AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - July 30th, 2025

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AEW Dynamite

This week, everyone is banned from ringside as Hangman Adam Page defends the AEW World Championship against Jon Moxley. The Young Bucks face The Outrunners in the AEW Eliminator Series Quarterfinals to determine which team will challenge for the AEW World Tag Titles at Forbidden Door. Plus, MJF appears live.

– We are live! Taz, Excalibur, and Tony Schiavone greet audiences at home as The Outrunners make their way to the ring. The Young Bucks are already waiting in the ring.

AEW World Tag-Team Championship Eliminator Tournament: The Outrunners vs. The Young Bucks

Truth Magnum and Nick Jackson begin the action. The bell rings and Magnum delivers a bodyslam to Nick. Turbo Floyd tags in and The Outrunners double team on Nick. Matt comes to his brother's aid, but The Outrunners deliver double back body drops on both Nick and Matt before raining down right hands on them in opposite corners.

Matt and Nick level Floyd with a double back elbow and hit their signature pose, but Nick and Magnum tag in. Magnum charges at Matt in the corner, but Matt sees him coming and tags in. Nick delivers a neckbreaker to Magnum, then lands an enzuigiri on him from the apron as Matt delivers a clothesline to him in the corner. Nick tags in and The Bucks deliver a cannonball-enzuigiri combination to Magnum. Nick then lands an escalara on Floyd off the top rope on the outside of the ring.

Back from the break, Floyd lands a splash on Matt and follows it up with a modified Northern Lights Bomb. The Outrunners look to land a double back elbow on Matt, but Nick breaks things up with a superkicks to Floyd and Magnum's arms as they set up for the move. Nick lands a superkick on Magnum.

Nick delivers a jump up knee strike on Magnum and follows it up with an Assisted Sliced Bread on him with Matt. Magnum rolls up Matt, but Matt kicks out and low blows Magnum whilst distracting the referee. The referee shoves Matt, and Magnum rolls him up. Magnum kicks out, but Nick looks to land a superkick on Magnum. Magnum kicks out, but Floyd tags in and The Outrunners land Total Recall on Matt. Nick breaks the fall, and The Bucks respond with the TK Driver to Floyd for the win.

Winners: The Young Bucks

– After the match, Kazuchika Okada join The Bucks in the ring, and the trio continue beating down The Outrunners. Swerve Strickland's music hits, and he makes his way to the ring along with Prince Nana. The Outrunners gain the upper hand over The Bucks, then beat down Okada with Strickland. Strickland then connects with the Swerve Stomp on The Elite.

– We then head backstage, where MJF knocks on The Hurt Syndicate's locker room. Shelton Benjamin emerges and informs MJF that MVP isn't in the arena because he's upset with MJF, then points out that the watch MJF had previously given him is a cheap knockoff and says The Hurt Syndicate has been on to him the entire time because of it. He tells MJF to get away from them, then officially tells MJF that he's out of the group.

– Backstage, Renee Paquette is standing by with Mark Briscoe. She brings up MJF. Briscoe asks if she's seen him. Before she can answer, in walks Ricochet with The Gates of Agony, telling Briscoe to shut up. Briscoe tells Ricochet he'll handle him later. He turns to the camera to try again to address MJF, only to once more be interrupted by Ricochet and The Gates of Agony, the latter of which demand that Briscoe shows respect to Ricochet. Ricochet gets in one final line and does his Jadakiss rip-off laugh. The trio then finally walk off. Back inside the arena, Excalibur does a live ad-read for Draft Kings. After that, the show shifts gears and heads into another commercial break.

– Commentary talks about MJF’s appearance in Happy Gilmore 2 before going backstage, where MJF looks to clear the air with Shelton Benjamin after Bobby Lashley’s remarks last week. Benjamin says that MVP isn’t here tonight because frankly, he’s disgusted with MJF. He asks MJF for the time, a reminder that Friedman gave him his own Rolex watch, which Shelton reveals is a knockoff. He says the only reason they didn’t lay MJF out months ago was because MVP stuck his neck out for him, before telling Max that as far as the Hurt Syndicate goes, MJF is out. Benjamin gives him a thumbs down and walks off.

