AEW Holiday Bash – Dynamite: Worlds End gets a devilish twist

At AEW Holiday Bash in Manchester, England, AEW Men's World Champion Samoa Joe, "Hangman" Adam Page, and Swerve Strickland signed the contract for their Championship match at Worlds End Dec. 27 in Chicago, IL.

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Promo poster for AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash Dec. 17, 2025 in Manchester, England.

AEW is in Manchester, England for Dynamite/Collision, a special 3-hour show tonight.

There’s lots to get to in the card with more Continental Classic matches and a massive 4v4 women’s tag match! As well, Swerve Strickland, “Hangman” Adam Page, and Samoa Joe will sign their contracts for the 3-way AEW Men’s World Championship match at World’s End.

Starting hot! They’re already in the ring as the show starts!

1. Roderick Strong (0-0-2) vs. Jon Moxley (1-0-2) in the Continental Classic Blue League

The two grapple after staring each other down. Both men desperately need a win.

This is the fifth meeting between the two and they’re tied 2-2. Strong goes for an ankle lock but maybe just to get in Moxley’s head, as the commentary team points out. Just teasing it.

Strong gets Moxley in the corner and then hits a dragon screw on the left ankle. The two end up in the crowd after Moxley takes a heavy chop.

That’s gonna leave a mark! They exchange forearm shots. Strong throws him back over the barricade towards the ring. Moxley retaliates and hits back with an elbow suicida towards the announce desk.

Moxley goes fror a sleeper hold but Strong fights out of it. Moxley gives Strong a free shot but comes back with a knee to the gut. Moxley looks for a pile driver but Strong counters and takes control with a couple of dives outside the ring and then lariats back in the ring.

Strong goes for a Stronghold but Moxley twists out of it. They end up outside again. Strong picks up Moxley and drives his left arm and back onto the steel steps. Back in the ring, Strong claws at Moxley’s back, a taste of his own medicine. Moxley fights out of the pinfall attempt.

Moxley takes a number of shots but bounces off the ropes and hits a big lariat. Moxley counters the Stronghold attempt. He then hits a cutter but Strong kicks out at two. A pile driver doesn’t keep Strong down either. Moxley gets a sleeper hold but Strong rolls towards the bottom rope.

A leaping knee strike to Moxley’s jaw. Stronghold gets locked in. Loser of this match is eliminated!

Moxley gets a Paradigm Shift but can’t capitalize quick enough. Moxley hits a Death Rider! Strong is down and his tournament is over.

Winner: Jon Moxley (2-0-1) gets three points as Roderick Strong (0-0-3) is mathematically eliminated in the Blue League.

Eddie Kingston is backstage and says he learned from his loss to AEW Men’s World Champion Samoa Joe. He puts his future opponents on notice. “I learn and I move forward.” He says he may be back at Collision.

2. Konosuke Takeshita, Hechicero, and AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada vs. The Elite for $1,000,000

Interesting to note, Okada comes out himself, after Takeshita, Hechicero, and Don Callis already get to the ring. Guess Okada’s entrance is that special, eh?

Matt and Nick Jackson come out with their OG BTE music.

Takeshita and Omega start for their teams. Takeshita eventually gets a kick in but Omega comes right back as he drops Takeshita. The Bucks tag in and hit back elbows. Okada tries to get in but the Young Bucks stop him.

Not sure if even Takeshita can see straight after a move like this!

It would be great if AEW (or anyone, really!) could edit the feed to have Tweety birds around Takeshita’s head there.

Hechicero takes control against Omega and then tags in Okada. Takeshita goes for a double suplex with Okada but he doesn’t want it. Takeshita hits him and he and Hechicero drop Omega. Okada goes for another suplex on Omega but The Best Bout Machine counters!

Omega fights out of the wrong corner and sends Okada and Takeshita down. Takeshita hits him but Omega drops him and tags in Matt Jackson. Nick Jackson hits Hechicero with a back breaker.

The Young Bucks drop Okada. The Elite hit all three opponents with tope suicidas! Back in the ring, Hechicero hits Matt Jackson with a hammer lock and spins before a devastating backbreaker.

