It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: AEW Dynamite is live tonight from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! Last week, Chris Jericho returned to AEW in his hometown of Winnipeg. This week, the first-ever AEW World Champion will address his return. Let’s take a look at everything announced for tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite:
AEW Dynamite card: April 8, 2026
Kenny Omega speaks
AEW’s official preview:
For the first time since October 2023, Omega will get a shot at the AEW World Championship this Sunday at Dynasty – against the very same man who retained the AEW World Title against Omega on that night, MJF.
Last week, Omega and MJF signed the contract for their AEW World Title match at Dynasty on April 12 in Vancouver, but tonight, “The God of Pro Wrestling” will speak to his adoring fans and almost certainly offer some words to his diabolic opponent!
Chris Jericho addresses his return to AEW
AEW’s official preview:
The return of Jericho sent shockwaves throughout the wrestling world as, appropriately enough, he came back to AEW for the first time since last April in his hometown of Winnipeg! However, he only uttered these simple, but resounding words: “Winnipeg…AEW…I’m home!”
What will the first-ever AEW World Champion have to say when he addresses his return in front of his fellow Canadians in Edmonton?
Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Queen Aminata for the TBS Championship
AEW’s official preview:
Nightingale and Harley Cameron going their separate ways as a tag team has allowed Nightingale to put her sole focus on her TBS Championship. Indeed, she threw out an open challenge on this past week’s Collision, which was answered by three-time former AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida. A backslide allowed Nightingale to walk away with the TBS Title on Collision, but another open challenge is on deck tonight on Dynamite!
It’s been nearly six months since Queen Aminata last stepped in the ring, but she must be ready to go, because she signed the contract to face Nightingale in her return to action. Before Aminata’s injury, she teamed with Nightingale on several occasions against common enemies, but tonight, they’ll go one-on-one for the first time in more than two years with the TBS Championship up for grabs.
Andrade El Ídolo, Mark Davis, and Konosuke Takeshita vs. Darby Allin, Bandido, and “Jungle” Jack Perry
AEW’s official preview:
The life of Darby Allin is never easy, and that certainly applies to his journey to the AEW World Championship. Ever since Allin declared his intentions for MJF’s AEW World Title, he’s faced constant attacks and threats from the Don Callis Family, whom MJF has paid to take out Allin. However, if Allin can beat Andrade at Dynasty, MJF will grant him a shot at the AEW World Title – a stipulation Kenny Omega has said he’d honor if Omega were to beat MJF at Dynasty, as well.
When Brody King and Perry saved Allin last week, it brought together former rivals. King and Allin took years off each other’s careers, and as Perry reminded Allin, it was Allin who once set Perry on fire. With King unavailable for personal reasons, his tag team partner Bandido will join Allin and Perry together in the name of rising up against the Callis Family tonight on Dynamite!
