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- We also had a speech from new AEW World Champion MJF, which the WINC staff has several thoughts about, as well as an eliminator match between Jon Moxley and Josh Alexander and a Brody King squash!We'll talk about all that here in the column, though fans of Ricochet vs.
- Jack Perry will have to be content with reading about in on our "Dynamite" results page.
- We just didn't have strong feelings about it, and that's literally the name of the game here in this space.
- So for one last time in 2025 (because some of us are on the west coast) here are three things we hated and three things we loved about the 12/31/25 episode of "AEW Dynamite!"AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRead more: AEW Stars: Meet Their Spouses & PartnersHated: Darby Allin needs a change of directionDarby Allin at AEW Worlds End 2025 - AEW/Lee SouthWhen Darby Allin came back from climbing Mount Everest, something that he could fit into a conversation about anything at this point it seems, the natural story waiting for him after AEW All In: Texas was going back for Jon Moxley and the Death Riders.
- Over time, he would get victories over Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, and the aforementioned Moxley, and probably would have gotten a win over PAC in the Continental Classic had he not gotten injured and if Tony Khan wanted everyone in the Gold League to go into the final matches with six points each. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAt Worlds End, Darby tied up a loose end that he really didn't need to in the form of the Death Riders-adjacent Gabe Kidd, and many people thought that 2026 would bring something different for him, but no.