AEW Dynamite Results (1/14/26) – Maximum Carnage

Maximum Carnage is back on this episode of AEW Dynamite. MJF puts his AEW Men’s World title on the line against the current Dynamite Diamond Ring holder, Bandido. Elsewhere on the card, Darby Allin faces a Death Rider he hasn’t won against yet in the shape of PAC. Women’s World Champ Kris Statlander joins the Babes of Wrath in their war against the Triangle of Madness. Also, four teams vie for an upcoming Men’s World Tag Team Championship opportunity against FTR.

AEW Dynamite Quick Results

• Darby Allin defeated PAC
• Hangman Adam Page defeated Bryan Keith
• Brody King defeated Jon Cruz
• Davis & Doyle defeated GOA, Young Bucks, & JetSpeed
• Triangle of Madness defeated Babes of Wrath & Kris Statlander
• AEW Men’s World Championship: MJF (c) defeated Bandido

AEW Dynamite Results from AEW Dynamite Tonight (1/14/25)

Samoa Joe put out a bounty on Hangman Adam Page

Joe made analogies to the Old Wild West genre of storytelling when addressing Page. He then beckoned Bryan Keith forward. Keith, still bitter about losing to Page years ago, vowed to make him “pay up”. A bounty has been posted.

Darby Allin defeated PAC

Allin surprised PAC before the bell and dragged the Brit among the Arizona crowd. They applauded as Allin threw himself at The Bastard from the stands. Eventually, the pair made their way back to the ringside, where PAC played dead just to suplex Allin off the barricade. The Death Rider followed suit with a Belly-to-Belly Suplex into nearby steel stairs (which he stole). Satisfied, PAC tossed Allin into the squared circle, where he decapitated him with a lariat. Allin ran the ropes, only to be flipped over like a coin toss, which PAC punctuated with a German suplex.

Allin at last saved himself with a missile dropkick to PAC. He flowed next into a Coffin Splash and another dropkick—this time into the corner. PAC regained control with an Avalanche Belly-to-Belly Suplex and an Awesome Bomb onto the ramp outside. There lay Allin, narrowly scraping through a 10-count. PAC dropped from the top rope he observed Allin on, spraining his ankle in the process. Allin exploited this sudden injury by bursting him with two Coffin Drops. Thanks to PAC pulling Referee Paul Turner in the way, Allin’s Coffin Splash could not deliver a pinfall. Wheeler Yuta ran in with a chair, but a Scorpion Deathdrop trounced him. Allin repeated the move to PAC and plummeted in a Coffin Drop with the chair-adorned leg of the Death Rider. Cinching in a Scorpion Deathlock, it was a matter of seconds before PAC submitted to the hold.

(This was the exact type of match one could expect from Allin and PAC. The daredevil stunts contrasted by the high-octane agility and technical prowess blended in a decent opener.)

Hangman Adam Page defeated Bryan Keith

Page feigned distraction from Keith’s partner, Big Bill, subverting an early ambush by the Bounty Hunter. Despite this, Keith remained targeted on Page’s legs. This didn’t work out so well, as Page launched him down with a Big Boot. Keith ducked a flying lariat, which gave way to a back lariat. Against the ropes, Page chopped at Keith’s chest, and a feeble attempt of the Bounty Hunter to battle out was greeted with a stiff forearm. Irate, Keith gouged at his opponents eyes.

While a drop toe-hold tripped up Page, he regained steam, soon landing a sliding lariat. Bill returned to halt a Buckshot Lariat. While Referee Aubrey Edwards was distracted, Bill maintained a grip on Page. Swerve Strickland came to his aid. This lent the Hangman a Buckshot Lariat, which decapitated Keith for the pinfall.

Post-match: Page and Strickland announced their intentions to make Samoa Joe pay for his recent transgressions.

(The aesthetic of this match and the overall execution made this bout a blast. I love that Page and Strickland’s cooperation ensures that either of them will eventually get within grasp of a Men’s World Championship match with MJF.)

Kenny Omega returned

Omega joined Hangman Adam Page and Swerve Strickland in the ring with a neat collared shirt. He appealed to them, stating that he believed in them and wanted them to believe in him. He also declared his intentions for MJF’s title. Page responded that if they crossed paths, then “may the best man win”. Strickland only stared pensively at The Best Bout Machine.

The Don Callis Family flocked to the entrance, comprising Josh Alexander, Rocky Romero, Lance Archer, and Callis himself. Proclaiming himself a fan of MJF, Callis offered a match with Alexander as an opportunity for Omega to get one step further. Omega responded that he’d love to take Alexander out of the picture to further his win-loss record and requested it for the night. Callis objected, opting for the January 21 episode of Dynamite.

Brody King’s next match was placed

Renee Paquette asked Brody King how he felt ahead of his partner Bandido challenging MJF for the Men’s World Championship later in the evening. Before King could meaningfully respond, Jon Cruz interrupted him, imploring King to stop Bandido from attacking him more. King obliged, stating that Cruz was his next match.

Brody King defeated Jon Cruz

King launched Cruz down the entrance ramp and bullied him into the ring. There, he punished him for almost a minute. King ended things with a devastating Piledriver.

Post-match: King wished Bandido luck on the microphone.

(Yeah, a simple squash.)

Davis & Doyle (Mark Davis & Jake Doyle) defeated Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Speedball Mike Bailey), and GOA (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)

The Bucks and JetSpeed equalised all four of their larger opponents. Before they could gain an inch, GOA and Davis & Doyle put them aside. Matt and Nick coordinated on Davis while JetSpeed dropped Liona. The Young Bucks and JetSpeed toppled everyone like four bowling balls on the outside with topes. The Bucks and JetSpeed worked together once more to bait Davis and Doyle into tackling each other. The pair demolished their smaller opponents with a double powerbomb. Kaun directed Liona to pounce their equally large opponents out of the way. Much to teammate Riccochet’s delight, Liona managed a moonsault to lay everyone flat.

