All Elite Wrestling
Redemption 2026
July 26th, 2026
Bell Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Sean Sedor: After watching some eventful races today (Formula 1 in Hungary and NASCAR at Indianapolis), Sean is ready to go for another AEW PPV review! 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 NASCAR and 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 November 2004).
AEW Redemption 2026 – The Buy In
AEW World Trios Titles – The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy, & Roderick Strong) (c) def. The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian, & Lee Johnson)
The Demand joined the commentary team for this one, which wasn’t all that surprising given their recent alignment with Jay Lethal and The Swirl. This was also the lone match on The Buy In after the first half of the show featured an in-ring segment paying tribute to the Rougeau Family. There was a fun spot early where Lethal Twist did a triple do-si-do as they escaped all three members of The Conglomeration attempting ten punch spots in the corners. Not long after that, they managed to isolate Roderick Strong, working him over for a bit before managing to tag out. Both Kyle O’Reilly and Orange Cassidy had brief spurts of offense before they were cut off by some incredible double-team work by Blake Christian and Lee Johnson. Following attempts by The Swirl to use the AEW World Trios Title belts during an exchange between Cassidy and Lethal, The Conglomeration gained control and eventually pinned Lethal to retain. A very entertaining trios match on the whole. The result was never really in doubt (we’re clearly heading towards a Conglomeration vs. Demand match for those titles), but there was good action throughout this one, with Christian and Johnson in particular really showing out. At some point, I’d like to see those two get more of a push, because they’ve become a very strong tag team (especially with some of the creative double-teams they’re able to pull off). I don’t think you need to go out of your way to see this one if you missed it, but it definitely delivered given its spot on the card. ***1/2
#1 Contender’s Ladder Match
“Speedball” Mike Bailey def. El Clon, Jack Perry, Komander, Nick Wayne, & The Beast Mortos
The winner of this match will receive a future shot at the AEW International Title (which will presumably still be held by Kyle Fletcher after tonight). I have to say that I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t dig out the giant Sonic ring for this one (always made for a funny/unique visual). They put the majority of the entrances for this match in the remaining minutes of the Buy In, which honestly, I didn’t mind. Get the entrances out of the way and get right to the action.
This one kicked off with the usual early multi-man scramble before The Beast Mortos brought in the first ladder. He would be the first one to truly put it to use, as he press slammed Speedball onto a ladder in the corner. Komander and El Clon then both hit springboard moves in the ring before the action spilled to the floor. Everyone then brawled up to the stage so that both Speedball and Jack Perry could hit moonsaults onto the pile. Back in the ring, Komander knocked Mortos off a ladder with a very nice rope walk dropkick, but then followed up with a twisting dive off a ladder that was a bit on the sloppy side. There was a point where all six men were fighting in the ring on various ladders, and it appeared that Mortos hurt his leg at some point during that exchange. The referees and doctors were checking on him, but he returned moments later to kick off a trio of table spots. What was easily the highlight of those was Komander hitting his rope walk dive to the floor to put Nick Wayne through that table. That looked incredible.
The action continued as bodies were being slammed off ladders, put through more tables (notably a Phoenix Splash off a Ladder by Nick Wayne putting Komander through a table), and put through ladders (Perry hit Wayne with a crazy Canadian Destroyer onto a ladder bridge). With mostly everyone else taken out, Speedball put Beast Mortos on another ladder bridge, hit Ultimate Weapon, and then retrieved the contract to secure the win. This was far from the best Ladder Match in AEW, but it was a pretty fun way to kick off the show. There were certainly a few sloppy moments, and the match did reach a bit of a lull during the aforementioned sequence where Mortos appeared to get hurt, but the pace picked up again quickly after the series of table spots. Speedball winning makes all the sense in the world. Not only because he’s the hometown guy, but he and Kyle Fletcher are 1-1 against each other, so a rubber match is now perfectly set up after this one. I was largely entertained by this one. ****
The Young Bucks def. Jon Moxley & Will Ospreay
For the first time (at least I’m pretty sure this is the first time), Will Ospreay made his entrance through the crowd alongside Jon Moxley. The match kicked off with The Young Bucks firmly in control until Ospreay and Nick Jackson clonked heads. Ospreay initially showed concern as he asked the referee to check on him, but Mox barked at him to get back in the ring and go back on the attack. Matt Jackson briefly got some offense in before Marina Shafir got involved. Matt was worked over for a few minutes, and just as it seemed that Nick had recovered enough to make the tag, Moxley pulled him off the apron and gave him a piledriver on the floor. Once again, Matt managed to find an opening, though he was very reluctant to tag in his brother after what went down earlier.
