The Opps completed their third defense of the World Trios Championship against the Gates of Agony and Ricochet during “AEW Dynamite.”

The challengers were looking to follow up on their Forbidden Door Zero Hour victory over JetSpeed and Michael Oku while the champions were coming off of their own defense on the pre-show against the War Dogs from NJPW. But the looming shadow over the title match came as a result of the challengers’ action on the main card, interfering in the three-way Tag title match to cost the Hurt Syndicate their reign to Bro-dido. 

As expected, that factored into the match at perhaps the worst time, with Ricochet climbing to the top ropes as Joe lay prone in the ring; the referee had been preoccupied with illegal men Katsuyori Shibata and Toa Liona grappled on the apron, allowing MVP to emerge and strike Ricochet across the back with his cane. Powerhouse Hobbs then entered the ring to deliver a Spinebuster, followed up with a PK from Shibata and then finally Joe locking in the Coquina Clutch to secure the win and title retention. 

After the match, when the Opps had taken their leave, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin made their entrance to confront the Gates of Agony – Ricochet was left slumped in the ring – and the two teams brawled to up the ramp to close the segment.

All Elite Wrestling began their latest residency at the legendary 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the August 27 episode of “AEW Dynamite,” but one man who has a lot of memories in the iconic venue is Mark Briscoe, who was unable to appear in front of the live audience. However, he did appear via a pre-recorded message where he showed off the reason why he wasn’t at the show; there’s a new member of the Briscoe family.

Mark Briscoe introduces MACK BRISCOE… baby #9.

Then challenges Kyle Fletcher for the TNT Championship during this 2300 Arena residency, LFG.pic.twitter.com/mOZ7CiISqt

— Drainmaker (@DrainBamager) August 28, 2025

Briscoe revealed that over the past few days, he has become a father to a new baby boy named Mack, who becomes the AEW star’s ninth child. Mack is also the second Briscoe baby to be born in the space of just over a year as Briscoe’s eighth baby was born in the summer of 2024, who the AEW star nicknamed “Baby Jay” after his late brother Jay Briscoe, who passed away in a car accident in January 2023. 

The former ROH World Champion then got down to business by passing Mack to someone off screen in order to address MJF, who had threatened to set him on fire on the August 20 episode of “Dynamite.” Briscoe stated that he would light MJF up when he gets the chance to travel to Philadelphia, but not before he relights another fire under his long-standing feud with Kyle Fletcher. Briscoe would then challenge Fletcher to an AEW TNT Championship match before AEW’s residency in Philadelphia finishes.

Briscoe and Fletcher have wrestled each other four times over the last year, with Briscoe winning the first two meetings in June and December 2024 respectively, while Fletcher evened up the series by beating Briscoe on the February 8 edition of “AEW Collision,” and eliminating Briscoe from the 2025 Owen Hart Foundation Tournament at the Dynasty pay-per-view in April.

In All Elite Wrestling’s first six years, its women’s division has notably adopted two championships, with another set currently waiting in the wings. Women of AEW have also been positioned in the main events of “AEW Dynamite” and “AEW Collision.” Looking ahead, TBS Champion Mercedes Mone hopes to see the company take that one step further.

“I want to see the women main event on pay-per-view,” Mone told TV Insider. “I feel that is the next big thing we can do and accomplish. I feel within the last year-and-a-half people have really seen how amazing this women’s division is. Before they were just given a little match here, a little match here. People were demanding more time for them. They want to see the women because they are such stars. Within this last year-and-a-half you’ve seen stars come up like Toni Storm with her character change. You’ve seen Athena show up on AEW Dynamite, and I think she is one of the best in the world.

“We have new women coming in all the time like Megan Bayne, Alex Windsor and others who are always keeping you on your toes,” she continued. “You are always looking for who is the best out there. I feel like we are bringing the best in AEW.”

Last week, Mone and Athena defeated Toni Storm and Alex Windsor in the main event of “Dynamite.” Mone then went on to successfully defend her TBS Championship against Windsor, CMLL’s Persephone, and STARDOM’S Bozilla in a four-way match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Athena and Storm also met at Forbidden Door, this time with the latter’s AEW Women’s Championship on the line. Outside of the championship scene, the AEW’s women’s division showcases veterans such as Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale as well as rising stars such as Julia Hart, Skye Blue, and Megan Bayne.

Hook made his AEW return Wednesday night at the historic 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on “AEW Dynamite.” He came back to confront Wheeler Yuta, who was running down the crowd after addressing Darby Allin, telling him that Jon Moxley wouldn’t be accepting his All Out challenge. The lights in the arena went out after Yuta invoked the name of Bryan Danielson when he said he slayed “The American Dragon.” 

Hook’s symbol appeared on the small tron in the arena and he made his way down to the ring. Yuta charged him, but Hook sent him into the corner and locked in a Redrum. He hit him with a right hook, then made his way back down the ramp.

His last match came on the April 9 episode of “Dynamite” when he and Samoa Joe defeated Claudio Castagnoli and Yuta. In the match, Hook made Yuta tap with the Redrum, but shortly after, Hook was put on the shelf with an injury. He made a surprise appearance in the Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing in May, but hadn’t been seen since. AEW teased his return in previous weeks.

FTR are due to face Christian Cage and Cope at AEW All Out in Toronto. 

Cope and Christian reunited in the ring for the first time in 13 years as they defeated the pair of Kip Sabian and Killswitch on Sunday’s Forbidden Door event, and with it being made clear beforehand that they had banded together to deal with Christian’s problem in that team and then Cope’s problem in FTR, it felt like a foregone conclusion that they were going down that road sooner or later. 

That road started during this week’s “AEW Dynamite” as FTR and Stokely Hathaway opened the show with an in-ring promo segment. Before long, they found themselves interrupted by the emerging Cope. Though he would look behind him, clearly expecting his partner to join him, before Cage emerged behind FTR in the ring to deliver a Killswitch to Hathaway and ensue a brawl between the teams. 

Security broke them up, leaving Cope and Christian in the ring, and the latter sought to address FTR’s fathers per his running gimmick; Cope took the mic, declining to stoop that low, but when the crowd booed him for doing so he relented and let Christian finish what he had to say. 

Cope then made the formal challenge for him and Christian against FTR at All Out on September 20.