AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - November 26th, 2025
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AEW Dynamite
This week, a special DYNAMITE: THANKSGIVING EVE arrives in Nashville. Babes of Wrath battle the Sisters of Sin in the semifinals of the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament. Plus, the 2025 Continental Classic kicks off with League matches, and much more!
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Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness greet audiences at home as Kyle Fletcher makes his way to the ring. Kazuchika Okada follows, and Don Callis has joined the announce desk.
AEW Continental Classic Match: Kyle Fletcher vs. Kazuchika Okada
The bell rings and the two lock up. Fletcher delivers a bodyslam to Okada, but Okada fires off right hands on Fletcher. Fletcher sends Okada crashing into the mat with a bulldog and pins him, but Okada kicks out. Fletcher then ascends to the top rope, but Okada sends the referee crashing into the ropes to trip Fletcher before he begs the referee for forgiveness.
Back from the break, Fletcher delivers a superplex to Okada. He fires off right hands on Okada's head, then sends him crashing into the mat spine first. Okada responds with a shoulderbreaker to Fletcher, then ascends to the top rope. Fletcher meets Okada up there, but Okada flies off the middle rope to level Fletcher and flips off the crowd.
Fletcher charges at Okada, but Okada rolls out of the ring. Fletcher then looks to land a kick on Okada's chest, but Okada sees him coming and delivers a DDT to Fletcher. He fires off boots on the side of Fletcher's face, and the two men exchange right hands with one another before Okada fires off forearms on Fletcher and lands a shotgun dropkick that sends him crashing into the corner.
Okada connects with a Tombstone on Fletcher and sets up for the Rain Maker, but Fletcher sends him crashing into the mat. He delivers a powerbomb and goes for a pin, but Okada kicks out and Fletcher lands a kick on the back of his neck. Fletcher then rolls up Okada for the win.
Winner: Kyle Fletcher
After the match, Fletcher extends his hand to Okada. Okada shakes it, and Don Callis raises both Fletcher and Okada's hands.
We then head backstage, where Lexy Nair catches up with Kenny Omega outside of Omega's dressing room. Omega expresses his willingness to forgive The Young Bucks for all they've done before we see Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson emerge from Omega's dressing room.
Back at ringside, Sisters of Sin make their way to the ring. Babes of Wrath follow.
AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament Match: Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron
Harley Cameron and Julia Hart begin the action. The bell rings and the two women stare one another down. Willow Nightingale tags in and delivers a senton to Hart, then goes for a pin but Skye Blue breaks the fall. Blue then tags in and Nightingale fires off clotheslines on her in the corner. She pins Blue with a backslide, but Blue kicks out.
Cameron tags in, and Nightingale sends Cameron crashing on top of Blue. Hart tags in and trips Cameron, then connects with a moonsault on her and goes for a pin. Cameron kicks out, but Blue tags back in and Cameron delivers a pair of splashes to her in opposite corners. She rains down right hands on her, then connects with a Twisting Neckbreaker on her and goes for a pin. Cameron kicks out.
Back from the break, Hart wears down Cameron with a Tarantula using the ring ropes for extra leverage. Nightingale and Blue tag in, but unaware Blue has tagged in, she delivers a spinebuster to Hart and pins her. Blue blindsides Nightingale from behind and levels her with a Tornado DDT.
Cameron tags back in and Nightingale sends her crashing on top of Blue. Cameron then connects with a kick to Blue's head and follows it up with a Russian Leg Sweep, then ascends to the middle rope. Hart tags back in and Blue delivers a powerbomb to Cameron. Hart then connects with a moonsault on Cameron and goes for a pin, but Nightingale breaks the fall. Nightingale then makes the blind tag in and levels Blue with a right hand as Cameron delivers a backstabber to Hart. Nightingale then connects with the Doctor Bomb on Hart and pins her for the win.
Winners: Babes of Wrath
Tony Schiavone introduces Samoa Joe, and he makes his way to the ring along with Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata.
Joe tells Schiavone not to ruin his AEW World Championship and dismisses him from the ring, but we see Swerve Strickland and "Hangman" Adam Page pull into the arena with chains in hand. Joe insists there's still going to be an AEW World Championship celebration as members of The Opps Dojo appear at ringside to surround the ring.
Joe says everything went to plan at Full Gear, then throws it to a video of The Opps' recent accomplishments. He says fans finally have a champion they can call the greatest of the industry, then says he wants to bring out the lynchpin of this entire endeavour and introduces HOOK.
HOOK's music hits and he makes his way to the ring. Joe hugs HOOK, and HOOK says the fans are looking at the greatest second generation wrestler the professional wrestling business has ever seen.
