AEW Dynamite Notes: AEW World Trios Titles, Willow Nightingale vs. Thekla in AEW Women’s World Title #1 Contender, Tommaso Ciampa vs. Kazuchika Okada for AEW International Title, and More Matches Set for All Out 2026, Jack Perry Calls Out Samoa Joe, 3-Hour Special and More for 9/23 Show Card, 9/19 Collision Show Card

AEW
Sep 16, 2026

Willow Nightingale vs. Thekla for AEW Women’s World Title #1 Contender’s Match Set For AEW All Out 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show at the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia featured the first of four new matches announced for the card of All Out 2026.

This new match announced was an AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contender’s match of Willow Nightingale vs. Thekla (c)

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly vs. Swerve Strickland & The New Level for AEW World Trios Titles Set For AEW All Out 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured the second of four new matches announced for the card of All Out 2026.

This new match announced was an AEW World Trios Championship match of The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (Hangman Adam Page, Bandido, & Brody King) vs. Swerve Strickland & The New Level (Kofi & Austin Creed) (c).

This new match was setup following The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly defeating The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, & Roderick Strong) in a #1 Contender’s match.

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Kazuchika Okada Okada for AEW International Title Set For AEW All Out 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured the third of four new matches announced for the card of All Out 2026.

This new match is an AEW International Championship match of Tommaso Ciampa vs. Kazuchika Okada (c).

This new match was initially setup over the prior week’s show after Ciampa gave a promo stating that he was coming for more gold in AEW. During his entrance for his squash match on tonight’s show, Ciampa issued a challenge to Kazuchika Okada for his AEW International Championship at All Out.

In a follow-up segment, Renee Paquette interviewed Okada backstage for some words about Ciampa’s challenge to him. Okada responded back stating that “Ciampa is a bitch.” This led to Ciampa showing up and attacked Okada laying him out. Ciampa grabbed the AEW International title and told Okada that he when he wanted Ciampa versus Okada, he meant he wanted the Psycho Killer versus the Rainmaker. Ciampa then called Okada a “bitch” and left.

Later in the show, it was announced that this match was made official for All Out.

Darby Allin & Steven Borden vs. Don Callis Family Announced For AEW All Out 2026

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured the fourth of four new matches announced for the card of All Out 2026, which takes place on September 26 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

This new match announced was a tag team match of Darby Allin & Steven Borden vs. Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher & “The Jet” Kevin Knight).

It was also announced that the winners of this match will receive a future shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

Current card for AEW All Out 2026:

  • AEW World Championship – Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay (c)
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Ladder match – The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Cage & Cope (Christian Cage & Adam Copeland) (c)
  • AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Chicago Street Fight match – Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs. The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor & Jamie Hayter) (c)
  • AEW World Trios Championship – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (Hangman Adam Page, Bandido, & Brody King) vs. Swerve Strickland & The New Level (Kofi & Austin Creed) (c)
  • AEW International Championship – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)
  • AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contender’s match – Willow Nightingale vs. Thekla
  • Darby Allin & Steven Borden vs. Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher & “The Jet” Kevin Knight)

Jungle Jack Perry Calls Out Samoa Joe

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show also featured Jungle Jack Perry calling out Samoa Joe for a match at a future show.

Joe has been absent from AEW since this past May’s Double or Nothing 2026 event due to his filming commitments for the new season of Peacock’s Twisted Metal series.

Current Card for Next Week’s AEW Dynamite Show

AEW announced one new match for the card of next week’s AEW Dynamite show on September 23 at the Fishers Event Center in Fishers, Indiana.

It was announced that this upcoming show will be a three-hour show with the first two hours branded as Dynamite and the third hour branded as Collision.

Current card for September 23rd AEW Dynamite show:

  • AEW World Trios Championship – The Demand (Toa Liona, Bishop Kaun, & Ricochet) vs. Swerve Strickland & The New Level (Kofi & Austin Creed) (c)

Current Card for This Week’s AEW Collision Show

AEW announced two new matches for the card of this week’s AEW Collision show on September 19 at the Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, West Virginia.

Current card for September 19th AEW Collision show:

  • AEW National Championship – Daniel Garcia vs. Andrade El Idolo (c)
  • Thekla vs. Zayda Steel
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