Alone, Matt tussled with Davis & Doyle, but Nick came to his aid to send Davis careening outside. Despite Davis & Doyle and GOA’s daunting physiques, the Bucks and JetSpeed’s agility dropped all of them with some combined dives. GOA ignored a suffering Doyle to lay flat the Bucks and Knight. Liona stacked the Bucks atop his shoulders; Bailey warned them in time to move so he could stomp the giant Liona. The Bucks halted Bailey’s roundhouse kick with a superkick of their own. They peppered Liona with much of the same. The Bucks rocked Knight with a BTE Trigger. Ricochet pulled the referee away to prevent a pinfall. Jack Perry pounced on Ricochet, dragging him into the abyssal crowd. Davis & Doyle isolated Bailey, yet he eked out a hurricanrana on Doyle. Doyle used Bailey’s momentum against him to powerbomb him into the sea of opponents outside. Davis snatched Knight up for a Piledriver for the pinfall.

Post-match: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) met the victors, brawling with them amid intervening security. Stokely Hathaway watched from his wheelchair.

(The temporary alliances being fractured and rebuilt kept this fresh. Surprised but delighted at the Davis & Doyle victory.)

SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Darius Martin, Christopher Daniels, Scorpio Sky, & Zayda Steel) addressed the Don Callis Family

SkyFlight challenged the Don Callis Family.

Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart, & Skye Blue) defeated Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale) & Kris Statlander

Thekla eagerly circled Statlander, dodging her and tagging in Hart. Statlander promptly planted Hart repeatedly. Cameron coordinated with Statlander in a slam to the prone Hart. Evoking Hiroshi Tanahashi, Cameron dazed Hart with a Slingblade. The fresh Blue leapt in, laying in strikes on Nightingale. The Babe with the Power retorted with an enzuigiri. Blue sent Cameron into the ropes, where her teammates spiced her up with more strikes.

Statlander catapulted Blue into the corner and blasted Thekla with a big knee. Blue & Hart rescued her from a pinfall. Nightingale ruined Blue with a Spinebuster. Babes of Wrath and Statlander collaborated on a Casadora and Senton to Blue. Statlander prevented Hart and Blue’s resurgence with a double clothesline. Nightingale avenged Statlander after Thekla sent her careening outside. Thekla attempted to spear Nightingale, but Statlander sacrificed herself. The Toxic Spider repeated her finisher and got the win via pinfall.

(A nuts and frenetic match. So much happened that I wondered if I could even keep up.)

JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Speedball Bailey) spoke with Swerve Strickland & Hangman Adam Page

JetSpeed reflected on their loss earlier in the night. Strickland wished them well before moving on. Page suggested the duo team up with him on the January 17 AEW Collision, to their delight.

The Rascalz “coming soon to AEW” vignette

A funky, 90s-inspired graphic confirmed Fightful Select’s reported news that former TNA talent The Rascalz would be debuting for the company soon.

MJF (c) defeated Bandido for the AEW Men’s World Championship

Bandido easily sidestepped some of MJF’s earlier offence. However, MJF cockily did the same and wasn’t afraid to mock his challenger. Bandido dizzied the champ with a head tijeras and did his classic finger gun pose. MJF taunted a few of Bandido’s tope attempts by walking away seconds before each liftoff, but was surprised by one inevitably. Distancing himself from Bandido’s 21-plex, MJF centred him with a Fujiwara Armbar.  The champ hurled Bandido by his tender arm, with a Shoulderbreaker for additional damage.

MJF kept on top with Three Amigos. Sensing Bandido building up for another dive, MJF vaulted over the barricade. Bandido leapt from the top turnbuckle all the way to MJF in the crowd with impressive air. Tornado Crossbody, courtesy of Bandido, whisked MJF onto the mat. A Code Red cursed  Bandido mere seconds short of a near pinfall.

A Shooting Star Press evicted the wind out of MJF’s lungs, nevertheless unable to elicit a pinfall. MJF tumbled out of a 21-plex, managing to land on his feet. Bandido and MJF bartered pinfall attempts to no avail. At last, Bandido landed a 21-plex but couldn’t bridge it for the pin. A weak pin attempt instead was transitioned by MJF’s armbar. Bandido wriggled out, but couldn’t escape a LeBell Lock. Giving MJF the middle finger, Bandido descended into unconsciousness, therefore securing a title retention for the Long Island native.

Post-match: MJF praised the quality of Bandido’s performance. He added that it’s only a matter of time before Bandido becomes Men’s World Champion. True to his nature, however, MJF swung his championship belt at his fallen foe. Brody King stormed to Bandido’s aid, successfully chasing off MJF.

(Bandido’s a magical wrestler. Not only is he one of the best current wrestlers performing, but he also made a potential victory believable. I’m taking this time right here to say that Bandido must be Men’s World Champion in the future, and if not, the company will have failed him.)

Final Thoughts

Tonight’s episode was strong. A chaotic women’s match (on a card which should’ve had more women competing), an insane 4-way Tornado Tag Team Match, and some unexpected matches made this show a whirlwind of circulating moments. Adam Page, despite being away from title gold, still feels like a champion. But I imagine conversations will heavily centre around the signing of The Rascalz ahead of January 15’s TNA Wrestling premiere on AMC. They seem to be hemorhagging stars at this point, either to WWE or AEW.

Solid show. If you have it recorded on DVR or plan to use HBO Max, I strongly suggest giving this a watch.