AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - October 22nd, 2025

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AEW Dynamite

This week, the fallout from an incredible AEW WRESTLEDREAM sees two huge championship matches! The Hurt Syndicate challenge The Opps for the AEW World Trios Championship. Bandido vies for more gold as he faces AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada, and much more!


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— Excalibur and Bryan Danielson greet audiences at home and run down the card before throwing it to a video of some of the highlights from WrestleDream.

— The Opps make their way to the ring. The Hurt Syndicate follows.

AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Opps (c) vs. The Hurt Syndicate

All six men stare one another down before Shelton Benjamin and Katsuyori Shibata begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Benjamin runs over Shibata with a clothesline, then tags in Bobby Lashley. Samoa Joe tags in, but Lashley catches him with a flatliner and tags Benjamin back in.

Benjamin ascends to the top rope, then looks to fly. Joe moves out of the way, then tags in Powerhouse Hobbs. Benjamin rocks Hobbs with a spinning back heel kick, but Hobbs clotheslines Benjamin out of the ring. Lashley clotheslines Hobbs out of the ring, but Shibata takes down Lashley. MVP then levels Shibata.

Back from the break, Shibata jams his boot into Benjamin. Joe tags in and wears down Benjamin with a submission hold, then fires off stomps on him in the corner. Benjamin and Joe then exchange chops with one another, but Lashley and Shibata tag in. Lashley runs over Shibata with a pair of clotheslines and sends him crashing into the mat face first.

MVP and Joe tag in, and MVP sends Joe's face bouncing off his knee. MVP lands an elbow drop on Joe and goes for a pin, but Shibata breaks the fall. MVP then sets up for his finisher on Joe, but The Demand run down to the ring. Ricochet hops up on the apron to distract MVP, opening the door for Joe to cinch in the Coquina Clutch on MVP, and MVP taps out.

Winners and STILL AEW World Trios Champions: The Opps

— After the match, The Hurt Syndicate chases The Demand up the entrance ramp. Tony Schiavone gets in the ring and asks Joe why he betrayed "Hangman" Adam Page. Joe says it's simply because he exists and will hunt Page as long as he's champion, officially putting him on notice.

— We then see footage of Mercedes Mone arriving to the arena earlier today. Backstage, Renee Paquette is with the AEW Women’s World Champion, Kris Statlander. Statlander says she isn’t focused on former champion 'Timeless' Toni Storm anymore.

Instead, she is focused on what she is going to do. Statlander says she has beaten Storm and won the AEW Women’s World Championship, and asks Mone if she has done either of those things. Statlander accepts Mone’s challenge for a match at Full Gear, and tells Mone to have a nice celebration tonight.

— Darby Allin makes his way to the ring.

Allin says a lot of people called him irresponsible when he climbed Mount Everest and said he couldn't be the face of the company because of that. He says he would argue the exact opposite and says he's willing to die for AEW, then says the marks on his body from WrestleDream tell a story. He says he was never going to quit against Jon Moxley on Saturday, then says he knows The Death Riders won't disappear just like that. Allin says as long as The Death Riders are breathing, he won't be far behind them.

— Jurassic Express duo Jack Perry and Luchasaurus cut a promo after their match at WrestleDream. Jack Perry says they beat one of the most legendary tag teams of all time, and they are back to take it all in AEW, including the AEW World Tag Team titles.

— Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, Queen Aminata, Jamie Hayter, Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford, and Triangle Of Madness make their way to the ring.

Four-Way Tag Team Match: Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale vs. Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford

Skye Blue and Nightingale begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Cameron tags in and Nightingale assists Cameron in landing an elbow on Blue in the corner. Nightingale delivers a spinning slam to Blue, then sends Cameron crashing on top of Blue. Blue responds by levelling Cameron with a thrust kick, but Ford tags herself in. Blue gets in Ford's face, but Cameron fires off knees on Ford's midsection. Bayne then tags in and looks to land a double suplex on Cameron with Ford, but Nightingale comes to Ford's aid.

Hayter tags herself in and sends Ford crashing off the apron with a boot. She fires off forearms on Bayne, then tags in Aminata. Bayne delivers a double suplex to Aminata and Hayter, then lands a tope suicida on several competitors on the outside as Ford delivers a moonsault to them off the top rope.

