Posted on 11/27/125 by Bob Magee
AEW Dynamite was live on TBS and HBO Max from Nashville,
Tennessee, as part of our Thanksgiving Eve tradition, as we
began the 2025 Continental Classic!
In the Gold League, “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher defeated
the defending AEW Continental Champion, Kazuchika Okada, in
stunning fashion for the second straight year with just
minutes remaining in the time limit. We also saw a stunning
upset when “The Jet” Kevin Knight defeated Darby Allin! And
in the Blue League, it was a perfect night for the Death
Riders with Jon Moxley’s win over Máscara Dorada and Claudio
Castagnoli’s victory against Orange Cassidy in the main
event before a brawl broke out between many of the
Continental Classic participants!
Meanwhile, the new AEW World Champion, Samoa Joe, and The
Opps had their celebration interrupted by a united Swerve
Strickland and “Hangman” Adam Page, who took out members of
The Opps Dojo with chains! We also learned the first team to
punch their ticket to the finals of the AEW Women’s World
Tag Team Championship Tournament when the Babes of Wrath
defeated Sisters of Sin. They’ll now await the winners of
Timeless Love Bombs vs. Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir in the
other half of the semifinals, which will be a Holiday
Hardcore Death Match next week on Dynamite!
All that and so much more went down on this special
Thanksgiving Eve edition of Dynamite!
Here's everything that happened at AEW Dynamite for November
26, 2025, including your full results and match recaps.
AEW Dynamite Recap Tonight for Nashville
Continental Classic Gold League: “The Protostar” Kyle
Fletcher (3 points) def. AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika
Okada (0 points)
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After we took a look back at what went down between Okada,
Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita at Full Gear, with both
Takeshita and Fletcher declaring their intentions to enter
the Continental Classic, it was time for the first match of
the Continental Classic and the Gold League! This was a
rematch from last year’s Continental Classic, which saw
Fletcher defeat Okada en route to winning his league. Of
course, Okada still wound up winning the tournament and
walks in as the defending Continental Champion.
When the bell rang, Nashville broke out in a “HOLY SH*T!”
chant! (That was definitely not because Don Callis was on
commentary.) Both men feigned a handshake and tried a cheap
shot at the same time. After an exchange of reversals, the
two got into a shoving match, although cooler heads
prevailed, and they slapped hands. The match slowed a bit
after that, as Okada wore Fletcher down with a side headlock
until Fletcher backed Okada into the ropes and faked hitting
him in a clear homage to Okada. Okada answered by doing the
same until the two traded shoulder blocks, with Fletcher
knocking Okada to the ground with his power.
Fletcher took his time chopping Okada until Okada got out of
the way and fought back with some forearms. Fletcher
flattened Okada with a flying forearm to get a two-count on
a lazy cover. Fletcher remained in control with a big
bodyslam, and when he scaled the top rope, Okada kicked the
referee into the ropes to crotch Fletcher on the top
turnbuckle! Not the gibblets!
Okada finished the job by dropkicking Fletcher to the floor
as only he can. The defending Continental Classic Champion
was in control. After taking Fletcher on a slow tour around
the ring for some additional punishment, Okada continued his
methodical attack in the ring, showing no signs of urgency.
A slam by Okada led to Fletcher kicking the referee into the
ropes, which dropped Okada crotch-first on the top
turnbuckle. Fletcher met him with a superplex and took Okada
down with a massive boot before landing a big forearm in the
corner, followed by a high-angle suplex for a near-fall.
Okada battled back with a neckbreaker over his knee and
returned to the top rope. Once again, Fletcher met him
there, but Okada was ready for it this time and knocked
Fletcher to the ground. He nailed the elbow drop from the
top!
Okada posed and went for a Rainmaker, but Fletcher reversed
it into a half-and-half suplex. Fletcher tried to follow
with a big running boot, so Okada bailed, and Fletcher
followed to the apron, where Okada swung Fletcher’s leg to
send him to the corner of the ring! Okada dropped Fletcher
with a draping DDT from the apron to the floor. Sensing
victory could be near, Okada got Fletcher back in the ring
and hit another neckbreaker for a two count.
Okada made the mistake of mocking Fletcher with some weak
kicks, so Fletcher fought back up, and the two slugged it
out! They exchanged massive kicks, and Okada hit a precise
dropkick followed by a tombstone. He went for another
Rainmaker, but Fletcher turned it into a Michinoku Driver
out of pure desperation. As the two men gathered themselves
on the mat, Justin Roberts announced five minutes remaining
in the 20-minute time limit of Continental Classic Rules.
