AEW Dynamite 7/8/2026 Beach Break

AEW Dynamite 7/8/2026 Beach Break

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aew-dynamite-712026.html

We are in Clearwater, FL. Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone are on commentary. The stage has sand, fake trees, a hut and chairs.

Kenny Omega is interviewed and Michael Nakazawa is with him. Renee says it's the biggest match of KO's career. KO says this is it and it's do or die. He says if this is it and he can't hold AEW gold again, he will shake MJF's hand and congratulate him on a job well done. He says it won't be that easy. He asks if MJF has to what it takes to stop his dream and keep him out of the biggest AEW event in history. 

Chris Jericho vs Tomasso Ciampa

TC tries to jump him as he enters and CJ shows up from behind him. They fight on the stage and TC is sent into chairs. TC is suplexed onto a chair. CJ chops him on the stage. CJ throws him in the ring and the bell rings.

CJ hits chops in the corner. CJ knees him from behind on the ropes. TC slides out and CJ top rope plancha's him outside. TC draping ddt's him over the 2nd rope. TC pumping knees him on the apron. CJ AA's him on the apron. TC is sent into the steps. 

They fight on the steps. CJ's head is banged off the post. TC does a nasty standing pedigree drop on the steps. TC stomps him on the floor. We go to PiP break and return. They trade chops inside. CJ corner lariats him. CJ hits mounted corner punches on the top buckle. TC 2nd rope air raid crashes him for 2. CJ is busted open.

TC hits chops on CJ. TC cradles him for 2. CJ 2nd rope hurricanrana's him. CJ brainbusters him for 2. They fight on the their knees. TC tries to throw a sandbucket at CJ, CJ codebreakers him and CJ probably gets more sand in his face than TC does. 

CJ misses an asai moonsault and TC pumping knees him. CJ no sells it and Tc pumping knees him again for 2. CJ blocks a pumping knee then crabs him. TC throws sand in CJ's eyes to break it up. TC pumping knees CJ and pins him.

Thoughts: The 2nd rope air raid crash or the pedigree on the steps really should have finished things here. I didn't really understand the DQ rules in this since it was mostly all hardcore wrestling. This was alright though. It got a lot of time, CJ went all out, CJ bled and they put out a good effort for this.

TC chairs CJ in the head after. TC empties a tool bag and grabs a powerdrill. Security and refs then try to stop TC and TC ends up using the powerdrill on a floatie.

We see Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor beating up a bunch of men in a bar somehow for no real reason. They say it feels good to do that again.

Will Ospreay is interviewed. He says he's pulling for Kenny tonight and says he can't look past MJF. He says he wants it to be him for Kenny at All In. MJF comes in and disagrees. He rips his relationships with Kenny and Mox. He says Will is judging him when he should be thanking him. He says Will should thank him for AEW's golden area. MJF says Will and Kenny are just good wrestlers and he's a star. 

MJF says All In should have him in the main event. He says Kenny won't be able to challenge again after he beats him tonight. He says he will break Will's neck. Will says he won't be the best and he knows Japanese girls who can do better. He says MJF is a beggar who wants to be part of the conversation. he says MJF won't be part of the conversation until he drops the antics. MJF spits at him, Will boots him and they fight until security breaks it up. MJF tells him Kenny is a dead man and it's on him. 

AEW International Title - Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Kyle Fletcher

They lock up. Kyle shoves him on the ropes and armlocks him. KT wrstlocks him. Kyle side headlocks him and they shoulder each other. Kyle slaps him and they trade forearms. KT flying lariats him. KT hits mounted corner punches. KT uppercuts him. Kyle running facekicks him out. Kyle PK's him from the apron.

Kyle drinks water and KT forearms him. KT then pours the water on himself. KT argues with Don Callis and Lance Archer at commentary. KT hits the post when Kyle moves. Kyle armbreakers him over the shoulder and backdrops him on the apron. 

Kyle hits mounted shots. KT tries a sleeper and Kyle armbreakers him on the shoulder. KT exploders him. KT tope con hilos him outside. We go to PiP break and return. They trade forearms. KT facekicks him twice. KT flies at him and is superkicked. KT blue thunders him. 

They fight on the apron. Kyle superkicks him. KT package tombstones him on the apron then wheelbarrow germans him on the apron. KT poisonrana's him. Kyle michinoku drivers him for 2. KT running lariats him. KT is up top and Kyle high kicks him. KT last ride powerbombs him.

