Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "AEW Dynamite" and "AEW Collision" on May 20, 2026, coming to you live from the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine at a special run time of 3 hours!As he prepares to defend the AEW World Championship against MJF in a Title vs. Hair Match at AEW Double or Nothing this coming Sunday, Darby Allin will be putting his title on the line tonight as he defends against "Speedball" Mike Bailey. Allin has had successful defenses against Tommaso Ciampa, Brody King, Bailey's JetSpeed tag team partner Kevin Knight, PAC, Konosuke Takeshita of The Don Callis Family, and most recently Sammy Guevara across "Dynamite" and "Collision" over the last several weeks dating back to the April 22 episode of "Dynamite".Two thirds of the AEW World Trios Champions and Conglomeration members Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong will be challenging FTR for their AEW World Tag Team Championship, with only days remaining before Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler defend their title against Christian Cage and Adam Copeland in an I Quit Match at Double or Nothing. Cassidy defeated Harwood in a Double Jeopardy Match during the "Dynamite" and "Collision" special on May 6 to earn his and Strong's title shot tonight.Cassidy and Strong's stablemate Mark Briscoe will be competing in a match of his own as he goes head-to-head with Tommaso Ciampa in an Anything Goes Match. Briscoe has been looking to seek out retribution against Ciampa since making his return to AEW, with Ciampa having previously dethroned Briscoe as TNT Champion on the January 31 episode of "Collision" before eventually losing it to Kyle Fletcher shortly after.Yet another member of The Conglomeration will also be in action, as Kyle O'Reilly faces The Death Riders' Jon Moxley in an AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match. If O'Reilly emerges as the victor, then he will earn a future shot at Moxley's Continental Championship. Moxley won't be the only person competing in an Eliminator Match, as Divine Dominion's Megan Bayne and Lena Kross have issued an AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Five Minute Eliminator match to any women's tag team who wishes to answer the call.Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate's Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin, and The Elite's Kenny Omega, Jack Perry, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson will be colliding with The Don Callis Family's Andrade El Idolo and Mark Davis, The Dogs' David Finlay and Clark Connors, and The Demand's Ricochet, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun in a Stadium Stampede Match at Sunday's pay-per-view event. Before all fourteen men meet, Jericho will be joining forces with The Young Bucks to take on Andrade, Davis, and Ricochet in trios competition tonight.Katsuyori Shibata of The Opps will be competing in his first match since taking part in a 21 Man Blackjack Battle Royal for the National Championship during the AEW Revolution Zero Hour Pre-Show on March 15 as he squares off against Will Ospreay. Ospreay has been training with the aforementioned Moxley and the rest of The Death Riders over the last few weeks to better his previously injured neck, and emerged victorious against The Bang Bang Gang's Ace Austin during last Wednesday's episode of "Dynamite".Additionally, The Brawling Birds' Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor will be joining forces with Thunder Rosa and Mina Shirakawa to face Ring of Honor Women's World Champion Athena and Triangle of Madness' Skye Blue, Julia Hart, and AEW Women's World Champion Thekla in an Eight Woman Tag Team Match. Swerve Strickland will also be making an appearance on tonight's show as he prepares to take on Bandido in a quarterfinals match for the 2026 Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament at Double or Nothing.We are live! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz greet audiences at home before we head over to a video of Jericho and The Young Bucks strategizing ahead of their Trios Match against The Don Callis Family and Ricochet earlier today. Jericho also apologizes to Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson about his past actions against them and the three men brainstorming names for their trio. The three men then make their way to the ring, with The Don Callis Family and The Ricochet following.
Jericho and Ricochet look to begin the action. The bell rings and Ricochet tags out to Andrade El Idolo. Jericho and Andrade lock up, but Jericho runs over Andrade with a shoulder tackle and follows it up with a series of chops on his chest.Andrade slides out of the ring to take a selfie with a pair of female fans in the crowd, but Jericho is waiting with a chop to level him on the floor and dumps him back in the ring. Nick Jackson tags in and triple teams on Andrade with Matt Jackson and Jerich. Mark Davis then tags in and fires off stomps on Nick in the corner. He lands a bodyslam and a running senton on him, but Matt and Ricochet tag in. Matt lands a dropkick on Ricochet and uses him as a launching pad to deliver a Sliced Bread to Andrade, then sends him crashing into the mat face first.Back from the break, Jericho and Andrade tag in. Jericho delivers a Bull Dog to Andrade, then knocks Ricochet off the ring apron. Davis slides into the ring, Matt, Nick, and Jericho land triple hurricanranas on Andrade, Davis, and Ricochet before Nick tags back in and tags back out to Matt.Matt and Nick land a double superkick on Andrade and another one on Davis, then catch Ricochet with a double superkick as Ricochet looks to fly. Andrade sends Nick crashing into the corner face first and delivers The Three Amigos to Matt, then suplexes Nick on top of Matt and sets up for his signature moonsault on him. Matt gets his knees up, and The Young Bucks connect with a BTE Trigger on Andrade. Matt then pins Andrade, but Ricochet lands the Ricosault to break the fall.Jericho clotheslines Ricochet out of the ring and delivers a double dropkick to him on the outside under the bottom rope, then lands a back suplex on Ricochet off one of the barricades and through two tables in the timekeeper's area.Matt and Nick land a double superkick on Andrade and follow it up with a BTE Trigger. Matt pins Andrade, but Andrade kicks out. David Finlay and Clark Connors run out to the ring as the referee is distracted by Davis holding a chair, with Connors pulling Nick off the ring apron and Finlay levelling Matt with a kick to his head. Andrade falls on top of Matt to pin him for the win.Winners: The Don Callis Family and RicochetAfter the match, Toa Liona throws Matt into the corner of the ring and rains down right hands and stomps on him. Jack Perry comes to Matt's aid with a bag of onions in hand that he uses to hit Liona with, but The Hurt Syndicate comes to Perry's aid. The Hurt Syndicate brawls with Davis and Liona through the crowd, and everyone continues to brawl with one another in the ringside area and the crowd.Tommaso Ciampa then makes his way to the ring. Mark Briscoe follows with a garbage can full of weapons in hand.
