AEW Dynamite recap & reactions (Sept. 24, 2025): Embarrassing night for Jon Moxley

AEW Dynamite (Sept. 24, 2025) was humming along with title defenses from Hangman Page, Kris Statlander, and Brodido from the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA. There were also departures for Adam Copeland and MJF as well as the return of Orange Cassidy. Tony Khan even had an important announcement. The fallout to All Out lacked a big angle until the final minutes. That’s when it turned into an embarrassing night for Jon Moxley.

Middle fingers and flamethrowers

Jon Moxley’s good vibes came crashing down thanks to Kris Statlander and Darby Allin. It was a one-two punch of embarrassment.

Statlander was set to defend the AEW Women’s World Championship against Mina Shirakawa in the main event. When Renee Paquette asked Statlander about her allegiance to the Death Riders, Stat quoted a familiar line from Mox. “Things can move really fast when you make decisions.”

That set up the tease for the post-match craziness. Wheeler Yuta once again chirped in Statlander’s ear with advice, and she once again pulled out the victory with the seat belt pin. (More analysis on the main event later.) The Death Riders surrounded the ring. Moxley and Statlander stared at each other. Mox gave the nod to Yuta, who celebrated with the champ. Harley Cameron was worried that she could become a target. Boom! Statlander swerved to clothesline Yuta. StatDaddy rushed into Mox’s face to shove the double bird. Statlander and Harley hightailed it through the crowd to safety.

That scene was hilarious. Statlander milked the moment for drama. Seeing Yuta get beat up is always funny. Statlander was like a little girl rebelling against the big bad villain in Moxley. It was perfect for a babyface reaction. I like this move. The crowd doesn’t want to boo Statlander right now, so no need to force another heel turn.

Allin arrived next on the scene, and he brought a flamethrower. Allin limped like a zombie playing with fire. This was storyline embarrassment for Moxley. He may have suffered a bit of real life embarrassment by tripping over the ring steps when trying to escape.

Allin’s purpose was to challenge Moxley to an I Quit match at the WrestleDream PPV.

Hell yeah! Allin brought the excitement to close the show. That was wild and wacky entertainment. I Quit is an interesting stipulation. I hope AEW adds the caveat that this is the end. They’ve done that in the past. Allin said it himself that he won’t stop coming. AEW will need a way out to explain why Allin doesn’t kill Moxley, and vice versa in retaliation.

Let’s jam through the rest of Dynamite. Catch up on all the details with excellent play-by-play from Claire Elizabeth.

AEW World Tag Team Championship: Brodido (c) defeated GOA to retain the titles. Shenanigans on the finish. King went for a running crossbody outside, but Toa Liona caught him. Cameras missed that part. Cameras did spot Liona slamming King onto the timekeeper table. Referee Aubrey Edwards ran over to check on King. Ricochet grabbed a chair with bad intentions. Edwards caught him up to no good and issued a swift ejection. Brodido rallied to close with style. King and Bandido charged forward. King kept moving forward for a suicide dive to Liona, while Bandido stopped on a dime to execute the 21 Plex on Bishop Kaun for the win.

Splendid tag team action. GOA continues to step up when given opportunities. Brodido continue to be fire in the ring. The finish was a creative way to clear the deck. Bandido has been developing more personality lately. He’s like the chihuahua sidekick, albeit a jacked chihuahua, to the beefy bulldog that is King. Bandido was hopping around early trying to test Liona. That didn’t go so well. Later, Bandido used his speed to bust some dance moves. These are the kinds of things that make his character stand apart from the rest of the masked luchadores.

AEW World Championship: Hangman Page (c) defeated Lee Moriarty to retain the title. The cowboy is a fighting champion, so he issued an open challenge to the best talent in Pittsburgh. Hangman also gave credit to Kyle Fletcher for pushing him to the limit at All Out.

Moriarty used his Pure style to put Hangman in a few submission predicaments, but that wasn’t enough. Hangman exploded for a vicious lariat to set up the Deadeye piledriver for the win.

Nice showcase for Moriarty in his hometown. He flashed unique skills to make the match interesting. Commentary noted how Hangman demonstrated poise not to rush into any submissions. That shows respect for Moriarty’s danger. Let’s hope AEW can use that momentum for Moriarty to bloom on television. As for Hangman, the cowboy talked the talk and walked the walk. That is champ shit.

Adam Copeland leaves. AEW aired footage from backstage at All Out. There was no update on the status of Beth Copeland after FTR’s heinous attack. Cope wasn’t coping well. He was bothered by wrestling spilling over to affect the health of his family. Copeland decided to go, and he doesn’t know if he’ll come back. Christian Cage understood. The final moment was touching. Christian said that he doesn’t have family anymore, so Cope reminded him that they are still family. If that is the end of the C&C reunion, it went out right.

So what about FTR? They cut a promo in the next segment putting all the blame on the Copeland family. Cash Wheeler blamed Cope for bringing his wife into their business. Stokely Hathaway claimed that he allowed Beth to spear him, and it didn’t hurt. Dax Harwood’s excuse was that Beth punched him in the broken nose, his eyes watered, he couldn’t see clearly, and he thought Beth was Cope on the spike piledriver. Willow Nightingale heard enough of the poppycock, so she stood up for Beth’s good name as an inspiration to women in wrestling. When FTR encroached on Willow’s space, JetSpeed made the save.

This was hilarious heeling from FTR with ridiculous ways to play the victim by distorting the truth. I had no idea why Willow was getting involved, considering FTR isn’t going to wrestle her. Willow’s presence turned out to be a crafty transition to introduce JetSpeed into the fold to be FTR’s next feud. Well played on that one. JetSpeed versus FTR should rock.

MJF leaves too. After losing to Mistico in CMLL and Mark Briscoe in AEW, MJF realized that he needs to take a hard look in the mirror. Something is missing, and he feels like a fraud. MJF used to be on top, and now other stars are passing him by. MJF declared that he won’t return until he becomes the most dangerous he has ever been.

Great promo. It cleanses recent failures and sets the table for MJF to return in prime form. Plus, MJF built up anticipation to see how he evolves into Maxwell Danger Friedman. Not to mention that MJF still has the world title shot to cash in.

Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, & Hologram defeated Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita, & Hechiero. The Conglomeration had fun dropping obvious teases for the identity of the mystery man. Briscoe refused to squeeze that juicy info.

Believe it or not, Cassidy actually pulled a heel move on his surprise return. Don Callis teased unveiling his latest masterpiece painting. The curtain was pulled, and Cassidy was standing in the case instead of the artwork. I would pay money to visit the Don Callis gallery of art, so you can imagine how upset I was at Cassidy for robbing the world of beauty. Boo! Everyone else in the crowd seemed to enjoy Cassidy’s big return.

The background screen read, “Media offline.” I couldn’t tell if that was an accidental error, slacker energy to fit OC, or El Clon hack.

Cassidy gave the people what they want for a lazy dive to the outside.

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