All Elite Wrestling has announced five Clockwork Carnage qualifying matches for a three-hour edition of Dynamite and Collision set for Wednesday, giving fans a clear look at how the field for the eventual Clockwork Carnage match is beginning to take shape.
According to Fightful, the five confirmed qualifiers are Darby Allin against Hechicero, Ricochet against Ace Austin, Konosuke Takeshita against Brian Cage, Adam Copeland against Josh Alexander, and Kazuchika Okada against Myron Reed.
The card brings together a mix of AEW’s top stars and rising competitors, with each match carrying direct stakes toward securing a spot in the Clockwork Carnage match itself. Copeland and Alexander in particular represent one of the more notable pairings on the show, pitting two decorated former world champions against each other with a qualifying spot on the line. Okada’s qualifier against Myron Reed also stands out, as the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion continues to be positioned prominently on AEW programming since his arrival in the promotion.
Takeshita and Cage offer a clash of styles, with Takeshita having built significant momentum in AEW’s upper midcard and main event scene, while Cage brings a power-based approach that has made him a disruptive presence in multi-man and gauntlet-style matches. The Allin-Hechicero and Ricochet-Austin matchups round out the five bouts, each carrying implications for who advances toward the Clockwork Carnage field.
AEW has not detailed the full format, stipulations, or eventual event date for the Clockwork Carnage match itself beyond confirming these qualifiers, and the supplied reporting does not specify how many total spots are available or whether additional qualifying matches will be announced for future episodes. What is confirmed is that the outcomes of these five matches on the three-hour Dynamite and Collision broadcast will have a direct bearing on the shape of that eventual match, making the episode a key viewing point for anyone tracking the build toward it.
With eight notable names already confirmed across the five bouts, AEW appears to be using the expanded three-hour format to accelerate the qualification process in a single night rather than spreading it across multiple weeks, though the promotion has not confirmed whether further qualifiers remain to be scheduled.
