AEW Dynamite Results: January 28, 2026 — Andrade Beats Swerve, Tommaso Ciampa Debuts, Champions Retain, More
AEW Dynamite was LIVE from Austin, Texas, on TBS and HBO Max! And the stakes were high with three championships on the line and AEW World Championship challengers trying to improve their records.
In the opening contest, Kenny Omega added to his winning ways with a victory over Rocky Romero of the Don Callis Family. We learned that next week, Omega would face the winner of tonight’s main event between Swerve Strickland and Andrade El Ídolo at AEW Grand Slam Australia, with the winner getting an AEW World Title shot at AEW Revolution! On that note, Andrade came away victorious in the main event thanks to some shifty tactics, so he’ll move on to face Omega next week!
After the match, AEW World Champion MJF ran into Omega, Andrade and “Hangman” Adam Page as the night came to a close. However, earlier in the evening, we learned Brody King will face MJF next week in an AEW World Championship Eliminator Match!
And on a night full of title defenses, the champions reigned supreme. AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander retained against Thekla. TNT Champion Mark Briscoe handed El Clon his first loss – but after the match, his TNT Title Open Challenge for Collision was answered by the debuting Tommaso Ciampa! And thanks to timely revenge from AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, FTR kept their AEW World Tag Team Championships from Mark Davis and Jake Doyle!
Plus, Moxley defeated Ace Austin in a Continental Eliminator and faced the Don Callis Family. All that and much more went down on Dynamite! Here are your complete results!
AEW Dynamite Recap Tonight for Austin
Kenny Omega def. Rocky Romero of the Don Callis Family
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Babes of Wrath Have a Proposition for Sisters of Sin
AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley (c) def. Ace Austin of Bang Bang Gang
TNT Championship Match: Mark Briscoe (c) def. El Clon of the Don Callis Family
Kazuchika Okada Apologizes to Kyle Fletcher
AEW World Champion MJF vs. Brody King in an Eliminator Match Next Week!
Young Bucks are Throwing a Superkick Party
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Kris Statlander (c) def. Triangle of Madness’ Thekla
Don Callis Lays Out the Family Plans
AEW National Champion Ricochet and GOA Attack “Jungle” Jack Perry
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (c) def. Mark Davis & Jake Doyle of the Don Callis Family
“Timeless” Toni Storm Backs Up Orange Cassidy Against Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta
Andrade El Ídolo of the Don Callis Family def. Swerve Strickland
AEW World Champion MJF Meets Some Challengers
Kenny Omega def. Rocky Romero of the Don Callis Family
We were welcomed to AEW Dynamite by the chords of Kenny Omega’s entrance music, which meant it was time to jump right into the action! Rocky Romero felt the same and jumped Omega at the bell. Omega quickly turned things around in the corner and sent Romero to the opposite side. He followed with a jumping back elbow and threw Romero to the outside. Omega followed with a plancha that connected, and he took some extra time to celebrate with the fans!
On commentary, we learned that Samoa Joe suffered a non-contact injury in training and is not cleared to compete, though he remains in the hunt for the AEW World Championship.
Omega returned to the ring and continued his dominance, which put Romero literally on the ropes! As Omega lined up an early V-Trigger, Romero bailed to the outside. Omega followed, so Romero returned to the ring and used the referee as a distraction to get a cheap shot on Omega. Romero took advantage of the opening with a spinning reverse DDT to get a nearfall! Romero tried for three running clotheslines in the corner, but on the third, Omega stormed out with a boot to Romero’s face. Romero reversed a snap dragon suplex attempt and tried a sliced bread, which Omega escaped. Romero kicked Omega into the corner, but he decided to do a goal celebration by sliding to the opposite side. Omega responded to that with a devastating V-Trigger to the back of Romero’s head! Omega hit the snap dragon on a second attempt, followed by another V-Trigger! Omega finished Romero with a One-Winged Angel for the 1-2-3!