Nick seemed perfectly fine after tagging himself in, as he ran through his usual string of offense. An attempt at the Meltzer Driver was blocked by Ospreay, as he and Moxley delivered a simultaneous Styles Clash and Piledriver onto Nick and Matt respectively. Not only after that, Ospreay accidentally took out Mox with a springboard forearm, which led to The Young Bucks going on an offensive flurry. Ospreay and Nick went at it again, though Nick was clearly showing the effects of that earlier head clonk. We then got into the “telling stories” portion of the match, as Ospreay had the chance to finish Nick off, but couldn’t bring himself to do it. Moxley was incensed (rightfully so), and tagged himself in so that he could finish Nick himself. Matt tried to fight back (even managing to superkick Marina Shafir), but Mox continued to dish out the punishment with multiple Paradigm Shifts. Mox then got a chair and shoved down the referee, though Ospreay stopped him from using the chair. This gave Matt the opening to fire back, and following a series of superkicks and a BTE Trigger, The Young Bucks got the win.
I totally understand that they’re trying to tell this story here where Ospreay was reluctant to finish somebody off (didn’t we already do this story two years ago with Ospreay and the Tiger Driver), but there are better ways to go about that (better ways to get to the dissension of Moxley and Ospreay in general), and what they did here absolutely took this match down a few pegs. The action in this one was still great, as we all knew it would be, but the melodramatic stuff just took me out of it. I was a little curious to see who would get pinned here, as Ospreay has got his title shot coming up and The Young Bucks are (presumably) on a collision course with Adam Copeland and Christian Cage. By process of elimination, I figured Moxley would take the pin here, and that’s exactly what happened (Moxley had the least to lose here, so him eating the pin was totally fine). Again, I would still consider this a great match, but it had the potential to be so much better if they didn’t let the melodramatic style storytelling get in the way. ****
AEW International Title
Kyle Fletcher def. ROH World Champion Bandido
Per Kyle Fletcher’s request on Dynamite, the entire Don Callis Family is banned from ringside for this one. The opening exchange between these two concluded with Bandido nearly catching Fletcher with a flash pin. Once he recomposed himself on the floor, Fletcher was able to gain control of the match. Bandido attempted to respond with a springboard moonsault to the floor, but Fletcher took him out with a perfectly timed superkick before delivering a powerbomb on the apron.
Back in the ring, Fletcher continued to work over Bandido for a few minutes until the ROH World Champion was finally able to fight back with an impressive deadlift suplex and a frog splash for a nearfall. Fletcher then quickly cut him off with a nasty brainbuster on the apron. The two continued to trade moves back-and-forth once they got in the ring, with Bandido getting a nearfall of a 21 Dragon Suplex (first time I’ve seen that one) before following up with a Liger Bomb on the floor. Then, because he’s an absolute manic, Bandido decided to take a page out of the Barbaro Cavernario playbook and hit a frog splash from the top rope straight to the floor. Bandido continued to dish out amazing offense back in the ring. Then they decided to shoot headbutts (sure, why not?), which led to a small trickle of blood appearing on Fletcher’s head. Bandido went back on an offensive flurry, and managed to connect with the 21 Plex, but Fletcher just barely kicked out. This led to Fletcher going back on the offensive, and while Bandido was able to survive a brainbuster and a second rope Michinoku Driver, what was supposed to be the Turnbuckle Brainbuster (looked like he completely missed the turnbuckle) put Bandido down for the count.
