All Elite Wrestling is live tonight with their AEW Revolution 2026 pay-per-view from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
As soon as the clock strikes 7/6c, the ‘Zero Hour’ pre-show gets underway, streaming live across AEW’s digital platforms and partner platforms. A video package for the pay-per-view as a whole starts things off. We then shoot inside Crypto.com Arena where Renee Paquette welcomes us to the show as the camera pans the venue.
The camera settles on the entrance ramp, where Paquette is joined by Jeff Jarrett and RJ City. All three are dressed to the nines. RJ City tells the Academy Awards to kick rocks, and tells the viewing audience that this is where the stars are tonight. He and Jarrett explain the many ways you can watch tonight’s event.
They run down the lineup, starting with the TBS title tilt, AEW National title Blackjack Battle Royal and tag-team tilt involving the Boom & Doom duo of “Big BOOM” AJ and QT Marshall. That takes us into the PPV card, which they run down as the official match graphics flash on the screen and the crowd reacts to each in the background.
Boom & Doom vs. The Infantry
Things are sent down to Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness at ringside for our opening pre-show contest. The Infantry, Carlie Bravo and Sean Dean, two of the ROH Six-Man Tag-Team Champions, make their way to the ring.
Lexy Nair interviews actor, singer and comedian Wayne Brady at ringside. He likes Ricochet and Swerve Strickland. The fire pyro erupts and out comes Boom & Doom, Big BOOM! AJ and QT Marshall, along with Big Justice and The Rizzler.
They hug family members at ringside and clap hands with Wayne Brady as they settle in the ring. Once they get in the ring, AJ and Marshall are attacked by Bravo and Dean before the bell rings. They fight back and it is Dean and AJ who kick things off for their respective teams.
As The Infantry settle into a comfortable early offensive lead, Dean and Bravo jaw at Wayne Brady at ringside, before taking back over in the ring. They utilize frequent tags to keep Marshall isolated on their side of the ring. The Rizzler tries swooning the valet for The Infantry for a big pop.
The Infantry hit the old-school Bronco Buster on Marshall in the corner. After Dean slips up on the top-rope, Marshall takes over and tags in Big BOOM! AJ, who begins his fired up offensive comeback for his team as the crowd comes to life.
Dean and Bravo take over, and begin beating down AJ. They get a super close two-count and then go for a double-team spot, which AJ avoids. Marshall hits the ring for a pair of Cutters off the ropes. He goes for a dive, but Shane Taylor pulled the top-rope down and he crashed and burned on the floor.
Shane Taylor punks out Wayne Brady, who calmly stands up, takes his glasses off and b*tch-slaps him. Taylor yanks Brady up and slams him over the barricade. The Rizzler tries to get in his face and he shoves him down. Big Justice comes running around the corner and spears him.
Big BOOM! AJ climbs to the top-rope, meanwhile, and hits a big dive onto the pile of bodies on the floor. Back in the ring, he hoists up his opposition and he and Marshall hit their Booms-day Device double-team finisher for the pin fall victory.
Winners: Boom & Doom
TBS Championship
Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Lena Kross
Now we gear up for our second of three advertised matches on the pre-show, which is the first of two pre-show title tilts scheduled. The reigning and defending TBS Champion Willow Nightingale makes her way out, as does her challenge, a newcomer to the scene in AEW in Lena Kross.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Nightingale enjoys some early offensive control, but it isn’t long before she finds herself on the wrong end of a prolonged one-sided beatdown at the hands of Kross, who comes close on many occasions to getting a three-count.
Despite that fact, however, Nightingale manages to hang on throughout the first several minutes of the contest. The two trade vicious shots back-and-forth that echo throughout the Crypto.com Arena. Nightingale gets Kross down in the corner and stomps a mud-hole in here. She backs up and goes for the cannonball’, but Kross moves.
Kross looks to capitalize with a split-legged moonsault, but Nightingale moves. Kross scoops Nightingale up for a Jackhammer, but Nightingale escapes, hits a back-slide on Kross and holds her in position for the three-count to retain. Megan Bayne and Lena Kross immediately attack her. Harley Cameron chases them off with a pipe.
Winner and STILL TBS Champion: Willow Nightingale
21-Man BlackJack Battle Royal For AEW National Championship
The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for our third and final pre-show match here at AEW Revolution ‘Zero Hour.’ The match features Ricochet defending his AEW National Championship against several other competitors, including Tommaso Ciampa and many others.
We return live to several of the competitors already being shown at ringside. Getting their own ring entrances are Scorpio Sky, El Clon, Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta of The Don Callis Family. Daniel Garcia, representing The Death Riders, comes out next.
Coming out after that on the challengers side of things is former TNT Champion Tommaso Ciampa. “The Psycho Killer” gets a good reaction coming out, as the commentators sing his praises as one of the odds-on favorites in this high-stakes multi-man match. The Bang Bang Gang trio also come out.
Jurassic Express, in a special bus shown arriving into the parking garage of the Crypto.com Arena, get a big entrance. Jack Perry comes out of the bus by himself as Tarzan Boy plays and the crowd loudly sings along inside the building as L.A.’s own emerges.
