AEW Dynamite Results (Dec. 3, 2025): Castagnoli Tops Moxley, Timeless Love Bombs Advance in Chaotic Night

Samoa Joe and Eddie Kingston Set the Stage

The show started with Samoa Joe getting into Eddie Kingston's head. Joe told Kingston, "You're going to bring everything that you have to the table in order to capture the greatest championship in this industry, but Eddie, you're not going to cross the finish line. Just like every other time."

Kingston fired back with a passionate response that's worth checking out if you missed it. This segment effectively set up their match next week.

Continental Classic Gold League: AEW Unified Champion "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada vs. PAC

Okada came into this match with zero points in the Continental Classic tournament, while PAC was looking to add another mark in the win column. The match appeared to be even up to the break, but once they returned, Okada began to take control for a few minutes.

PAC had some good offensive moments, like when he pulled off a springboard neckbreaker and German suplex during one sequence. Okada survived two Germans and caught PAC by surprise with a tombstone piledriver.

Okada tried to use that break to climb the top rope, and PAC joined him on the top rope and dropped him with a top rope brainbuster. You would think that would have finished the match, but it didn't. PAC went in for the Brutalizer but got rolled up for the three count.

Winner: "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada defeated PAC

With the victory, Okada picks up his first three points in the Continental Classic Gold League, while PAC suffers his first loss in the tournament.

Mark Briscoe Calls Out Daniel Garcia

Mark Briscoe had a backstage promo and called out Daniel Garcia. He expressed that his opinion of him has changed, and it's not for the better. He asked and received a chance to defend his AEW TNT Championship against Garcia at Winter Is Coming, AEW's annual December special event.

The Conglomeration Gets Funny

Renee Paquette interviewed Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Willow Nightingale, and Harley Cameron. This was a funny interview/promo. Briscoe led off by sounding like a lawyer, expressing hope that The Conglomeration will pick up a point since someone has to win between Cassidy and Strong.

Roderick Strong made it clear that he isn't a member and will break Cassidy's back in their matchup before storming off. Briscoe deserves some credit for adding levity to this, and Cassidy's laid-back demeanor played well. This was good comedy without being ridiculous.

"The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher vs. "The Jet" Kevin Knight

The two combatants started out with mat wrestling. Knight and Fletcher showed that they have chemistry by being good workers with excellent timing. The early match had a lot of back and forth as both guys really utilized takedowns blended in with athleticism. The crowd seemed to be into it as well.

Right before the commercial break, Knight showed why he's called "The Jet." Once they got outside, he quickly leaped onto the apron and came down with a clothesline that surprised Fletcher. Knight followed that clothesline by going inside to use the ropes for a springboard clothesline to the outside, nailing Fletcher again.

Upon returning from the break, Fletcher seemed to have the upper hand, but Knight fought back with two corner splashes and, you guessed it, another clothesline. Fletcher caught Knight mid-move and tossed him into the corner for a middle rope snake eyes.

Great spot when Knight hit a coast-to-coast. When Knight attempted his turning frog splash, he was met with Fletcher's knees. Fletcher followed up and drilled Knight with a brainbuster to finish him off.

Winner: "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher defeated "The Jet" Kevin Knight by pinfall

Don Callis Family Attacks the Young Bucks

Don Callis, Hechicero, and Josh Alexander joined Kyle Fletcher in the ring before the break to start a promo on the Young Bucks. As annoying a heel as Callis can be, he can always talk, and talk he did. Callis stated he can forgive just about anything except for siding with Kenny Omega, and he challenged them to come down and take their money back.

The crowd booed Callis, and the Bucks showed up but were beaten down by a bunch of members from the Callis Family. Jurassic Express came out and had a couple of good moments, but they too succumbed to the numbers game. Kenny Omega finally showed up and cleared the ring.

AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament Semifinal Hardcore Holiday Death Match: Timeless Love Bombs ("Timeless" Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) vs. MegaProblems (Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir)

Well, Bayne and Shafir have finally chosen a name for themselves. This match has a stipulation that was set up last week by Toni Storm's funny promo.

Very early in the match, both teams were outside, and Storm was already popping a bottle of champagne over Marina Shafir's head. Using what was left of the bottle, Storm used the jagged handle to cut open Shafir's head.

Meanwhile, Shirakawa had a giant barbed wire candy cane and was working on Bayne. Shafir and Bayne shook off the daze and used their size and strength to take over, leading into the break.

Once the commercial break was over, one of the oddest spots that you could ever imagine was taking place. Shirakawa was between the ropes, and Shafir was wearing out the torso of Shirakawa with a skillet (I wonder if it was nonstick). Toni Storm hit a piledriver off the apron and through a table on Bayne.

Shafir had Shirakawa in the Mother's Milk, but Storm threw in a kendo stick, and that allowed Shirakawa to use it on one of the eyes of Shafir. The insanity didn't stop there.

