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Kevin Knight is moving up the ladder in All Elite Wrestling. He earned a shot at the AEW World Championship after defeating Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) at “Dynamite.”
Knight and MJF fought for the TNT Championship a week after their showdown on “Dynamite.” MJF was still feeling burned after losing the AEW World Championship to Darby Allin two weeks ago.
MJF gave Knight all he could handle. He dropped Knight on his back over the barrier, hit Knight with a brutal cutter and a Panama sunrise. Knight resisted it all. When MJF attempted to use the Dynamite diamond ring to his advantage, Knight hit MJF with a low blow.
Knight overwhelmed MJF and earned the victory by pinfall.
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Kevin Knight celebrates his victory during New Japan Pro-Wrestling at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on May 17, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
After the match, MJF attacked Knight in frustration before Allin came in to make the save. He put MJF in the Scorpion Death Drop. Allin then said that Knight would receive a shot at the AEW World Championship if he defeated Brody King later that night. King came out and also made sure to point out that Knight was the number one contender should he get the win.
Allin walked into the doghouse and felt the pain almost immediately. He hit King with a cannonball to start the match and then attempted a suicide dive through the ropes to the outside. Instead, he bounced off King like it was nothing.
As the match progressed, King thought he had the advantage on the outside of the ring. But King quickly realized he couldn’t take his eyes off Allin. The daredevil sat King on a chair, went to the top rope and hit King with a kick, which appeared to hurt both competitors.
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King took control in an effort to wear down Allin. He used his great stature to his advantage and tore Allin apart, slash by slash. As King looked to do more damage, Allin jumped on his back. But King took Allin for a spin and threw himself through the “AEW Dynamite” announce table that was set up near the barrier.
The referee begged both men to get in the ring. Instead, they climbed to the top of the announcers table. Allin was able to perform an incredible Code Red on the table, which did not give an inch. King returned to the match and hit Allin with a cannonball and a lariat. But he couldn’t get the pinfall even though Allin looked like a ragdoll in the final moments of the match.
MJF walks the ramp during AEW Dynamite Beach Break on January 26, 2022 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Sportswire Icon)
King threw Allin across the ring and placed him on the barrier. Allin exposed the concrete floor as he was dragged. King placed Allin on the barrier and attempted to deal massive damage, but he missed and went through the barrier.
Allin was able to recover enough to powerbomb King onto the exposed concrete and then hit a Coffin Drop. King was almost counted out, but when he returned to the ring, Allin was waiting for him with multiple Coffin Drops.
In one of the wildest matches of the week, Allin was able to retain the AEW World Championship.
Cope and Cage accept the FTR challenge
Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, the team known as FTR, have raised the stakes of the New York street fight scheduled for Double or Nothing next month. They wanted to face Adam Copeland and Christian Cage in an I Quit match.
On Wednesday night, Copeland and Cage said they accepted the challenge from the AEW World Tag Team Champions. If Copeland and Cage lose the match, they may no longer be a team in AEW.
Adam Copeland speaks on stage during the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” panel at Comic-Con International 2024 in San Diego, California on July 25, 2024. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
“We accepted,” Cage said in an interview with Renee Paquette.
“That was a quick acceptance considering his I Quit match history here,” Cope said, referring to Cage’s loss to him in an I Quit match at Revolution in 2024.
Cage responded: “I told you once, I told you a thousand times, I told everyone, I never said, ‘I quit.'” “I didn’t say it.”
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Other notes from Dynamite
Ring of Honor World Champion Bandido has appeared in vignettes on AEW programming over the past few weeks, causing terror in small cowboy towns. Things were a little different Wednesday night for the “Wanted Man.” Another vignette was played showing more terror in the same city where Bandido appeared. Instead, it was Swerve Strickland who seemed to be searching for Bandit. Strickland hasn’t had a match in AEW since March, when he lost to Kenny Omega at “Dynamite.”
Will Ospreay showed up to a Death Riders training session while appearing to seek rehabilitation from his neck injury. Death Riders leader Jon Moxley welcomed Ospreay with open arms but told him to leave his luggage at the door. The meeting marked the final chapter in their history.
Samoa Joe, however, appeared in a backstage segment trying to remember who Ospreay is. He said The Opps would have his back if he needed it.
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Dynamite match results
Megan Bayne enters the ring during the women’s professional wrestling “Stardom” event at the Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, on November 29, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
- Kevin Knight defeated. MJF to retain the TNT Championship.
- Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor defeat. Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade.
- Kazuchika Okada defeated. Ace Austin to retain the International Championship.
- Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defeated. Trent Beretta vs. Rocky Romero.
- Megan Bayne and Lena Kross defeat. Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida will retain the World Women’s Tag Team Championship.
- Rush defeated. Steven Fuente.
- Darby Allin defeated. Brody King to retain the AEW World Championship.
