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Tonight’s AEW Dynamite airing July 16, 2025, promises an action-packed night live from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. The post-AEW All In: Texas show sees The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) face new AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, The Opps’ AEW World Trios Champion Powerhouse Hobbs and The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe in a Trios Match. Plus, we will hear from new AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page as he will open the show.
The show kicks off at 8:00 PM ET on TBS and is available for international fans on streaming platforms like Max. Ringside News will provide live, match-by-match updates and highlights throughout the night. Stay tuned to this page, refresh for the latest results as the action unfolds, and join the conversation in the comments below!
AEW Dynamite Results (7/16/2025): Live Match Updates and Highlights
The show opens up with Tony Schiavone standing in the ring and he welcomes viewers to Dynamite before introducing “Hangman” Adam Page as the new AEW World Champion. Excalibur and Taz then welcomes us to the show as Page makes his way down to the ring and he shows off the AEW World Championship.
Page then enters the ring, where Schiavone shakes his hand and hands him a mic before making his exit. A “you deserve it” chant then breaks out. Page starts off by saying some of those chanting may have missed the point because the truth is the fans deserve it. This then gets “we deserve it” chants before Page continues. Page then says everyone watching every week demanded better and more fully-realized pro wrestling. Page then says they are the ones who support a grassroots movement in pro wrestling and they are the reason for All Elite Wrestling.
“A-E-Dub” chants then break out before Page says he wants the fans to know that the people who work so hard in this company don’t just scratch and claw for this title, but for each and every fan. We then get “Thank you Hangman” chants. Page then says the fans deserve to see this championship and to have someone to hold it and carry it and someone that understands the connection and has more gratitude for the fans than they could ever know. Page then talks about going into a war, a hundred battles that have gone on before him and how some of them who fell before have not made it back. Page then takes some time to thank these men, including Orange Cassidy, Jay White, Adam Copeland, The Opps, Bryan Danielson and Darby Allin.
Page then says he also needs to thank someone who at Double Or Nothing reminded him of what is great about pro wrestling, someone who didn’t get to leave on their own volition. Page then gives thanks to Will Ospreay. Page then thanks Swerve Strickland for helping him despite their storied history with one another, then says All In weekend was full of highs, lows, blood and tears. Page then says people like Moxley would say crying makes him weak and less of a man, but he has the love and respect of his wife, kids and the fans. Page then says he has thousands and millions of people watching AEW, people who can look at him and respect him. Page then says if you want to know what kind of man he is, you can take a look at him because he is the champion of the world. Page then shows off the AEW World Championship to a big ovation from the crowd before leaving the ring.
We then get a video package looking back at All In: Texas.
Commentary then hypes the recap of All In: Texas and the big trios match for later tonight before we go to a video footage from earlier today of The Young Bucks arriving at the venue in an Uber after losing their EVP titles and custom limo in the past week. They then grab their luggage before making their way to the building.
Kyle Fletcher then makes his way down to the ring for the first match of the night as commentary looks back at Saturday’s All In: Texas and Dustin Rhodes winning the TNT Championship. Máscara Dorada then makes his way down to the ring.
Singles Match: Máscara Dorada vs. Don Callis Family’s “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher
The match starts off with Fletcher delivering some stomps on Dorada. He then delivers some right hands on him and pulls on his mask, but Dorada uses two of the top ropes to hits an arm drag on Fletcher. He then follows it up with a missile dropkick off the top rope before Fletcher looks to fly through the middle rope. Dorada then moves out of the way and hits a Tornillo over the top rope to nail Fletcher on the outside. Both men then return to the ring and Fletcher hits a swinging Sidewalk Slam on Dorada.
Dorada then hits a thrust kick on Fletcher and a Shooting Star Press on the outside off the ropes. He then follows it up with a series of kicks, then nails Fletcher with an enzuigiri and follows it up with a Code Red. Dorada then hits a hurricanrana on Fletcher off the ropes, then follows it up with a 450 Splash and goes for a pin. Dorada then kicks out. Dorada then hits a tijeras on Fletcher that sends him crashing into the corner face first and looks to fly off the ropes, but Fletcher catches Dorada and sends him crashing into the middle turnbuckle face first. He then follows it up with a Brainbuster for the win.
