AEW Dynamite 10/6/2026 Grand Slam France

AEW Dynamite 10/6/2026 Grand Slam France

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/aew-dynamite-9302026-tribute-to-pac.html

Note - This was on a Tuesday and went up against NXT. 

We are in Paris, France. Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

ROH World Title - Bandido (c) vs Kofi

Pac's name is still on the ROH Title from when Bandido put it on there (on ROH's Monday show). Creed and Brody are down there for each wrestler.

They lock up and Kofi wristlocks him. Band rolls and headflips out. Band then dances. Band wristlocks him. Kofi headflips out and dances. Band side headlocks him. Kofi flips out of a monkey flip. Band then does the same. They try to dropkick each other at the same time and Kofi dropkicks him out. Kofi dropkicks him off the apron and tope con hilos him.

Kofi is caught coming off the top and Band delay suplexes him. Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana come down. Adam Page then comes down. We go to PiP break and return. 

Kofi legdrops Band. Kofi single leg dropkicks him. Kofi kicks him out of the corner and top rope crossbodies him for 2. Kofi jumping lariats him. Kofi hits a boom legdrop. Band superkicks him. Band top rope tornillo's him for 2. 

Kofi springboard dropkicks him for 2. Band pop up kicks him and Kofi single leg M.Bison stomps him. Band boots him out of the corner and superkicks him. Band is caught coming off the 2nd rope and Kofi ranhei's him into the buckles.

Kofi top rope crossbodies Band's back for 2. Band top rope moonsault slams him for 2. Page and Swerve have words outside. Kofi blocks a reverse GTS and hits a ranhei for 2. Page and Swerve then push each other and get separated. Band hits a 21plex on Kofi and pins him. 

Thoughts: They should have ended it with the moonsault slam, but it was fine otherwise. Kofi kept Band in check a bit and got some decent wrestling out of him. This was alright and worked out well. This was a bit of a random one. Kofi losing doesn't really hurt him as he's not a singles guy right now anyway.

Will Ospreay and Mike Bailey are interviewed. Will says he lost 11 out of 13 times to Okada. He says Clockwork Carnage is a great opportunity and his creation. Mike says he wants to win that match and won't hold anything back if they fight. Will says he will hold nothing back tonight. 

Clock Carnage Qualifying Match - Samoa Joe vs Jack Perry

JP runs at him and is lifted and dropped. Joe punches him. Joe no sells chops in the corner. JP corner dropkicks him. JP hits kicks in the corner. JP lariats him down. 

JP running forearms him in the corner then takes a corner uranage. Joe back elbows him down outside then chops him over the rail outside. Joe then suplexes him on the floor. Joe elbow drops him inside. We go to PiP break and return.

Joe walks away from a moonsault. Joe chops him down. Joe hits punches. JP superkicks him. JP hits mounted corner punches. JP pushes Joe's head into the buckles with his feet. Joe back elbows him down. JP dropkicks him. JP gets a 2 count on him and does a snare trap. JP wraparound kicks him on the post thne takes a uranage on the floor.

JP beats the 10 count in and gives Joe the finger. Joe sentons him. Joe goes for a choke and JP gets a 2 count on him. JP superkicks him. Jack sits up top and is enzugiri'd. Joe muscle busters him. Joe then pins him.

Thoughts: Joe thankfully won here. They had the right idea though Jack's offense was a little hard to buy at times vs the much bigger Joe. This was fine. Joe bled a little from the head here.

Kazuchika Okada does a promo outside at the Arc de Triomphe. He says his English has gotten good he's been told but his French has gotten better. He says he will make history in Paris and they will have to build the Arc Okada when he wins. He says he becomes the new AEW champ tonight. 

The Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Gabe Kidd) vs The Don Callis Family (Mark Davis and Jake Doyle)

Gabe and Mark run into each other and trade chops. Gabe forearms him and side headlocks him. Gabe takes a double shoulderblock. Mox shoulder battles with Jake and knocks him over. Mox sliding lariats him and Gabe sentons him for 2.

Gabe headbutt flurries Jake in the corner. Jake lariats Gabe out of the corner and Gabe knocks him down with a lariat. Mark spinning forearms Gabe. Mox lariats Mark over the top rope. Mox's tope is caught and Mox/Mark double clothesline each other on the floor. Jake and Gabe lariat battle in the ring. They double lariat each other down. They then lariat each other at the same time and go down together again.

We go to PiP break and return. Mox armbars Jake and does a bulldog choke. Jake escapes. Mark running lariats Mox. Jake sitout powerbombs Mox for 2.  Mox is stomped on by Jake and Mark. Mox cutters Mark. Gabe tags in and drops Jake with a lariat. Gabe lariats Mark twice. Mark enzugiri's him. Gabe rebound lariats Mark for 2.

Gabe brainbusters Mark for 2. Jake and Mox go out together. Gabe running knees Mark. Gabe sunset flips him. Gabe no sells a backdrop then Mark does as well. Mark lariats Gabe down then gutwrench piledrivers him. Mark pins him.

Thoughts: Big upset with Mark pinning Gabe. I would have bet money on Mox's team winning. It was a hard hitting match with a lot of lariats and it was alright.

Nick Wayne talks Chris Jericho. He says Jericho saw a lot of himself in him. Nick tells him to say that he will be a star and a multi-time champ. Nick says he doesn't respect him, just what he has done. He says when he beats him in France, it will mean he's better than he was then and now.

AEW TNT Title - Darby Allin (c) vs Kyle Fletcher

They hit each other to start. KF hits corner forearms and DA shotgun dropkicks him in the corner. DA's tope is caught and KF lawn darts him into the rails. DA hits forearms on KF and pulls his ears. DA top rope plancha's him over the rail and over a table.

