AEW Dynamite 10-28-26 Fright Night

 

It's almost Halloween time and AEW does have the second-best themed name you can give a show - nothing can top Halloween Havoc, but this is close and we've got Perse vs. Aminata and Fletcher vs. Perry on tap alongside Darby vs. Alexander and FTR vs. the Guns. I could see a TNT Title change here. Mox and Garcia face The Gut to open things up. The Cut's new logo reminds me of The Band's in TNA.

Mox vs. White starts up and they're definitely going for that for the Continental and Mox gets the driver on Finlay before White stomps him free of a triangle. Bladerunner to Danny wins it faction brawling sets up Anarchy in the Arena for Full Gear. Fletcher vs. Perry is up and Fletcher dominates until a low-pe by Perry and a flip dive is turned into an apron bomb by Fletcher! Corner kick and the high angle brainbuster gets 2.9! Snaretrap is on! Avalanche rana from Perry turned into a powermb...no rana first! Avalanche brainbuster...misses but it's a KO and Fletcher talks about beating Perry, Cope, and Ospreay and he and Knight will be tag champs and he cuts this killer promo on Davis and Doyle's shoulders. 

Malenko narrates a Blood and Guts video! New Level is out to talk the trios Texas death match for the PPV. Swerve takes out Bandido backstage and covers his face with his hair before they get Texas Death. DCF is backstage and Okada hypes up FAMILY! FTR vs. Guns is up and they have a decent little match before a flash cradle gets the win for the Guns and FTR attacks. Britt is an old tyme coach with Perse backstage and Britt is Ms. Trunchbul from Matilda. Okay then. MY SHADOW KNOWS MY STORY and he wants Andrade's gold and wil go through Sydal on Saturday. AND OH MY GOD DRAGUNOV! 

Marina vs. Rachel Armstrong is up and the mother's milk ends it. Marina tells her to stop being a pussy and Mone tells her that she isn't one and slaps her to a "you fucked up" chant and the Cut attacks Mox and Claudio fights everyone off until the odds overwhelm him. Josh vs. Darby is up and Josh gets a cool Body Vice modification with his hands locked in an S grip. Coffin drop to the floor but JOSH CATCHES HIM FOR A FLIP GERMAN! Darby wraps him in the skirt and a low-pe hits! IT'S STEVE is dressed as a clown and beats up RPG Vice! Ankle lock but DARBY GETS THE LAST SUPPER OUT OF IT TO WIN!

Mortos vs. Dragunov is up for Collision! TBS Title time and it's a stiff affair before Britt hits a beltshot and a Perse moonsault gets 2 BUT OFF WITH HER HEAD ENDS IT AND WE GOT A NEW CHAMP! The babyface locker room is out for her! Cool moment and the perfect timing too with Aminata hugely over right before the finish.

AEW Dynamite 10-21-26 - Dragunov Debut

 

It's a pretty loaded lineup with Dragunov debuting against Bailey and Cope and Ospreay facing ProtoJet, and the Bucks against Davis and Doyle in an eliminator. And that opens the show up! Davis and Doyle just truck them! Avalanche in the barricade by Davis, and a powerbomb THROUGH A TABLE after the first one to Nick! DOUBLE SNAP POWERSLAM HITS! COUNT TO THREE HITS and another! A THIRD PILEDRIVER HITS and Nick is bearhugged by Doyle and that's ballgame! WOW that is how you get guys over!

PPV recap and Cope is out for the Ospreay tag. Jeez what a loaded first hour. Double Impact dropkick gets 2 for the heels and Kyle poses before Callis steals the desk by saying that if Excalibur looked like Kyle, he wouldn't need to wear a mask to protect others. Knight hits a run-up Superman forearm on the floor to Ospreay and Cope hits a Killswitch to Kyle! CATCHING SPEAR TO KNIGHT! Spear misses in the corner AND HE HITS OKADA'S BELT and the brainbuster wins it! Darby, Steven, and the Bucks make a save!

