AEW Dynamite Results (3/25/26): Swerve vs Omega 2

AEW Dynasty is coming soon, and already the title picture could change. Kenny Omega challenges Swerve Strickland’s #1 AEW Men’s World Championship contendership with his EVP status on the line in a hotly contested rematch. Mina Shirakawa faces fellow ex-Stardom talent Thekla for the latter’s AEW Women’s World Championship. Now that he’s dispatched Gabe Kidd, Darby Allin will encounter the beefy RUSH. Roderick Strong, now a Conglomeration member, joins Orange Cassidy in the fight against The Dogs.

AEW Dynamite Card Tonight

• #1 Contendership vs EVP Status Match: Kenny Omega defeated Swerve Strickland
• Death Riders defeated SkyFlight
• Speedball Mike Bailey defeated Rocky Romero
• The Dogs defeated The Conglomeration
• AEW Women’s World Championship: Thekla (c) defeated Mina Shirakawa
• Darby Allin defeated RUSH

Results From AEW Dynamite Tonight (3/25/26)

Kenny Omega defeated Swerve Strickland

Strickland clobbered Omega at every corner, cutting him off with a lariat, and threw his neck throat-first into the ropes. Omega bowled him over with a top rope dive. Outside, the Canadian bounced Strickland’s head off the commentary desk and the barricade. Cornering the number one contender in a corner, Omega obliterated him with a running knee strike. Strickland momentarily gained control, and Omega snatched it back with a moonsault. Strickland rolled out of a suplex but dropped to a V-Trigger, headfirst into the turnbuckle. A panicked Strickland wiggled out of a top rope One-Winged Angel and responded with a side suplex from the top turnbuckle.

Omega’s snapdragon suplexes landed twice. He attempted another on the hard apron, only to recoil in agony thanks to a low blow. Strickland cracked Omega with a piledriver on the barricade. Omega barely survived a Swerve Stomp from the top. Strickland responded with three powerslams and a Vertebreaker. Omega recovered just in time to unleash his lethal One-Winged Angel to finish the match.

(What a thrill ride from start to finish. Strickland’s vicious and brutal side was on full display, in contrast to Omega’s might, creating a tangible and exciting babyface comeback.)

Will Ospreay Thanked Jon Moxley

Ospreay thanked Moxley for he and his Death Riders putting him out of action in front of his family and country in England for giving him time with his son. However, he didn’t appreciate the violence and the time missed in the ring. He issued a challenge to Moxley for AEW Dynasty.

Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir, & Daniel Garcia) defeated SkyFlight (Darius Martin, Zayda Steel, & Dante Martin)

Shafir wore down Steel, grounding her quite soundly after the latter’s hurricanrana. Darius exploded on Garcia with chops and a lateral press. Dante joined him with some isolation, combined with acrobatic maneuvers. SkyFlight united as a trio to shoot themselves between the ropes and topple the Death Riders. Steel pounced on Shafir to the mat. Outside, Wheeler Yuta attacked SkyFlight manager Christopher Daniels and ate a dive from Steel for his trouble. Darius nearly secured a rollup victory. Garcia locked in a Lion Tamer to Darius while Moxley ran roughshod on Dante. Moxley stomped out Darius, giving Garcia a confident pinfall victory.

Post-match: Moxley chastized Will Ospreay for the harsh words he said on the pre-taped promo.

(Not the standard and quick squash I thought it’d be. SkyFlight got some time, and it came across well.)

Speedball Mike Bailey defeated Rocky Romero

Romero arrogantly kicked and taunted Bailey after he got the initial upper hand. Bailey stole control with a moonsault from the apron. A 450 Knee landing drove the wind out of Romero’s lungs, lending a hasty victory for Bailey.

(Much quicker than I’d have thought. But it continued Bailey’s winning ways, leading them to maintain momentum on the card.)

MJF gloated in victory over Hangman Adam Page, Kenny Omega interrupted

Cheerful over the fact that Page would never be able to challenge for the AEW Men’s World Championship, MJF boasted that nobody would be able to defeat him. Kenny Omega met him, smirking over his earlier victory against Swerve Strickland. Omega made fun of the champion for acting so tough when he then listed off his accolades and various nicknames. Recollecting their previous match years ago, Omega stated that this current iteration of himself was leagues above MJF. Furthermore, he posited that MJF knew Omega had his number (MJF visibly was sweating spraytan off his face). The pair then agreed on a match at AEW Dynasty. MJF rejected an offered handshake.