This was an excellent match. It took awhile to get going for sure, but once it did, these two were really cooking. So many of the moves these guys were hitting were absolutely wild (still can’t believe Bandido did the Cavernario splash to the floor), and to be frank, I loved every second of it. I enjoy action in my wrestling, and these two brought the action and then some. The only downside (as has been mentioned many times previously) is that Bandido takes yet another loss on PPV as the ROH World Champion. I do wish they had taken the title off Bandido months ago if he was going to be losing all of these matches on AEW PPV. He’s a fantastic wrestler (as is Fletcher), but him being the ROH World Champion for all of these losses just does a massive disservice to ROH if you want to actually do something with ROH. That point aside, an incredible outing from both guys here. The result was never in much doubt, but they still managed to put together what is (at this point) the leading contender for Match Of The Night. ****1/2
Double Chain Match
The Dogs (David Finlay & Clark Connors) def. The Bang Bang Gang (“Switchblade” Jay White & Juice Robinson)
Funny enough, the last Double Chain Match that I remember watching involved a pair of now famous French Canadian wrestlers (Colt Cabana & El Generico vs. Kevin Steen & Steen Corino from ROH Glory By Honor IX in 2010). All four guys involved were dressed for a street fight (with Jay White wearing white pants….usually a sign that we’re going to be getting some blood). David Finlay and Clark Connors jumped The Bang Bang Gang before the chains were fully attached, gaining the initial advantage until Jay White and Juice Robinson managed to fight back on the floor. Finlay was able to hoist White up for a powerbomb into the post, and after Connor tossed Juice hard into the barricade, The Dogs were back in control (both sides were making good use of the chains at this point).
The crowd seemed very quiet as the action returned to the ring. Jay and Juice got back in the fight after White hit Finlay with a Dragon Screw, but The Dogs were quick to respond, and we got to a spot where Finlay managed to trap White in the ropes with his chain as Connors choked Juice with his chain. For the first time in the match, the crowd audibly popped as White fought his way free to break up a submission attempt. Connors hit two spears on White, but was pulled off the pin attempt by Juice when he yanked the chain. Juice then yanked Connors from the top rope to the floor when he and Finlay attempted the Full Clip, which left Finlay all alone in the ring with Jay and Juice. From there, we got shenanigans. Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta interfered, which led to Ace Austin and The Gunns coming out to stop them. This allowed Marina Shafir to pass a shillelagh to Finlay, who used it on Juice to secure the win.
While all four guys put forth a ton of effort in this one, the match was largely not over in front of this crowd, and on the whole, this feud is just not over in general. Perhaps some blood could’ve added much-needed juice (both metaphorically and literally) to this match, but unfortunately, we didn’t get any here. The fact that we also got a screwy finish with multiple people getting involved (which of course brings up the obvious question of why these guys didn’t come out earlier since there were no disqualifications) certainly didn’t help things either. Again, although the two sides definitely worked hard, this ultimately proved to be pretty disappointing. **1/2
TBS Title
Maya World def. Hikaru Shida (c)
Hikaru Shida won the vacant TBS Title in a Survival Of The Fittest Match earlier this month, and has already picked up a couple of successful title defenses on AEW television. Following the initial exchanges, Shida connected with a Meteora off the apron, but Maya World responded with a crossbody off the apron. Back in the ring, the two battled on the turnbuckle, which led to Shida locking in a Stretch Muffler on the second rope. Shida was in firm control at this point, and while Maya tried to fight back, the damage done to the knee was clearly hindering her. Despite that setback, Maya finally managed to mount a comeback, connecting with a double stomp and a second rope moonsault. Shida responded with a half crab on the damaged knee, but Maya managed to get to the ropes. The two traded flash pins before Maya connected with three consecutive Shining Wizards. This led to Shida trying to go for her kendo stick, but Maya cut her off with a dive. Shida avoided a second moonsault from Maya, and even though she poured on the offense, Maya kept kicking out.
