All Elite Wrestling
All In 2026
August 30th, 2026
Wembley Stadium
London, England
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Meet our reviewer:
Sean Sedor: After watching an entertaining NASCAR race at Daytona on Saturday Night, Sean is here to take you through AEW’s biggest show of the year! 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 getting ready to kick off 2005).
Lio Rush & The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Myron Reed, & Zachary Wentz) def. The Opps (Action Andretti, Anthony Bowens, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata)
Action Andretti effectively joined The Opps last weekend at ROH Death Before Dishonor when they helped him beat Lio Rush to win the ROH World Television Title (a review which I also did for the site!). A challenge was issued by The Opps for a match on The Buy In, and Lio got The Rascalz to be his partners. This one started off as a brawl straight away, before The Opps managed to isolate Rush for a few minutes. He eventually made the (not so) hot to Xavier, which led to a series of double and triple teams from The Rascalz. The Opps were quick to respond, and things one again broke down. Everyone then took turns hitting a big move before Rush put Bowens away with a Frog Splash. A perfectly fine eight-man tag that you won’t even remember by the time the main show starts. Everyone got their shit in (somewhere, Brian Cage is smiling), and I would presume Rush getting the pin here sets up another match with Andretti at some point. ***
Harley Cameron & Kris Statlander def. The Sisters Of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue)
This match was set up on the episode of Collision that was taped on Wednesday in Glasgow, though Skye specifically is coming off a very violent and bloody match from the Pro-Wrestling EVE show on Friday (the visuals from that are pretty insane). It should be noted as well that between this match and the previous match, it started raining, and while the ring and ringside area was covered, Wembley Stadium doesn’t have a fully retractable roof, so if you’re seated on the floor, you were probably getting soaked. The first few minutes featured some basic back-and-forth before Julia Hart and Skye Blue isolated Harley Cameron, which ultimately built to a Kris Statlander hot tag. Statlander ran wild when she did get in there. Harley tagged back in and immediately got taken out (makes you question why Statlander even tagged out), but she did manage to finally fight back. The closing moments saw Statlander slam Skye hard on the floor before hitting the Sunday Night Fever on Julia in the ring for the pin. A fairly average pre-show tag that (much like the eight-man tag that came before it) you’ll probably forget about by the time the PPV goes live. Commentary seemed to push Harley and Statlander being potential challengers for the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Titles in the future, so I guess that’ll be happening sometime in the next month or two, probably against Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter. **1/2
Boom & Doom (Big Boom AJ & QT Marshall) and The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo, & Shawn Dean)
This isn’t the first time that Shane Taylor Promotions have had a run-in with Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall (they were part of a multi-person tag on the pre-show for Double Or Nothing), but now Boom & Doom have The Hurt Syndicate on their side after the recent Hurt Syndicate/STP partnership ended when STP’s attempt to pay them to go after Big Justice was rebuked. It was a little surprising to see Benjamin and Lashley come out without MVP, but the fact that there was no Rizzler here is easily the biggest disappointment of the show thus far. In the early going, Big Boom AJ and Benjamin took turns with Moriarty in a stalling suplex, but STP quickly took control after they destroyed QT Marshall on the apron. They then worked over both Marshall and Big Boom AJ until Lashley finally entered the match for the first time. He cleaned house on all of STP, even managing to spear Shane Taylor on the floor. After taking out The Infantry, The Hurt Syndicate helped hoist Taylor up for a powerbomb by Big Boom AJ. The babyface side continued to run wild on STP (even Big Justice got involved with a spear of his own) before Lashey pinned Carlie Bravo with the Dominator. The post-match saw Big Justice present The Hurt Syndicate with a giant check that had The Rizzler’s face on it. Another totally fine/inoffensive pre-show match. I know there are definitely people who are tired of the whole Big Boom AJ thing (it’s definitely gone beyond its shelf life for sure), but as long as the act is confined to the pre-shows, I honestly don’t care. If anything, the recent move to keep him in multi-person tags is a positive, because that way, he really doesn’t have to do much. ***
AEW TBS Title
Persephone def. Maya World (c)
Bryan Danielson joined the commentary team before this one got started. These two had a TBS Title match on the Dynamite right after Redemption, which ended via shenanigans as both Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander got involved. The match kicked off with a quick exchange of flash pins, with Persephone briefly taking control shortly thereafter with a headscissors. After a brief scuffle on the floor, Persephone started working over Maya with a pair of submissions. She followed with a Michinoku Driver for a nearfall, but Maya responded with a cutter off the ropes. A battle on the top rope a short time later led to a top rope Fallaway Slam from Maya, and an attempt at a dive off the top rope was thwarted by someone in a black hood and mask. One Razor’s Edge later, and Persephone is the new TBS Champion.
