AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - April 8th, 2026

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AEW Dynamite

This week, Chris Jericho is back and will address the fans regarding his AEW return. Kenny Omega speaks out ahead of his World Title match against MJF at Sunday's AEW DYNASTY. Championship gold is on the line as Willow Nightingale defends her TBS Title against Queen Aminata. Plus, Darby Allin, “Jungle” Jack Perry, & Brody King join forces to battle the Don Callis Family's Andrade el Ídolo, Konosuke Takeshita, & Mark Davis.


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— Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness greet audiences at home before we see Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay brawling in the parking lot. The Death Riders find the pair and beat down Ospreay, but Alex Windsor and United Empire members Francesco Akira, Henare, and Callum Newman pull up in a car to provide Ospreay with backup. The two groups begin brawling with one another, with Marina Shafir and Windsor brawling into the ringside area. Ospreay and Moxley follow, with Moxley and Daniel Garcia firing off stomps on Ospreay in the ring. Henare clotheslines Garcia over the top rope as Moxley cinches in a sleeper on Ospreay, but Ospreay fights his way out of things.

Ospreay then challenges The Death Riders to an Eight Man Chaos In Canada Match on behalf of United Empire.

— We then head over to a video from Don Callis, where he confirms Kyle Fletcher is injured and says a new TNT Champion will be crowned in a Casino Gauntlet Match at Dynasty. He also reveals Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada were supposed to face The Young Bucks at Dynasty, but he's pivoted and Okada will team up with Takeshita now.

— Darby Allin, Jack Perry, and Bandido (who is replacing Brody King as he attends to a personal matter) make their way to the ring. The Don Callis Family follows.

Jack Perry, Brody King, and Darby Allin vs. The Don Callis Family

Andrade El Idolo and Allin begin the action. The bell rings and Andrade tags out to Takeshita. Allin grabs a microphone and calls MJF to the ring, asking why he's Don Callis' b****. Andrade dares Allin to come at him, but Konosuke Takeshita catches Allin with two rolling German suplexes. Mark Davis steps over Allin at the bottom of the entrance ramp, but Perry delivers a moonsault off the ropes to level Takeshita and Davis as Don Callis joins the commentary desk. Perry then looks to fly off the ropes, but Takeshita levels him with a strike mid-air. He dumps Perry out of the ring as Andrade takes a selfie with a female fan.

Back from the break, Bandido tags in and takes Takeshita with a pump kick. He fires off strikes on Davis, then bodyslams Davis on top of Takeshita and rocks Takeshita with a boot to the side of his face. Takeshita then catches Bandido with a Blue Thunder Bomb and pins him, but Bandido kicks out.

Davis tags in and spits in Allin's face, but Bandido delivers a hurricanrana to Davis and pins him. Davis kicks out, and Perry catches an interfering Takeshita with a poisionrana. Andrade trips Perry as he runs the ropes, but Allin flies out of the ring to take down Andrade.

Takeshita and Davis swing Allin into a pile of chairs in the timekeeper's area, but Andrade tags in and delivers The Message to Perry before pinning him for the win.

Winners: The Don Callis Family

— After the match, Andrade stares down Allin in the ring. Allin shoves Andrade, but Andrade low blows Allin as Takeshita and Davis take a few shots at Bandido and Perry. Callis rakes Perry's eyes, but The Young Bucks' music hits and they run down to the ring. Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson fire off right hands on Takeshita and Davis, but Kazuchika Okada, Hechicero, and Lance Archer join their fellow Don Callis Family members. The Rascalz make their way to the ring to take out The Don Callis Family, but Myron Reed flies over the top rope to take out Okada on the outside.

— We head backstage where AEW broadcast team member Lexy Nair is with AEW doctor Michael Sampson. She asks for an update on Kenny Omega's health situation after recent comments made by MJF. Sampson says that Omega is cleared and in the best shape of his life. Sampson says MJF is trying to get in the head of Omega.