Santa Claus came down to the ring. Marina Shafir snatched a box from him, but the gift was a birdie — not from Santa but from Luther, Toni Storm's butler, who made his return tonight.

Storm caught Shafir in a beautiful German suplex and then grabbed a shoe and hit Shafir in the head with it for the three count. The Timeless Love Bombs advance to the finals to meet Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale in the AEW Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament.

Winner: Timeless Love Bombs (Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) advance to the finals

AEW World Trios Championship Match: Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, John Silver, and Evil Uno) vs. The Opps (Hook, Katsuyori Shibata, and Powerhouse Hobbs)

The Opps came out and beat the bark off of the Dark Order, throwing them around on the outside — not wrestling them, but delivering an early beatdown. After being completely dominated for several minutes, Reynolds tagged in Evil Uno, who had a spot of repeatedly hitting running splashes on Shibata and Hook, who were in opposite corners.

Evil Uno had gotten too full of himself when he was one-on-one with Hobbs. That slap in the face just poked the bear as Hobbs went on to powerslam Evil Uno. That led to a pinfall, and this match was mercifully over.

As soon as the match ended, "Hangman" Adam Page jumped over the barricade with a chain and went Opps hunting. Hook made a quick getaway, and I don't think anyone except the folks in the arena actually knew where he vanished.

Page hit Hobbs with a beer bottle and had him set up for a Buckshot Lariat, but security rushed the ring and made the save. Shibata and Hobbs joined Hook wherever he managed to run to, and Page fought off security and cleared the ring.

Winner: The Opps (Hook, Katsuyori Shibata, and Powerhouse Hobbs) retained the AEW World Trios Championship

Continental Classic Blue League: AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Claudio Castagnoli

This main event featured two stablemates who know one another very well. The two started out feeling one another out. The referee noticed that Marina Shafir was at ringside and sent her to the back. In case you forgot, no one is allowed at ringside during a Continental Classic match.

Moxley relied on dirty tactics like eye gouging Castagnoli in the corner and using a finger separation after that. Some time later, Moxley was bloodied by Castagnoli (Moxley bleeds in every match). After a long giant swing, Moxley was grounded and put in a crossface. Moxley countered and applied the bulldog choke to Castagnoli, but Castagnoli powered to his feet to escape.

There were several near falls in the match, and somehow the bout was even. Moxley attempted a stomp to a kneeling Castagnoli but missed. He tried it a second time, and it connected. Moxley continued his offense with a rear-naked choke, but Castagnoli displayed his toughness by getting out of that.

The two began to trade punches in the ring again. Both wrestlers dropped each other and were down for a bit. Once they were back on their feet, Castagnoli hit a running European uppercut for the win.

Winner: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Jon Moxley

Castagnoli earns three crucial points in the Continental Classic Blue League with the win over his Death Riders stablemate. Despite the loss, Moxley remains in contention in the tournament. Watch highlights on AEW's official YouTube channel.

Final Thoughts

The show started with a strong promo to hook viewers. Joe and Eddie had an exchange that makes you want to watch. Sure, Eddie Kingston probably won't win next week, but the way that these two deliver on the mic you tune in to see how Joe will get the victory.

It's not the result that matters with this match; it's the journey that they take you on. If this were only done with this level of excellence across the board, we might have another golden age of wrestling.

PAC and Okada's match had good action as the opening bout, and the fans weren't loud, but they didn't sit like they were in church, either. It seems that Tony Khan has a feel for getting the show rolling.

Two promos by Briscoe landed well. The first promo was serious, and the second promo was funny. Both accomplished what they needed. Excellent work by Mark Briscoe.

The Timeless Love Bombs against the MegaProblems was an insane match. I don't think I've ever seen a match where someone wielded a skillet. The ending of that match was fine, but when you raise the stakes with a no-holds-barred match in a semifinal, it has the potential to overshadow the finals.

When you do crazy before in a semifinal, fans look for the finals to be crazier. It becomes a game of one-upmanship — a problem that AEW is familiar with.

For the sake of brevity, I'll skip to the main event. If Moxley is in a match, you know there will be blood. It must be part of the gimmick because it no longer gets anyone over. We see him bleed too much for it to mean anything. It's no longer special.

If you had a chance to have your favorite meal every night, give it some time, and I guarantee you that it'll no longer be your favorite meal.

AEW has a chance to grow its audience if it handles things right. Once again, they hook you with solid matches, good ring psychology, and mat wrestling mixed with aerial moves in the first hour, and they descend into madness by turning matches in the second hour into a spotfest.

I liked the show, but like your favorite meal, if someone doesn't make it right, you'll still eat it, but only because it's your favorite meal.

For more AEW coverage, check out our previous Dynamite results and analysis.