The masked individual revealed herself to be Britt Baker, which is the first time we’ve seen her in AEW in (I think) two years? The match itself was….ok. It definitely felt sluggish at points, and honestly, I thought that the previous match they had on Dynamite was definitely the better of the two. It’s certainly interesting to see Britt Baker back after all this time. Feels like the women’s division as a whole has passed her by, but her return did get a massive reaction here. I suppose if you are going to bring her back, putting her in the lower midcard is probably the best spot for her at the moment, as you can put her in feuds with younger wrestlers like Maya World (and hopefully someone like Maya will get the rub from winning that feud, in theory). I had no issues with putting the TBS Title on Persephone. Looking forward to seeing what she can do as champion. **1/2
Between that previous match and the Trios Royal Roulette, we did get a promo from Thekla at the panel set, basically saying that she’ll be watching the show closely and that she’ll never forgive Willow from taking the AEW Women’s World Title from her.
AEW World Trios Titles – Trios Royale Roulette
Winners: Swerve Strickland & The New Level (Austin Creed & KOFI)
So this is essentially a Trios Royal Rumble. Two teams start, another team enters every so often, and every member of a team needs to be sent over the top rope to be eliminated. Starting this one off was The Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs. They went at it for a bit before The Demand (who formed an alliance with The Dogs in a backstage segment earlier) came out 3rd. The Bang Bang Gang did their best to fight off the numbers disadvantage, as they dished out a bunch of 3:10 To Yuma’s on the everyone else in the match. Colton Gunn was the first elimination, but The Conglomeration were out next, evening things up for the babyfaces. Unfortunately, Austin Gunn got tossed out by GOA shortly thereafter. The fifth entrants were the Death Riders trio of Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, and Wheeler Yuta, which once again tipped the scale in favor of the heels. Marina did get involved in the match, and that led to her husband Roderick Strong giving her a backbreaker to a huge reaction from the crowd. He didn’t have much time left in the match unfortunately, as the heels ganged up to toss both him and O’Reilly over the top rope. Adam Page and Brodido were the 6th Entrants, complete with a brand new, trios specific entrance.
Despite the clear numbers disadvantage, the defending champions did pretty well for themselves to start off. Once again, however, the heels teamed together, and they all managed to toss Brody over the top rope. Bandido seemed to disappear at this point as well, though I don’t think he was actually eliminated, so he might’ve gotten hurt at some stage. The countdown to the PPV continued as the heels just went on with their VERY extended beatdown of the babyfaces. Orange Cassidy FINALLY fought back with several Orange Punches, and that woke up the crowd. The PPV goes live with the heel going back on the assault. Swerve Strickland made his entrance as part of the wild card team, and then….as we all anticipated….the former New Day made their debuts, now known as The New Level (with the names of Austin Creed and KOFI respectively). At this stage, the ring finally started to clear out. After Cassidy and Yuta were eliminated, Bandido finally returned to the match with his shoulder all taped up. A Hangman vs. Swerve confrontation was briefly interrupted by Ricochet, but then both were taken out by The Dogs. Finlay and White were then both eliminated, followed by Hangman and Ricochet. It came down to Swerve and The New Level against Claudio, PAC, and Gabe Kidd. We did get the traditional KOFI (is it all caps, I’m not sure) battle royal spot (this time involving Prince Nana), and eventually, the heels were all disposed of. Swerve and The New Level are the new AEW World Trios Champions.