— Queen Aminata then makes her way to the ring. Willow Nightingale follows.

TBS Championship Match: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Queen Aminata

The bell rings and the action spills out of the ring. Aminata rocks Nightingale with a strike, but Nightingale responds with a chop to Aminata. We see Hikaru Shida with a kendo stick in hand watching the action from the crowd as Aminata whips Nightingale into the barricade. Nightingale dumps Aminata into the ring, then levels Aminata with a clothesline. Aminata responds with her signature modified version of a Devil's Kiss to Nightingale.

Back from the break, Nightingale levels Aminata with a dropkick off the middle rope and follows it up with the Death Valley Driver to her. She goes for a pin, but Aminata kicks out. Nightingale then ascends to the top rope and looks to land a moonsault on Aminata, but Aminata moves out of the way and connects with a forearm on Nightingale.

Aminata lands a double chop on Nightingale, but Nightingale delivers a backslide to her. Aminata kicks out and connects with an Air Raid Crash on Nightingale, then goes for a pin but Nightingale kicks out. Nightingale intercepts Aminata with a big boot, then sends her crashing out of the ring under the bottom rope and connects with the Doctor Bomb on Aminata for the win.

Winner and STILL TBS Champion: Willow Nightingale

— After Nightingale and Hikaru Shida trade stares in the brief post-match scene, we are sent into a video package looking at the AEW World Championship showdown between MJF and Kenny Omega in the main event of this Sunday's AEW Dynasty pay-per-view. This part focuses on the MJF side of things.

— Chris Jericho then makes his way to the ring

Jericho says it's good to be back on "Dynamite", then says he meant it when he said he was home last week. He was he's planning on making things official by singing his brand new AEW contract close to where he had his first ever professional wrestling match. He says he took a lot of risks to start his professional wrestling career and has taken lots of risks since, including signing with AEW. He says he's proud of how big AEW has grown to be as a company that he helped to start, then says even though some of his risks haven't paid off, he loves professional wrestling and it deserves the best Chris Jericho he can possibly be.

Jericho opens the lid of his pen and looks to sign the contract, but before he can, The Demand's music hit and Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona make their way to the ring. Ricochet says Canada sucks and says he wants to talk to Jericho, then says Jericho has been touring with his band Fozzy and says there's a difference between sing shape and ring shape. He says it's the rise of Ricochet and says he's telling Jericho all of this because of how much he respects him. He speaks on 'behalf of the fans' and says no one wants Jericho in AEW, then tells Jericho to get on his cruise ship and never come back to AEW.

Jericho reveals he has a clause in his new contract that he can choose anyone to face at Dynasty, but says because he's signed his contract, he's chosen to face Ricochet at Dynasty. He rips off the back of his clipboard to reveal his name and tells Ricochet that he just made the list.

— Backstage, Lexy Nair is standing by with Don Callis and members of The Don Callis Family. Callis says Andrade El Idolo is going to put Darby Allin in the dirt at Dynasty and earn a World title shot for the Family. Callis then says Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita will take on The Young Bucks at Dynasty.

Takeshita doesn’t want to, but Callis calms him down. Takeshita says he wants Okada’s belt, and then Callis says if they can work it out and take care of the Bucks, they can fight at AEW Double or Nothing. He tells them to shake hands, and they do, but then shove each other.

— Tommaso Ciampa make his way to the ring. Mascara Dorada follows.

No. 1 Spot In Casino Gauntlet For TNT Title At AEW Dynasty: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Mascara Dorada

The bell rings and the two lock up. Ciampa delivers a boot to Dorada's midsection, then sends him crashing off the apron with a running knee. Dorada then delivers a hurricanrana to Ciampa and connects with a Tornillo on him over the top rope.