Swerve vertebreakers a jobber to win. Orange and Jay White beat Yuta and Danny in a fun mid-card tag with Jay winning with the bladerunner. Swerve demands a rematch for the belts at Full Gear and Hanger is cool with it. Renee and Mone are out and THE DEATH RIDERS THEME HITS and MARINA IS UP NEXT BABY! "DON'T BE A PUSSY!" Mox vs. Roddy is up and I don't think there's much Marina likes more than Roddy getting beaten up! HE'S A BACKBREAKER'Y guy according to Taz and THE STRONG HOLD IS ON! RNC ENDS IT! This was fun! The Dogs attack Roddy and Mox backs them off AND THEN FINLAY FLIPS HIM OFF AND THEY BEAT HIM DOWN! CONNORS SPEARS Gabe - good - they closed the loop on that alignment there.

AND THE BANG BANG GANG TAKE OUT THE DEATH RIDERS TOO! EVEN CLAUDIO IS TAKEN OUT! 310 COUNTERED WITH AN UPPERCUT AND they take him down with a gang attack. Tire iron shot by Connors to Claudio trying to swing Jay! The Divine Dominion and Triangle of Madness beat up Wrathlander and the Birds backstage. Justin Roberts lets everyone know that YOU SHOULD RESPECT THE PRODIGY NICK WAYNE! In a new NICK WAYNE BEAT CHRIS JERICHO shirt. "Nick WAYYNE!' guys pissing Taz off for a shoot- so that should be his preferred chant now 

He does the bit TWICE and Jericho is out with the mid-life crisis blonde hair dye. Jericho says that this is the TURNING POINT OF NICK WAYNE and boy that's sure better than the Genesis of McGullicutty and tells him NOT TO FUCK IT UP! Well that's the learning lesson in life. FTR-Guns recap. 

 

Britt and Perse are here for commentary as Maya vs. Aminata hits for a title shot. OFF WITH HER HEAD and Aminata faces Perse at Fright Night next week. Woo Rascalz hype video on Dynamite! Myron vs. Swerve is set up and Match 2 is Saturday and 3 is on Fright Night. DCF vs. Bucks, Cope, Darby, Borden, and Ospreay! Bailey vs. Dragunov is up BUT FIRST Joe says that he beat Darby, Ospreay and that title belongs to him and there's no Bowens here. Bailey and Dragunov just beat the everloving shit out of each other with hard chops, round kicks and stomps. Bridging Tiger suplex gets 2.5 for Ilja! Diving senton from Dragunov gets 2! D-Bomb countered by an upkick and a pump kick! Lariat to the leg D-BOMB TO THE LEG AND THE D-BOMB HITS! 

WWE Raw 10-19-26

 

Joe Tess narration over the 946 ROAMING AROUND CORRIDORS! Sami is out on Raw to hype the Crown Jewel Title match. Roman is out and hugs Sami before Sami is a cocky asshole and Penta is out for an MK 3 versus screen pose with Roman before facing Breakker. Press turned into a DDT by Penta before a Penta driver gets 2.5. Vision is out and a mid-air Destroyer is met with a mid-air spear for 2.5. JeVon prevents Theory from using the case and he takes out Breakker with it and PENTA WINS WITH A DESTROYER!? 

Chelsea and Iyo are out to face Roxy and Raquel and they do a bunch of not much until Liv gets involved BUT IT BACKFIRES and Iyo cradles Raquel to win. 946 lets everyone know no one's safe. Well duh. Tess says Bloodline isn't here. Okay wait so the Bloodline isn't here, 946 is, and they aren't attacking Roman THE WORLD CHAMPION why?

JD vs. Hendry is up and Hendry looks miserable. Great hype graphic for JD, who is getting more over with this while Hendry is getting under. Goofy comedy with the Funko guy and Dom and Hendry gets a baseball slide to Dom. Flying headram-style headbutt wins it for JD. Lyra does crazy shit backstage. Lola Vice vs. Lyra is next and they just do a lot of nothing until a wacky submission by Lyra.