The match itself was VERY long, and it definitely seemed as though the entrances were not timed well at all (as evidenced by that EXTENDED heel beatdown right before the PPV), so that was the biggest issue. In terms of the actual wrestling, there have absolutely been better AEW battle royals, but there have also been worse ones. The result was what pretty much everyone expected, with the former New Day making their debuts. Obviously this type of match isn’t really a true gauge of how they’re going to work out in AEW, so it’s going to be really fascinating to see how Austin Creed and KOFI acclimate to AEW in the coming weeks and months. ***
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Titles
The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor & Jamie Hayter) def. Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) (c)
The first official match on the PPV proper started off as a brawl, with Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter gaining the early advantage after a pair of dives to the floor. That didn’t last long, however, as Divine Dominion slammed them hard on the floor. The duo of Bayne and Kross worked over Hayter for a few minutes until Windsor was able to enter the fray. Divine Dominion quickly went back on the offensive, but the Brawling Birds were able to get back in the fight after some miscommunication from the champions. All four women were down after a German Suplex exchange, and after they recovered, Bayne was able to connect with a flying clothesline. A tandem superplex by Hayter and Windsor followed, but Bayne quickly recovered, and German Suplex both of them at the same time. The back-and-forth action continued, with Hayter and Windsor eventually hitting Two Birds, One Stone on Kross to secure the win. A solid match on the whole with another result that was never really in question. I enjoyed the exchanges in the closing stretch, with bodies flying all over the place, and Hayter at one point getting dropped right on her neck. This certainly didn’t light the world on fire, but I felt it delivered, given its spot on the card. ***1/4
AEW Continental Title – Continental Challenge Cup Finals
Jon Moxley (c) def. Nigel McGuinness
This one will be a battle between a man with a wounded arm (Moxley) and a man with a wounded leg (McGuinness). Even though I don’t mind doing that whole “coming into the match with an injury” story, I feel the actual execution of that story (specifically with Nigel’s injury) hasn’t been done very well. Nigel got in the first major shot of the match with a big uppercut, and then went right to work on the arm. An early attempt at the Jawbreaker Lariat was stopped by a dropkick to the leg. He then went to work on the ankle, tearing off the tape that Nigel had on it, but Nigel turned the tables by using the torn off tape to choke Moxley to get out of the hold. Nigel went back on the attack, connecting with the Tower Of London for a nearfall. Moxley’s attempt at a LeBell Lock was thwarted as Nigel countered and locked in one of his own. Another attempt at the Jawbreaker Lariat was countered into a cutter by Mox, but Nigel FINALLY connected with it a short time later. Mox had the Bulldog Choke locked, though Nigel was able to escape and lock in the London Dungeon. Mox did an amazing job selling the hold, and he managed to get out of it before locking in an ankle lock. The two continued with some nice exchanges and close nearfalls (which included an ode to the SummerSlam 92 main event finish with Bret Hart and British Bulldog) before Mox locked in the ankle lock one again. Nigel tried his best to get to the ropes, but it wasn’t enough, and he was forced to tap out.
The match took awhile to get going, though once it did, I thought it really clicked. The second half of the bout was particularly strong, as they did a great job making you believe that Nigel could truly win this one. Both guys did an incredible job getting the crowd to react on some of those nearfalls, and they both did amazing work selling their respective submission holds. Even though this inaugural Continental Challenge Cup has had some good matches here and there, I have to say it’s been relatively lackluster on the whole. Fortunately, it finished off on a high with a very strong match. I’m not sure if this was the best match of Nigel’s comeback (I’d still have the Danielson and ZSJ matches over this), but it’s definitely up there. ****
AEW International Title
Kazuchika Okada def. Kyle Fletcher (c) & Konosuke Takeshita
Kyle Fletcher won the AEW International Title from Konosuke Takeshita back on the Beach Break Dynamite in July. Meanwhile, Okada and Takeshita were involved in an amazing Three-Way Match last year with Mascara Dorada at All Out, so if that match was any indication, they should have an even better outing here with Kyle Fletcher in the mix.