After the match, Tony Schiavone joined Omega in the ring and said that with the win, he’s one of the top four contenders for the AEW World Championship, along with Omega’s former tag team partner, “Hangman” Adam Page, and the two men in tonight’s main event, Swerve Strickland and Andrade El Ídolo! We learned that the top two contenders would move on to Grand Slam Australia on February 14 to meet in a one-on-one match, and the winner of that match would face the AEW World Champion in an AEW World Championship match at AEW Revolution on March 15. Next week in Las Vegas, Omega will face the winner of Andrade/Swerve! Omega said he hasn’t felt this good in years. He said this is supposed to be a place where the best wrestle, which is why he staked his name to being the one to challenge MJF for the AEW World Championship. He’ll be ready no matter who he has to face, which brought out Hangman!
Page said he learned he’d rather battle alongside Omega than against him, but if they have to fight, then so be it. Page admitted he made a mistake as AEW World Champion when he looked ahead to a future battle with Omega instead of focusing on The Opps. But because of HOOK and a kick to the balls from MJF, he lost the AEW World Championship and the chance to regain it. Page said that for as much fire and passion as Omega has now, he won’t be the next champion. And it won’t be Andrade. And it won’t be Swerve.
“The next champion is going to be ‘Hangman’ Adam Page!”
“WHOSE HOUSE?”
Swerve marched to the ring and said he needed to remind everyone yet again that he came back to AEW to get back his AEW World Championship. And since he’s been back, he hasn’t lost. He wasn’t pinned in the 4-Way at Worlds End. The mission remains the same to get back to the AEW World Championship. Swerve stepped up to Omega and said, “It can be against anybody, and I do mean anybody!”
Omega said it sounds like Swerve wants more than the championship; it sounds like he wants a fight. Swerve said, “Oh, Kenny, more than you know!”
We were unfortunately interrupted by the voice of Don Callis, who told Swerve that his recent undefeated streak would be coming to an end at the hands of Andrade later tonight. And then, Andrade is coming for Omega. But Callis said he still has something special for Page and everyone who came out here and tried to do business because the Don Callis Family still runs this show. Omega said Callis is talking about what everyone else has to worry about when he should be worrying about himself. Omega took off running after Callis, who scampered to the back!
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Babes of Wrath Have a Proposition for Sisters of Sin
We took a special look at what brought us to tonight’s AEW Women’s World Championship match between Statlander and Thekla. AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, Babes of Wrath, were with Statlander and said if Sisters of Sin, Julia Hart and Skye Blue, agreed to stay out of tonight’s match, then Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale will do the same and put their AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships on the line this Saturday at Collision! Cameron said Stat Daddy Long Legs is going to take out Thekla tonight!
AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley (c) def. Ace Austin of Bang Bang Gang
At the bell, Moxley floored Austin with a boot to the face! Moxley lit Austin up with chops in the corner. Moxley mounted Austin in the adjacent corner and pounded away for 10 punches and then some. Austin used his powerful legs to turn a side headlock takedown into a crucifix, but Moxley kicked out. Austin came back with a pair of chops, which Moxley goaded him into, as the two began to exchange strikes. Austin stood his ground with Moxley and escaped to the apron. He went into some unique offense to swing his momentum back in the ring for an armdrag followed by a clothesline that sent Moxley to the floor. Austin tried to follow out, but stayed on the apron and used his unique athleticism to avoid a trip before kicking Moxley in the jaw!
Austin’s momentum continued to build as he stayed on Moxley outside the ring before smartly grinding down Moxley in the ring with a focus on Moxley’s injured leg. Moxley turned a submission into a pin attempt, but Austin rolled out of it and went to the corner. Moxley knocked the wind out of Austin with shoulder tackles before putting Austin on the top turnbuckle. Austin cried out in pain as Moxley dug his fingernails into Austin’s back to set him up for a superplex.