Strickland's music cuts off HOOK, but he doesn't appear on the entrance ramp. We instead see Strickland in the crowd wrapped in chains as Page's music hits and we see him take a shot and grab a beer bottle with the chain around his neck. They take out the members of The Opps Dojo, but The Opps have time to retreat up the entrance ramp. Strickland uses a staple gun on one of The Opps' Dojo members as Page uses a chain on the other one, and Page and Strickland then deliver powerbombs to The Opps Dojo members.
Jon Moxley makes his way to the ring. Mascara Dorada follows.
AEW Continental Classic Match: Jon Moxley vs. Mascara Dorada
The bell rings and the two lock up. Moxley wears down Dorada with a submission hold, but Dorada levels Moxley with a tijeras. Moxley delivers a tope suicida to take out Dorada on the outside, but Dorada runs off the entrance ramp and jumps in an effort to fly and take out Moxley. Moxley is waiting with a right hand for Dorada, then sends him crashing into the mat with a Brainbuster back inside the ring.
Back from the break, Dorada ascends to the top rope and connects with a Tornillo Arm Drag on Moxley. He rocks him with an enzuigiri and connects with a Code Red, but Moxley rains down right hands on Dorada. Dorada cinches in an armbar on Moxley, but Moxley manages to escape.
Dorada sets up for a Shooting Star Press on Moxley off the top rope, but Moxley transitions into a sleeper hold. Dorada fades.
Winner: Jon Moxley
After the match, Marina Shafir joins Moxley in the ring. Toni Storm's music hits and she makes her way out. She says that while Moxley operates out of hate, she operates out of love before she reveals that herself and Mina Shirakawa have decided to face Shafir and Megan Bayne in a Hardcore Holiday Death Match for their in a AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament semifinals match.
Darby Allin makes his way to the ring. Kevin Knight follows.
AEW Continental Classic Match: Darby Allin vs. Kevin Knight
The bell rings and the two lock up. Allin connects with an arm drag on Knight, but Knight responds with a Monkey Flip to Allin. Allin whips Knight into the barricade midsection first and charges at him, but Knight moves out of the way and delivers a moonsault off the barricade to level Allin. Knight dumps Allin back in the ring, but Allin sends him crashing back out and connects with a Tope Con Hilo on Knight.
Back from the break, Allin delivers a dropkick to Knight off the entrance ramp and dumps him back inside the ring. He pins Knight, but Knight kicks out and Allin sets up for the Scorpion Death Drop. Knight avoids it and flies over the top rope with a clothesline to level Allin on the entrance ramp. He dumps him back inside and sets up for the UFO Splash off the top rope, but Allin sees Knight coming and delivers a Code Red to him. He goes for a pin, but Knight kicks out. Knight then delivers the UFO Splash to Allin and pins him for the win.
Winner: Kevin Knight
We get a history lesson with FTR, as we see all three of their tag team title wins. We will hear from Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler on the Thanksgiving episode of AEW Collision on Thursday night.
Eddie Kingston appears in a brief backstage direct-to-camera promo segment. He tells Samoa Joe he heard him mention his name. He says he's gonna beat his boy Katsuyori Shibata tomorrow night.
AEW Continental Classic Match: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Orange Cassidy
The bell rings and Cassidy rolls up Castagnoli. Castagnoli kicks out, then connects with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on Cassidy and follows it up with a running uppercut on him on the outside.
Back from the break, Castagnoli delivers a knee to Cassidy's midsection. Cassidy sends Castagnoli crashing into the corner and follows it up with a DDT to him on the outside, then dumps him back in the ring. Castagnoli responds by raining down Hammer and Anvil elbows on Cassidy and follows it up with The Swing to him, but Cassidy connects with a Tornado DDT on Castagnoli and calls for the Orange Punch. Castagnoli sees Cassidy coming and catches him with a pop-up uppercut, but Cassidy sends Castagnoli crashing into the mat with a Beach Break and goes for a pin. Castagnoli kicks out.
Castagnoli levels Cassidy with a clothesline and sets up for the Neutralizer on him. Cassidy counters into a roll up, but Castagnoli kicks out and delivers a pop-up uppercut to Cassidy for the win.
Winner: Claudio Castagnoli
After the match, Renee Paquette looks to catch up with The Death Riders. However, before she can speak with them, a major brawl breaks out between The Death Riders, Roderick Strong, Kevin Knight, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, Mascara Dorada, The Don Callis Family, and Cassidy. Dorada delivers a moonsault off the top rope to level everyone else on the outside as we see Kazuchika Okada watching from the top of the entrance ramp. Cassidy intercepts Wheeler Yuta with an Orange Punch as the show goes off the air.