Fletcher immediately knocked Okada down with a shot to get this one started, then he went right into an exchange with Takeshita. Okada recovered to deliver a double DDT to both on the floor before following up with a dive. Back in the ring, Fletcher went on the offensive, sending Okada head first into the turnbuckle before a Michinoku Driver on Takeshita for a neafall. Very clear that these three weren’t wasting any time, as they already began trading big moves with each other. Fletcher stopping Okada from using the screwdriver led to a near double pin for Takeshita. A few moments later, Takeshita pulled off what looked like a Top Rope Tornado DDT before hitting the Raging Fire. The pin was broken up by Okada, who pulled Takeshita off for a Rainmaker, but that pin was broken up by Fletcher. This led to Fletcher and Takeshita going at it, with Takeshita getting a close nearfall off a beautiful Blue Thunder Bomb. Fletcher responded with the top rope brainbuser, but Okada slid in, hit Fletcher with the Rainmaker, and then pinned him to win back the AEW International Title. The post match saw Okada and Callis force Fletcher to raise Okada’s hand in victory.
I thought this match absolutely rocked. They had their foot on the gas straight away and never let up. Great action, incredible moves, super cool sequences, all worked at a relatively quick pace….this had pretty much everything I wanted. A blast to watch from start to finish. As for the result, they could’ve gone a bunch of different directions, though what they ultimately went with obviously continues to build tension between Kyle Fletcher and the rest of the Don Callis Family. It’s not a question of if Fletcher will turn babyface, but when. ****1/2
Men’s Casino Gauntlet
Winner: Andrade El Idolo
As we all knew going in, Andrade El Idolo (complete with “How You Know” plastered all over his entrance) and MJF started this one off as the first and second entrants. Andrade dominated MJF in the early going, but as he was taking pictures with beautiful women at ringside, Nick Wayne came out as the 3rd Entrant and wiped out Andrade with a poison rana on the floor. Speedball Mike Bailey was out next as the 4th Entrant, and ran wild for a bit before he and Andrade hit double moonsaults to the floor.
Tommaso Ciampa was next out as the 5th Entrant, but before he could even get to the ring, Chris Jericho’s music hit, signalling him as the 6th Entrant. He and Ciampa had a brief brawl on the stage before Jericho made his way to the ring with Judas blaring throughout Wembley Stadium. A Walls Of Jericho on MJF was quickly stopped by the 7th Entrant, Mark Davis, who took out almost everyone in the match with piledrivers.
Komander was out next as the 8th Entrant, but for some reason (even though his entrance video was clearly displayed), Justin Roberts announced him as Mistico. In a nice recovery, Roberts would correctly announce Komander’s name after hitting his big ropewalk dive. Mistico was in fact out next as the 9th Entrant, but his entrance was cut off by the 10th Entrant, Daniel Garcia. Mistico did manage to recover, and ran wild on everyone in the match. Mistico and MJF then briefly renewed their rivalry before both Ciampa and Speedball got back into the fray. Jack Perry came out next as the 11th Entrant. He cleaned house of everyone, and even managed to hoist Mark Davis up for a piledriver. The action continued as everyone involved was trying to do whatever they could to get the win. Eventually, MJF hit the Heatseeker on Nick Wayne, but then Andrade took out MJF before getting the pin on Wayne for the win.
This year’s Casino Gauntlet was so much fun to watch from start to finish. What helped tremendously (and what made it easily a step above last year’s match) was that it was worked at such a quick pace, which included cutting down on the entrances and just having guys show up out of nowhere. This never really felt like it dragged on at any point, and everyone involved had moments to shine throughout. With regards to the result, the build made it seem fairly obvious that either MJF or Andrade were going to win. They ultimately decided to go with the latter, and it’ll be interesting to see what he decides to use that title shot. All Out perhaps? ***3/4
AEW World Tag Team Titles
Adam Copeland & Christian Cage (c) def. The Young Bucks
Sean: The Young Bucks had a very cool entrance that basically showcased their entire careers up to this point. In the early portion of the bout, both teams had the chance to hit some double team offense. After The Young Bucks had taken control, Christian Cage hit a double reverse DDT before making the tag to Adam Copeland. This sequence led to Copeland hitting (I believe) Matt Jackson with a piledriver on the apron. Cage and Cope then spent several minutes working over Matt’s before he was finally able to make the hot tag to Nick who, as usual, is so awesome when it comes to doing those hot tags.
