AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - March 4th, 2026
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AEW Dynamite
This week, AEW World Champion MJF puts his belt on the line against the talented Kevin Knight. The Iinspiration, debut as they face the Brawling Birds. Plus, Thekla has her first defense of the AEW Women's Championship as she faces former titleholder Thunder Rosa.
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Excalibur and Tony Schiavone greet audiences at home as Kevin Knight makes his way to the ring. MJF follows.
AEW World Championship Match: MJF (c) vs. Kevin "The Jet" Knight
The bell rings and the two lock up. Knight delivers a trio of arm drags to MJF, then wears down his arm with a submission hold and runs him over with a shoulder tackle. MJF levels Knight with a right hand, but Knight responds with a chop on MJF's chest and fires off forearms and stomps on him in the corner.
Knight ascends to the top rope and sets up for the UFO Splash, but MJF rolls out of the way and delivers a knee to Knight's midsection. Knight fires off right hands on MJF, but MJF fires off right hands on Knight and whips Knight into the ring ropes chest first twice.
Knight drags MJF over to the corner and ascends to the top rope, but MJF rolls out of the ring and Knight spikes him with a DDT. MJF then pins Knight, but Knight kicks out and rolls up MJF. MJF kicks out and Knight lands a backslide on him, but MJF kicks out.
Back from the break, Knight ascends to the top rope and delivers a UFO Splash to MJF. He goes for a pin, but the referee begins the ten count late and gives MJF enough time to kick out. Knight ascends to the top rope and looks to land another UFO Splash, but MJF gets his knees up and delivers the Heat Seeker to Knight for the win.
Winner and STILL AEW World Champion: MJF
After the match, MJF dumps the referee out of the ring and looks to land a right hand on Knight. "Hangman" Adam Page appears on the entrance ramp, allowing "Speedball" Mike Bailey to sneak up behind MJF and send him crashing out of the ring.
Back from the break, Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin make their way to the ring. Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors follow.
Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors vs. Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin
Cassidy and Allin blindside Kidd and Connors on the entrance ramp. Allin dropkicks Connors into one of the barricades spine first, but Connors returns the favor as Kidd drags Cassidy up the ring steps. Cassidy sends Kidd crashing off the ring steps, but Connors spears Cassidy through the timekeeper's table. The bell officially rings and Kidd sends Allin crashing into the mat.
Back from the break, Connors wears down Allin in the ring and tags in Cassidy. Cassidy lands a clothesline on Kidd off the top rope, then levels Connors with a knee strike and follows it up with Beach Break. He goes for a pin, but Kidd breaks the fall.
Cassidy lands Stun Dog Millionaire on Kidd, and Allin follows it up with a Code Red to him. Cassidy then catches Connors with a Tornado DDT, and Allin delivers a Coffin Drop off the top rope and to the outside to level Connors and Kidd. Allin dumps Connors back in the ring, and Cassidy catches him with Orange Punch for the win.
Winners: Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin
After the match, David Finlay sneaks up behind Cassidy and Allin. Kidd and Allin hold Allin in place for Finlay to level Allin with his scepter. He stacks Cassidy on top of Allin, then stands tall over both men with Kidd and Connors.
Backstage, Renee Paquette is standing by with her guests at this time, Bandido and Andrade El Idolo. They talk about their match that is coming up at the AEW Revolution 2026 pay-per-view on March 15, before Andrade walks off and the show moves on.
The Brawling Birds then make their way to the ring. The IInspiration follows.
The IInspiration vs. The Brawling Birds
Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay call for round two of their music in order to have a dance party, but Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor attack them from behind. The bell rings and Windsor levels McKay with a clothesline. She lands a double boot to Lee's midsection with Hayter, and the pair land a double suplex on Lee. Windsor and Hayter then level Mckay and Lee with a double clothesline and catch them with Two Birds, One Stone for the win.