Lyra eats a cool mid-air backfist for 2.5. Bayley distraction and MIA hits flush and wins it. Lyra asks what she has to do to end this and Bayley tells her - no DQ. Tess hypes up MICRO DRAMAS! Their thing is shot in portrait and landscape thankfully. Becky wants a title shot and counters Pearce's "no one's fighting" with Steph hurt with THAT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE MATCHES! Well she's right. 

Rey vs. Gable vs. Lee is up and MY GOD HOW IS REY SO GOOD!? He looked shot 16 years ago in WWE and he's better now. Rey does a crazy dive off the top to the floor! Double 619s and Rey gets 2.9 off a frog splash! Dragon Lee is taken out with a DDT and Gable beats Rey, who is pissed at losing. Page attacks Rey and Gable and Cass beats up Lee. A really distracting woman with MAGA face is behind the announcers and I'm sure she's a treat trying to return something.

Usos arrive with weapons and 946 surrounds the ring but Solo attacks Keys and Hayes. Keys calls out Roman, who saunters out to a "you fucked up" chant at Keys. Okay that's funny. Bloodline clears the ring and stands tall to set up War Games in November. They've built that up well - it's a shame it's WWE War Games and not JCP but oh well. IC Title scene would have been more interesting had Rey won, even if Gable winning is "better" in the sense of how many people are in the mix.

AEW WrestleDream 2026

 

We've got a Tailgate Brawl with the Guns and FTR and Divine Dominion against the Sisters starting off. Lena bullies Julia and gets a sideslam. Skye gets a handstand forearm, but Bayne throws her off a snapmare attempt. Outside-in back suplex by Bayne and corner shoulder charges. Bayne hits a German on both and a double chokeslam to Julia wins it. 

Mone hype vid. DCF 6 man tag is up and the powerbomb symphony wins it. Death Riders and Dogs are out to face the Congolmeration and we get a big brawl and it's over. Okey dokey. FTR vs. MCMG is up and Big Stoke smacks Shelley in the ropes. Outside-in lariat bleeds the match into the PPV. Sabin runs wild with Steamboat armdrags. Shelley O'Connor roll is met with a Cash uppercut and a Dax spinebuster for 2.5. 

Sabin cutter gets 2. Skull and Bones, but Dax's foot is put on the rope! SPIKE PILEDRIVER GETS 2.5 ONS ABIN! Double-team air raid crash wins it for the Guns - good, they need a PPV win to start this run strong. PPV hype vid hits formally.

Women's world title is seemingly starting things off and Thekla has a cool spider-shaped sedan! Kneeling surfboard into a Romero special sees Thekla get chucked off. Mercedes misses a double knee on the RINGPOST!? Ow. Thekla swings the D around after a double stomp off the apron. Spiderplex! Spiderwalk spear hits for 2! Back to back meteoras hit for Mone for 2! A masks hot and money maker win it!  

Jericho vs. Nick Wayne is up and Nick Wayne gets a new wacky intro. Slaps back and forth before walk and brawling leads to a JERISHOW REUNION and an AA on the steps by Jericho. Top rope punches/rana by Jericho. Wayne copies it and eats an avalanche powerbomb and walls. Sliced bread on the apron to Jericho. Wayne low blow attempt is met with a CUP and Nick WAYNE WINS WITH A CRADLE! Nick Wayne gets the mic and says HE BEAT HIM AGAIN!

Tag title time. JINDRAK DROPKICK BY KEVIN KNIGHT! I loved seeing that live at a DC NJPW show and now it hits AEW PPV! Draping double stomp by the Bucks! Chicken fight results in a double-down lariat. RUN-UP DESTROYER BY NICK HITS! AVALANCHE BRAINBUSTER AND UFO SPLASH HIT FOR 2.9 WHEN IT'S BROKEN UP! BTE TRIGGER WINS IT. Goddamn!

TBS Title 4-way time and it's got nonstop chaos with Luna shining with power spots. Persy talks shit and breaks a cameraman and wins it. Ciampa vs. Andrade is up and jeez is Ciampa's theme over. How you know is OVER HUGE. Pants gimmick backfires with a Ciampa kneelift and a ropeboudn meteora hits for Andrade. Ciampa covers the pants for 2.5 before the elbow of death hits! Cameraman bullshit and Ciampa loses due to it. Okay. 