Don Callis distracts KT. Kyle corner facekicks KT. KT falcon arrows Kyle. Kyle rolls him up for 2. Kyle kicks him in the arm, superkicks him an brainbusters him for 2. Kyle corner headkicks him. Kyle brainbusters KT on the top buckle and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. Kyle worked the arm a little but it didn't really go anywhere even though he won. Kyle's selling was atrocious as usual here as he sold nothing. I was surprised it wasn't worse than it was though with how much these guys love to overdo it.

The Don Callis Family celebrates with Kyle in the ring with. The Conglomeration checks on KT on the ramp.

We go to break and return. Mick Foley comes out. Mick says this moment is about Kyle. He asks him what it was like to fight and beat his former best friend in KT. Kyle says he was never his friend and KT road his coat tails. He says he did what he and Okada said they would do and bring the International Title back to The Don Callis Family.

Don tells Mick this is their celebration and not about Mick stealing the spotlight. Mick says when he says it was one of the finest matches he saw and when he says Kyle was on the finest talents, he means it. Mick then shows off his shoes with dogs on it. He says the next time Don disrespects him, his shoes will get acquainted with Don's @ss.

Don says they are a family of champions and brings out Kevin Knight. Kevin comes out and congratulates Kyle. He says welcome to the club and it took him long enough. Kevin says he's still owed a World Title shot. He says that's the only reason he got in the cage match. He says he will watch the main close tonight and says Jet 2 Belts is on the way. 

Andrade El Idolo comes out. He says Don promised him the title. Idolo says he promises he will take one belt from Don. He says if Idolo can beat Jake Doyle next week, he can face Mark Davis for the National Title. He then says, "How you know?". He challenges The Family to come on. The Family chases Idolo to the back. 

We go to the back. Darby Allin appears and pounds on Kevin Knight. Jake Doyle forearms Darby down. Kevin tells Brian Cage to get Darby's skateboard then the skateboard exploders on Cage. We then see Idolo with a detonator. Darby, Jake, Idolo and Kevin fight.

Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley vs The Workhorsemen (JD Drake and Anthony Henry)

Mox trips Henry. Henry hammerlocks him. Mox bangs Henry's arm off his shoulder. Henry armdrags Mox. Mox chops Henry down. Henry spin kicks him in the gut. JD chops Mox down. 

JD shoulders Mox over. Mox then has his neck twisted and takes a senton at the same time. Henry hits chest kicks on Mox. Mox dragon screws him. Will springboard foreamrs JD then flying headscissors Henry out. Will slingshot plancha's his opponents outside.

We go to PiP break, full break and return. Henry reverse sitout slams Will and JD shining wizards Will for 2. Will handspring corkscrew kicks JD off the ropes. Mox topes JD outside. Mox hits mounted corner punches on JD and bites his head. 

Mox cutters Henry. JD chops Mox. Mox goes out and has Shafir slap him to fire him up. Mox running lariats JD twice. Will hits a styles clash on JD while Mox piledrivers Henry. Mox double underhook ddt's JD and Will hidden blade's JD. Mox pins JD.

Thoughts: It took longer than expected and Mox's team won as expected here. What we got was fine but it probably should have been a squash.

Hikaru Shida does a promo. She says she told us what was coming and said we all ignored the warning. She says she's the knew face of TBS and you can call her the ace of TBS. She says TBS now stand s for "The Best is Shida".

#1 Contender's to the Women's Title Casino Gauntlet Match

Thekla and Mone are both out to watch this.

Athena and Maya World are the first two in. They miss moves to start and try pin attempts. They forearm each other. Maya running corner euros her and Ath springboard knees her off the bottom rope. Maya claymore kicks her then fallaway slams her. Maya double jump asai moonsaults her.

Skye Blue is next in with a kendo stick. She hits Ath with the stick. Maya superkicks SB in the gut and side of the head. SB hits Maya with the stick. Ath slams SB into the steps. We go to PiP break and return.

Mina Shirakawa is next in. Mina flying neckbreakers SB then la mistcia drops Ath. Ath and Mina hit stereo slingblades. Mina pulls Maya's throat down over the top rope. Mina springboard tornillo splashes Maya. Rina of STARDOM comes out next.

Rina and Mina stare down and trade forearms. SB takes a double dropkick. Mina wants to work with Rina and is slapped. Rina overhead throws Mina, does her shimmy and is superkicked by Ath. Rina 2nd rope dropkicks Ath. Rina yanks back on Maya's arm/

Julia Hart is next in. Hart hits girls with a trash can lid. Hart superkicks the lid into Ath's face and codebreakers her chest with her feet. Hart chairs Ath then hits a security guard with it. SB attacks Justin Roberts and takes his chair. SB then hits security with kendo stick shots. 

