AEW WrestleDream 2025
October 18, 2025
Chaifetz Arena
St. Louis, Missouri
Watch: PPV / HBO Max / Amazon Prime Video / TrillerTV / YouTube / PPV.com
Meet our reviewer
Sean Sedor: It’s another Saturday AEW PPV, which means that Sean is here to help break everything down (while also keeping an eye on the Penn State game with all of the drama that has gone down lately). You can find Sean on Twitter @SASedor2994 and on BlueSky @sasedor2994.bsky.social. If you’re interested in some of Sean’s other escapades, you can watch him play the Formula 1 games on YouTube (just search his name and you’ll find the channel), and you can also go to the Be The Booker forums if you’d like to check out Sean’s EWR Diary, where he plays as WCW (started in 1998, currently in March 2004).
AEW WrestleDream 2025: Saturday Tailgate Brawl
The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, PAC, & Wheeler Yuta with Marina Shafir) def. Roderick Strong & The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy, & Tomohiro Ishii)
PAC switched up his gear again, as he’s gone back to trunks. Meanwhile, The Conglomeration now have their own music and entrance video. O’Reilly and Strong helped give their side the advantage right out of the gate, which led to a fun exchange between Cassidy and PAC. Ishii then tagged in and went back and forth with Claudio (I wish Claudio would’ve left WWE a lot sooner, as it would’ve been amazing to have seen him in his prime G1’s from the 2010’s) before the rest of the Death Riders managed to isolate him. Cassidy tagged back in to fight off Garcia and Yuta before having a super fun sequence with Claudio where he countered out of the Giant Swing and worked his way around Claudio’s torso like he was a tree (very ZSJ-esque). The Death Riders once again isolated Cassidy until he was able to make the tag to Strong, who dished out some backbreakers before things broke down. It eventually came down to Ishii vs. PAC, and timely referee distraction by Garcia allowed Yuta to hit a chop block before PAC put Ishii away with a lariat. PAC pinning Ishii with a lariat is not a sentence I thought I’d ever type (a pretty standard move from a guy known for being able to pull off some crazy things), but it capped off what was a pretty good eight-man tag. Everyone involved had chances to shine throughout, and it was exactly the kind of the match you’d start your show out with to get the crowd fired up. Not a blowaway bout by any means, but a very easy and entertaining watch. ***1/2
AEW WrestleDream 2025: Saturday Tailgate Brawl
Eddie Kingston & HOOK def. The Frat House (Cole Karter & Griff Garrison)
Right after the first match ended, I took the chance to take our dog Lady outside. When I came back inside with her a few minutes later, Eddie Kingston and HOOK were in the process of beating up The Frat House. HOOK locked Karter in the Redrum for the submission victory. From what I saw, this was pretty much a squash for Kingston and HOOK to build them up in the tag team division. I haven’t been super thrilled with how they’ve used Kingston since his return, but I guess we’ll see if Kingston and HOOK eventually get a tag team title shot. N/R
AEW WrestleDream 2025: Saturday Tailgate Brawl
Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron def. Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford
Bayne and Ford came out dressed as Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn themed gear respectively. Willow and Harley (in matching gear themselves) controlled things early, but the heels managed to turn the tables, with Ford hitting a moonsault to the floor right before the commercial break. Things predictably broke down once they came back from break, and after a Battle of the Harley’s (which was a little rough at times), Willow put Ford away with the Doctor Bomb. A perfectly fine tag team bout that I presume will set up a future singles match between Bayne and Willow. Not much else to say beyond that. It served its purpose. **1/2
FTR (with Stokely Hathaway) def. JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey)
This match got started with only a few minutes left until the end of the Tailgate Brawl, which meant that we were either going to get a very short match between these two teams, or the match would continue on into the start of the PPV. It wound up being the latter, which is certainly an interesting idea (and if you’re going to do it, this is certainly the match you would try this with). The match got off to a hot start, but was unfortunately hampered by audio issues in the building that involved these loud booming noises (it sounded like the sound effects they would’ve used for the match graphics). It was VERY annoying, but they thankfully got that issue sorted out. When the PPV itself came on the air, we were immediately treated to Speedball hitting a big moonsault to the floor. JetSpeed got a couple of close nearfalls before Dax managed to lock Knight in a Sharpshooter. We then got to a very cool spot where FTR hit Knight with the Shatter Machine, only for Speedball to break it up with the Shooting Star Knee Drop off the top rope.
