AEW Dynamite 8/12 Results: The Jet faces Jericho, Continental Cup continues

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Results

  1. MJF def. Nick Wayne & Speedball Bailey (For #2 Spot in All In Casino Gauntlet Match) (12:01)
  2. Jay White def. David Finlay (Continental Challenge Cup First Round) (13:18)

Still to come

  • We’ll hear from Brodido & Hangman Adam Page
  • Kris Statlander vs. Viva Van
  • Persephone & Hikaru Shida vs. Maya World & Thunder Rosa
  • Jungle Jack Perry vs. Jon Moxley (Continental Challenge Cup First Round)
  • Kevin Knight vs. Jericho (TNT Championship)

Kenny Omega won’t bail out Will Ospreay again

This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, live from the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, opened with All In: London headliner Will Ospreay. 18 days before he faces Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship, Ospreay got on the mic to discuss what’s on his mind.

A week removed from his most recent appearance in the legendary Arena Mexico, Ospreay talked about the first time he appeared at the venue a year back. Ospreay mentioned that, just before his Arena Mexico debut in 2025, he got word that his grandad had passed away.

Ospreay said that he feels a responsibility, as a member of the AEW roster, to go out and perform no matter what’s going on in his life. So, fast-forward to this year: With less than a month until he faces Omega at Wembley Stadium, why did he do a Mexico City Street Fight with Mark Davis? Because he feels he owes it to the fans.

Ospreay mentioned that Kenny Omega was at home and not present for last week’s show, implying he doesn’t have the same passion that he has. He said Omega is backstage this week. “Well done,” he sarcastically said. Ospreay then called out Omega.

It wasn’t Omega who came out, but instead Don Callis. The Don Callis Family leader went on about his time managing Omega, including his legendary lengthy initial run with the AEW world title. He reminded Ospreay that he was responsible for booking his match against Omega at Forbidden Door, and took credit for a large part of Omega’s success.

Anyway, his long spiel was to say that he feels Ospreay should join the Don Callis Family. To send the message that Ospreay can’t go on it alone, a group of the Family’s henchmen jumped him from behind. “Get the neck, get the neck!” Callis shouted. Just as Mark Davis was about to deliver a piledriver, rival Omega came in for the save. Omega wielded a pipe, swinging it around to drive the heels out of the ring.

Omega motioned as though he was going to strike Ospreay with the pipe, then stopped himself. “When you talk from the heart, you have this way of words,” Omega said. “I feel everything that you say. The problem is, Will, you wear your heart on your sleeve. And as much as you feel, you never think.”

Omega said that Ospreay is a “fool” and “sloppy,” which is why he has fallen into the tricks of Callis and the Death Riders in recent months. Omega helped Ospreay up. “Will, I hope you’ll understand, I can’t help you like this again. From here on in, it’s just me and you.”

Ospreay snatched the mic from Omega. “I appreciate the help, but I didn’t ask for it. And I’m not going to need your help, thank you.”

I thought the promos from Ospreay and Omega were fine here. Maybe one of the less impactful segments between these two lately, but I thought this was overall solid. The Death Riders and Callis Family have worked as solid vehicles to move this storyline forward, but I’d prefer in the final weeks if this rivalry was focused solely on Ospreay and Omega. Curious to see how it goes as we head down the stretch this month.

MJF books spot in All In Casino Gauntlet

The opening match of the night saw MJF, Speedball Mike Bailey, and Nick Wayne battle it out in a three-way. The winner will enter second in the All In Casino Gauntlet Match, a match where the prevailing wrestler will get a future world title shot. We learned last week that Andrade El Idolo will enter first in the upcoming bout. Commentary noted that Andrade isn’t present this week – he announced a few days back that he’s currently out of action due to injury.

MJF immediately rolled out of the ring and told the commentary desk that he’d let the two “twinks” in the match battle it out first. Bailey and Wayne had a fun exchange to start, including a Triangle Moonsault to the floor from the Canadian at one point.

MJF and Wayne teamed up to pick on Bailey. Wayne took issue with MJF going for a pin attempt at one point. MJF tried lecturing a young Wayne that he’s lucky to even be in the ring with him, and that he should let him win the match. Wayne’s response to this was a superkick, which sent MJF tumbling out of the ring.

Bailey avoided a Heatseeker from MJF, then scored a huge springboard moonsault onto both of his opponents before the show went to a break. Bailey was on a roll as the show returned, scoring a Falcon Arrow, then a Shooting Star Press onto Wayne for a near fall. Wayne answered back with a ProdigyPlex for a two-count of his own moments later.

Wayne tried for his Wayne’s World cutter out of the corner onto MJF, but was dropped mid-air with a forearm to the head. MJF followed up with a powerbomb onto his knee, but a follow-up pin attempt was stopped by Bailey, who hit a standing Shooting Star Press onto MJF.

Bailey scored an Ultimo Weapon double knees out of the corner to Wayne. But just as he was about to go for the pin, MJF got into the ring and tossed them through the ropes! MJF then locked in a Salt of the Earth submission to a hurt Wayne for the submission victory in 12 minutes. MJF is heading to All In. Similar to how he won the title at Worlds End last year, he snatched the win here. This was a great opener.

MJF cut a post-match promo about how nobody can stop him on his quest to regain the AEW world title. Andrade El Idolo’s theme cut him off, and MJF acted surprised, but it was a prank. Andrade isn’t in the building.

We saw a promo from Divine Dominion, who, from inside a pub, said All In opponents The Brawling Birds are simply British stereotypes packed into a tag persona. They dropped two pints of beer on the floor as a toast to the end of the Brawling Birds.

The latest – 8:59 p.m. ET: Jay White takes down rival in Continental tourney

The Continental Cup, a 16-man tournament for the AEW Continental Championship, continued its opening round in the next segment, as friends-turned-rivals David Finlay and Jay White faced off.

This was a match full of fun reversal spots between these two – White has always been great at that type of style. White had an intriguing spot selling neck damage late, scoring a German Suplex but letting go of an attempted bridge into a pin attempt due to the fall he took in the process.

Finlay scored a pair of DDTs, but White survived by barely kicking out in time. Another long chain of reversals ended with White scoring a huge facebuster for a two-count. A Blade Runner attempt from White was countered by Finlay into a brainbruster onto the knee, but it wasn’t enough to earn the pinfall yet.

A second brainbuster attempt from Finlay was countered into a Blade Runner by White for the pinfall win in 13 minutes. White joins the quarter-finals with Claudio Castagnoli, Orange Cassidy and Eddie Kingston. This was a solid match.

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