In non-C2 news, Bandido defeated Ricochet on “Dynamite” to win the Dynamite Diamond Ring, and secure an AEW World Championship match at “Dynamite: Maximum Carnage” on January 14. Also featured was a face to face confrontation between Jamie Hayter and Kris Statlander ahead of their AEW Women’s World Championship match at Worlds End, and an Elite segment where the Young Bucks announced they wouldn’t be cleared for the rest of 2025, allowing Kenny Omega to “take care of something on his own.”

“Dynamite” also featured a significant development regarding the four-way match for the AEW World Championship between Samoa Joe, “Hangman” Adam Page, Swerve Strickland, and MJF. After raking his Worlds End opponents over the coals last week, MJF got some comeuppance in the form of an attack by Page and Strickland, who also lit into him with promos of his own. While Joe was not there in person, he too cut a promo on his Worlds End opponents, vowing to retian the title.

As for the rest of “Collision,” the show featured the returns of Kyle O’Reilly, who provided an update on his injury status and gave Roderick Strong a pep talk ahead of his match with Castagnoli, and Darby Allin, who was attacked by Gabe Kidd. Allin later recovered and brawled with Kidd, setting up another Worlds End match. The PPV card appeared to be rounded out by FTR, who announced they would defend the AEW World Tag Team Championships against Juice Robinson and Austin Gunn of the Bang Bang Gang in a Chicago Street Fight.