Fletcher brushed off some weak shots by Okada only to be
caught in a backslide, which he turned into a Rainmaker! But
he kept wrist control and went for another, only this time
Fletcher ducked and lawn darted Okada into the corner. He
came out with a massive powerbomb, but Okada got up at the
last moment. Fletcher stayed on Okada with a kick to the
back of the head and tried for a brainbuster, but Okada
escaped and nearly ran Fletcher into the referee. Then,
Okada nearly went into the referee when Fletcher reversed a
Rainmaker. Fletcher took that opportunity to clobber Okada
with a big kick in the corner and looked for the
brainbuster, which Okada escaped with a knee and a rake to
the eyes. He tried for another Rainmaker, so Fletcher ducked
and reversed it into a Cazadora pin to get the three count!
For the second year in a row, Fletcher has defeated Okada in
the Continental Classic! He takes the first three points for
the Gold League!
After the match, Callis entered the ring to raise the hands
of both men after they shook hands.
Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks Mend Fences
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Lexy Nair caught up with Kenny Omega outside his locker room
and asked if it was safe to say that he was reunited with
the Young Bucks. Omega admitted it was complicated because
he was once not a model employee or friend and had been
fooled by Don Callis as well, so he’d be a hypocrite not to
take that into account and think long and hard about where
things stood with the Bucks.
“If my friends are willing to accept me and my faults. And
if the fans are willing to accept me after what I’ve done,
who am I to say that the Bucks don’t deserve a second
chance?”
As Omega returned to his locker room, Matt and Nick Jackson
emerged from the same door just a few seconds later.
“Hey, what’s up?” said Matt to a baffled Lexy before the
Bucks walked
away.
The NEW TNT Champion Mark Briscoe Speaks on His Victory
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We were taken to comments from the new TNT Champion, Mark
Briscoe, shortly after his victory over Kyle Fletcher at
Full Gear.
“Man, there are no words, man – times in life where there
are no words. I lost the most important thing to me, talking
about family; I lost my brother. I lost the other half of
myself. And it's been a long road since then. I didn’t know
if I wanted to carry on. I didn’t know if I wanted to do
this anymore without him. But I knew I had to make him
proud. Do it for us. And it was failure after failure after
defeat after defeat after loss after loss after
disappointment after disappointment, man.
“But you know, they say, there’s a time and a season for
everything, and when family’s on the line, like my crew. My
boys, my family, the Conglomeration? Man, that changes
everything, man. I got my road family and got my home
family, and this is for both of them. This is for both of
them. For my nephews, my nieces, my mom, my dad, my wife, my
kids, my sister, my in-laws. This is for Delaware, baby!
This is for Sussex County! This is for the Conglomeration!”
And as he looked to the sky covered in a mix of dried blood
and with his first AEW gold draped over his knee, Briscoe
pointed to the sky and said, “This is for you, dawg. We did
it, baby.”
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament
Semifinal: Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley
Cameron) def. Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue and Julia Hart)
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Cameron and Hart opened up the match, but Willow quickly
entered for a double-team suplex, followed by a unique
assisted senton! Hart made the right call and escaped to the
corner and tagged Blue. Nightingale unleashed with
clotheslines in the corner, exchanging counters until
dropping Blue with a short-arm clothesline. Cameron tagged
in and Nightingale tried to slam her onto Blue, who moved
and tagged Hart. Hart knocked Nightingale to the outside and
hit Cameron with a standing moonsault for a two count. Blue
tagged in for a double flapjack on Cameron, but before they
could do any more damage, Nightingale pulled Hart to the
outside and Cameron nearly stole the match with a pin on
Blue!
Cameron came back with a slingblade and splashes in the
corner before mounting Blue for punches. Hart came over to
create a distraction, so Blue was able to take Cameron down
to the mat the hard way. Sisters of Sin have swung the match
in their favor. Hart made her tightrope walk for the jumping
forearm to Cameron and tagged Blue, who ran through Cameron
with a knee, but it only got a two. Blue threw Cameron into
a tarantula over the ropes, which Hart took advantage of
with a dropkick to Hart. Cameron and Blue battled for
position in the middle of the ring until Cameron dropped
Blue and finally tagged Willow!
Willow brutalized Hart with her power in the corner before
putting Hart down with a spinebuster, but not before Blue
had already made a blind tag. Blue attacked Willow from
behind and nailed Willow with a DDT. Sisters of Sin hit
kicks to the front and back of Willow at the same time, but
it was only good for a near-fall. Willow reversed a suplex
attempt by Hart and Blue into one of her own on both of
them! Cameron tagged back in, as Willow hit a stampede and
then slammed Cameron on top of Blue, but she kicked out just
in time.
