Darby Allin World title defense, MJF championship challenge set for next AEW Dynamite
Two title matches are official for next Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite with one featuring reigning World Champion Darby Allin and the other featuring the man he beat for the title last week in MJF.
After successfully defending the gold against a bloody Tommaso Ciampa in Wednesday’s main event, Allin will defend against Brody King in a week’s time. King defeated Lio Rush Wednesday and after Allin’s title defense, King came out and said he talked to Tony Khan and he will challenge for the gold next week.
King failed to defeat MJF for the title at February’s Grand Slam Australia and promised afterward he wasn’t done going for the title. The two have wrestled eight singles matches through the years, four of those coming in AEW. They are 2-2 with King last besting Allin in the 2024 Continental Classic.
In the other match, MJF will challenge Kevin Knight for the TNT title, also made Wednesday in the ring. MJF was in the ring calling out Allin for a title rematch when Knight came out to share his thoughts about the former champion. The two began to get into it with MJF saying the TNT title was for those with a ceiling which Knight took issue with.
He then issued a challenge to MJF who said he realized how proud Knight is of the title and wanted to take it from him. Knight was prepared to do it Wednesday, but MJF tricked him and said he would “dance with the devil next week, kid.”
MJF defended his then-World title against Knight in March.
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- AEW World Champion Darby Allin defends against Brody King
- TNT Champion Kevin Knight defends against MJF
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