AEW Dynamite: Holiday Bash Live Coverage - December 10th, 2025

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AEW Dynamite
Holiday Bash

This week, on a special 3-hour HOLIDAY BASH, the Continental Classic continues. AEW World Champion Samoa Joe, "Hangman" Page, and Swerve Strickland sign the contract for their championship 3-Way match at WORLDS END. The Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal returns. Plus, The Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks) reunite in Manchester to battle The Don Callis Family, with a million-dollar prize for the victors.


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— Excalibur and Tony Schiavone greet audiences at home as Jon Moxley and Roderick Strong are already waiting in the ring.

AEW Continental Classic (Blue League): Jon Moxley (3) vs. Roderick Strong (0)

The bell rings and the two lock up. Moxley looks to land a shoulder tackle on Strong, but Strong blocks it. Moxley and Strong then land open palm strikes on one another, but Strong fires off strikes on Moxley in the corner and connects with a Dragon Screw on him.

Back from the break, Moxley has a submission hold cinched in on Strong. Strong transitions into a pinfall to break the hold, but Moxley kicks out and fires off a couple of knees on Strong's midsection.

Strong and Moxley end up on the ring steps on the outside, and Moxley looks to deliver a piledriver to Strong. Strong avoids it and sends Moxley crashing into the ring steps with a slam before the two men return inside the ring and teeter on the ropes. Strong rakes Moxley's back and lands a superplex on him, then goes for a pin but Moxley kicks out.

Moxley and Strong exchange right hands with one another, but Strong delivers a Tiger Driver to Moxley and looks to transition into a Boston Crab. Moxley blocks Strong from locking in the hold and rolls up Strong, but Strong kicks out and cinches in a Boston Crab on Moxley. He spikes Strong with a DDT, then follows it up with The Death Rider for the win.

Winner: Jon Moxley

— Backstage, we hear from Eddie Kingston who says you either win or you learn. He acknowledges the loss via tap out to Joe, saying he’s learned from that and that could be bad news for everyone who faces him next. He’ll see us again, maybe at AEW Collision to see who wants to step up.

— The Don Callis Family then makes their way to the ring. The Elite follows.

$1,000,000 Winner Take All Trios Match: The Elite vs. The Don Callis Family

Kenny Omega and Konosuke Takeshita begin the action. The bell rings and the two men try levelling one another with shoulder tackles. Omega delivers an arm drag to Takeshita and tags in Matt Jackson. Matt immediately tags out to Nick Jackson and holds him in place for Nick to deliver a double ax handle to Takeshita off the middle rope. Omega tags in and delivers a backbreaker to Takeshita. Nick then flies into the ring from the apron with a double stomp to his chest.

Back from the break, Omega levels Hechicero with a pair of back elbows and rocks him with a big boot. He sends him crashing into the mat, then tags in Kazuchika Okada. Takeshita gets into the ring and looks to suplex Omega, but Okada gets in his face and Takeshita shoves him.

Takeshita and Hechicero deliver a double suplex to Omega as Okada visibly looks unimpressed and irritated. Omega connects with a suplex on Okada, then tags in Hechicero. Hechicero fires off shoulders on Omega's midsection in the corner, but Omega responds with a hurricanrana to Hechicero and clocks both Takeshita and Okada on the ring apron.

Omega gets Takeshita on his shoulders and sends him crashing into the mat. Nick tags in, and Omega delivers a moonsault to Takeshita off the middle rope. Nick delivers a Swanton Bomb to Takeshita off the top, and Matt follows it up with an elbow drop to Takeshita off the top as well before Hechicero then takes Matt for a spin.

Back from another break, Okada whips Matt into the corner of the ring. Nick and Takeshita tag in, and Nick fires off right hands on Okada and Takeshita. He sends Takeshita and Okada crashing into one another, then delivers an arm drag-hurricanrana combination to Takeshita and Okada. Nick connects with a hurricanrana off the ring apron on Hechicero, and Nick and Matt then deliver a Frog Splash-standing moonsault combination to Hechicero.

Hechicero looks to take Nick for a ride, but Nick escapes and delivers a Canadian Destroyer to him. Okada and Omega tag in before things break down and everyone begins brawling with one another.

Nick sends Takeshita crashing into the mat with a facebuster, and Matt and Nick double team on Okada. They level him with a superkick and deliver another double one to an interfering Hechicero. Matt and Nick set up for the Meltzer Driver on Takeshita, but Okada dropkicks Nick to send him crashing off the apron. Takeshita runs over Matt with a knee strike and pins him, but Omega breaks the fall and Okada dumps him out of the ring.

