AEW’s latest Dynamite is positioned as a true bridge show on the road to Revolution, with the company stacking tonight’s Denver card around unfinished business from last week’s Dynamite in Sacramento and Collision in Oceanside. The headline story is MJF and Hangman Page finally choosing the stipulation for their AEW World Championship match, but the deeper appeal of this show is how many stories are colliding at once: the Death Riders and Don Callis Family feud keeps escalating, the tag division is spilling into full-scale chaos, Willow Nightingale is carrying major weight across multiple women’s storylines, and Gabe Kidd’s increasingly unstable presence is pulling Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin into a more violent lane. One quick note on the date: the advertised Dynamite card is for Wednesday, February 25, 2026, from the Mission Ballroom in Denver, even though we’re framing this preview for “tonight.” 

Here is everything advertised for tonight’s show

• MJF & Hangman Adam Page decide the stipulation for AEW Revolution
• Jon Moxley vs. El Clon
• Orange Cassidy vs. Gabe Kidd
• Mark Davis vs. Brody King
• Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) (c) vs. MegaBad (Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford) — AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship
• Mile High Madness Anything Goes (10-man): Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona, Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler & Ricochet vs. Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Jack Perry  

The breakdown, analysis, storylines, narratives and significance

MJF and Hangman Page deciding the Revolution stipulation is the entire emotional center of the show

This is not just a contract-style segment. AEW has framed it as a clash of worldview and psychology.

Last week, Hangman came into the MJF confrontation with two things: rage and self-awareness. He told MJF this feud cannot be “just a normal wrestling match,” pushed for Texas Death, and then made the massive gamble that if he loses, he will never challenge for the AEW World Championship again. MJF immediately recognized the leverage in that and accepted the career-altering clause, but delayed the actual stipulation decision by one week, which is why tonight matters so much. AEW’s own recap even noted Hangman pausing in the aisle as the weight of what he risked started to sink in. 

That pause is the key to the story.

This version of Hangman is not the fully composed ace. He is a wounded former champion trying to force finality. MJF, meanwhile, is doing what MJF does best: turning another man’s pain into a negotiation advantage. The segment should define the tone of Revolution’s main event. If AEW lands it, the world title match becomes less about “who is better” and more about whether Hangman can survive his own desperation long enough to beat the most opportunistic champion in the company.

There is also a larger cloud over this segment: Swerve Strickland’s post-match attack on Kenny Omega last week and his suspension fallout. Even if Swerve isn’t directly inserted tonight, AEW has deliberately created a world where Hangman’s history with Swerve can’t be ignored while Hangman is making reckless decisions. That adds tension before anyone even throws a punch. 

Jon Moxley vs. El Clon is not filler — it is the next rung in the Death Riders vs. Don Callis Family war

On paper, this looks like a tune-up. In storyline, it is a pressure point.

Last week on Dynamite, Moxley beat Mark Davis, then stood with the Death Riders and challenged Konosuke Takeshita to a no-time-limit match at Revolution, making it clear he wanted a decisive ending after their previous draw. Don Callis accepted later that same night. Collision then advanced the feud again with the Callis Family (Takeshita, El Clon, Davis) beating Moxley, Yuta, and PAC in trios action, only for Moxley to drop Takeshita with a Paradigm Shift afterward. AEW and Fightful both frame tonight’s Moxley vs. El Clon match as a direct continuation of that arc, not a random booking choice. 

The significance tonight is pacing.

AEW needs to keep Moxley hot without making the feud feel like a repetitive faction loop. The best-case outcome is a match that advances the Takeshita program in a visible way, either through the finish or a post-match angle. El Clon is a useful opponent here because he gives Moxley someone credible, chaotic, and connected to the larger Callis machine. If this is kept violent and efficient, it will work as an effective bridge to Revolution.

Orange Cassidy vs. Gabe Kidd is where AEW can prove this issue has real bite

This match comes directly from Collision, and AEW set it up the right way.

On last week’s Dynamite, Cassidy teamed with Tomohiro Ishii against Clark Connors and Gabe Kidd, and the match was built around Kidd’s volatility and his NJPW history with Ishii. Darby Allin then attacked Kidd with a skateboard during the finish, which pushed Kidd and Connors further into vendetta mode. Collision followed that with Kidd and Connors interrupting the broadcast desk, with Kidd threatening Cassidy and daring him to fight “next week, anytime, anyplace.” AEW then officially announced Cassidy vs. Kidd for tonight, and Fightful highlighted that the match was announced through AEW’s social media rollout. 

Narratively, this is a very smart AEW TV match.

Cassidy gives Kidd a recognizable, protected opponent. Kidd gives Cassidy a different kind of fight than the usual workrate TV formula — more hostility, more unpredictability, more danger of outside chaos. The Darby factor is also lurking over this. Even if Darby never touches the bell-to-bell action, he is part of the emotional architecture of the match. If AEW wants Gabe Kidd to feel like more than a short-term imported threat, this is the night to show it.

