The inaugural AEW Dynasty is a mission assertion for All Elite Wrestling. The promotion heads to St. Louis on April 21 with a card that captures its renewed ethos. Dynasty showcases a lineage of among the greatest in-ring skilled wrestling on the planet with the likes of Bryan Danielson, Kazuchika Okada, Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay in motion.
AEW continues to ramp up its pay-per-view calendar with 9 occasions anticipated this yr. Dynasty debuts at Chaifetz Area on Sunday with hundreds anticipated to attend reside. The marquee is one thing of a modern-day dream match between Danielson and Ospreay, two of the very best in-ring performers within the enterprise at the moment. Their rivalry is constructed on simply that, a want to show who’s the very best. It isn’t a groundbreaking storyline in professional wrestling nevertheless it rings very true when you think about who’s concerned
Match high quality is excessive on the Dynasty agenda. Eight championship bouts are scheduled for the 10-match card, together with AEW world champion Joe vs. Strickland, continental champion Okada vs. PAC, ladies’s world champion “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Thunder Rosa and a ladder match to crown new tag crew champion. Mercedes Mone (previously Sasha Banks) can have a non secular presence within the TBS title match and older followers would possibly gravitate in the direction of Adam Copeland (previously Edge within the WWE) in six-man tag crew motion.
Have a look beneath on the confirmed matches for Dynasty. The occasion streams reside on Bleacher Report and TrillerTV with the principle card beginning at 8 p.m. ET and the Zero Hour pre-show starting at 7 p.m. ET.
2024 AEW Dynasty matches
AEW World Championship — Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland: It appears to be a matter of if, not when Strickland turns into AEW world champion. Strickland skilled one of many greatest inventory rises of any wrestler in AEW or WWE in 2023. His bloodlust and assured swagger have been simple. Many anticipated him to win the title at AEW Revolution in March, however his bitter rivalry with “Hangman” Adam Web page value him the world championship of their three-way dance with Joe. It is a fallacious Strickland seems to proper one-on-one towards “The Samoan Submission Machine.” That is simpler mentioned than finished towards a champion that’s equal elements cerebral, highly effective, skilled and straight-up vicious.
Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson: A match that personifies the Dynasty title. Danielson has lengthy been thought-about the best technical wrestler, and arguably the very best wrestler alive, for a very long time now. Ospreay has painted sensible in-ring performances towards Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada and plenty of others in recent times. Some take into account Ospreay the way forward for professional wrestling. It is a query of whether or not the long run is now when Ospreay and Danielson lock up for the primary time.
AEW Ladies’s World Championship — “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Thunder Rosa: “Timeless” Storm has been a breath of recent air for AEW as one of many most character-driven acts on the present. The throwback Hollywood star defends her AEW ladies’s world championship towards a no-nonsense former champion with legit blended martial arts expertise. Rosa competes for the ladies’s world title for the primary time since relinquishing it in 2022.
AEW Tag Crew Championships — Younger Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. FTR (Money Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (Ladder match): Darby Allin vacated the AEW tag crew championships after he and Sting defeated the Younger Bucks in Sting’s retirement match at Revolution. That set the stage for a match to crown new champs. The Younger Bucks and FTR superior to the finals and opened up outdated wounds. AEW made a controversial choice to air legit footage of a bodily altercation between now WWE celebrity CM Punk and Jack Perry at AEW All In London that led to Punk’s AEW termination. The incident was labored right into a storyline for the upcoming tag title match. The Younger Bucks offered the footage, claiming their concern for Perry break up their focus in tag title loss to FTR in London. No matter drama exists, these two acclaimed groups are anticipated to placed on a show-stealer on Sunday.