Austin turned things around with a clothesline on Moxley. He came back with a knee/Russian leg sweep combo, followed by an impressive leg drop. Austin pounded Moxley in the corner with 10 rapid-fire clotheslines and was clearly feeling it. He tried to springboard off the ropes, so Moxley avoided it and just flattened Austin with a lariat! Moxley tried a piledriver, but Austin backdropped out, and the two men traded pin attempts until they got back to their feet for another strike battle. This seemed like exactly what Moxley wanted until Austin connected with a spin kick to Moxley’s head! Moxley might be down and out! Austin stomped Moxley with Moxley’s head trapped between Austin’s legs! Austin thought he had him, but Moxley kicked out at two!
There are dueling “Let’s go Moxley!” “Let’s go Ace!” chants in the crowd.
Another strike battle was happening in a slower gear for both men until Moxley backed Austin back into the corner. Moxley charged in, but Austin moved under the turnbuckle connectors, so Moxley went sternum-first into the buckle! Austin came back in the ring with a gamengiri, but a sloppy pin only got him a two count. Austin set up for The Fold, but Moxley was ready with a cutter! Moxley snatched Austin for the Death Rider and connected to get the pinfall victory!
As Moxley lingered in the ring, Konosuke Takeshita stormed to the ring and pointed right at Moxley’s AEW Continental Championship, clearly wanting a shot, as he was the last man to defeat Moxley back in the Continental Classic. The two men exchanged words, and Moxley seemed to understand exactly what Takeshita wanted. As Takeshita left the ring, Mark Davis and Jake Doyle came from the crowd and attacked Moxley from behind! Davis grabbed Mox in a choke so Doyle could put a forearm across Moxley’s dome! Back in the aisle, Takeshita was seen shaking his head as he walked away.
TNT Championship Match: Mark Briscoe (c) def. El Clon of the Don Callis Family
Don Callis joined commentary and announced that when the Don Callis Family brings all the belts home, he will rename the program “Don Callis Championship Wrestling.”
As both men battled for the advantage, El Clon stunned Briscoe with a back elbow that may have knocked out one of Briscoe’s precious remaining teeth! Briscoe kicked out at two, as El Clon did push-ups during his pin attempt. El Clon hit a huge chop in the corner, yet Briscoe was ready for another in the opposite corner and escaped to the apron. Some Redneck Kung-Fu gave Briscoe the advantage, as he continued the attack on the outside. Briscoe threw a chair in the ring and set it up near the ropes, but before he could do anything with it, El Clon sprang back into the ring to take it away. El Clon tried to use it as a weapon, but missed and ate another chop from Briscoe. El Clon used his unique escapability to flip forward in slow motion, which evaded Briscoe twice until Briscoe had enough and leveled El Clon with a lariat. Briscoe connected with a scissor kick through the ropes and followed with a cannonball off the apron! After celebrating with the crowd, Briscoe returned to the ring, but El Clon grabbed Briscoe’s head from the outside and trapped it in the ring skirt! With Briscoe unable to see, El Clon hit a drive-by boot and shifted the match in his favor!
El Clon kept the pressure on back in the ring, lighting up Briscoe with a precise combination of kicks in the corner. El Clon walked up the ropes and flipped right into a moonsault for a spectacular near-fall! With El Clon on the top turnbuckle, Briscoe found some separation and avoided running into a boot so he could hit a thrust that knocked El Clon to the floor! Briscoe dove and flipped through the ropes to clobber El Clon! El Clon cut off Briscoe with a kick and knocked him into the second rope, which he kicked into Briscoe’s chin! Briscoe came back to pepper El Clon with jabs, and as he went for the knockout blow, El Clon hit a head kick. The two men took each other out with clotheslines at the same time!
Briscoe and El Clon got back to their feet to trade strikes, although each shot seemed to fire up Briscoe even more! Briscoe grabbed El Clon for a head-and-neck suplex followed by a clothesline in the corner! He nailed a fisherman’s bomb and quickly scaled the ropes for a Froggy Bow that landed on target! 1-2-EL CLON KICKED OUT!