After some more back and forth between the two sides, we got an old school finish as Stokely Hathaway held Speedball’s feet down after Cash countered an attempted suplex into the ring. A really good tag team match between two really good tag teams to close the Tailgate Brawl and kick off the PPV proper (despite the early audio issues that were certainly an annoyance). FTR added another strong outing to their stellar 2025, while JetSpeed continue to prove why they’ve been such strong additions to the AEW midcard. It was nice to see AEW experiment with a match on the pre-show bleeding into the PPV. I’m not sure if it’s something they should do on every single PPV, but if they do try it again, it needs to be with action-packed matches like this one. ****
Jamie Hayter def. Thekla
Sean: A late stipulation added to this match was that everyone was banned from ringside. Hayter (who came out wearing an Antonio Inoki scarf) was in firm control in the early minutes of this one, sending her into the barricade a couple of times before having the wife of the late Lou Thesz hold Thekla so she could nail her with some chops. At this point, Thekla finally got some sustained offense in with a boot that sent Hayter off the apron, followed by a big crossbody from the top rope to the floor. Hayter managed to fight back with an exploder, and after countering Thekla’s Spider German, connected with an Ushigoroshi. Thekla went back on the offensive with some submission attempts and a spear, but Hayter managed to survive all of that, and avoided a second spear attempt before hitting a big lariat for the win. This one had some good action at points, but was a bit sloppy and uncoordinated at other points, in addition to going a little longer than it really needed to. There were a few decent crowd reactions here and there, though for the most part, the crowd was pretty mild. With this win, Hayter has now beaten each member of the Triangle Of Madness in consecutive singles matches as we get closer to the upcoming Women’s Blood And Guts Match in just under a month. A fine match, but certainly nothing spectacular. **3/4
$500K Tag Team Match
Jurassic Express def. The Young Bucks
The entrance for The Young Bucks featured a list of all of their expenses that ended with them having a listed total of $32.17 in their account as “Transaction Denied” blurted throughout the venue. As Jurassic Express ran wild in the early going, Penn State blocked a 66 Yard Iowa field goal attempt and returned the ball for a touchdown to go up 14-10 before halftime (in case you were wondering how that was going). The early offensive flurry from Jack Perry and Luchasaurus culminated with a big dive to the floor by the former, but from there, The Young Bucks managed to gain the upper hand. Perry was isolated for a few minutes as the fans chanted “Oh you’ve got no money” at Matt and Nick. Eventually, Perry found an opening as he countered the double stomp into the powerbomb combo with a rana before making the tag to Luchasaurus, who ran wild. Following some double teams from Jurassic Express, The Young Bucks busted out something new as Matt trapped Perry in the ropes with a headscissors, leaving Perry wide open for a superkick from Nick.
More back and forth action between the two teams followed, with The Young Bucks busting out a Package Piledriver. Perry would respond with a beautiful step up rana off the top rope on one of the Bucks right into a German Suplex on the other Buck. More double teams from Jurassic Express followed, which included them stealing the Meltzer Driver. All of this wild action cultivated with Luchasaurs and Perry hitting Countdown To Extinction on Matt for the win. This tag team match absolutely kicked ass, with some pretty incredible action from start to finish. You can always count on The Young Bucks to have a great match on PPV, and on the other side, Jurassic Express had a pretty strong outing as well. I know that Perry is a pretty divisive guy, but I didn’t have any issues with him getting back together with Luchasaurus (especially given how his singles run went). The match as a whole soundly met my expectations. Perry tried to offer some of the money to The Young Bucks after the fact, but this left them wide open to an attack by some of the members of The Don Callis Family. Kenny Omega ran out to make the save, but not before admonishing The Young Bucks for allowing the beatdown to continue. I presume we’re getting closer to the eventual face turn for Matt and Nick (I wonder how much the Kota Ibushi injury has impacted that story), leading to a reunion with Kenny. ****1/2
Tornado Trios Match
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, MVP, & Shelton Benjamin) def. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, & Toa Liona)
I forgot to mention this earlier, but the entrance stage for this show included its own St Louis Arch (always enjoy unique PPV stages). It was also revealed earlier in the show that the winners of this one would become the #1 Contenders to the AEW World Trios Titles. The Demand jumped The Hurt Syndicate while they were making their entrance, and as this early beatdown continued, Penn State scored another touchdown to go up 21-10 over Iowa (at this point, I just want Penn State to reach six wins and gain bowl eligibility so they can somewhat salvage this season). After Lashley got taken out on the floor, Ricochet set him up on a table while the Gate Of Agony lifted Benjamin up on the steel steps before slamming him on Lashley and through the table. This is easily the most vulnerable The Hurt Syndicate has ever looked. While MVP was getting triple teamed in the ring, he was able to survive long enough for Benjamin and Lashley to recover. It became a more even affair from there, with a Tower Of Doom spot followed by a few fun spots from Benjamin (sending Ricochet over the top to the floor with a German Suplex before hitting a big flip dive to the floor). It then seemed like Ricochet was going to be beaten three on one just like he was in the Street Fight from Dynamite, but Kaun pulled Ricochet out of the ring and effectively took the bullet for him.