Trios 2/3 falls is up and ICE FEARS HANGMAN is dead center. Daybreak wins the first fall for the champs. Swerve stomp gets 2.5 and the Deadeye hits Swerve, but New Level pulls him out. Weird draping move is avoided 20 years too late and Kofi hits Bandido with a leaping stomp but Bandido lands an SSP for 2. Brody wants a double superplex on both of New Level but SWERVE KICKS HIM! POP UP SPRINGBOARD POISON RANA BY BANDIDO! AVALANCHE MOONSAULT SLAM BY BANDIDO TO NEW LEVEL! New champs! New Level hands the belts over BUT SWERVE WON'T GIVE HIS TO HANGER and drops it, which his character SHOULD do.

Renee introduces Ilja Dragunov and his presentation is main event-level AND HE'S CONDUCTING A SYMPHONY OF VIOLENCE! Mox vs. Davis is up and they do the huddle around Pac's chair. Mox eats corner shots and deals some before eating a corner smash and a drilling corner punch by Davis! SLIDING D HITS FOR DAVIS AND HE GETS A GUSHER. Standing lariats by Mox and Davis registers before a cross armbar by Mox. Mox gets beaten down on the floor and Marina and Danny hype him up in the crowd since they can't be at ringside. Pop-up corner lariat by Mox! Davis gets an RNC but Mox gets one and then a bulldog choke! CORNER AVALANCHE BY DAVIS TO BREAK THE MOVE! Davis gets a rabbit lariat and wants the rope rebound one, but Mox avoids and gets the death rider! Davis pops up and THE BRUTALIZER IS ON. RNC is on! He fires up AND HE'S OUT BECAUSE HE FIRES UP TOO MUCH!

Clockwork Carnage is up and Ospreay faces Takeshita to start with good back and forth until Bailey is out for a nearfall off a sunset flip. Ricochet does two somersaults into the corner before getting a springboard lariat. Okada is out and just doesn't care.Take hits the knee and takes out Bailey! Cope is out in black and yellow and goes at it with Take as fans sing his theme! SSP by Ricochet meets knees and Take works with Cope more. Ricochet goes for Joe with a tope but GETS NOPED! JOE TAKES OUT DARBY WITH THE MUSCLE BUSTER - so hey, TNT setup. 12 and a half minutes left and Ospreay has no falls on the board. Styles clash hits Ricochet for 1 fall and DARBY BEATS OSPREAY WITH A COFFIN DROP FOR 1 FALL FOR EVERYONE BUT COPE! 

Darby trickshots Cope with a la majistral! Ospreay takes out Darby with a hidden blade! SSP HITS FOR RICOCHET FOR 2! Cope spears Ricochet through a table! Joe gets a coquina on Ospreay and Nigel tells Ospreay to just tap to avoid going out.  Cope pins Joe and Ricochet! 30 seconds left and if the time expires, he's got a chance in sudden death! RAINMAKER AVOIDED AND A SPEAR HITS FOR COPE! HIDDEN BLADE HITS AND OSPREAY WINS WITH TWO SECONDS LEFT - that was perfectly-timed and a perfect debut for this match. 

AEW Dynamite and Collision 10-14-26

 

It's a combo Dynamite and Collision before WrestleDream, which will probably do the worst number of the year given how they lost weeks of TV for tributes. WALKER STEWART is here and we start off with trios action with the Death Riders and Mox facing Wardlow and Davis and Doyle. Danny and Doyle have fun David vs. Goliath chemistry and Danny gets an edge with a lariat off the ropes. Davis and Mox come in and Davis looks great with the enzuiguri and Gabe lariats him down, Danny gets the sharpshooter and the Mox stomp gets 2.5 when the heels save. Kidd hits a Cactus clothesline to Wardlow before the Dunkzilla driver wins it!

