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Tony Khan comments on Vancouver hosting AEW Dynasty 2026

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ever since AEW first came to the city in 2024, Tony Khan knew he wanted to return to Vancouver with a pay-per-view.

It was announced today that Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada will host AEW Dynasty in April 2026. Speaking with newspaper The Province, Khan commented on the news and promised that Dynasty will be one of the best pro wrestling events ever held in Vancouver.

“(We) made our Vancouver debut in May 2024 with AEW Collision,” Khan said. “It was an amazing crowd. They were incredibly passionate and had such a high respect and knowledge for AEW that I knew I wanted to bring the city a pay-per-view event in the future. Vancouver has had some great wrestling events through the years, but I’m confident that AEW Dynasty will be one of the best wrestling events ever held in Vancouver.”

This will be AEW’s first time back to Vancouver since that May 2024 event. It’ll mark the third time Canada has hosted an AEW PPV, with the previous two both having taken place from Toronto. Khan told The Province that Canada has been an “amazing host country” for AEW whenever the promotion has gone there.

AEW also has trips to Winnipeg and Edmonton scheduled for April 1 and April 8 leading into the Dynasty PPV. Both of those events are live Dynamite episodes with Collision tapings.

As 2025 reaches its final weeks, Khan reiterated that he feels this is AEW’s best-ever year when it comes to TV show and PPV quality.

“Every week this year I’ve been proud of the AEW TV shows, I’m beating myself up after the weekly TV shows less than ever,” he told The Province.

“In particular, I think that in 2025, AEW Collision: Grand Slam Australia, AEW Dynamite: Spring BreakThru, episode 300, Grand Slam Mexico, Blood & Guts and this past week’s Winter Is Coming events were all among the best wrestling TV shows that AEW has ever produced. As incredible as those TV events were, I believe that our track record on PPV this year is even more impressive. I think that we are poised to hit even greater heights in 2026, and AEW Dynasty at Rogers Arena on Sunday, April 12 will be a key event to achieve that goal.”

AEW reveals date and location for Dynasty 2026

Posted on by Joseph Currier

With 2025 almost over, AEW is starting to build its pay-per-view schedule for next year.

It was revealed today that AEW Dynasty will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2026. The date for the show is Sunday, April 12 at Rogers Arena. The announcement was made in advance of tickets going on sale to the general public next Monday (December 22).

Along with the PPV date, AEW has shows in Canada scheduled for April 1 and April 8. Both are live Dynamite episodes with Collision tapings. The April 1 show is being held at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, while the April 8 event will be at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

December 22 is the ticket on-sale date for those Winnipeg and Edmonton dates as well.

AEW is currently building toward Worlds End, the company’s final PPV of 2025. Here’s what the upcoming PPV calendar looks like at the moment:

AEW PPV schedule —

  • Saturday, December 27: Worlds End at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
  • Sunday, March 15: Revolution at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California
  • Sunday, April 12: Dynasty at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Sunday, August 30: All In at Wembley Stadium in London, England

JNPO: April 2025 wrestling year in review – The Rock skips WrestleMania, another frustrating AEW PPV main event finish

Posted on by Josh Nason

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On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, the best pro wrestling year in review podcast series from here to there continues with a stop in April 2025.

Returning for an earlier than usual appearance on the series is Rich Kraetsch of Voices of Wrestling and also of the new dad club.

There’s a lot we get into on this hour+ long show like:

  • The build to WWE WrestleMania 41, the show itself, and the PR effort afterward for why The Rock skipped the show and the John Cena angle
  • A second straight AEW pay-per-view main event that ended in a meh feeling
  • WWE’s intent of a controlling interest of AAA
  • Naito and NJPW parting ways
  • Over 300 headlines and news items mentioned…and lots more.

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Past episodes:

WOL: Filthy Monday, AEW Dynasty, Charlotte & Tiffany

Posted on by Mike Sempervive

With Bryan Alvarez out handling his business, Filthy Tom Lawlor joins Mike Sempervive and there’s a lot to get into. We give our thoughts on last night’s AEW Dynasty pay-per-view, the microphone battle between Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair, what’s on tap for tonight’s Raw, NJPW Windy City Riot, and much more. A fun show as always, so check it out~!

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AEW Dynasty review: Matthew & Nicholas ruin everything

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Those darn Young Bucks are back.

The main event of Dynasty saw Jon Moxley manage to walk away with the AEW Championship briefcase yet again. This time, it was thanks to the returning EVPs The Young Bucks, who laid out Swerve Strickland with the EVP trigger allowing Moxley to cover him for the win.

Unlike last month, this main event was pretty damn good, capping off another strong pay-per-view for AEW. It wasn’t brutal so much as it was gritty. There was a bit of blood, but it wasn’t a complete bloodbath like you would see in some Swerve matches. To their credit the crowd, who at that point had been watching wrestling for at least five hours, got into this match strongly especially after The Ops came out and chased away the Death Riders, realizing that for once, hey, someone may actually beat Moxley. Then the finish went down.

