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

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

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

MJF gave Knight everything he could handle. He dropped Knight onto his backmost connected nan barrier, he deed Knight pinch a sadistic cutter and a Panama sunrise. Knight withstood it all. When MJF tried to usage nan Dynamite gem ringing to his advantage, Knight deed MJF pinch a debased blow.

Knight rolled up MJF and sewage nan 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 nan match, MJF attacked Knight successful vexation earlier Allin came successful for nan save. He put MJF into nan Scorpion Death Drop. Allin past said that Knight would person an AEW World Championship changeable if he hit Brody King later successful nan night. King came retired and besides made judge to statement that Knight was nan No. 1 contender should he prime up nan victory.

Allin entered nan doghouse and was emotion nan symptom almost immediately. He deed King pinch a cannonball to commencement nan lucifer and past tried a termination dive done nan ropes onto nan outside. Instead, he bounced disconnected King for illustration it was nothing.

As nan lucifer wore on, King thought he had nan precocious manus connected nan extracurricular of nan ring. But King quickly realized he can’t return his eyes disconnected Allin. The daredevil put King successful a sitting position successful a chair, went to nan apical statement and deed King pinch a driblet kick, which seemed for illustration 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 advantage and took Allin isolated chop by chop. As King looked to do much damage, Allin jumped onto his back. But King took Allin for a thrust and tossed himself done nan "AEW Dynamite" denote array screen that was group up adjacent nan barrier.

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

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

King threw Allin complete nan ringing and group him up connected nan barrier. Allin exposed nan actual level arsenic he was being dragged. King group up Allin connected nan obstruction and tried to do immoderate monolithic damage, but missed and went done nan barrier.

Allin was capable to retrieve conscionable capable to powerbomb King onto nan exposed actual and past deed a Coffin Drop. King astir was counted out, but arsenic he sewage backmost into nan ring, Allin was waiting for him pinch aggregate Coffin Drops.

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

Cope and Cage judge FTR’s challenge

Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, nan tag squad known arsenic FTR, raised nan stakes of nan New York thoroughfare conflict group for Double aliases 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 nan situation from nan AEW world tag squad champions. If Copeland and Cage suffer nan match, they whitethorn nary longer squad up successful AEW.

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

"We accept," Cage said successful an question and reply pinch Renee Paquette.

"That was a speedy acceptance considering your history 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 opportunity it."

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Other notes from Dynamite

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

Will Ospreay showed up to a Death Riders training convention arsenic he appeared to look to rehab from his ongoing cervix injury. Death Riders leader Jon Moxley welcomed to Ospreay pinch unfastened arms but told him to time off his baggage astatine nan door. The gathering marked nan 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 he needed it.

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Dynamite lucifer results

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

• Kevin Knight def. MJF to clasp nan TNT Championship.
• Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor def. Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade.
• Kazuchika Okada def. Ace Austin to clasp nan 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 nan Women’s World Tag Team Championship.
• Rush def. Steven Fuente.
• Darby Allin def. Brody King to clasp nan AEW World Championship.