AEW Continental Championship — Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. PAC (Continental Guidelines match): This can give Ospreay vs. Danielson a run for its cash. Okada signed with AEW after a record-setting run in New Japan Professional Wrestling. Okada’s 18-year tenure with the premier Japanese promotion noticed him win 5 IWGP Heavyweight titles, together with a record-setting single reign of 720 days, and turn into the one two-time IWGP world heavyweight championship. “The Rainmaker” instantly took the continental championship off Eddie Kingston in AEW and can make his first title protection on Sunday. The challenger PAC is an in-ring marvel with unequalled depth. PAC, the primary double champion in AEW historical past, had his profession stalled by repeat accidents and journey points. Count on depth and crisp impression when Okada and PAC collide. All continental title matches are contested beneath continental guidelines, which means any outdoors interference is met with strict penalties.
TBS Championship — Julia Hart (c) vs. Willow Nightingale (Home Guidelines match): It is a assembly between AEW’s most ominous champion and its pluckiest fan-favorite. Hart confirmed unimaginable progress final yr by ditching her cheerleader gimmick and giving in to Home of Black’s sinister temptations. Her cult-like aesthetic completely contrasts Nightingale, some of the likable personalities within the enterprise. Nightingale is a power to be reckoned with contained in the ring however she’s not possible to dislike. Her gravitating aura makes her a pure underdog even when she has the facility benefit. At stake for the winner is the TBS title and a giant showdown with Mone at AEW Double or Nothing on Could 26. The match might be contested beneath Home Guidelines, a stipulation distinctive to Home of Black champions. There are 20-second count-outs as an alternative of 10, disqualifications are enforced with no rope breaks. Probably the most fascinating rule is “Sellers Alternative,” the place the challenger will get to set one stipulation.
AEW Worldwide Championship — Roderick Sturdy (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly: Greatest associates meet with gold at stake. Sturdy and O’Reilly reached new heights alongside Adam Cole and Bobby Fish within the Undisputed Period. The group partially reunited in AEW; nevertheless, an damage suffered by O’Reilly obtained the ball rolling on the group falling aside. Cole and Sturdy later joined forces as The Undisputed Kingdom together with Matt Taven, Mike Bennett and Wardlow. O’Reilly’s shock return at Revolution toyed with the premise of him becoming a member of or opposing the group. The choice was made for him at AEW Battle of the Belts X. O’Reilly tried intervening as Sturdy and The Kingdom attacked Rocky Romero, spurring Sturdy and firm to put out their former good friend. O’Reilly pursues vengeance and his first AEW title on Sunday.
FTW Championship — Hook (c) vs. Chris Jericho (FTW Guidelines match): Hook is chopping down the educational tree. The FTW champ is just not interested by Jericho’s unsolicited recommendation. The previous AEW and WWE champion has been attempting to mentor the younger prospect for weeks regardless of Hook holding a win over the long run Corridor of Famer. Effervescent friction boiled over after Jericho bodily shoved Hook’s dad, ECW legend Taz. Hook will defend the title that his father created in an FTW Guidelines match (no disqualifications) towards Jericho.
Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston and Mark Briscoe vs. Home of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King and Buddy Matthews): One in every of solely two non-title matches on the present. Former AEW trios champions Home of Black tackle three of the promotion’s most hard-nosed athletes. The Home’s points with Adam Copeland are new as Malakai Black eyes Copeland’s TNT championship. The Home of Black has a nasty behavior of creating enemies. That outfitted Copeland with loads of reinforcements. Kingston and Briscoe rushed to Copeland’s facet as they give the impression of being to deal with their very own enterprise with the trio.
*AEW Trios Championships and ROH Six-Man Tag Crew Championships — The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) and Billy Gunn (c) vs. Bullet Membership Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) (c): The Bang Bang Scissor Gang is not any extra. The supergroup aligned towards widespread enemies in The Satan and his henchmen, later revealed to be Adam Cole and the Undisputed Kingdom. Conflicting rules meant the supergroup was at all times on borrowed time. Bullet Membership Gold turned on The Acclaimed and “Daddy Ass” after butting heads over White’s assault on Allin. Their on-and-off rivalry culminates in a winner-take-all match for The Acclaimed’s AEW trios championships and Bullet Membership Gold’s Ring of Honor six-man tag crew titles.
*Takes place on the Zero Hour pre-show.