Shida went for three or four knee strikes in a row before going for the Falcon Arrow, but Maya managed to get to the ropes. Then out of nowhere, Maya hoisted Shida up and hit her bridging Fallaway Slam, and got the pin! Maya World is the new TBS Champion. I’m going to say I was expecting this result, but it definitely didn’t surprise me. I didn’t see any other reason why this was put on the PPV. Now the match itself was….subpar, to say the least. When you have one wrestler who is far from a finished product in the ring, and put them in a match with another wrestler whose best days are clearly behind them (I’ve been a fan of Shida since AEW formed, but it’s not hard to admit that she has been largely not good on this most recent run), and you give them a fair amount of time on a PPV, matches like this are going to be the result. I do give AEW a ton of credit for attempting to push somebody new and fresh, even if they’ve clearly still have a ways to go from an experience standpoint. You need to at least put forth the effort and (to use a commonly used phrase) give it the old college try. I guess in hindsight, I would’ve put the belt on a better wrestler if I was doing a quick transitional reign that would end with Maya World beating them. Somebody like Persphone would’ve been much better in this spot than Hikara Shida, but they didn’t go in that direction, so this is the match we got. It wasn’t very good, though again, I applaud the effort when it comes to actually trying to push a fresh talent. **
AEW World Tag Team Titles
Adam Copeland & Christian Cage (c) def. The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & PAC)
Before the fans could sing along to Metalingus, the Death Riders ran out through the crowd and jumped Adam Copeland. Christian Cage soon ran down to try to even the odds, but he was soon wiped out as well. Once the match officially began, the Death Riders were in firm control. Copeland finally managed to find an opening and made the tag to Christian, who did go on the offense before being cut off by a top rope elbow drop from PAC. The Death Riders continued to work over Christian until he got his knees up on a Shooting Star Press attempt by PAC. Christian then countered a brainbuster into the Killswitch, which allowed him to make the tag to Copeland, who went on an offensive flurry. The Death Riders fought back with an assisted Neutralizer, but that was really their last major shot at the champions. A few moments later, Christian wiped out Claudio with a spear, and Copeland finished PAC off with the pop-up Spear to score the victory.
This was easily a step above the previous two matches in that it was technically a good match, but it wasn’t a big enough step up to get this PPV back on track. While this would’ve been perfectly acceptable as a Dynamite main event, I thought that.…at this point in this show….we really needed to inject some life and energy into this PPV. This match did not do that. The wrestling itself was totally fine, but the bout probably went longer than it needed to, and again, given the lull this show had gone into by this point, this wasn’t the match that was going to fully get the crowd back into it. This just served to give Copeland and Cage one more successful title defense before Wembley which, as we found out in the post-match, is going to them against The Young Bucks. ***
No Holds Barred
“The Painmaker” Chris Jericho def. Tommaso Ciampa
Chris Jericho came out to “Painkiller” by Judas Priest. He also brought a barbed wire bat with him to the ring. Tommaso Ciampa brought a chair with him into the ring and had a brief duel with Jericho to kick off the match. Then, in a callback to the Beach Break match a few weeks ago, Jericho brought out a bag of sand to toss in Ciampa’s face. After Jericho went crazy with a fire extinguisher, a table was introduced, and Ciampa put him through it with a Fairytale Ending off the apron. At this point, Ciampa introduced a trashcan and some hockey sticks before putting on a Boston Bruins jersey, which (given that they’re in Montreal) got some enormous boos from the crowd. Jericho finally fought back after Ciampa spent too much time fooling around with a plush toy of the Montreal Canadiens mascot. He covered Ciampa with a trash can before smacking him with a hockey stick, slammed him onto hockey pucks with thumbtacks glued onto them, and rubbed sandpaper on his forehead. It was at this stage that Ciampa was finally busted open, but he did manage to start fighting back, as he used the sandpaper, the thumbtack pucks, and the barbed wire bat that Jericho brought earlier.
The two eventually continued the fight on the apron, and it culminated with Jericho putting Ciampa through a barbed wire table. Jericho then introduced a mirror, though of course, he ended up getting put through it thanks to an Air Raid Crash off the second rope. An attempt by Ciampa to use a drill (which got “This Is Murder” chants), but Jericho fought it off with green mist to the face, and that would be the beginning of the end for Ciampa. A Judas Effect, a pair of shots with a barbed wire mirror, and a Judas Effect with a thumbtack elbow pad followed, and then Jericho did indeed use the drill on Ciampa to get the win….I guess by referee stoppage? They didn’t make that very clear.