We go to PiP break and return. Thunder Rosa is next in. Rosa stunners SB and Hart. Rosa neckbreakers Ath. Rosa dropkicks SB against the bottom rope. Rosa samoan drops Hart for 2. Rosa and Rina trade shots. Rosa ushigoroshi's her for 2. Ath hits an o-face on Rosa for 2. 

Mina spinning forearms Ath and uppercuts her. Ath 2nd rope diving o-face's Mina for 2. Willow Nightingale is next in. willow facekicks Ath on the stage. Willow spinebusters Rina and Maya. SB and Hart take a double lariat from Willow. Willow cannonballs 3 girls off the apron.

Willow powerbombs Ath on the apron then death valley drivers her on the floor. SB superkicks Willow. Maya michinoku drivers SB on the floor. Willow doctor bomb's Hart and pins her.

Thoughts: Willow wasn't in here that long and won. It wasn't anything too special as there were a lot of people in this and a lot of people coming in and out. Everyone would come in, get some offense in and then make way for the next person. This was average.

Thekla spears Willow after. Lena Kross and Megan Bayne slam Skye and Hart on the ramp. Thek facekicks Willow. Mercedes Mone hits Thekla with a title belt from behind then nails Willow with it.

Jack Perry does a video. He says he is always told he has the potential to be great. He says he can feel it but he fears he won't live up to it. He says he wants to be AEW World champ and says this is where the best in the world belong. He says that's why he's re-signing with AEW.

Mike Bailey is interviewed. He says he doesn't want to talk about Kevin Knight. He says Don Callis took a lot from him and he will take something from him. He says he's coming for Mark Davis' AEW National Title. 

AEW World Title - MJF (c) vs Kenny Omega

Kenny can't challenge for the title again if he loses.

KO misses a flying knee and they trade punches. MJF double throat thrusts him. KO germans him. MJF headscissor rolls him over the top to the floor. MJF goes into the crowd and KO follows. KO clubs on him and chops him. MJF eye rakes him in the crowd. MJF teases throwing him into seats then poses on the seats.

KO sends MJF into the seats. MJF's head is banged off the seats. KO throws MJF over the rail into ringside. MJF puts the ref in the way to block Kenny inside and then hits mounted shots on KO. MJF bites KO's head. 

MJF bites KO's head. MJF slingshots KO into a cutter. They fight on the stage. MJF's head is banged off a lifeguard's chair. KO moonsaults off of it onto MJF. KO throws MJF into the ring. KO top rope dropkicks him from behind in the ring. KO tope con hilos him outside. KO over the back bulldogs him inside. KO is tripped into the ropes. KO dragon suplexes him. MJF hits kicks and forearms. KO and MJF double clothesline each other. MJF package piledrivers him for 2. 

KO flying facekicks MJF off the apron through the commentary table. We go to PiP break and return. They fight outside. KO finlay rolls him on the floor then moonsaults him off the rail. MJF gets his knees up on that. MJF tombstones KO on an open chair seat.

MJF holds his knee in the ring after going down on it. KO running knees him. KO germans him. KO flying pumping knees him from behind against the buckles. MJF 2nd rope poisonrana's him right on his head. MJF heatseeker piledrivers him over the 2nd rope and KO of course kicks out. 

MJF grabs his title belt. MJF gives the title to the ref. MJF grabs his Dynamite Diamond Ring. Will Ospreay comes out and takes it from MJF. KO goes to hit MJF with the title. MJF begs off. KO drops the title. MJF low blows KO and hits him with the title...for a 1 count. 

KO hits punches on MJF. KO pumping knees MJF three times. KO hits a one-winged angel and pins MJF.

Thoughts: They did too much here with Kenny surviving a 2nd rope poisonrana on his head, title shots and low blows. I would have been fine with this one if it weren't the last few minutes, but then it got out of hand. There's been too many world title changes lately and it's expected that Will Ospreay will win the world title at All In, which will cause another title change. I was wondering how they would get out of this as Kenny was obviously going to be challenging for this again, but I didn't think he would outright beat MJF.

Overall thoughts: This show was almost all wrestling in here with not much else going on non-wrestling wise. I was fine with the opener. Takeshita and Kyle had some bad no selling from Kyle which hurt it for me. Will and Mox basically won a squash but it was fine. The Casino Gauntlet match was average. MJF and Kenny went too far by the end of their match and as Kenny as basically no selling 2nd rope poisonrana's. Kenny winning was a surprise and I don't love the AEW Title changing hands yet again, especially when it's almost a given that Ospreay is winning it at All In. Effort wise, this would have been a 7 out of 10 as they had a few PPV worthy matches here. But this was all wrestling and I really only liked two of five matches here. I think I'd still give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it kept my interest, they tried to make it feel like a special show and the show was okay overall.