The Don Callis Family looks to triple team on Matt, but miscommunicate about what triple team move they're looking to go for. As Takeshita and Okada get in one another's faces once again, Matt takes advantage and takes out all three Don Callis Family members. Omega delivers SnapDragon Suplexes to Takeshita, Hechicero, and Okada, and The Elite delivers a triple superkick to Hechicero. Omega then connects with a V-Trigger on Hechicero and follows it up with a One Winged Angel-cutter combination alongside Nick who uses Matt as a launch pad. Omega then pins Hechicero for the win.

Winners: The Elite

— After the match, Callis refuses to leave the side of the money as Okada runs over Nick with a Rain Maker and Takeshita delivers a Raging Fire to Matt. Okada and Takeshita shove one another and get in each other's faces as Callis hops up on the apron to break things up, but slides out of the ring when Omega gets back inside with a broom. The referee then grabs the bag of $1,000,000 and hands it over to The Elite.

— The show heads to another commercial break after the $1,000,000 trios bout wraps up. When the show returns, we head down to the ring for our advertised AEW Worlds End 2025 world title main event contract signing between current title-holder Samoa Joe, former champion Hangman Page and the recently returning Swerve Strickland.

Schiavone introduces Page, Strickland, and Joe. All three men along with Prince Nana, Powerhouse Hobbs, and HOOK then make their way to the ring. Schiavone says Page, Strickland, and Joe have all seen the contract and asks if they're ready to sign.

Joe grabs the microphone from Schiavone and says sometimes he wishes Schiavone would shut his big yapper. He apologizes for bringing Hobbs and HOOK with him, it always gets volatile with Page and Strickland despite the no-physicality agreement of the contract signing. He says he wanted to make sure everyone was safe and signs the contract, then promises to walk out of Worlds End with the AEW World Championship belt and wishes them the best into making it to the pay-per-view in one piece.

Strickland says he came back to AEW for the AEW World Championship, and says had Full Gear played out differently, he would've come after Page. He says he has mutual respect with Page but mutual hatred with Joe, then reminds Joe he previously has dethroned him as AEW World Championship as payback for leaving him bloody during their last contract signing and promises to do the same at Worlds End as payback. He then signs the contract.

Page reminds Joe and Strickland that they were fighting together in July to pry away the AEW World Championship from Jon Moxley. He says it could've been just as easily Joe or Strickland, but it was left to him to get the job done of dethroning Moxley and he did just that. He says Joe failed against him at WrestleDream and turned to Hobbs, Katsuyori Shibata, and HOOK, then says Joe turned into what he fought against and is worse than The Death Riders on their worst day. He says he would hate for the legend of Joe to be remembered as his current version, then says he planned on defending the AEW World Championship against everyone who helped him: Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Joe and Strickland. He says he would've accepted if Joe and Strickland, but they now find themselves fighting for the AEW World Championship in a Three-Way Match and signs the contract.

The lights go out, and when they come back on, MJF's music hits and he makes his way out. He grabs the contract and signs his name on it, inserting himself into the Worlds End AEW World Championship match as Schiavone explains he's cashed in his AEW World Championship match after winning the Casino Gauntlet Match several months ago.

MJF says people are probably questioning why he cashed in his contract to face three men instead of one. He says Page has called him a coward, he did some thinking during his time off and admits Page might've been right about MJF taking every shortcut he could. He says that he wants to hurt Page, and there's no better way than taking the AEW World Championship far from him and taking out him and his rivals so Page's fans have no excuses.

Joe looks to speak, but MJF cuts him off and says while he's not afraid of Joe, he still hates him. He says he needs to go down as an all time great and says Joe made the fans question his abilities, then says he's about to make Joe fall back farther than his hairline. He says he'll end Joe's title reign at Worlds End like Joe did to him a while ago.

Strickland looks to speak, but MJF cuts him off and says he let Strickland in graciously. He says Strickland became a tag team champion, dethroned Joe as AEW World Champion but his rent is due because AEW is his house rather than Strickland's and "The Devil" has come to collect. He then promises to become AEW World Champion at Worlds End and says he's better than everyone and he knows it.

— We shoot backstage after the contract signing for AEW Worlds End wraps up. We see JetSpeed duo Kevin Knight and 'Speedball' Mike Bailey talking about their focus on the remainder of the AEW Continental Classic, both of whom have big tourney matches coming up on AEW Collision.

