AEW Dynamite results (11/12): Powell’s live review of the Blood & Guts matches, AEW World Champion Hangman Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs in a Falls Count Anywhere match

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)

AEW Dynamite (Episode 319)
November 12, 2025, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at First Horizon Coliseum
Simulcast live on TBS and HBO Max

[Hour One] Excalibur checked in on commentary and ran through the lineup. Bryan Danielson and Tony Schiavone were also on commentary. The lights in the venue went out, and then ring announcer Justin Roberts was shown standing at ringside with a spotlight on him. The cage lowered around the two rings while Roberts announced that this would be the first women’s Blood & Guts match…

Powell’s POV: An hour before showtime, Wrestletix listed that the venue was set up for 5,177, and the number of tickets distributed was 4,940. I’m filling in for Jake Barnett tonight because the threat of blood and guts was just too much for him. Okay, not really. Jake will be back with Smackdown coverage on Friday night.

1. Mercedes Mone, Megan Bayne, Marina Shafir, Thekla, Julia Hart, and Sky Blue vs. Kris Statlander, Toni Storm, Willow Nightingale, Mina Shirakawa, Jamie Hayter, and Harley Cameron in a Blood & Guts match. The first two entrants were Blue and Willow. Blue brought a kendo stick to the ring, and Willow brought a trash can lid. Both wrestlers ended up on the apron. Willow picked up Blue in powerbomb position and drove her head into the cage. Blue came away with a crimson mask.

The second entrant for the heel team was Julia Hart, who worked over Willow. The heels searched for something in one of the turnbuckle pads, but they gave up and went back to double-teaming Willow.

The second entrant for the babyface team was Harley Cameron, who brought a chair to the ring and threw it at the head of Blue (she wisely put her hands up). Willow and Cameron were in offensive control heading into a picture-in-picture break. [C] Willow hit Hart with The Pounce.

The third entrant for the heel team was Thekla, who went to the top rope and hit Willow with a crossbody block. Cameron went for a clothesline, but Thekla ducked it by going into crab walk position. Thekla lashed the babyfaces with a belt.

The third entrant for the babyfaces was Jamie Hayter, who ran to the ring with a small bag in her hand. She struck Blue with the bag, and a bunch of tacks came out (it looked like an “oops” moment). Hayter grabbed the kendo stick and worked over the heels with it.

The fourth entrant for the heels was Megan Bayne, who walked out with Penelope Ford. Bayne went to the ring while Ford, who wore decorative wings, stood on the floor. Bayne dominated the babyfaces.

The fourth entrant for the babyfaces was AEW Women’s Champion Kris Statlander, who wore her title belt inside the cage briefly. Queen Aminata came out and jawed with Ford until they both headed toward the back. Statlander grabbed a weapon. It looked like Willow wanted to take it from her, but the production team cut to Animata and Ford. Statlander and Bayne fought before another PIP break [C]

The fifth entrant for the heels was Mercedes Mone. A group of men held some of her title belts at ringside while the other belts were on a table in front of them. Mone did her dance on the stage before heading to the ring. There were some “CEO” chants after her music stopped playing. Statlander put her belt in the middle of the ring and then set up Mone for a tombstone, but Mone slipped away and countered with a DDT onto the belt. Mone picked up the belt and held it up before doing her dance again. Mone went to ringside and threw some of her title belts inside the cage. Once she was back in the cage, Mone handed the belts to her teammates to use as weapons.

The fifth entrant was Mina Shirakawa, who brought a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire to the ring with her. Shirakawa got some help from Statlander to jump from one ring to the other before she dove onto a couple of heels. Danielson pointed out that Statlander was bleeding.

The sixth and final entrant for the heels was Marina Shafir, who entered through the crowd. Shafir revealed a bed of nails that had been leaning against a barricade near the broadcast team. Shafir hit Statlander, who fell onto the bed of nails. A brief “holy shit” chant broke out while Shafir entered the cage.

