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AEW DYNAMITE REPORT
NOVEMBER 19, 2025
BOSTON, MASS. AT AGGANIS ARENA
AIRED ON TBS & HBO MAX
REPORT BY WADE KELLER, PWTORCH EDITOR
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Bryan Danielson
Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts
Attendance: WrestleTix reported that 3,016 tickets had been distributed; arena is set up for 3,013. The arena has a capacity of 8,000 spectators when configured for concerts. On the previous event at this arena on Nov. 9, 2022, they drew 3,609.
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PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch’s Dennis Kline to review AEW Dynamite LIVE tonight right after Dynamite (around 10:15 ET). Join us and let us know your thoughts on Dynamite during the show.
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[HOUR ONE]
-Excalibur introduced and previewed the show as the camera panned the audience.
(Keller’s Analysis: I’m very much in favor of previewing matches scheduled on a show. I am against a breathless delivery of those matches in rapid-fire fashion without any sense of what the stakes are or what the backstory is. There are better ways than rapid-fire close-ups of fans in the crowd as Excalibur bombards viewers with almost every scheduled match for two minutes.)
(1) BOBBY LASHLEY (w/MVP) vs. RICOCHET (w/Gates of Agony)
Schiavone said he doesn’t know anyone who was more disliked in a short period of time in AEW than Ricochet. Ricochet addressed the viewers with (lame) local-based taunting of the fans. He took digs at the Philadelphia Eagles and said he hates the state, but then said the only good thing to come from it is his wife. The crowd was dead quiet. Ricochet then said he was surprised Ariel Helwani didn’t ask Tony Khan about MVP. He said MVP is getting really old and starting to get dementia because he called the National Title the International Title. Ricochet said he will be the inaugural champ. Some fans chanted, “Shut the f— up!” He said after he wins the Casino Gauntlet, the “idiot fans” will give him the respect he deserves. He said he’s riding high and no one will stop him from fulfilling his quest for gold. Schiavone said, “Why doesn’t Bobby just hit him right in the back of the head right now?” Lashley picked up Ricochet and threw him as he shrieked onto GOA below. Schiavone said he just wouldn’t shut up.
Lashley went after Ricochet at ringside and then speared both GOA members at ringside. Back in the ring, Ricochet avoided a charging Lashley, who went shoulder-first into the ringpost. He hit Lashley with several kicks and then a shooting star press and a moonsault for a two count. Ricochet pulled the ref into the path of Lashley. Lashley blocked a Spirit Gun and then chokeslammed Ricochet followed by a spear for the win.
WINNER: Lashley in 3:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: Not a fan AT ALL of how that went. Ricochet’s speech was dreadfully long, as if he was stalling for some reason. The payoff of him being so annoying that fans delighted in seeing Lashley spear him wasn’t worth the unbearably ponderous and trite heel work Ricochet did there. Then why is Lashley squashing Ricochet? In a company where they’ve established wrestlers tend to put up a fight against superior competition for 10-15 minutes before losing, this defines Ricochet down.)
-In a backstage promo with Samoa Joe and Katsuyori Shibata, Joe said he was told if he interferes in the “Hangman” Adam Page match, he will forfeit his title match. He said Hangman is guilty of crimes and transgressions against The Opps and he will pay a price. He said Shibata will deal out appropriate justice for what he did to Powerhouse Hobbs. He said tonight is the down payment and at Full Gear he will collect in full. Shibata yelled something about Hangman to close the promo. [c]
-A clip aired from Nov. 7, 2020 of The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega beating FTR. Excalibur seemed to get tripped up after saying the clip was from three years ago “to the day.”
-Renee Paquette then approached The Bucks and asked if they are joining The Don Callis Family. Callis interrupted and told the Bucks to go show everyone why they’re the greatest tag team on the planet. He said he’d to his patented ring introduction for them. Nicholas Jackson seemed to barely tolerate Callis.
(2) MATTHEW & NICHOLAS JACKSON & JOSH ALEXANDER vs. SCORPIO SKY & TOP FLIGHT (Darius & Dante Martin w/Christopher Daniels, Leyla Grey)
Callis introduced The Bucks on the big screen on the stage. He said they are the greatest tag team of the last 1,000 years. (I’m glad he took into account The Millennial Express who wrestled from 1,001-1,022 AD and were definitely more accomplished than The Bucks.) Callis joined in on commentary. The bell rang 18 minutes into the hour. After some dives, they cut to a double-box break at 4:00. [c/db]
Dante escaped a BTE Trigger attempt and landed a running flip dive onto the Bucks at ringside. He scored a near fall seconds later on Alexander center-ring. The Bucks landed their double-team spike tombstone. Alexander then shoved Matt away and applied an anklelock on Dante for the tapout win. Schiavone said Alexander seemed like a bully in that match.