— Megan Bayne, Marina Shafir, Athena, and Mercedes Mone then make their way to the ring. Toni Storm, Mina Shirakawa, Harley Cameron, and Willow Nightingale follow.

Mercedes Moné, Athena, Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir vs. Harley Cameron, Willow Nightingale, Timeless Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa

Nightingale and Athena begin the action. The bell rings and Cameron tags in. Athena levels Cameron with a forearm, but Cameron responds with a Sole Food to her. Shafir then tags in, but Cameron delivers a Russian Leg Sweep to her. Shirakawa tags in and lands a splash on Shafir from the apron, then tags out to Storm.

Back from the break, Cameron spikes Bayne with a DDT. Storm and Shafir tag in, and Storm lands a pair of shotgun dropkicks on Shafir. Nightingale and Bayne tag in and fire off right hands on one another, but Nightingale connects with a spinebuster on Bayne. Cameron clotheslines Bayne out of the ring, but Shafir sends Cameron crashing out of the ring. Storm delivers a Hip Attack to Bayne to send her crashing onto the floor. Athena delivers an elevated Flatliner to Storm, and Nightingale runs over Mone with a shoulder pounce before she flies off the apron to level Shafir and Bayne on the outside. Athena then delivers the O-Face to Nightingale off the top rope back in the ring, and Mone pins her for the win.

Winners: Megan Bayne, Marina Shafir, Athena, and Mercedes Mone

— PAC and Kyle Fletcher make their way to the ring. Don Callis joins the announce desk.

AEW Continental Classic (Gold League): Kyle Fletcher (6) vs. PAC (3)

The bell rings and the two lock up. Fletcher wears down PAC with a sleeper hold, but PAC delivers a hurricanrana to Fletcher off the ring apron. Fletcher levels PAC with a superkick back inside the ring, but PAC responds with a belly-to-belly suplex on him off the middle rope.

Back from the break, PAC runs the ropes. Fletcher intercepts him with a dropkick and delivers a Liger bomb to him, then goes for a pin but PAC kicks out. Fletcher rocks PAC with a kick to his head, but PAC cinches in the Brutalizer on Fletcher. Fletcher gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the hold, but PAC runs over Fletcher with a clothesline and pins him. Fletcher kicks out.

PAC ascends to the top rope, but Fletcher trips him and lands a kick on his chest. He follows it up with a Brainbuster and pins PAC, but PAC kicks out and teeters on the ropes with Fletcher. PAC connects with a reverse hurricanrana on Fletcher off the top rope and ascends to the top of the opposite corner, then connects with a Black Arrow on Fletcher for the win.

Winner: PAC

Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal

Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, Mark Davis, Josh Alexander, Ace Austin, Luchasaurus, BRODIDO, and Shelton Benjamin were out for the match. Gates of Agony attacked BRODIDO as they came out. Ricochet followed.

Austin hit Ricochet with a tope suicida. Caster and Bowens are arguing when they get attacked by Alexander and Davis and the bell rings. Luchasarus and Benjamin stand face to face before exchanging blows. Benjamin got out of the chokeslam and attempted a suplex. They miss each other's shoulder tackles. Luchasaurus sent Ricochet out of the ring and Shelton took Bandido down with a lariat. DCF attack Luchasaurus and Benjamin. Bowens and Caster get in the mix. Caster is trying to get his chant started while Bowens get attacked by KAUN. Caster did a scoop slam on KAUN as Bowens was getting ready to jump from the top rope. They hit Scissor Me Timbers on KAUN. They were about to scissor when Ricochet tossed Caster to the outside, eliminating him.

GOA turn their sights on Bowens. Ricochet also gets involved. Benjamin plowed KAUN over and superkicked Liona out of the ring. He chased Ricochet out of the ring. Davis got in the ring as Austin hit Alexander with a spinning heel kick. Austin double teams DCF. Davis eliminated Austin by sending him over the top rope. Bowens sent Ricochet over the rope, but he caught himself. Davis tossed Bowens out to eliminate him.

Davis and King exchange blows. Luchasaurus attempted to double chokeslam them. Benjamin suplexed King. Luchasaurus chokeslamed Davis. Ricochet jumped in the ring, but was caught by Benjamin. Benjamin tossed him to Luchasaurus and slammed him to the mat. Alexander knocked Benjamin off the apron to eliminate him. Luchasaurus sent Davis over the top rope to eliminate him and Alexander shoved Luchasaurus over the rope to eliminate him. The Demand, BRODIDO, and Alexander are all in the ring and all battle.

