10 Things We Learned Attending AEW Dynasty 2025 Live

4. Dusty Finish Garners Polite Response

It really is a shame that Bandido’s first AEW PPV singles match – which also involved him winning the Ring of Honor World Championship – ended on the note it did.

The luchador did what he could to get himself and the match over, including a breathtaking 60-second stalling vertical suplex, but he was wrestling Chris Jericho, and the match dragged in a few spots. Still, it was trending in a pretty positive direction until Jericho retrieved Floyd and bashed Bandido with the bat to retain the title and force his opponent to unmask.

To say the audience sat in stunned silence would be a understatement. The problem was that the Dusty Finish – Bandido’s family led a second referee to the spot where Jericho hid the bat, necessitating a match restart – was tough to follow at first without announcers or a camera directing fans’ attention. It wasn’t until it became clear that there was movement on the floor toward the ring steps that the entire arena caught on. By then, fans were simply happy that this likely meant that Jericho – to whom they had been pleading “retire” – wasn’t unmasking Bandido or leaving with the title.

While it was a cute idea to have Bandido’s family involved in the finish, the execution wasn’t great, and it made him look weaker by needing them to save him from an actual pinfall loss.