LIVE 1/8 AEW Dynamite Results – Excalibur welcomes us to the show as the camera pans the F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, TN. He is joined on commentary by Ian Riccaboni and “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, as we are reminded that Kenny Omega makes his long-awaited return tonight.
Will Ospreay vs. Buddy Matthews
The bell then sounds and the crowd pops again as the two simply stare at each other, and then play to the crowd with some facial reactions, before locking up. Matthews isolates the arm of Ospreay, who flips his way out and counters, snatching up the arm of Matthews.
They each whip the other into the ropes for shoulder-blocks that knocks the other down. They both do the slow return to their feet to sell the power of the other. The pace and speed picks up a bit and the two begin trading more offensive sequences, all of which again ultimately result in a stalemate.
Fans break out in a dueling “Let’s go Buddy!” and “Let’s go Ospreay!” chants. The two trade chops and punches. Ospreay throws Matthews into the corner and chops the hell out of him. Matthews charges at Ospreay, and ends up on the ring apron. Ospreay comes off the ropes with a hurricanrana that sends Matthews out to the floor.
Ospreay hits a springboard frogsplash plancha onto Matthews at ringside for a big pop. He rolls him back into the ring and springboards off the top-rope for a high spot, which Matthews avoids. Ospreay lands on his feet, but Matthews puts him down, kicks him in the spine and blasts him with a running kick for a two-count.
After several more minutes of back-and-forth action, Ospreay began to fight back into competitive form. “The Aerial Assassin” would ultimately settle back into the offensive driver’s seat, connecting with a big Styles Clash for a close two-count, before eventually finishing off Matthews for the win.
Winner: Will Ospreay
Once the match wraps up, Ospreay gets on the mic for a post-match promo as Matthews is recovering on the mat in front of him. Ospreay tells everyone to give a big hand to “Buddy Murp…Matthews!” He almost said the old WWE name for The House of Black member. He talks about how he’s faced Matthews and Brody King and he respects them both. He says hopefully this is the last time they have to meet in the ring, and tells him if he ever needs a partner, “Buddy, I’m your guy.”
Private Party Approached By The Hurt Syndicate
After we see a video package looking back at the eventful weekend at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan that included the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 show and NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty 2025 show, which saw Mercedes Mone and Konosuke Takeshita win some new titles, and Kenny Omega make his in-ring return.
Once the package wraps up, we return inside the F&M Bank Arena where we hear the familiar sounds of Private Party’s theme music. Out comes Zay and Quen with the velvet rope, party girls, etc. They cut a brief promo about being the first tag-team to compete in the first match to air via simulcast on MAX.
As they continue to talk, they are cut off by the theme music for The Hurt Syndicate. “We hurt people! We hurt people!” MVP comes out with Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin. MVP tells Private Party if they wanted to hurt them, they could have already. He claims they’re out here to celebrate with them, but then spoil the party when Lashley makes it clear he’s got sights set on their tag titles.
Bobby Lashley vs. Mark Briscoe
The Hurt Syndicate theme plays again as “The All Mighty” heads to the ring for his scheduled match. He settles inside the squared circle and his music dies down. The catchy-tune for Mark Briscoe hits next. “Reach for the sky, boy!” He makes his way out settles in the ring.
The bell sounds and off we go. Lashley immediately begins dominating Briscoe, settling into a comfortable early offensive lead. As he continues to beat down the master of Redneck Fu, we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break with the bout still in progress.
Back from the break, Lashley lands a back elbow on Mark that sends him crashing off the apron. Mark grabs a chair from under the ring, then sets it up and uses it as a launching pad to fly over the top and level Lashley. Mark sends Lashley crashing into the ring post, then flies off the top to level Lashley and follows it up with a basement clothesline inside the ring. Mark then ascends to the top rope and delivers an elbow drop to Lashley, then pins him but Lashley kicks out. Lashley then delivers a spear to Mark and follows it up with a chokeslam before cinching in The Hurt Lock. Mark fades.
Winner: Bobby Lashley
After the match, Private Party reemerges with chairs in hand to confront The Hurt Syndicate.
