AEW Dynamite is live on TBS and TNT from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the first episode of the New Year of 2026.Jon Moxley (c) vs. Shelton BenjaminHangman Page & Swerve Strickland vs. Powerhouse Hobbs & HOOK

It’s main event time!

Inside the BOK Center, the lights go out as “The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts informs the viewing audience at home and crowd in attendance that AEW will not be liable for what happens throughout the remainder of tonight’s show, as it’s time for our Lights Out Unsanctioned main event of the evening.

The Opps duo of Powerhouse Hobbs and HOOK make their entrance, followed by their opposition, the team of Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland. The four men waste no time in getting things started, as all four collide to get this one officially off-and-running.

Swerve and Page have the upper hand early on, but Hobbs sends Strickland back out of the ring before grabbing a steel chair. Swerve is propped up against the steps as the Powerhouse takes a swing, but Strickland narrowly avoids it.

Hobbs gets taken out by the Hangman instead, before he and Swerve turn their attention to HOOK. Swerve lands a Death Valley Driver sending HOOK onto the apron before continuing the attack by sending “The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil” into the ringside barricade.

Meanwhile, back in the ring we see Hangman Page with a chain. He chases HOOK before running into a spear by Hobbs, who gets sent to the floor with a dive by Strickland. HOOK and Swerve are now fighting it out on the apron, until HOOK sends Strickland onto the hardest part of the ring with a T-bone suplex.

On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues in our Lights Out Unsanctioned main event here on the first AEW Dynamite show of the New Year of 2026 in “The Boomer Sooner State.”

When the show returns from what is likely to be the final advertising time out of the evening, we see that a table has been brought into the ring and propped against the corner. In the end, it is Hangman who gets sent through it with an exploder suplex by HOOK.

A chair gets brought into the ring, but it’s HOOK who gets hit with it in the corner, as Swerve brings in a staple gun to use on the son of “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz. Page takes a few shots at him before landing a pop-up powerbomb, but Hobbs is back in the ring and sends him out.

He hoists Swerve up for a suplex but gets hit with a staple gun shot by Strickland. Hobbs isn’t fazed by this until Page intervenes, allowing Swerve to go down low for a staple shot to Hobbs’ no-no-zone. Page and Strickland leave the ring, pulling out a board with cinder blocks set up to bring into the ring.

Hobbs fights back with a chair until Strickland drops him with a German suplex. Hobbs gets back up, setting Strickland up on the cinder blocks. He grabs the chair but it gets pulled away by Prince Nana, who gets laid out in the corner for his efforts.

Swerve goes back after Hobbs now, eventually getting the chair to land some shots of his own on Hobbs. Strickland goes up top, but gets caught by Hobbs…who drops Swerve onto the cinder blocks with the World’s Strongest Slam. We see a cover by Hobbs, but Hangman breaks it up.

Page goes for a Dead Eye, but Hobbs counters, and HOOK pulls him off the apron when he goes for a Buckshot Lariat attempt. The Opps Dojo comes running out for a beatdown made legal by the nature of this match. The crowd is letting them know how they feel about it, and it’s obvious they aren’t happy.

Regardless, on things go as they get Page and Strickland back in the ring, where Hobbs ties the two up with the chain. He then heads off to deal with Nana on the apron, who surprises him with a shot of coffee to the face. This allows Page and Swerve to escape and begin a fired up comeback.

The crowd comes to life as they go to work on Hobbs. HOOK takes out Nana, only to be knocked off the apron by Hobbs. Hangman blasts Hobbs with a rolling forearm. He looks to follow up with a Buckshot Lariat, but Hobbs avoids it. Swerve goes to the top-rope and leaps for a Swerve Stomp to the Dojo guys at ringside.

Meanwhile, Page sets Hobbs up for a Dead Eye, which Swerve sets up with a Swerve Stomp. This combo sends Hobbs onto the cinder blocks that were set up earlier. As they admire their work, HOOK tries to surprise them with a pin attempt, but only gets two for his efforts.

Swerve and Hangman turn their attention to HOOK now, and this spells trouble for “The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil,” as we see a roling elbow and a shot with the chain followed by a House Call from Swerve. The chain is wrapped around HOOK’s throat.

He is thrown over the ropes and hung until he is choked out and taps out to end the contest, giving Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland the victory. That’s how the first AEW Dynamite show of the New Year of 2026 comes to a close. Thanks for joining us!

Winners: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland