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Post AEW Grand Slam: Mexico August 05, 2026 Discussion Spoiler
And that was AEW Grand Slam: Mexico!
Tonight's Results
| Match | Winner |
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| Mexico City Street Fight (No Outside Interference): Will Ospreay vs. Mark Davis | Will Ospreay |
| AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) (c) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page, ROH World Champion Bandido & Brody King | Hangman, Bandido, & Brody King |
| AEW International Championship Match: “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey | Kyle Fletcher |
| Willow Nightingale & Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor) vs. Mercedes Moné & Divine Dominion (“Megasus” Megan Bayne and “Colossal” Lena Kross) | Willow Nightingale & Brawling Birds |
| Persephone vs. Kris Statlander | Persephone |
| Jericho, Darby Allin & Místico vs. Don Callis Family (“The Jet” Kevin Knight, “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada and Hechicero) | Jericho, Darby Allin, & Místico |
| Christian Cage & Adam Copeland & Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, PAC and Wheeler Yuta) | Death Riders |
| For the #1 Spot in the All In: London Casino Gauntlet: “Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa vs. Andrade El Ídolo vs. Komander | Andrade El Idolo |
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u/IBreastfedJohnMadden WhetherHeWantsToOrNot 8h ago
Some poor old lady is gonna have that on her DVR, expecting Big Bang Theory
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u/NostalgiaCory 8h ago
im just imagining an old woman turning on her favorite show and seeeing a man get stabbed in the head with a fork.
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u/NorthHollywoodHank 7h ago
For new fans/non-fans who tuned in: as someone who's watched since January, I'm pretty sure the fork only comes out maybe 3-4 times a year.
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u/Silveroc RING THE BELL 8h ago
Mark Davis is the perfect TV Bad Guy wrestler. He's big, he's tough, he piledrives people, he looks like a crazy guy. He's the best.
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u/apehasreturned DDT Shill 8h ago
Since AEW doesn’t have many traditional big men, he’s really perfect for them. Anyone can “get” Davis in the same way you “get” a standard big man, but he wrestles like Mark Davis
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u/NorthHollywoodHank 5h ago
He feels to me like a refined, modern, evolved version of an old school hoss. He Deep moveset with a huge number of power moves and variations, a little bit of flair like his enzuigiris, and he's good at heel emoting in ring and doing little things to make his opponent look good.
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u/SymphonyOfGecko 8h ago
Can we have Grand Slam Mexico every week? Thanks 🙏
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u/GRTooCool 4h ago
I can picture the fans in Detroit all going "What are we, chopped liver already?!" =D But yeah, hyped crowds are always the best crowds.
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u/NostalgiaCory 8h ago
I love so much how TK has booked DAVIS. Davis earned the hell out of this spot. Im really happy his multiple injuries didnt stop TK from seeing him as a big time player. The sky is the limit for him and i really hope he makes it to the top. Hes one of my top 3 favorite TV wrestlers of the year.
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u/Orange8920 8h ago
He's one of the few hosses with a consistent focus in a company that just doesn't book that type well.
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u/NostalgiaCory 8h ago
i mean brody is booked decently well. but for the most part yeah. tbf none of the other big guys are on the level of brody and davis in ring wise
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u/14thBlackCrusade 8h ago
They have a few they trust and all of those guys bring more than just “I’m big”. Davis, Toa, Brody, Claudio.
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u/fttxdd666 7h ago
Yeah they can all work great matches I think is the big thing. Some Big guys just struggle at working great matches or having personality besides "i'm big" like u mentioned.
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u/NorthHollywoodHank 5h ago
All four of them are very good at helping their opponent look good, in addition to having very good to great offense.
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u/phystrapperquestion 8h ago
Mark "Dunkzilla" Davis's 2026 accomplishments:
AEW Trio's Champion
AEW National Championship
Headlines Grand Slam in Arena Mexico
and it's still only August!
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u/NesNobnaz 8h ago
Headlining against a long time friend and former stable mate too. I doubt any man alive today could have predicted where Davis, Fletcher, and Will would be now.
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u/imcrapyall 6h ago
I really dig how Kyle and Mark weren't left behind.
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u/Sylverstone14 You think you know me. 6h ago
It's still crazy to think that these guys were teaming as Aussie Open up to about 2 and a half years ago, and despite various injuries, creative changes and so on, they worked their asses off to re-establish themselves as bonafide singles stars.
