Dynasty 2024: Ospreay-Danielson and Swerve's Coronation Create an AEW Masterpiece

Trent Beretta defeated Matt Sydal (with Mike Sydal) by submission. The match is framed as Singles match and runs 8:00. As a pre-show match, it has to create momentum before the pay-per-view proper while still feeling worthwhile on its own. The match is solid and useful, but it lacks the urgency or escalation needed to reach the top tier. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 6.4 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Katsuyori Shibata and Orange Cassidy defeated Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty) (with Anthony Ogogo) by pinfall. The match is framed as Tag team match and runs 12:40. As a pre-show match, it has to create momentum before the pay-per-view proper while still feeling worthwhile on its own. The match is strong rather than transcendent: its structure is convincing and its flaws never take over. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 7 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) (ROH) defeated The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, and Billy Gunn) (AEW) by pinfall. The match is framed as Winners Take All Title Unification match to "unify" the AEW World Trios Championship and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship into the Unified World Trios Championship and runs 14:45. As a pre-show match, it has to create momentum before the pay-per-view proper while still feeling worthwhile on its own. The match is solid and useful, but it lacks the urgency or escalation needed to reach the top tier. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 6.6 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Pac by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match for the AEW Continental Championship and runs 21:55. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. Okada and Pac open the main card with the composure of a much later featured match. Pac's speed and aggression force the champion to work rather than pose, while Okada's retention continues establishing the Continental title around high-level singles wrestling. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 8.9 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) defeated Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston, and Mark Briscoe by pinfall. The match is framed as Trios match and runs 17:45. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The score reflects an excellent performance whose central idea lands cleanly and whose finish gives the surrounding story useful weight. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 8.3 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Willow Nightingale (with Stokely Hathaway) defeated Julia Hart (c) by pinfall. The match is framed as "House Rules" match for the AEW TBS Championship; Willow's stipulation was that Skye Blue and Kris Statlander were barred from ringside. and runs 6:00. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. Willow's title win is emotionally important even though the match is short. The six-minute runtime limits the bell-to-bell ceiling, but the result gives her a major singles championship and cleanly advances the division toward the Mercedes Mone program. The title change gives the result lasting consequence beyond the immediate match. At 5.8 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Roderick Strong (c) defeated Kyle O'Reilly by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match for the AEW International Championship and runs 17:20. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The score reflects an excellent performance whose central idea lands cleanly and whose finish gives the surrounding story useful weight. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 8.1 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Chris Jericho defeated Hook (c) by pinfall. The match is framed as FTW Rules match for the FTW Championship and runs 16:35. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The match is solid and useful, but it lacks the urgency or escalation needed to reach the top tier. The title change gives the result lasting consequence beyond the immediate match. At 6.2 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) (with Mariah May and Luther) defeated Thunder Rosa by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship and runs 15:10. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The score reflects an excellent performance whose central idea lands cleanly and whose finish gives the surrounding story useful weight. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 8.5 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Will Ospreay defeated Bryan Danielson by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match and runs 32:40. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. Ospreay and Danielson produce a complete dream match rather than a sequence of disconnected highlights. The counters grow from established tendencies, the pace changes without losing tension, and the finish gives Ospreay a clean landmark victory while preserving Danielson's aura. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 10 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) defeated FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler). The match is framed as Tournament final Ladder match for the vacant AEW World Tag Team Championship and runs 21:35. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The Bucks and FTR use the ladder stipulation to make the vacant-title final feel different from their earlier straight tag matches. The rivalry's history gives the spectacle context, and the Bucks' victory supports the larger Elite power story. The championship decision makes the result an institutional part of the promotion's history. At 9 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) defeated Samoa Joe (c) by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match for the AEW World Championship and runs 18:00. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. Swerve's victory over Joe is the coronation the previous six months have been building toward. The match stays focused enough that the title change never feels overshadowed by the earlier dream match, and the clean pin validates Swerve as the new center of AEW's world-title picture. The title change gives the result lasting consequence beyond the immediate match. At 9.1 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside Dynasty 2024 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.