AEW Dynamite results and live updates from the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA, tonight will be available throughout the show. Please bookmark this page and check back frequently for live updates during and after every match and segment.
Where is AEW Dynamite Tonight?
AEW Dynamite airs live tonight, from the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.
What Time is AEW Dynamite Tonight?
HBO Max and the TBS Network air AEW Dynamite live tonight at 8 PM ET.
AEW Dynamite Card Tonight
- AEW TNT Championship: Kevin Knight (c) defeated MJF
- Brawling Birds defeated Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade
- AEW International Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Ace Austin
- Cage & Cope defeated RPG Vice
- AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship: Divine Dominion (c) defeated Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida
- RUSH defeated Steven Fuerte
- AEW Men’s World Championship: Darby Allin (c) defeated Brody King
Results From AEW Dynamite Tonight (4/29/26)
Kevin Knight (c) defeated MJF for the TNT Championship
MJF flung Knight outside, where he hurled the champ into the stairs. Cracking Knight’s spine with a Powerbomb onto the top of the barricade, MJF remained in control. A DDT brought the challenger’s dominance to a screeching halt, despite the agony Knight was in. Firing off with strikes and stomps, adrenaline refueled Knight enough for a standing Splash. An insane Springboard Lariat followed, from the top turnbuckle to the entrance ramp. MJF nearly stole the win with a surprise Cutter. Gritting through a tender knee, Knight shocked MJF with a leaping hurricanrana. Stealing Adam Cole’s Panama Sunrise, MJF further rattled the champion.
The Long Island native challenger further exploited Knight’s compromised knee with a Single-Leg Boston Crab. Knight responded with a UFO Splash. Irritated, MJF wrenched Knight’s leg into the mat in repetition. Sneaking a Dynamite Diamond Ring behind the unsuspecting Referee Rick Knox, MJF unwittingly fell prey to a low blow, securing a title retention for Knight.
Post-match: Displeased with his loss, MJF assaulted Knight. Darby Allin descended from the rafters like Sting and continued his homage with a Scorpion Deathdrop. MJF scurried to the entrance and told everyone they sucked. MJF demanded that Allin put his AEW Men’s World Championship on the line for a rematch. Allin declined, reiterating from last week that MJF needed to put something on the line. He added that Knight deserved the shot more than him. Brody King stormed in, telling Allin not to discount his chances of winning.
(AEW clearly knows what they have in Knight)
Christian Cage and Adam Copeland’s Response to FTR
Renee Paquette asked the tag team what their answer was for FTR’s I Quit Street Fight stipulation. They agreed to it, despite Cage’s record of losing I Quit Matches.
Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor) defeated Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade
The Birds inundated Blade with elbows and headbutts. They quickly evicted Jaye from the ring. Hayter held Blade up for Windsor’s lariat, giving the latter the pinfall victory.
(Crisp squash. Nice.)
Thekla and Skye Blue acknowledged Brawling Birds
Backstage, Thekla and Blue assured that they weren’t afraid of the British tag team. They declared the duo was “nothing”.
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Ace Austin for the AEW International Championship
Okada swiftly cornered Austin, teasing him before stomping his midsection. Austin tripped him with a Drop Toehold and followed with a dropkick. Getting a quick squat in, Austin dropped Okada with a Death Valley Driver. Attempting to trip Austin on the apron, Okada simply had to applaud those who avoided it by standing on the palm of his hands. Okada regained dominance, but Austin thwarted a Rainmaker by swinging him out of the ring. A leg drop left Okada reeling, so the hopeful Austin hit a cutter from the top rope. The challenger’s springboard leap was thwarted by a dropkick. Okada employed another one after a backslide attempt. Finally unleashing a Rainmaker, Okada stood tall with yet another successful defense.
Post-match: Konosuke Takeshita smugly walked out, reminding Okada of his upcoming defense at AEW Double or Nothing.
(Ace Austin needed a chance like this. He and Okada worked well and kept the crowd on their toes.)
Surprise Opponent for Bandido
The Old West town seen in Bandido vignettes saw a stranger causing a ruckus. It was Swerve Strickland who burned a Wanted poster with Bandido’s face on it.
Death Riders & Will Opsreay vignette
Jon Moxley greeted Ospreay with enthusiasm. Ospreay said he had a match with United Empire in New Japan Pro Wrestling coming up at Wrestling Dontaku. Moxley, for some reason, poked PAC’s belly and told Ospreay to drop his baggage. He elaborated that if Ospreay is willing to put their war aside, he’d be willing to return the favor. Ospreay asked where the ring to train on was; Moxley replied that there was none.
Cage and Cope (Christian Cage & Adam Copeland) defeated RPG Vice (Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero)
Romero trapped Cage’s arm, battering it with his elbow. He made the very good decision to posture for the camera so Cage could crumple him with a DDT. Copeland joined in, but soon met Beretta, who dropped to a big boot. Meanwhile, The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, and Roderick Strong brawled with commentary-bound FTR. Isolating Cage, RPG Vice bounced him off the top rope, to which Copeland rescued him with a right-hand shot to Romero.