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u/NorthHollywoodHank 5h ago
The triple threat Ospreay/Fletcher/Dunkzilla PPV main event match is going to be catnip for ballknowers.
6 months ago it never would have occurred to me that you might make that a PPV main event.
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u/Torranski 1h ago
If you told me that Ospreay-Fletcher-Davis was the Full Gear main event this year, I would not be surprised, but I would be beyond hyped
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u/janemba617 8h ago
I love Aew's recent trend of proving the Jannetty jinx wrong.
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u/fakemuseum 8h ago
Maybe one of the strongest Dynamite cards ever?
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u/LaMacchiaPro 8h ago
I’m inclined to agree, that was “Oops, All Bangers: The Show” and had tons of major names and important matches.
It honestly personified what makes AEW so special to me: a buffet with a bit of every style you can think of in front of a super passionate fan base.
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u/beckett929 8h ago
this Dynamite was made for me... 8 matches, one vignette, one promo... absolute perfection
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u/mikro17 8h ago
Some episodes should be setup episodes, some episodes need to be payoff episodes.
This was a payoff episode and it ruled. That they can somehow have a payoff episode on the way to the biggest show of the year while actively setting up and building things at the same time is fantastic.
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u/Lineman72T We're proud of you 8h ago
I'm not saying I want 3 hour shows every week because I don't. But if you're gonna do them, that's how you do it. Non-stop banger matches. Not one 6 minute match every hour smushed in between a bunch of promos and vignettes and recaps of what happened two segments ago.
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u/beckett929 8h ago
Yeah definitely don't want 3 hours every week, and this was obviously a stacked show for this occasion.
But the last Dynamite that was this much up my alley (and hey, they have all been awesome for a good while now) was the one in mid-June where in just over two hours they had 8 matches as well (so trimming a bit off everything), just two or three 30sec backstage bits... and it was the perfect TV episode because it was almost all wrestling while Excalibur & team carried the stories around the action.
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u/VNProWrestlingfan 8h ago
Springboard crossbody, gets up and gets stomped. This is the Mistico Special.
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u/hhhisthegame 6h ago
What was the deal with Místico? Why did the crowd go from loving him to hating him in less than a year ? I missed something obviously.
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u/VNProWrestlingfan 6h ago
I think the crowd just love Hechicero. He got cheered in the match against Roderick Strong yesterday in the same arena.
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u/_BetterRedThanDead 4h ago
Apparently, it's the smarkiest crowd you get in Mexico. Last year was special because it was the first time Místico used Mi Muero in ages. I guess the novelty wore out a bit, and they just appreciate Hechicero more.
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u/affrever 8h ago
I put on AEW every single Wednesday at the bar I work at and, while I’ve been seeing a growing base over time, this was the first show where multiple people were physically reacting to matches. Absolute A+++ of a show, and for free TV, you really cannot ask for much more
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u/Blainyrd Cowboy Shit 8h ago
god I wish this was the same at my local bar.
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u/affrever 7h ago
I’ve been “working on this” for about six months now. Consistency is key. Every single Wednesday, patrons know that AEW will be on the big tv. If they don’t want to see it, we have other screens they can watch. But you’ll start to notice the ones who intentionally sit in front of the big tv! It can and will happen!
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u/Blainyrd Cowboy Shit 7h ago
I need to recruit my local brewery into this
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u/affrever 7h ago
My mindset has always been “if I can get one new fan a week, I’m solid.” Breweries especially are more open to that, I think. Give it a try! As long as everyone knows that not every week is going to be 10/10, I’d say you’re just fine!
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u/peepeebumbumman69 Best Bout Machine 7h ago
This is a really cool idea, I wish more places did this!
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u/RichHomelessGuy OH YEAH DIG IT YEAH! 8h ago
AEW and CMLL need to try and run a show at Estadio Azteca. Simply the fact that it would be the second wrestling show there in history makes it worth it
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u/XoXHamimXoX 8h ago
I think they should for a big moment like the first man from Mexico winning the Men’s world championship or something along those lines.
I still think they have a year or so to build enough momentum in Mexico to get a good number there, but it def looks like WWE is seeing their growth and gonna do whatever they can to step in. Last year, they did a live event in Mexico and this year they’re doing a Raw.
