Kevin Knight earns AEW World Championship shot as Darby Allin defends title in brutal match with Brody King

Kevin Knight is moving up the ladder successful All Elite Wrestling. He earned a changeable astatine the AEW World Championship aft defeating Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) connected "Dynamite."

Knight and MJF fought for the TNT Championship a week aft their confrontation connected "Dynamite." MJF was inactive feeling burned aft losing the AEW World Championship to Darby Allin 2 weeks ago.

MJF gave Knight everything helium could handle. He dropped Knight onto his backmost connected the barrier, helium deed Knight with a brutal cutter and a Panama sunrise. Knight withstood it all. When MJF tried to usage the Dynamite diamond ringing to his advantage, Knight deed MJF with a debased blow.

Knight rolled up MJF and got the pinfall victory.

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Kevin Knight celebrates his triumph during New Japan Pro-Wrestling astatine National Yoyogi Gymnasium successful Tokyo, Japan, connected May 17, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

After the match, MJF attacked Knight successful vexation earlier Allin came successful for the save. He enactment MJF into the Scorpion Death Drop. Allin past said that Knight would person an AEW World Championship changeable if helium bushed Brody King aboriginal successful the night. King came retired and besides made definite to enactment that Knight was the No. 1 contender should helium prime up the victory.

Allin entered the doghouse and was feeling the symptom astir immediately. He deed King with a cannonball to commencement the lucifer and past tried a termination dive done the ropes onto the outside. Instead, helium bounced disconnected King similar it was nothing.

As the lucifer wore on, King thought helium had the precocious manus connected the extracurricular of the ring. But King rapidly realized helium can’t instrumentality his eyes disconnected Allin. The daredevil enactment King successful a sitting presumption successful a chair, went to the apical enactment and deed King with a driblet kick, which seemed similar it wounded some competitors.

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King took power successful an effort to deterioration down Allin. He utilized his large stature to his vantage and took Allin isolated chop by chop. As King looked to bash much damage, Allin jumped onto his back. But King took Allin for a thrust and tossed himself done the "AEW Dynamite" denote array screen that was acceptable up adjacent the barrier.

The referee pleaded with some men to get into the ring. Instead, they went to the apical of the denote table. Allin was capable to propulsion disconnected an unthinkable Code Red connected the table, which didn’t springiness an inch. King got backmost successful the match, hitting Allin with a cannonball and a lariat. But couldn’t get the pinfall contempt Allin looking similar a ragdoll done the last moments of the match.

MJF walks connected the ramp during AEW Dynamite Beach Break connected Jan. 26, 2022, astatine the Wolstein Center successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

King threw Allin implicit the ringing and acceptable him up connected the barrier. Allin exposed the factual level arsenic helium was being dragged. King acceptable up Allin connected the obstruction and tried to bash immoderate monolithic damage, but missed and went done the barrier.

Allin was capable to retrieve conscionable capable to powerbomb King onto the exposed factual and past deed a Coffin Drop. King astir was counted out, but arsenic helium got backmost into the ring, Allin was waiting for him with aggregate Coffin Drops.

In 1 of the wildest matches of the week, Allin was capable to clasp the AEW World Championship.

Cope and Cage judge FTR’s challenge

Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, the tag squad known arsenic FTR, raised the stakes of the New York thoroughfare combat acceptable for Double oregon Nothing adjacent month. They wanted to quadrate disconnected against Adam Copeland and Christian Cage successful an I Quit match.

On Wednesday night, Copeland and Cage said they accepted the situation from the AEW satellite tag squad champions. If Copeland and Cage suffer the match, they whitethorn nary longer squad up successful AEW.

Adam Copeland speaks onstage during the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" sheet astatine the 2024 Comic-Con International successful San Diego, California, connected July 25, 2024. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

"We accept," Cage said successful an interrogation with Renee Paquette.

"That was a speedy acceptance considering your past of I Quit matches here," Cope said, referring to Cage’s nonaccomplishment against him successful an I Quit lucifer astatine Revolution successful 2024.

Cage responded, "I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a 1000 times, I’ve told everybody, I ne'er said, ‘I quit.’ I didn’t accidental it."

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Other notes from Dynamite

Ring of Honor satellite champion Bandido has appeared successful vignettes connected AEW programming implicit the past fewer weeks, causing panic successful tiny cowboy towns. It went a small otherwise connected Wednesday nighttime for the "Wanted Man." Another vignette played showing much panic successful the aforesaid municipality Bandido was featured in. Instead, it was Swerve Strickland who appeared to beryllium connected the hunt for Bandido. Strickland hasn’t had a lucifer successful AEW since March erstwhile helium mislaid to Kenny Omega connected "Dynamite."

Will Ospreay showed up to a Death Riders grooming league arsenic helium appeared to look to rehab from his ongoing cervix injury. Death Riders person Jon Moxley welcomed to Ospreay with unfastened arms but told him to permission his baggage astatine the door. The gathering marked the latest section successful their story.

Samoa Joe, however, appeared successful a backstage conception trying to punctual who Ospreay is. He said The Opps would person his backmost if helium needed it.

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Dynamite lucifer results

Megan Bayne enters the ringing during the Women's Pro-Wrestling "Stardom" lawsuit astatine Edion Arena Osaka successful Osaka, Japan, connected Nov. 29, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

• Kevin Knight def. MJF to clasp the TNT Championship.
• Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor def. Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade.
• Kazuchika Okada def. Ace Austin to clasp the International Championship.
• Adam Copeland and Christian Cage def. Trent Beretta vs. Rocky Romero.
• Megan Bayne and Lena Kross def. Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida to clasp the Women’s World Tag Team Championship.
• Rush def. Steven Fuente.
• Darby Allin def. Brody King to clasp the AEW World Championship.