The sixth and final entrant for the babyfaces was Toni Storm, who brought a purse to the ring with her. Storm pulled out a pearl necklace and then grabbed an item off the table that was used for Mone’s title belts. Storm entered the cage, and the door was locked behind her. With everyone inside the cage, the match technically started at 31:20. Storm hit Shafir with the pearls. Shafir no-sold the pearls, and some fell onto the mat. Storm, who wore white face paint with smeared lipstick, had tape on her fists. Storm dipped her left fist into a bucket of glass and then hit Shafir and Bayne. Storm and Shirakawa teamed for hip attacks on Shafir and Bayne, and then hugged before a PIP break. [C]

Hayter and Blue fought on the ropes. Hayter got the better of it and powerbombed Blue onto a table that didn’t break. Hayter dropped an elbow on Blue, and the table cracked, but didn’t completely break. The referee checked on Blue in one ring while everyone else fought inside the other ring.

Mone hit the Moneymaker on Storm, then hit a Backstabber on Statlander. Cameron showed off Puppet Mone, which Mone tore off her hand. Cameron was wearing brass knuckles, and she struck Mone with them. Hart took out Blue. Hart and Thekla crawled through small openings in the cage. A referee told Hart she had to return to the ring. Thekla speared the referee. Hart grabbed the key to the cage door and unlocked it.

Mone tossed Hayter, Cameron, and Statlander out of the cage and to the floor. Thekla speared Hayter and Cameron simultaneously. Statlander slammed the cage door on Bayne’s head. Mone and Statlander climbed up the side of the structure. They didn’t go up very high before Statlander performed a Samoan Drop that put both women through a table on the floor.

Inside the cage, Storm poured glass on the mat, and then she and Shirakawa performed a double DDT on Shafir. Storm handed Shafir a mirror. Storm backed up to perform a move, but Shafir threw the mirror at her. Willow performed a superplex on Bayne onto the metal piece in between the two rings.

A bloody Shirakawa struck Bayne’s knee with a baseball bat repeatedly and then applied a Figure Eight with the bat wedged between their legs. Shafir rubbed her taped foot on the glass and then stomped Shirakawa to break the submission hold.

Shafir cut off Shirkawa and put her in the Mother’s Milk submission hold while the Triangle of Madness trio held Storm and forced her to watch. Bayne slammed a title belt over Shirakawa’s back while Shafir maintained the hold. Storm surrendered to save Shirkawa.

Mercedes Mone, Megan Bayne, Marina Shafir, Thekla, Julia Hart, and Sky Blue defeated Kris Statlander, Toni Storm, Willow Nightingale, Mina Shirakawa, Jamie Hayter, and Harley Cameron in 46:10 in a Blood & Guts match.

Danielson said that when you love somebody, you’ll protect them with your life, so he didn’t blame Storm for surrendering. Excalibur hyped the Falls Count Anywhere match, and then a brief video noted that the match was up next… [C]

Powell’s POV: This was a mixed bag. The wrestlers worked hard and had a gritty hardcore match, but I’m not a fan of having two wrestlers escape through holes in the cage. I prefer the Blood & Guts structure to the roofless WarGames cage that WWE uses, in part because the idea is that no one can escape the cage door is locked. I’m also not a fan of all of the weapons used. The cage structure is enough for me, but every promotion includes weapons in modern WarGames-style matches, so it is what it is. The match finish was a groaner. Sure, they’ve established the relationship between Storm and Shirakawa, but the idea that Storm loves Shirakawa and couldn’t bear to see her take the punishment was a bit much.

Luchasaurus and Jack Perry attempted to fight off Josh Alexander, Rocky Romero, Lance Archer, and Mark Davis in the parking lot, but the heels had the numbers advantage and got the better of it. Kazuchika Okada, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and Don Callis emerged from a trailer. Alexander held Perry while telling the Young Bucks that Jurassic Express sent a message last week, so they sent one back. Callis said Kenny Omega would be there next week, and they could send him a message by joining the Don Callis Family. Okada told the Bucks that it was decision time…

Hangman Page made his entrance for the Falls Count Anywhere match.

[Hour Two] Powerhouse Hobbs came out alone…

2. AEW World Champion Hangman Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs in a Falls Count Anywhere non-title match. Page had his ribs wrapped. Hobbs removed a turnbuckle pad after the referee called for the bell to start the match, and then Page struggled, but eventually did the same in the opposite corner. Hobbs sent Page to the floor and followed. Hobbs drove Page’s back into the barricade and the apron before rolling him back inside. Hobbs gloated to the fans until Page dove onto him. Hobbs ran Page into the ring post.