Back from the break, Nightingale delivers a spinebuster to Blue and goes for a pin. Blue kicks out, but Cameron tags in and lands a dropkick on Nightingale. Bayne runs over Nightingale with a clothesline, but Cameron jumps on Bayne's back. Bayne sends Cameron crashing into the corner, then tags in Ford.

Ford delivers a double Stunner to Blue and Julia Hart, and Bayne immediately follows it up with a double suplex to them. Bayne gets Nightingale in an Electric Chair position as Ford ascends to the top rope, but Nightingale escapes. Hayter tags herself in, and delivers a double boot to Ford with Aminata. Aminata delivers a headbutt to Ford, and Hayter then connects with the Hayter Line on her for the win.

Winners: Queen Aminata and Jamie Hayter

— After the match, Hayter grabs a microphone and announces that herself and Aminata want to face Hart and Blue in the first round of the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament.

— Backstage, The Young Bucks are outside of Tony Khan’s office, but Renee interrupts them. Nick Jackson says they don’t know what is next for them, but they will team with and wrestle anyone in a money match. Khan finally answers the door.

Khan says he will put up $400,000 if the Bucks take on Jurassic Express and JetSpeed. They ask if it’s four-on-two, and then Khan says the Bucks can team up with these guys. FTR and Stokely walk out of his office, and Stokely says since the holidays are coming up, the Bucks could use the money more than them.

— The show heads to a commercial break after The Young Bucks and FTR finish talking. When the show returns, Renee Paquette is in the ring. She introduces Mercedes Moné, who makes her way out for her scheduled celebration as the "CEO!" theme plays.

As she makes her way out, we see a group of men head out to the ramp with the procession of belts, only for Mini Moné to appear in the ring instead, to a big pop. The puppet begins to speak. She talks about bad things happening in threes.

She continues cracking jokes, only for Mercedes' theme to play again to cut her off. A very angry Mercedes Moné comes out. She yells, telling the boys and Renee Paquette to leave. They each do. She runs down Harley for making a mockery of her.

She pokes fun at Harley begging her to be a tag partner and disrespecting the title celebration. She calls the fans “stupid, dumb marks” before shoving the puppet’s face into the cake. She pulls out Harley Cameron from under the table.

It is here where stuff goes bad for her. Kris Statlander appears as well, hoisting the CEO up and sending her face-first to the cake. She then picks the 12 title holding women's wrestling star up in the air and slam her down through the table.

— A video package is shown from after AEW WrestleDream, with Jon Moxley dealing with accepting his failure that night against Darby Allin. He says nobody in pro wrestling does what he does, running down the business for not meeting the standard he has set. He says Darby made him a liar…but he knows who he is when he looks at himself in the mirror.

— Kyle O'Reilly then makes his way to the ring. Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir follow.

Jon Moxley (w/ Marina Shafir) vs. Kyle O'Reilly

The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking one another in submission holds, but Moxley sends O'Reilly crashing out of the ring.

Back from the break, O'Reilly lands a dropkick on Moxley as Moxley sits on a chair. He dumps Moxley back in the ring, but O'Reilly fires off kicks and knees on Moxley. He trips Moxley, then lands a right hand on him in the corner and cinches in a Triangle on him. Moxley crawls over to the bottom rope to escape and catapults O'Reilly into it.

Moxley and O'Reilly brawl on the apron, but O'Reilly trips Moxley and lands a knee on him off the top rope. He cinches in an Ankle Lock on Moxley and lands a running knee on the back of his neck, then goes for a pin but Moxley kicks out. O'Reilly cinches in a cross armbreaker on Moxley, but Moxley escapes and delivers a delayed piledriver to O'Reilly. He goes for a pin, but O'Reilly kicks out. Moxley then transitions into a Bulldog Choke on O'Reilly, but O'Reilly gets his foot onto the bottom rope.

O'Reilly cinches in another Ankle Lock on Moxley, but Moxley hits the referee. Several officials run down to the ring, with a brawl then breaking out between The Death Riders and The Conglomeration.

Winner: Kyle O'Reilly (via disqualification)

— The Death Riders, Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe, and Orange Cassidy then all make their way to the ring.