It was during that sequence of offense that Nick appeared to hurt his leg, and it didn’t take long for the champions to immediately go after it. He was able to make the tag back to Matt. It seemed pretty noticeable at this point that this crowd wasn’t so hot for this one, but they did react to Nick falling off the ropes during a Meltzer Driver attempt (presumably selling the injured leg). Cage used that opening to hit a low blow on Matt, and then he and Cope followed up with a 3D and a stalling double-team superplex. It seemed like the crowd woke up a little bit at this point. The Young Bucks went back on the offensive, getting a couple of close nearfalls on Cage. Cope stopped the IndyTaker with a Spear, and the pop up Spear that followed only got a two count. Cage then introduced a foreign object, which he inserted into his cast, and that ultimately gave them the edge (no pun intended) they needed to secure the win. The post-match would see the Motor City Machine Guns, a returning FTR, and The New Level coming out to confront the AEW World Tag Team Champions.
While this was a pretty good match on the whole, it absolutely fell short of my expectations. I can’t remember the last time The Young Bucks didn’t have at least a great PPV match. The actual wrestling was perfectly fine, but the crowd just wasn’t that into this one for large stretches of it. I’m not even sure if it was a Cage and Cope issue either, as they’ve had some strong matches on PPV this year (primarily against FTR). Perhaps this was just a night and a story where things just didn’t click as well as they were hoping. The finish was on the weaker side too, as it felt like it came out of nowhere. I suppose the idea is to keep The Young Bucks in the mix by saying they were cheated out of the win (and that would explain why they were in the post-match mix afterwards). Speaking of which, I suppose we’re getting some multi-team affair in the immediate future which, if it clicks, could be spectacular. Overall, this was still a good match, but fell well short of what I was expecting. ***1/2
AEW TNT Title – Falls Count Anywhere
Darby Allin def. Kevin Knight (c)
This one got off to a hot start as Kevin Knight went right after Darby Allin. Things quickly spilled to the floor, as Knight connected with a leaping clothesline off the steel steps before hitting an INSANE springboard dive with Darby sitting on the announce desk (not sure who got the worse end of that one). After Knight introduced several chairs into the ring, he ended up getting slammed into them thanks to a top rope Sunset Flip Bomb from Darby Allin. It was at this stage that Brian Cage and Jake Doyle got involved. Cage dropped Darby on a set of chairs in an incredibly sick bump, and then he and Doyle proceeded to tape Darby’s hands together. Steven Borden came down and attempted to help out, but he eventually ate a powerbomb through a table at the hands of Cage. Darby started to make his comeback with his hands still taped behind his back, though Cage stopped him dead in his tracks.