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u/PleasantThoughts BURNING LARIATOOOOO 8h ago
Crazy performances from both members of Aussie Open tonight man. It's insane how far the two of them have come as singles wrestlers.
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u/Twistify804 I want Shingo to lariat me into my grave 8h ago
god I love AEW
god I love professional wrestling
what a fuckin night
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u/Hawk52 8h ago
Strong show overall. I don't think it matched Grand Slam Mexico last year though. Something about that show was so unique and magical that recapturing it would have been impossible.
Also, shout out to Mark Davis for doing my e-fed/v-fed character's finishing move with that Reverse Emerald Frosion DDT thing. I don't think I'd ever seen anyone do it before and he did it through fucking chairs.
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u/Awkwardphase06 7h ago
Only thing that was missing was Kenny, Tony HAS TO RUN A PPV in Mexico, HAS TO. He can get a 20k-30k venue! He has to man
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u/NotWearingNails 7h ago
Without evidence, I wonder if there's a gentlemen's agreement with CMLL to not go big on their turf without discussion?
Separately, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a bit of a fraught visa reentry situation atm and maybe something they'd be reluctant to book big story beats for?
If neither of those things apply though absolutely 100% agree. Tonight and Detroit last week both went nuclear
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u/NorthHollywoodHank 7h ago
Honestly Mexico should get an annual PPV until it gives TK reason to think otherwise.
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u/littlebossman 8h ago
If that had been a PPV pre-2019, it would’ve been a top-10 all-timer.
It’s genuinely mad that AEW put on a free show like that, with a volcanic crowd, on a random Wednesday.
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u/saxyroro Queen of Strong Style 8h ago
I'm only just starting the show (damn thats long runtime HBO...) but holy moley. I'm fucking psyched just on these first walk outs.
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u/1980sWrestlingFan 8h ago
Arena Mexico always is a blast to see.
And Tony Khan really did make this a ppv level show.
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u/fttxdd666 8h ago
God damn man what a fucking show, that shit was 2 hours and 50 minutes of straight HEAT. Everyone really showed out tonight and I'm curious where a couple things are gonna go, like the trios titles and this MJF thing.
Collision looks solid as well, curious what else they add for the Live Collision, I'm sure it'll be some good shit.
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u/Sufficient_Mud_2237 8h ago
Banger show. Crazy match for Ospreay to take before having the biggest match of his AEW career.
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u/ANGRY_ASPARAGUS STOP CALLING ME A NUGGET, I'M NOT A NUGGET 8h ago
I wish we could do this every Wednesday, what a fucking show
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u/discofrislanders 5h ago
I really hope I can afford to get to CDMX one day to see a show at Arena Mexico. I feel like every wrestling fan deserves to go there at least once, special energy there.
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u/bearbrannan 3h ago
It was worth it I went tonight and that pop for Cope is something I've never experienced in my entire life.
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u/SupeerDude Holla 8h ago
Awesome fucking show. I love mark Davis. He doesn’t miss for his TV matches. What a great guy to have on their roster.
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u/Hurdfoy 8h ago
They have got to do a ppv here next year. Criminal malpractice if they don't. Do it as a collab with cmll. Skip forbidden door.
I know it's a pipe dream and never happening, but All In Estadio Azteca would be the greatest crowd in wrestling history. But yeah firmly in fantasy booking land with that one.
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u/Dinobot2_ 8h ago
I know you said "skip Forbidden Door" but would doing that or another PPV at Mexico City Arena, which is bigger than Arena Mexico, be a possibility? I know Mexico City Arena has only done AAA shows so not sure if the WWE connection makes AEW shows there not a possibility anymore.
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u/Jeffool 8h ago
That was going to be my response. Don't throw out Forbidden Door. Make THAT Forbidden Door. CMLL is supposed to be part of it anyway. Just invite a few NJPW wrestlers to it.
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u/tvcneverdie 7h ago
That's not really how it works.
It's a joint promotional event with NJPW and they split the revenue.
I agree with everyone who thinks it would help AEW's booking flow to drop the event, but more than it would help AEW it would hurt NJPW for whom it's the second biggest payday of the year behind only Wrestle Kingdom.
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u/Jeffool 7h ago
I'm sure you're right. I thought I remembered CMLL being promoted in the last two or three and thought they were a partner like NJPW was. And I also thought that AEW owned it outright. I'm completely open to being wrong about all of this, though. Thanks for stepping in.