The Death Riders vs. Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe, and Orange Cassidy

Wheeler Yuta and Orange Cassidy begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Claudio Castagnoli and Roderick Strong tags in and fires off chops on Castagnoli, then delivers a series of kicks to him through the middle rope. Yuta pulls Strong off the apron as Strong looks to get back inside, opening the door for Castagnoli to send Strong crashing into the barricade.

Back from the break, Strong lands a backbreaker on Daniel Garcia. Castagnoli tags back in and lands a boot on Mark Briscoe that sends him crashing off the apron, then tags in Cassidy. Cassidy places his hands into his pocket, then lands a double dropkick on Garcia and Yuta. He kips up, but Castagnoli delivers an open palm strike. Briscoe blind tags himself in, and Cassidy delivers a Stun-Dog Millionaire to Castagnoil. He fires off alternating strikes on Yuta and Castagnoli, then delivers a Fisherman's Buster to Yuta (who has tagged in) and goes for a pin. Yuta kicks out.

Cassidy looks to fly off the top rope, but Castagnoli catches him and delivers a pop-up uppercut to him. Briscoe runs over Castagnoli with a boot, but Yuta catches Briscoe with a German suplex. Yuta then runs over Briscoe with the Busaiku Knee and goes for a pin, but the fall is broken. Briscoe responds with a lariat to Yuta, then follows it up with a J-Driller for the win.

Winners: Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe, and Orange Cassidy

— After the match, PAC blindsides Briscoe and jams his boot into his face. Tomohiro Ishii appears and brawls with PAC as Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir make their way out. Moxley distracts Ishii, opening the door for Shafir to deliver a low blow to him. Kyle O'Reilly tries coming to Ishii's aid, but he quickly gets taken out. Castagnoli hoists up Cassidy above his head, but Darby Allin appears and hits Castagnoli with a bat. Cassidy follows it up with an Orange Punch on him.

— We then head backstage, where Mercedes Mone is approached by Athena while she speaks with Alicia Atout. Athena proposes an alliance between them in order to become the inaugural AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship.

— Back at ringside, Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis make their way out. Fletcher gloats about retaining his TNT Championship against the aforementioned Briscoe at WrestleDream, then promises to hold the title for a very long time. Briscoe reemerges at ringside, asking Fletcher for another shot at his TNT Championship. Callis intervenes and tells Briscoe that he needs a family like Don Callis Family rather than one 'who leeches off his money'. He declines Briscoe's challenge.

— We then get the reveal for the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship bracket, where it's revealed that Mercedes Mone and Athena will be joining forces to take on Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron in a first round match. Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa will be facing Alex Windsor and Riho in another first round match, while Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford will be colliding with Anna Jay and Tay Melo and Jamie Hayter and Queen Aminata will square off with Julia Hart and Skye Blue after their challenge earlier tonight.

— Back at ringside, Bandido makes his way out. Kazuchika Okada follows, and the aforementioned Callis has joined the announce desk.

AEW Unified Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Bandido

The bell rings and Okada lands a boot on Bandido's midsection. The pair then lock up, but Okada runs over Bandido with a shoulder tackle. The action spills out of the ring, and Okada levels Bandido. He lands a couple of elbows on his tricep, but Bandido sends Okada crashing into the mat and dumps him back in the ring.

Back from the break, Bandido levels Okada with a dropkick and ascends to the top rope. He connects with a Frog Splash on Okada and pins him, but Okada kicks out. Okada then delivers a shoulderbreaker to Bandido, but Bandido rolls out of the ring for a breather.

Okada dumps Bandido back inside the ring, but Bandido catches him with the 21 Plex and goes for a pin. Okada kicks out, then catches Bandido with a pair of boots on his chest to level him. Bandido then looks to catch Okada with a 21 Plex, but Okada avoids it and connects with a Rain Maker on Bandido for the win.

Winner and STILL AEW Unified Champion: Kazuchika Okada

— After the match, Bandido is helped to the back as the rest of The Don Callis Family joins Okada and Callis in the ring to celebrate. Konosuke Takeshita enters and makes his way to the ring on his own, staring down Okada as the show goes off the air.