They had Darby set up for the Coast-To-Coast Dropkick, but then the lights went out, and “Seek & Destroy” blared throughout Wembley Stadium as Sting made his way down to make the save. The babyface trio set up the ladder that the Don Callis Family introduced earlier, and Steven Borden stopped his father from doing something crazy before he himself dove off the ladder onto the DCF. With everyone else cleared out, Darby and Knight made their way to the entrance stage. Of course….you all knew where this was going, as Darby climbed up one of the trusses for a MASSIVE Coffin Drop through the stage. He then followed up with a Coffin Drop as Knight was on a stretcher (in a nice callback to the Kevin Knight heel turn at Double Or Nothing) to score the pin! Darby is now a three-time TNT Champion. This was a total car crash match, but the good kind of car crash match (if you know what I mean). As expected, there were bonkers spots throughout, and I thought the DCF getting involved worked well to set up the involvement of Sting and El Hijo del Sting. Darby is such a maniac, and he didn’t disappoint in this one. To his credit, Knight took some pretty insane bumps as well (that early spot with the announce desk looked incredibly painful). Darby’s previous TNT Title runs were a total blast, and I’m sure this run won’t be any different. A super fun match from start to finish. ***3/4
AEW Women’s World Title
Mercedes Moné def. Willow Nightingale (c)
Both women had grand entrances here, with Mercedes having an elaborate outfit and ballerinas, while Willow had an entrance that featured a fairytale style video, as well as Willow wearing an outfit with (and I kid you not) cannons on her breasts. Willow was in control in the early going as the action spilled to the floor. She hit a dive off the apron and then sent Mercedes into the barricade (keep in mind that Willow is doing all of this with a giant cast on her hand). At some point during this early sequence, Mercedes got her nose busted, and she was a bloody mess for the rest of the match. Mercedes finally found her first real opening after sending Willow into the exposed turnbuckle (the pad was pulled off a little before that). She tried for the three amigos, but Willow blocked the third one with a suplex of her own from the apron right to the floor (nasty). Back in the ring, Willow connected with a big bodyslam off the top rope before a shotgun dropkick for a nearfall.
Willow continued her offensive assault with more aerial offense, this time with a Spanish Fly off the second rope. The two continued to go back and forth with a lot of moves based in or around the corners (most of these spots looked pretty brutal….in a good way). They eventually returned to the exposed buckle, with Willow getting sent in face first before a Moné Maker for a nearfall. That was followed by an awkward referee bump as Aubrey Edwards’ legs got wrapped up when Willow pounced Mercedes into her. This led to a brief brawl on the floor where Willow whipped Mercedes with the AEW Women’s World Title belt. She went back on the attack once they got back to the ring, though Mercedes was able to pull a number of key counters. This included a great counter of the Babe With The Powerbomb into the Statement Maker. Willow passed out for the finish, but it seemed like they rang the bell a tad early (looked as though Mercedes was just getting ready to stomp on the cast). Mercedes Moné has finally captured the AEW Women’s World Title.
These two had a great contest that was made even better by Mercedes being busted open. A little color, even if it’s unintentional, can add a lot to big matches like this. The match was great anyway, but the blood added just that little bit extra to it. Both women played their roles extremely well, and the match itself featured plenty of cool and (quite frankly) sick moments throughout. I’m not sure if the referee bump was necessary, and the bell ringing a little early did hurt the finish a little bit, but otherwise, this was excellent all around. When it came to the result, this was a match where I felt they truly could’ve gone either way. Mercedes finally winning the gold on the biggest stage would’ve been a fine result (while also continuing the story of Willow’s first big title runs with any of the women’s titles in AEW being cut off early by Mercedes), while Willow continuing the streak of Mercedes not winning the big one would’ve worked fine as well. They went with the former, so we’ll see how things go from here now that Mercedes is the undisputed top women’s champion in this company. It sucks that Willow’s reign was already cut off, but I wouldn’t worry too much about her. She’ll be just fine, and it wouldn’t shock me if these two meet again down the line. ****1/4
AEW World Title
Will Ospreay def. Kenny Omega (c)
The entrances for these two were absolutely fantastic. Will Ospreay’s entrance featured a video narrated by his mum (with music from The Who). After that, they showed Ospreay walking backstage as he passed by various former friends and foes from his past, including Zack Sabre Jr., Michael Oku, Ricochet, Swerve, Mark Davis, Kyle Fletcher, Alex Windsor, and Jon Moxley, who presented Ospreay with the British Flag. Not to be outdone, Kenny Omega’s entrance featured this incredible video package with Japanese narration (and let me tell you, there is nothing more epic than a pro-wrestling video package with Japanese narration). Just top notch, S-Tier entrances for both guys. It should be mentioned as well that Ospreay had the United Empire contingent of Callum Newman, HENARE, and Francesco Akira in his corner, while Omega had The Young Bucks, Brandon Cutler, and Michael Nakazawa in his corner.
