AEW Dynamite Notes: Kyle Fletcher Wins TNT Title, Mark Briscoe vs. Fletcher in TNT Title Ladder Match Set for Grand Slam Australia 2026, Private Party Makes Surprise Return, Young Bucks Wins Shot at AEW Tag Titles, Thekla Wins AEW Women’s World Title, Kenny Omega vs. Swerve Strickland Set for 2/18 Show

AEW
Feb 11, 2026

Fletcher Wins TNT Title, Mark Briscoe vs. Fletcher in TNT Title Ladder Match Set for Grand Slam Australia 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California featured Kyle Fletcher defeating Tommaso Ciampa to become the new TNT Champion.

Following the match, Fletcher was interviewed by Renee Paquette in the ring for some words about his victory and regaining the TNT title. After some words, Fletcher issued an open challenge to anyone for his title at Grand Slam Australia.

This led to Mark Briscoe’s music playing and him coming out to the stage. Briscoe talked about their past history together for the TNT title and brought up how they are tied at three wins a piece. Briscoe stated that he would be happy to give Fletcher home field advantage for a Game 7. Fletcher responded back stating that he is sick and tired of seeing Briscoe but he did say he’d defend against anyone and accepted the challenge. Fletcher continued stating that he wants Game 7 to be bigger and better than the rest and he whoever comes out of it as champ to be the best. Fletcher then issued a ladder match stipulation for the match, which Briscoe accepted.

Later in the show, it was announced that this match was made official for Grand Slam Australia.

Current card for February 14th AEW Grand Slam Australia 2026 show:

  • AEW World Championship – Brody King vs. MJF (c)
  • AEW Continental Championship – Konosuke Takeshita vs. Jon Moxley (c)
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship – MegaBad (Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford) vs. Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) (c)
  • TNT Championship Ladder match – Mark Briscoe vs. Kyle Fletcher (c)
  • AEW World Championship Contenders Series Finals match – Hangman Adam Page vs. Andrade El Idolo
  • Hair vs. Hair match – Orange Cassidy & “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir)

Private Party Makes Surprise Return

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) making a surprise return.

During the show, The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) and The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Myron Reed) came out to the ring as the first two teams in the AEW World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Three-way match. After a brief pause, Private Party’s music played revealing them to be the mystery wild card team for the match.

This was Private Party’s first appearance since January of 2025.

Young Bucks Wins Shot at AEW Tag Titles

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured The Young Bucks defeating The Rascalz and Private Party in a #1 Contender Three-way match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

As a result of their victory, The Young Bucks will be facing off against FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship at a future show.

Thekla Wins AEW Women’s World Title

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured Thekla defeating Kris Statlander in a Strap match to become the new AEW Women’s World Champion.

This was Thekla’s first ever AEW Women’s World Championship victory in her AEW career.

Current Card For Next Week’s Show

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured one new match announced for the card of next week’s show on February 18th at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California.

This new match announced was a singles match of Kenny Omega vs. Swerve Strickland.

This new match was setup following an in-ring face-to-face interview segment involving Omega and Strickland that turned into a brawl that ended with Strickland spearing Omega off the stage sending both through a table.

Current card for February 18th AEW Dynamite show:

  • Kenny Omega vs. Swerve Strickland
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