All Elite Wrestling's next pay-per-view event, AEW Dynasty 2025, takes place this Sunday, April 6th at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite, several additions were made to the card, including three matches that will now take place on the lineup.
Samoa Joe had a backstage promo where he said (alongside HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata) that the three members of The Opps will be in attendance watching the festivities. He warned the roster that he'd better not catch anybody "lacking", which likely means they'll have some sort of moment where they get physical with someone either backstage or they offset something that happens in the ring.
That could possibly be MJF getting involved in the tag team title match, as he said he's going to prove himself to The Hurt Syndicate, who are set to battle it out with The Learning Tree's Bryan Keith and Big Bill for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. Despite Bobby Lashley not wanting MJF to join the crew, MVP's affinity for MJF hasn't denied that option. Shelton Benjamin wasn't on Dynamite due to weather preventing his travel.
The two other matches added to the show are actually first-round bouts in this year's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. The brackets were announced, and among the quarterfinals are AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone against Julia Hart and Will Ospreay against Kevin Knight.
Interestingly, Ospreay and Knight teamed up on Dynamite to defeat Blake Christian and Lee Johnson, whereas Mone and Hart will be on opposite tag teams on this Saturday's episode of AEW Collision as Mone teams with Harley Cameron to face Hart and Athena. Cameron and Athena will also be in a quarterfinals match for the Owen Hart Cup, but it hasn't been revealed when that will take place. The winner of Cameron/Athena will face the winner of Mone/Hart.
All in all, nothing has been announced for the Zero Hour pre-show, but the current card for AEW Dynasty stands at the following matches:
- Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Round 1 Match: Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight
- Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Round 1 Match: Julia Hart vs. Mercedes Mone
- AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Hurt Syndicate (c) (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin with MVP) vs. The Learning Tree (Big Bill and Bryan Keith)
- Singles Match for the AEW TNT Championship: Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole
- Three-Way Match for the AEW International Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ricochet vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
- Singles Match for the AEW Women’s World Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Megan Bayne
- Mask vs Title Singles Match for the ROH World Championship: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Bandido
- AEW World Trios Championship Match: Death Riders (c) (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Rated FTR (Cope, Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
- Singles Match for the AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Swerve Strickland
What do you think about these matches added to the show? Who will win? Drop your predictions in the comments below!