AEW Dynamite 8/26/2026

AEW Dynamite 8/26/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-dynamite-8192026.html

We are in Glasgow, Scotland. Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary. 

Will Ospreay comes out to talk. Will said he doubted if he could come back after surgery and doubted if he could win the big one. Will said he started in England and Scotland before coming to AEW and NJPW. He says he went through hard times to defend the UK and show it's where the best wrestle. He said he loved it. He talks about some UK wrestlers from the past. He says Kenny Omega isn't here tonight and says no one respects him more than him. 

He says he lost respect for him when he mentioned his step son. He says Kenny is getting "The Billy Goat" for sure. he says he will give him the match of his life. He says there's a dent that needs paid. He says it's time to bring it home. He says he will show that heroes are ordinary people that can do extraordinary things. He says he's taking it all on Sunday.  

AEW Continental Cup Semifinal - Jon Moxley vs Claudio Castagnoli

They do  double knuckle lock and go to the mat. CC hits chops and euros. Mox chops back. CC takes him down. CC forearms Mox down from the apron. Mox figure fours CC on the floor. CC giant swings him on the floor and into the rails. 

We go to PiP break and return. CC hits euros. Mox slaps him and throws him out. Mox topes him. Mox holds his arm and hits a corner lariat. Mox its mounted corner punches. CC euros him. They facekick each other and double clotheslline each other down. 

They trade shots and CC drops him. Mox cutters him. CC armbars him. CC swings him with a sleeper on the mat. Mox goes for an armbar on the mat. CC giant swings Mox. Mox cradles him for 2 and CC euros him down for 2. CC euros him and Mox goes out. Mox comes back in and is curbstomped. 

CC neutralizers him for 2. Mox double arm ddt's him for 1. Mox curbstomps him then hits a death rider ddt for 2. Mox bulldog chokes him and CC is out. Mox wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't super exciting. It was a slower match and I didn't think it was that good. The crowd didn't seem that into it either. They did some of each other's moves here and Mox won as expected. Mox seemed to hurt his left arm here, which isn't good with All In coming up.

The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) and Adam Copeland vs The Don Callis Family (Brian Cage, Jake Doyle and Rocky Romero)

Cope side headlocks Jake. Cope hits shoulderblocks and Jake shoulders him back. Jake takes a double back elbow. The Bucks hit stereo bulldogs on Cage and Jake. RR takes a sunset flip + german. Cage is then held for a dropkkick which sends him off the apron. 

Jake is PK'd from the apron. RR takes a slingshot facebuster. Cage F-5's a Buck onto the apron. We go to PiP break and return. Cage a takes a spin kick from a Buck. Cage takes a 2nd rope hurricanrana. Cope comes in and flying shoulders Jake over. Cope hits shots on RR and Cage. Jake knocks his partners over on accident. Cope flapjacks Jake. Jake bodyblocks Cope. Jake is swept into a double superkick. Cage eats a double superkick. Cage rolls up Cope for 2. 

Cope takes running corner attacks. Cope takes a tower bridge, an F-5 and a shiranui for 2. Cage gets bridged on the 2nd rope and a takes a top rope swanton from a Buck. A Buck dropkicks Jake. Cage takes double superkicks and RR hits a double hurricanrana. RR poses then is double superkicked from behind. The Bucks hit  slingshot plancha's outside. Cope spears RR and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the usual Bucks match with them doing every spot they know and everyone else just kind of being there along for the ride. It was acceptable as it didn't go too long but I can't imagine Cope was real thrilled with this one. I was surprised Cope even teamed with The Bucks since they haven't been getting along. 

Christian Cage comes out after. Cage tells The Bucks to sit down and shut their mouths. Cage says they have been influential but aren't legends like them. Cage says some people call their match a dream match but it's another day at the office. He says they will find out the difference between influence and legendary. The Bucks say they have named things after them but asked if they ever named a company after them. A Buck says they accidentally superkicked him last time but it won't be one next time. 

Cage low blows a Buck and is superkicked. Cope then spears a Buck. Cage and Cope then hold their titles up.

Willow Nightingale is supposed to come out but Mercedes Mone drops her. Willow is holding her own wrist and hand. She says this is Willow's last Dynamite as champ. She says her smile will be gone for good on Sunday. 

Don Callis and Mark Davis are interviewed. Don says he's back from Croatia and feels refreshed. He says the winner of Omega/Ospreay will have a surprise. He says Mark Davis drew a number and if it's called, he will win the Casino Gauntlet and bring the title home. 

MJF initially comes out to Andrade El Idolo's music but then his music hits. MJF says it's great to be here in "Ireland" and he asks what the difference is? He says he paid off some people to warm up Andrade and he's not here. MJF says MJF is here though. 

MJF says he can do all the things Andrade does. He says finding a to woman here is impossible and offers to take a photo with a girl in the front row. He says he has to say a crappy catchphrase first. Andrade then shows up behind him and says his "How you know?" line. Andrade then nails MJF with the mic and hits knees to the gut. MJF then escapes up the ramp.

Chris Jericho does a promo. He says it's the biggest week in AEW history. He says he's the first AEW champ and knows how important that is. He says that's why he's entering the Casino Gauntlet. He says he wanted to get some momentum heading in and will be in a trios match on Collision. 

