AEW Dynamite airs tonight from the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, with the show landing on TBS and HBO Max at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. The main event features Darby Allin defending the AEW World Championship against Don Callis Family member Konosuke Takeshita. Allin was originally booked to face Kazuchika Okada, but Okada had to return to Japan for family reasons, opening the door for Takeshita just days after Allin retained the title against PAC at Fairway to Hell.
MJF will also respond to the title vs. hair challenge Allin set for Double or Nothing, while Kevin Knight will hold a TNT Championship Open Challenge for the broadcast.
Tonight’s confirmed lineup features Darby Allin defending the AEW World Championship against Konosuke Takeshita, a 10-man tag with Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Orange Cassidy, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson against Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, Tommaso Ciampa, David Finlay, and Clark Connors, Will Ospreay vs. Ace Austin, MJF addressing the title vs. hair stipulation, Kevin Knight’s TNT Championship Open Challenge, Triangle of Madness vs. Brawling Birds and Hikaru Shida, and the reveal of the men’s and women’s brackets for the Owen Hart Tournament.