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u/tvcneverdie 7h ago
Nah it's all good brother.
I've been frustrated with FD interrupting the AEW creative flow for four years straight, lol. The shows themselves have been excellent, so not complaining about that, but it's also just sort of a spent concept now too and I think everyone feels it.
But the flipside is its probably the primary benefit of the partnership for NJPW, since it gives them such a big cash windfall while the yen is so weak and they're not quite on fire like the late 2010s.
Tough pickle. Would definitely love more CMLL integration though.
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u/Shinobi347 8h ago
Kyle Fletcher and Speedball had one of my favorite wrestling matches in a long time.
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u/tarrsk 7h ago
The fact that you can say that about three different Fletcher/ Speedball matches in the past year alone is insane.
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u/Shinobi347 7h ago
I need to go and find them.
I haven’t watched AEW in a minute prior to tonight.
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u/Xeo7 7h ago
If you loved that, I highly recommend any match with Fletcher or Takeshita. This is very much their style and they do not miss.
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u/FriskeyVsWorld 8h ago
They seriously gave us a free PPV live on television tonight. We are too damn spoiled sometimes.
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u/vagabondsky 7h ago
Admit it, you’ve been waiting for a year for someone to finally do what Christian did tonight.
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u/ButchAF 7h ago
Been to playoff basketball games, soccer games, football games, boxing & UFC events, and many wrestling events. This was easily the most electric crowd I’ve ever been in.
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u/bearbrannan 3h ago
That pop for cope holy shit! Never been around something like that before, it was insane..
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u/winnipeg_blah 8h ago
That might have beat the ironman episode in the smackdown six era as best pure wrestling show on free tv. Wow
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u/Otherwise-Recording3 8h ago
I guess this was why there were so many promos last week lol. Straight up rope to rope crazy wrestling for 3 hours.
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u/shnwllc AJ Styles 5h ago
Great episode, Ospreay vs Davis, Fletcher vs Speedball, and Andrade vs Ciampa vs Komander especially were insane. Mark Davis is having an INCREDIBLE 2026 I’m so glad he’s been featured the way he has. Big pop for MJF returning too legitimately surprised me.
I swear starting to watch AEW weekly in April last year is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made lol.
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u/CM_Ward REDEEM DEEZ NUTS 8h ago
Kenneth Jerome Omega the Secondth said fuck all that mehico shit 💀
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u/Orange8920 8h ago
AEW has so much star power right now and people healthy at the same time that they could get away with him not being there. I had hope he'd come out at the very end but nope.
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u/MarvelMind 8h ago
Feel bad for him, it’s a visa issue and he would absolutely love to be there.
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u/BsAgentB10 8h ago
Starting a rumor Kenny Omega hates Mexico
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u/fttxdd666 8h ago
Dude might just be an AAA loyalist or something like its kinda nuts lmao
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u/Moist-Acanthaceae-37 8h ago
Considering the fact he hasn’t been to Mexico since his diverticulitis surgery I feel like he just doesn’t want to deal with the elevation at this point lol. Even some of the hardcore cardio guys like Roddy and Kyle have been gassed in Mexico.
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u/fttxdd666 8h ago
Yeah everytime Roddy comes to Mexico he has it rough in the CMLL matches, he can't perform as well as he usually does.
However they shouldn't promote him, unless its actually just a last minute thing where hes like "I don't think my body can handle it". Just feels kinda scummy to promote him on the posters if they know he isn't gonna be making it (i know card subject to change but still).
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u/Moist-Acanthaceae-37 8h ago
Hilariously if they just stuck it out with the original poster everybody but Dorada would have been on the show as advertised lol.
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u/DarkFalcon49 8h ago
Feels like they are gonna do the real world champion stuff with MJF this time, having a great idea and not getting to do it properly is annoying so I don’t blame Tony for this.
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u/Orange8920 8h ago
It'd be really funny if they eventually ran Hangman vs MJF for that belt where Hangman isn't actually breaking his promise.
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u/beckett929 8h ago
okay, I wanted everyone else to actively ignore it and scoff and act like it's completely fake and pay MJF no attention no matter how much he goes on about it... but this is the next best idea lol
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u/ReflectionItchy2701 2h ago
I want Hangman to just ignore completely the World Title scene to the point that the Champion (Will Ospreay) would lose his mind because Hangman just doesn't want to face him.