This ended up being a pretty good match. Like I mentioned earlier, I can never recall a point where The Hurt Syndicate were in that much trouble during a match (maybe the aforementioned Street Fight from a few weeks ago). There were points in this match where they were really dominated by The Demand, though ultimately, they managed to get the win. While it was nice to see The Hurt Syndicate finally involved in a feud where they gave a ton to the other side, I’m glad this was the blowoff match. It probably should’ve ended with the Street Fight, but I suppose they wanted to extend things by another week or so to this PPV. The Opps vs. The Hurt Syndicate is a very interesting match on paper, and I definitely wouldn’t be shocked if we got a title change. ***1/2
AEW TNT Title
Kyle Fletcher (c) def. Mark Briscoe
During the ending moments of the previous match, Iowa scored a touchdown to cut the deficit to Penn State to just five points, as they failed on the two point conversion (I hope Penn State can pull this off this win on the road). Anyway, this is the fifth match in the series between Kyle Fletcher and Mark Briscoe, with each guy having two wins. As it turns out, I saw two of their previous four matches in person, which were the first match (in the Summer of 2024, where Mark retained the ROH World Title over Fletcher as part of a Collision/Rampage taping in Allentown) and the fourth match (at Dynasty back in April in Philly where they fought in the first round of this year’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament).
Briscoe had the advantage early on, as he connected with both his Cactus Jack elbow drop off the apron and the chair assisted dive over the top rope to the floor. However, Fletcher managed to avoid another dive off the apron, and followed up with a nasty powerbomb onto the steel steps, which had been turned on their side. Fletcher was in firm control as the action returned to the ring, but Briscoe was quick to respond, and the duo went flying after simultaneous lariats. Fletcher got a close nearfall off a big sitout powerbomb and, after jockeying for position with Briscoe on the turnbuckle, managed to hit a huge superplex. It wouldn’t take long for Briscoe to respond, as he dropped the TNT Champion on his head with a Jay Driller on the apron.
An attempt at a traditional Froggy Bow moments later came up empty, but Briscoe quickly recovered and hit the Froggy Bow while Fletcher was laying back first on the top rope! That was pretty unique. Briscoe kept up the attack with two more Froggy Bows (one to a standing Fletcher on the floor and then a traditional one in the ring) for another close nearfall. Another big exchange between the two led to a Jay Driller, but Fletcher just barely broke up the pin with a finger on the ropes. Fletcher then used some heel trickery that led to a low blow and a brainbuster, but that one got two! The crowd exploded when Mark kicked out, but that just proved to be the beginning of the end for Briscoe. Fletcher poured on more offense before finally putting Briscoe away with the Turnbuckle Brainbuster (a move that I’m sure Mark is more than familiar with). This was an excellent match that, up to this point, is a strong contender for Match Of The Night. I absolutely love Mark Briscoe. He’s one of the most underrated wrestlers in the entire world, and he put forth a stellar performance here against Kyle Fletcher, who himself continues his incredible TNT Title run with another strong title defense (I also like the fact that, for the most part, Fletcher is winning these matches relatively cleanly). These two have some great chemistry with each other, and I would say that, of their five matches, this was definitely my favorite. Definitely go out of your way to check this one out. ****1/2
AEW Women’s World Title
Kris Statlander (c) def. “Timeless” Toni Storm
Statlander’s entrance involved two dudes who were….I guess supposed to be aliens? They sort of looked like lazy cosplays of characters from the Dune movies. In other news, Iowa scored a touchdown to take the lead in the 4th Quarter, so things aren’t going great for my Nittany Lions (though there’s still time left to score). After the initial opening exchanges, Toni Storm seemed to gain the edge with a running hip attack that sent Statlander to the floor, but Statlander would quickly respond with a moonsault off the apron. Statlander remained in control once they returned to the ring, until Storm fought back and hit a suplex close to one of the corners. She followed up with a Tornado DDT and a snap Tiger Driver for a nearfall. The two then took turns trading submissions, with each escaping by getting to the ropes.