Blue came back with a big knee to Cameron but ate Cameron’s
boot on a charge in the corner. Cameron showed off her
evolving repertoire with a beautifully executed Russian leg
sweep. She went to the second rope, but Blue popped up and
trapped Cameron against the top turnbuckle for a short-range
thrust kick. Blue followed with a powerbomb, and Hart went
for a top-rope moonsault but overshot her landing, so she
turned it into an elbow drop. Nightingale broke up the pin
attempt and ate a superkick to the outside from Blue for her
troubles. Sisters of Sin connected with multiple thrust
kicks until Cameron got a blind tag from Nightingale and
sent Hart into Blue. Willow dropped Blue with a lariat as
Cameron hit a backstabber on Hart. Nightingale hit The Babe
with the Powerbomb for the pinfall victory!
Babes of Wrath move to the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship
Tournament Final!
Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland Ruin Samoa Joe’s
Celebration
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Tony Schiavone introduced Samoa Joe as the new AEW World
Champion and first-ever Double AEW World Champion, as he
remains one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions with
Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs. HOOK was initially
not with Joe, Shibata, and Hobbs for their entrance. Before
Schiavone had a chance to say anything, Joe grabbed the mic
and said, “Tony Schiavone, tonight is a celebration, so
don’t ruin mine, and take your hillbilly ass out of here.”
Schiavone exited without incident, but in the parking lot,
Prince Nana dropped off Swerve Strickland, and Swerve began
his walk towards the ring with a massive chain around his
neck and a staple gun. He was joined by “Hangman” Adam Page,
who had a chain of his own!
Joe didn’t seem too phased by this and sent Shibata to “go
get the scrubs.”
“Now, before I was so rudely interrupted. Tonight, we
celebrate…”
Nashville erupted in a “WHOSE HOUSE? SWERVE’S HOUSE!” chant,
as members of The Opps Dojo ran out to surround the ring.
Joe tried to get them to shut up and made sure everyone knew
just how well his mind worked, because everything went
according to plan.
“From Shibata nullifying old Eddie Kingston to Big Will
Hobbs and his amazing feats of strength, to me, Muscle
Busting and defeating Hangman Adam Page in the middle of the
ring. But I know that many of the simpletons here will have
a hard time comprehending what actually went down, so I
supplied you with this very convenient video package so you
could appreciate my brilliance. So let’s see how we got here
today!”
With that, we watched the timeline of events that included
HOOK’s return and message to run on his own, or maybe not.
That was followed by HOOK saving Eddie Kingston at All Out
and a conversation between Joe telling HOOK that, at some
point, they’d still have his back. We were shown HOOK
tapping quickly to Joe in the #1 contender match, which got
Joe his rematch with Page at Full Gear. And then this past
Saturday at Full Gear, HOOK took out Page with the AEW World
Championship and revealed his allegiance with The Opps
remained.
Joe was ready to admire his work, “Incredible, incredible –
some of my best work. And finally, all of you can have a
champion who is worthy of being called the greatest in this
industry. So without further ado, I want to bring out the
linchpin of this grand endeavor, ladies and gentlemen, this
is HOOK!”
HOOK entered the ring and exchanged greetings with the rest
of the Opps, including a hug with Joe. And now HOOK was
ready to speak.
“Hey Joe, you were right. All these rednecks are too stupid
to realize they are looking at the greatest second-
generation wrestler this business has ever seen. So do me a
favor…”
WHOSE HOUSE?
While his music played, Swerve sauntered around the crowd
with the chain until we heard Hangman’s music. He stopped
for a shot at an arena bar and had a chain of his own
entering from the opposite side! Members of the Opps Dojo
tried to attack Swerve and Hangman but were quickly
dispatched. The rest of the Dojo members surrounded The
Opps, so Swerve and Hangman hit the ring and Joe, Hobbs,
Shibata and HOOK scrambled up the ramp.
Swerve and Hangman proceeded to lay waste to the rest of the
Dojo members with chains and the staplegun. They sent the
ultimate message by hanging two members over the ropes with
the chains, as The Opps looked on from the top of the ramp
in disgust.
Continental Classic Blue League Match: Jon Moxley (3) def.
Máscara Dorada (0)
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Before the match began, we heard Moxley comment after Full
Gear, noting that Kyle O’Reilly and Darby Allin have had
durability issues. As both men made their entrance, we
learned that Orange Cassidy demanded his Blue League match
with Claudio Castagnoli get moved up to tonight after what
happened to O’Reilly at Full Gear.