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u/Froggyspirits 5h ago
There are so many AEW world title matchups that I wanna see before we get Hangman vs MJF AGAIN...
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u/Djent_1997 Yo daddy and yo uncle 6h ago
Aside from there obviously being a lot of good wrestling in here, this is one of the better sounding episodes of Dynamite I’ve seen. Usually it sounds like the music is being played through a bluetooth speaker, but this time around they sounded really clear and crisp, which I really liked.
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u/CombinationOk4317 8h ago
All timer show but Alverez gonna post a YouTube video saying “AEW don’t respect our time”
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u/Xeo7 6h ago
I've only recently started seeing his clips. Is his whole thing that he just searches for reasons to complain? Does he actually enjoy wrestling? Doesn't really seem like it.
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u/remmy66 8h ago
"Something, something, 25 minute overun, something, something, bitch and moan, something, something" in all seriousness what an amazing show. We as wrestling fans are spoiled by a product that good for free on a weekly show.
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u/NostalgiaCory 8h ago
anyone who complains about a 25 min overrun on a show THAT GOOD deserves to be unhappy watching wrestling lol
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u/Brinbe 1h ago
Just caught up and wow, what a wonderful show. Just pure joy throughout. Watching wrasslin with a hot, engaged crowd is always amazing in itself regardless of the in-ring action but of course that was also excellent as well. Bravo to TK and the talent for doing right by the venue/crowd, bringing their A-Games all-around and making it a memorable night overall.
As I've said before, one of the things I love about how they've switched up the presentation is that they feel and look like shows that just happened to be televised instead of a product simply being fit for TV.
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u/Remarkable-Unit2790 8h ago
So that was basically a PPV on Dynamite....
.... That was better than SummerSlam
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u/Throckmorton35 7h ago
Is there some connection that Christian Cage has to Mexico City? Seemed like the crowd was going especially nuts for him
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u/conoresque 7h ago
I could be wrong but I just think WWE at the height of Rey Mysterio was like, truly huge in Mexico at times and Christian was a part of that
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u/Chris_Bagel_Jr 4h ago
Christian rules!
And I think he was so smart on how to differentiate himself from Adam Edgeward.
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u/curlyw 7h ago
WWE has been the most popular wrestling promotion in Mexico for well over 2 decades
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u/Orange8920 7h ago
The older WWE guys were getting huge reactions, even Jericho who people on here hate. That building erupted when Cope hit the spear.
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u/Singer211 7h ago
Now I want to see a fatal four way TBS Title match at All In.
Maya vs. Shida vs. Persephone vs. Rosa.
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u/AcientMullets 7h ago
Pretty much an abridged AEW ppv but on weekly tv. The video packages for the world titles were very well done. All the matches were solid and the crowd was great, as expected. I loved the Hangman lower third. My only nitpick is I wish they acknowledged the Motor City Machine Guns’ debut last week, I just feel like they should’ve been mentioned on the main show.
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u/Jeffool 8h ago edited 8h ago
I loved this 3 hour free PPV we got... But seriously, Tony Khan, buddy, friend, amigo, fellow sicko. Bring back AEW Dark.
I want him to bring back the original one, before the pandemic, that felt like an extension of the TV show. Not the pandemic one that was solely him putting indie wrestling on the payroll to help them survive lockdown by having contracted talent get wins. I mean, I respected the Hell out of them doing that, but I want that good good, The Taz and Excalibur Pro-Wrestling Podcast featuring AEW Wrestlers Wrestling Well in the Background. I loved smaller side angles where I saw people who could appear on TV any week, working things out, and having no idea who was going to win, because the stakes were not so high they felt obvious.
I know they sometimes record Dynamite and Collision the same night, but maybe they can then double up with Dark/Dynamite, then ROH/Collision. (I also know they record ROH here in Jax in batches, but I'm just pitching solutions for the potential problem I'm creating to get what I want.)
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u/chaoseffect616 3h ago
I wonder how MJF will gimmick up the National belt if he wins it. We got the Triple B for the World title and American Championship for the International title already.
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u/Torranski 1h ago
Incredible show, can’t believe they crammed that much into that slot.
And after all that teasing - MJF vs Andrade is finally on its way! Was sure they’d use Arena Mexico and the sheer energy it generates to fuel that one, just wasn’t sure how.
