AEW Dynamite & Collision Notes: Full Field Set for AEW World Title Clockwork Carnage, Christian Cage Suffered Broken Ribs & Punctured Lung, Mystery Person Video Airs, TBS Title 4-Way and Nick Wayne vs. Chris Jericho Matches Set for WrestleDream, FTR vs. MCMG Best-Of-5 Series Match 1 and More for 10/17 Tailgate Brawl Card

AEW
Oct 14, 2026

Adam Copeland, Konosuke Takeshita, Kazuchika Okada, Ricochet, & Darby Allin Qualifies for AEW World Title Clockwork Carnage at AEW WrestleDream 2026

Wednesday’s three-hour AEW Dynamite and Collision show at the Wolstein Center At Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio featured five qualifying match for the Clockwork Carnage match for the AEW World Championship at WrestleDream 2026.

The first match was Adam Copeland defeating Josh Alexander.

The second match was Konosuke Takeshita defeating Brian Cage.

The third match was Kazuchika Okada defeating Myron Reed. This match also featured Okada’s AEW International Championship being on the line as well.

The fourth match was Ricochet defeating Ace Austin.

The fifth match was Darby Allin defeating Hechicero. This match also featured Allin’s TNT Championship being on the line as well.

As a result of their victories, Copeland, Takeshita, Okada, Ricochet, and Allin joins Will Ospreay, “Speedball” Mike Bailey, and Samoa Joe as those who have qualified for the Clockwork Carnage match for the AEW World Championship at WrestleDream 2026.

Christian Cage Suffered Broken Ribs & Punctured Lung Injury at All Out

AEW’s three-hour Dynamite and Collision show also featured the announcement of Christian Cage had suffered several broken ribs and a punctured lung injury during the AEW World Tag Team Championship Three-way Ladder match at All Out 2026.

The announcement was made by Adam Copeland following his victory over Josh Alexander in an AEW World Championship Clockwork Carnage Qualifier match. Copeland stated that Cage had suffered the injury around five minutes into their match against FTR and The Young Bucks and wrestled through it the entire match. Copeland also stated that one of Cage’s ribs was broken in three places.

It is currently not known how long Cage will be out of action nor a potential return timetable for him.

Nick Wayne vs. Chris Jericho Set for AEW WrestleDream 2026

AEW’s three-hour Dynamite and Collision show also featured the first of two new matches announced for the card of WrestleDream 2026.

This new match announced was a singles match of Nick Wayne vs. Chris Jericho.

This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Wayne and Jericho’s bad blood issues. During tonight’s show, Wayne came out to the ring for a victory celebration over Jericho at Grand Slam France. This led to Jericho showing up to interrupt and after some banter between the two, Jericho challenged Wayne to a rubber match at WrestleDream and Wayne responded accepting it.

Queen Aminata vs. Hyan vs. Dani Luna vs. Persephone for TBS Title Announced for AEW WrestleDream 2026

AEW’s three-hour Dynamite and Collision show also featured the second of two new matches announced for the card of WrestleDream 2026, which takes place on October 17 at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida.

This new match announced was a TBS Championship Four-way match of Queen Aminata vs. Hyan vs. Dani Luna vs. Persephone (c).

This new match was setup following Hyan and Luna defeating Persephone and Britt Baker in a tag team match. Following the match, Persephone and Baker attacked Hyan and Luna leading to Aminata running out for the save and clearing the ring of Baker and Persephone. It was announced right afterwards that Persephone would be defending her TBS title in a Four-way match against Aminata, Hyan, and Luna at WrestleDream.

Current card for AEW WrestleDream 2026:

  • AEW World Championship Clockwork Carnage match – Samoa Joe vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Adam Copeland vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Ricochet vs. Darby Allin vs. Will Ospreay (c)
  • AEW Women’s World Championship – Thekla vs. Mercedes Mone (c)
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship – Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher & “The Jet” Kevin Knight) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c)
  • AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship match – Wrathlander (Harley Cameron & Kris Statlander) vs. The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor & Jamie Hayter) (c)
  • AEW Continental Championship – Mark Davis vs. Jon Moxley (c)
  • AEW National Championship – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Andrade El Idolo (c)
  • AEW World Trios Championship 2-Out-Of-3 Falls match – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (Hangman Adam Page, & Brody King) vs. Swerve Strickland & The New Level (Kofi & Austin Creed) (c)
  • TBS Championship Four-way match – Queen Aminata vs. Hyan vs. Dani Luna vs. Persephone (c)
  • Nick Wayne vs. Chris Jericho

Mystery Person Video Airs

AEW’s three-hour Dynamite and Collision show also featured a vignette airing teasing the upcoming arrival of a new mystery person.

This video featured multiple shots of a metronome and a mystery person conducting music with their hands. This mystery person was seen walking down a set of steps and running across a training ring.

This mystery person is currently speculated to be former WWE talent Ilja Dragunov who had departed from WWE this past August following the expiration of his contract and is believed to have recently signed a contract with AEW.

Current Card for This Week’s AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl Show

AEW announced two new matches for the card of this week’s AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl show on October 17 at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida.

This upcoming show will be one hour in length and will be the pre-show for that night’s WrestleDream 2026 event at the same venue.

Among the notable new matches nnounced was a Best-Of-Five Series – Match 1 of FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin).

This new match was setup following a promo segment involving FTR, Stokely Hathaway, and MCMG.

Current card for October 17th AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl show:

  • Best-Of-Five Series – Match 1: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
  • Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue) vs. Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne)
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