Beretta wound Cage with an armbar, recovered with a DDT. Copeland plummeted Beretta with a series of Backbody Drops. Cage assisted Copeland’s Code Red to Beretta with a right-hand. Beretta dodged a Spear and used the ropes to leverage a pin; Referee Rick Knox called him out on it. Cage kept Beretta’s attention to allow Copeland a Spear. Copeland pinned Beretta for the 3-count.
(Surprisingly very fun match. I didn’t expect to have my eyes glued or to be as excited with each nearfall.)
The Demand ambushed Chris Jericho
When asked by Renee Paquette about his feelings on The Demand, he answered that they haven’t followed his career enough. The trio attacked him, leaving him flat and ripping his shirt. Ricochet, for reasons known only to him, did a random backflip.
Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) (c) defeated Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship
Shida charged into an unfazed Kross and Bayne. The Dominion shoulder tackled her to the mat. Shida wriggled out of Bayne’s Fireman Carry and a powerbomb but was spiked to the mat nevertheless. Unsheathing a kendo stick, Shida sought to swing on Bayne; Statlander implored her not to. She tagged Statlander in, kicked her in the midsection, and struck with a DDT. Divine Dominion throttled Statlander around, with Kross swinging Statlander into the ropes. Shida sprinted into action, surviving elbow strikes and returning fire with a missile dropkick.
Eliminating Bayne with a knee and tripping Kross with a toehold, Shida sent both women to the floor with a dropkick. Statlander took advantage of everyone trading finishers to topple Bayne with a Blue Thunderbomb and tripping Kross on top of her partner. Though she executed a 450-Splash, she couldn’t stop Kross wholesale. Shida demolished Kross with a Meteora and Falcon Arrow. Bayne interrupted Shida’s Katana finisher with an elbow strike. Divine Dominion crashed Shida to the mat with a double-powerbomb. Kross got the pinfall over Shida.
(Shida’s character arc drove this heavily, but everyone let out complete explosivity. Three hosses and an all-rounder.)
MJF argued with Andrade El Idolo
Don Callis and Idolo spoke to Renee Paquette. MJF blamed Idolo to his face for why he thinks AEW was in a poor state. Idolo kept responding, “How you know?” Eventually, they shoved each other around until Callis smoothed things over.
RUSH defeated Steven Fuerte
Fuerte’s handshake was answered by an elbow strike and repeated tossings into the barricade. RUSH powered up with his Bull’s Horns.
Post-match: RUSH told future opponents that when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
(Fuerte certainly got the horns.)
The Opps public address
Samoa Joe touted the prowess of Katsuyori Shibata, HOOK, the newly acquired Anthony Bowens, and himself. Joe hinted at obtaining Will Ospreay and other future additions.
FTR and Stokely Hathaway were joined by Tomasso Ciampa
Hathaway teased that a friend would help them against Adam Copeland and Christian Cage. It was Ciampa. He pluckd something from Hathaway’s beard and ate it.
Darby Allin (c) defeated Brody King for the AEW Men’s World Championship
Firing off with forearms, Allin found himself thrown across the ring. Evading a Gonzo Bomb, Allin’s shots proved helpful to tumble the giant down with a Code Red. King shrugged off a tope suicida from the champion like he was a gnat flying at him. Allin darted away from a cannonball to the chair. King annihilated Allin with a Senton and chopped him off the rope to the outside. Allin howled in pain after being spiked into the apron. Clasping onto King’s back, Allin sought to drive him down, but his challenger leapt back-first into the barricade. King’s fortune would not improve, thanks to Allin shoving him gut-first into the corner of the commentary desk.
King hoped to choke the life out of Allin, yet found an eye gouge as his reward. Usurping a Coffin Drop, King pummeled Allin’s front and back with chops, followed by a cannonball. King launched Allin out of the ring, damaging a nearby cameraman’s camera temporarily. Allin slid out of the way of another cannonball that broke a barricade. Stripping the padding of the floor, Allin powerbombed his gargantuan opponent on the exposed concrete. He landed a Coffin Drop for extra measure. A few more Coffin Drops in the ring later, and Allin retained his title.
(Tony Khan hates me personally for not giving me a Brody King win for the world title. That aside, that’s two matches so far where Allin made his title matches into a must-see barnburner.)
Final thoughts
I want to give a huge shoutout to Renee Paquette. It was clear her throat wasn’t in tip-top shape, but she gutted through it and still sold the angles and matches. There were matches I wasn’t as hot for, such as the RUSH squash. I can’t complain, though, as it seems the company has a vision for him. Kevin Knight’s war against MJF made for a hot start to the show, as Darby Allin’s defense against Brody King did in the main event. Tag team wrestling was the standout tonight, however. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage had the Virginia crowd on its feet against RPG Vice. Divine Dominion held their best title defense to date against Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander. Not a crazy show, but certainly a good time.