Okada has Matt Jackson in the ring but he fights off all three opponents. He hits Takeshita with a Stunner on the floor. Cazadora into a Bulldog and Matt Jackson buys himself some time, tagging in his brother Nick. Nick hits both Takeshita and Okada with a sweet double move, yelling out “LUCHA LIBRE!” as he does. Hechicero lands a massive hit but Nick counters and hits him back with a Canadian Destroyer!

Okada is legal and he calls out Omega. Cue the collective “OH SHIT!” Hechicero hits Nick with a guillotine leg drop. Omega hits Takeshita with a huge knee strike after a Blue Thunder Bomb to Nick.

Takeshita gets hit with a Sunset flip from the Bucks. Takeshita hits Matt Jackson with a massive drop but Omega breaks up the cover! Takeshita and Okada are still teasing their beef, more or less. Okada gets dropped and Takeshita doesn’t seem too apologetic. Something about “one’s own medicine”.

Omega hits all three with Snap Dragon Suplexes. Hechicero gets the V-Trigger and an assisted One-Winged Angel!

Winners: The Elite.

Don Callis has the bag with the prize money and tries to escape. Okada and Takeshita wipe them out and the two stare each other down. Don Callis tries to urge them to squash it, inadvertently leaving the money in the ring with The Elite.

Contract signing for the AEW Men’s World Championship Triple Threat match at Worlds End

Tony Schiavone is in the ring and makes the introductions. Any physicality will result in the aggressor forfeiting their title shot.

“Hangman” Adam Page enters first, followed by Swerve Strickland with his chain (with Prince Nana), and finally Samoa Joe (with Powerhouse Hobbs and HOOK).

Samoa Joe doesn’t want to hear Schiavone talk. Joe says he brought along Hobbs and HOOK so that the “volatile” energy that always surrounds Strickland and Page wouldn’t cause anyone any harm.

The crowd chants “Whose House? SWERVE’S HOUSE!”

Strickland reminds Joe that he’s back for the title. He says – after everything – he and Page have a common enemy. He reminds Joe of their last encounter. He tells both opponents that they cannot kill a god with bullets.

Page tells Joe and Strickland that they had their chances to win the title off of Moxley but that he did it at All In. He knew the two of them would come back when he won. He says Joe has become worse than the Death Riders “on their worst day”. He doesn’t want Joe to be remembered for this version of himself.

Page names Darby Allin, Will Ospreay (which the Manchester crowd loves, of course!), and Strickland as men he’d planned to defend the AEW Men’s World Championship against. Page says that he’s not sure who wins their 3-way but he IS sure it WON’T be Joe.

Schiavone announces the signatures and the lights go out.

MJF’s music hits and the crowd goes … wait for it … WILD! THIS IS NOW A 4-WAY MATCH AT WORLD’S END.

MJF singles out Page and says he needs to hurt him. He wants to beat Page and two of Page’s biggest rivals at once. Page’s fans will have no excuses that way. Joe tries to interrupt but MJF isn’t having it. He says the fans dictate who goes down as an all-time great. He says luck has run out for “Sloppy Joe”.

Almost insulted by MJF, Strickland says MJF should fear him most. MJF says Strickland, or “Shane”, reminds him of P. Diddy. MJF calls attention to Strickland’s run in WWE. He says Strickland’s title run was nowhere near as long as his own. MJF says it’s his house.

“The rent is due and the devil has come to collect!”

He reminds the others what is name is and drops the mic.

Backstage, JetSpeed relish their match in the Continental Classic. They both have matches on Collision.

3. Marina Shafir, “The Megasus” Megan Bayne, “The Fallen Goddess” Athena, and “The CEO” Mercedes Mone vs. Timeless Lovebombs and Babes of Wrath

Mone and Nightingale start for their teams. Mone gets dropped and Cameron hits her with a splash. Athena tags in and drops Cameron before she comes back with Soul Food.

Shafir tags in and Mina tags in as well but gets in after Cameron hits a leg sweep.

Bayne gets in but Shirakawa fights off both. Storm drops Shirakawa onto Shafir but the action breaks down, unsurprising to anyone familiar with matches with this many wrestlers involved.