Winners: The Brawling Birds
"Hangman" Adam Page makes his way to the ring. Marty Snow is already waiting inside.
Adam Page vs. Marty Snow
The bell rings and Page runs over Snow with a boot. He follows it up with a Buckshot Lariat for the win.
Winner: "Hangman" Adam Page
After the match, Page grabs a microphone and calls out MJF. He says he wants to teach MJF a lesson like his parents should've done almost 30 years ago, then says he has no conscience in a Texas Death Match. He promises to rip and tear MJF apart, then goads MJF on by telling him that he shouldn't be scared and demands that he come to the ring with his "Dynamite" Diamond Ring in order to show him what he can do.
MJF appears and reminds Page he retained the AEW World Championship against Kevin Knight, then warns Page against taking a beat down at his hands ahead of their press conference next week.
Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Kazuchika Okada appear behind Page and launch an attack on him. Davis runs over Page with a clothesline, but "Speedball" Mike Bailey and Knight come to Page's aid. Don Callis then appears along with Lance Archer, and says he has something to say. He says he looks in the ring and sees three champions, but he also sees three entitled millennials. He says it's not enough that Page and JetSpeed have the AEW World Trios Championship given that Knight and Page are chasing after the International Championship and AEW World Championship, then says Page and JetSpeed have said that they'll defend the AEW World Trios Championship at any place and any time. He says he talked to Tony Khan and informs JetSpeed and Page that they'll be defending the AEW World Trios Championship against The Don Callis Family tonight.
We then head over to a video of a tense verbal confrontation between FTR, Stokely, and The Young Bucks as they all sit down in a conference room with Renee Paquette that ends with Brandon Cutler being levelled in order for FTR to still technically honor the no physicality clause attached to the conversation.
Back at ringside, Jon Moxley makes his way out. Hechicero follows.
Jon Moxley vs. Hechicero
The bell rings and Hechicero rains down right hands on Moxley. Moxley bites Hechicero's finger, then rains down right hands of his own on Hechicero. Hechicero then levels Moxley with an elbow drop off the middle rope.
Back from the break, Hechicero has a Texas Cloverleaf cinched in on Moxley. Moxley escapes, but Hechicero traps Moxley's ankle in the bottom rope and stomps on it. Justin Roberts announces that there are ten minutes remaining in this match as Hechicero and Moxley teeter on the ropes. Moxley delivers a superplex to Hechicero and pins him, but Hechicero kicks out and Moxley cinches in a sleeper on Hechicero. Hechicero escapes and locks in a sleeper of his own on Moxley, but Moxley manages to cinch in an armbar on Hechicero.
Hechicero transitions into a double knee bar on Moxley, but Moxley crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold. Moxley catches Hechicero with a chop to his chest, and the pair exchange forearms and chops with one another before Hechicero rocks Moxley with a kick to his head. Moxley then levels Hechicero with a clothesline, but Hechicero manages to pin Moxley. Moxley kicks out, but Hechicero fires off right hands on him. Moxley manages to connect with a Curb Stomp on Hechicero and connects with a knee on him, then follows it up with a Death Rider to him for the win.
Winner: Jon Moxley
After the match, Konosuke Takeshita appears at ringside and points to the Revolution sign as he stares down Moxley.
Brody King gets in the ring and calls out Swerve Strickland. Prince Nana appears on the entrance ramp, but Strickland sneaks up behind King and hits him with his chain. He wraps one end of the chain around King's face and the other end around the top rope, then uses the chain to choke out King. Strickland tells King that he had to send a message to Kenny Omega and now has to end the same message to King. He says all of the AEW roster is on notice, then says he'll be seeing King at Revolution. Bandido runs out to the ring and forces Strickland and Nana to retreat.
Thunder Rosa makes her way to the ring. Thekla follows.