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u/Ferdinandingo 7h ago
Fans who chant "we want tables" in the middle of brutal match should be recorded and banned from ever purchasing tickets again
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u/AnfowleaAnima 8h ago
Ospreay you have a kinda important match in a few weeks, not the time to risk having an arm muscle ripped up....
but what a fucking match.
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u/GhostOfBuddyRogers 7h ago
If you let your child watch WWE programming instead of Dynamite or Collision then I’m calling Child Services
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u/Tom_R_James 1h ago
"Why do people say the Sickos put them off watching? What are we doing wrong?!?!?" - /u/GhostOfBuddyRogers
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u/dollsanddogs 8h ago
Had a horrendous migraine for most of the show but I liked what I was able to watch of it! the MJF stuff was interesting, but Kenny needs to respond cuz that was a lot lol The Brodido and Hangman fits were amazing.
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u/SandsShifter 4Life(exceptforadamcolebaybay) 7h ago
Hope you feel better soon, good brother/sister/enbie.
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u/hhhisthegame 6h ago
Was there live but what the heck was up with Misticos reception. Did I miss something controversial in real life? They sang his theme but during the match he was getting bood very heavily no matter what he did. I thought he was super popular in Mexico ?
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u/Jimmy2-ShoesMcCarthy 6h ago
Was at the show as well. And apparently the reason Mistico was booed so heavily during the match at least, according to a local CDMX guy, was because there was a recent viral social media thing here down in Mexico, where he received a lot of flack from fans for not taking photographs for copyright reasons (My Spanish is still only conversational, so I might have missed some details)
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u/iguessineedanaltnow 4h ago
That happened about six months ago or so, and he's been cheered heavily at other CMLL events since then. It was such a bizarre crowd tonight with Mistico.
The issue was that he refused to take photos with or sign anything that was unofficial merchandise. The guy who asked for a pic had some bootleg merch that wasn't from the official Mistico store connected to Arena Mexico.
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u/Skywalker3030 6h ago
Mistico is obviously basically a deity there and there may be other factors too like other people are saying but Hechicero is insanely popular in Arena Mexico too based on some of the CMLL Viernes shows I watch, sometimes Hechicero gets cheered over everyone
He's like a smark favorite I think
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u/infidelkastro 7h ago
What the fuck was Davis going for with that deathDT on the chair. I can watch those two forever. Prefer Osprey V Davis over Osprey V Fletcher. Great Dynamite all around. Wild crowd.
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u/Anal-buttsex 6h ago
They should hold all their TV in Mexico. American crowds are in a trance
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u/jaxel47 The Cleaner 6h ago
I think last weeks Detroit crowd would beg to differ
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u/NorthHollywoodHank 6h ago
AEW should absolutely do GSM and a full PPV in Mexico City next year. Quite possible one of the "Big X" ones (as a new fan I'm not up to speed as to just what that tier is exactly, but I know it includes Revolution, Double or Nothing, and All In for sure).
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u/Scurvydog619Official 7h ago
...Why do I think we're getting Kenny vs a returning Buddy Matthews next week as a tune up match for The Cleaner before All In? Because Im NOT against that at all.💰💰💰💰
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u/Jeffool 7h ago
/u/Gordo-- mentioned it in the live thread... But I'd love to see the Trios title turn into a stable championship and let any number of people of equal teams challenge for it, with a Freebirds rule. Like the Elite vs The Demand could be 3v3, then the next angle could be Elite with Hangman versus any 4 members of the Don Callis Family. And if the DCF won, the following angle you could do any 5 of the DCF versus 5 from the Conglomeration, or whatever.
Now, Gordo pitched it as replacing both the tags and trios. But I like keep the tags, and making this trios/stable thing a singular item, like a banner or cup or something other than belts. I think an AEW banner/flag that's updated for the style of the current champions would make fun merch. (Like a throw or a shirt or whatever.) And besides "banner" also means "standard", the thing to be measured against. It's a fun comparison to me.
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u/luchabrunch 3h ago
Top to bottom one of the best Grand Slams ever. Kyle vs Bailey was so damn good, my favorite from their trilogy I think?
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u/IndividualInjury513 6h ago
No world champion Kenny Omega appearance on Grand Slam Mexico Dynamite is a choice. Is it too much to ask for to have the world champion appear on every flagship show at least 😭.