Storm managed to avoid the Saturday Night Fever and hit the running hip attack in the corner, but Statlander in turn avoided the Storm Zero and hit a 450 Splash. More close nearfalls followed soon after, with Statlander kicking out after taking the Storm Zero, while Storm was able to kick out of the Seatbelt pin. We then got a long sequence with Statlander trying to get Toni to tap with the leg scissors choke she’s been using over the last few months, but eventually she just abandoned it and hit another Saturday Night Fever for the win. I’m not sure I would’ve done that long submission at the end, but on the whole, this was a pretty good match. Certainly not the best outing for either woman on an AEW PPV, but there was solid action throughout, with Statlander getting a more definitive win this time around. It should be interesting to see where Toni Storm goes from here (I know people have speculated that she goes into the AEW Women’s Tag Team Title tournament). Statlander was interrupted by Mercedes Moné, who had The Frat House carrying all of her other titles. They had a brief interaction before we went right into the next match, which seemed to tease a future match between the two. I certainly wouldn’t mind that, as their previous two meetings (one of which I saw in person last year) were two of Mercedes’ best matches in AEW. ***1/2
AEW TBS Title & Interim ROH Women’s Television Title
Mercedes Moné [TBS] def. Mina Shirakawa [Interim ROH Women’s Television]
Sean: So the mystery title challenger ended up being….Interim ROH Women’s Television Champion Mina Shirakawa. An interesting choice for a few different reasons. While Mercedes and Mina have had a couple of strong matches earlier this year (once at the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Dynasty and again on Dynamite 300), Mercedes won both of those matches. Then there’s the fact that this match, where Mercedes is trying to break Ultimo Dragon’s record, involves an interim title, which just seems….very silly, in my view. Finally, the fact that a lot of people were speculating that this surprise challenge could’ve been Syuri, who just won the IWGP Women’s Title at King Of Pro-Wrestling earlier in the week, certainly raised people’s expectations.
After the two traded submission attempts early on, Mercedes took control with her usual knee based offense. Mina managed to turn things around after blocking a Frog Splash attempt, and responded with a twisting splash and a slingblade off the top rope. Mina went back to the Figure Four, but Mercedes got out of it, and a battle on the apron led to a running Meteora. Mina responded with a backfist and another Figure Four. Mercedes managed to survive once again, and at that point, desperation started to sink in. She attempted to cheat, tried a series of flash pins, and even connected with the Moné Maker (one of the better ones she’s hit). Mina managed to survive all of that, and was able to get a few more close finishes before Mercedes used the ropes on a rollup to win the Interim ROH Women’s Television Title and break Ultimo Dragon’s record.
This was easily the weakest of the three matches these two have had together, but it definitely picked up in the closing stages, and the crowd certainly got more invested as the match progressed. They did a nice job with some of the nearfalls while Mercedes really sold her desperation well when things weren’t going her way. As I mentioned earlier, it’s incredibly silly that the title Mercedes won to break the record was an interim title, but alas, she accomplished her goal (and will probably win a 12th title tomorrow night at Winnipeg Pro Wrestling). What was interesting was that we had Kris Statlander confronting Mercedes in the post-match, which led to Statlander taking Mercedes out. Obviously they teased something after Statlander’s match, but I didn’t expect them to go to that right away. I guess Mercedes challenges Statlander for the Women’s World Title at Full Gear, with Statlander finally getting that elusive win over Mercedes? As someone going to Full Gear, I certainly wouldn’t mind that. ***1/2
AEW World Tag Team Titles
Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) (c) def. The Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada & Konosuke Takeshita)
In a quick update, Penn State lost to Iowa by just one point (25-24). That’s a tough loss. Hopefully Okada and Takeshita challenging Brodido for the AEW World Tag Team Titles can wash away some of my disappointment. Of course, the duo from the Don Callis Family won this title shot after beating Brodido on the Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite a few weeks ago. Early on, Brody took out Okada and Takeshita with a series of lariats before assisting Bandido with a huge springboard moonsault to the floor. After the champions absolutely squashed the challengers with a series of running attacks into the barricades, Bandido finally convinced Brody to try the Macarena, but this left them wide open to getting jumped by Okada. The heels then isolated Bandido for a bit until he finally made the tag to Brody, who ran wild with a Bossman Slam and cannonball onto both Okada and Takeshita in the corner.