Casino Gauntlet For AEW Championship Opportunity
The theme for Jay White hits inside the F&M Bank Arena. “Switchblade” emerges to a good crowd reaction and heads to the ring as the first participant in the high stakes Casino Gauntlet, where the winner earns a shot at the AEW World Championship held by Jon Moxley at next week’s AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage show.
Hangman Page’s entrance tune hits next and the crowd reacts big. The AEW original heads to the ring looking ready for battle with a serious glare in his eyes, per his new, darker persona. The bell sounds and White and Page begin to get after it, as Excalibur talks on commentary about the significance of this match.
White gets Hangman on the top-rope and connects with a huge super-plex. As the two crash to the canvas, the countdown clock appears on the big screen. The crowd counts down and then the theme for the third participant hits. Out comes The Death Riders’ own Wheeler Yuta through the crowd to a ton of boos.
As soon as Yuta hits the ring, White greets him with a Bladerunner. White immediately follows up with the cover, but doesn’t get the three, as Hangman re-enters the picture. Hangman and White exchange chops before Hangman catches White coming off the ropes and hoists him up for a fall-away slam.
The countdown clock appears again and when it expires this time, we hear the familiar sounds of Swerve Strickland’s theme song. Instead of Swerve, however, out comes the man who violently attacked him last week, Ricochet. He settles in the ring and joins in the mix as the show heads into a mid-match commercial break.
When we return, the countdown clock hits again and when it wraps up, we hear “You know it’s all about the BOOM!” And no, it’s not “Big BOOM!” A.J., it’s Adam Cole — BAY-BAY! The Undisputed Kingdom member settles in the ring and immediately begins taking out any-and-everyone in sight as the crowd roars.
Ricochet hits a near coast-to-coast-sized jump from the ropes on one side of the ring to the other, only to descend into a stiff super kick by Cole upon landing. Cole follows up with a Panama Sunrise on Ricochet for a close two-count. Afterwards, the countdown clock re-appears.
The theme for Daniel Garcia hits and out comes the reigning TNT Champion to join the growing field of active participants in the ongoing high stakes Casino Gauntlet. Garcia and Cole trade shots upon Garcia’s arrival inside the ring. Garcia hits a big neck-breaker on Cole to jump into the offensive lead.
We see some more back-and-forth action for another minute or so before the countdown clock returns. It strikes 0 and out comes Pa-Pa-Pa-Powerhouse Hobbs. The big man enters the ring and immediately starts rag-dolling bodies left-and-right with ease. Hangman is the first to get in some return offense on Hobbs.
Hobbs takes over literally seconds later, however and hits a fall-away slam on him, before popping up to pose for the crowd as Excalibur talks us into another mid-match commercial break.
When we return, Roderick Strong joins the mix. He gets in a couple moments of shine time in the spotlight, before “The Murderhawk Monster” Lance Archer comes out next.
As the action continues, the countdown clock appears again, this time bringing out Kyle O’Reilly. O’Reilly’s inclusion in the contest leads to he, Adam Cole and Roderick Strong taking over in a big way. The trio dominate the action for some time until the clock appears again, this time bringing out “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett.
Jarrett gets a big pop coming out, but as he heads to the ring, he is blindsided and attacked from behind by Yuta. Yuta beats Jarrett down away from the ring, heading to the back with Jarrett. They pass through the curtain and the camera shot returns to the ring, where Archer and Hobbs are duking it out as fans chant “Meat! Meat!”
Archer goes for a big spot, but Hobbs counters and sends Archer out to the floor. Hobbs hits a big spinebuster on O’Reilly seconds later and covers him. Hobbs gets the unexpected victory. Hobbs will move on to challenge Jon Moxley next Wednesday night for the AEW World Championship at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage. Renee Paquette interviews Hobbs live in the ring afterwards.
Winner and ADVANCING to AEW Maximum Carnage title shot: Powerhouse Hobbs
MJF Confronts Jeff Jarrett In The Ring
Jeff Jarrett is in the ring for an interview with Ian Riccaboni after a video package airs promoting HOOK vs. Christian Cage for next week’s AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage. As he begins to talk, he is cut off by the familiar sounds of the entrance tune of Maxwell Jacob Friedman — MJF.
