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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 confrontation at “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 on the barrier, he hit Knight with a Brutal Cutter and a Panama Sunrise. Knight withstood it all. When MJF tried to use the Dynamite diamond ring to his advantage, Knight hit MJF with a low blow.
Knight rolled up MJF and got the pinfall victory.
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Kevin Knight celebrates his victory during New Japan Pro-Wrestling at the National Yoyogi 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 into the Scorpion Death Drop. Allin then said that Knight would receive an AEW World Championship if he beat Brody King later that night. King came out and also made sure to note that Knight was the No. 1 contender should he pick up 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 and to the outside. Instead, he bounced King off like it was nothing.
As the match progressed, King believed he had the upper hand on the outside of the ring. But King soon realized he couldn’t take his eyes off Allin. The daredevil sat King in a chair, went to the top rope and hit King with a dropkick that seemed to hurt both competitors.
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King took control in an attempt to wear Allin down. He used his large stature to his advantage, picking Allin apart piece by piece. As King looked to do more damage, Allin jumped onto his back. But King took Allin for a ride and threw himself through the “AEW Dynamite” announce table cover set up near the barrier.
The referee pleaded with both men to enter the ring. Instead, they went to the top of the advertising table. Allin was able to draw an incredible Code Red on the table, not giving an inch. King came back into the match and hit Allin with a cannonball and a lariat. But couldn’t catch on despite Allin looking like a rag doll through the final moments of the game.
MJF walks the ramp during AEW Dynamite Beach Break on January 26, 2022 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
King threw Allin across the ring and set him up on the barrier. Allin exposed the concrete floor as he was dragged. King set Allin up on the barrier and tried to do some massive damage but missed and went through the barrier.
Allin was able to recover just enough to powerbomb King onto the exposed concrete and then hit a coffin drop. King was almost counted out, but when he got back in the ring, Allin was waiting for him with more coffin drops.
In one of the wildest matches of the week, Allin was able to retain the AEW World Championship.
Cope and Cage accept FTR’s challenge
Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, the tag team known as FTR, raised the stakes in the New York street fight set for Double or Nothing next month. They wanted to fight 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 Champions. If Copeland and Cage lose the match, they can no longer team up in AEW.
Adam Copeland speaks on stage during the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” panel at the 2024 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California on July 25, 2024. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
“We accept,” Cage said in an interview with Renee Paquette.
“It was a quick acceptance considering your history of I Quit matches here,” Cope said, referring to Cage’s loss to him in an I Quit match at Revolution in 2024.
Cage replied, “I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times, I’ve told everybody, I’ve never said, ‘I quit.’ I didn’t say that.”
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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 went a little differently on Wednesday night for “Wanted Man”. Another vignette played showing more terror in the same town Bandido was in. Instead it was Swerve Strickland who appeared to be hunting Bandido. Strickland has not had a match in AEW since March when he lost to Kenny Omega at “Dynamite”.
Will Ospreay showed up to a Death Riders practice looking to seek rehab from his ongoing neck injury. Death Riders manager Jon Moxley welcomed Ospreay with open arms, but asked him to leave his luggage at the door. The meeting marked the latest chapter in their history.
However, Samoa Joe appeared in a backstage segment trying to remind 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 Pro-Wrestling “Stardom” event at Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan on November 29, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
- Kevin Knight def. MJF to retain the TNT Championship.
- Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor def. Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade.
- Kazuchika Okada def. Ace Austin to retain the International Championship.
- Adam Copeland and Christian Cage def. Trent Beretta vs. Rocky Romero.
- Megan Bayne and Lena Kross def. Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida to retain the Women’s World Tag Team Championship.
- Rush def. Steven Fuente.
- Darby Allin def. Brody King to retain the AEW World Championship.