AEW Womens World Championship Match: Thekla (c) vs. Thunder Rosa
The bell rings and Rosa sends Thekla crashing into the top turnbuckle face first. Rosa lands a chop on Thekla's chest, then levels her with a back elbow and looks to charge at her. Thekla looks out of the ring before Rosa can, but Rosa flies off the ring apron to level her and sends her crashing into both the ring barricade and the ring steps. She lands a splash on Thekla off the barricade and dumps her back in the ring, but Thekla lands a boot on Rosa that sends her crashing onto the floor and delivers a double stomp to her spine.
Back from the break, Thekla mockingly slaps Rosa. Rosa responds with a Stunner to Thekla, then fires off clotheslines on her in the corner. Thekla then rains down right hands on Rosa and follows it up with a Curb Stomp to her for the win.
Winner and STILL AEW Womens World Champion: Thekla
After the match, Sisters of Sin and Kris Statlander appear. Security appears to prevent a brawl from breaking out between all three women. Inside the ring, Thekla delivers a second Curb Stomp to Rosa, but Statlander begins taking out security guards to get inside the ring. This forces Thekla to retreat.
Tommaso Ciampa makes his way out to catch up with Renee Paquette on the entrance ramp. Ciampa calls out Kyle Fletcher for hiding behind the rest of The Don Callis Family as a means of avoiding defending the TNT Championship match against him. FTR and Stokely make their way out, and Dax Harwood hugs Ciampa. Cash Wheeler joins the pair in their hug, and Harwood says he wants to welcome an old friend to AEW. He says he couldn't thinks of a better way for Ciampa to be a top guy than to surround himself with top guys, then asks Ciampa to join Wheeler, Stokely, and himself. Ciampa tells Harwood that he still hates his guts like he did ten years ago, but Harwood tells Ciampa that if he has a problem with Stokely, then he has a problem with FTR. Ciampa then clocks Harwood with a strike, but Harwood tells Ciampa that he'll see him at Saturday's edition of "Collision".
Back from the break, we head over to the medical office. Toni Storm finds Orange Cassidy icing his midsection, and the pair agree to fight Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta once again at Revolution.
Back at ringside, The Don Callis Family makes their way out. "Hangman" Adam Page and JetSpeed follow.
AEW World Trios Championship Match: Hangman Page, "Speedball" Mike Bailey & Kevin "The Jet" Knight (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher, Kazuchika Okada & Mark Davis
The bell rings and all six men begin brawling with one another. "Speedball" Mike Bailey brawls with Kyle Fletcher in the ring, and Bailey sends Fletcher crashing out of the ring with a hurricanrana. He connects with a boot to him that sends him crashing off the apron, but Mark Davis tags in and fires off right hands on Bailey. He lands a bodyslam and a senton on him, but Fletcher tags back in and lands a stomp on Bailey in the corner. Bailey rolls up Fletcher, but Fletcher kicks out and tags in Page. Kevin Knight, Bailey, and Page triple team on Fletcher. Kazuchika Okada then sends Page crashing between the barricade and the ring apron on the outside.
Back from the break, Bailey tags in and delivers a springboard moonsault to Fletcher on the outside. He lands a dropkick on Davis off the top rope, then lands a pair of kicks on Fletcher's midsection and head before delivering a standing moonsault to him and going for a pin. Davis breaks the fall.
Bailey lands a kick on Fletcher's midsection and delivers a pair of 450 Splash style knees to his midsection. He goes for a pin, but Okada breaks the fall. Page and Davis then tag in, and Page connects with Dead Eye on Davis before he pins him. Fletcher breaks the fall, but Bailey levels him with a moonsault off the middle rope on the outside. Page then ascends to the top rope and sets up for a moonsault on Davis, but Davis rolls out of the way.
MJF appears at ringside and levels Page with a clothesline. This opens the door for Okada to deliver the Rain Maker to Knight and Davis follows it up with a piledriver for the win.
Winners and NEW AEW World Trios Champions: The Don Callis Family
