Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "AEW Dynamite" on August 12, 2026, coming to you live from The Pearl Theater at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada!Kevin Knight will be putting his TNT Championship on the line as he defends against Jericho. Not only has Knight had successful defenses against the likes of Darby Allin, Lio Rush, Brian Cage, HOOK, Dezmond Xavier and Myron Reed, and MJF among others across "Dynamite" and "AEW Collision" over the last several weeks, but himself and Jericho met in the ring during last Wednesday's "Dynamite" Grand Slam Mexico television special when Jericho, Mistico, and Allin emerged victorious against Knight and his stablemates Kazuchika Okada and Hechicero.Two more competitors look to advance to the next round of blind draws in the Continental Challenge Cup Tournament, as reigning Continental Champion and Death Riders leader Jon Moxley squares off against Jack Perry while The Dogs' David Finlay goes one-on-one with Jay White of The Bang Bang Gang in a pair of first round matches. Orange Cassidy of The Conglomeration, Eddie Kingston, and Moxley's stablemate Claudio Castagnoli all advanced to the next round of the Continental Challenge Cup Tournament this past Saturday on "Collision", defeating Matt Sydal, The Don Callis Family's Jake Doyle, and White's stablemate Ace Austin respectively.MJF will be taking part in his first match since being dethroned as AEW World Champion by Kenny Omega during the "Dynamite" Beach Break special on July 8 as he squares off against Nick Wayne and "Speedball" Mike Bailey in a Three-Way Match with the Number Two Spot in the Casino Gauntlet Match at AEW All In on August 30 awaiting the winner. Andrade secured the Number One Spot in the All In Casino Gauntlet Match last Wednesday when he emerged victorious against Komander and Tommaso Ciampa in a Three-Way Match.We are live! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Paul Wight greet audiences at home as Will Ospreay makes his way to the ring.
Ospreay asks how the live crowd is doing and says he wants to talk to the fans about something that happened to him last year. He recalls being nervous heading into the Arena Mexico last year and receiving a text from his mother telling him to call her, during which he found out that his granddad had died. He recalls thinking that his granddad would've told him to go out in front of the Mexico City crowd to do flips, then says no matter what's going on in his personal life, he always will give everything he has to the fans.Ospreay says he knows that there was one person who was sitting on the couch listening to him last Wednesday: Kenny Omega. He says if Omega isn't doing anything backstage, he should come to the ring to meet him.Don Callis' music instead hits and he makes his way out. He says he knew he needed the perfect tool to exploit AEW: Omega. He says himself and Omega went on an unmatched run with the AEW World Championship, but Omega made a critical error by thinking he could do it without him. He says he's done more damage to Omega's life than diverticulitis ever could've, then says he brought Ospreay into AEW by booking him against Omega at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023.Four members of The Don Callis begin attacking Ospreay: Jake Doyle, Mark Davis, Rocky Romero, and Trent Beretta. Omega's music hits and he makes his way to the ring with a medal pipe in hand, using it to take out The Don Callis Family members.Omega tells Ospreay that when Ospreay talks from the heart, he has a way with words. He says he feels everything Ospreay says, but Ospreay wears his heart on his sleeve and therefore never thinks. He asks Ospreay what he thought would happen and says he warned him about Callis and Jon Moxley, then extends his hand to Ospreay as he helps him up. He says he hopes Ospreay understands that he can't help him like this again and says from now on, it's just him and Ospreay.Ospreay says he appreciates Omega's help, but didn't ask for it and says he won't need Omega's help again.MJF then makes his way to the ring. Nick Wayne and "Speedball"Mike Bailey follow.
The bell rings and MJF slides out of the ring. Bailey mockingly pats Wayne's head, and the two men go back and forth with one another before Bailey delivers a hurricanrana to Wayne and Wayne responds with an uppercut to Bailey.Wayne flies over the top rope with a tope con hilo to take out Bailey on the outside, then dumps him back in the ring. MJF gets back inside, but Bailey delivers a missile dropkick to MJF to send him crashing back out of the ring. Bailey ascends up the middle rope, but MJF pulls him off and holds Bailey in place for Wayne to land a right hand on Bailey's midsection.MJF raises Wayne's arm and pins Bailey, but Wayne pulls MJF off Bailey and gets in MJF's face. MJF slaps Wayne, but Wayne levels MJF with a thrust kick and delivers a Snap Dragon suplex to Bailey. Bailey responds with a pair of double flipping knees to Wayne and connects with a springboard moonsault to take out MJF and Wayne on the outside.Back from the break, Wayne delivers a spinning kick to Bailey's head and follows it up with the Prodigy Plex. He goes for a pin, but MJF breaks the fall and Wayne sets up for Wayne's World. MJF intercepts Wayne with a right hand and delivers a powerbomb-backbreaker combination for him.Bailey delivers a pair of flipping knees to the back of Wayne's spine, but MJF dumps Bailey out of the ring and cinches in the Salt of the Earth Armbar on Wayne. Wayne taps out.Winner of the Number Two Spot in the All In Casino Gauntlet Match: MJFAfter the match, MJF begins to gloat about securing the Number Two spot in the All In Casino Gauntlet Match. Andrade El Idolo's music hits, but he doesn't appear and MJF begins to smile. He says Andrade isn't in Las Vegas because he beat him last week.David Finlay then makes his way to the ring. Jay White follows.
The bell rings and Finlay fires off stomps on White in the corner. White delivers a hurricanrana to Finlay off the middle rope, then flies over the top rope to take out Finlay on the outside. White sends Finlay crashing into the ring apron midsection first and delivers a chop to him, then connects with a suplex on him back inside the ring and goes for a pin. Finlay kicks out.Hard refresh this page for updates ctrl + F5 on Windows; Cmnd + shift + R on Mac