Hobbs had Page against the side of the ring steps when he charged, but Page moved, and Hobbs crashed into the steps. Page ran and jumped off the steps, but Hobbs caught him and slammed him on the apron and then the broadcast table. Hobbs held Page as he walked up the steps and then dropped off of them, causing Page’s back to slam on top of the steps before a PIP break. [C]

Hobbs got Page on the broadcast table and set up for a move, but Page backdropped him to the floor. Page dumped Hobbs over the barricade, and then they fought in the crowd. Hobbs put Page through a table with a spinebuster and covered him for a two count. Hobbs walked Page up the steps and onto a small balcony. Hobbs set up for a slam, but Page fought free. Page clotheslined Hobbs twice and punched him once. Page walked up the steps, then got a “running start” before he slammed one boot onto Hobbs, who fell off the balcony through a table with electrical equipment on the floor. Page walked down the steps and pinned Hobbs.

Hangman Page defeated Powerhouse Hobbs in 14:15 in a Falls Count Anywhere non-title match.

After the match, Page headed back to ringside. Katsuyori Shibata attacked Page and ran him into the barricade. Samoa Joe entered the ring with a chair. Shibata rolled Page inside the ring. Joe slammed a chair over Page’s back. “Bring it down,” Joe yelled while looking up at the cage, which slowly started to lower. Eddie Kingston and Hook ran out. Kingston worked over Shibata at ringside, and then he and Hook rolled inside the cage while Joe slipped away.

Page got a house mic and told Joe that he simply had to ask if he wanted him inside a steel cage. Page told Joe to leave Shibata at home and leave Hobbs in the hospital while he faces him in a steel cage match at Full Gear. Joe indicated that he wasn’t pleased with this development… [C]

Powell’s POV: A good brawl. They had a little pyro on the table when Hobbs went through that felt a little sports entertainment cheesy, but it could have looked worse. The basic story of the match was that Hobbs was there to soften up Page for Joe. I like the addition of the steel cage to their Full Gear match. I assume the idea behind Joe being upset by the addition of the steel cage to his title match is that he can’t get help from Hobbs or Shibata.

Excalibur said Page vs. Hobbs in a steel cage match for the AEW World Championship was made official by Tony Khan…

Tony Schiavone stood in the ring and said the host venue is “the greatest pro wrestling venue in the entire world.” Schiavone introduced Ricky Steamboat, saying he helped make the venue so great. Steamboat made his entrance and joined Schiavone in the ring. Steamboat pointed out a impressive fan sign that listed him, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, and Sting as the Mount Rushmore of Greensboro. Steamboat said Flair was his top rival back then, and he wanted to tell a story.

The entrance music of “FTR” Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler interrupted Steamboat, and they headed to the ring with Stokely Hathaway. Steamboat recalled working with FTR a few years ago. Hathaway spoke and was booed loudly by the fans. Hathaway introduced himself and shook Steamboat’s hand. Hathaway said he’s not Denzel Washington, even though a lot of people get them confused. Hathaway asked Steamboat if he has Randy Savage’s number, and said he hasn’t seen him on TikTok in a bit.

Wheeler pointed out a photo on the big screen while recalling that Steamboat handpicked him and Harwood to team with during his final match. Harwood said Steamboat didn’t teach him anything. Steamboat said Harwood’s attitude has gone in the toilet. Harwood said he actually did teach him one thing, which is to save your money regardless of how much you make.

Harwood said had Steamboat and Ric Flair taken Steamboat’s own advice, they wouldn’t have to be at the show tonight. Harwood said he was a bigger legend than Steamboat ever was. Steamboat and Harwood went nose-to-nose. Steamboat spoke about what his reaction may have been a few years ago. FTR set up Steamboat for a spike piledriver.

