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AEW Dynamite Results (4/22/26): Darby Allin Retains The World Title, MJF Whines, Copeland Challenges FTR

Full results and highlights from this week's episode of AEW Dynamite.
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Darby Allin is the new AEW Men's World Champion and he'll have a lot to say on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite.

Last week on the show, Allin defeated MJF to win the world title, which was his first in AEW. Allin hit MJF with a low blow, but then connected with four Coffin Drops and a headlock takeover to get the victory.

What will Allin say about achieving his dream in AEW? The other question is, what will MJF have to say about losing the title? Since the loss, MJF has been all over social media complaining about being treated unfairly by Allin, Tony Khan, and the referee from last week's match.

What will MJF have to say this week, given his accusations? We will find out on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite.

Darby Allin won't just be talking on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite. He is scheduled to have his first title defense as well. Allin will be taking on Tommaso Ciampa for the world title. Can Allin keep the title he worked so hard to get?

Other announced matches for the show this week include Will Ospreay vs. Mark Davis and Mina Shirakawa vs. Hikaru Shida. Last week on AEW Dynamite, Ospreay was attacked by Davis and The Don Callis Family. He'll look for revenge on Davis this week. Davis and Ospreay have a long history together and were once in the same United Empire faction in New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Will Ospreay
Will Ospreay | All Elite Wrestling

Ospreay is still in a feud with The Death Riders. Will Jon Moxley and that faction keep up the pressure on him after Moxley beat him at AEW Dynasty? It all comes to a head on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite.

As for Shirakawa vs. Shida, it will be Shida's first match on Dynamite in quite a long time. She recently returned to AEW on an episode of Collision and now will be right in the mix on Dynamite. Shirakawa has been a lost character since Toni Storm was taken out in a vicious backstage attack. She'll look to gain momentum on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite.

AEW Dynamite results:

-THe show opened with a recap video that highlighted Darby Allin winning the AEW World Championship last week on the show.

-As soon as the video ended, MJF walked to the ring and was furious. He said last year would be forever known as the Seattle Screwjob. MJF called Darby a paper world champion and a dirty little cheat.

-MJF demanded that Darby Allin walk out and hand him back the title. He yelled for Darby Allin, but Kevin Knight walked out instead. Knight is the current TNT Champion in AEW.

-Knight said that MJF screwed him over a few weeks ago. He said that he would be Jet two belts if it wasn't for MJF. MJF responded that he beat Knight for an easy W. He said that Knight shouldn't be world champion, only he should be.

-Both men talked trash to the other until Knight challenged MJF to a fight. MJF agreed and then pretended like the match would be tonight. He rolled out of the ring and called for it next week and the audience booed.

-The Demand were interviewed backstage, but Chris Jericho interuppted. He plugged some new merch, but then was challenged to find a tag partner and face them. They said he couldn't because nobody liked him. He said he didn't need to find people that like him, only people that hate Ricochet.

-Brody King defeated Lio Rush. King appeared to have hurt his left arm during the match, but got the win with a Gonzo Bomb. After the match, King said he wanted a world title shot regardless who won in the main event.

-Tommaso Ciampa was interviewed by Renee Paquette. Ciampa said that his entire life he was told what he wasn't. He said he would win the biggest prize in the game later in the night.

-Adam Copeland cut a promo and issued a challenge to FTR. He challenged FTR to a New York street fight against him and Christian Cage at Double or Nothing for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Copeland said that if they lose, they will retire as a team.

-Hikaru Shida defeated Mina Shirakawa. The story of this match was Kris Statlander on the outside of the ring. Statlander accidentally helped Shida win the match.

-A video package hyped up the Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada match for the AEW International Championship at Double or Nothing.

-Mark Davis defeated Will Ospreay. Ospreay and Davis had a great match, but eventually, Don Callis got involved in the match. This allowed for Davis to hit Ospreay with his package piledriver on the ring apron. Ospreay started to twitch and was checked out by the ringside doctor. That doctor said Ospreay could not continue the match and the referee awarded the win to Davis.

-After the match, it looked as if Davis was going to continue beating up Ospreay, who had been incapcitated by that time. Instead, Jon Moxley and his Death Riders entered the ring. Davis stopped his attack and The Death Riders took Ospreay and walked away with him over their shoulder.

-Alex Windsor cut a promo backstage and said she was fed up with Thekla and The Triangle Of Madness. Windsor said her tag partner wasn't there tonight or else she would fight them. Persephone walked into the shot and said she felt like fighting. Windsor then said they would tag up to face either two women of Triangle of Madness on Collision this week.

-Samoa Joe made his return to AEW and defeated a local jobber. After the match, Hook welcomed Joe back by giving him a fist bump at the top of the stage.

-A career retrospective video aired on Darby Allin and it highlighted his many wild moments in AEW.

-Renee Paquette caught up with Chris Jericho backstage. Jericho revealed that he had done business with the Hurt Business and that they would join him to face The Demand on Collision.

-Darby Allin made his entrance and laid the world championship belt in the ring. He then cut a promo and said that it took everything to get that title. The audience chanted "you deserve it." Allin said the title was for his parents, his fiance, and for the fans. MJF then walked out screaming for everything to stop.

-MJF said that Allin didn't deserve anything. He demanded Allin give him his belt back, but was rejected. He then said he wanted a rematch and that was rejected too. Allin said that he would have to put something on the line in order to get the title shot because there were others that deserved it. Allin then called for Ciampa to hit the ring and their match began.

-Darby Allin defeated Tomasso Ciampa to retain his AEW Men's World Championship. This match was fantastic and insane. Both guys took massive bumps and the pace was startling. In the end, Allin beat Ciampa with the Scorpion Deathlock submission.

-After the match, Allin shook the hand of Ciampa. Brody King then walked out and said he was proud of him. King challenged Darby Allin to a world title match next week.

-Allin shook King's hand and accepted the challenge. Allin then sat in the ring as the audience cheered. The show then went off the air.

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Zack Heydorn
ZACK HEYDORN

Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

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