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Both the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournaments will kick off at this Sunday’s AEW Dynasty pay-per-view.

With the reveal of both brackets Wednesday also came the news that both Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight and TBS Champion Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart will be part of the card in Philadelphia.

Ospreay and Knight teamed up Wednesday with a win over Blake Christian and Lee Johnson. Knight officially joined the AEW roster last week after signing a contract and fell in defeat to Jay White. It will be the first-ever clash between the two high flyers.

The Mone vs. Hart match will also be a first time ever affair. Since returning from shoulder surgery in January, Hart is 4-2 coming off mini-feuds with Queen Aminata and Jamie Hayter. Mone is unbeaten since making her AEW debut in March 2024 and is looking to add the AEW Women’s World title to her litany of belts.

The AEW Tag Team titles will be on the line as the Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) will defend against Bryan Keith & Big Bill, the story of which came together over the last week. After Keith and Bill picked up a win over two indie wrestlers Wednesday, Lashley and MVP gave the thumbs up to the challenge issued last week. Since winning the titles in late-January, Lashley and Benjamin have defended the titles twice.

Additionally, the Opps (Samoa Joe, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata) announced they will be in Philadelphia and are looking for a fight.

Here’s the current lineup for the pay-per-view:

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Megan Bayne
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Swerve Strickland
AEW International Champion Kenny Omega defends against Ricochet and Mike Bailey in a three-way
AEW Trios Champions Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) defend against Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Bandido in a title vs. mask match
AEW TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Adam Cole with no time limit and no interference
AEW Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley) defend against Bryan Keith & Big Bill
Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart in an Owen Hart Foundation tournament first round match
The Opps (Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata) make an appearance

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With less than two weeks to go, next month’s AEW Dynasty card is starting to round into shape after two title challenges that were made Wednesday.

During Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, reigning Ring of Honor World Champion Chris Jericho offered to put his title on the line against former champion and recent rival Bandido in a title vs. mask match. Bandido wasn’t on the show to accept.

Jericho, fuming after Bandido took his brother Gravity’s mask back last Sunday at Collision, made the challenge and questioned whether it was worth it for Bandido to see his mother cry like she did at Revolution and to suffer the humiliation of being unmasked.

The two squared off on the February 22nd Collision with Jericho successfully defending the title. Bandido has put Jericho in his crosshairs since returning last December after a long injury absence.

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AEW Trios Champions Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & PAC of the Death Riders will defend their titles against Rated FTR of Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler and Cope.

Cope issued the challenge during a pre-taped sitdown interview with FTR and Tony Schiavone. Harwood addressed his actions from last week where he walked away from Cope and Wheeler, apologizing and seemingly getting on the same page again. Wheeler said he wanted the Trios titles and Cope then made the challenge.

The champions later accepted with PAC saying they challenged them to survive them at Dynasty. When Cope returned from injury in late-December, he targeted the Death Riders and recently went 0-2 in AEW World title challenges of faction leader Jon Moxley. Yuta will face Harwood this Saturday on Collision.

Here’s the updated lineup for Sunday, April 6th in Philadelphia, PA:

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Megan Bayne
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Swerve Strickland
AEW International Champion Kenny Omega defends against Ricochet and Mike Bailey in a three-way
AEW Trios Champions Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) defend against Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Bandido in a title vs. mask match*

*Not yet official

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