AEW Tag Team Champions “Brodido” Brody King and Bandido ran out for the save. King cleared Wheeler from the ring, and then Steamboat hit Harwood with a round of chops. Bandido superkicked Harwood, who was scooped up by King, but Hathaway was able to pull Harwood to the floor. Wheeler tripped King and tried to pull him out of the ring, but Bandido dropkicked Wheeler. Excalibur hyped Brodido vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Team Titles for AEW Full Gear, then said the men’s Blood & Guts match was up next… [C]

Powell’s POV: It’s always nice to see Steamboat, and I like the way they shifted the focus to Brodido vs. FTR at the end. Steamboat was still over big with the Greensboro crowd.

Justin Roberts said it was time for the men’s Blood & Guts match, and then the first two entrances took place. Allin made a standard entrnace via the stage, and then Wheeler Yuta walked through the crowd…

3. Darby Allin, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly vs. “The Death Riders” Jon Moxley, Pac, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, and Claudio Castagnoli in a Blood & Guts match. Allin and Yuta started the match. Allin used the skateboard he brought to the ring as a weapon. Yuta bled from the forehead, yet regained offensive control.

The second entrant for the babyfaces was Orange Cassidy, who put Yuta down with a DDT. Cassidy pulled steel chains out of his backpack, wrapped one around his fist, and struck Yuta. Allin went up top and “rode” the spiked skateboard onto Yuta’s back.

The second entrant for the Death Riders was Daniel Garcia, who came out wearing a medical mask that he removed once he was in the cage. Garcia caught both opponents in simultaneous submission holds and held them while Yuta hit them. Yuta and Garcia used a longer piece of chain to clothesline Cassidy with and put the boots to Allin before a PIP break. [C]

Mark Briscoe was supposed to be the third entrant, but he didn’t come out. Backstage, Renee Paquette joined Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly while they found Briscoe, who was down and selling an injury in a dressing room. Strong said he’d go out.

The third entrant for the babyaces was Roderick Strong. Storm held up Yuta and performed a cutter that dropped him onto Garcia. Strong went to the floor and returned with a chair.

The third entrant for the Death Riders was Claudio Castagnoli, who fought with Strong. Castagnoli ran Storm into a chair that was wedged in a corner of one of the rings. Castagnoli performed a Giant Swing on Allin while Cassidy was on his back. Castagnoli pressed Darby over his head and threw him from one ring over to the second ring. Strong bled heavily from the chair spot. Garcia put Allin in a surfboard and then launched him into an uppercut from Castagnoli.

The fourth entrant for the babyfaces was Kyle O’Reilly, who fought with Castagnoli.

[Hour Three] Garcia sent Cassidy into the corner, where he went up and over, and then fell so that he was wedged between a ring and the cage. Yuta piledrove Allin onto a chair. Castagnoli had a chain wrapped around O’Reilly when he dumped him to the mat before a PIP break. [C]

The fourth entrant for the Death Riders was Join Moxley. The broadcast team expressed surprise that Moxley wasn’t the final entrant for the Death Riders. Moxley pulled out what the broadcast team said was a fork. Moxley jabbed the weapon into the head of O’Reilly and then Strong. Allin went for a springboard move, but Moxley jabbed the weapon into his back. Moxley and Garcia used the weapon to rake Allin’s back and then tossed him over the top rope, and he landed between the ring and the cage. Moxley went to ringside and grabbed some weapons that the broadcast team said were left over from the women’s match.

The countdown clock reached zero, but Mark Briscoe didn’t come out. Moxley used a piece of the broken mirror as a weapon. Paquette spoke from backstage and said Briscoe was still being tended to by the trainers. She said the Don Callis Family was responsible for the attack, and added that Briscoe would not be able to compete in the match. Meanwhile, Moxley grabbed Allin by the legs and dragged him over some glass in the ring. [C]

Coming out of the break, Allin was hanging from the roof of the cage, and then he dropped onto some of the heels.

The fifth and final entrant from the Death Riders was Pac. Excalibur said it would be a five-on-four match due to Briscoe being unable to compete. Once the door was locked, the bell rang, and the match officially started roughly 34 minutes in.

Graphics listed Hangman Page vs. Katuyori Shibata in a non-title match, and the return of Kenny Omega for next week’s Dynamite and Collision combo show.