Finally, the familiar sounds of Ricochet’s entrance tune hits and out comes The Demand leader accompanied by The Gates of Agony duo of Bishop Kaun and Toa Leona. Referees make Ricochet come to the ring alone. The 21-Man BlackJack Battle Royal is now officially off-and-running.
Early on there is a big high spot that elicits gasps from the crowd. It wouldn’t be the last one. Not by a long shot. The match featured plenty of high spots and then a string of eliminations over and over and over again, quickly thinning out the ring.
Juice Robinson hits a running clothesline to eliminate a bald-headed Johnny TV. Katsuyori Shibata and Scorpio Sky trade shots back-and-forth as the crowd comes to life. Sky hits a big kick but is then hit from behind by Anthony Bowens with a Fame-Asser. Sky is eliminated.
Dalton Castle hits an airplane spin on Ricochet for a big pop but is blasted from behind by The Beast Mortos and Rush. We appear to be down to the final six. The Beast Mortos hits a moonsault to Castle and then eliminates him. The crowd boos, as Castle had won them over. Komander eliminates Baretta.
Garcia unmasks him and eliminates him. Garcia puts his mask on to taunt him, but Ciampa eliminates him for a big pop. Ace Austin dukes it out with Ricochet. Rush takes it to Austin and then lays down to pose before leading the crowd in a “Rush! Rush!” chant.
The commentators remind us that we’re down to two minutes remaining on the pre-show. Juice Robinson is eliminated moments later. Shibata and Robinson duke it out on the apron. Austin dropkicks Shibata to eliminate him. Cianpa eliminates Austin. Robinson eliminates Ciampa. The pre-show ends with the match still in progress.
We switch over to the pay-per-view broadcast with the match still in progress. We see it is down to Jack Perry and Ricochet, who are both laid out in the middle of the ring as the crowd is going crazy in the background. The two end up on the apron outside the ropes fighting. Jack Perry ends up getting the win. We have a new champ.
Winner and NEW AEW National Champion: Jack Perry
AEW World Tag-Team Championship
FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks
Our third championship contest of the evening as a whole will kick things off as our first full-length pay-per-view match here on the main card, as the AEW World Tag-Team Championships will be on-the-line. FTR duo Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler defend against The Young Bucks team of Matt and Nick Jackson.
The champions and challengers make their respective ring entrances. The Bucks’ family are at ringside and FTR immediately starts messing with them. Dax and Matt who mouth off at each other before Harwood slaps Matt in the face.
He returns the favor and this leads to an exchange of strikes. Dax hits the ropes but is met with a superkick by Matt, and Nick comes running in as all four men go at it. The fight spills to the outside, with Matt eventually bringing Dax back to the ring.
Harwood fights back, but Matt fights out of a suplex. Standing switch back and forth, and Nick comes in for an assist on a German suplex. With that, Nick officially tags in as FTR retreat to the outside. Nick goes for a dive to the outside, but FTR catch him and slam him into the announce table.
This allows Matt to get the drop on the champs with a dive of his own! He brings Cash to the apron for a piledriver, but Dax intervenes and FTR connect with a spike piledriver onto the hardest part of the ring. We get a look at Nick at the announce desk, and he’s been busted open after what FTR did earlier.
He runs into the ring only to be laid out with a right hand by Harwood. Tag to Wheeler, who lays in some right hands before bringing him to the corner for a tag to Dax. Harwood continues the attack before setting up for a piledriver, but Nick fights out and lands superkicks on both men before covering Dax for two.
After some more back-and-forth action, we see FTR regain control, landing a stuffed piledriver as Harwood goes for the cover…but Nick gets his foot on the rope just before the 3! FTR land some thrust kicks on Nick, mocking him as they land a FTR Trigger.
Nick kicks out at one. He’s firing up now, laying into the champs as Matt runs in for an assist. They land a Shatter Machine on Harwood but only get two as Wheeler breaks it up. BTE Trigger lands on Harwood, but he kicks out just in the nick of time.
Wheeler sends Nick to the apron but is sent through the ropes to the outside. Nick lands a dive through the ropes to knock out Stokely before landing a Meltzer Driver, but Dax manages to kick out just in time to save the match for his team.
They look for More Bang for your Buck but Wheeler intervenes. They land a spike piledriver followed by an avalanche Shatter Machine, and that gets them the win to retain. Stoke gets back up to join his pals in the ring as they celebrate.
That is, until the lights go out. We get a strange message and when it concludes, Adam Copeland makes his way out to a thunderous pop. He’s wearing a Cope and Cage shirt, and it becomes clear that he isn’t alone, as Christian Cage makes his way out as well.
Cage climbs into the ring from behind FTR and sprays Cash in the eyes. He hits Harwood with Killswitch. Spear to Cash. Stokely is pleading. He tries to offer a handshake, but gets a Killswitch as well. Cope tosses him to the floor. The two end up standing tall holding FTR’s titles. The Bucks and them face-off.