Back from the break, Dorada delivers a moonsault to Ciampa on the outside off the middle rope. He ascends to the top and delivers a 450 Splash to Ciampa, then goes for a pin but Ciampa kicks out. Dorada then looks to fly off the ropes, but Ciampa catches him with a dropkick to him and sets up for an Air Raid Crash on Dorada as they both teeter on the ropes. Dorada escapes and sends Ciampa crashing into the mat with a neckbreaker, then goes for a pin but Ciampa kicks out.

Dorada looks to land a moonsault on Ciampa off the middle rope, but Ciampa moves out of the way. Dorada catches Ciampa with a superkick, but Ciampa spikes Dorada with a hanging DDT and follows it up with a running knee strike for the win.

Winner: Tommaso Ciampa

— Backstage, we see The Dogs. They are beating down Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong. They call out Kevin Knight and Mistico and say The Conglomeration have no one left. Gabe Kidd says they are not worried about them anymore, and then David Finlay says they are coming for Trios gold this Saturday on AEW Collision.

— Elsewhere backstage, Lexy interviews the AEW Women’s World Champion, Thekla. Thekla says she is tired of hearing that Jamie Hayter was a former World Champion, and then says the kingdom has changed since Hayter was the champion. Thekla says Hayter will never touch the title again and she is done playing games.

— Adam Copeland and Christian Cage make their way to the ring.

Copeland says jealousy and pettiness is what blew up his relationship with FTR, and says that Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler's feeling that they were his henchmen is reality hitting them. He says himself and Cage will take their place on top of the mountain as the new AEW World Tag Team Champions. Cage tells FTR to sit down and shut their mouths as he conducts his business, then says Harwood and Wheeler have been busy upsetting him, Copeland, and the entire country of Canada. He says he visited both Harwood and Wheeler's mothers in an intimate fashion and says he'll do the same with Stokely's mother, but after he becomes one half of the AEW World Tag Team Champions.

Harwood, Wheeler, and Stokely make their way to the ring. Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero attack Copeland and Cage from behind in the ring, but Cage sets up for Killswitch on Wheeler. Wheeler sends Cage crashing into Stokely, who hits Cage with the AEW World Tag Team Championship. Romero holds a chair in place for Beretta to land a running knee on Copeland, but Harwood slides Cage's arm into a chair. Stokely decides to steal Cage's watch, and Wheeler flies off the middle apron to stomp on Cage's arm.

— Backstage, we see a fired up Darby Allin. He says everyone thinks that Darby doesn’t care that he doesn’t want to be World Champion. But it’s a façade. He is scared. He’s afraid he can’t win the big one and be the face of the company.

He tells Andrade El Idolo that he doesn't think he knows what he is getting himself into. It doesn’t matter who walks out champion at AEW Dynasty on Sunday, whether it’s MJF or Kenny Omega, Allin says he needs this. He needs this more than anyone else does.

— United Empire and Will Ospreay make their way to the ring. The Death Riders follow.

Eight-Man Tag-Team Chaos In Canada Match: The Death Riders vs. United Empire

The bell rings and Jon Moxley brawls with Henare through the crowd. Ospreay dumps Moxley into the ringside area as Francesco Akira, Callum Newman, and Henare brawl with Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, and PAC. Castagnoli brawls up the entrance ramp with Newman and sends him crashing into his knee with a Gorilla Press.

Alex Windsor takes out Shafir, who had accompanied her Death Riders stablemates to the ring. A ladder is set up in the ring, and Akira lands a crossbody off the ladder and over the top rope to take out Castagnoli, PAC, and Garcia on the outside.

Back from the break, Will Ospreay sets up a table as Newman taps on the ring steps next to them. Ospreay and Newman drag Moxley up the rig steps, but Castagnoli comes to Moxley's aid and sends Newman crashing into the barricade with a Gorilla Press. He lands a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on Ospreay as Ospreay looks to fly off the ring steps.