Friedman gets into the ring and tells Riccaboni, who he calls a bible-thumper, to get out. He then addresses Jeff Jarrett. He runs down the accolades of Jarrett like he knows them first-hand, but after finishing, pointed out he had to Google all of that because he’s not ancient.
He says his dad told him he was a big fan of Jeff’s when he was a young kid. He talks about the World Title scene before running Jeff down for not being able to be involved in tonight’s Casino Gauntlet. He talks about wanting to get after his Triple B and get it back.
He reminds Jarrett that the clock is ticking. MJF reveals a detail that Jarrett wanted to avoid sharing, noting that the contract he signed is only good for one more year. Not because he wanted it that way, but because professional wrestling only wants him around that long because they think that’s all he has left.
Jarrett finally responds, telling MJF back in his day they had a name for people like him. They called them flashes in the pan. He says there’s no guarantee that just because MJF made it to the top and won the world title before, doesn’t guarantee him that it’ll happen again. He goes on to turn down MJF’s offer to strike a deal together. We head to another commercial break.
Cope Addresses Jon Moxley & The Death Riders
We return from the break to footage of The Death Riders attacking Darby Allin and kicking him down a flight of stairs a couple of weeks ago. Excalibur says Allin hasn’t been seen since, and has essentially fallen off the map following the stairwell attack.
Back inside the F&M Bank Arena, we hear the familiar sounds of the iconic theme song of Adam Copeland. Excuse me, Cope. “The Rated-R Superstar” makes his way to the ring as highlights are shown of Rated-FTR defeating The Death Riders on the first AEW Collision of 2025 this past Saturday night.
Cope gets on the mic and wastes no time. “Jon Moxley …” The crowd boos. Cope brings up Mox and his goons taking out Bryan Danielson and ending his career. He says we just saw them take out Darby Allin and throw him down a flight of steps. He says they made a mistake when they next targeted his friends — FTR.
He goes on to talk about himself being a different breed. A different animal. He says no one has gone through what he has to be able to stand in this ring. He says he broke his neck in a match against Eddie Guerrero. Do you wanna know what he did? He got up and he wrestled 20 more minutes and won that match.
He says last year he suffered a broken leg in a match. Do you wanna know what he did? He got up and he wrestled 20 more minutes and won that match, too. A few seconds later, The Death Riders’ theme hits and out comes Jon Moxley, accompanied by Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta.
The Death Riders’ trio surround the ring and stalk Cope, only to be attacked from behind by FTR duo Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler. Cope joins them and the three-on-three brawl spreads throughout the F&M Bank Arena. As Harwood and Wheeler fight through the crowd with Castagnoli and Yuta, Cope lays out Mox in the ring.
Cope is distracted by Marina Shafir on the ring apron. He snatches her up by her collar, but before he can do anything, he is attacked from behind by PAC. Mox takes over, securing a bulldog choke and cranking back on it as Cope goes out. Mox leaves Cope laying and then Mox calls for something. Shafir hands him a plastic bag.
Before Mox can use it, the theme for Powerhouse Hobbs hits. Moxley’s title challenger for next week’s Maximum Carnage comes out taking his straps down. The Death Riders all exit the ring upon Hobbs entering it. They back off and retreat. On that note, we shift gears and head into another commercial break.
– We see a backstage promo segment with AEW Women’s World Champion “The Glamour” Mariah May. As she talks about the Women’s Casino Gauntlet at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage next Wednesday night, Harley Cameron interrupts her. She then challenges her for this week’s AEW Collision. May says she doesn’t deserve a title shot, but agrees to fight her in a non-title bout. Harley vows to make her feel the wrath.
Toni Storm vs. Kris Statlander vs. Willow Nightingale
The bell rings and Nightingale, Storm, and Statlander all take turns rolling each other up. Nightingale runs over Storm with a shoulder tackle, then follows it up with a spinebuster to her. Statlander runs over Nightingale with a clothesline, and the two take turns pinning one another. Nightingale levels Statlander with a shoulder tackle, but Statlander returns the favor and dumps Storm out of the ring.