The spots with the drill were a little out there (I suppose in terms of being able to fully suspend your disbelief), but on the whole, I really enjoyed this match, and it was what this show needed to finally get back on track. We did get plenty of blood in this match, which I guess means they didn’t do blood in the earlier Double Chain Match because they were saving it for here (though that’s still a little strange as AEW has had plenty of PPVs in the past that had more than one match with blood). Both guys worked pretty hard, and they did a good job utilizing a variety of different weapons in some pretty wild spots. Ever since making the jump to AEW, Tommaso Ciampa has been nothing short of awesome throughout this run, and this match just added another entry into that list. What’s crazy is that Ciampa has been in AEW for only six months, and it already feels like he’s had a year’s worth of programs and feuds. It feels like he’s been in AEW for awhile already, even though he actually hasn’t been here very long. It’s also quite the site to see Chris Jericho doing spots with thumbtacks and barbed wire and broken glass at fifty-five years old. This was far from the best hardcore match AEW has ever done, but for what this was, I had a super fun time watching this. ****
AEW National Title
Andrade El Idolo def. Mark Davis (c)
Sean: Andrade came out with new entrance music, complete with the video board saying “How You Know?” before the music kicked in. The match began with Andrade nailing Mark Davis with his nasty spinning back elbow straight away. Davis managed to survive that, and responded quickly before Andrade caught him with a Minoru Suzuki-esque armbar in the ropes. Andrade followed up with a hurricanrana off the apron, but getting a picture with a woman at ringside (as he usually does) briefly backfired on him, as Davis went back on the attack. From there, the two continued to trade moves back and forth until Davis got a close nearfall off his Deadlift Piledriver. Davis then tried for a piledriver on the apron, but Andrade countered it, sending Davis face first into the turnbuckle. He then followed up with a massive moonsault to the floor, a moonsault in the ring, the spinning back elbow, and then the DM to score the pin. The fact that we got a title change here wasn’t too surprising, even though Mark Davis has had a very entertaining reign as the AEW National Champion. It was a pretty good match on the whole, though it has to be said (I’m sure that I’m far from the first person to mention this) that they’ve completely driven this “How You Know?” thing into the ground, WWE subtlety hammer style. It was a fun little line from Andrade’s first AEW run that got turned into a gif, but now it’s just become so overbearing and annoying. It’s just too much. As for where Andrade goes from here, I imagine he’ll be in a featured match on Grand Slam Mexico before (presumably) wrestling MJF at Wembley (let’s not forget that he now has MJF’s Dynamite Diamond Ring). When it comes to Mark Davis, I hope that he’s still featured regularly even after this title loss. He’s had a really good in-ring year, and this final title defense just continued that trend. ***1/2
AEW Women’s World Title
Willow Nightingale def. Thekla (c)
Willow Nightingale came out with her ear all bandaged up, after it had gotten bloodied during the segment with Thekla at Dynamite. The two went right after each other as soon as the match began, and once the action spilled to the floor, Thekla sent Willow into the steel steps. Back in the ring, she immediately began targeting that bandaged ear of Willow, though Willow managed to fight back a minute or two later with a series of clotheslines. The two then took turns trading submissions before Thekla hit a DDT on the apron and a high crossbody off the top rope to the floor. Back in the ring, Thekla tried for a flash pin with an assist from the ropes, but the referee caught her. Another exchange followed, and an attempted pin by Willow following a gutwrench powerbomb was broken up by Skye Blue as she tried (a little late and in full view of the referee) to put Thekla’s foot on the rope. Willow responded by going right after Skye Blue and powerbombing her hard on the floor. She immediately ate a spear when she returned to the ring, but survived that, and caught Thekla in a backslide to win the match! Willow is the new AEW Women’s World Champion, and (by virtue of being a former TBS Champion and AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champion) is the first women’s Grand Slam Champion in AEW.
This was a good match on the whole, but given how the segment on Dynamite from Wednesday came across, it fell short of my expectations. It was another match on this show that probably would’ve come across better on Dynamite (in this case, it could’ve easily been a Dynamite main event) as opposed to being on PPV. I also wasn’t the biggest fan of the finish. For Willow’s first AEW Women’s World Title win (and knocking off a strong heel champion in Thekla in the process), I feel like it should’ve been a more definitive win. I suppose the backslide is meant to protect Thekla in a way, but I don’t believe she would lose anything if she just got hit with the Babe With The Powerbomb and pinned. As for the result, it was what I expected. For the big women’s title bout at Wembley Stadium, Willow vs. Mercedes is a match that just makes more sense for multiple reasons. It sucks that Thekla’s title reign ended here (she’s been a great champion), but at this stage, with both being heels, Thekla vs. Mercedes just didn’t make much sense to me. I do hope Thekla finds a spot on the Wembley card, because she definitely deserves one. ***1/4
AEW World Title
Kenny Omega (c) def. TNT Champion Kevin Knight
Going into this main event, we all knew the result was never really in doubt. The big story was going to be how Kevin Knight performed in this spot (both in the match itself and from a business standpoint, particularly how the show does on PPV). What I’m also looking out for is if they’re able to put together some super believable nearfalls that catch you in the moment and make you think for a split second that there’s going to be a title change. For me, two matches in recent history that were able to do that incredibly well were Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from 2021 (this was right after Shingo won the IWGP Heavyweight Title) and Jon Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy at Full Gear 2024 (a show which I attended in person). We’ll see if this match is able to come close to that level.
