AEW Dynamite 6/17 - Women's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Semifinals Match & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "AEW Dynamite" on June 17, 2026, coming to you live from the Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land in Houston, Texas!

Former TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will be going head-to-head with World Wonder Ring Stardom star and reigning SPARK Joshi World Champion Hazuki in a semifinals match for the 2026 Women's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament. With the winner of tonight's match set to face the winner of another semifinals match between Athena and Maya World at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on June 28, Mone defeated Alex Windsor in the quarterfinals to advance while Hazuki emerged victorious against reigning CMLL World Women's Champion Persephone in the quarterfinals.

Mark Briscoe has been seeking out a shot at MJF's AEW World Championship over the last couple of weeks, but MJF has refused to give him such. That all changed during last Wednesday's edition of "Dynamite" when MJF agreed to give Mark an AEW World Championship match, but on the condition that himself and five other wrestlers defeat MJF and five more wrestlers in a Twelve Man Steel Cage Match at Forbidden Door. Not only will MJF and Briscoe be revealing who they've selected for their Forbidden Door teams, but they will also be taking part in a Twelve Man Tag Team Match with ten other competitors who have yet to be revealed.

Additionally, Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay will be meeting with one another before they square off against one another in the finals of the 2026 Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament at Forbidden Door. The winner of the June 28 pay-per-view match will receive a shot at the AEW World Championship at AEW All In on August 30.

We are live! We immediately head backstage, where Lexy Nair stands by with MJF as he's flanked by The Don Callis Family. MJF voices the bright future that he thinks Kevin Knight has ahead of him, then calls out 2026 Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament finalists Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay. He also calls out Kenny Omega and brags about beating him twice, and Don Callis reveals that Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Idolo will be joining MJF at Forbidden Door in the Twelve Man Steel Cage Match. Andrade is taken aback by the revelation he's joining MJF, but Callis reassures Andrade that he's a future AEW World Champion before demanding that he take part in the Forbidden Door Steel Cage Match.

Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz then greet audiences at home as The Premier Athletes make their way to the ring. Kenny Omega follows.

The bell rings and Omega delivers a Snap Dragon suplex to Nese. Mark Sterling hops up on the apron, but Omega knocks him off with a knee strike and delivers a One Winged Angel on Nese for the win.

Winner: Kenny Omega

After the match, Omega looks to speak but The Mighty Don't Kneel's music cuts him off and Zack Sabre Jr. appears with Mikey Nichols and Bad Dude Tito. The Young Bucks and Jack Perry run out to the entrance ramp to back up Omega, and Omega tells Sabre Jr. that he didn't think he would come all this way to challenge him to a match at Forbidden Door. He says himself and Sabre Jr. have something that the other wants, then says it would look nice for Sabre Jr. to have a win against him on his resume. He says it would also look good for him to beat Sabre Jr., then says while Sabre Jr. has his fair share of friends, so does he.

The Death Riders then make their way to the ring. Brody King and Bandido follow. 

Garcia and Bandido begin the action. The bell rings and the two men go back and forth with one another. King and Moxley tag in and exchange right hands with one another.

Back from the break, King and Moxley fire off chops on one another. Moxley connects with a neckbreaker on King, but Garcia and Bandido tag back in. Garcia rolls up Bandido, but Bandido kicks out and delivers a suplex to send Garcaic crashing into the corner of the ring. He then tags out to King.

King looks to fly to level Moxley and Garcia on the outside, but Shafir blocks his path and the pair get into a bark off with one another. This opens the door for Moxley to fly out of the ring and level King on the outside, then spike him with a piledriver and pull Bandido off the ring apron. He sites Bandido on one of the barricades, and Garcia sends him crashing over it with a chop.King is checked on by the ringside doctor, but Moxley dumps him back in the ring and tags out to Garcia. King fires off a few chops on Garcia, but Moxley tags back in.

Back from another break, Bandido delivers a pair of tilt-a-whirl backbreakers to Garcia. He sets up for the 21 Plex, but Moxley intercepts Bandido with a forearm and tags out to Garcia. Shafir slides in the ring as Garcia distracts the referee, but Bandido delivers a delayed vertical suplex on her and connects with a Frog Splash on Garcia off the top rope. He goes for a pin, but Moxley breaks the fall.

King delivers a German suplex and a clothesline to Moxley, but Garcia looks to cinch in a Dragon Tamer on Bandido. Bandido counters into a roll up, but Garcia reverses the fall and Bandido kicks out. Bandido then lands a 21 Plex on Garcia and pins him for the win as King flies out of the ring with a suicide dive to take out Moxley on the outside.

Winners: Brody King and Bandido

We then head backstage, where Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada stand over Tomohiro Ishii after taking him out in order to prevent him from joining Mark Briscoe's Forbidden Door Twelve Man Steel Cage Match team.

