{"id":155849,"date":"2026-03-26T06:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=155849"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:51:14","slug":"aew-dynamite-preview-4-1-26-omega-vs-mjf-contract-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/03\/26\/aew-dynamite-preview-4-1-26-omega-vs-mjf-contract-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Dynamite Preview (4\/1\/26) &#8211; Omega vs. MJF Contract Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April Fool\u2019s Day and when AEW Dynamite returns to Winnipeg, hometown boy Kenny Omega signs the contract to face AEW World champion, MJF, at AEW Dynasty. Will there be a punchline? Well, given the added stipulation, we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<p>Given the day, the location, and the radio silence since the Royal Rumble about one Chris Jericho, could the man of a thousand and one nicknames <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/23\/what-if-chris-jericho-stays-and-truly-reinvented-himself-in-aew\/\" target=\"_self\">return for one final run<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We could speculate on various storyline follow-ups, next steps, and matches. However, with confirmation of one big contest pitting two of the best British wrestlers alive today against each other, let\u2019s get to the good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Check back throughout the week for all the latest updates and insights.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PAC vs. Will Ospreay <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Will Ospreay is back and on the warpath. Since AEW Revolution, the target has been clear: Jon Moxley. With the match confirmed for AEW Dynasty, Ospreay isn\u2019t stupid (or as stupid as what some of David Finlay\u2019s tweets might suggest). Ospreay is aware of the threat posed by the Death Riders&#8217; numbers and unique, vicious personalities. So, this past AEW <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/03\/25\/aew-dynamite-results-and-live-updates-3-25-26-swerve-vs-omega-2\/#:~:text=%2F25%2F26)-,Kenny%20Omega%20defeated%20Swerve%20Strickland,commentary%20desk%20and%20the%20barricade.\" target=\"_self\">Dynamite<\/a>, Ospreay made a challenge to the Bastard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Qs5EDc-aoE?si=XME2uVb_gx_aws6t\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since AEW Forbidden Door 2025, when the Death Riders took out Ospreay, PAC has been somehow even more phenomenal. PAC, as a wrestler and character, has elevated the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/22\/10-wrestlers-with-better-characters-in-aew-than-in-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">hardman character to a level that would make the Dynamite Kid uneasy<\/a>. Given the form between these two previous, it\u2019s going to be a brutalising banger. It\u2019s been two years since these two have faced each other. Last time it was for the AEW International Championship at AEW All Out 2024.<\/p>\n<p>If there is someone capable of being more than a gatekeeper and obstacle, of potentially reinjuring Ospreay and crushing hopes of this rematch, it will take a Bastard to do it. Both Brits are in for an amazing 2026, as I\u2019ve predicted already for AEW <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/03\/19\/way-too-early-predictions-for-aew-all-in-london-2026\/\" target=\"_self\">All In 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>MJF and Kenny Omega<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156289\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/HEoWszvaAAAhJw0.webp\" alt=\"A graphic of the AEW Dynamite preview of April 1st, 2026. MJF and Kenny Omega contract signing for AEW Dynasty\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/HEoWszvaAAAhJw0.webp 1920w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/03\/HEoWszvaAAAhJw0-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: AEW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Putting pen to paper should be straightforward. However, when Renee Paquette revealed that any physical contact between Kenny Omega and MJF before the contract is signed, their match at AEW Dynasty is off, it signposts that The Devil has something planned. Kenny Omega knows this. We, the fans, know this.<\/p>\n<p>MJF, the man who the previous PPV cycle tried to get away with a double-headed coin, is scheming. How exactly? In Omega\u2019s hometown, what buttons will MJF try to press? Does MJF think he has some silver bullets ready that will make The Best Bout Machine lose it? Has ammunition been provided through MJF\u2019s new association with Don Callis?<\/p>\n<p>When MJF defended the AEW World title against Kenny Omega in Connecticut in 2023, this was not the same Omega. A health and medical crisis changed The Cleaner, and in what could be his final shot at a world title, does MJF really think he can manipulate Omega like a puppet? Well, the MJF we are seeing in this <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/14\/why-mjfs-2nd-aew-world-championship-reign-will-be-better-than-his-first\/\" target=\"_self\">second title reign isn\u2019t afraid to show weakness.<\/a> Yet at the same time, as seen at AEW Revolution, the Devil can be humiliated, but can he be defeated?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH: Kenny Omega vs MJF for the AEW World Title! | AEW Collision, 10\/28\/23\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KU30y-Lk7-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>AEW Dynamite Matches Announced (4\/1\/26):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PAC vs. Will Ospreay<\/li>\n<li>Mina Shirakawa and The Brawling Birds vs. The Triangle of Madness<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Omega, Jungle Jack Perry, and Brody King vs. The Demand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Segments Announced<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AEW World Championship Contract Signing between Kenny Omega and MJF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Wednesday, 4\/1!<\/p>\n<p>The road to <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynasty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynasty<\/a> rolls through <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KennyOmegamanX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KennyOmegamanX<\/a>&#39;s hometown of Winnipeg!<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Night <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> starts LIVE at 8\/7c on <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBSNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TBSNetwork<\/a> + <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsonMax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SportsOnMAX<\/a>, THIS WEDNESDAY! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ctrYNvDNB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0ctrYNvDNB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/2038609693137109168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April Fool\u2019s Day and when AEW Dynamite returns to Winnipeg, hometown boy Kenny Omega signs the contract to face AEW World champion, MJF, at AEW Dynasty. Will there be a punchline? Well, given the added stipulation, we\u2019ll see. Given the day, the location, and the radio silence since the Royal Rumble about one Chris Jericho, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4960,"featured_media":156288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,6,2192],"tags":[386,2546,1586,101],"class_list":["post-155849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-kenny-omega","tag-mjf","tag-pac","tag-will-ospreay"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4960"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155849"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156293,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155849\/revisions\/156293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}