MJF appears to sign hair vs title match contract, Owen Hart Foundation Tournament field revealed and more

Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) had a determination to marque going into "Dynamite." Will helium enactment his hairsbreadth connected the enactment successful a lucifer for Darby Allin’s All Elite Wrestling (AEW) World Championship astatine Double oregon Nothing?

It seemed to beryllium the lone mode MJF was going to get a rubric changeable immediately. Allin said antecedently that MJF would ne'er get a rubric changeable again if helium didn’t hold to the stipulation for the match. MFJ walked to the ringing connected Wednesday nighttime arsenic chants of "bald" filling the arena.

"I’m blessed for you. I anticipation you had amusive holding my AEW World Championship, I truly do," MJF said portion contemplating signing the declaration for the match. "Deep down, there’s a portion of me, and I’m talking astir the size of a man’s penis from North Carolina small, small, tiny portion that feels atrocious for you due to the fact that you’re ne'er gonna clasp this again. I mean, you’ve got astir arsenic bully of a changeable astatine holding this satellite rubric arsenic ‘Hangman’ Adam Page does again.

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AEW Champion MJF visits SiriusXM connected Radio Row astatine Super Bowl LX successful San Francisco, Calif., connected Feb. 5, 2026. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

"Guys similar you, Darby, you’re a dime a twelve – present today, gone tomorrow. Stuntmen who pain the candle astatine some ends. In this life, radical similar each of you, you similar to unreal that beingness is astir making friends and household and your children. The lone happening that matters successful this beingness is your legacy. And your bequest volition beryllium that of a kid who had his 15 minutes of fame. They’ll unreal similar you made immoderate benignant of interaction but the information of the substance is you haven’t, bud."

MJF stressed that Allin was conscionable "lucky" and fans volition cognize helium was "too reckless and stupid" to enactment connected top. He vowed to go a three-time satellite champion astatine the property of 30.

Allin said helium didn’t attraction astir legacy. He said helium volition marque MJF arsenic "bald-headed b---h."

MJF appeared to motion the declaration and deed a fewer inexpensive shots connected Allin. He deed him with the Dynamite Diamond Ring.

Allin squared disconnected against Konosuke Takeshita successful his latest rubric defence connected "Dynamite." Takeshita gave Allin each that helium could handle, including a bridging German suplex from the apical rope. Allin, showing his guts, kept his pursuit of glory.

Takeshita near Allin with a bloodied mouth. But nary substance the brutality, Allin was capable to withstand it all. Takeshita was capable to interruption the Scorpion Death Lock and deed him with 2 Coffin Drops instantly afterward.

Allin already has his adjacent challenger lined up.

"Speedball" Mike Bailey called retired the victor of the AEW World Championship lucifer earlier successful the nighttime and it appeared he’s the adjacent idiosyncratic to instrumentality connected Allin.

Owen Hart Foundation Tournament fields revealed

Willow Nightingale and Momo Watanabe vie during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Wrestle Dynasty lawsuit astatine Tokyo Dome successful Tokyo, Japan, connected Jan. 5, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

The participants for the 2026 Owen Hart Foundation Men’s and Women’s Tournaments were unveiled during the night.

The men’s tourney featured Samoa Joe vs. Will Ospreay and Mark Davis vs. Jack Perry connected the near broadside of the bracket. On the close side, Swerve Strickland volition instrumentality connected Bandido and Claudio Castagnoli volition instrumentality connected Brody King. The Joe-Ospreay and Strickland-Bandido matches volition instrumentality spot astatine Double oregon Nothing.

The women’s tourney saw Persephone vs. Hazuki and Willow Nightingale and Alex Windsor connected the near broadside of the bracket and Mina Shirikawa vs. Athena and Skye Blue vs. Saree connected the close side. Nightingale and Windsor volition quadrate disconnected astatine Double oregon Nothing.

The finals for the men’s and women’s tournaments volition instrumentality spot astatine Forbidden Door connected June 28. The winners of each tourney gain a changeable astatine the AEW World Championship and the AEW Women’s World Championship astatine All In connected Aug. 30.

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Will Ospreay returns to the AEW ring

Will Ospreay competes successful the ringing during AEW Dynamite astatine the Petersen Events Center successful Pittsburgh, Pa., connected Oct. 2, 2024. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

"Dynamite" featured different conception involving Will Ospreay grooming with the Death Riders arsenic the faction looked to crook him from a lovable wrestling instrumentality into an battle weapon. Ospreay was cleared for his lucifer against Ace Austin – his archetypal clip successful an AEW ringing since doctors stopped his lucifer against Mark Davis connected April 22.

Ospreay was seen bridging connected a mat arsenic Jon Moxley gave him tips connected a headlock portion moving with Yuta Wheeler. Moxley imparted immoderate contented onto Ospreay arsenic the 2 appeared to beryllium connected the apical of a parking store training, recalling erstwhile things were truthful elemental successful pro wrestling earlier the value of the satellite bore down connected his shoulders.

"Nothing is different. Nothing has changed. All of those things are inactive gonna beryllium determination but you tin inactive fly," Moxley said. "You’re conscionable much dangerous. You’re a vertebrate of prey. So contiguous erstwhile you spell retired there, don’t spell retired determination to support thing – not your neck, not your image, not your reputation, not everything you built successful your career. Don’t spell retired determination to support something. Go retired determination to springiness something."

However heavy Moxley’s earworm is connected Ospreay volition beryllium determined implicit the adjacent fewer weeks. He bushed Ace Austin connected Wednesday via submission and volition spell into the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament against Samoa Joe.

Joe was acceptable to unleash Anthony Bowens and Katsuyori Shibata connected Ospreay but the Death Riders came retired to swarm The Opps earlier immoderate much unit could instrumentality place.

Brian Cage returns

AEW prima Brian Cage had missed 14 months with an wounded but reappeared connected "Dynamite" to reply Kevin Knight’s unfastened situation for the TNT Championship.

Sideline newsman Renee Paquette described Cage arsenic being, "somehow, much jacked, much locked in," than ever before. He past appeared connected AEW TV successful March 2025 successful a six-man tag squad lucifer with Konosuke Takeshita and Lance Archer arsenic they defeated Mark Briscoe, Powerhouse Hobbs and Rocky Romero.

Cage was the Ring of Honor TV champion for a fewer months successful 2024 and received an accidental to situation Ospreay for the AEW International Championship.

Knight did spell connected to get the triumph implicit Cage.

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"Dynamite" lucifer results

• Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Orange Cassidy, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson def. Clark Connors, Tomasso Ciampa, Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood and David Finlay successful a 10-man tag squad match.
• "Speedball" Mike Bailey def. Westbrook.
• Kevin Knight def. Brian Cage to clasp the TNT Championship.
• Will Ospreay def. Ace Austin.
• Alex Windsor, Jamie Hayer and Hikaru Shida def. Thekla, Skye Blue and Julia Hart via DQ.