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AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash Results: MJF Returns, Continental Classic Continues, The Elite Vanquish Don Callis Family

A full rundown of results and highlights from this week's episode of AEW Dynamite!
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The AEW Continental Classic continues on this week's special Holiday Bash episode of AEW Dynamite.

In the Gold League of the tournament, Pac will take on Kyle Fletcher. Fletcher is coming off a loss to Mike Bailey last week, but has six points. Pac only has one win and three points.

In the Blue League, Orange Cassidy will square off against Mascara Dorada. Both men have three points. Also, Jon Moxley will take on Roderick Strong. Moxley also has three points, while Strong has yet to earn a victory in this year's tournament.

With the Worlds End PPV looming in just ten days, all three combatants in the world championship triple threat match will sign the contract for that match in the ring. Last week, we found out that Samoa Joe would defend his AEW World Championship against both Swerve Strickland and Adam Page. This week, the match becomes official. Will tempers flare? Find out on AEW Dynamite.

The tag team championships will be on the line this week. After weeks of being goaded, FTR will put their championships on the line against The Bang Bang Gang. FTR has been on a roll since the summer. Can they keep their momentum?

FTR and Stokely
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The women's division this week will feature a huge eight-woman tag match. Mercedes Mone will team with Athena, Marina Shafir, and Megan Bayne to take on Babes of Wrath and The Timeless Love Bombs. Babes of Wrath are the first-ever women's tag team champions in AEW. Will their first contender become clearer this week?

Finally, The Don Callis Family rivalry with The Elite will come to a head on tonight's show. The Young Bucks will once again team with Kenny Omega to take on Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita, and Hechicero. The winner of the match earns $1 million.

AEW Dynamite Results

-The AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash started right away with Jon Moxley vs. Roderick Strong in the Blue League of the Continental Classic tournament. Both wrestlers were in the ring and the bell rang as soon as the broadcast began.

-Jon Moxley defeated Roderick Strong to earn three points in the AEW Continental Classic Blue League. Moxley now has six total points in the tournament. Strong has yet to earn any points. Moxley won the match with The Paradigm Shift.

-Eddie Kingston cut a promo backstage and said he learned from his loss to Samoa Joe last week. Kingston said he felt bad for his other opponents because they will all see what he's learned. He said he has nothing but AEW and that's why he is dangerous.

-Don Callis made introductions for Konosuke Takeshita and Hechicero. After, Kazuchika Okada made his entrance. The Elite made their entrance next and the trios battle for $1 million was on. The Elite walked out to their old retro entrance music.

-The Elite defeated The Don Callis Family and won the $1 million grand prize. Omega won the match with a One Winged Angel. Prior to that, Takeshita got Okada kicked in the face by Matt Jackson.

-After the match, Okada and Takeshita destroyed The Elite. They each competed with the other and tried to do more damage to their foes. Eventually, Takeshita and Okada started to go at it. Don Callis tried to break them up, but Kenny Omega hit the ring and started to swing at them with a broom.

-In the ring, Tony Schiavone welcomed the three participants in the AEW World Championship match at Worlds End. Adam Page walked out first. Swerve Strickland second. The AEW World Champion, Samoa Joe walked out third.

-Joe told Schiavone to shut is mouth and said that he brought out his Opps faction because Page and Strickland were always unpredictable. Joe yelled that he would walk out of Worlds End as champion and he said he hopes both Strickland and Page make it to the event in one piece. He then signed the contract.

-Strickland said that he came back to AEW for the world title and that if Page was the champion, he'd being going after him. Strickland said that he took the championship away from Joe once before and that he'd do it again. Strickland warned both Joe and Hangman that you couldn't kill a god with bullets. Swerve then signed.

-Page spoke next and reminded both men that it wasn't long ago that they were fighting on the same side against Moxley and The Death Riders. Page said he knew he'd eventually have to face both when he won the world title at All In. Page said Joe was worse than The Death Riders and that he didn't want Joe to be known as a piece of s**t at the end of his career.

-Page continued and said he couldn't predict who would win the title at Worlds End, but he was sure it wouldn't be Joe. Page then signed the contract too. Right after he did, the lights in the arena went out and MJF walked out to the ring.

-MJF walked to the ring and the audience chanted and cheered loudly. In the ring, MJF signed his championship match contract and cashed in his guaranteed title shot. He made the match at Worlds End a four-way match for the championship.

-MJF said that he decided to cash-in his contract this way because he wanted to beat both of Adam Page's rivals. MJF told Samoa Joe that his luck was going to run out at Worlds End. MJF addressed Swerve Strickland and called him P. Diddy and made fun of his run in WWE. He said AEW was his house and that he was there to collect the rent.

-MJF said that at Worlds End, he'd get back his world title because he is better than them and they know it.

-Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight spoke about the Continental Classic. They complimented one another and said that they'd both make the finals of the tournament like they planned.

-Mercedes Mone, Athena, Marina Shafir, and Megan Bayne defeated Babes of Wrath and Timeless Love Bombs. Mone pinned Willow Nightingale to win the match for her team after Athena hit her top rope stunner. We could see Babes of Wrath defend their tag titles for the first time against Mone and her partner.

-Pac defeated Kyle Fletcher to earn three points in the Continental Classic Gold League. Pac kicked out of the Fletcher brainbuster and then was able to garner enough momentum after a reverse hurricanrana from the top rope. Pac hit the Black Arrow on Fletcher to get the win.

-The AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal was won by both Ricochet and Bandido. Bandido was able to overcomea three on one attack to advance. Now, he and Ricochet will collide next week on Dynamite and the winner will carry the Dynamite Diamond Ring for 2026.

-Jon Moxley cut a promo backstage and said he liked the simplicity of the AEW Continental Classic. Moxley said he's changed people in AEW. He said he wanted everyone to know that he was going to leave no bullets left in the chamber. He said he was leaving it all in the tournament.

-Orange Cassidy defeated Mascara Dorada to earn three points in the AEW Continental Classic Blue League. Cassidy countered a tope rope arm drag into a pin to win the match and earn the points. Cassidy now has six total points in the Blue League.

-Mercedes Mone and Athena were interviewed backstage. They said that because they beat Willow Nightingale earlier in the night, they should be number one contenders for the AEW Women's Tag Team Championships. Mone said that Tony Khan better make that happen.

-After, Mone said that she wanted to offer up an opportunity of her own. She then announced she would issue an open challenge for her British Championship on AEW Collision this Saturday.

-Jaime Hayter defeated Isla Dawn. After the match, Sisters of Sin and Thekla attacked Hayter. Thekla whipped Hayter with a belt, but then Kris Statlander ran down to the ring in order to make the save. Statlander cleared the ring, but then was inadvertently hit by Hayter. Hayter didn't care much that she did it and picked up the AEW Women's World Championship.

-FTR defeated Bang Bang Gang to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships. The Bang Bang Gang looked to have won the match and got a three count, but Dax Harwood's foot was on the rope. Because of that the referee kept the match going. Juice Robinson tapped out to give FTR the victory.

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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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