The Dogs look to make their way to the ring and light a match backstage next to a hooded figure, but the person turns around to reveal himself as Adam Copeland. Christian Cage creeps out of the shadows and goes after David Finlay and Clark Connors with Copeland. The action spills into the ringside area as Cage and Copeland continue beating down Finlay and Connors, but Finlay and Connors retreat through the crowd.

Cage grabs a microphone and says most people are expecting him to say something unsavory about a family member. He says even he has standards and has never come across another tag team who's named after their mothers. Copeland adds that The Dogs have been on a winning streak in June beating The Gunn brothers and The Young Bucks, then says The Dogs are himself and Cage from thirty years ago. He says himself and Cage get that they're trying to make their names, but they're also the learning curves for The Dogs and recalls going up against The New Age Outlaws and the APA with Cage in their younger years. He says himself and Cage will use some of their old man strength, knowledge, and grumpiness to make sure that The Dogs will walk out of their house as broken little puppies.

We then head backstage, where Jon Moxley (flanked by Daniel Garcia and Marina Shafir) offers Bandido (flanked by Brody King) a shot at his AEW Continental Championship as Lexy Nair stands by. 

Back at ringside, Mercedes Mone makes her way to the ring. Hazuki follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Mone whips Hazuki into the mat, but Hazuki levels Mone with a shotgun dropkick and fires off boots on the side of her face. Mone rolls onto the entrance ramp to get out of the way as Hazuki charges at her, but Hazuki sends Mone crashing into the mat with a tijeras.

Back from the break, Hazuki flies out of the ring to level Mone on the outside with a series of dives to her. She pins Mone back in the ring, but Mone kicks out and Hazuki cinches in a crossface on her. Mone escapes and connects with The Three Amigos on Hazuki, but Mone sends Hazuki crashing onto the entrance ramp.

Back from another break, Hazuki catches Mone with a variation of a DDT and ascends to the top rope. She connects with a senton on Mone and pins her, but Mone kicks out and Hazuki cinches in a crossface on her. Mone reverses into a pinfall, but Hazuki kicks out and the pair exchange forearms with one another in the center of the ring.

Hazuki delivers another DDT to Mone and catches her with a thrust kick, but Hazuki catches Mone with a Brainbuster. Mone rolls out of the ring before Hazuki can pin her, but Mone gets back in the ring and the two women take turns pinning one another. Mone catches Hazuki in the Statement Maker, but Hazuki counters into a pinfall. Mone escapes and delivers a backstabber to Hazuki, then sets up for a Mone Maker. Hazuki reverses into a pinfall, but Mone kicks out and intercepts Hazuki with a backstabber. She cinches in the Statement Maker on Hazuki, and while Hazuki tries to fight, she taps out.

Winner: Mercedes Mone

Tony Schiavone introduces Ospreay, and he makes his way to the ring. Schiavone congratulates Ospreay on marrying Alex Windsor this past weekend, and Ospreay says while he's meant to be on a honeymoon, his new wife told him that she knows how much the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament and professional wrestling means to him and encouraged him to appear tonight.

Strickland and Prince Nana make their way out, and Strickland says Ospreay has changed. Ospreay says he's dressed the same and says what's changed is the way that Strickland is looking at him. He asks Strickland if they need to have a chat about something, and Strickland says he does have a problem.

Strickland recalls fighting The Death Riders a year ago with Ospreay, but Ospreay is now training with The Death Riders and says Ospreay never explained why he chose to do so. He says Ospreay has changed for that reason, and Ospreay says he hasn't forgotten what The Death Riders did to him nor has he forgiven them. He says he had to let it go and accepted help, then says the training has been working as is evident in the way his neck feels and his great ground game.

Ospreay says he saw Kenny Omega, The Opps, and Darby Allin try and get into the Lights Out Steel Cage Match at last year's Forbidden Door event, but Strickland was nowhere to be found because he had an injured knee that needed surgery. He says when he asked Strickland for help taking out The Death Riders, Strickland said nothing and he ended up in a hospital the night he ended up going after The Death Riders alone. He says he expected Strickland to run through a brick wall for him because he would do the same for him, then asks Strickland where he was.

Ospreay swats the microphone out of Strickland's hand before he can answer and says Forbidden Door is bigger than any explanation Strickland could give him. He says he used to work on building sights right outside Wembley Stadium and recalls watching excited fans go into the building, then says he's one match away from getting the chance to kick the ball at Wembley Stadium.

Ospreay says he won't hesitate to end Strickland, but Strickland tells Ospreay that he'll end him first and says he had to stand in the ring last year telling him that it was "Hangman" Adam Page's time to be AEW World Champion. He asks where Page is now and says Ospreay can't seem to get in touch with him. He says he hasn't been able to talk to Page, then says everything they did off Ospreay's word was for nothing. He says he made a career destructing plans and it's what he's good at, then says Ospreay is good at that too and says they change the conversation every time they step into the ring together. He says himself and Ospreay raise the bar, but the one thing that seems to be certain over and over again is that he'll be victorious over Ospreay. He says he'll always beat Osperay and says the current iteration of Ospreay isn't better than him on his best day with his fragile neck.