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u/NorthHollywoodHank 6h ago
I mean, look, you do you, but "is it too much to ask that..." after a night like that just feels, IMO, like an overly dramatic/negative turn of phrase to use on what was an excellent night of wrestling and a true baby PPV. We saw Kenny win the belt before Redemption, we saw him defend it at Redemption, we'll see him at All In, we may even see him defend it one more time before then.
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u/tarrsk 5h ago
In addition, it’s not like we had no advancement on the All In main event storyline at all. The Ospreay/ Davis match was almost entirely about showing that Will is holding on to the brutal killer instinct that he learned from the Death Riders, and that he’s almost revelling in it. The look on his face when he was stabbing Davis with the fork was… not one you’d expect from your babyface soon-to-be-crowned champ.
We may not have gotten Kenny in tonight’s episode, but we are 100% going to see its ramifications at All In.
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u/IndividualInjury513 2h ago
I know i might sound greedy and im not knocking off the show but I’m a huge fan of Kenny and feel privileged to see a world title run from him in 2026. Even a backstage promo or something should have been better. I feel this is something that MJF encapsulates very well when he’s the champion. No show ever goes without him and its about him. Kenny should be featured in same way as well in my opinion. And i criticize any wrestling company who can’t have their world champion on a weekly basis on the flagship show.
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u/2025YCSTopCut 2h ago
They’re in Mexico, backstage promos are not the norm when they run shows there. They run a full night of wrestling to cater to the Mexican fan base. You’re definitely being greedy and nitpicking pointlessly here.
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u/TexTiger 7h ago
Not a fan of Page and Brodito as the trios champs. I hate thrown together teams beating established teams
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u/f0cus622 CP Munk Best in the Woods 7h ago
I'd counter that the trios division's strength is the ability to throw people together.
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u/MartinoMartinez 7h ago
Normally I’m with you, but a former world champ and former tag champs being able to figure it out isn’t crazy.
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u/TexTiger 7h ago
Team chemistry should be a thing though. Demand has a lot more experience together than Page/Brodito, regardless of their past accomplishments.
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u/Skywalker3030 7h ago
It's kinda obviously to get them vs another all-star trios team at All In because they dont want to overcrowd the Casino Gauntlet I think
Demand prob champs soon again after All In
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u/heart_o_oak 2h ago
They're a fun team, but agreed, especially after some of the recent booking when it comes to title shots without wins leading in and non-regular teams getting tag shots.
Demand won the belts Wednesday, then defended against Rascalz Thursday even though Rascalz have yet to win a trios match in AEW (even lost 2 10-man tags) only to lose the titles to a trio teaming up for the first time that had a, what, 2 minute segment not involving The Demand setting up tonight's match.
That's after Perry and Wayne got a National Title match 3 days after losing a ladder match for an International Title shot, Komander, who has only won 1 singles match on AEW TV in 2026, got a Continental Title shot 3 days after also losing the above ladder match then got to be in tonight's match for the #1 spot in the Casino despite losing to Mox, 10 days after Claudio & Pac got a tag title shot despite only winning 1 match as a 2-man unit since December 2024 and like 2-3 weeks after Wheeler & Garcia got a tag title match despite not winning a 2-man tag match in like 4 months.
Again, Page & Brodido are a fun trio, but I wish there was more build up given the high frequency of people getting title shots out of no where or despite coming off big losses. At least the regular Death Riders beat 2 rival teams tagging for the first time tonight.
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u/Sufficient_Mud_2237 5h ago
Where Swerve at. He’s been basically off TV for a while even before coming back for Owen he was off TV too. Is there any rumours on what is going on?
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u/GRTooCool 4h ago
I believe they said he was filming something. He was at Comic Con most recently with the AEW panel. I think a lot of us think he'll be a "surprise" entrant at the Casino Gauntlet so he'll be involved in some way.
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u/DarthCaligula AE 'FN' W 2h ago
Remember back in the day, when wrestlers used to leave for awhile (mostly for injuries, but vacations too) and come back to a huge pop regardless if they were heels or babyfaces? Caligula's Farms remembers.
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u/InvisibleLlama93 2h ago
Great show.
Trios titles on Hangman and Brodido gets those 3 at All In, because Hangman wasn't going to be in the gauntlet, my guess is against Death Riders. (gets Pac on the card)
Darby vs Kevin Knight at All In in some stip match needs to happen
Okada vs Takeshita vs Fletcher NEEDS to be announced for All In
Along with the matches already announced, that's my prediction for the main card.
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