The field is set. AEW Dynamite results from Wednesday night in Cleveland filled out all eight spots in Saturday’s Clockwork Carnage match for the AEW World Championship, and the night ended exactly how you would expect with that many contenders in one building: a full blown brawl that security had to break up.
Wednesday’s show was a combined three hour edition of Dynamite and Collision, the final stop before AEW WrestleDream on Saturday, October 17.
Clockwork Carnage field is complete
Five qualifiers went down on the night. Adam Copeland speared Josh Alexander, Konosuke Takeshita made Brian Cage tap to a Dragon Sleeper, Kazuchika Okada beat Myron Reed with a Rainmaker in a match that also had his International Championship on the line, Ricochet put away Ace Austin with a Spirit Gun and Vertigo, and Darby Allin retained the TNT Championship over Hechicero with two Coffin Drops.
They join champion Will Ospreay, Samoa Joe and Speedball Mike Bailey. Under the Clockwork Carnage rules, wrestlers enter one at a time, and anyone pinned or submitted during that entry stage is out. Once all eight are in, a 15 minute clock starts, and whoever has the most falls when time expires walks out as AEW World Champion.
Copeland drops a bombshell, then gets jumped
The biggest moment of the night came after Copeland’s win, when he told the crowd that 2027 will be his final year in professional wrestling and that he wants the AEW World Championship before he goes. Don Callis and Brian Cage came out to confront him, Kevin Knight, Lance Archer and Kyle Fletcher attacked from behind, and Cage flattened Copeland with an F5. Takeshita, Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong made the save.
Full results (October 14, Cleveland)
- The Don Callis Family (Mark Davis, Jake Doyle and Wardlow) defeated The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Gabe Kidd and Daniel Garcia)
- Adam Copeland defeated Josh Alexander (Clockwork Carnage qualifier)
- Konosuke Takeshita defeated Brian Cage by submission (Clockwork Carnage qualifier)
- Kazuchika Okada defeated Myron Reed (AEW International Championship and Clockwork Carnage qualifier)
- Triangle of Madness defeated Mercedes Moné and Divine Dominion
- Tommaso Ciampa and Samoa Joe defeated Will Ospreay and Andrade El Idolo by technical submission
- Ricochet defeated Ace Austin (Clockwork Carnage qualifier)
- Dani Luna and Hyan defeated Persephone and Britt Baker
- Darby Allin defeated Hechicero (TNT Championship and Clockwork Carnage qualifier)
Other notes from the show
- Mark Davis pinned Jon Moxley with a piledriver in the opener, and Moxley later lost his temper backstage with Renee Paquette before Marina Shafir calmed him down. Davis challenges Moxley for the Continental Championship at WrestleDream.
- After the women’s tag, Persephone went after Dani Luna and Queen Aminata stepped up looking for a TBS Championship shot. That is now a four way at WrestleDream.
- Chris Jericho low blowed Nick Wayne after a back and forth of video packages. Their rubber match is set for Saturday, and if Wayne loses, Jericho has to apologize to his face.
- Mojo Brookzz filled in for Swerve Strickland, who was away on family business, and joined New Level.
- FTR and the Motor City Machine Guns agreed to a best of five series that starts on the Tailgate Brawl preshow.
AEW WrestleDream is Saturday, October 17, with the Tailgate Brawl preshow on TNT and HBO Max ahead of the main card. Along with Clockwork Carnage, Mercedes Moné defends the Women’s World Championship against Thekla, and the Young Bucks defend the World Tag Team Championships against Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher.