Bayne has Cameron in a waist lock but she elbows her way out. Athena disrupts from the outside but Bayne gets hit with a DDT. Cameron tags in Storm and Bayne tags in Shafir. Storm goes after her without hesitation, capping a flurry with a DDT. Hip attack in the corner!

Athena breaks up Storm Zero but Shirakawa drops her. Backbreaker from Mone and Cameron drops her. Bayne and Nightingale tag in after the chaos. Bayne hits a pump kick but Nightingale drops her with a Doctor Bomb! The Megasus hits a huricanrana from the ropes! Bodies end up outside the ring but Athena and Storm are in the ring, They end up outside too!

Mone gets leveled with a huge shoulder tackle from Nightingale.

She then drops Bayne on the outside. O-face from Athena!

Mone quickly jumps and pins Nightingale!

Winners: Marina Shafir, “The Megasus” Megan Bayne, “The Fallen Goddess” Athena, and “The CEO” Mercedes Mone.

4. “The Bastard” PAC (1-0-1) vs. “The ProtoStar” Kyle Fletcher (2-0-1) in the Continental Classic Gold League

PAC is undefeated in all previous matches against Fletcher.

After a slow build, PAC gets control with a big hip drop. The two jostle about but PAC has wrist control, repeatedly dropping Fletcher.

Fletcher finally gets back with a scoop and slam. PAC knows his moves, clearly, But Fletcher sends him flipping with a huge lariat!

Might need those Tweety birds again. The home crowd isn’t too thrilled, backing “The Bastard”.

PAC hits a diving huricanrana out of nowhere, getting insane momentum without a running start. He walks right into a thrust kick and Fletcher gets up on the ropes. PAC meets him and hits an Avalanche belly-to-belly suplex!

Both are in the middle of the ring slugging it out. PAC hits a German Suplex but Fletcher counters with a Michinoku Driver! Two on the cover. Both again get up to their feet. PAC gets the boot up and climbs the ropes but Fletcher rolls out of the ring. PAC goes out and drops on him anyways. Two on the Tiger Suplex cover for PAC.

PAC climbs the ropes and Fletcher rolls out. PAC gets hit with a massive kick and Fletcher hits a Liger Bomb. Two on the count again. Fletcher catches PAC but PAC locks in a Standing Brutalizer! Rolling ,they end up on the mat and PAC gets in again. Fletcher gets his boot on the bottom rope, not realizing before how close he was to the ropes!

PAC hits a huge lariat but Fletcher kicks out again! PAC climbs the ropes but Fletcher kicks the ropes. Jaw kick. Brainbuster. PAC gets up!

Fletcher goes for a Turnbuckle Brainbuster but PAC fights back with his knees. PAC hits an Avalanche reverse huricanrana! He follows up with a Black Arrow!

Winner: “The Bastard” PAC (2-0-1) beats Kyle Fletcher (2-0-2) for three points in the Gold League. There is now a four-way tie at six points in the Gold League.

5. Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale

Jurassic Express come in, joining Ace Austin, Shelton Benjamin, Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, Josh Alexander, and Mark Davis. Brodido enter next. The Demand jump them from behind as they enter the ring and the rest decide to get the party started. Ace Austin hits Ricochet with a tope suicida.

Davis and Alexander go after Caster and Bowens. Luchasaurus and Benjamin pair off. Bowens and Caster enf up with Bishop Kaun on his back. “Scissor me timbers!” They were going to reunite but Ricochet eliminates Caster!

Shelton Benjamin takes out The Demand. Ace Austin takes on Alexander and Davis. Davis takes him out. Bowens gets taken out by Davis as well. Ace Austin gets eliminated.

Brody King and Mark Davis slug it out. Benjamin and Luchasaurus work together on Ricochet. Benjamin, Davis, and Luchasaurus get eliminated within a three-second window.

Down to Alexander, Brodido, and The Demand now. Brody King drops Ricochet onto Toa Liona in the corner. Alexander gets King into an ankle lock. Bandido helps him out, eliminating Alexander!

The Demand and Brodido look for the advantage. Brody King eliminates himself, taking out Toa Liona with him! Bandido takees out Bishop Kaun!

It will be AEW National Champion Ricochet and ROH World Champion Bandido next week!

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