I get that this wasn’t a particularly well-recieved finish, and I would have loved to see Strickland emerge as champion. I would also love it if every Jon Moxley match didn’t end with House of Torture nonsense that I feel is infiltrating every wrestling promotion now. But I also understand that the long-term planning is for All In, AEW’s biggest show of the year. Moxley will very likely be champion heading into July. So for right now, the focus is on Moxley doing his shtick while the Owen Hart tournament unfolds.

This was a very long show and I think this is a good time to vent about AEW’s “for the sickos” booking. Look, I like AEW. I don’t make a living criticising them for the YouTube algorithm, this was a good show. Dynamite and Collision most weeks are fine, even good! But there are many times where I feel like they ask for too much of my time. They just announced a FOUR HOUR television block for June 4. They’re running 5 1/2 hour pay-per-views, and that isn’t including the 90 minute pre-show and the post-show where I’m hearing questions like “what is your favorite chicken wing” and “what is your Waffle House order” at 10 pm PST. I have a life, AEW. Please let me live it on days when you have shows.

The rest of the very long show. Which, for the record, was good!: 

  • The best match on the show was Kenny Omega retaining the International title over Speedball Mike Bailey and Ricochet. These three went out there and busted their butts to have an excellent match. A ton of cool dives and innovative moves, ending when Omega pinned Ricochet with a One Winged Angel off the turnbuckle. This was also an excellent showcase for Bailey, who looked like a million bucks, though I have to question how his knees are doing after smashing them on the apron.
  • The Hurt Business retained their titles, defeating Big Bill and Bryan Keith. There was never a moment where I thought the challengers would win, and they didn’t. The key to this match was building towards whatever’s going on between MJF and the rest of the Hurt Business, attacking Bill in the crowd during a moment on the outside. Match itself was fine.
  • Adam Cole won the TNT title, defeating Daniel Garcia in a pretty good match, at least on a technical level. The crowd didn’t seem to care about the match or Cole’s title win. I’ve liked their series of matches in the last couple of weeks, but for whatever reason the crowd just wasn’t into them.
  • Bandido and Chris Jericho had a good match, with Bandido winning the ROH World title for a second time. I don’t know if I liked the false finish with Jericho pinning Bandido with the bat, but it did get reversed and we got a nice ending with Bandido celebrating with his family. It’s nice to have happy moments with family so everything worked out in the end.
  • Kyle Fletcher defeated Mark Briscoe in what I think was the second best match on the show. These two had a fantastic match on a recent episode of Collision and they followed that with this match, which was also excellent and very hard-hitting at times. Mark Briscoe is at a point in his career where he’ll be over no matter what as he’s such an engaging personality and always goes out there and delivers. Fletcher is someone special and should win the tournament, but I don’t feel like he will.
  • Death Riders kept their Trios titles, defeating Rated FTR. The match was pretty solid, but it will be remembered more for the post-match attack that saw both Cash and Dax attack Cope, giving him stuff piledrivers onto chairs and conchairtos, putting him out of action probably until All In. I wonder if they’re reuniting Cope with Christian, and after all of these years of Christian being a mega heel, how does he end up reuniting with Cope?
  • Timeless Toni Storm managed to walk away as the AEW Women’s Champion in a pretty good match, defeating Megan Bayne with a cradle. Whoever structured the match did a great job as I thought the strongest points of the match were Bayne looking like a monster kicking out of Storm’s strongest offense.
  • Mercedes Mone continued her streak of great matches by defeating Julia Hart. This didn’t start off hot, but by the final few minutes it was really great thanks to the crowd, who got super into the match, particularly for Hart. If Mone and Athena isn’t the All In match, I wonder if Mone is winning this and challenging Storm.
  • Will Ospreay opened the show by defeating Kevin Knight. I wish Knight didn’t take so many losses early in his AEW career as I think he’s a talented guy that they should take time getting over. But considering the kind of matches he’s had in the last couple of weeks, I think he’ll be fine. I wonder if this is the year that Ospreay wins the Owen and challenges Moxley, because if it’s anyone’s time to be the top babyface in the company, it’s either Ospreay or Strickland.

WOR: AEW Dynasty recap, Charlotte/Tiffy segment, Kevin Owens injury

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the whole Tiffany Stratton/Charlotte Flair disaster on SmackDown, Kevin Owens’ injury, a full recap of AEW Dynasty, New Japan big show notes, SmackDown, and tons more.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: What happened with Charlotte Flair & Tiffany Stratton on WWE SmackDown

14:35: Kevin Owens update

20:48: AEW Dynasty recap

57:16: Dave’s NJPW Sakura Genesis thoughts, BOSJ lineup

1:07:52: Giulia returns to action, Terry Funk/Jerry Lawler empty arena match anniversary

1:14:33: Henry Cejudo catches car crash on film, WWE SmackDown main event angle, WWE Raw lineup

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AEW Dynasty media scrum notes: Tony Khan on show’s ending, Bandido/Jericho

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Tony Khan spoke to the media following AEW Dynasty.

