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Kevin Knight is rising through the ranks in All Elite Wrestling. He earned a shot at the AEW World Championship after defeating Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) on “Dynamite.”
Knight and MJF fought for the TNT Championship a week after their confrontation 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 on the fence, he hit Knight with a brutal cutter and a Panama Sunrise. Knight resisted everything. When MJF attempted to use the Dynamite Diamond Ring to his advantage, Knight hit MJF with a low blow.
Knight rolled up MJF and picked up 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 stepped in to save him. 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 note that Knight was the #1 contender if he got the win.
Allin entered the doghouse and felt the pain almost immediately. He hit King with a cannonball to start the match, then attempted a suicide dive through the ropes to the outside. Instead, he bounced off King like nothing happened.
As the match progressed, King thought he had the upper hand outside the ring. But King soon found he couldn’t take his eyes off Allin. The daredevil put King in a sitting position on a chair, went to the top rope and hit King with a drop kick, which appeared to injure both competitors.
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King took control in an attempt to wear Allin down. He used his large stature to his advantage and took down Allin side by side. As King looked to do more damage, Allin jumped on his back. But King took Allin for a spin and threw himself through the cover of the “AEW Dynamite” announce table that was set up near the barrier.
The referee begged both men to get in the ring. Instead, they went to the top of the announce table. Allin managed to pull off an incredible Code Red on the table, which didn’t give an inch. King came back into the match, hitting Allin with a cannonball and a lariat. But he failed to win the match despite Allin looking like a rag doll 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/Icon Sportswire)
King threw Allin across the ring and put him on the barrier. Allin exposed the concrete floor as he was dragged. King put Allin on the barrier and attempted to do massive damage, but missed and went through the barrier.
Allin managed to recover just enough to powerbomb King onto the exposed concrete, then hit a Coffin Drop. King was almost kicked out, but as he returned to the ring, Allin was waiting for him with several Coffin Drops.
In one of the wildest matches of the week, Allin managed to retain the AEW World Championship.
Cope and Cage accept FTR’s challenge
Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, the team known as FTR, have raised the stakes in the New York City 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 will no longer be able to team up in AEW.
Adam Copeland speaks onstage 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 accept,” Cage said during an interview with Renée 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 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 shows over the past few weeks, spreading terror in small cowboy towns. Things went a little differently Wednesday night for “Wanted Man.” Another vignette released shows more terror in the same city in which Bandido was featured. Instead, it was Swerve Strickland who appeared to be looking for Bandido. Strickland hasn’t had a match in AEW since March, when he lost to Kenny Omega on “Dynamite.”
Will Ospreay showed up to a Death Riders training session as he appeared to be looking to recover from his ongoing neck injury. The leader of the Death Riders, Jon Moxley, welcomed Ospreay with open arms but told him to leave his luggage at the door. The meeting marked the last chapter in their story.
Samoa Joe, however, appeared in a backstage segment to try and remind us who Ospreay is. He said the Opps would support him 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 will retain the TNT Championship.
- Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor def. Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade.
- Kazuchika Okada def. Ace Austin will 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 will retain the Women’s World Tag Team Championship.
- Rush definitely. Steven Fuente.
- Darby Allin def. Brody King will retain the AEW World Championship.