Dorada tried with little success to go into his usual high-
flying offense, as Moxley kept powering him down. In fact,
it was Moxley who hit the first high-risk move of the match
with a torpedo-like dive that took down Dorada and sent
Moxley flying into the top of the guardrail. Back in the
ring, Moxley missed a charge in the corner, so Dorada hit a
springboard crossbody. The two fought onto the raised
aisleway, so Dorada tossed Moxley back to the floor and
tried to follow with a running dive, only to fly right into
Moxley’s forearm. Moxley took his time enjoying that
collision and then tossed Dorada back in the ring. He hit a
release vertical suplex and began stretching Dorada on the
mat.
Back on the outside, Dorada sent Moxley into the steps and
then nailed a cutter over the guardrail! In the ring, Dorada
hit a three-kick combination followed by a code red for a
near-fall. Dorada hit a tornillo to the floor but took too
much time getting back in the ring and ate a cutter. Moxley
hit 10 punches in the corner, only for Dorada to come out
with a neckbreaker. Dorada tried to lock in a cross
armbreaker, but Moxley escaped with repeated blows to the
head followed by a forearm strike to the side of the head.
Mox went for the Death Rider, but Dorada nearly won it with
an inside cradle. Dorade connected with a huge kick and went
to the top for a 450, which connected! Moxley kicked out at
the last possible moment, but Dorada took him down again and
returned to the top. Dorada went for a shooting star press,
but Moxley caught him in a Dutch choke to make Dorada pass
out to collect three points.
With the match over, Marina Shafir was allowed to come into
the ring to celebrate with Mox, but they were interrupted by
“Timeless” Toni Storm!
“Timeless” Toni Storm Makes the Semifinal Stipulation
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Storm marched right to the ring, as Moxley tried to hold
Shafir back and stand in between the two future opponents.
Storm had a mic, “Jonny, Jonny, Jonny. You are not dreaming.
Your eyes do not deceive you. This is ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm
live and in living color, darling. And judging by your
actions the past few weeks, I’m also the toughest, most
resilient, least-bitchy person standing in this ring! Now,
despite your love of cargo pants, I really like you, Jonny.
But where you operate in fear, operate in hate, I operate in
love, and what I do for love is far more violent than you
could ever imagine, darling!
“Now, I would love to stay and chat all night, just us gals,
but I have a message for your cavewoman daughter. As per our
victory at Full Gear, my lover and I will decide the
stipulation for our semifinal contest. And it has to be
brutal enough to exact our revenge. It must be entertaining
enough for all these sickos! Now I have stayed awake for
four nights straight, and I just couldn’t come up with a
match. So this morning, I rolled over, and I saw my sweet,
sweet Mina. There she is.”
Mina Shirakawa appeared at the top of the ramp, as Storm
continued.
“And I realized that I haven’t got her anything for
Christmas. Well, Mina, merry early Christmas. My gift to
you, the heads of two sloptarts on a silver platter! Next
Wednesday, no tags, no countouts, no disqualifications in a
Hardcore Holiday…DEATHMATCH!”
Moxley had to hold Shafir back as Timeless Love Bombs
saluted them from the stage.
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander Looks Ahead
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Renee Paquette caught up with the AEW Women’s World
Champion, Kris Statlander, to ask what’s next after her
victory against TBS Champion Mercedes Moné at Full Gear,
which made Stat only the second person to pin Moné in AEW.
Statlander said she’s seeing too much disbelief over her
being the first to win the AEW Women’s World Title and the
TBS Championship and disbelief over her being the only
person to pin Toni Storm and Moné. Using Paquette as a
directional guide, Statlander said we can look to the past,
stay put in the present or head off to the future. She knows
where she’s going, so who’s coming with her?
Continental Classic Gold League: “The Jet” Kevin Knight (3)
def. Darby Allin (0)
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This was the Continental Classic debut for Knight and the
first-ever meeting between Knight and Allin. Allin
controlled and grounded Knight in the early going until
Knight hit a big knee and flipped Allin awkwardly into the
mat, which sent Allin to the outside, grabbing at his knee.
Knight tried to throw Allin back in, but Allin rolled back
out, so Knight followed. He avoided an Allin charge at the
guardrail, but Knight moved and nailed Allin from the
adjacent guardrail.
Knight took too much time to admire his work, so when he
tried to springboard back in the ring, Allin knocked him
back to the outside and landed a huge dive! Allin went up
for the Coffin Drop, but Knight leapt to the top and
connected with an avalanche back suplex! Knight couldn’t
take advantage quickly enough for a pin attempt, so he tried
to wear down Allin once again.