As Kenny Omega was getting his ring introduction, Kevin Knight jumped him from behind, and continued to attack him before the match officially got underway. Once it did, Omega did manage to fight back, but his Terminator Dive was cut off, and after a leaping clothesline off the announce desk, Knight was in complete control. The crowd got on Knight’s case on a few occasions during this point in the match, and it wasn’t long after this that Omega started to fight back. He connected with a V-Trigger and then a series of Snap Dragon Suplexes, first in the ring, then on the apron, and finally on the announce desk. Back in the ring, Omega hit a pair of nasty knee strikes before Knight responded with a DDT. During this middle portion of this bout, aside from that DDT from Knight, Omega was the one who was in control, getting the better of a forearm exchange, and hitting a beautiful springboard sunset flip powerbomb (among other things). Knight finally found his next opening after another battle on the turnbuckle, and followed up with the Coast-To-Coast dropkick. He then tried to use both title belts to his advantage, even delivering the Crash Landing onto Omega on one of the belts. Omega survived that, however, and another attempt at the leaping clothesline resulted in a V-Trigger.
As a total package, this was a great main event which proved that Kevin Knight can hang in this spot. Did this have the super believable nearfalls like the matches that I mentioned earlier? Not really. Was this a better performance than the PPV main event that Kyle Fletcher had last year against Adam Page? I didn’t think so. Of course, that didn’t mean that Knight didn’t do a great job here, because he absolutely did. I’m not sure when he’ll end up as a regular main eventer, but he’s absolutely going to get there. As for Kenny Omega….he was Kenny Omega. Not much else to say there. I did enjoy the sequence of Dragon Suplexes, and I thought it was very interesting how in control Omega seemed during the closing stretch (in that regard, it felt like a match you might see in New Japan that was either a heavyweight vs. a junior or a battle between guys where one is clearly on a higher level than the other). This wasn’t quite Match Of The Night for me, but it was definitely in the top bunch. ****1/4
Following the main event, the Death Riders attacked Kenny Omega, seemingly ready to put him out of commission. Will Ospreay ran out to stop them, and after Moxley and company tried once again to get him to hit the “killshot” (with Moxley at one point wanting Ospreay to use a plastic bag on Omega), Ospreay finally turned his back on the Death Riders and saved Omega. The two men who will face each other at Wembley seemed to reconcile after the Death Riders retreated, but then Ospreay got levelled by a One Winged Angel a few moments later. I don’t believe this was a true heel turn for Omega, as it could be what Taz mentioned on commentary (Omega being pissed that Ospreay even thought about using the plastic bag on him), though it does seem like Omega will be at least….heel leaning going into Wembley against someone in Ospreay who’s clearly going to be the fan favorite for that audience. It could be a similar situation to the Gabe Kidd/Kenny Omega match from Wrestle Kingdom last year. Regardless, I’m pretty excited for this main event coming up next month. Their previous two matches were legendary, and this one should be no different.
Final Thoughts
Even though there were a number of really strong matches on this card, AEW Redemption ended up being one of the weaker AEW PPV outings of 2026. As always, that speaks more so to the quality of AEW PPVs on the whole, as a show like this would be an outstanding PPV for almost any other company. There was absolutely a lull in the middle of this show (and another lull before the main event), where you had several matches that could’ve easily been on television instead of on the PPV card, but ultimately, there was enough great on this show that is worth checking out. I would go with Kyle Fletcher vs. Bandido as my Match Of The Night with the main event not too far behind. Ciampa/Jericho, the opening Ladder Match, and (despite its flaws) the Moxley & Ospreay vs. Young Bucks tag are also worth checking out.
