‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Feb 4th 2026)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from Las Vegas, Nevada! Also, as usual, we’ll be abbreviating AEW’s huge match recaps where we can to save your eyes and your time! With that, let’s get into the review…
Match #1: The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, El Clon & Josh Alexander) def. Death Riders (Jon Moxley, PAC & Daniel Garcia)
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The crowd was electric from the opening bell as Alexander and Garcia started on the mat before quick tags brought PAC and El Clon into a slick exchange of reversals. After Clon stunned PAC with a sharp kick, Moxley and Takeshita tagged in and reignited their rivalry, spilling into a chaotic six-man brawl. The Death Riders isolated Takeshita until he powered back, flooring all three opponents and tagging Clon, who kept the momentum going with kicks and aerial offense. The Don Callis Family then turned the tables, isolating PAC and controlling the pace, with Alexander scoring a nearfall. PAC eventually escaped to tag Moxley, who resumed his hard-hitting battle with Takeshita. The action broke down again, with dives and saves on all sides, before Garcia locked in the Dragon Tamer, only for Takeshita to narrowly survive. In the closing stretch, Garcia showed incredible resilience, kicking out of multiple big moves, but the Callis Family’s teamwork proved decisive. Takeshita finally put Garcia away with Raging Fire, securing the pinfall victory for the Don Callis Family.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #2: “Timeless” Toni Storm & Orange Cassidy def. Jordan Oasis & Brittnie Brooks
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Oasis offered Cassidy the first shot, which Cassidy took with his usual early-match intensity. Cassidy put his hands in his pockets and offered one back to Oasis, but ducked the shot and nailed Oasis with a dropkick and sprang to his feet. Cassidy put Oasis down with a flying mare and checked on his reflection in Oasis’ bald head before tagging in Storm. Brooks entered and yelled at Storm, so Storm answered with a series of Mongolian chops, followed by a series of hairmares and a German suplex in an amazing display of different styles. Cassidy and Storm did a do-si-do clothesline routine with some dancing to celebrate. Storm sat on the top turnbuckle and stuck Brooks with a nasty tornado DDT! Cassidy hit a spinning DDT of his own on Oasis, which allowed Storm to crush Oasis with a hip attack. She sent Oasis into Cassidy for the Orange Punch, and that was enough for the three-count!
My Score: SQUASH out of 5
Match #3: “Hangman” Adam Page def. Mark Davis
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Davis exploded out of the corner at the bell, dropping Page with a dropkick and taking early control, but Page quickly fired back with a sliding lariat and short dropkick. After trading chops, Page sent Davis outside and followed with a dive over the top rope into the announce desk. Davis answered with a suplex and corner lariat that dumped Page to the floor, then flattened him with a flying elbow at ringside. Commentary later noted Jake Doyle’s injury, confirming Davis will remain a singles competitor. Back in the ring, Page escaped trouble with a sunset flip and scored a two-count with a sit-out powerbomb. High-impact offense followed on both sides, including springboard attacks, a brutal ringside moonsault by Page, and multiple near-falls. Davis survived Page’s offense and nearly finished things with the Awful Waffle, but Page kicked out. In the closing moments, Page countered Davis’ power move into a tombstone on the ramp, then nailed the Buckshot Lariat back in the ring to secure the hard-fought victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: Andrade El Idolo def. Kenny Omega
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Andrade stalled early, conferring with Don Callis and Lance Archer before trading heavy chops with Omega. Omega gained momentum with a rising knee and a superplex, then followed with You Can’t Escape and a moonsault for a near-fall. Andrade answered with rolling suplexes and took the fight outside, punctuating the exchange with a tornillo to Omega on the floor. Andrade stayed in control until Omega cut him off mid-moonsault and battled back, escaping a figure-four and landing snap dragon suplexes and a devastating V-Trigger. Omega looked for an avalanche One-Winged Angel, but Andrade countered into a powerbomb and nailed the El Ídolo DDT, only for Omega to survive. Andrade’s running knees also failed to finish the job. In the closing moments, interference turned the tide. Don Callis tried to slide in a screwdriver, but Swerve stopped it, creating a distraction that allowed Andrade to escape the One-Winged Angel and land a low blow. Andrade followed with The DM to steal the pinfall victory.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #5: AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match – MegaBad (Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford) def. The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale)
