AEW Dynamite Results (April 1, 2026) As Chris Jericho Returns

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With Dynasty around the corner, AEW Dynamite rolled into Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on Wednesday, April 1. With a contract signing between MJF and Kenny Omega advertised, it set the stage for a strong war of words ahead of the April 12 pay-per-view main event.

Will Ospreay also continued his feud with the Death Riders, facing PAC with a match against Jon Moxley looming. Who came out on top?

AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla was also in action alongside her Triangle of Madness stablemates. Could the Toxic Spider keep her momentum rolling in 2026?

That, and more, went down from the Canada Life Centre.

AEW Dynamite Results For April 1, 2026​

• As Tony Schiavone went to introduce the contract signing for MJF vs. Kenny Omega at AEW Dynasty, the screen and pyro glitched multiple times before “Judas” played, and Jericho made his shocking return after being away for a year. Jericho said, “I’m home.”
• Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley brawled backstage.
• MJF and Omega held their contract signing, and both immediately signed for their pay-per-view match. Omega said everyone was there to watch the best wrestle, not for an exchange of words, and made it clear he wants the AEW World Championship. He added that someone needs to knock MJF down and keep him away from the title.
  
  MJF responded by saying Omega is one strong gust of wind away from retirement, but said he wanted to talk about why Omega is so desperate to become world champion. He brought up Omega’s diverticulitis, claiming it is at a point where his intestines could explode at any time. MJF called Omega a false idol and said he would be better off dead, which led to Mike Bailey coming out to prevent any physicality.
  
  Bailey said MJF is afraid and that there is no AEW without Kenny Omega. He then challenged MJF to a match on the spot, and after Omega continued to goad him, MJF agreed.
• Kenny Omega, Brody King and Jack Perry def. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) by pinfall.
• Willow Nightingale says she wants to defend her TBS Championship on a special Thursday night episode of Collision.
• Adam Copeland says he and Christian Cage are here to take out FTR and anyone that gets in their way. Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero tell them that FTR will be at Collision tomorrow, and Copeland and Cage attack them with chairs.
• Will Ospreay def. PAC by pinfall. After the match, the Death Riders attacked Ospreay and placed his head inside a steel chair but did not follow through with the attack. Moxley told Ospreay to use his head next time or risk losing it permanently, adding that he should not make things personal.
• Mina Shirakawa and The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor) def. Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Skye Blue and Julia Hart) by pinfall.
• Darby Allin said he is going to keep pushing forward until he gets a shot at the AEW Championship. He claimed MJF is scared, pointing to him paying off the Don Callis Family, and said he hopes Kenny Omega defeats him at Dynasty.
  
  Allin called out MJF, but the Don Callis Family came out and said if Allin defeats a hand-picked member of the group, he will earn a title shot. That opponent was revealed to be Andrade.
  
  Members of the Callis Family were then taken out by Brody King and Jack Perry, leading to a tense staredown. Omega eventually came out, Allin said something to him, and then walked away.
• AEW World Championship Eliminator Match: MJF def. Mike Bailey by pinfall.

Where Does Chris Jericho Fit In AEW in 2026?​

As the months passed and the noise simmered, Chris Jericho returning to WWE started to feel less like a reality. He could have had a retirement run, maybe not like John Cena, but something in between what Cena and AJ Styles had. He gets dream matches, a title run, and tours around the world, along with a WrestleMania moment.

But would he have gotten the send-off he wanted? WWE has changed quite a bit since he departed in 2018, and there’s no telling what one final run would have looked like in the TKO era.

However, Jericho had been off AEW television for a year, and even before that, his role had started to fade through gimmicks and stables that never fully found their footing, including the now-dissolved Learning Tree from 2024 into early 2025. He seemed to be transitioning more into a veteran presence as the roster got younger and the main event scene evolved.

AEW’s roster has only gotten deeper in his time away, and there’s already a group fighting for television time. Between rising talent like Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita, Mike Bailey, and Kevin Knight, along with established names like MJF, Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada, Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland, and Adam Page still firmly in place, it’s hard to see where Jericho fits unless he takes a step back similar to what he did with the Learning Tree. That said, having him open Dynamite and delay the start of a world title contract signing might suggest otherwise.

It will be interesting to see how this unfolds and what ultimately brought Jericho and AEW back together, perhaps similar to how Private Party returned after being off television for months while still under contract. With Jericho also trademarking “Cornerstone,” he could be back for the long haul. Time will tell how it plays out.

AEW Continues Strong Work Establishing Main Event Scene​

What AEW has done especially well over the past few months is establish a clear line of next challengers for the AEW World Championship. Even with Adam Page and Kenny Omega positioned at the top, names like Mike Bailey, Darby Allin, Brody King, Swerve Strickland and Kevin Knight have all been built up behind them.

That was evident again on Wednesday. Bailey earned an Eliminator match against MJF after a strong run, while Allin once again made it clear he is coming for the title following his own streak. Despite losing, AEW presented Bailey credibly, just like Knight before him and King at Grand Slam Australia.

Allin now looks like the next in line after Dynasty, and the bigger takeaway is that AEW has created multiple believable contenders at once. That has not always been the case, but right now the main event scene feels deep and active. The more, the merrier.

This article was originally published on Forbes.com

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