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Hall’s AEW Dynamite Review – 11.11.26
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Date: November 11, 2026
Location: Maverik Center, West Valley City, Utah
Commentators: Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schiavone
It’s another double shot with the usual two (plus) hours of Dynamite and another hour (plus) of Collision. That should make for a big night, especially with three days to go before Full Gear. Odds are we’ll get the big final push towards the pay per view here and that’s a rather important night. Let’s get to it.
Commentary runs down the card.
Video on last week’s Blood & Guts.
After the match, Will Ospreay asked why Adam Copeland quit, even if it was to save Ospreay. Copeland cut him off and basically said it was to save Ospreay from dealing with the injuries that Copeland has faced over the years by making bad choices. If Ospreay doesn’t get that, this might not be the place for Copeland, who storms out. That’s an interesting way to go as both sides make sense.
Here are Kyle Fletcher (with Don Callis) and Will Ospreay for a chat. Ospreay loads up his shout but Fletcher cuts it off. After Fletcher tells the fans to shut up or they’re done, he says it’s been two years since the two of them faced off. Two years ago, Fletcher shaved his head while Ospreay has gotten married, had surgery and won the World Title. Fletcher has won on his own, but that doesn’t happen without Ospreay so thank you.
That’s not what Ospreay was expecting but he has kept his eye on Fletcher for the last two years. He hopes that Fletcher can say the same…and Fletcher cuts him off. Fletcher would love to stab or drop Ospreay again but he brings up Ospreay thanking Jon Moxley for breaking his neck. It was really FLETCHER who broke Ospreay’s neck, which Ospreay confirms.
Ospreay talks about getting hurt but still fighting, because he was trying to prove himself. The fans are his painkillers and he’s ready to fight for the people and his legacy. Fletcher might not want to brag anyway because Ospreay has smoked him twice with a broken neck. Ospreay has a clip featuring himself walking into the arena to win the World Title, with Fletcher standing by the entrance. He asks what Fletcher was feeling there, with Fletcher saying he felt nothing.
Ospreay says that’s a bad lie and thinking that Fletcher was wanting to go out there like the old days. Fletcher snaps and admits that he was jealous because he wanted to be living that dream. Ospreay says that it could have been the two of them together and it still could, which sends Fletcher over the edge again. Fletcher blames Ospreay for everything and says everyone will eventually realize what Ospreay is.
That includes his wife and son, and if his son doesn’t realize it, Fletcher will be there to tell him. At Full Gear, there is only hate and he’s going to take everything from Ospreay. That has Ospreay more serious and he says Fletcher has gotten better, but they’re not on the same level. Now the gun is trained on Fletcher and Ospreay will pull the trigger because he’ll always have the high ground between them. Fletcher knocks the microphone out of his hand and wants to fight but Ospreay just says he’s on another level. Ospreay leaves and Fletcher looks shaken.
Now this worked, as they explained the story and history, with Fletcher making it clear that he wants what Ospreay has. Throw in Ospreay wanting to turn Fletcher back from the dark side and this was intriguing, which was a nice bonus. Heck of a segment here and the title match feels that much more important.
Adam Copeland talks about this being his last year in wrestling and he wants the World Title. This involves fighting the Don Callis Family, and Kazuchika Okada in particular, at Full Gear.
New Level vs. Brodido
It’s a brawl before the bell with Brodido taking over and Creed getting splashed against the barricade. They go inside for the opening bell, with Creed low bridging King to the floor. Bandido sends King outside for the dive, with Kofi hitting one of his own. New Level grabs the chairs and we take a break.
We come back with a series of knockdowns, including a pop up cutter to Kofi. Creed plants Bandido but King is up with a double clothesline to New Level. That earns him a whip into the steps so Bandido is right there with a dive off the steps. Kofi misses a chair shot though and it’s actually a double countout at 6:44.