Briscoe hooked El Clon’s arms for a stalling Jay Driller and appeared to nail it, but El Clon was able to absorb the blow and landed on his feet! Briscoe and the entire crowd were stunned! El Clon hit a spin kick to the gut and lured Briscoe into a Pele kick that sent the TNT Champion to the outside! El Clon ran to the apron and nailed Briscoe with a moonsault! El Clon sent Briscoe back in the ring and came off the top with a double-foot stomp. Briscoe fought his way out of El Clon’s grasp only for El Clon to kick Briscoe in the head. El Clon went for the Portal Bomb, but Briscoe escaped out the back and rolled El Clon up for the pinfall victory!
After the match, Briscoe grabbed a mic and said, “Hell yeah!” Briscoe reiterated that he was reigning and defending, so because they are back in Texas on Saturday night, he likes the concept of the TNT Title Open Challenge, with an asterisk – no members of the Don Callis Family. As Briscoe went to say more, the lights went out.
A heartbeat played as we saw a heart beating on the screen. As everything turned black, unfamiliar music played as PSYCHO KILLER appeared on the screen.
TOMMASO CIAMPA IS ALL ELITE!
He has answered Briscoe’s TNT Championship open challenge for Collision! Ciampa and Briscoe went face-to-face and exchanged words, with Briscoe holding up his TNT Title. Ciampa played some mind games with Briscoe and kissed him on the cheek before leaving the ring to fire up the fans!
Kazuchika Okada Apologizes to Kyle Fletcher
Renee Paquette was backstage with “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher, and she revealed he was here at the request of the AEW International Champion, “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada. Okada addressed Fletcher’s recent comments to Don Callis that someone needed to speak to Okada. Okada ran through the events of Worlds End, where he used a screwdriver on Konosuke Takeshita, which Fletcher planted for Fletcher to use on Moxley. Okada said he wasn’t thinking and just wanted to win, but he also wanted Fletcher to make the finals so the AEW Continental Championship would remain in the Don Callis Family. He apologized to Fletcher for what happened. Fletcher said he was really, really mad at Okada after Worlds End, but it takes a big man to accept his faults, so he accepts Okada’s apology. The two shook hands, and Fletcher walked away.
AEW World Champion MJF vs. Brody King in an Eliminator Match Next Week!
MJF asked Taz why they were working in a dump like this. That didn’t earn MJF any new fans, but before he had a chance to say anything else, Brody King made his way down the ramp! MJF yelled for King’s music to be cut.
“You would think with big-ass ears like those, you’d be able to listen, but apparently you’re as deaf as you are big and stupid!”
That only made King march faster to the ring, as MJF bailed to the apron. He asked whether King was going to be a professional so they could speak like men. King obliged, and they both got back in the ring, as the crowd chanted, “BRODY!”
MJF reminded King of what he said last week. King needs to beat better talent, yet here he is following MJF around like “a little puppy.” MJF gave us a history lesson on King’s former partners and brought up his current partner, ROH World Champion Bandido. MJF suggested King could follow him around and be paid accordingly, although they’d have to fix King’s aesthetic. He even suggested King could wear a nice suit and a scarf.
MJF said King’s dream of beating MJF for the AEW World Title was cute and just a dream. To hold the most prestigious title there is, you need to be a leader like MJF. And just like all these “schmucks,’ King is nothing more than a follower.
King said he doesn’t need to follow anyone. What MJF described was friends, which is something MJF has never had. King admitted that MJF was right: he needed to beat better competition. That’s why he sat with Tony Khan and figured out the best competition to prepare him for an AEW World Title Match…MJF! The AEW World Champion was confused, so King explained that next week they have an AEW World Championship Eliminator Match and when he beats MJF, he’ll get an AEW World Title shot at
