AEW’s Chaos Multiplies

Gabe Kidd, Anarchy in the Arena, and the Moxley vs Samoa Joe Fallout

Last night’s AEW Dynamite ended not with resolution, but with bedlam. Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Championship in a punishing Steel Cage Match against Samoa Joe, but it was what happened after the bell that truly shifted the landscape.

Gabe Kidd’s sudden appearance, aiding Moxley and the Death Riders, felt more confusing than triumphant. Kidd is an aggressive presence, but his arrival seemed abrupt, almost like a piece forced onto the board mid-game. With PAC sidelined due to injury, speculation is swirling that Kidd may be a last-minute replacement rather than a fully integrated part of the story. If that’s the case, AEW has some work to do connecting the dots.

The announcement of Anarchy in the Arena for Double or Nothing immediately followed the chaos, with Swerve Strickland throwing down the challenge after a wild, all-hands brawl that included The Elite, Kenny Omega, Willow Nightingale, and more.

We don’t have details on how many wrestlers will be in this match, but as it stands Moxley, Claudio, Yuta, Shafir, Kidd, and Nick & Matt Jackson is 7, while Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, Shibata, Swerve, Kenny Omega, and Willow Nightingale is only 6. Do we see a return from HOOK to round this out into a 14-wrestler inter-gender brawl? Or do Willow and Marina take this to the side for a singles match, leaving us with a 6-on-6? Or do we still not have HOOK, and now there’s an uneven breakdown?

This storyline is still raw, still unfolding. Kidd’s involvement raises more questions than it answers. Is he just filling a gap, or is this the start of something meaningful? Time will tell. For now, AEW has built the kind of chaos that invites curiosity more than confidence, and maybe that’s exactly what they want.

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