The winner of the Singles Match, Don Callis Family’s “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher!
After the match, Fletcher kneels down and drools while talking about how Dustin Rhodes ruined the biggest moment of his life. Fletcher then says his life’s mission is to take everything from Rhodes. Schiavone then says new TNT Champion Dustin Rhodes will appear on Saturday’s Collision.
We then get video footage from earlier today of the Young Bucks arriving backstage and being greeted by Renee Paquette, who asks how they feel about no longer being EVPs. They then blow her off. The Bucks then cross paths with Marina Shafir. Matthew then asks how she was doing. Shafir then shakes her head and walks past them. The Bucks then arrive at their dressing room. A crew member was crossing out the “EVP” title on their locker room door sign. He writes “Matt” and “Nick” instead. Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona then show up. Ricochet says it sucks to be the Bucks and does his laugh before walking away. Don Callis then shows up and says he thought it was an abomination that the company was treating them like a couple of jobbers for losing one match. Callis then says he knew they had their issues in the past, but maybe they can do business now that Kenny Omega is dead. Matthew then tells him they will never join his family, but he thought they would work things out. Callis and the Bucks then hug.
We then see a promo from The Hurt Syndicate after All In: Texas, with MVP begging for one of these legendary tag teams to step up and try and take the tag titles from the Syndicate. MJF, meanwhile, congratulates “Hangman” Adam Page on winning the World Title. He then says it would have been easy to beat dictator Jon, but with Page he has something to prove. He then says he’s the best before saying he doesn’t even need his title contract to get what belongs to him. MJF then says the contract is just a break glass in case of emergency deal. He then wraps it up by saying that nice guys finish last before MVP interjects to say they’re not nice at all.
Josh Alexander and Hechicero then make their way down to the ring for the next match off the night and The Young Bucks follow. JetSpeed, Bandido and Brody King then make their way down to the ring next.
All Star 8-Man Tag Team Match: ROH World Champion Bandido, JetSpeed (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey) and Hounds of Hell’s Brody King vs. Don Callis Family (“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander and Hechicero) and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson)
The match starts off with King and Alexander and both men trade offense before Alexander finds himself unable to take King off his feet. Both men then mouth off at each other before Alexander sends King back with strikes, only for King to drop him to a knee with a massive chop. Alexander then looks for a tag, but the Bucks step off the apron, forcing Hechicero to tag in. Bandido then gets the tag as well and both men trade some offense. Bandido then charges at Hechicero in the corner before taking him to the mat with a hurricanrana. A tag is then made to Knight, who calls in Bailey for the assist in taking down Hechicero before Matt and Nick try to intervene. This then results in JetSpeed going after the Bucks to drop them on the floor outside.
Knight then gets back on the attack until the Bucks come running in once more. Chaos then ensues as they hit superkicks on King and Knight before sending Bailey to the ropes for a stomp into a powerbomb and hitting an escalera to send the action to the outside. Hechicero and Knight are going at it and Knight is back up to send Hechicero to the ropes, but gets dropped hard in midair before Hechicero continues to wear him down. Knight then looks for a tag, but is pulled away as Alexander tags in and drops Knight down to the canvas before the Bucks get in on the action with a tag to Matthew. They then look for an EVP Trigger, but realize they can’t call it that anymore and leads them to having a discussion. This then opens the door for an attack by Speedball, who gets the tag from Knight.
Nicholas then tries to intervene, but is dropped hard and the Bucks look for More Bang For Your Buck. Bailey then hits a backflip stomp. Alexander and Hechicero are then hit with a flurry of offense from King, who sends Alexander to the outside before hitting a cannonball on Hechicero in the corner. King then hits the ropes as Bandido gets a blind tag before King gets the drop on Alexander and company on the outside. He and Bandido then follow suit before bringing Alexander back in the ring. JetSpeed then hit a combination move setting up Bandido to get a near fall on Hechicero.