The two fought on the top turnbuckle until Allin shoved
Knight off, only for Knight to run back up for a
hurricanrana! He followed by dropkicking Allin to the floor
and tried to chase after him. Allin found some separation
and dropkicked Knight from the raised aisle to the floor!
Back in the ring, the two traded reversals until they both
connected with clotheslines at the same time!
“THIS IS AWESOME!”
Allin avoided Knight on the ramp until Knight spiked him
with a DDT. Knight couldn’t move Allin, so he went back to
the ring and was willing to take the countout. However, when
Allin started stirring, Knight got a head of speed and
destroyed Allin with a leaping clothesline over the top rope
onto the ramp!
Knight went for the UFO from the top, but missed, and Allin
hit a code red for a two-count! Knight stopped Allin from
hitting a Coffin Drop and trapped him in the tree of woe.
Knight scaled the parallel turnbuckle for a coast-to-coast
dropkick to Allin’s face! Knight quickly pulled Allin to the
middle of the ring and hit the UFO Splash on the second
attempt to get the victory! Knight gets the biggest win of
his career and the first upset of the Continental Classic!
Knight and Allin shook hands after the match, although Allin
was clearly still in pain.
Eddie Kingston vs. Katsuyori Shibata on Thanksgiving
Collision!
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Kingston knew everyone wanted his thoughts on what happened
at Full Gear, but he didn’t want to talk about HOOK.
However, Kingston did hear Joe mention his name earlier in
the night and said that’s cool. He knows he’s not in line
for a title shot right now, but he would be if he took out
Shibata on Collision. Tony Khan made that match official!
What a Thanksgiving treat!
Continental Classic Gold League: Claudio Castagnoli (3) def.
Orange Cassidy (0)
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Our main event looked like a sprint, as Cassidy tried to
capture Castagnoli in multiple pin attempts until Castagnoli
cut those off with a backbreaker, followed by a brutal throw
face-first to the corner. He landed a running uppercut, but
Cassidy escaped the Neutralizer and hit some of his
signature kicks before sending Castagnoli to the outside.
Cassidy followed with a dive, so Castagnoli fired back with
an uppercut. He sent OC to the guardrail and hit another
uppercut. He tried it again, but Cassidy was ready and
moved, only for Castagnoli to snatch and swing him into the
LED boards!
Back in the ring, Castagnoli literally swung Cassidy by his
arms, which could have easily dislocated both arms.
Castagnoli continued to throw Cassidy around, but the crowd
willed Cassidy back into it until he sank his hands into his
pockets. A kick to the hip and a PK connected for Cassidy,
but Castagnoli avoided a Beach Break and wound up on the
outside. However, Cassidy followed with a tornado DDT on the
floor! Castagnoli missed Cassidy on the apron, and Cassidy
fought in to hit a Stundog Millionaire. Cassidy came off the
top right into an uppercut, but it was only suitable for a
two-count.
Castagnoli rained down with hammer strikes and continued
with a giant swing. He called for another uppercut, but was
caught by an Orange Punch! Cassidy went for another, but he
was popped up only to hit a DDT on the way down! Cassidy hit
another Orange Punch out of a pop-up attempt and then hit a
Beach Break. Castagnoli kicked out!
Cassidy ripped off his elbow pad and called for another
Orange Punch. He missed, and Castagnoli ran over him with a
clothesline. Cassidy managed to turn a Neutralizer into a
near-fall, but got popped into another massive uppercut, and
Castagnoli immediately pinned him for the win and three
points!
After the match, the Death Riders joined Castagnoli in the
ring, as Renee Paquette was there to get a word with him
after both he and Moxley won their first tournament matches,
and PAC was set to face “Speedball” Mike Bailey on
Collision. Before Paquette could get any answers, the Death
Riders decided to attack Cassidy when he pushed back at
Wheeler Yuta’s taunts. Roderick Strong ran out to help,
along with officials, but Konosuke Takeshita ran out to go
after his Blue League opponent, Strong. Máscara Dorada,
Kevin Knight, “Speedball” Mike Bailey, and Kyle Fletcher all
ran into the fray until Dorada took out a host of bodies on
the floor. Cassidy dropped Wheeler Yuta with an Orange
Punch, as we saw Kazuchika Okada watching it all go down
safely from the ramp!
Catch AEW Collision Thanksgiving on TNT and HBO Max on a
special Thursday night edition at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT right
back here in Nashville, Tennessee!
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!