AEW Dynamite 10/28/2026 Fright Night Dynamite
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/aew-dynamite-10212026.html
We are in St. Louis, MO. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.
They have some caskets and Halloween decorations set up for this.
The Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia) vs The Cut (Jay White and David Finlay)
Mox shoulders DF over after some basic holds. Mox chops him. Mox dragon screws DF then DF gets his legs split. DF boots DG in the corner. Jay boots DG in the corner. DG chops Jay then dragon screws him. Mox gets clipped by DF and stomped on.
Jay foot chokes Mox and stomps his leg. Jay hits corner spears on Mox. Jay dropkicks him in the knee and bangs his leg off the mat. Jay chinlocks Mox. Mox backdrops Jay. DG comes in and hits shots on Jay. DG running lariats him. DG hits mounted corner punches on both opponents.
DG rolls Jay into a dragon tamer. DF helps Jay break. The Riders then hit the heels outside. We go to PiP break and return. DG hits a twist and shout on DF. Mox tags in and hits mounted corner punches on DF. Mox piledrivers him and knocks Jay off the apron. Jay is sent into the steps.
Mox armbars DF and Jay breaks it up. Mox double underhook ddt's Jay. Jay takes running corner lariats. Jay then is sent into a cutter. Mox topes DF outside. DG rolls up Jay for 2.
Ace Austin comes out. Wheeler Yuta knocks Ace off the apron and beats him up. Clark Connors spears DG. Jay blade runners DG.
Thoughts: It was an okay bout here. The Cut, which just changed it's name from The Last Outfit, had to win here. The Death Riders were kind of fun as pure faces here.
The Cut and The Death Riders fight after. Claudio Castagnoli joins in. The Cut run and Mox gets on the mic. Mox asks where they think they are going. Mox challenges them to Anarchy in the Arena at Full Gear. Schiavone then stupidly brings up that they are skipping Blood and Guts to do that match.
We see clips from Collision of Willow, Harley and Kris setting up their Blood and Guts match.
Kyle Fletcher vs Jack Perry
KF goes to hug Don Callis at commentary then JP hugs Taz are commentary. KF backs up JP in the corner. JP side headlocks him then KF shoulders him over. KF wristlocks JP.
KF slams JP. JP dropkicks KF. JP slides under the ring and dropkicks KF into the rails. KF is sent into and over the rails. KF lays on the top rail and JP dropkicks him as he hangs off of it.
KF leg lariats JP off the apron. KF PK's him from the apron. We go to PiP break and return. KF slams him three times. JP running lariats him. JP topes him twice. JP's tope con hilo is caught and KF hits a nasty apron edge powerbomb on him. JP superkicks him on the apron. JP 2nd rope diving hurricanrana's him off the apron to the floor. JP top rope moonsaults him outside. JP top rope moonsaults inside for 2.
KF half and half suplexes JP. JP dropkicks KF. KF running corner facekicks him then brainbusters him for 2. JP bites KF's head on the buckles. JP bites him in the crotch and sitout powerbombs him for 2. KF back body drops him.
JP poisonrana's him. JP does a snare trap. JP 2nd rope hurricanrana's him. JP comes off the top and KF superkicks him in mid-air. KF lawn darts him and corner facekicks him. KF botches a brainbuster on the buckles/2nd rope and pins Jack.
Thoughts: I didn't like it at all. It was the usual Kyle match where he does a bunch of stuff and little gets sold and little means anything.
Doyle and Mark Davis celebrate with Kyle after and put him on their shoulders. Kyle talks on the mic and says he just decimated someone who was supposed to be a pillar in the company. He says he beat a legend in Cope last week and beat Will Ospreay. He says Davis and Doyle will become tag champs. He says he beat Will at Full Gear before and will do it again. He dares Will to put the AEW Title on the line as he says he's the uncrowned AEW champ. He says no one can touch him, he's the best and he will prove it at Full Gear.
Dean Malenko narrates a Blood and Guts video.
The New Level are interviewed in the ring by Renee. Creed says Swerve was talking crazy about a Texas Death Match. Kofi says they came to face the best competition, but they want to clockout and go home to their families. Creed says it doesn't sound appealing to be in that match. Kofi says they need to hate their opponents, but they haven't been around enough to hate them. Creed says they kind of like Bandido, King and Page. Creed says they will be new World Trios champs.
Brody King comes down and asks where Bandido is. Creed says they didn't see Swerve and asks him where he is. Adam Page comes out and says Brody doesn't know what Texas Death Matches do to you. He says he lost years of his life. Page says not to give them what they want.
