Kaun trips up JP. JP spits at him then Ric hits a spirit gun and wins.

Thoughts: It had a lot of action here and they kept up a fast pace. They worked better together than I thought and I liked this one. Ric really didn't do that much flying here though.

Toa carries Lucha back to the stage and drops a rail on him. Ric spirit gun's Jack from behind. Kuan chairs the rail onto Lucha's arm. Security comes out and The Demand beat them up. One guard is slammed onto the rail with Lucha's arm under it. 

The Death Riders talk in the back. Mox says he's easy for The Hurt Syndicate to find.He says they are setting the standard. Yuta says he heard Darby's revisionist history and forgot about him. Yuta says Darby needs to go through him to get to Pac. Garcia says it's Death Riders vs The World in 2026.

Willow and Harley talk. Harley says Willow needs to treat this as the last match of her life. Willow says she's been waiting to get her title back for 500+ days.

MJF is interviewed. He says he's about to make his last title reign seem short and sweet. he says he's not worried about others as he's a generational talent. Brodido comes in. King says MJF should be worried about Band taking the Triple B - Bandido's Big Belt. MJF isn't impressed.

AEW TBS Title - Mercedes Mone (c) vs Willow Nightingale

Mone dropkicks her in the knee and sends her into the rails outside. Willow's head is banged off the apron and she is sent into the rails again. Mone meteora's the rails when Willow moves. Mone then take a hard pounce into the rails. 

Willow hits corner lariats on Mone. Mone rolls her up for 2. Willow backslides her for 2 then hits a hard short arm lariat for 2. Mone sends Willow into the buckles and foot chokes her there. Willow 2nd rope dropkicks her. Willow corner cannonballs her for 2. Willow cannonballs her off the apron. Willow is tripped from the apron and goes into the steps. Mone meteora's her into the steps.

We go to PiP break and return.  Willow death valley drivers her. Willow hits lariats. Willow corner backsplashes her. Mone knees her in the gut. Willow pounces her. Willow death valley drivers her for 2. Mone backcrackers her. Willow doctor bomb's her for 2. 

Willow misses a top rope moonsault. Mon tries a top rope frogsplash and Willow gets her knees up. Willow death valley drivers her on the apron. Willow misses a cannonball off the apron and lands on the floor. 

Mone hits 2 suplexes on the floor. Willow drives her into the apron edge. They go on the commentary table. Mone suplexes her on the table but it doesn't break. Mone tries pins and crossfaces her. Mone is pushed into the buckles. Mone backrolls her for a 2 count. Mone gets another 2 count and Willow doctor bombs her to win.

Thoughts: It would have been nice if this had more build to it. This was kind of made out of nowhere. Mone's slowly losing all of her titles so she lost here. I didn't like the apron death valley driver not meaning anything but I liked the rest of this. This hit each other hard, they did some nice spots like the pounce into the rails and I thought they paced it well. I didn't expect much out of this but actually really liked it a lot and thought it was good.

Willow gets confetti after. Orange, Harley, Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey and Kris Statlander come out for her after. Kris hugs her.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual heavy wrestling show from AEW. I didn't like the opener. Band/Mort was acceptable. King/Lee was a quick one. I liked the last 3 matches and thought Mone/Willow was the match of the night. I'd give this a 7 out of 10 and thought it was one of the better AEW shows, though it was mostly due to the wrestling. It was a good show and a nice way to cap off the year.