WINNERS: The Bucks & Alexander in 1o:00.
-Callis called Hechicero, Rocky Romero, and Mark Davis int the ring with him, The Bucks, and Alexander. Callis said it was a great victory and now the world is waiting to hear The Bucks officially announce they are joining the Don Callis Family. He said their decision is obvious given what he has been doing for them, so make if official. When they hesitated, Callis implied threats of what would happen if they didn’t join him. He said he’d hate to see happen to them what happened to Kenny Omega.
Omega walked out in a suit with a chair in his hands. He fended off Romero and Hechicero. He then fought Alexander in the ring. The Bucks pulled him off of Alexander. Alexander clipped Omega’s leg from behind and applied a standing anklelock. Callis told Alexander to let him go. He said he had a better idea. He said they can show him they’re with him by giving Omega a BTE Trigger. As they set up the BTE Trigger hesitantly, the Jurassic Express ran out. Jack Perry wielded a snow shovel and Luchasaurus had a vacuum cleaner. The Callis Family retreated.
(Keller’s Analysis: It’s pretty obvious where this is headed, and this segment emphasized and underlined where it’s going while making it clear it won’t happen until Full Gear.)
-Renee interviewed Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron. Harley said they love what they do, which is fight the best women in AEW. They declared themselves “The Babes of Wrath” and chanted the name and acted gregarious.
-They went to the announcers at ringside. Excalibur threw to Tony Schiavone who talked about Bob Caudle’s death at age 95. He said he had a chance to work with him in 1985. He said standing next to him was one of the best moments in his life. He said Bob Caudle is a Hall of Fame wrestling announcer. They showed a graphic of Caudle. [c]
(2) SHELTON BENJAMIN (w/MVP) vs. “SPEEDBALL” MIKE BAILEY
Danielson said this is a classic “striker vs. grappler” battle. The bell rang 43 minutes into the hour. MVP joined in on commentary. A dueling chant of “Let’s Go Speedball / Let’s Go Shelton!” rang out from the crowd. They cut to a double-box break at 4:00 with Shelton in control of Speedball at ringside. [c/db]
Speedball landed a series of kicks against Shelton after the break and then landed a running shooting star press for a two count. They tumbled over the top rope to the floor. With both down, they cut to another break. [c]
Speedball landed a top rope shooting star press for a two count 10:00. Shelton superkicked Speedball and made the cover. Speedball didn’t kick out, but the ref stopped his count at two. It looked awful. MVP ran into the ring and thought it was over. The ref told him it was just two. Shelton then gave Speedball a German suplex onto his head followed by a superkick for the win.
WINNER: Shelton in 12:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: So Shelton was supposed to win ultimately, and the ref decided to not count three when Speedball didn’t kick out just because he thought it was supposed to end ten seconds later? What a fiasco. That looked terrible.) [c]
[HOUR TWO]
(4) JON MOXLEY & CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI (w/Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, Marina Shafir) vs. ORANGE CASSIDY & RODERICK STRONG
Danielson noted Mox tapped out at Blood & Guts. Excalibur said Moxley has been on a losing streak since losing to “Hangman” Page. The bell rang 3 minutes into the hour. Claudio battled Strong in the ring as Mox battled Cassidy at ringside. Cassidy leaped through the ropes at Claudio, but Claudio caught him and pressed him above his head and threw him into the barricade. He then landed a running uppercut. Strong gave Claudio a running knee strike. Cassidy leaped off the ringside barricade onto Mox and Claudio in the crowd area. [c/db]
Cassidy landed a leaping tornado DDT off the top rope onto Claudio at 9:00. He tagged in Strong. Mox also tagged in. Garcia jumped onto the ring apron, so Strong let go his Strong Hold. Mox then gave Strong a Paradigm Shift. Cassidy broke up the cover. Claudio threw Cassidy over the top rope. Strong shoved Claudio into Mox when he climbed to the top rope to set up a Doomsday Device. Strong then superplexed Mox. Cassidy gave Garcia, who was on the ring apron again, an Orange Punch. Cassidy then went after Wheeler Yuta at ringside. Claudio then gave Cassidy a lift-and-drop European uppercut. Mox then applied the Bulldog Choke for the win. Danielson said it took four Death Riders to get that win.