Things then break down once again as the Bucks and Alexander take out King, only for Bailey to lay Alexander out. The Bucks knock him down, but are taken out by Knight before Bandido hits the X-Knee on Nicholas followed by a 21 Plex. This is then countered into a triple team. They then gang up on Bandido and Hechicero locks in a sleeper hold. Bandido then passes out and the referee calls for the bell.
The winners of the All Star 8-Man Tag Team Match, Don Callis Family (“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander and Hechicero) and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson)!
After the match, the heels celebrate their win.
Adam Copeland’s music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring as the fans sing his theme song. We then take a look back at the attack on Christian Cage at All In: Texas, leading to the return of Cope and a message for Christian to go find himself. Cope then enters the ring as the fans continue singing his song.
Copeland starts off by thanking the fans in response to a “thank you Cope” chant, saying those reactions are the reason he gets up and gets in this ring. Copeland then says he wants to address a few questions, the first being did he come down to save Christian Cage. Copeland then says no because Cage is an a-hole and he has tried to make him miserable. Copeland then reminds the fans that Cage wanted to cripple him. Copeland also reminds the fans that Cage cashed in his World Title contract and got choked out.
Copeland then says everything has crumbled around Cage and it’s all out of jealousy. Copeland then says Cage couldn’t handle seeing him be first to achieve success including the World Championship. Copeland then tells Cage that verbatim is going to happen to him, but now he’s just hoping Cage is watching and pulling his cranium out of his ass. Copeland then says he came back at All In: Texas to go after FTR. Copeland then says five years ago he was cleared to return to the ring again and the first two men he called about it were FTR, who helped him get back in shape. Copeland then says they talked even back then about going after trios titles as Rated FTR and two weeks after they finally started getting going they started complaining. Copeland then says FTR talked about being held back from their tag title aspirations and that makes no sense to him. Copeland then says they put him on the shelf for four months, time that he doesn’t have as every time he gets in the ring may be his last. Copeland then says he came back after that time for one thing and that is to end FTR.
FTR’s music then hits and Stokely Hathaway appears with four security guards to protect himself. Hathaway says Harwood and Wheeler predicted exactly what Copeland would do tonight and Tony Khan and Warner Media have received three anonymous e-mails about Copeland’s behavior. He then says if Copeland comes anywhere near FTR, interferes in their matches or tries to share their hands, then he will be fired. Copeland then responds by telling Hathaway that he never said anything about getting near him. Hathaway then tells one of the security guards to go after Copeland, but Copeland quickly nails him and takes out the other security guard. The two other security guards outside the ring then run to the back and Cope hits a spear on Hathaway. Copeland’s music then hits as he mouths off with Hathaway before posing for the crowd in the corner.
Commentary then hypes up the main event trios match before we get a look back at why Mark Briscoe wants a crack at the Death Riders.
We then head to the back, where Mark Briscoe addresses the Death Riders and MJF winning the Casino Gauntlet Match at All In: Texas. He then brings up his debut for AEW in January 2023 before addressing MJF’s remarks about his late brother and how that invoked the spirit and the chaos of Dem Boys. He then promises to make MJF pay for his sins.
Thekla then makes his way down to the ring for the next match of the night and Queen Aminata, Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale follow.
$100K 4-Way Fight: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander vs. “The Toxic Spider” Thekla vs. Queen Aminata
The match starts of with Nightingale and Aminata taking the fight to the outside as Thekla sends Statlander to the corner, but Statlander fights back with a delayed vertical suplex and sends Thekla to the mat. Thekla is back on her feet with a flurry of offense until Aminata stops her at the ropes, pulling her out of the ring to get some offense in on Statlander. This is then stopped by Nightingale, who breaks up a pin attempt before sending Statlander out of the ring.
Nightingale then sends Aminata to the corner with a lariat, but Aminata brings her to the middle of the ring for some chocolate kisses before Thekla breaks it up. She then sends Aminata to the ropes before Nightingale picks her up for a torture rack and then drops Thekla to the mat. Nightingale then goes after Aminata, but is sent to the floor only for Aminata to face a similar fate before Thekla gets a cross body on both of them.