Winners and STILL AEW World Tag-Team Champions: FTR
Everyone Banned From Ringside
Toni Storm vs. Marina Shafir
The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for our next match of the evening, which is a women’s singles showdown with Toni Storm taking on Marina Shafir, with everyone banned from ringside. The ring entrances take place and we get ready to get started.
Shafir attacks Storm as she steps into the ring, and kicks her to the mat. Knee strike to the face floors Storm, and Marina locks in a rear chin-lock. Judo throw connects, cover for just a one count. Shafir hooks the leg and rolls through into a slam.
She continues to dominate Storm in the early going. Indian Death Lock attempt but Storm reverses into a choke but Shafir flips her off her back. German suplex. Shafir is back up though, big boot to the face. Storm into the ropes, comes back with a shotgun dropkick, misses a hip attack though and Shafir looks for a German off the apron.
She drops Storm with a back suplex to the floor. Kicks to the mid-section as Storm reels against the announce table, until Storm dodges one and Shafir kicks the desk. Storm bites the foot now. Shafir goes for another kick, Storm bites it once more.
Storm hits a DDT and Shafir goes down. They get back to their feet, they trade blows, and we see a German from Storm. And another. And a third. She preps for the hip attack and connects. And again. Shafir asks for more. Storm obliges with a third. She covers her but gets two. Storm bites Shafir’s breast and rolls her up for the win.
Winner: Toni Storm
Ronda Rousey Arrives In AEW
In the post match scene, things get very interesting. While Storm collapses on the ramp and poses, we see Ronda Rousey step into the ring. She calls for Storm to re-enter the ring, and Storm doesn’t back down. Storm and Rousey go face to face but get pulled apart by an absolute ton of security and referees.
Marina Shafir sucker punches Storm with one shot, and now Rousey and Shafir leave together. Mina Shirakawa shows up to check on Storm. Things wrap up there.
AEW Continental Championship (No Time Limit)
Jon Moxley (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Another title is on-the-line as we gear up for our next match of the evening. The pre-match video package airs to tell the story leading into this one, which will see Jon Moxley of The Death Riders put his AEW Continental Championship on-the-line in a match with no time-limits against “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita.
The two go at it with strikes early on, taking the fight to the outside where Mox goes after the eye of Takeshita. The match finally makes its way back into the ring where they go back and forth again, until Takeshita manages to take the champ out with a Blue Thunder Bomb for two.
Mox starts fighting back now, eventually sending his challenger to the outside as the ref begins the count. Konosuke is favoring the eye that Mox attacked early on, and barely gets into the ring at the count of nine…only to run into a piledriver by Mox for a two count.
Mox takes the fight back to the Alpha, but his fighting spirit is running rampant as Takeshita gets back up and starts landing some hard strikes. Mox takes it right back to him as they trade strikes now, and Mox sets up for a Gotch style piledriver.
Cover by the champ, but it’s only good for two as Konosuke kicks out…only for Mox to transition into a a cross-face followed by a choke. Takeshita rises to his feet, breaking free of the grip before Mox hits the ropes for a lariat…but the Alpha doesn’t fall.
He goes for it again before Takeshita responds with one of his own, and Mox ducks it at first before taking a big lariat that sends the champ to the mat. Mox sent to the corner for a jumping knee, before the two fight it out on the top turnbuckle.
Takeshita takes a bite out of Mox before landing an exploder off the top rope! Mox is sent to the mat hard, and as he gets up he walks into a Power Drive Knee…only to kick out just in time to save his title. Raging Fire countered into a cutter by Mox, but the Alpha rises to his feet as he lands an elbow strike.
Lariat is ducked by Mox, and the champ lands a Paradigm Shift DDT sending Konosuke down hard. Both men are down, slowly getting to opposite corners as the ref reaches nine before they leap up to trade offense. Back body driver by Mox, who keeps Takeshita down just long enough to get a one count.
Jon motions that he’s ready to take out the Alpha, but Takeshita gets out of a Death Rider DDT to land Raging Fire on the champ! Cover by Konosuke…and Mox gets his shoulder up right before we get a three count. “Fight Forever” chant from the crowd as Mox and Takeshita get to their feet, only for Mox to land a massive Death Rider DDT.
Cover by Mox, and Takeshita narrowly kicks out. Mox brings him to the corner and lands an avalanche Death Rider…but that gets the same result. He drags the challenger over to lock in a bulldog choke. Takeshita can’t hang on and the referee calls it. Mox retains.
Once the match ends, a vignettes airs showing someone recovering in a lab. It’s Will Ospreay. The lights are back on as we see a confused Mox and the Death Riders, before Ospreay’s music hits, and he makes his way out to a big pop.
Ospreay looks like he’s ready to fight, and sure enough he runs to the ring as he goes after Moxley as he enters the ring. The rest of the Riders come to Mox’s aid, but they get taken out by the Aerial Assassin before finally retreating through the crowd.
Winner and STILL AEW Continental Champion: Jon Moxley
AEW Women’s World Tag-Team Championships
The Babes Of Wrath (c) vs. Divine Dominion
The championship action continues as we prepare for our next match of the evening, which will feature the AEW Women’s World Tag-Team Championships at stake. Footage is shown from the ‘Zero Hour’ pre-show of Willow Nightingale narrowly retaining her TBS Championship over Lena Kross.
Also shown is the shoulder issues she endured from the post-match attack. Backstage, she promises she’ll be okay and that their challengers will feel the wrath. We head back to ringside as Divine Dominion make their entrance for our next match.
Out next are the champs as Babes of Wrath head to the ring, but they get blindsided as this match gets underway in dramatic fashion. Bayne with a belly to belly suplex on Cameron, followed by a splash in the corner and a butterfly suplex.
Kross sends Cameron into the bottom rope, where Bayne delivers a drive by. Cameron dodges in the corner, kicks Kross away and climbs the buckles, knocking Bayne back and delivering a diving crossbody. Kross tags in, as does Willow, fighting back with one arm.
We see a big pounce delivered to the Megasus! Kross misses a pump kick, DVD connects for Nightingale. Stereo enziguris, they dive at Bayne and Kross, who catch them and deliver stereo fall-away slams. Splashes in the corner from the challengers.
That leads into a big running kick, followed by a German. A pump kick then sends Willow down. Kross looks for the jackhammer, but Willow with a backslide in a repeat scene from their pre-show match earlier tonight. This time, however, Kross escapes, hits a double chokeslam with Bayne and the two win. We have new champs.
Winners and NEW AEW Women’s Tag-Team Champions: The Divine Dominion
Swerve Strickland vs. Brody King
The pre-match package airs to set the stage for our next showdown, which is one many fans are looking forward to, as Swerve Strickland goes one-on-one against Brody King. Let the you-know-what chants begin. Back live at ringside, Swerve Strickland makes his way to the ring.
Out next is Brody King to a big pop before this match gets underway. Swerve goes on the offense early on, taking the fight to King before a back body drop to take him down. Swerve quickly fights back, landing a House Call followed by a stomp on the apron sending the big man to the floor.
Swerve shows off his increased power as he hoists Brody up, sending him into the ring post. He then starts pulling off the mat from the floor, but King stops him from going any further before landing a uranage of sorts onto an exposed guardrail.
King then pulls Strickland away before throwing him into another guardrail and then the barricade on the opposite side. The fight returns to the ring as Strickland starts to regain control, but not for long as King sets him up in the corner.
Swerve manages to fight him off, before attacking King’s hand. He continues the attack until the ref intervenes. Brody fights back with a forearm before pulling him over the turnbuckle cable. The ref calls for a break and King obliges, only to drop Swerve hard onto the floor.
Strickland is back up but takes a couple chops by King, only to fight back before Brody catches him with a big side slam onto the floor! Both men are slowly stirring as the ref begins a new count, and the fight makes its way to the apron, until Strickland drops King with a powerbomb.
Swerve brings Brody into the ring before pulling off the bottom turnbuckle cover. The two fight it out in the corner before King sends Swerve into the exposed turnbuckle, and follows up with a cannonball before pulling him away for the cover, but Strickland kicks out at two. Swerve scrambles to the apron to get away from King.
But he follows close behind for a sleeper hold over the top rope. Swerve is seemingly out cold as King follows him, looking for a ganso bomb, but Strickland counters out, landing a Vertebreaker that sends Brody onto the exposed floor instead. He slides into the ring, willing to take the count-out victory as the ref begins the count.
He reaches nine before King gets back into the ring, and right into a Swerve Stomp. Swerve with the cover and King kicks out at one. House Call by Strickland, but King doesn’t leave his feet. Another one, and King is still on his feet, but Swerve dodges a lariat to land a third House Call for the victory.
Once the match wrapped up, Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana began to work on a dastardly deed together. They reached under the ring and pulled out a cinder block. They put Brody over it, but before they could do anything, Kenny Omega ran out to make the save.
As Omega sprinted to the ring, Swerve and Nana fled the scene. Omega then raised King’s arm as the crowd reacted and the post-match segment wrapped up.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
AEW Women’s World Championship (2 Out Of 3 Falls)
Thekla (c) vs. Kris Statlander
Now it’s time for more championship action, as the pre-match video package airs to get us ready for the two out of three falls showdown between current AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla and former title-holder Kris Statlander. It wraps up and the entrances take place.
We see the two women stare each other down until Thekla forces Stat to chase her around the ring. Stat doesn’t fall for any tricks as she locks in a bearhug on the champ, bringing her to the corner for some punches. Thekla fights back but is quickly sent to the corner, where the challenger continues to take Thekla to her limit.
Hammer throw sends Thekla across the ring, but Stat takes a boot to the face as the champ looks for a Tarantula…but Kris breaks free. She meets the champ on the top turnbuckle for a super-plex, but it only gets her a two count. Sliding lariat twice over gets her another near-fall, and the champ fights back.
Stat drops her for a catapult into the corner. Thekla dodges a lariat, eventually rolling up the challenger for a two count of her own. Champ with some hard kicks and the cover, but Kris kicks out. Thekla pulls her belt off but is admonished by the ref, and Stat goes after her.