– Inside the arena, Tony Schiavone is standing in the ring and introduces Christian Cage, and he makes his way to the ring. Schiavone asks Cage about The Patriarchy kicking him out at All In and Cope subsequently telling him to find himself, and Cage introduces himself before admitting that he's an a**h***. He says he was obsessed with becoming AEW World Champion no matter the cost, and he was ready to fulfill his destiny at AEW Revolution earlier this year. He says when he looked at the canvas, he caught a glimpse of his past and became an a**h*** with feelings. He says it cost him anything, then says he didn't think that Nick Wayne, Mother Wayne, and Kip Sabian were competent enough to kick him out of the group. He asks Nick, Mother Wayne, and Sabian what they know about taking risks.

Cage addresses Cope and asks him if the things he's said to him in AEW were that bad. He says Cope was an opportunist who did some unsavory things to get to the top, then says he was simply conducting business. He says Cope told him to find himself, and says maybe he did but maybe he didn't. He says himself and Cope are very different, and yet the same.

Cage says The Patriarchy decided that they didn't need a patriarch anymore, and says he's "found himself in holes before". He says he's always managed to climb out of the holes that he's been buried in, then says Nick may think he's had a little success as Ring Of Honor World Television Champion but questions how he'll show up when he has to defend his title. He says Nick has the audacity to call himself the new face of AEW, and he has every tool to be that, but he'll have to go through him to get there. He then informs Nick and Sabian that he's disowning the both of them.

Mother Wayne looks to slap Cage, but Cage catches her hand. He spots Sabian sneaking up behind him, but not Nick sneaking up on the other side of him. Mother Wayne hands Nick and Sabian a pair of chairs, then both hit Cage with them with a double Con-Chair-To. Nick tells Cage that he disowns him and turned his back on him.

– Backstage, we hear from FTR and Big Stoke. Stoke has a message for a few people, including Cope who he reminds is banned from the building tonight. He then addresses Bang Bang Gang ahead of the AEW World Tag-Team Championship Eliminator Tournament match tomorrow night on AEW Collision.

The Young Bucks end up approaching them to cut them off. We get a bit of chat as FTR congratulates the Bucks on their win tonight, talking about the possibility of facing them in the finals and saying all bad blood between them is in the past. Stoke still didn't seem fond of them.

– Jon Moxley makes his way to the ring. "Hangman" Adam Page follows.

AEW World Championship Match: Hangman Page (c) vs. Jon Moxley

The bell rings and the two lock up. Page fires off forearm strikes on Moxley, then lands a chop on him. Moxley responds with a couple of his own, but Page wears Moxley down. Moxley delivers a German suplex to Page, then jams his knee into Page in the corner and rains down right hands on him. He jams his thumb into Page's eye, then steps over him. Page lands a clothesline on Moxley on the apron, then flies over the top rope to level him on the outside and dumps him back inside the ring.

Page connects with a sit-out powerbomb on Moxley and goes for a pin, but Moxley kicks out and retreats to the outside. Page follows Moxley outside, but Moxley lands a piledriver on Page on top of the ring steps.

Back from the break, Moxley has a straitjacket cinched in on Page. Page escapes, then exchanges right hands with Moxley. Moxley bites Page, but Page lands a German suplex on Moxley and levels him with a clothesline. Moxley dropkicks Page off the apron and clears the announce desk, then drags Page on top of it. Page manages to land a Dead Eye on Moxley.

Page and Moxley returns to the ring, and Moxley looks to fly off the ropes. Page catches him and delivers a piledriver to him, but Moxley cinches in a Bulldog Choke on Page. Page escapes and locks in the Yes Lock on Moxley, but Moxley crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold.

Moxley rakes Page's spine and delivers a second piledriver to Page on top of the apron, then lands a modified Neutralizer on Page and goes for a pin. Page kicks out, then looks to land a Dead Eye on Moxley. The referee accidentally gets clocked.

Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli approach the ring, but security stops them. Marina Shafir grabs the AEW World Championship belt and hands it to Moxley, and Moxley hits Page with it. He goes for a pin, but Page kicks out. The referee and security force Shafir to leave ringside, with Castagnoli pulling her over the barricade. Darby Allin then flies off one of the balconies to level Castagnoli, Yuta, and Shafir. Moxley becomes distracted, but Page then delivers a Buckshot Lariat to Moxley. Moxley looks to cinch in a Bulldog Choke on Page, but Page responds with a Dead Eye to Moxley and follows it up with a second Buckshot Lariat for the win.

Winner and STILL AEW World Champion: Hangman Page

– The show returns from a commercial break to ROH Women's World Champion Athena and Billie Starkz making their ring entrances while we get a look back at what led to this match being made. Out next are their opponents, the team of Alex Windsor and AEW Women's World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm.