Rating: B-. It was fun while it lasted but there’s not much you can do when about half of the match is spent in a break. The idea here seemed to be getting New Level into something of a hardcore/violent match before Texas Death and….well it went as well as it could have with so little time. That being said, I’ll take this going short rather than long, as it felt more like a tease than just a four man version of Saturday’s match.
Post match the brawl stays on with King being sent through a table. Bandido throws security around and they’re finally separated.
Veterans Day tribute video, including a look at some veterans on the roster. That’s a nice touch.
Last week after Blood & Guts, the Brawling Birds and Harley Cameron/Kris Statlander sat down and bickered about their upcoming title match.
Orange Cassidy vs. David Finlay
Cassidy hides the shillelagh to start and gets two off an early backslide. Finlay chases him to the floor, with Cassidy pausing for some mind games. A suicide dive connects for Cassidy, who gets planted with a spinning backbreaker. We take a break and come back with Cassidy getting mad about being hit in the face.
Cassidy puts his hands in his pockets and is promptly forearmed down. Finlay’s suplex is reversed and Cassidy sends him into the buckles over and over. There’s the Stundog Millionaire and DDT to plant Finlay but he bites Cassidy on top. Cassidy bites him right back so Finlay heads outside and finds the shillelagh to knock Cassidy out at 9:28.
Rating: C+. This was another part of the Cut’s feud against the Conglomeration and it’s good to keep the villains strong thus far. In this case they even won a match without using the numbers advantage for a change. Nice enough job here, with the Cut continuing their hot start after the merger.
Post match the Conglomeration runs in for the save but Clark Connors sneaks in to spear Cassidy.
Andrade El Idolo isn’t happy with losing his National Title but when one door closes, another opens. That would be the World Title, which he’ll win soon enough.
Stokely is ready for FTR to win the final match of the series against the Motor City Machine Guns. The winner of the series is officially the #1 contenders to the Tag Team Titles.
Persephone vs. Gypsy Mac
Persephone easily takes her down for a headlock to start and then hammers away with rights and lefts. A rolling kick to the head just makes Persephone mad as she finishes with the Razor’s Edge at 1:35.
Post match Persephone promises to get the TBS Title back.
Hangman Page talks about fighting with Swerve Strickland for three years. Now Strickland wants their match on Saturday to be Texas Death because this is about something else from Strickland. Page knows what this is going to be about and now he has to reckon with the fact that it isn’t about him anymore. Brodido comes in and Page says they want Texas Death too, so he will walk into war with them. King says that Brodido says there is a way other than hate, but he’ll remember how to show it on Saturday. Bandido seems to agree.
FTR vs. Motor City Machine Guns
Deciding match in a best of five series for a future Tag Team Title shot and Stokely is here with FTR. Everything breaks down a few seconds in but we settle down to Harwood vs. Shelley. They trade knockdowns until Shelley takes both of them down, with Wheeler coming in for a change. All four come in to slug it out again, with the fight heading outside as we take a break.
We come back Shelley fighting out of both trouble and the corner. The latter doesn’t last long as FTR sends him back for some clubberin, only for Shelley to escape for the tag anyway. Sabin cleans so much house that he gets to shake the ropes but Wheeler grabs a belly to back suplex. Shelley is sat up top and his super Sliced Bread is cut off with a rake to the eyes. Instead Sabin hits a high crossbody for two, with Wheeler getting in a…something shot to the head to knock him silly.
We take another break and come back again with Sabin clearing the villains out again, including knocking Wheeler outside. Shelley and Harwood chop it out until Sabin rolls in with a cutter. A suicide dive hits Wheeler and a knee off the apron hits Stokely, followed by Skull & Bones to Harwood. Wheeler makes a great save by diving in from the floor and everyone is down.
Harwood and Sabin crash out to the floor and Stokely makes a save. That’s enough of a distraction for FTR to grab the Shatter Machine, leaving Sabin to make the big save this time. Stokely gets Cradle Shocked but FTR gets in a pair of piledrivers for two. We’re told there is a minute left…and Shelley reverses the Shatter Machine into a sunset flip to pin Harwood at 19:51.