Once Brody tagged Bandido back in, things really started to break down. Bandido and Takeshita traded poison ranas, and after Takeshita took out Brody with a Blue Thunder Bomb, Bandido immediately responded with a HUGE Shooting Star Press. After more exchanges between Bandido and Takeshita, the latter tried for a knee strike, but Okada tagged himself in. That gave Brodido the opening to go back on the attack, though that didn’t last. Takeshita somehow managed to hit the Bastard Driver and the Wheelbarrow German on Brody, which led to an amazing anti-air dropkick from Okada on Bandido, who himself avoided a Rainmaker. A big multi-person German Suplex spot involving Brody followed, but he quickly got wiped out by the heels. We then got THE spot of the match, as Okada wiped out Takeshita with a Rainmaker as he tried to go for Bandido. Okada didn’t seem to mind this, but it led to the eventual loss for the Don Callis Family. Bandido’s initial attempt at the 21 Plex didn’t work due to his injured shoulder, though after encouragement from Brody, Bandido fought through the pain and managed to hit it in Okada before pinning him!
These two teams had a stellar tag team encounter, and continued the theme of this show having some awesome tag team matches. Brodido haven’t been teaming for very long, but they’ve quickly become one of the best tag teams in the world, and it’s great to see the belts on an actual quality tag team after they spent most of the year on The Hurt Syndicate. As expected, the wrestling in this one was nothing short of fantastic, and a massive step up from their aforementioned match on Dynamite. Incredible action from start to finish. We also had the continuation of the brewing tension between Okada and Takeshita with the first major incident between the two. The timing on that Rainmaker from Okada that was meant for Takeshita (including Bandido getting out of the way just in time) was PERFECT in every sense of the word. They absolutely nailed that spot, and I’m sure the tension will continue to rise between those two. Meanwhile, it was super cool seeing Bandido get the pin on Okada after Okada pinned him in the Dynamite match. A fantastic match on all fronts that accomplished everything it needed to accomplish. ****3/4
AEW World Title
“Hangman” Adam Page (c) def. Samoa Joe
It was revealed before the show that AEW World Title bout would not be main eventing the show, as the I Quit Match between Darby Allin and Jon Moxley would, in fact, be going on last. Regardless of the card placement, there was a big fight feel with the introductions, with Justin Roberts listing off a lot of the accolades of both wrestlers. After the initial opening exchanges, Joe nailed Hangman with a big back elbow. Once the action spilled the floor, Joe avoided Hangman’s moonsault to the floor, but Hangman rolled through and wiped him out. Back in the ring, Joe dropped Hangman with the STO out of the corner, and took firm control of the match. Hangman managed to fight back during a strike exchange, though an attempted moonsault inside the ring did not turn out so great, as he completely overshot Joe.
Joe responded with a powerbomb before going back into submission attempts as Page was dealing with blood in his mouth. Page would respond with a powerbomb of his own (the sunset flip variety) before loudly calling Joe a motherfucker (which got a big pop from the crowd). Joe locked in the Coquina Clutch moments later, but Page was able to get to the ropes. A great counter of the Muscle Buster led to a Dead Eye for a nearfall, and it ultimately took three Buckshot Lariarts to put Joe down for the count.