DA topes KF into the rails. They fight on the commentary table. DA hits forearms there. DA is back body dropped onto the other table and he gets flipped face and knees first into it. 

KF stomps DA. DA grounded guillotines him in the ring. KF slams him. KF slams him. KF poses on the ropes. We go to PiP break and return. KF superkicks him. DA reverse ddt's him and KF pulls the top buckle off. DA and KF trade forearms. KF lariats him down. DA cradles him for 2 and KF michinoku drivers him for 2. DA rakes KF's back. DA 2nd rope code red's him. DA then does a regular code red for 2. 

DA misses a top rope coffin drop on the apron. KF running corner facekicks him then brainbusters him for 2. KF snap half and half suplexes him. KF forearms him in the corner. KF brainbusters him on the top rope. DA takes a bad looking bump down to the floor.

KF gets a 2 count on him. DA is busted open. KF hits elbows to the busted open head of DA. KF's head is rammed into the exposed buckle. DA scorpion deathlocks him. KF rope breaks. DA top rope coffin drops him twice and pins him.

Thoughts: They didn't overdo it too bad but the selling wasn't that good. Darby took a hard brainbuster on the top buckle here that busted him open big time. I was a little surprised to see Kyle lose since he's had a lot of titles lately. It was alright.

The Dogs say The Young Bucks go to war with them in Paris. They say they beat them one and will do it again. The Bucks say they are the tag champs and say to get ready. One of them says, "What's a dog doing?", then he barks. 

Queen Aminata is interviewed. She ends up talking in French and says she will be the new AEW Women's champ.

AEW Women's Title - Mercedes Mone (c) vs Queen Aminata

Mone wears a beret out. She then stomps on it.

Queen hits forearms on MM and backbreakers her. Queen hits mounted corner punches. Queen snapmares her and goes for chocolate kisses. Mone flying headscissors her into a crossface. Queen rolls her into chocolate kisses.

Queen PK's her. Mone dragon screws her over the 2nd rope the meteora's her from the apron to the floor. We go to PiP break and return. Queen double chops her and headbutts her down for 2. Queen hits lariats and suplexes her. 

Mone rolls her up for 2. Queen cradles her for 2. Mone knees her in the face. Mone hits 2 suplexes and takes a twisting fisherman's neckbreaker for 2. 

Mone backcrackers her. Mone sunset bombs her in the corner. Mone misses a conrer meteora then takes a broski boot in the corner. Queen 2nd rope double stomps Mone for 2. Queen electric chair germans her. Queen running knees her off the apron.

Mone slides out and pulls Queen face first into an open chair. Mone is tripped face first into the chair. Mone is sat in the chair and Queen running dropkicks her from the apron.

Queen then gets a 2 count on her inside. Mone uses her knees and drops Queen chest first onto them. Mone then pins her with a money maker.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout and Mone won as expected. Queen mostly stuck to strikes and Mone took some big bumps for her. I liked this and it went well.

Thekla comes out and Mone tries to hit her with the title. Thek spears her. Thek grabs the title and taunts her with it. 

Swerve Strickland and The New Level do a promo. Swerve asks what Pae is doing by getting involved in their matches. Swerve says they beat them at All In and All Out. Swerve says if he wants a rematch they will beat them every single time. Creed wants a 2/3 falls match for the trios titles at Wrestledream.

AEW World Title - Will Ospreay (c) vs Kazuchika Okada

Don Callis is with Okada.

Will wristlocks him. KO trips him and grab his leg. The crowd chants for Will and KO mocks the crowd. KO cleanbreaks Will and waves his arms around. KO shoulders him over. Will monkey flips him and armdrags him. Will sweeps him. Will ducks a rainmaker and they stand off. 

KO boots him in the gut. Will flying headscissors him down. Will slingshot plancha's him outside. Will slams him and knee drops him for 2. Will chops him in the corner. Will boots him out of the corner then he gets dropkicked down to the floor when he sits up top.

We go to PiP break and return. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Will drops him with shots. Will springboard forearms him for 2. KO hits an over the back neckbreaker on the knee. KO slams him then top rope elbow drops him. 

KO gives the crowd the finger. KO facekicks him. Will flips off of him and step up enzugiri's him. KO gets his knees up on a standing corkscrew moonsault. KO goes for a dropkick and takes a sitout powerbomb. They trade forearms. KO euros him.

Will drops him with a shot to the face. Will os cutters him on the apron. KO comes back in and Will flying dropkicks him. Will springboards and is dropkicked down. KO rainmakers him for 2. KO shotgun dropkicks him. KO dropkicks him. KO goes for a rainmaker but takes one from Will. Will ripcord spinning forearms him in the back of the neck. Will hits a styles clash on him for 2. KO short arm lariats him. 

Will back elbows him then running hidden blades him for 2. Will hits a stormbreaker for 2. Will hidden blades him and pins him.

Thoughts: Will won as expected. It was another okay match here. Okada kept Will in check and didn't do anything too wild. They didn't go all the way out or get as much time as it would have on a PPV, but what we got was more than enough for free TV. 

Mike Bailey comes out for Will. We see Samoa Joe looking on in the aisle. 

Overall thoughts: This oddly only went a few minutes overtime. I was expecting this to go until 10:30PM or so. I had no problem with this at all. Every match was fine here and we got a near PPV level show on TV, which you can't beat. No one went all out like they would on a PPV, but it was more than enough. I would say the main was the match of the night here. It was a good show and probably about as good as you can get on TV wrestling wise. I'd give this an easy 7 out of 10 and I liked it.