She is then sent to the corner by the champ, who rolls her up for a tight clutch. She’s got the rope for leverage and it’s enough for the three, and the champ wins the first fall. That puts her up 1-0, with one more fall giving her the win if she gets one more.
Winner of Fall No. 1: Thekla
Now the bell rings for the second fall. Statlander cuts off the champ with a dropkick, followed by a suplex onto the floor. Thekla manages to fight back, sending her challenger into the barricade as the ref begins a count. Thekla returns to the ring just long enough to break that count.
She heads back to bring Stat into the ring once more. She brings Kris to the corner for a Tarantula, just barely breaking the hold before the count of five. She lands a boot to the face and then gets the cover on Stat, but the challenger kicks out. Thekla goes for a spear but gets laid out by Stat, who gets the cover for a two.
Kris hoists the champ onto her shoulders before getting onto the turnbuckle, only for Thekla to break free. She looks for a spider suplex but takes a headbutt by Stat, and a second one for good measure…but Thekla responds with a forearm before connecting with the spider suplex.
She poses, mocking the crowd as Stat heads to the outside. Thekla goes for a cross body, but Stat rolls through! They trade off trying to send the other into the barricade, and Stat wins out before grabbing the champ’s legs to swing her against the guardrails.
Ref intervenes to get the match back into the ring, and Stat pulls Thekla toward the ring before sending her into the steps. She brings the champ back into the ring for a Michinoku Driver, but Thekla kicks out at two. Both women are back on their feet as Stat absorbs a series of chops from the champ, before slapping her.
Thekla then quickly responds with a modified octopus hold. Statlander is not fading, however, getting to her feet before sending her onto the turnbuckle to break free, and lands a Staturday Night Fever for the pin. She wins the second fall. The third and final fall will determine the winner and women’s champion.
Winner of Fall No. 2: Kris Statlander
Following a brief rest period Stat calls for the bell to ring to get the final fall going…but this leads to Thekla sending her into the ref! Ref falls to the outside, and Thekla leaves the ring to grab his belt before heading back into the ring.
Stat grabs the belt away from her, dropping the champ before whipping her across the back. Thekla fends her off and the Sisters of Sin come out for an assist, just long enough for the ref to return to the ring, taking his belt back from Stat, who gets dropped with a spear and a stomp by Thekla, who gets the victory to retain 2-1.
Winner (2-1) and STILL AEW Women’s World Champion: Thekla
AEW World Trios Championship
Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis (c) vs. Kevin Knight, ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey & Mistico
From one title tilt to another, the pre-match video package airs giving fans a look at the AEW World Trios Championship bout between The Don Callis Family and the united forces of JetSpeed and Mistico, which is up next. We return live at ringside.
We see JetSpeed are wearing masks in honor of their legendary lucha friend Mistico on their way to the ring. Out next are their opponents from The Don Callis Family. The bell sounds to get this trios title officially off-and-running.
Mistico and Okada start things off for their respective teams at the onset. They trade offense until Mistico backs off, and Knight (notably still wearing the mask!) gets the tag. Davis tags in as well, using his power to keep Kevin off his game for a moment before Knight fights back.
Davis gets sent to the outside as Bailey goes on the attack with a dive onto both of Aussie Open. Okada and Mistico go back at it in the ring until the Family takes control with a dive onto all three opponents by Davis on the outside.
They celebrate as Davis brings JetSpeed back into the ring, pulling off their masks to the chagrin of the crowd. Tag made to Fletcher, who mocks Knight in the corner before sending him to the ropes…only for Kevin to land a flying clothesline to take the Protostar to the mat.
Okada and Davis clear his friends off the apron before they gang up on Knight. The ref intervenes as Bailey goes after Fletcher…only to get dropped hard. Aussie Open focus on Knight, setting him up for a dropkick by Okada as Kyle makes the cover, but Mistico breaks it up at two.
Mistico with the tag as he fights off Fletcher and Okada. Kyle is on the turnbuckle as Mistico goes for a rope walk holding the arm of the Rainmaker before taking both men down to the mat. Fletcher and Okada retreat to the outside, but this leads to a triple dive by Mistico and JetSpeed.
The Family regroups as Okada gets a tag, calling out Mistico before kicking him down. Mistico fights back with a couple of arm drags, before stacking him up for a near-fall. Bailey with a tag and he drops Okada with a dropkick, before Fletcher comes in.
Protokada and JetSpeed stare each other down in the ring before Bailey and Knight hit the ropes. Bailey takes a dropkick from Okada and Fletcher takes one from Knight, with Knight and Okada having words until Fletcher comes in to intervene.
Things break down once more until we get Knight and Fletcher back in the ring, with Knight taking Fletcher down for a double stomp by Speedball. Bailey with the cover, but Okada shoves Knight into them to break things up. Davis comes in with a tag to drop Bailey with an enziguri, and grabs Knight while dropping Speedball.
He drops Knight as well but Bailey comes in, only to get dropped hard for a two count before Mistico breaks it up. Okada sends him to the outside as Davis heads to the ropes, but he takes a spinning heel kick for two. Fletcher goes after him but is sent to the outside.