Statlander then returns to the ring to go after Nightingale and Thekla. She then sends Thekla to the corner, but Aminata gets involved to hit a chop on Thekla. Thekla then hits a spider suplex on Aminata. Nightingale then nails Thekla with a chop before setting up Aminata up for a Death Valley Driver, but Thekla gets on Statlander’s shoulders and sends her into Nightingale. Chaos. then ensues until Aminata hits a headbutt on Thekla and a right hand on Statlander. Nightingale then hits some offense before Statlander drops all three women to the mat, only to fall to the mat herself and that leaves all four women on the canvas. They then eventually make it back on their feet, trading offense until Aminata hits an Air Raid Crash. Thekla then drops her, but is met with a Doctor Bomb by Nightingale for the pin. Statlander then pulls the referee out of the ring to break the count. This then leads to Nightingale going after Statlander and both women battle it out up the ramp as Thekla drops Aminata to the mat for a two count.
Skye Blue then makes her way down the ramp and hops on the apron to distract the referee while Julia Hart appears from behind Aminata to spray her with the mist. Thekla then hits her finisher for the win.
The winner of the $100K 4-Way Fight, “The Toxic Spider” Thekla!
After the match, Julia Hart and Skye Blue join Thekla in the ring for a celebration, indicating that an alliance has been formed.
Commentary then hypes up Kazuchika Okada being in action later tonight and how we will hear from AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm.
AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm’s music then hits and she makes her way down to the ring. Storm starts off by introducing herself as a number of things before reminding the fans that she is still champion. She then thanks Mercedes Moné for going all in with her, saying they did everything they set out to do but in case she forgot, she did say that if Moné made one small mistake she would eat her alive. Storm then tells Moné that she was delicious. Storm then tells Moné if she wants to come back for seconds and she is sure that Moné will, then from her lips to Moné’s, this buffet is always open. Storm then says Luther got injured and talks about what happened and how he needs reattachment surgery. Storm then says there are so many people with the knives and she ought to be careful now because this is the big one and tn this company, in this business and on this planet.
Storm is then interrupted by Athena, who introduces herself as, among other things, the Forever Champion. Athena then says no one will remember Storm because soon she will be the Forever AEW Champion. She then talks about taking out Mina, meaning there’s no one to save Storm when she cashes in her contract to get her shot. She then teases possibilities on when that match will happen and we head back to ringside where Storm promises to be ready because she is Timeless.
Commentary then hypes a match for next week between Storm and Billie Starkz.
We then head to the back, where The Patriarchy addresses taking out Christian Cage at All In: Texas. Sabian then talks about no longer being underneath a Patriarch but alongside a Matriarch as Mother Wayne jokes about Cage being unable to get up by himself on Saturday. Nick Wayne then runs down Cage for going his own way instead of following the plans they set out for themselves. He then reminds Christian that he is the youngest champion in AEW history and the question is how many world titles is he going to win. Wayne then asks how much better can he possibly be. Wayne then says Cage created this monster and he and AEW will have to deal with it as he becomes the new face of TNT, the new face of AEW, now and forever.
Don Callis then introduces AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada and Okada makes his way down to the ring for the next match of the night.
Non-Title Match: Don Callis Family’s AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada vs. Rafael Quintero
The match starts off with Okada getting the jump early and sending his opponent to the corner for some hard stomps. He then steps away just long enough to send his opponent to the mat with a dropkick and follows it up with a Rainmaker for the win.
The winner of the Non-Title Match, Don Callis Family’s AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada!
After the match, Callis gives the mic to Okada, who calls out Swerve Strickland for screwing the Young Bucks at All In: Texas. Swerve Strickland’s music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring with Prince Nana to confront Okada. Strickland tells Okada that he did do that and asks Okada what he is going to do about it before leaving the ring.
The Death Riders then make their way down to the ring for the main event of the night and Mark Briscoe, Powerhouse Hobbs and AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page follow.