Cope vs. Alexander is up and Cope just loves that babyshit green gear. Josh works the leg and Cope lands a kneeling forearm shiver. Another ankle lock and Walker is great for Cope matches adding a sense of history with the past vs. present. Electric chair into the buckle and the spear wins it. Cope announces that in TLC, Christian broke three ribs and collapsed a lung and holy shit. He realized that he needs to soulsearch and it's getting time to end it - and 2027 is his last year, so hey, one more year of him or so and I would expect a World title win just to have his name attached to that title. 

DCF attacks Cage, but Takeshita IS CONGLOMERATING and saves. Renee runs down Clockwork Carnage and it's Cage vs. Takeshita in a Carnage qualifier. Cage is slow and gasping for air in an STF. Blue thunder gets 2.5 for Take. Dragon sleeper wins it for Take and TUE is backstage and the Birds are saying...things and Andrade wants Ciampa to buy him dinner before kissing him. FTR is out and the Guns are out and we're getting a best of 7 and they tease it starting tonight and...instead it starts at the PPV. Okay, just make TNT Tag Titles if you're going to have folks spin their wheels. 

Reed vs. Okada is up and the no cap splash hits, 450 misses, rainmaker wins it. Mojo Brookzz is with New Level and they hype up the trios tag title match on the PPV. Triangle of Madness vs. Mone and Divine Dominion is up heels in Divine and Mone avoid octopus stretches and get sideslams. Corner boots to Skye by DD and the German by Bayne gets 2. SKYE GETS A DESTROYER but Bayne hits a soaring lariat! Black mist from Julia and the curb stomp from Thekla beats Lena! 

Ciampa and Joe tag is up against Andrade and Ospreay. Andrade gets 2 off a froggybody to Joe. Good back and forth with Ciampa and Will but Ciampa gets the apron DDT and Joe chokes out Andrade! And that's it for Dynamite - Collision starts off with Ospreay tending to Andrade. We get some Death Riders stuff with Renee talking to Jon about his pain and he's in a lot of pain - and he can't tell the difference and Marina fires him up. Ace Austin vs. Ricochet is up and I can see an upset here. Rico's SSP misses and a hook kick hits! Spirit gun wins it for Ricochet. Bucks interrupt DCF sit-down. Roberts brings out Nick Wayne and he brags before Jericho is out and we get Five For Fighting's "Superman" for a Nick Wayne highlight video before Jericho shows one looking good and Jericho apologizes to get a rematch and kicks him in the balls.

Joe and Ciampa hype up the PPV. Okay, I like Joe and Ciampa's characters being allies - it makes sense and you can have them wreck shop in the tag title scene whenever. Hyan and Dani face Britt and Persephone. Persephone's theme hits so hard with that starting siren and Perse's charisma has skyrocketed with this Britt run. Britt has the Terrible Towel in enemy territory and Perse hits a tope to Hyan! Dani gets a random armhold by Dani and they hype up the Tailgate Brawl show for the PPV. Superplex by Dani to Britt and Perse eats a powerbomb for 2. Hyan blind tags in to hit a PK after Perse gets a German on Dani. Britt gets a ripcord elbow and 3 handle credenza for 2 to Perse's shock! Dani runs Britt into Perse and a block, but a schoolboy wins it for Dani! Post-match beating by the heels and Aminata saves.

Mystery video before Darby vs. Hechi and Hechi hits an Alabama slam facebuster on the apron. Hechi prevents Doc Sampson from checking out Darby and a dragon screw off the apron by Hechi. Darby gets a cradle out of the corner for 2. Massive elbow gets 2 for Hechi. Darby traps him in the ring skirt and smashes the hand. LOWPE BY DARBY and the coffin drop wins it. Okada and the DCF attack Darby and a TUE brawl ends it. Okada dropkicks Ospreay and WE GET COPE VS. OKADA! IMPALER TO OKADA! "Ricochet and Callis are best friends - THEY GOLFED BEFORE!" killed me. That was a great skit too. Joe is here and he brawls with Take. 100 year old brawl and coffin drop into the pile.