Bailey tags Knight in before hitting a dive on Fletcher on the outside. Knight with a nearfall as Mistico fends off Okada, sending him to the outside as well. Knight goes up top but is intercepted by Fletcher, only for Mistico to fend him off with La Mistica.
Bailey lands a kick on Davis, dropping him for a UFO Splash by Knight for the win. Mistico’s music hits as we get a graphic revealing that Mistico is #AllElite, with Excalibur noting the dual contract along with CMLL. The trio continue to celebrate.
Winners and NEW AEW Trios Champions: Kevin Knight, ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey & Mistico
Bandido vs. Andrade El Idolo
The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for our next contest, which is a non-title bout pitting ROH World Champion Bandido one-on-one against Andrade El Idolo. The package wraps up, the two make their respective ring entrances, and then the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.
Andrade gets a pop for taking his shirt off, as the crowd chant “take your pants off” but to no avail. With that, we get to the actual wrestling as both men trade offense before taking to the ropes. More offense sent by each man and they hit the ropes again.
El Idolo telling Bandido to be tranquilo as he poses in the ropes. Bandido decides to give the fans what they want as he tears off the pants to reveal trunks underneath…but the delay in doing this allows Andrade to blindside him. He teases revealing his trunks but once again refuses, taking the fight to Bandido instead.
He brings him out of the ring, bringing him back in for a powerbomb as the crowd gives out to Don Callis. Bandido leaves the ring but is followed by El Idolo, who slams him into the barricade before stepping up onto the ring steps to finally pull off his pants for the big reveal.
He meets up with someone at ringside for a selfie before going back after Bandido, bringing him back into the ring for the cover but it’s only good for a two count. El Idolo follows with a takeover into a modified chin-lock of sorts.
Bandido struggles as he gets to his feet, trying to break free for a suplex. He turns it into a cutter to take Andrade to the mat. The action makes its way to the corner as El Idolo catches Bandido with a chop, setting him up for a double stomp, but Bandido ducks a lariat to send Andrade into the corner with a German suplex.
His head bounces off the bottom rope and Don has issue with this as he argues with the ref, but both men are back on their feet in the ring trading strikes. Big boot by Andrade, forcing him into the corner, but Bandido fights back for a torneo sending El Idolo to the canvas. He hoists Andrade up but to no avail.
Bandido then lands a German suplex once again. Pump kick sends El Idolo to the outside, where Bandido hits a dive over the top sending him into the guardrail! He brings Andrade back into the ring, going up top for a frog splash, but El Idolo dodges it, turning it into a series of vertical suplexes.
Bandido breaks free on the final one, turning it into a German suplex. Bandido goes up top for a shooting star press and the cover, but Andrade kicks out just in the nick of time. With Andrade on his feet, Bandido goes for the 21 Plex but El Idolo gets out.
They get caught up in the ropes here, until Andrade takes Bandido’s feet out from underneath him. Bandido drops to the floor, and as he gets back on his feet El Idolo gets the drop on him with a moonsault from the top turnbuckle. He takes a selfie with another fan in the front row before bringing Bandido back into the ring.
He looks for the cover but only getting another near fall. He sets Bandido up in the corner for a running Meteora, but manages to kick out before three. He counters a DM for a small package for two, and fights it out in the corner with El Idolo.
From there, he lands an avalanche slam for the cover, but Andrade narrowly kicks out. Bandido goes for a stretch muffler, but El Idolo manages to get to the ropes for the break. Bandido brings him back up for the X Knee, setting up for a 21 Plex.
For his efforts, he gets laid out with a back elbow by Andrade, who follows up with a cover, which gets him a two count. Another DM attempt leads to a rolling heel kick by Bandido. Andrade can’t get back to his feet, but this doesn’t stop Bandido from hitting a low 21 Plex.
He essentially deadlifts El Idolo up and over for the suplex. That gets him a near fall and he goes for another 21 Plex, but once again Andrade catches him with a mean back elbow. He follows up by bringing Bandido to the corner for an Avalanche DM for the victory.
Winner: Andrade El Idolo
Tornado Tag-Team Match
Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong vs. The Dogs
A video package airs to show the arrival of David Finlay to join Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors in forming The Dogs in AEW, as well as their brewing rivalry with Darby Allin and Orange Cassidy along the way. Trios action is up next, with The Dogs taking on Allin, Cassidy and Roderick Strong.
The show returns live inside the arena, where The Dogs make their entrance followed by the arrival of Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, and Roderick Strong. They head to the ring and things immediately unfold as they get after it straight out of the gate in this tornado tag tilt.
We see things eventually come back to the ring where we focus on Strong and Kidd exchanging strikes. Gabe goes after the arm of Roddy before dropping him with a flapjack followed by a hard righ thand. Darby comes running in for some shots followed by a Code Red for a cover.
Finlay breaks it up and sends him into the ropes for a backbreaker. Cassidy goes after him from the turnbuckle but is thrown by Finlay as Strong comes in. Roderick gets caught with a backbreaker by Finlay, but Darby breaks the pin.
Things clear out as Darby hits a dropkick on Finlay, but is met on the apron with a spear by Connors that sends him to the floor with a vengeance. Finlay, Kidd and Connors bring him back into the ring and look for a Doomsday Device. They connect, but only gets a two on the pin attempt.