A pretty good match with a strong closing stretch, as Page managed to survive or avoid some of Joe’s biggest shots. I really enjoyed Page needing to hit the Buckshot Lariat three times in a row to finally beat Joe. There were a few minor blemishes here and there (particularly that one moonsault spot), but this was still a very solid World Title bout, with Joe playing his role perfectly. The story wasn’t over after the bell, however, as the rest of The Opps came out for the post match handshake. Joe did indeed shake Hangman’s hand, but then turned around and wiped him out with a lariat! What was even more shocking was that Hobbs and Shibata joined in on the beatdown, which ended with Joe hitting the Muscle Buster. Joe turning didn’t totally shock me, but Hobbs and Shibata turning was something I definitely didn’t expect. Certainly creates an interesting dynamic for their Trios Title defense against the Hurt Syndicate on Wednesday, and signals that Hangman is probably going to have matches with Hobbs, Shibata, as well as another match with Joe in the future. ***3/4
I Quit Match
Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley (with Marina Shafir)
Well….it’s time to see what these crazy maniacs are going to do to each other. Darby brought a backpack with him, and started the match by laying the AEW flag he took to Mount Everest on the mat. Mox walked right on that flag, and Darby went on the attack, connecting with a big dive to the floor. A distraction by Marina Shafir allowed Moxley to gain the advantage, and he immediately targeted the mouth of Darby. It didn’t take long for the blood to flow. After also making the ear a target (as it has been through this entire feud), Mox decided to take some skewers and tried to rip the fingernails off one of Darby’s fingers. It didn’t take long for this one to get gross. Darby would respond relatively quickly with a dropkick off the steel steps and a Code Red in the ring before using the AEW flag to choke Moxley.
An attempted Coffin Drop on the apron by Darby failed when Marina pulled Mox out of the way. It was around this time that someone in the crowd (must’ve been close to ringside) loudly yelled “Moxley you’re such a bitch!”, followed by someone else responding with “What he said!”. Mox then brought out a belt and started whipping Darby. It’s so funny watching this I Quit Match and comparing it to how WWE does their I Quit Matches. Obviously we would never see this sort of violence in a WWE setting, but if this was in WWE, the microphone would’ve been shoved in the faces of these two at least twenty times by now. Darby covered Moxley with lighter fluid and tried to set him on fire before the rest of the Death Riders came out. He tried to fight them off with bear spray, but eventually got taken down. Mox then used a taser on Darby before hitting him with a Death Rider on a chair. Darby took even more punishment as Claudio repeated the spot from the 2300 Arena as he military pressed him over the top rope, sending him crashing through the announce desk. PAC then dragged him to the other side of the ring so that Mox could give him the Death Rider through two tables.
“This Is Murder” and “You Can’t Kill Him” chants erupted from the crowd as Claudio and PAC filled a fish tank with water so that Mox could try to drown him. Still….Darby did not quit. The lights went out, and OLD MAN STING appeared! He broke the fish tank and tossed Darby his bat before carrying Marina away. Darby attacked with the bat before hitting a Coffin Drop and choking Moxley with the flag. He then locked in the Scorpion Deathlock, and Moxley quickly said I Quit.
In a lot of ways, this main event didn’t feature a ton of stuff that was unexpected (in a general sense). I knew they were going to do some disgusting stuff, and they did. I figured that Darby would take an insane amount of punishment, and he did. Was a lot of it wild and crazy? Absolutely. On the whole, it was a lot of fun to watch. These two are total madmen who will do crazy things whenever they’re in a ring together. I guess the biggest issues I have with this match involve the finish. I didn’t have any problem with Sting getting involved, but I suppose I’m just….surprised at how quickly Moxley quit after Darby hit him with a bat and a couple moves. I guess the idea is that Moxley secretly isn’t as tough as he lets on? I just wish Darby would’ve done something a little bit…more impactful before he beat Moxley. Also thought it was strange that the rest of the Death Riders seemed to vanish once the lights went out. Minor issues aside, you can never really go wrong with these two in a big match, and Darby got the win (as he should have), so it delivered on that front. ****1/4
Final Thoughts
The 2025 edition of AEW WrestleDream was yet another strong PPV outing from AEW. Tag Team Wrestling in particular shined bright on this night, with Brodido vs. Okada and Takeshita, Jurassic Express vs. The Young Bucks, and FTR vs. JetSpeed all delivered in a big way in their respective spots on the card. Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe and the main event were also pretty great (can’t get much different than those two matches) and well worth checking out. The rest of the show featured a number of good matches and notable happenings (Sting showing up, The Opps turning heel, setting up Statlander vs. Mercedes) while nothing on the card was worse than average.