The bell rings and Ciampa reaches into the garbage can that Briscoe brought to ringside. He accidentally gets one of his hands caught in a rat trap, and Briscoe takes advantage by firing off right hands on Ciampa. He cracks a mop across Ciampa's spine and sets up a table on the outside, then sits Ciampa in a chair and lands a blockbuster on Ciampa off the ring apron.Briscoe wraps a chain around Ciampa's neck as Ciampa lays on the table. He ascends to the top rope, but Ciampa escapes and uses the chain to pull Briscoe off the top rope and through the table. Ciampa then gets his hands on a grater and jams it into Briscoe's forehead inside the ring.Back from the break, Briscoe sprays a fire extinguisher into Ciampa's face. Ciampa hits Briscoe with a baking tray, but Briscoe stays standing and delivers a suplex to Ciampa. Briscoe gets up barbed wire and a staple gun on top of a table on the outside, then hits Ciampa with a garbage can and staples the barbed wire onto the table to hold it in place.Ciampa cracks the garbage can across Briscoe's spine and jams a part of the barbed wire into Briscoe's head and staples the rest of the barbed wire to the table. Ciampa then staples papers on the commentary desk to Briscoe's head and dumps him inside the ring, then slides a pad full of thumb tacks onto his knee and charges at Briscoe.Briscoe lands a drop toe hold to send Ciampa crashing into a ladder in the ring, then jams a screwdriver into Ciampa's head. CIampa suplexes Briscoe into the ladder in the corner of the ring and pins him, but Briscoe kicks out and Ciampa catches him with a jumping knee strike using the pad full of thumb tacks. He sets up two chairs facing one another, but Briscoe lands an open palm strike on Ciampa and sits him on the top rope. He places the two chairs back to back and sends Ciampa crashing off the top rope and onto the two chairs.Briscoe drags Ciampa onto the ring apron and delivers a J-Driller to Ciampa to send him crashing through the table with barbed wire on it. He follows it up with a Froggy Bow to him in the ring for the win.Winner: Mark Briscoe
Tony Schiavone looks to introduce Swerve Strickland, but Prince Nana cuts him off and says Schiavone is standing in the ring looking like a substitute teacher trying to control a bunch of fools. He dismisses Schiavone from the ring and gives a grand introduction to Strickland, who then makes his way to the ring.Bandido attacks Strickland on the entrance ramp and sends him crashing into opposite barricades. Strickland dumps Bandido into the ring, but Bandido rocks Strickland with a right hand and flies over the top rope to level Strickland. He sends Strickland crashing into the ring steps midsection first, but Nana grabs a chair and looks to hit Bandido with it. Bandido sees Nana coming, but Strickland blindsides Bandido from behind and sets up a chair in the ring. Bandido gets Strickland up in a Gorilla Press position and sends him crashing into the mat, then grabs the chair. Strickland grabs the chair once again, but D'Andido knocks it out of his hand. Strickland retreats before Bandido can hit him with the chair.We then head backstage, where Willow Nightingale revealed that she injured her shoulder in her recent match against Red Velvet on this past Saturday's episode of "AEW Collision". She reveals that she has to withdraw from the2026 Women's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament and relinqush the TBS Championship.Back at ringside, Jon Moxley makes his way out. Kyle O'Reilly follows.
The bell rings and the two lock up. Moxley fires off a chop on O'Reilly in the corner, and the two men exchange right hands and forearms with one another before Moxley levels O'Reilly. O'Reilly grabs his left arm, but Moxley jams his elbow into O'Reilly's head and fires off right hands and left hands on him. He then levels O'Reilly with a big boot.Hard refresh this page for updates ctrl + F5 on Windows; Cmnd + shift + R on Mac