Khan, Toni Storm, the returning Anthony Bowens, and new TNT Champion Adam Cole took questions from the media following Sunday’s event in Philadelphia. Here are the highlights:

Toni Storm

  • Storm said she was invited to appear on the red carpet for the upcoming TCM Film Festival on April 24th.
  • She said she would be at this Wednesday’s Dynamite to address the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament participants.

Anthony Bowens

  • Bowens said Caster needs to do everyone a favor and “burn his boots,” saying he can go on being the worst rapper alive.
  • Asked about his return after being gone several months, Bowens said he was nervous until he heard the crowd’s reaction, saying it’s something he’ll never forget.
  • One of his goals is to be AEW’s first gay singles champion.
  • He talked about his “Five Tool Player” nickname, saying it was a baseball term that he used prior to joining AEW.
  • He thought his gear team “knocked it out of the park” with his ring gear.

Adam Cole

  • He said winning the TNT Championship was one of the top moments of his career, mentioning how tough the last few years were with his various injuries. He said it was very special and he’d never forget it.
  • During his segment, Tony Khan said that Adam Cole is here with AEW for life, even if he can’t wrestle.
  • Cole also said that his family were in attendance tonight.

Tony Khan

  • The first question was regarding his most humbling experience running a wrestling promotion. He mentioned two: the deaths of both Brodie Lee and Jay Briscoe.
  • One person had a question about ending the show on a down note, asking if he’s ever considered calling an audible whenever fans get upset. Khan said he does take it into consideration, and while there were a lot of great moments for fans at Dynasty, obviously the outcome of the main event was not what people hoped for. He does think that the return of the Young Bucks brings intrigue, and fans were behind Swerve Strickland more than ever before.
  • He also said Moxley was one of the most important people in AEW dating back to the promotion’s existence. Khan said Moxley had done good things for the company recently, pointing to his street fight with Adam Copeland doing some of the highest ratings dating back to November.
  • Khan said he was interested in running the ECW Arena, or as he called it, the 2300 Arena.
  • He was asked about the issues regarding the Bandido/Chris Jericho match that came up during the week and how it wasn’t officially confirmed until Saturday. He said a lot of things were happening this weekend regarding getting the right people needed for the segment. He said he thought some of the speculation during the week was ridiculous.
  • Khan revealed that there were originally pay-per-views scheduled for Philadelphia until the pandemic hit.

B&V: AEW Dynasty review

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

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The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as we break down AEW Dynasty, what was simultaneously both a really good show with some excellent wrestling, and also a show that was way too long, clocking in at 5 hours and 21 minutes. But we had title changes, big angles, and All In is shaping up. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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Young Bucks return at AEW Dynasty, help Jon Moxley retain World title

Posted on by Josh Nason

After winning the World title for the first time at last year’s AEW Dynasty, Sunday’s Dynasty from Philadelphia seemed like the perfect opportunity for Swerve Strickland to regain the AEW World title.

That storybook ending didn’t happen, however, as the Young Bucks made their return for the first time in six months to deliver a BTE trigger to Strickland, giving Jon Moxley the opening to get the pin and retain the title.

The end came when Strickland threw a chair to Moxley’s head, followed by the Swerve stomp but there was no referee to count as he had been taken out by a chair shot earlier on. The lights then went out and when they came up, Matt and Nick Jackson appeared, hit the move, and dragged Moxley on top of Strickland for the pin and win to close the pay-per-view.

The Jacksons have been off AEW TV since going to “work from home” in fear of the Death Riders at last October’s Fright Night edition of Dynamite — the same show where they lost the AEW Tag Team titles to Private Party. They have had issues with Strickland in the past when he was AEW World Champion.

The ending followed a chaotic last few minutes of the match.

Given the lead-up and the men involved, the match was physical as expected with Moxley drawing first blood on Strickland. Marina Shafir attempted to get involved, stalking Strickland with the briefcase holding the title until Prince Nana prevented it. He got hit with the case, but Shafir got tossed into Moxley who hit her with a cutter by mistake.

After dumping Strickland outside the ring, Moxley got a ladder and walked Strickland up with the idea of suplexing him off it through the Spanish announce table. Instead, Strickland took control and hit a Swerve stomp off the ladder through the table.