The Demand targets King. King fights out of it and takes down GOA. He put Ricochet on his shoulders and tossed him into Liona. Alexander takes King down and puts him in an ankle lock. King flipped Alexander towards the ropes and Bandido sent him to the outside with his feet to eliminate him. Ricochet sat in a chair and King nailed a crossbody against the barricade. Liona tackled King and sent him over the barricade. KAUN suplexed Bandido. Bandido lifted KAUN up, but he got down. KAUN tried to send Bandido to the floor, but Bandido hit a gamengiri. King dumped Liona over the ropes, eliminating Liona and himself. The final three are Bandido, Ricochet, and KAUN.

KAUN and Bandido battle by the ropes to try to eliminate each other. Bandido did a poisonrana over the ropes to eliminate KAUN. Bandido and Ricochet are the final two. They will face each other next week.

Winners: Bandido and Ricochet

— Now it's time for the final AEW Collision hour of tonight's special three-hour AEW Holiday Bash show. We head backstage where Jon Moxley addresses the Continental Classic and how close he was to being SOL in the tournament tonight.

He briefly talks up Roderick Strong, addresses The Elite, and closes things out by saying he wants to show that he’s put it all out there when this is all done. We head back to ringside after that, as it's time for our first Collision match of the evening.

AEW Continental Classic (Blue League): Orange Cassidy (3) vs. Mascara Dorada (3)

Cassidy comes to the ring first. Dorada follows.

Dorada takes him to the mat, but Cassidy works his arm and takes him to the mat. Dorada took him to the mat with a side headlock. Cassidy puts him in a submission, focusing on his legs. Dorada works his way out and puts him in a submission, but Cassidy gets his feet on the rope. Dorada and Cassidy exchange mat based holds. Cassidy escapes again.

Cassidy takes him down with an armdrag. He followed with a spinning headscissor takedown. He followed with another armdrag.

After the break, Dorada and Cassidy attempt to take each other down. Dorada stopped Cassidy from putting his hands in his pockets. He held his hand and slapped his chest. He followed with an escalara. Dorada held his hand while Cassidy slapped his chest and he kicked his hand away and hit Sole Food. Cassidy went up top with Dorada still holding hands. Cassidy kept putting his foot on the second rope, got his balance, and stuck his hand in his pocket before jumping down.

Dorada leapfrogged Cassidy after he put both hands in his pockets. Cassidy responded with an armdrag and dropkicked him out of the ring. Cassidy went for a tope suidcida, but Dorada stopped him and kicked him from the ropes before hitting his own tope. Dorada followed with a tilt-o-whirl backbreaker. He followed with a Shooting Star Press from the apron.

Back in the ring, Dorada took Cassidy down with a crossbody. Cassidy couldn't complete the Beach Break because of his back. Dorada with a powerslam. Cassidy kicked Dorada away and did a Sunset Flip. Dorada lifted Cassidy and his body weight sent him forward. Cassidy attempted a DDT, but Dorada stopped it and did a handstand. Cassidy immediately followed with another DDT and connected this time. Dorada blocked Orange Punch and connected with an enzuiguri and a backbreaker. Dorada went for a Shooting Star Press, but Cassidy rolled away and hit a Cazadora. They attempted to roll each other up. Dorada blocks another Orange Punch. Dorada went for a tornillo, but Cassidy caught him for an armdrag. Dorada rolled through and Cassidy kept one arm back and rolled Dorada onto his shoulders for the pin.

Winner: Orange Cassidy

— After the match, Cassidy slid his glasses to Dorada, who put them on, but they fell off.

— Backstage, we hear from Athena and Mercedes Moné talk about getting a pinfall over one half of the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions before issuing a challenge for the titles at Worlds End. Moné also issues a challenge for a title defense.

She will put her British Championship on-the-line for this Saturday’s special edition of AEW Collision, with Athena saying she hopes Mercedes locks in for Worlds End before walking away. This wraps up the brief backstage segment, and the show moves on.

Jamie Hayter vs. Isla Dawn

Hayter comes to the ring first. Dawn follows.

Dawn took her down with a side headlock immediately. Hayter took her down with one of her own. Dawn took her down with a forearm. She followed with multiple kicks until Hayter forearmed her in the face. Hayter took her down with a big boot. Dawn sent her crashing over the top rope and followed with a sliding dropkick. She kicked Hayter in the chest from the apron.

