AEW Dynamite Preview: Confirmed matches and segments (05-20-2026)
AEW Dynamite takes place tonight from Portland, Maine, at Cross Insurance Arena and several matches have been confirmed for the 3-hour combined block of Dynamite and Collision.
The main event of the go-home show to Double or Nothing this weekend sees Darby Allin defend his AEW World Championship against Speedball Mike Bailey. The AEW Tag Team titles will also be on the line as FTR defends against the team of Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong.
Megan Bayne and Lena Kross will also be holding another AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship eliminator match, where if a team can last 5 minutes in the ring with them then they get a title shot.
AEW Dynamite matches tonight
Here are all of the matches and segments that have been confirmed for tonight’s 3 hour block of Dynamite and Collision from Portland, Maine:
- AEW World Championship Match: Darby Allin vs. Mike Bailey
- AEW Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong
- AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly
- AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match: Megan Bayne and Lena Kross hold a five-minute eliminator challenge
- Anything Goes Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Tommaso Ciampa
- Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata
- AEW Women’s Champion Thekla, ROH Women’s Champion Athena, Julia Hart, and Skye Blue vs. Thunder Rosa, Mina Shirakawa, Alex Windsor, and Jamie Hayter
- Swerve Strickland returns to AEW programming
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