Christian Cage and Adam Copeland backstage interview

Renee Paquette asked the Attitude Era legends what their thoughts were on FTR. Cage laid out a spiteful promo that targeted pretty much everyone. Copeland reminisced about Dax Harwood’s approach to him in 2009 at a Gold’s Gym and how he’s strayed from his advice. He mourned what Harwood threw away during this feud. The Rated-R Superstar concluded with a vow to end FTR’s careers.

FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) and Stokey Hathaway addressed the Cage and Cope promo

Harwood responded to Copeland’s words, stating that if he was willing to do what he did to Beth Copeland, he could do worse to Adam.

The Dogs (David Finlay & Clark Connors) defeated Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong

Stokely Hathaway shoulder-bumped Cassidy en route to backstage. Cassidy playfully shoved him away, to which FTR jumped him, and Strong broke it up. Finlay, meanwhile, shoved a random person into a dark room, much to his and Connors glee.

It took one chop from Finlay to cause Cassidy to tag Strong immediately. The Messiah of the Backbreaker and Cassidy combined a backbreaker and elbow drop on Connors’s carcass. The Dogs caught a Flying Crossbody by Cassidy, who hurricanrana’d both of them outside. Cassidy made swift elusion of every signature move Finlay and Connors threw at him; he landed a reverse Stundog Millionaire to Finlay. Strong’s Backbreaker to Connors found its interruption by way of a Finlay tackle. Cassidy swung a comeback with a Tornado-DDT to Finlay and a Beach Break to Connors. The Dogs destroyed Cassidy with a Full Clip, with Connors earning the pinfall.

(A decent bout, but hopefully we get The Dogs away from the Darby Allins and Orange Cassidys of the roster soon. The perfect gatekeepers and iconic stars to AEW, I won’t deny that, but something new has to happen, with more victories, too.)

TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher touted his successes and met with Konosuke Takeshita

Fletcher declared that no talent was on his level. Moving on to his friend Takeshita, the two promised that nothing, not even Kazuchika Okada, could get between them, and they hugged.

Thekla (c) defeated Mina Shirakawa for the AEW Women’s World Championship

Shirakawa surprised the champ with a DDT, sending her outside. Thekla’s agility and flexibility helped her duck most of Shirakawa’s moves. However, Shirakawa planted her with another DDT, this time off the apron. Fully in control of Shirakawa’s arm, Thekla followed up with Toni Storm and Mariah May’s taunts. Shirakawa thundered back with a spear and a sling blade. The champion screamed in agony as she was caught in a single-leg Boston Crab while her hair was pulled. Thekla brandished her belt, which the referee caught and tossed out. Thekla then snuck out brass knuckles. Shirakawa sought a side suplex, but met a punch with those brass knuckles, ending the match in a title retention.

(Awesome match. Not quite the style of Stardom, but entertaining nonetheless, and with an irritating, dirty finish.)

Kenny Omega and Mike Bailey encounter

Omega addressed his Dynasty match with MJF. Bailey wished him good luck, and they shook hands.

Ricochet apologized to the audience and to Toa Liona, not Bishop Kaun

Regretting his reaction to losing his AEW National Championship and for being rude to Liona, while being unsure about Kaun. He then put himself in the world title conversation regarding #1 Contender Kenny Omega.

Darby Allin defeated RUSH

Unwilling to wait for Allin’s entrance to conclude, RUSH shoved him outside and whalloped him with kicks and hurled him into the barricade. The warpath continued outside. RUSH refused to relent, sidestepping a dive from Allin, instead flinging him backwards with a belly-to-belly suplex. Blood trickled down Allin’s face as he endured stomp and kicks. At last, Allin found life, throwing every punch he could muster. Biting the head of RUSH, Allin propped his opponent on a chair and blasted him with a Coffin Drop Kick. Allin’s Code Red nearly ended RUSH, who recouped in enough time to slingshot Allin backwards into the corner. RUSH readied his Rush Driver, thwarted only by Allins’s jackknife pin reversal.

Post-match: Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, Mark Davis, and Lance Archer assaulted Allin, with Andrade El Idolo questioning Don Callis’s reasoning for this.

(I don’t know why this main evented.)

Final Thoughts

Not a bad show, honestly. However, it’s not up to the league AEW had been firing on. Strickland versus Omega 2 was worth the hype and the AEW Women’s World Championship was incredible, and either could have main-evented. RUSH and Darby Allin, while entertaining, didn’t really have any thrilling stakes going in. With AEW Collision’s past two shows, the Slam Dunk specials, I’d have hoped Dynamite would follow up with a classic banger.