Prince Nana comes out and dances. He then points to a video of Swerve on the tron. Swerve has Bandido's mask somewhere and Bandido is bloody. Swerve says to give him the match he asked for as he won't ask again. He then puts the mask back on Band.
Page tells Brody not to give Swerve what he wants. Page says they need to find Bandido and they leave to go find him.
The Don Callis Family do a promo in the back. Don says Will has to be shaking in his boots. He says Davis and Doyle will take the AEW Tag Titles and break The Young Bucks. Okada mocks Cope. Don says Steven Borden put his trust into a sea urchin and Darby is making him do things he wouldn't be doing. He says Josh Alexander will end Darby tonight. Josh says he will take the TNT Title from Darby. Don says they have something the other team doesn't have and Okada says "family". Okada then gives a cheesy smile.
Best of 5 Series, Match 3 - FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs The Motor City Machine Guns
Big Stoke is dressed up as James Brown since Halloween is near.
Dax and Alex go at it. Dax escapes a wrist lock and side headlock takeovers him. Alex headscissors and armdrag him into an armlock. Dax slams Sabin. Sabin armlocks Cash. Sabin armdrags him then Dax slams Sabin. Sabin armdrags Cash into an armlock.
Dax's taped up shoulder is rammed into the post Dax forearms Alex down. Dax is held for a basement dropkick. Cash takes a sandwich kick from his opponents. Cash goes out to stall.
Dax chops Alex in the corner. Dax suplexes him then legdrops him for 1. Dax euros Alex. Alex chops him. The Guns hit stereo forearms then stereo superkicks. FTR go out. We go to PiP break and return.
Sabin topes both FTR members outside. Sabin top rope crossbodies Dax but Dax rolls through and gets a 2 count. Sabin cradles him for 2. Sabin step up enzugiri's him. Cash powerslams Sabin. Cash is flatlinered into the 2nd buckle. Dax slingshot sitout powerbombs Alex. Sabin gets a 2 count on Dax.
Alex is pushed into the post. Sabin is crotched up top. Sabin takes a powerplex for 2. Dax takes a double kick in the corner. Sabin is pushed into Alex. Alex gets a 2 count on Dax then rolls him up again for 2. Dax takes a double superkick.
Dax is hit with a shatter machine for 2. Dax takes a top rope splash + reverse ddt combo for 2. Cash germnas Sabin and Alex sneaks out a pin to Dax to win.
Thoughts: It was alright enough but like their other matches, it was far from their best effort and it was nothing too memorable. There was nothing wrong with it though.
The two teams shake after. Stoke throws powder in The Guns' faces. Alex takes a 2nd rope double stomp to the knee.
Britt Baker, Persephone and Queen Aminata are interviewed by Lexi. Britt insults Queen. Queen says Pers can keep underestimating her but she knows who she is. She says she was taken out of Blood and Guts last year. She says she will knock Pers' head off and become TBS champ.
Tomasso Ciampa comes out. He says we are looking at the next AEW National champ. He says Idolo is injured and not here. He says he will take on Matt Sydal on Collision. He hopes Idolo will be watching as the message will be clear. He says he wants his title, rematch and wants to show he's the best signing.
Ilja Dragunov comes out. He says let's test what Ciampa said about being the best. He says Ciampa has a Collision match but nothing is stopping him from fighting him right now. They butt heads. Ciampa says not tonight.
The Conglomeration is interviewed. Kyle says things aren't done with The Cut. Roderick Strong says he doesn't care why, but he's sick of being laid out. He challenges 3 of The Cut to a Collision match and says they will beat their @sses.
Marina Shafir vs Rachel Armstrong
RA offers a handshake and takes a facekick. MS throws her into the buckles and she goes down. MS corner lariats her and hits mounted corner punches. MS hits hip throws.
RA dropkicks her. MS drops her with a gut kick. MS double underhook drops her on her knee. MS uranage's her. MS then submits her with mother's milk.
Thoughts: It was a quick and random squash with MS winning as expected.
MS gets on the mic after. She tells Mercedes Mone not be a p*ssy. Mone comes out. Mone says Ms doesn't know who she is. Mone says she has more balls than The Death Riders have combined. She slaps her and says if she wants a shot, let's see if she can handle this. MS offers her another chance to slap her. Mone slaps her multiple times.