They wrap the tag rope around his neck in the corner, keeping him trapped as they gang up on him to boos from the crowd. Cassidy comes into the ring to confront the Dogs, who lay him out. Cassidy back to his feet with a weak strike, and is taken out again.
They keep this up until Cassidy teases putting his hand in his pockets, only for Strong to charge into the ring to take them out. He then hoists Orange up to throw him into the Dogs one at a time, followed by a dropkick from Cassidy to Finlay.
DDT to Kidd, only for Connors to intervene. Cassidy and Roderick go to work on Connors before sending the Dogs to the outside, and Orange leaves the ring to grab some scissors before cutting Darby free from the corner! Darby with a dive onto the Dogs on the outside, and they get brought back into the ring.
Sleeper hold by Orange on Finlay as Kidd and Connors are trapped in a Stronghold and Scorpion Deathlock…but Finlay gets up to break the other holds. Dogs take control as Kidd brings Darby to the outside. They fight up the ramp where Darby looks to fight back with his skateboard.
Gabe pulls it away only to be sent off the ramp by Darby…who lands a double stomp skater style onto the back of Kidd. Back in the ring, the Dogs are in control as they drop Strong and Cassidy. Finlay goes for a cover but is caught by a Coffin Drop from Darby.
Back at the stage we see that Darby managed to zip tie Kidd to the stage to keep him from returning to the ring, as an Orange Punch sets Connors up for End of Heartache by Roderick! Cassidy bumps into Strong and is pulled onto Clark for the win. The trio celebrate in the ring as we see a seething Gabe Kidd still trapped.
Winners: Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong
AEW World Championship (Texas Death Match)
MJF (c) vs. Hangman Page
It’s main event time!
We see the pre-match video package hyping our final match of the evening, with the AEW World Championship held by MJF at stake against Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match, where if Hangman Page loses, he will never challenge for the AEW World Championship again. The rules of the match are shown on the screen. Hangman Page makes his way out with a special entrance.
A vignette shows a country-style MJF hyping himself up with a Western spin on his theme song. With that, we return to ringside as MJF makes his way out for his big title defense. Now it’s time to get things started. The bell sounds and we are officially off-and-running with this high stakes headline bout. The two trade shots right away, with Page being sent to the corner but he fires back sending MJF across the ring for some stomps.
MJF sees an opening and pulls the ref in before making an escape through the crowd. The fight goes into the seats as MJF is sent into one of them, with Page asking for a drink after laying some more shots in. He brings the champ back toward ringside, landing some more shots. He poses on the way before finally bringing him near the ring itself. MJF gets into the ring as Page grabs a trashcan lid from under the apron.
MJF fights back to drop Page. He mocks the crowd as Page rises back up with the lid in hand. MJF escapes to the outside to avoid being hit, but the Hangman follows close behind and knocks him down. The ref begins the count but only reaches five before Page brings him back into the ring. He grabs a staple gun and a birthday card into the ring. He stapes the card onto the thumb of the champ, who turns 30 today, and then the chest.
He then exits the ring, presumably to look for more violent goodies. The ref begins a new count until MJF gets up at six to stop it, and meanwhile Page grabs a window pane, bringing it into the ring to prop against the corner. MJF catches him by surprise, dropping the Hangman. He grabs the pane, breaking it against the canvas before shouting into the camera “You’re not gonna see me do any of that indie bullsh*t!”
Page counters out of a body slam to drop the champ onto the broken glass. We see the ref begins the count as MJF struggles back to his feet. He goes to the ropes but is dropped back down and dragged across the pile of glass by the challenger as the match continues. Hangman grabs barbed wire he brought to the ring. He jabs MJF in the forehead with it to further bust the champ open, and then catches MJF in the mouth with it.
This causes even more damage. MJF finally gets to his feet, only to take a discus forearm by the challenger that forces him to the outside. Page leaves the ring to grab a table, setting it up as MJF scrambles to the barricade for a breather. He catches Hangman by surprise, sending him into a chair with a drop toe hold to regain control. He brings Page back into the ring. He grabs a piece of glass before carving into the forehead of his opponent with it.
Page slowly gets back to his feet but is jabbed in the forehead by MJF, who scoop slams him onto the pile of glass. MJF drags Hangman across the glass. He grabs a large broom from the ringside area, returning to the ring to sweep the glass out and hopefully prevent further glass-related carnage. He raises the broom to hit Page but the Hangman pulls it away from him, breaking it in half, and MJF uses a jagged piece of the broom to attack the challenger once more. He leaves the ring, grabbing a chair before returning to slam it across the back of Page.
He takes a break by sitting in the chair, before going right back on it. Page is down as the ref checks on him, all while MJF leaves the ring once more. This time pulling out a syringe. He yells about how much the fans loved when Page used this, before returning to the ring, where he jabs Page through his bottom lip, mocking Page even further by pushing some liquid through. Rather sickening image there as MJF goes back to the chair, but Page is back on his feet with the syringe still in his mouth to take the chair away.
