By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
AEW Dynamite (Episode 350)
Sugar Land, Texas, at Smart Financial Centre
Simulcast live June 17, 2026, on TBS and HBO Max
[Hour One] Lexi Nair stood backstage with the MJF and the Callis Family. MJF boasted that he is the best pro wrestler today, which made Andrade El Idolo smile. MJF praised Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher. MJF also took verbal jabs at Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, and Mark Briscoe.
Callis introduced Team DCMJF: Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Idolo. Andrade asked MJF if he thinks he will join him, then asked, “How you know?” Callis said Andrade is a future world champion, but told him to do the match…
Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone checked in from their broadcast desk. Excalibur hyped that MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Idolo will face Mark Briscoe’s team in a 12-man tag, and the previously advertised matches…
Tony Nese was in the ring and wanted a match. Excalibur said Tony Khan said he had a match for him. Kenny Omega made his entrance while being introduced by ring announcer Justin Roberts…
1. Kenny Omega vs. Tony Nese (w/Mark Sterling, Ariya Daivari). Sterling has a brace over his right arm. Nese took advantage of a distraction by clipping Omega’s knee. Nese went for a moonsault from the middle rope that Omega avoided. Omega performed a snap dragon suplex and a V-Trigger. Sterling climbed on the apron. Omega used a knee strike to knock Sterling off the apron and onto Daivari on the floor. Omega hit Nese with a One Winged Angel and scored the pin.
Kenny Omega defeated Tony Nese in 1:55.
After the match, Omega got a microphone. Before Omega could speak, music played, and then TMDK’s Zack Sabre Jr., Bad Dude Tito, and Mikey Nicholls made their entrance. Omega exited the ring and went to the entrance ramp, which meets the ring apron.
Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and Jack Perry walked out. Omega told the crowd it was TMDK and said that he doesn’t know what it stands for, and neither do they. Omega spoke about how it would look good for either him or Sabre to have a win on their record against the other…
Powell’s POV: A quick squash win for Omega. I’m looking forward to Omega vs. Sabre at Forbidden Door, but it’s hard to imagine that the post-match segment sold anyone on the match. Roughly two hours before showtime, WrestleTix listed the venue as being set up for 3,687 with 3,348 tickets distributed. The listed capacity is 6,400. This is AEW’s first show in the building.
Highlights aired from AEW Collision of “The Dogs” David Finlay and Clark Connors beating “The Young Bucks” Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson… Excalibur said The Dogs would speak during the show, and then ran through the previously advertised lineup…
Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, and Marina Shafir made their entrance from outside the building, and then Bandido and Brody King entered via the stage…
2. Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia (w/Marina Shafir) vs. ROH Champion Bandido and Brody King. King helped Bandido stand on the middle of the top rope, and then Bandido performed a moonsault onto both opponents on the floor before a picture-in-picture break. [C]
Moxley performed a cutter on King, who no-sold it before hitting Moxley with a lariat, and then stayed down. Moments later, King approached Shafir at ringside and barked at her, and then she returned the favor by barking at him. The Death Riders duo isolated King before a PIP break. [C]
The isolation of King continued after the break until he dropped both opponents with a double clothesline. Bandido tagged in and worked over both opponents. Bandido pressed Garcia over his head and then slammed him on Moxley, who was down on the mat. Bandido set up for his finisher, but Moxley cut him off and then tagged out.
Garcia distracted the referee for a moment, which led to Bandido suplexing her in a crowd-pleasing spot. Bandido hit a top rope frog splash on Garcia and had him beaten, but Moxley entered the ring and hit Bandido with a Stomp. King performed a German suplex on Moxley, who stood right up, only to be put down with a lariat.
Bandido performed a 21 Plex on Garcia while King performed a suicide dive on Moxley (they followed the suicide dive and missed the shot of Bandido performing his finisher). Bandido got the three count on Garcia…
ROH Champion Bandido and Brody King beat Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia in 22:05.
Powell’s POV: A good tag team match. The length of the match surprised me when I noticed the time afterward. Perhaps it was the two commercial breaks, but I wouldn’t have guessed that they went over 20 minutes. There must have been an edict to hype remaining matches, because I think they ran through the lineup at least three times in 30 minutes, which is a positive. By the way, I’m filling in for Jake Barnett tonight and next week while he visits Saskatchewan (a/k/a the vacation capital of the world). I think he said something about finding Brock Lesnar and kicking his ass, but I have poor hearing. Don’t shoot (on) the messenger, Brock.
Backstage, Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita spoke about being in the 12-man tag tonight and the cage match at Forbidden Door. They also said they haven’t forgotten about bringing the AEW International Championship back to the Don Callis Family. Fletcher said there was one person they wouldn’t have to worry about facing. The camera pulled back to show Tomohiro Ishii lying in front of them…
The broadcast team ran through the lineup again… [C]
Tommaso Ciampa sat on a chair backstage and said he didn’t have to give Jericho 1,004 reasons why he hates him when he could give him just one. Ciampa said he used to respect the world-travelled Lionheart version of Jericho. He said he hates the 2026 Jericho, the jokes, the puns, and the desperation. Ciampa said Jericho should stay home if he was going to bring that version of himself. “Let’s dance,” Ciampa said regarding a match if Jericho thinks he’s worthy…
“The Dogs” David Finlay and Clark Connors were shown backstage as their entrance music played. Connors shoved a crew member, who handed him a box of matches. The crew member stood up and revealed himself as Adam Copeland, and then Christian Cage was shown on the other side of Finlay and Connors.
Copeland and Christian attacked Finlay and Connors and brought them to the ring. They set up for a double spear on Connors after clearing Finlay from the ring, but Finlay pulled his partner to the floor.
Copeland and Christian got microphones while Finlay and Connors headed to the back. Christian said he’d never come across a tag team who were named after their mothers. Christian said Finlay’s father should have done everyone a favor by letting David run down his leg.
Copeland said he understood why Finlay and Connors attacked them and were doing five-second poses. Copeland said Finlay and Connors were him and Christian 30 years ago. Coopeland said they thought they had it figured out 30 years ago, too, but then they came up against the New Age Outlaws and The APA. Copeland said they would use their old men strength, knowledge, and grumpiness when they face The Dogs at Forbidden Door, and will send them to the back as house trained pups…
A Starlight Kid video package aired. She spoke in Japanese at a Stardom event about Thekla spitting on the company’s logo. Kid said she would come back to Japan with the AEW Women’s Championship…
AEW Women’s Champion Thekla was shown lying on a production crate. She said she had the same rough life at the dojo as Kid, but she got kicked out of Stardom and had to do everything on her own. Thekla spoke of removing Kid’s mask at spitting in her face. “I run this place,” Thekla said… [C]
Lexi Nair interviewed Bandido and Brody King and Bandido somewhere backstage. Bandido was way too giddy about beating the Death Riders. Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, and Marina Shafir showed up. Moxley asked Bandido if he wanted a shot at the AEW Continental Championship. Moxley reminded him that it meant no one would be allowed at ringside. When Bandido confirmed that he wanted the match, Moxley told him to shoot his shot…
Powell’s POV: Not that I blame him, but add Moxley’s characer to the list of AEW wrestlers who apparently have no interest in winning the ROH Championship. It doesn’t feel like any of the segments designed to promote or set up Forbidden Door matches have clicked tonight.
[Hour Two] Mercedes Mone made her entrance, followed by Hazuki…
3. Mercedes Mone vs. Hazuki in an Owen Hart Cup tournament semifinal match. Mone took an early powder. She went to the stage and looked at the Owen Hart Cup and the women’s title belt. Mone was stalling before a PIP break. [C]
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