Rating: A-. That ending was a bit flat as the time limit tease came out of nowhere, but dang the action before it was outstanding. I liked this more than anything else in the series, with that diving save from the floor being a big part of what brought it that high. We even get away from FTR vs. the Young Bucks again and that’s quite the plus. Awesome match here and a great way to blow off a series that didn’t overstay its welcome.
Post match respect is shown in a nice bonus.
Quick look at some great AEW moments in Salt Lake City.
National Title: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Mike Bailey
Ciampa is defending and is immediately kicked in the corner. That earns Bailey a running knee to the face to put him on the floor but he’s able to get back up for the perfectly time springboard moonsault to catch Ciampa. Willow’s bell drops Bailey on the way back in though and Ciampa gets to pose on the apron.
We take a break and come back with Ciampa working on the ribs. Bailey, who is busted open, breaks out and goes up, where Ciampa quickly catches him. An Air Raid Crash out to the floor is broken up so Ciampa settles for one onto the apron instead. Project Ciampa gets two and the running knee has Bailey collapsing before it can connect. Bailey gets up to kick him in the head and the standing Spanish Fly gets two.
More kicks have Ciampa in trouble but he pulls Bailey down onto the buckle. They fight to the apron to strike it out again before going up top, where Bailey knocks him down. The Ultimate Weapon connects for two and there’s the tornado kick in the corner. A super hurricanrana is countered into a super Project Ciampa for two, followed by the running knee for an even closer two. Another running knee retains the title at 15:54.
Rating: B. I’m still not sure why AEW insists on the multiple finishers like that, as it doesn’t really help either of the people involved. Other than that, it’s nice to see Ciampa get to retain the title, as his first title reign didn’t last very long. If nothing else, he seems to be ready to face Ilja Dragunov, which would make a nice addition to the Full Gear card.
Post match here is Ilja Dragunov for the staredown with Ciampa. The title match is official for Full Gear.
Mercedes Mone/Jay White vs. Jon Moxley/Marina Shafir
Their groups are here too. Well they are to start, but the referee is there with the ejections. Moxley sends White scampering out to the floor before he comes back in to fire off some chops. Mone and Shafir come in with Mone getting in a single shot before leaving. Shafir isn’t scared of White at all but everything breaks down. Back in and the Riders hammer away in the corners before Shafir strikes away at White. Mone’s cheap shot cuts Shafir off though and we take a break.
We come back with White slamming Shafir but she fires off some jabs. Moxley gets the tag to chop/clean away, with a cutter getting two. A suicide dive hits White but Mone takes Moxley down with a dive of her own. Back in and Mone breaks up the bulldog choke so White has to save her from a Death Rider. The Paradigm Shift takes White out so it’s back to Shafir as everything breaks down.
White and Moxley both get caught in chokes, which are quickly broken up. Instead White is sent into the corner for the running clotheslines but Mone goes low to break up the sleeper. That earns her a cutter from Moxley, who hits the King Kong lariat on White as well. The Mone Maker hits Shafir but she rolls through into the Brutalizer to make Mone tap at 14:03.
Rating: B. This was the kind of match that put two feuds together in one and it worked as usual. Shafir getting into the title picture is interesting, even if it doesn’t feel like she has much of a chance to win the title. At the same time you have White going after Moxley, which might be a bit more interesting if the Continental Classic wasn’t starting up next week.
Post match Mone jumps Shafir and gets the Statement Maker to end the show.
Results
New Level vs. Brodido went to a double countout
David Finlay b. Orange Cassidy – Shillelagh to the head
Persephone b. Gypsy Mac – Razor’s Edge
Motor City Machine Guns b. FTR – Sunset flip to Harwood
Tommaso Ciampa b. Mike Bailey – Running knee
Jon Moxley/Marina Shafir b. Mercedes Mone/Jay White – Brutalizer to Mone