AEW Continental Cup Semifinal - Kyle O'Reilly vs Nigel McGuinness

Nigel trips him to start and Kyle tries to block it. Kyle then tries to trip him and Nigel just kind of walks out of it. Kyle takes him down by the wrist. 

Nigel snapmares him twice and Kyle wristlocks him. Nigel then gives Kyle the ref's arm and Kyle grabs her. Nigel headbutts him in the chest and euros him. Nigel throws him down by the arm. Kyle jumping knees him and legsweeps him.

Nigel's leg is banged off the apron edge. Kyle flying knees him off the apron. We go to PiP break and return. Nigel ankle locks him while holding the other leg. Nigel top wristlock takedowns him. Nigel tries rebound lariat and is knee'd in the gut. Kyle PK's him for 2. Kyle ankle locks him the nstomps the ankle into the mat. Kyle clips him then does a grounded sleeper. Kyle tries another pin on him.

They trade forearms. Kyle seems to have a busted cheek. Nigel euros him and rolls him up for 2. Nigel goes a crossface. Kyle lays while doing a half-crab and Nigel rope breaks. 

They trade forearms for euros. They bang heads and Nigel rebound lariats him for 2. Nigel then submits him with a london dungeon.

Thoughts: It was all technical wrestling here with some hard shots thrown in. Nigel worked the arm a bit before winning with an arm submission. The big news here was Kyle's cheek/area under the eye swelling up here. Nigel was the favorite going in as Britain is his home. I don't know if Nigel winning was really the best call for things storyline wise though. It was okay.

Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher are interviewed. Don says there's always competition amongst alpha athletes but he expects them to run the play. Kyle says he trusts Don. He says he's willing to run the play. He wonders if Okada will. Kazuchika Okada comes in. He says Kyle can trust him. Kyle says Okada didn't turst him last week when he got jumped. Okada says he's always thinking about himself and says, "Family Kyle, Family".

Maya World and The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor) vs Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) and Persephone

Meg shoves Maya over then shoulders her over. Meg catches her in the air and overhead belly to belly suplexes her. Meg hits corner spears. Lena boots Maya in the corner. Pers running back elbows Maya.

Pers takes an atomic drop into a running boot to the face. Pers' head is banged off the buckles. Pers takes corner lariats. Maya jumps off of Alex's back onto Pers in the corner. Pers takes a double suplex. Maya 2nd rope moonsaults Pers. 

We go to break and return. Lena hits Jamie in the corner. Jamie takes facekicks in the corner and a german for 2. The Birds and Dominion fight. Meg and Jamie double lariat each other down. 

Maya comes in and flying headscissors Pers. Maya 2nd rope leg lariats Pers for 2. Maya casadora stunners Meg then takes a big pump kick from Lena. Everyone starts hitting a move in sequence and Meg flying lariats Jamie. 

Meg and Lena take germans. Pers hits a top rope double dropkick. Pers lariats Maya. Maya springboard stunners Pers. Jamie's crossbody is caught off the apron and Alex cannonballs them all down. Pers hits Maya in the face with the TBS Title. Pers top rope splashes Maya and pins her.

Thoughts: The finish was random with Pers beating Maya. I didn't expect that one. What we got was fine. Lena hit a stiff pump kick on Maya here. 

Swerve Strickland vs Jack Perry

JP side headlocks him. SS shoulders him over. JP then shoulders him over. JP flying headscissors SS then SS lariats him. SS chops him in the corner and JP chops back. SS pounds on him in the corner. 

SS blocks a sunset bomb and stomps JP. JP dropkicks him in the knee. JP's 2nd rope hurricanrana is blocked. JP is swung into the post, hitting his head off of it. We go to PiP break and return. 

SS 2nd rope euros him in the back of the neck. SS does a gori special variation. JP armdrags him out of the ring. JP shiranui's him on the floor. JP topes him twice then tope con hilos him. JP top rope moonsaults him.

They go back in. JP nearly takes a bad fall off a top rope moonsault in the ring and JP ddt's him. SS hits chops. JP superkicks him and SS flying single leg kicks him. SS top rope double stomps him but JP no sells it and STF's him. JP hurricanrana's him for 2. 

JP comes off the 2nd rope, takes a JML driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: They had some messy moments here and the finish was kind of messed up. Swerve just couldn't catch him like he was supposed to and it brought this one down. Swerve won here but his booking has been all over the place and this didn't do much for him.

We get a video on Will Ospreay vs Kenny Omega.

 Overall thoughts: Kenny Omega didn't show up here. There's no excuse for it. This is the last Dynamite before the biggest show of the year and he's in the main event. That's just no acceptable in 2026. It was a bit of a weird card otherwise. It was heavy on the wrestling and because it was the go home show, we didn't get a lot of developments. I really don't get why Mox/CC was the opener instead of the main since it was the biggest match on here. The crowd was either quiet or not mic'd well here also. 

I didn't like Mox/CC and thought it was boring. Cope's trios tag was fine as was Kyle/Nigel.The women's trios match was also alright. The main wasn't that good with Swerve struggling to catch Jack Perry multiple times which hurt the match. 

I'd give it a 5 out of 10. It didn't do much to hype me up for All In and the show just felt off. I thought it was average.