Ospreay decks Strickland and sends him crashing into the mat, but Nana hands Strickland a chain.

The Death Riders' music hits, and Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, and Marina Shafir march out and surround the ring. Strickland tells Ospreay that he really has changed and exits the ring.

We then head backstage, where Ospreay gets into Daniel Garcia's face about interfering in his business. Moxley tells Ospreay to be patient and stay focused. 

MJF and The Don Callis then make his way to the ring. Mark Briscoe, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, and Orange Cassidy appear on the jumbo screen to reveal three of the members of his Forbidden Door team. Briscoe says that Tomohiro Ishii will be avenged after Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada took him out, then introduces the final two members of his Forbidden Door team: Konosuke Takeshita and Darby Allin. Al six men then make their way to the ring. Excalibur has also explained that if the match ends in a disqualification, then the team who's at fault for the disqualification will lose a man on their team at Forbidden door. 

MJF and Briscoe begin the action as Don Callis takes a seat at the announce desk. The bell rings and MJF immediately tags out to Andrade. Andrade gets in MJF's face, but Briscoe levels Andrade with a right hand.

Andrade takes a selfie with a female fan on the outside, but Briscoe catches him with a dropkick through the middle rope and dumps him back in the ring. He rains down right hands on Andrade in the corner, then tags out to Strong. Strong follows suit, but Cassidy tags in and rips off Andrade's pants for him to reveal his yellow trunks.

Fletcher and O'Reilly tag in, and Fletcher flexes his biceps on the ropes to show off. O'Reilly trips Fletcher, but Fletcher levels O'Reilly and gets in Allin's face on the ring apron. O'Reilly fires off kicks on Fletcher's thigh and cinches in an Ankle Lock on him, but everyone gets in the ring and begins brawling with one another.

Takeshita flies out of the ring to take out several of his opponents, but Knight delivers a kick to Allin's spine and fires off stomps on him. Fletcher fires off stomps on Allin, but Knight pulls Fletcher off Allin wanting to beat him down himself. Knight and Fletcher begin to argue with each other, but MJF calls to be tagged in and Fletcher obliges. MJF then stomps on Allin's ankle and takes a celebratory lap around the ring.

Back from the break, Fletcher hands Cassidy's arm over to Doyle for him to wear it down as the referee is distracted by Cassidy. Strong tags in and delivers backbreakers to Knight and Fletcher, then sends Okada crashing into the mat chest first and tags out to Cassidy.

Strong uses Cassidy to whip into Fletcher and Knight in opposite corners. Doyle fires off a few strikes on Strong, then rocks O'Reilly with a forearm. O'Reilly takes out Doyle, but Andrade levels O'Reilly with an elbow. Allin fires off right hands on Andrade and runs the ropes, but Knight trips him from the outside and Andrade takes down Allin. Cassidy delivers a Tornado DDT on Andrade, but Okada delivers a Tombstone to Cassidy. Takeshita rocks Okada with a boot as Okada sets up for the Rain Maker, but Fletcher clocks Takeshita from behind and holds him in place for Okada.

Takeshita rocks Fletcher with a right hand, but Fletcher rocks Takeshita with a kick. Takeshita responds with a Blue Thunder Bomb to Fletcher, but MJF and Briscoe get in the ring and stare one another down. Briscoe levels Knight with a right hand when Knight joins the two men in the ring, then sets up for a J-Driller on him.

Knight comes to MJF's aid, but Allin goes straight after Knight. Allin chases Knight through the crowd and back onto the top of the entrance ramp, then chokes out Knight. Doyle comes to Knight's aid and holds Allin in place for Knight to fire off right hands on Allin. Doyle sends Allin crashing off the entrance ramp and into the ring post.

Inside the ring, MJF calls for a Heat Seeker on Briscoe. Briscoe escapes and delivers a J-Driller to MJF, then goes for a pin. Don Callis distracts the referee, causing the referee to miss the pinfall. Briscoe then ascends to the top rope, but Fletcher trips him up.

Strong tags in and sends MJF crashing into the mat face first, but MJF cinches in the Salt of the Earth armbar on Strong. Strong quickly taps out.

Winners: MJF, Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade El Idolo

After the match, The Don Callis Family and MJF continue to beat down The Conglomeration, Takeshita, and Allin. Andrade notably doesn't participate in the beatdown and tries to stop MJF from going after Briscoe in the corner. He gets in MJF's face, but MJF shoves him. Don Callis intervenes, and Andrade decides to hold Briscoe in place for MJF to land a strike on him using his "Dynamite" Diamond Ring moments before the show goes off the air with The Don Callis Family and MJF standing tall.