R-Double’s AEW Dynamite 5/20/2026 Predictions: Darby Retains, Massive Betrayals & More
AEW is loading up Dynamite this Wednesday with a stacked card full of returns, title implications, and potential game-changing angles. We’ve got a full preview linked.
Here are my official predictions for every match and segment.
Swerve Strickland Returns: Swerve makes his highly anticipated return and immediately calls out Adam Copeland. Copeland responds by telling Swerve his “jokes of brutality” aren’t necessary — setting up a tense staredown and future program.
FTR def. Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong: FTR picks up the win in a strong tag match. Post-match: Darby Allin attacks FTR, continuing the heated build.
Darby Allin def. Speedball Mike Bailey to retain the AEW World Championship: Allin defeats “Speedball” to retain, in what should be a blast.
Tommaso Ciampa def. Mark Briscoe: Ciampa gets the victory with help from Don Callis, who screws Mark during the match.
Jon Moxley def. Kyle O’Reilly: Moxley picks up another dominant win. Post-match: Brian Cage runs in to save O’Reilly from a beatdown by Moxley.
Andrade El Idolo, Mark Davis and Ricochet defeats The Young Buck and Chris Jericho
Athena & Triangle of Madness def. Thunder Rosa, Hikaru Shida, Jamie Hayter & Mina Shirakawa: The heel side takes the win in this loaded women’s tag. Post-match: Thunder Rosa & Jamie Hayter turn on Mina Shirakawa and Hikaru Shida — massive betrayal angle incoming.
Divine Dominion def. Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale: Straightforward win for the dominant Divine Dominion.
Will Ospreay def. Katsuyori Shibata: Ospreay continues his strong run with a hard-fought victory over Shibata.
Backstage Segment–Mercedes Mone Involved: Anna Jay & Tay Conti try to get into the building but get run over by a car, taking them out of action. Mercedes Mone is revealed as the driver behind the hit.