Mark Davis vs. Brody King is a heavyweight momentum fight with real ladder-climbing implications

Brody King’s direction has been clear since last week: he is not retreating after the MJF loss.

AEW used a post-Grand Slam promo to reframe Brody immediately. Instead of sulking over coming up short, Brody said he was “this close,” then called his shot for February 25 and vowed to fight his way back into the world title hunt. That is important character maintenance after a major loss. On the other side, Mark Davis has quietly become one of the most useful connective wrestlers in AEW TV storylines — he can work bruising singles matches, take losses that still look competitive, and remain relevant through the Callis Family story. Fightful confirmed this exact match was added coming out of Collision. 

This match matters because AEW has to define Brody’s tier.

If Brody wins decisively, AEW is telling viewers he remains a world-title orbit monster. If Davis pushes him to the limit, that helps both men because it reinforces Davis as a dangerous gatekeeper while preserving Brody’s comeback narrative. Either way, the match has more value than a standard “return bout,” especially on a show loaded with stipulation and faction-heavy angles.

The Women’s Tag Team Title rematch is carrying more long-term story weight than it looks like at first glance

The announced rematch between the Babes of Wrath and MegaBad is one of the most important structural matches on the show because of what it says about Willow Nightingale’s role in AEW.

Willow is coming off a TBS title retention in a chaotic four-way, where Megan Bayne was again positioned as a major physical threat in the match. AEW then kept the pressure on through Collision with Babes of Wrath cutting a backstage promo aimed at MegaBad, with Willow explicitly leaning into the idea that she will fight “twice as hard” as a double champion. F4W/WON also noted Tony Khan announced the title rematch on social media and added that Bayne and Penelope Ford will be accompanied by Lena Kross. 

The significance tonight is division alignment.

AEW can use this one match to push multiple narratives:

• keep Willow and Harley strong as the division anchors,
• keep Bayne heated as a looming singles threat to Willow’s TBS title,
• and continue building the women’s side of Revolution without needing a long promo segment.

This is also a spot where execution matters. AEW’s women’s division has momentum right now, but Bayne’s recent dangerous landing has drawn criticism in the wider discourse. A clean, focused, high-impact title match tonight would help center the conversation back on character and storytelling instead of risk management. 

Mile High Madness Anything Goes is AEW’s “everything at once” match — and that’s exactly why it belongs on this show

This is the most overtly “Collision fallout” match on the card, and it fits the week perfectly.

Collision advanced the tag-team ecosystem in a big way: the Rascalz beat FTR in an eliminator to earn a future title shot, and the larger fallout around FTR, the Bucks, Jack Perry, Ricochet, and Gates of Agony escalated into a personal and chaotic issue. F4W/WON’s report notes Tony Khan formally announced this 10-man Anything Goes match on social media and explicitly tied it to the post-Collision attack angle involving FTR, The Demand, the Rascalz, the Bucks, and Jack Perry. Cageside’s preview reinforces that this is a revenge-and-chaos match as much as it is a tag division setup. 

The trick here is narrative control.

This match can easily become a highlight reel with no consequences if AEW is not careful. But if the booking is disciplined, it can advance at least three Revolution directions at once:

• FTR vs. Young Bucks (already official),
• Rascalz as legitimate title threats after beating the champions,
• Ricochet / Jack Perry / Gates of Agony as the wildcard violence engine.

In other words, this is not just spectacle. It is AEW trying to organize a crowded tag and trios landscape into cleaner PPV lanes.

Current AEW Revolution card

AEW Revolution is set for Sunday, March 15, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. As of tonight, these are the key matches either officially set or sitting right on the doorstep based on current TV direction. 

Confirmed / effectively locked in

• AEW World Championship: MJF (c) vs. Hangman Page (stipulation to be finalized tonight)
• AEW World Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. Young Bucks
• AEW Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (No Time Limit)

Strongly teased / likely directions

• AEW Women’s World Championship: Thekla (c) vs. Thunder Rosa (with Kris Statlander still in the mix)
• TBS Championship: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Megan Bayne
• AEW National Championship: Ricochet (c) vs. Jack Perry
• TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa
• Darby Allin vs. Gabe Kidd (if the Cassidy/Kidd issue escalates again tonight)

AEW has done a strong job making Revolution feel like a destination rather than a placeholder PPV. Tonight’s Dynamite is the kind of show that determines whether those directions feel inevitable or merely possible. If the MJF/Hangman segment hits, if the Death Riders/Callis story advances with purpose, and if Mile High Madness delivers meaningful fallout, this could be the episode that locks the Revolution card into focus.  

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