MJF defeats Kenny Omega, retains World title at AEW Dynasty
At least for one night, a devil proved they can beat a god.
MJF’s reign as AEW World Champion continued at Sunday’s AEW Dynasty with another big win in a main event, defeating Kenny Omega and denying him his second World title run after a 4.5 year drought.
Near the end of the match, MJF pulled referee Bryce Remsburg into an V-Trigger knee, followed by a low blow on Omega. He then took his Dynamite Diamond ring from Remsburg’s pocket after he had confiscated it earlier. Omega avoided an MJF punch with the ring, hit a V-Trigger followed by a One Winged Angel which MJF kicked out of after a second referee entered the ring — a rare occurrence.
Omega then dragged MJF outside to the apron, teasing a One Winged Angel through a ringside table but MJF hit him in the stomach with the ring instead and delivered a jumping tombstone through the table. He then propped Omega on the apron, hit the Heat Seeker, and pinned him.
MJF now moves on to defend against Darby Allin which appears likely for this Wednesday’s Spring BreakThru episode of Dynamite in Everett, Washington. Allin defeated Andrade El Idolo earlier in the evening to earn the shot. It will be a rematch from November 2021’s Full Gear in their only prior AEW singles match.
The win extends MJF’s second run which has seen seven successful title defenses after he regained the belt at December 2025’s Worlds End. Sunday was a rematch from he and Omega’s October 2023 match on Collision where MJF picked up a successful title defense during his first run. The match was Omega’s first shot at the title since that night.
Omega earned the shot with his win over Swerve Strickland in their rematch last month, taking Strickland’s opportunity while retaining his EVP status.
Dynasty saw two title changes amid all the defenses as The Conglomeration are now Trios Champions while Kevin Knight became the TNT Champion.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.