After the break, they exchange blows. They take each other down with stereo crossbodies. Hayter hits a dropkick from the top rope. She followed with a forearm in the corner and a suplex. Dawn forearmed her multiple times before connecting with an enzuiguri and followed with a suplex. Dawn put her on her shoulders, but Hayter got free. They blocked each other's moves. Hayter sent Dawn to the mat and followed with Hayterade for the win.

Winner: Jamie Hayter

— After the match, they shake hands. Sisters of Sin hit them from behind. Thekla took her belt off and hit Hayter while Sister of Sins held her. Kris Statlander made the save by hitting Sisters of Sin with stereo suplexes. She suplexed Thekla before hitting Skye Blue with a tombstone piledriver. She threw Julia Hart into Thekla as Hayter was going to hit Thekla with Hayterade and she hit Stat instead. Hayter picked up the belt and held it up before laying it on Stat.

AEW World Tag-Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. Bang Bang Gang

Robinson and Gunn come to the ring first. FTR follows, accompanied by Stokely.

Cash and Gunn start us off. Gunn worked his arm and Cash returned the favor. Cash leapfogged Gunn, but Gunn took him down with a shoulder tackle. Juice tagged in and jumped on Cash's arm while Gunn held it out. Juice continues to work the arm. He kept Cash from tagging in Dax. Dax grabbed Cash's free arm and they were tugging on his arms. Cash gouged Juice's eyes and sent him face first into the turnbuckle and tagged Dax in.

Cash sends him into the opposite corner and uppercut him. He placed Juice up top, but Juice hit him with two back elbows before rolling across Cash's back. He rammed him into the turnbuckle before rolling Dax up. Dax sent Juice forward. Juice did a backflip off the middle rope to take him down. Cash broke up the pin. Juice did a Manhattan Drop and sent him over the top rope. Cash swept Juice's leg while Stoke distracted the ref. FTR double team Juice, but Austin got him out of it. They double team Austin. Juice takes down FTR with flying lariats. Austin takes FTR down with right hands. Juice catapulted Cash over the top rope.

After the break, Cash had Austin stretched over his leg. Austin rolled up Dax for three, but the ref was distracted by Cash. Dax put him in a rear naked choke. Austin powered out and tried to put Dax in. Cash tagged in and he did a Sunset Flip and Dax chopped him. Cash walked across Austin's stomach. He went for a splash, but Austin got his legs up. Austin crawled across the ring, but Dax tagged in. Austin was able to get away and tag in Juice.

Juice took down FTR with shoulder tackles. He hit them both with multiple punches and took them down with double lariats. Juice hit Cash with a spinebuster and hit one on Dax. Juice had Dax by the neck when Cash hit him from behind. FTR set up for Shatter Machine, but Austin pushed Cash and Dax had Juice in a vertical suplex. Juice rolled him up for two. He followed with a leg kick to the chest. He went up top, but Stoke jumped onto the apron. Juice got down and grabbed him by his collar and stopped Stoke from dumping powder in his face. Cash jumped on the apron and Juice slammed Cash into Stoke and sent powder flying everywhere. Dax charged Juice, but Juice moved and he knocked Cash and Stoke off the apron. Juice rolled up Dax for two.

Juice forearmed him in the corner and placed him on the turnbuckle. Juice hit Dax in the head and went up top. Dax bit him on the forehead and shoved him off. Austin got in the ring and knocked Dax onto the turnbuckle and hit a superplex. Juice followed with a splash. Cash tried to break up the pin with his own splash, but Juice moved and he landed on Dax. Austin with a FameAsser on Cash. Juice rolled up Dax, but he kicked out at 2.99.

Austin charged at Cash on the outside, but Cash dumped him over the timekeepers table into the barricade. Dax sent Juice into the ringpost. FTR was setting up for Shatter Machine when Austin pulled Cash's legs to pull him into the ringpost. Dax didn't know Cash wasn't there and Juice got out of it. They swung at each other and Juice punched him. Austin with a FameAsser. Juice pinned Dax for three, but Dax got his leg up on rope at the last second. Bang Bang Gang have the belts because they think they won. Cash took out Juice's leg and Dax held him in place while Cash jumped off the turnbuckle onto Juice's knee. Dax with an inverted Figure Four while Cash blocks Austin from getting in the ring. Juice was trying to get the title and tapped out.

Winner: FTR