He drops the champ to the mat before leaving the ring, and MJF manages to get on his feet at the count of six as Page returns with a chair wrapped in barbed wire. He looks for a Dead Eye on the champ, but MJF counters sending Page onto the barbed wire chair instead! The ref reaches a count of seven before Page leaps to his feet just long enough to stop that, but he quickly drops back down as MJF leaves the ring to set up a table.
He fends off a returning Page before setting him up on the apron for a tombstone…but Page breaks free, bringing MJF near the chair in the ring. MJF stops him before looking for a Heat-seeker, but Page stops him, maneuvering his way into the ring for a Dead Eye dropping MJF onto the barbed wire chair! He hit his knee on the chair as well as he drops to the mat, and the ref starts a count.
Page is up pretty quick but MJF narrowly gets back up at nine. Page stops him from using the chair, slamming it against the back of the champ as the crowd chants “one more time” and Page obliges with another chair shot. Count reaches five before MJF is back up, but Page sends him into the barbed wire chair in the corner with a fall away slam. MJF rolls out of the ring for a breather.
Page gets to his feet in the ring. He climbs the turnbuckle with the chair in hand, but his moonsault goes awry when MJF gets out of the way…and he takes the chair to slam it in Page’s face! He sets the chair back in the ring as Page slowly gets into the ring. MJF tries to set him up for a piledriver onto the chair, but Page counters out. He knocks the chair out of the way before setting the champ up for a Dead Eye putting him through the table.
Page gets onto the apron as the ref starts a new count on the champ, who once again narrowly gets back up at nine. Page brings him over to the other side, looking to take him through the table set up earlier, but MJF counters, setting him up for a tombstone piledriver through the table instead. MJF hit his knees on the table as well, and both men are down as the ref begins the count.
The champ is back up at eight, and Page gets up at nine only to drop back down. It’s enough to stop the count as MJF brings him back into the ring. The two men are back up and start slugging it out. MJF ducks a clothesline but gets taken down with a pop-up powerbomb by the challenger. Page goes for a Buckshot Lariat but takes a thumb to the eye by the champ, but they go right back at each other before knocking each other to the mat.
We see the referee with the count once more, and both men roll to the outside to get back to a standing position. They each go for something under the ring apron, and both pull out a light tube. MJF calls for Page to get back into the ring, only to drop off the apron. He retreats up the ramp as Page follows him. MJF goes for a swing of the tube as does Page, and eventually it’s the Hangman who is successful as he cracks the tube over the back of the champ.
He grabs the other tube from MJF’s hand and cracks that one over the head for good measure. Ref only reaches a count of two as MJF gets up to walk away from the challenger, who follows him to the edge of the stage for some shots. MJF dodges the last of these to head back down the ramp, but Page kicks him down to send him rolling toward the ring. A few more shots to the head before Page brings MJF back into the ring.
The challenger grabs a handful of skewers from underneath the ring before stepping back in through the ropes. He goes to attack MJF but the champ stops him, and they’re going back and forth to see who will take the skewers, with MJF getting them jabbed into the top of his head. Page follows up with a Buckshot Lariat, and MJF is down.
MJF rolls to the ropes, getting himself back up just in time. Page lays him back out before grabbing a bag from under the ring, revealing a steel chain that he pulls out, long with a double dog collar. A callback to Revolution four years ago as he straps one of the collars around the champion’s neck. He puts the other one on himself, effectively turning this into another dog collar match as MJF realizes what’s going on.
Page then proceeds to lay into him with the chain. With MJF knocked down, Page grabs another table from under the ring. He sets the table up as the crowd chants “we want fire” and the challenger appears to entertain the idea as he asks who has a lighter. When that fails, he pulls out a barbed wire board from under the ring before setting it up on the table. Crowd still chanting “we want fire” as Page asks for a lighter.
Instead, he opts to go for a Dead Eye on the champ, but MJF blocks it. They fight back and forth on the apron now, until MJF takes a boot to the face. Hangman goes up to the middle rope, and that turns out to be the most dangerous rope as MJF yanks the chain, pulling him onto the board as the table tips over. Hangman gets another count of nine before he barely manages to get back to his feet to keep the match alive.
MJF goes after him with the chain, and the fight goes up the ramp and back to the stage. MJF lands some right hands on the Hangman, until Page fights back, but MJF ducks once more, only to be pulled for a belly to belly slam that sends both men through a production table, resulting in explosions. The referee begins his count. By the count of nine, they both make it back up and the fight continues.
From there, we see Page dog-walking MJF on the chain, before setting up for a Buckshot Lariat. He runs into a low blow from MJF. He leaves the ring to grab his title from ringside, sliding back in as he looks to lay the challenger out with a title shot. He does, blasting him and laying him out.
He beats the count, lays MJF out with a belt shot and looks for a Buckshot Lariat. MJF avoids it and blasts him with his ring and choking him out. He drops him lifeless on a pile of glass at ringside. The referee counts to ten. It’s over. MJF retains. Hangman Page can never challenge for the AEW World Championship again. Thanks for joining us!
Winner and STILL AEW World Champion: MJF