Mark Briscoe came out with a toolbox and used bolt cutters to open the cage door, which he slammed into the head of Yuta. Briscoe worked over Yuta on the floor until Garcia cut him off. Briscoe placed Garcia on a table and then climbed to the top of the cage, where Yuta was already lying. Briscoe set up for a move, but Garcia rolled off the table. A bloody O’Reilly put Garcia in a submission hold on the floor.

Briscoe got the better of a boxing exchange with Yuta. Briscoe threw a rope with a hook on it down to O’Reilly, who attached three chairs. Briscoe pulled the chairs up, and they got caught on the structure, but he was able to pull them up. Briscoe and Yuta had a chair battle that Briscoe got the better of. Briscoe set up for a Jay Driller, but Yuta low-blowed him. Briscoe teased nearly falling off the cage. Yuta slammed a chair over the head of Briscoe (ugh). [C]

Briscoe bled from the forehead coming out of the break. Yuta set up Briscoe for a Jay Driller on top of the cage, but Briscoe stuffed it and kicked Yuta below the belt. Mark hit a Jay Driller onto a few chairs. In the ring, Darby pressed a hammer into the throat of Castagnoli until Moxley broke it up. Briscoe climbed down the cage and was attacked by Pac. Allin got the better of Pac.

Gabe Kidd appeared and choked Allin while taking him to the stage. Garcia put Cassidy in a submission hold. Cassidy put his hands in his pockets and ended up dropkicking Garcia. Castagnoli grabbed Cassidy and held him while Moxley stapled Cassidy’s hands inside his jeans.

On the stage. Pac pulled Allin onto the top of a platform above one of the entrance tunnels. Kidd grabbed lighter fluid and poured it on two tables, which he set on fire. Pac pressed Allin over his head and slammed him through the burning tables below. The back of Allin’s shorts caught fire, and he rolled onto what must have been a wet towel on the ground to put out the fire.

A bloody Moxley put O’Reilly in a bulldog choke inside the cage, but O’Reilly flipped him off rather than submit. Cassidy ripped his stapled hands free from his pockets and hit Moxley with an Orange Punch. Briscoe used a fisherman’s suplex off the ring steps to put Pac through a table on the floor. Cassidy hit Moxley with an Orange Punch. Strong put Yuta through a table on the third try.

Castagnoli popped up Cassidy for an uppercut, but Cassidy hit him with an Orange Punch on the way down. Strong speared Castagnoli into a table set up in the corner, but it didn’t break. O’Reilly put Moxley in an ankle lock. Moxley countered into a submission, but O’Reilly escaped and applied the ankle lock until Moxley tapped out.

Darby Allin, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly defeated “The Death Riders” Jon Moxley, Pac, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, and Claudio Castagnoli in 54:10 in a Blood & Guts match.

Briscoe, Cassidy, Strong, and O’Reilly celebrated their win. A graphic listed Mark Briscoe vs. Mark Davis for Saturday’s live Collision, and then graphics were shown for Hangman Page vs. Katsuyori Shibata in a non-title match, and the return of Kenny Omega for next week’s three-hour Dynamite and Collision combo show. Excalibur closed out the show…

Powell’s POV: For better or worse, depending on your personal preferences, it feels safe to say that this will be the most violent WarGames-style match we’ll see this month. There was some good storytelling in addition to the craziness. Pac being the last entrant for the Death Riders rather than Moxley was likely a sign of things to come. Moxley tapping out to O’Reilly’s ankle lock after he avoided doing so during their recent matches was a nice touch, and one can only assume that this will lead to a leadership change and the end of Moxley’s run with the heel faction.

Overall, I mostly enjoyed the Blood & Guts matches, but it was irritating to see wrestlers in both matches find their way out of the cage. They also raised the bar to a level I really don’t want to see them try to surpass next year. Here’s hoping that Darby is okay. The fire went out quickly. He was noticeably absent from the post-match celebration, but perhaps he was just selling. Oh, and I guess this means Gabe Kidd’s character survived being dragged in a body bag behind Allin’s truck a while back. I will be back shortly with our weekly same-night audio review of Dynamite, which will be available exclusively for Dot Net Members (including our Patreon patrons). Let me know what you thought of the show by grading it below.