After his recent non-title victory over ROH Men’s Pure Champion Lee Moriarty, The New Level’s Kofi called for a match with the brand’s top prize, thus setting the stage for himself and ROH World Champion Bandido. “AEW Dynamite. Grand Slam France”.
In front of a lively crowd in the French capital, Bandido and Coffey opened the action with a friendly hug and a series of dance moves. A monkey flip followed and Kofi successfully got to his feet. Bandido did the same, but soon found himself knocked out of the ring. Kofi kept him there with an extra kick and dived through the ropes. However, when they eventually returned to the ring, Bandido regained control by dropping his challenger with a vertical suplex.
Back from commercial break, Kofi fired back with a Boom Drop and a hopeful Trouble In Paradise. Bandido managed to dodge the latter and then hit a dropkick. He followed up with a diving tornado for a nearfall. Kofi gets a near fall by connecting with a springboard dropkick.
In the end of the match, Kofi caught Bandido in a top rope dive and SOS tossed him into the turnbuckle. A cross leg to the back of Bandido gets him another two count. Blockbuster left him with a pull to the bottom rope to survive. As Swerve Strickland and “The Executioner” Adam Page brawled outside, Bandido then hit the 21-Plex and finally put him away.
With his Grand Slam win, Bandido marked his 19th title defense in his second and current ROH World Championship. It began at AEW Dynasty in April 2025 when he defeated Chris Jericho in a Mask vs. Title match.
Later in the show, Darby Allyn will defend the TNT Championship against Kyle Fletcher. AEW World Champion Will Osprey will also be on the line for his respective title against Kazuchika Okada.