WINNER: Mox & Claudio in 12:00.
-Afterward, Kyle O’Reily ran out and went after Moxley. He applied an anklelock. Yuta and Garcia stomped away at him. Cassidy and Strong threw them out of the ring. O’Reilly locked on the anklelock again until Moxley was dragged to ringside by his cohorts. O’Reilly yelled at Mox that he wants a No Holds Barred match at Full Gear. He said history will show “You tapped out!” Fans chanted, “You tapped out!” Danielson said Mox hates that chant.
-Renee said she received breaking news that the four teams left in the women’s tag tournament will face off in a four-way match at Full Gear with the winner choosing the stip for their semi-finals match.
-Alicia Atout interviewed Kyle Fletcher & Don Callis and Mark Briscoe. She asked why they agreed to stipulations with such high stakes. Fletcher said he’s already beat him three times and he’ll make it four this Saturday and he’ll also set the record for the most TNT Title defenses. Fletcher said he can’t wait to see how Briscoe will thrive as part of a real family. Brisco said not to talk to him about family. He said his new family is the Paragon. He said he knows failure is not an option. He vowed he will win on Saturday and not let his family down. He said he’ll make his family proud. Kazuchika Okada and Hechicero attacked Briscoe from behind. Callis said he’s not going to make his family proud, but he (Callis) is going to make his kids orphans. Fletcher thanked Okada for not agreeing to no physicality. Okada said he is glad he could help because Konosuke Takeshita couldn’t. [c]
-A vignette aired with Pac. He talked about Darby. He said he has been doing soul searching and he owes him an apology. He said he vowed to break his neck at Blood & Guts, but that didn’t happen. He said he sent his burning corpse to the burn unit. He said no one has seen or heard from him since last week. He said he is probably intimidated and scared. He said maybe he took things too far. He told him if he still has a backbone, he will answer his question. He said he should show up at Full Gear with no nonsense, no weapons, no tasers, no cattle prods, no fire. He said when he is stripped of his bells and whistles, there is no way someone like him can compete at the level of a legitimate athlete like him.
(5) “HANGMAN” ADAM PAGE vs. KATSUYORI SHIBATA
Samoa Joe came out and joined in on commentary. Hangman attacked Shibata at ringside. He threw Shibata into the ring and then looked at Joe. When he stepped onto the ring apron, the ref called for the bell. Joe roared with laughter. The ref called for the bell 51 minutes into the hour. Shibata took over at ringside. They cut to a break at 5:00. [c/db]
Shibata gave Hangman a low blow and then applied a cross armbreaker. Hangman’s boot reached the bottom rope to force a break.
[HOUR THREE – COLLISION]
Hangman’s boot slipped off during a standing anklelock. Hangman reached the bottom rope to force a break. He then clotheslined Shibata, caught his boot mid-air, and then hit the Buckshot Lariat for the win.
WINNER: Hangman in 11:00.
-Afterward, Hangman stared down at Joe. He told Joe he wanted him to look around him. He said he is surrounded by thousands of crazy-ass fans and is at the commentary desk, he is now alone. He said when he steps into the steel cage against him at Full Gear, he wants him to remember he sent Hobbs to the hospital and he just sent Shibata to a (bleep). Fans laughed, so it must’ve been funny. Joe glared at Hangman. He said he wanted him to remember what he did last time he was locked in a cage with another man. He said he will do it again if he has to. Excalibur said both men are capable of incredible levels of violence. A graphic plugged their PPV cage match.
Joshua White’s coverage of the rest of the third hour now takes over in a separate Collision report post. Check it out.
SPECIAL NOTE: Our plan is go to live with the LIVE POST-SHOW after Dynamite ends around 10:15 and “live watch” the third hour Collision portion of the show during the live stream on YouTube. We also will be joined by an on-site correspondent.
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PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch’s Dennis Kline to review AEW Dynamite LIVE tonight right after Dynamite (around 10:15 ET). Join us and let us know your thoughts on Dynamite during the show.
Email our post-show at wadekellerpodcast@gmail.com with your comments and questions about Dynamite. We’ll read your emails live during the post-show.
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