Both men eventually made their way back into the ring and Moxley threw a chair at referee Paul Turner’s head. That brought out Hangman Page who has had issues with both men. Claudio Castagnoli, PAC and Wheeler Yuta attacked Page before he took out all three men, then hitting Moxley with a Deadeye. After Page got attacked again, The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & Hook) then ran out to run the Death Riders off.

That sequence led into the Bucks’ surprise return.

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Moxley’s fourth run as champion began with his win over Danielson at last October’s WrestleDream which was followed by he and the rest of the now-defunct Blackpool Combat Club turning on Danielson. He now has six successful title defenses, keeping the belt inside a briefcase guarded by Shafir the entire time.

Kenny Omega & Kazuchika Okada have staredown at AEW Dynasty

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The slow build to what many expect will be another meeting at July’s AEW All In Texas continued at Sunday’s AEW Dynasty.

Following Kenny Omega’s victory in a three-way with “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Ricochet to retain the AEW International title, reigning Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada’s music hit. He and Omega had a brief staredown in the ring before Omega left.

It was a scene reminiscent of a similar situation at last December’s World End. After Okada won the Continental Classic tournament with a win over Will Ospreay, Omega made his return to AEW following an extensive break due to multiple injuries to go face-to-face with his old rival.

Okada and the Young Bucks took Omega out in May 2024 to write him off in storyline, forming the new-look Elite along with Jack Perry. Both the Bucks and Perry have been off TV for months, leaving Okada as the lone remaining member.

The two had a legendary run of matches in NJPW from 2017 to 2018 that ended when Omega defeated his rival for the IWGP Heavyweight title in a best-of-three falls match at June 2018’s Dominion.

Adam Cole wins TNT title at AEW Dynasty

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It took a match with no time limit and no outside interference, but Adam Cole finally bested Daniel Garcia to win the TNT title at Sunday’s AEW Dynasty.

Garcia was firmly in control of the first half of the match, but Cole later hit a nasty looking suplex on the ringside steps following by a Panama Sunrise on the floor to take things over. He later picked up the win after hitting back-to-back Panama Sunrises on the inside of the ring and then his running Boom knee strike for the victory.

It’s the first AEW title of any kind for Cole who held the Ring of Honor Tag Team titles with MJF in 2023. It’s his first singles title since losing the WWE NXT title in July 2020 after a year-plus run.

As noted on commentary, the win came 17 years to the day the 35-year-old began his career.

The two went to a no contest on an early-March Collision followed by a 20-minute draw later in the month, also on Collision. Those situations led to Sunday’s stipulations.

The loss ends the 26-year-old Garcia’s first AEW title run that began at last November’s Full Gear with his win over Jack Perry. He successfully defended the title seven times heading into Sunday.

Bandido keeps mask, wins ROH World title at AEW Dynasty

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A new ROH Champion was crowned at AEW Dynasty.

Bandido defeated Chris Jericho to win the championship for a second time. The finish originally had Jericho pinning Bandido after striking him with a bat as Bryan Keith distracted the referee. Per the stipulations of the match, Bandido would have to unmask.

As fans reacted to the shock finish, Bandido’s mother and sister at ringside alerted referee Aubrey Edwards about the bat, which was hidden in the steel steps nearby. Edwards identified the bat and immediately restarted the match. As Jericho reacted to the news, Bandido struck Jericho with the twenty-one plex and pinned him to win the championship.

Bandido celebrated with his family inside the ring as a despondent Jericho retreated to the back.

After Jericho initially defeated Bandido to retain the ROH World title in February, he continued to target Bandido and his family by attacking his brother Gravity and stealing his mask. After weeks of taunting, Bandido was able to get the mask back from Jericho on an episode of Collision after laying him out with a punch and snatching it before Big Bill or Bryan Keith could intervene.

Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher advance in Owen Hart Foundation tournament at AEW Dynasty

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Two bitter rivals and former partners both advanced in the opening bouts of the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament as part of AEW Dynasty.

Former AEW International Champion Will Ospreay opened up the pay-per-view with a victory over Kevin Knight in their first ever meeting. Ospreay picked up the win to end an extremely athletic bout by connecting on a Hidden Blade after Knight kicked out of both a Styles Clash and an Oscutter.

Later on the show, Kyle Fletcher won his trilogy series with former ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe to also advance. Fletcher battered Briscoe throughout the match, power bombing him on the ringside floor and on the ringside barricade, later hitting back-to-back brainbusters on the ring apron and inside the ring. Fletcher survived a Briscoe offensive rally late, hitting two running kicks and a turnbuckle brainbuster for the win in a hard-hitting bout.

Ospreay now moves on to face the winner of Brody King vs. Konosuke Takeshita in the eight-man tournament while Fletcher awaits the victor of the Hangman Page vs. surprise entrant/wild card match. The dates for those bouts has yet to be announced.

The finals of the tournament will take place at May’s Double or Nothing. The tournament winner will challenge for the AEW World title at July’s All In Texas.