AEW Dynamite Preview and Predictions are here for June 3, 2026, at the Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, VA, after a special three-hour event, airing both AEW Dynamite and Collision in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On that special episode, Chris Jericho defeated Ricochet in a singles match to officially put an end to their feud and was heinously attacked by Tommaso Ciampa after the match. Since that attack was quite random, Ciampa will have to explain why he attacked Jericho in what should be a highly anticipated feud.
Another attack that was quite random but a tad more understandable occurred during Adam Copeland and Christian Cage’s celebration of their tag title win at AEW Double or Nothing.
As soon as they distributed cameras to the fans in the front row and were about to do a 5-second pose with flash photography, the Dogs of War attacked them. Since Cope and Cage have the tag titles, they will have big red targets on their back. This was a more validated attack, as Dogs of War is an established team that wants those tag titles.
Speaking of tag titles, TayJay confronted Divine Dominion on the Buy In for AEW Double or Nothing to target the tag titles. They did not follow through on that yet, so hopefully they do so this week. Overall, the women’s division has lacked sufficient storyline direction due to injuries, hiatuses, and absentee management. While MJF has title opponents lined up like ducks in a row, Thekla is sitting backstage like a silly goose and merely waiting for the Owen Hart Winner without anything important to do in the interim.
Unlike Thekla, Konosuke Takeshita is a champion in the mid-card who actually has a storyline going for him with the returning Kyle Fletcher of the Don Callis Family. After getting kicked out of the family by Fletcher and Okada, Takeshita cunningly recruited Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, and The Undisputed Era of The Conglomeration to even the numbers game.
Since all men have common enemies in the Don Callis Family, this also sets up a future trios title match down the line, killing “three birds” with one stone.
This week on AEW Dynamite, there are four matches scheduled: MJF (c) vs. RUSH for the AEW World Title, Kevin Knight (c) vs. Speedball Mike Bailey for the TNT Title, Will Ospreay vs. Mark Davis in the Owen Hart Semifinals, and Alex Windsor vs. Wild Card in the Owen Hart Quarterfinals.
The wild card is the biggest talk of the town, as AEW has kept it a mystery since Willow Nightingale got injured. Could it be Mercedes Mone? Could it be Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.? Could it be Dakota Kai? Or, could it be Kris Statlander?
Alex Windsor vs. Wild Card – Owen Hart Quarterfinals
Kris Statlander defeated Hikaru Shida in a Philly Street Fight with assistance from Harley Cameron after they had some dissension in their fatal four-way AEW World Title Match against Thekla and Jamie Hayter at AEW Double or Nothing 2026.
The fact that Harley Cameron is Willow Nightingale’s Babes of Wrath tag partner and helped Statlander win that match subtly planted seeds for her to replace Willow in this tournament, especially since Statlander is a former World Champ who wants to win her title back from Thekla.
Dakota Kai always wanted to face Willow if she signs with AEW, so replacing her in this tournament would be a clever way to plant seeds for that feud whenever Willow returns. Britt Baker could be the wild card since Alex Windsor is teaming with her best friend, Jamie Hater, setting up beef that could be stirred.
Mercedes Mone could even replace Willow since Willow dethroned her for the TBS Title before she went on hiatus. However, Baker and Mercedes already won the Owen Hart, and AEW will go with something fresh.
Prediction: Kris Statlander
