Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "AEW Dynamite" on April 8, 2026, coming to you live from the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada!Coming off her successful defense against the returning Hikaru Shida on the April 2 episode of "AEW Collision", Willow Nightingale will be putting her TBS Championship on the line once again tonight as she defends against Queen Aminata. This will mark Aminata's first time competing in a ring since herself and Jamie Hayter came up short to Sisters of Sin in a quarterfinals match for the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament during the Fright Night "Dynamite" Special on October 29, 2025.Chris Jericho made his surprise return to AEW during last Wednesday's episode of "Dynamite", telling his hometown Winnipeg crowd that he was home both there and in AEW. Following such, Jericho will be making an appearance on tonight's show with something on his mind to share.Before he challenges MJF for the AEW World Championship at AEW Dynasty this coming Saturday, Kenny Omega will be making an appearance with something on his mind to share. After Omega and MJF their Dynasty match official by putting pen-to-paper with a contract signing last Wednesday that led to a tense verbal confrontation between them, "Speedball" Mike Bailey stepped in to come to Omega's defense and was unsuccessful in scoring a win against MJF in an AEW World Championship Eliminator Match later that same night.AEW National Champion Jack Perry will be joining forces with Brody King and Darby Allin to take on The Don Callis Family's Andrade El Idolo, Mark Davis, and Konosuke Takeshita. While Perry, King, and the aforementioned Omega emerged victorious against The Demand's Ricochet, Bishop Kanu, and Toa Liona last Wednesday, Allin has been vying for a shot at MJF's AEW World Championship despite MJF enlisting The Don Callis Family to prevent Allin from gaining such.
We are live! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness greet audiences at home before we see Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay brawling in the parking lot. The Death Riders find the pair and beat down Ospreay, but Alex Windsor and United Empire members Francesco Akira, Henare, and Callum Newman pull up in a car to provide Ospreay with backup. The two groups begin brawling with one another, with Marina Shafir and Windsor brawling into the ringside area. Ospreay and Moxley follow, with Moxley and Daniel Garcia firing off stomps on Ospreay in the ring. Henare clotheslines Garcia over the top rope as Moxley cinches in a sleeper on Ospreay, but Ospreay fights his way out of things.Ospreay then challenges The Death Riders to an Eight Man Chaos In Canada Match on behalf of United Empire.We then head over to a video from Don Callis, where he confirms Kyle Fletcher is injured and says a new TNT Champion will be crowned in a Casino Gauntlet Match at Dynasty. He also reveals Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada were supposed to face The Young Bucks at Dynasty, but he's pivoted and Okada will team up with Takeshita now.Darby Allin, Jack Perry, and Bandido (who is replacing Brody King as he attends to a personal matter) then make their way to the ring. The Don Callis Family follows.
Andrade El Idolo and Allin begin the action. The bell rings and Andrade tags out to Takeshita. Allin grabs a microphone and calls MJF to the ring, asking why he's Don Callis' b****. Andrade dares Allin to come at him, but Konosuke Takeshita catches Allin with two rolling German suplexes. Mark Davis steps over Allin at the bottom of the entrance ramp, but Perry delivers a moonsault off the ropes to level Takeshita and Davis as Don Callis joins the commentary desk. Perry then looks to fly off the ropes, but Takeshita levels him with a strike mid-air. He dumps Perry out of the ring as Andrade takes a selfie with a female fan.Back from the break, Bandido tags in and takes Takeshita with a pump kick. He fires off strikes on Davis, then bodyslams Davis on top of Takeshita and rocks Takeshita with a boot to the side of his face. Takeshita then catches Bandido with a Blue Thunder Bomb and pins him, but Bandido kicks out.Davis tags in and spits in Allin's face, but Bandido delivers a hurricanrana to Davis and pins him. Davis kicks out, and Perry catches an interfering Takeshita with a poisionrana. Andrade trips Perry as he runs the ropes, but Allin flies out of the ring to take down Andrade.Takeshita and Davis swing Allin into a pile of chairs in the timekeeper's area, but Andrade tags in and delivers The Message to Perry before pinning him for the win.Winners: The Don Callis FamilyAfter the match, Andrade stares down Allin in the ring. Allin shoves Andrade, but Andrade low blows Allin as Takeshita and Davis take a few shots at Bandido and Perry. Callis rakes Perry's eyes, but The Young Bucks' music hits and they run down to the ring. Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson fire off right hands on Takeshita and Davis, but Kazuchika Okada, Hechicero, and Lance Archer join their fellow Don Callis Family members. The Rascalz make their way to the ring to take out The Don Callis Family, but Myron Reed flies over the top rope to take out Okada on the outside.Queen Aminata then makes her way to the ring. Willow Nightingale follows.
The bell rings and the action spills out of the ring. Aminata rocks Nightingale with a strike, but Nightingale responds with a chop to Aminata. We see Hikaru Shida with a kendo stick in hand watching the action from the crowd as Aminata whips Nightingale into the barricade. Nightingale dumps Aminata into the ring, then levels Aminata with a clothesline. Aminata responds with her signature modified version of a Devil's Kiss to Nightingale.Back from the break, Nightingale levels Aminata with a dropkick off the middle rope and follows it up with the Death Valley Driver to her. She goes for a pin, but Aminata kicks out. Nightingale then ascends to the top rope and looks to land a moonsault on Aminata, but Aminata moves out of the way and connects with a forearm on Nightingale.Aminata lands a double chop on Nightingale, but Nightingale delivers a backslide to her. Aminata kicks out and connects with an Air Raid Crash on Nightingale, then goes for a pin but Nightingale kicks out. Nightingale intercepts Aminata with a big boot, then sends her crashing out of the ring under the bottom rope and connects with the Doctor Bomb on Aminata for the win.Winner (and still): Willow NightingaleAfter the match, Nightingale shakes Aminata's hand.Chris Jericho then makes his way to the ring.
Jericho says it's good to be back on "Dynamite", then says he meant it when he said he was home last week. He was he's planning on making things official by singing his brand new AEW contract close to where he had his first ever professional wrestling match. He says he took a lot of risks to start his professional wrestling career and has taken lots of risks since, including signing with AEW. He says he's proud of how big AEW has grown to be as a company that he helped to start, then says even though some of his risks haven't paid off, he loves professional wrestling and it deserves the best Chris Jericho he can possibly be.Jericho opens the lid of his pen and looks to sign the contract, but before he can, The Demand's music hit and Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona make their way to the ring. Ricochet says Canada sucks and says he wants to talk to Jericho, then says Jericho has been touring with his band Fozzy and says there's a difference between sing shape and ring shape. He says it's the rise of Ricochet and says he's telling Jericho all of this because of how much he respects him. He speaks on 'behalf of the fans' and says no one wants Jericho in AEW, then tells Jericho to get on his cruise ship and never come back to AEW.Jericho reveals he has a clause in his new contract that he can choose anyone to face at Dynasty, but says because he's signed his contract, he's chosen to face Ricochet at Dynasty. He rips off the back of his clipboard to reveal his name and tells Ricochet that he just made the list.Tommaso Ciampa then make his way to the ring. Mascara Dorada follows.
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