Toni Storm and Alex Windsor vs. Athena and Billie Starkz

Windsor and Athena begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Storm and Starkz tag in, and Storm cinches in a submission on Starkz. She follows it up with a backbreaker and tags in Windsor. Windsor lands a lariat on Starkz in the corner, then lands a hanging DDT on Starkz and goes for a pin. Athena breaks the fall, but Storm chases her around the ring. Starkz catches Storm with a clothesline, but Windsor takes Athena out with a cannonball off the apron. Windsor and Starkz get back in the ring, and Starkz catapults Windsor over to Athena who lands a spinebuster on her.

Back from the break, Athena prevents Windsor from tagging in Storm. Windsor delivers a clothesline to Athena and follows it up with a Liger Bomb, then goes for a pin but Starkz breaks the fall. Storm tags in and delivers a pair of shotgun dropkicks to Starkz, then lands a Hip Attack on Athena that sends her crashing off the apron and rains down right hands on Starkz in the center of the ring. Athena then lands an O Face on Storm for the win.

Winners: Athena and Billie Starkz

– After the match, Starkz attacks Windsor on the outside as Athena tells Storm that it's only a matter of time before she cashes in a contract for a title match.

– Backstage we see Renee Paquette standing by with AEW World Champion Hangman Page, who is quickly interrupted by MJF who is upset about Page not wanting to defend the title against him unless he executes his World Title contract. He brings up Swerve Strickland being a real man unlike Hangman in an attempt to rile up the champ, but this gets turned around on him when Hangman tells him that if he wants to go after the title he needs to face and beat Mark Briscoe.

He tells MJF that Briscoe is a man he’s respected for over a decade. MJF just scoffs at this and makes another crack at Hangman, prompting Hangman to point out that The Hurt Syndicate isn't with him right now. With that in mind, Hangman says there's nothing stopping him from kicking his ass right here and right now. MJF backs off like a cowardly heel. The commentators promote Ricochet vs. Mark Briscoe coming up next.

– We head into another commercial break. When the show returns, before we head back inside the arena, we shoot backstage again for a brief interview with Willow Nightingale. She confirms that she and Thekla will finally do battle on AEW Collision.

– Ricochet makes his way to the ring. Mark Briscoe follows.

Mark Briscoe vs. Ricochet

The bell rings and Mark fires off right hands on Ricochet. He follows it up with an enzuigiri and fires off right hands on Ricochet in the corner, then lands a boot on the side of his head. Ricochet fires off forearms on Mark, but Mark returns the favor and whips him into the corner chest first.

The Gates Of Agony make their way to the ring, and they hop onto the apron. This opens the door for Ricochet to land a dropkick on Mark's spine and a tope suicida on him outside of the ring.

Back from the break, Mark kncosk Ricochet out of the ring and looks to land a dropkick on him through the middle rope. Bishop Kaun pushes Ricochet out of the way and takes the dropkick for him, but Mark clocks Ricochet with a right hand and uses a chair as a launch pad to take flight over the top rope as he levels Kaun and Ricochet.

Mark ascends to the top rope, but Toa Liona pushes him off. Ricochet lands Veritgo on Mark and goes for a pin, but Mark kicks out.

Brody King and Bandido appear out of nowhere, and brawl to the back with The Gates Of Agony. Ricochet rocks Mark with a knee to his face, then gets him up on his shoulders. Mark escapes, but Ricochet delivers an enzuigiri to Mark. Mark runs over Ricochet with a lariat and follows it up with the J Driller for the win.

Winner: Mark Briscoe

– After the match, Mark grabs a microphone and calls out MJF for disparaging his brother's Jay Briscoe's name. He demands MJF come to the ring, and MJF's music hits but he doesn't make his way to the ring. He instead appears on the jumbo tron and says just because Mark sounds serious, it doesn't mean he has to take him seriously. He informs Mark that they will have a singles match next week, but MJF sneaks up behind Mark and low blows him. He asks who the coward is now after "Hangman" Adam Page called him such tonight and places his "Dynamite" Diamond Ring on his pinkie, but Page makes his way to the ring. Mark looks to land a J Driller on MJF, but MJF runs all the way up the ramp to avoid being hit with the move. Page and Mark stand tall in the ring as the show goes off the air.

[Kemo]