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The match opened with deception, as Ford ambushed Nightingale while Bayne took out Cameron. Nightingale fought through the early double-team, briefly shifting momentum before Bayne regained control with a slick hurricanrana and a tope suicida to the floor. MegaBad isolated Nightingale until she escaped with a desperation pounce and tagged Cameron. Cameron surged with offense on Ford, scoring a near-fall, before the action broke down with rapid tags and double-team moves on both sides. Nightingale and Cameron connected on a superplex, but Ford answered with a double blockbuster to swing things back in MegaBad’s favor. In the closing moments, Nightingale made a blind tag and flattened Bayne with a spinebuster, only for Bayne to kick out. Ford saved Bayne from a double-team, setting up MegaBad’s finish as Bayne held Cameron on her shoulders while Ford delivered a Doomsday Device. Bayne secured the pin, handing the champions a stunning loss.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #6: AEW National Championship – Ricochet def. “Jungle” Jack Perry
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Perry struck before the bell, diving onto Ricochet and following with another flip off the ramp to take early control. Ricochet answered by driving Perry into the ropes and the announce desk, swinging momentum back in his favour. The champion dominated until Perry battled back on the apron, flooring Ricochet and wiping him out with a tope con hilo. Ricochet regained control with a punishing run of suplexes and a Death Valley Driver to the floor, then followed with a springboard lariat and modified TKO for a near-fall. A title distraction nearly allowed Ricochet a low blow, but Perry countered and locked in the Snare Trap, only for interference from GOA to break the hold. The Young Bucks evened the odds, taking out Kaun and Liona on the ramp. With the chaos behind him, Ricochet smashed Perry into the exposed AEW National Championship on the turnbuckle and finished him with Vertigo to retain the title.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #7: AEW World Championship Eliminator Match – Brody King def. MJF
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The crowd exploded at the bell for King, and as he and MJF were about to come together in the ring, the music of “Hangman” Adam Page played, and one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions appeared on the ramp! MJF immediately turned his attention to Page, but when he turned back around, King snatched him with a choke over the top ropes! MJF was out cold! King dropped his lifeless body to the floor and immediately threw MJF back in the ring. King crushed him in the corner with a cannonball and dragged MJF to the middle of the ring for a massive Gonzo Bomb to get the shockingly fast victory! King will face MJF for the AEW World Championship at AEW Grand Slam Australia. As King held the AEW World Championship in a possible preview of the rematch in 10 days, Andrade El Ídolo attacked from behind and put King down with a back elbow! He nailed a DDT on MJF, but walked into a Buckshot Lariat from Hangman! Page set MJF up for a Buckshot Lariat, so MJF low-blowed him on the way down. King got back up and hit a second Gonzo Bomb on MJF and posed with the AEW World Championship to end our night in Vegas!
My Score: SQUASH out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
This week’s Dynamite was one of those shows that quietly stacked quality and then pulled the rug out from under you when you least expected it. The undercard delivered across the board, with the Don Callis Family six-man setting a frantic, high-energy tone and Andrade vs. Kenny Omega feeling every bit like a PPV-level match despite the screwy finish. Hangman Page and Mark Davis impressed with a bruising, hard-hitting outing, while MegaBad scoring a win over the Babes of Wrath added a genuinely surprising result to the mix. But the real talking point was the main event. Brody King absolutely flattening MJF in seconds was not on the bingo card, and the shock factor worked beautifully – making King feel like a real threat heading into Grand Slam Australia. Overall, this was a strong episode capped by a genuinely jaw-dropping ending.