It’s a big fight feel as the bell rings to kick this one off. Their fourth singles encounter on three different continents (their third since Ospreay became a GUY), and they didn’t waste much time, as they went right at it. A boot by Ospreay set Omega up for a high cross to the floor. Omega was quick to respond as he targeted both the back and the neck. Ospreay responded with a springboard attack, but not before Omega exposed part of the turnbuckle to dish out some damage. We got more back and forth between the two before the action spilled to the floor, with Ospreay connecting with a twisting dive off the top. It was during this exchange on the floor that Omega got into it briefly with Callum Newman. As the referee was distracted by the seconds jarring at each other at ringside, Omega smashed one of the monitors from the announce desk on Ospreay’s head. This left Ospreay a bloody mess as Omega powerbombed him from the announce desk into another table that did not break.
Ospreay immediately ate a V-Trigger once he broke the ten count, and then got dropped neck first on the apron before getting hit with the Terminator Dive. Back in the ring, the fight moved to the top rope as Omega connected with an Avalanche Croyt’s Wrath for a nearfall. At this stage, this match is definitely showing shades of their Wrestle Kingdom encounter as Omega is firmly in control. FINALLY Ospreay got a response in with a Hidden Blade out of nowhere. As the two began trading strikes, Omega was now busted open. Ospreay responded with a punt to the cut on Omega’s head before following up with more strikes. He continued the offensive flurry with a quick powerbomb and a Styles Clash. Ospreay stood firm after taking a reverse rana, but Omega followed up with a V-Trigger and a shock Tiger Driver 91 out of nowhere. A One Winged Angel followed, and for the first time in AEW, we got a true One Winged Angel kickout.
Ospreay responded with his own Tiger Driver 91 that was even more brutal than the one Omega delivered. Despite that, Ospreay was still struggling to put Omega away. A V-Trigger was stopped by Ospreay, and he hit a One Winged Angel of his own, but Omega kicked out at one! Another once count kickout after a Stormbreaker, and Ospreay followed up with the killshot. Hidden Blade right to the face, and that was it! Will Ospreay is the new AEW World Champion.
From start to finish, this match was just downright phenomenal. Two of the best wrestlers in the world today (and let’s be frank, two of the greatest wrestlers of all-time) putting on an all-time classic in AEW’s biggest show of the year. Everything about this was phenomenal, from the entrances, to the presentation, to the commentary (both Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness were so good on the call), to the actual wrestling itself. As I mentioned above, this mirrored the Wrestle Kingdom match from a few years ago, with Omega being dominant while Ospreay had to fight from underneath. It wasn’t flashy, but it felt like a true fight for the biggest prize in the industry. Ospreay survived everything that Omega could throw at him, including the One Winged Angel, to get the job done. Both guys bleeding buckets totally added to this one as well. I said something similar in my Willow vs. Mercedes review, but blood in the right moments can add so much to a match, and it definitely added to this one. These two guys delivered an all-timer in Wembley Stadium, and it’s the easiest five star rating I’ve ever given to a match. To borrow a line from Max Verstappen, that was simply lovely. *****
Final Thoughts
While I don’t feel the 2026 edition of All In was the best AEW PPV this year (I would still say that was Double Or Nothing from back in May), this was a pretty awesome show on the whole. The matches on the Buy-In were nothing special, but the Trios Casino Royale kicked off the PPV proper on a high with the debut of The New Level. The show concluded on a high note with Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay delivering what could possibly be the 2026 Match Of The Year. In between, we saw plenty of great matches (the International Title Three-Way, Willow vs. Mercedes, and even Jon Moxley vs. Nigel McGuinness) with some other matches mixed that were a ton of fun to watch (the Men’s Casino Gauntlet and Kevin Knight vs. Darby Allin). The AEW World Tag Team Title bout was technically sound, but ultimately a disappointment given the expectations going in. On the whole, another strong PPV outing from AEW featuring a main event that is one of the best matches you’re ever going to see.