Mone avoids a kick. The Cut attack Mox at commentary. Clark Connors hits Gabe Kidd with a tire iron. More Cut members come out. Claudio comes out and throws a trash can at Austin Gunn's head. Claudio catches Ace's slingshot plancha and throws him. Claudio then gets ganged up on.
Claudio hits a double lariat. Claudio blocks Jay White's low blow. DF hits Claudio with the shillelagh and Claudio gets knocked out.
Mox is ganged up on. Jay blade runners Claudio on the exposed floor.
AEW TNT Title - Darby Allin (c) vs Josh Alexander
DA gets hit before it starts. JA boots him in the corner. JA drops him on the apron with a slam. JA crossbodies him off the apron while he is seated on it. JA dragon screws him outside into the rails. JA stomps DA's arm into the floor. JA dragon screws DA into the steps.
JA boots the top rope into DA's arm. JA euros him. DA boots him out of the corner. JA catapults him but DA 2nd rope double stomps him off of it.
They fight on the apron. JA ankle locks him there then germans him on the apron. JA pulls DA's hand and fingers around the post. JA backdrops DA. JA goes up top and is pushed down back first onto the apron.
We go to PiP break and return. DA sweeps him on the apron. DA's coffin drop is caught off the top and JA release germans him on the floor. DA sweeps JA on the apron, traps him in the ring skirt and bangs his head off the apron. DA then hits a hard tope on him.
DA uses JA's headgear to blind him. DA sharpshooters him. DA dragon screws him around the 2nd rope then top rope coffin drops him. DA is swept on the apron. JA tombstones him off the apron onto two open chairs but JA mostly just lands knees first on the chairs.
DA of course kicks out at 2 on the pin attempt. Someone in a mask grabs Trent Barrett and it's Steven Borden. Borden lariats Rocky Romero down and sends Trent into the rails. JA slaps around DA. JA stomps DA's ankle and ankle locks him. DA rolls back and turns it into a pin. DA pins JA.
Thoughts: I didn't like it. They did a bunch of dangerous stuff here. They did too much and didn't sell all that much at all here. Both guys looked like they hurt each other at times here as well. Darby won as expected.
Darby limps up the ramp after and holds his knee and elbow.
Steven Borden and Darby Allin do a promo. He asks why his first match will be at Blood and Guts. He says Don doesn't know him well, but he wanted this. He says he saw what his dad and Darby went through at Blood and Guts. He says two rings and one cage is nothing new to his family. He talks about his Blood and Guts team. Darby says he doesn't want to talk, he wants blood and guts.
AEW TBS Title - Persephone (c) vs Queen Aminata
Queen rolls her up and cradles her for 2. Pers slaps her and gets chopped hard. Queen hits forearms. Pers chinlocks her and elbows her neck. Queen swinging facebusters her. Queen hits chocolate kisses.
Queen PK's her. Queen is on the 2nd rope and Britt grabs her. Queen is dropped face first on the top buckle. Pers chokes her on the bottom rope. We go to PiP break and return.
Pers grounded headscissors her with an armlock. Pers boots her in the face. Queen lariats Pers down twice. Queen rolls her up for 2.
Pers boots her in the gut and Queen hits a twisting fisherman's neckbreaker on her. Queen 2nd rope double stomps her for 2. Pers hits a big spear. Pers rips off Queen's tape on her back.
Pers germans her for 2. Pers asai moonsaults but Queen gets her knees up. Queen running knees her and Pers falls out of the ring. Queen forearms her outside. Queen then running dropkicks her from the apron while Pers is on a chair.
Britt Baker hits Queen with the TBS Title. Pers top rope moonsaults Queen for 2. Queen headbutts Pers down and running knees her. Queen then pins her.
Thoughts: I thought there was a good chance of Queen winning here. It was in the main and she's been featured lately for no real reason. Pers didn't really impress or anything with her reign. The title should help Queen out some and we'll see what's next for Pers. This was fine and Queen hit a lot of stiff strikes as usual.
Queen gets fireworks after and multiple girls come out to celebrate with her. Queen then gets confetti.
Overall thoughts: This had a 25 minute overrun which was a bit long. I liked the opener. I didn't like Kyle/Jack. FTR/The Guns was fine enough and maybe the match I liked best here. Darby/Josh got out of hand as expected and wasn't my thing and the main was fine enough. The show had a lot of build to Blood and Guts, though still not quite enough. The show was fine overall, but lots of names were missing on this one. I'd give it a 6 out of 10.