Moxley chokes Henare on the outside as Castagnoli whips Newman into the corner and Garcia delivers a clothesline to him. Castagnoli, Garcia, and PAC then take turns firing off clotheslines and uppercuts on Newman in the corner as Moxley wears down Ospreay on the outside. He bites Ospreay's ear, and Garcia stands on Ospreay's spine to continue wearing him down. He then chokes Ospreay with the shirt that he was wearing.

The Death Riders take turns firing off clotheslines and uppercuts on Henare in the corner of the ring, but Henare drags Garcia up on the ring steps. Castagnoli comes to Garcia's aid and sends Henare crashing through another table that had been set up on the outside.

Back from another break, Moxley fire off strikes on Ospreay. Garcia cinches in the Dragon Tamer on Ospreay, and Moxley delivers a Curb Stomp to Ospreay as Garcia still has the Dragon Tamer cinched in on him.

Castagoli delivers The Swing to Ospreay, then looks to send Akira crashing through the table off the ring steps. Henare comes to Akira's aid and spears Castagnoli off the ring steps. Akira then sends Garcia crashing on top of another table, and Newman sends PAC crashing through another table off the top rope. Akira then delivers a cannonball to Garcia off the ring apron.

Inside the ring, Moxley and Ospreay brawl with one another. Moxley then lands a trio of Paradigm Shifts on Ospreay, but Newman levels Moxley with a clothesline and helps up Ospreay. Ospreay sends Moxley crashing through the table and pins him as Newman holds onto Moxley as well.

Winners: United Empire

— After the match, Ospreay looks to continue beating down Moxley. Castagnoli comes to Moxley's aid by pulling him out of the ring.

— A video airs looking at Kenny Omega's road to the highly-anticipated title match.

— After the video wraps up, we return live inside the arena where Kenny Omega's theme hits to bring "The Cleaner" down to the ring for our final segment of this week's show.

Omega says it's been about 25 years since he was last in Edmonton, then says he hopped into a car for a 14 hour drive to wrestle in Edmonton and thanks the city from the bottom of his heart. He then addresses MJF and asks him if he really thought that MJF's comments about his diverticulitis last Wednesday would really get under his skin. He says that it got really old, especially given that commentary brings it up every week.

Omega reveals that he got upset with MJF mocking him for being "The God of Professional Wrestling" and his other nicknames because the fans were the ones to gift them upon him and he takes those titles seriously. He dares MJF to keep making comments about him because he can do everything better than MJF and recreate professional wrestling in his image unlike MJF. He says he thought it was all on him to write his legacy and save the place where the best should wrestle to put the belt on someone who can wrestle the best in the place they should wrestle. He admits to being wrong about that and says he shares his legacy with the fans. He says his responsibilities are his strength, and promises to take the AEW World Championship from MJF to write the wrongs that he's committed in AEW. He says Dynasty will be MJF's last offense.

MJF's music hits and he makes his way out. He says Omega was talking like he's better than him and about to beat him in 2026, but says while Omega and the fans should talk him up, Omega and the fans are scared. He says Omega will never challenge him for the AEW World Championship because the clock on his career is ticking, then says the doctors and Omega have said that he's all good to wrestle. He asks Omega what his excuse will be when he fails to win the AEW World Championship at Dynasty, then says Omega will find out like those in the back that he's not on the level of "The Devil". He says the fans will find out that their God will fall and "The Devil" will rise sitting on top of the throne. He says he's better than Omega and he knows it.

Omega says he learns more about MJF with every encounter between them, then says Dynasty will be the last time that they meet in the ring like men. He extends his hand to MJF and invites MJF to share his hand. MJF look to clock Omega, but Omega swiftly takes down MJF and tells him that he's predictable. He takes MJF's Dynamite Diamond Ring off and puts it on his own finger, then says he's studied MJF and things won't be how they've been until now. He says he will bid the crowd adieu with a good boy and a good night, then stands tall over MJF as the show goes off the air.