Back from the break, Statlander and Nightingale deliver a double Fallaway Slam to Storm. Nightingale considers landing a right hand on Statlander as Statlander looks to let her have a shot at her, but Storm sends the pair crashing into one another. Statlander sends Storm crashing into the corner with a kick, but Nightingale delivers a cannonball to both women as they’re stacked up in the corner and delivers a Death Valley Driver to Storm. She goes for a pin, but Storm kicks out.
Storm lands a German suplex on Statlander, but Statlander levels Nightingale with a right hand and sends Storm crashing into the corner. Nightingale then delivers a double German suplex to both Storm and Statlander, but Storm rolls up Nightingale. Statlander breaks the fall, then dumps Nightingale out of the ring and delivers Saturday Night Fever to Storm for the win.
Winner: Kris Statlander
We Hear From Kenny Omega
Omega thanks fans for their warm reception and says a little over a year ago, he checked himself into a hospital and he was diagnosed with diverticulitis. He says it took two feet of his intestines from him and he wouldn’t be alive if he hasn’t checked himself into the hospital when he did. He says the past year has been a roller coaster ride, and the first questions he had were about recovery time and when he could return to a ring.
Omega recalls the doctor telling him that he would just be lucky to return to normal life rather than the ring, and says he was in the hospital four more times after the initial visit. He says he questioned if being in the ring was really worth it and he had a moment of time when giving up was the safest option, but he remembered that his purpose is being a professional wrestler. He says he found his purpose at Wrestle Dynasty, and if he isn’t giving fans everything he has, then he just isn’t living. He says while he can’t do the things he used to do, he’s the best version of himself.
Don Callis makes his way down to the ring, but Omega wastes no time. He charges at him on the entrance ramp and fires off right hands on him, but Lance Archer and Brian Cage attack Omega and send him crashing into one of the barricades. Cage and Archer continue beating down Omega in the ring as Kyle Fletcher joins him. Cage sets up for the Drill Claw on Omega, but Will Ospreay runs down to the ring with a chair in hand. He clocks Archer with it, but Fletcher and Cage leave the ring before he can clock them with it. Ospreay and Omega then stare each other down as the show goes off the air.
–– Here is what’s in store for the show ––
- AEW World Title Number One Contenders Match: Casino Gauntlet
- Kenny Omega returns
- MJF to appear live
- Jeff Jarrett to appear
- Bobby Lashley vs. Mark Briscoe
- Will Ospreay vs. Buddy Matthews
- Number One Spot In Women’s Casino Gauntlet on the Line: Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander
1/8 AEW Dynamite Preview
Jon Moxley’s next challenger for the AEW World Championship will be determined tonight, as a Casino Gauntlet Match is set to be held tonight with the winner receiving their shot during next week’s “Dynamite” Maximum Carnage special. Moxleys last defense came at Worlds End on December 28 when he retained against Orange Cassidy, “Hangman” Adam Page, and Jay White in a Four-Way Math.
While on the subject of Casino Gauntlet Matches, the first ever women’s one will be taking place at Maximum Carnage. Before it does, however, Toni Storm will be colliding with Willow Nightingale and Kris Statlander in a Three-Way Match. The winner will secure themselves the Number One Spot in next’s week’s bout.
Coming off his defeat against Kazuchika Okada in the Finals of the Continental Classic at Worlds End and being unable to dethrone him as AEW Continental Champion, Will Ospreay looks to redeem himself tonight as he goes one-on-one with House of Black’s Buddy Matthews. Elsewhere, Bobby Lashley looks to bring another win back to the Hurt Syndicate after he and Shelton Benjamin defeated The Acclaimed during last week’s “Dynamite” Fight For The Fallen special as he squares off with Mark Briscoe of The Conglomeration.
Additionally, Kenny Omega will be making an appearance on tonight’s show following his victory over Gabe Kidd at Wrestle Dynasty this past Sunday. Jeff Jarrett also has something on his mind to share tonight after announcing his intentions of becoming a champion in 2025 last week, as does MJF coming off his successful defense of the “Dynamite” Diamond ring against Adam Cole at Worlds End.
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