Trios Match: The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) vs. AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, The Opps’ AEW World Trios Champion Powerhouse Hobbs and The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe
The match starts off with Powerhouse Hobbs and Claudio Castagnoli and Hobbs quickly takes control sending Castagnoli to the mat before tagging in Hangman Page. Page then rushes at Castagnoli for some right hands, only for Castagnoli to get to his feet to tag in Wheeler Yuta. Page then sends Yuta to the corner and tags in Briscoe. Briscoe then gets some hard strikes in on Yuta before sending him to the ropes for a double team with Hobbs following a tag. Hobbs then lays it into Yuta until Yuta gets a tag to Moxley, who backs off from Hobbs.
Hobbs is then met with an uppercut from Yuta in the corner, only for Hobbs to catch him in mid-air but Moxley runs in to intervene on Yuta’s behalf. This then leads to a stare-down with Hobbs, who is distracted long enough to be blindsided by Yuta. Hobbs is then sent out of the ring where Shafir gets a few shots in while the referee is busy admonishing Yuta but soon catches Shafir, telling her to back off as Moxley gets the tag.
Moxley then grabs Hobbs before sending him into the ring steps. He then sends Hobbs back in the ring and Moxley tags in Castagnoli to continue the attack on Hobbs. Castagnoli then sets him up for a giant swing before tagging in Moxley, who runs in with a boot before tagging Yuta in. Hammer and anvil elbows from Yuta, but Hobbs hits him with a power slam before tagging in Briscoe. He then unloads on Moxley and Castagnoli and sends Castagnoli out of the ring before running into a boot from Moxley. Briscoe then hits an enziguiri on Moxley, but Shafir cuts him off from doing a Froggy Bow as the Death Riders take control. Moxley then hits a DDT on Briscoe and sends him to the floor.
Moxley then gets a two count on Briscoe before setting up for an STF. Briscoe then fights to the ropes to force a break as Moxley backs off before knocking Page off the apron. Gotch style piledriver then gets a two before Hobbs breaks the pin. Castagnoli then comes in and sends Hobbs to the outside as he and Yuta go after him while Moxley sends Briscoe to the corner. Briscoe then finds an opening by biting Moxley, then hitting a missile dropkick to take Moxley down before tagging in Page. Page. then goes off on the Death Riders and sends Castagnoli off the apron before hitting Yuta with a fall away slam despite him getting the tag. Yuta then blocks a rolling elbow, but is dropped with a pop-up powerbomb for a two count. Castagnoli then gets involved and Yuta hits a splash for a near fall of his own.
Death Riders then go for a Doomsday Device after a tag but Page fights back and sends them away before Briscoe hits a cannon ball sending Castagnoli to the outside. Moonsault by Page who sends Castagnoli back in for a Buckshot Lariat, but Moxley blocks it by biting Page. He then gets shoved into a spinebuster by Hobbs and Yuta is sent back out by Briscoe as Page goes after Castagnoli once more. Castagnoli then looks for a Neutralizer, but Page counters with a jackknife cover for the win.
The winners of the Trios Match, AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, The Opps’ AEW World Trios Champion Powerhouse Hobbs and The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe!
After the match, there is no celebration as the Death Riders go after the babyfaces. The beatdown is then interrupted as everyone’s attention is drawn to the highest row of the Ballroom, where we see Darby Allin staring down Moxley who gets laid out with a Buckshot Lariat by Page. The Death Riders then clear out of the ring, which allows Page and his friends to celebrate and the show comes to a close.
Matches & Key Moments Scheduled for AEW Dynamite on July 16, 2025
- Trios Match: The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) vs. AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, The Opps’ AEW World Trios Champion Powerhouse Hobbs and The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe
- All Star 8-Man Tag Team Match: ROH World Champion Bandido, JetSpeed (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey) and Hounds of Hell’s Brody King vs. Don Callis Family (“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander and Hechicero) and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson)
- Singles Match: Máscara Dorada vs. Don Callis Family’s “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher
- $100K 4-Way Fight: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander vs. “The Toxic Spider” Thekla vs. Queen Aminata
- Don Callis Family’s AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada will be in action
- We’ll hear from new AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page
- We’ll hear from “The Rated R Superstar” Adam Copeland
- AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm will have a victory speech
July 16, 2025 7:31 pm
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