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AEW Dynamite adds Ospreay-Copeland tag match and Dragunov debut
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite in Coral Gables will feature several newly confirmed matches.
Will Ospreay and Adam Copeland will team up to face Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight.
Ospreay and Copeland recently fought on the same side in the Clockwork Carnage match, where Ospreay scored the winning pinfall.
Afterward, Ospreay said he wants to wrestle Copeland before Copeland retires next year.
Ilja Dragunov, who debuted with AEW at WrestleDream, will make his in-ring debut against Mike Bailey.
Queen Aminata and returning wrestler Maya World will also meet for a future shot at Persephone’s TBS title.
The matches are scheduled for Wednesday’s Dynamite.
AEW has added a tag team match and Ilja Dragunov’s in-ring debut to the October 21 episode of Dynamite.
Will Ospreay and Adam Copeland will face Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight.
Dragunov will wrestle “Speedball” Mike Bailey in his first AEW in-ring match.
The show will take place in Coral Gables.
A separate match will determine a future challenger to Persephone’s TBS Championship.
- Who
- Will Ospreay and Adam Copeland will face Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight. Ilja Dragunov will face “Speedball” Mike Bailey.
- What
- AEW added a tag team match and Dragunov’s in-ring debut to Dynamite.
- When
- October 21, 2026.
- Where
- Coral Gables.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Tony Khan announced that Dragunov would face Mike Bailey on Dynamite.
Dynamite is scheduled to feature the Ospreay and Copeland tag match and Dragunov’s in-ring debut.
- Tag match
- Will Ospreay and Adam Copeland vs. Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight
- Dragunov’s opponent
- Speedball” Mike Bailey
- Show date
- October 21, 2026
- Show location
- Coral Gables
- TBS title contender match
- Maya World vs. Queen Aminata
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Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite TOMORROW! @SpeedballBailey vs @UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR After qualifying for #AEWWrestleDream and competing in Clockwork Carnage, Speedball Bailey will fight vs AEW’s newest signing Ilja Dragunov on Dynamite, in Dragunov’s @AEW debut, TOMORROW NIGHT!
Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite TOMORROW World Champion @WillOspreay/@RatedRCope vs @kylefletcherpro/@Jet2Flyy After they fought in Clockwork Carnage, Ospreay said he wants to team with Cope! After their amazing bout vs Young Bucks, Fletcher/Knight will battle Ospreay/Cope TOMORROW!