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Kazuchika Okada, PAC to get AEW World title shots in five day stretch

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW World Champion Darby Allin has two title defenses in a five stretch — if he can survive the first one.

Both made during Wednesday’s three-hour Dynamite/Collision block, Allin will first put his World title on the line this Saturday at the first-ever Fairway to Hell show on TBS against PAC.

In a backstage segment, PAC called for the title shot as he is 2-1 against Allin all-time with their last bout taking place in January (an Allin win). It will be the second match set for the one-hour special, joining the Jack Perry National title defense against Mark Davis.

The winner of that match will then move on to next Wednesday on Dynamite against reigning AEW International Champion Kazuchika Okada. Okada picked up a title defense against Bryan Keith and then challenged Allin for a title shot. Okada later confronted Allin after his own title defense over Kevin Knight, demanding an answer.

Allin agreed, saying, “It’s on, b*tch.” It will be their first-ever singles match.

Both PAC and Okada are looking for their first-ever AEW World title run. If Allin survives the five-day stretch, a hair vs. title match may await him at Double or Nothing.

AEW Fairway to Hell | This Saturday | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

  • AEW World Champion Darby Allin defends against PAC
  • AEW National Champion Jack Perry defends against Mark Davis
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs. TBA

AEW Dynamite | Next Wednesday | Asheville, North Carolina

  • AEW World Champion Darby Allin or PAC defends against Kazuchika Okada

Darby Allin ends MJF’s World title reign on AEW Dynamite, Sting makes surprise appearance

Posted on by Josh Nason

For the first time ever, Darby Allin can call himself AEW World Champion.

Allin defeated MJF in front of his home crowd in Everett, Washington, to win the championship in quick fashion on Wednesday’s Spring BreakThru episode of AEW Dynamite, hitting the now-former champion with four coffin drops and a side headlock takeover for the pin and win, a call back to their past AEW match.

The match surprisingly took only a few minutes, started by an MJF low blow with Allin later hitting one of his own, followed by a Scorpion Death Drop and the sequence above.

Sting, Allin’s former AEW Tag Team Championship partner, made a surprise appearance as Allin was preparing to walk to the ring, saying it wasn’t showtime but Allin’s time. He then came out to take part in the post-match celebration along with the locker room.

Allin earned the shot with his Dynasty victory over Andrade El Idolo this past Sunday.

The win ends MJF’s second title run that began at last December’s Worlds End and saw seven successful title defenses.

At the onset of Dynamite, they played off that MJF had no idea the match was happening Wednesday even though it was announced Sunday night after Dynasty, saying AEW officials had been trying to get in touch with him all week and that the match was starting the show.

Allin came out to start the show, soon followed by an irate MJF who ran down the crowd, said he wasn’t doing the match, and would sue everyone involved. An emotional Allin tried to goad him into it, but MJF said his back was hurt from Sunday and wasn’t doing it.

Bryan Danielson got up from commentary and said he got a message from Tony Khan in the back who said the match would be pushed until the main event and if MJF didn’t defend, he would stripped of the title.

AEW needed a fully committed MJF & are getting it once again | Opinion

Posted on by Josh Nason

I’m glad the fully committed MJF finally returned to AEW in a time when the company desperately needed that to happen.

Here’s a refresher on the 18 months between January 2024 and June 2025 that was a stretch I think he might even privately admit was a bit “mid”.

After losing at December 2023’s Worlds End and ending the longest World title reign in company history, he was out nearly six months recovering from injuries and made a surprise return at May 2024’s Double or Nothing to confront Adam Cole who had turned on him before he left.

That return was, well, yeah. MJF simply kicked him low, hit a brain buster, booted him out of the ring, did a “I’m staying” promo to finally end the whole “bidding war of 2024” bit, showed off a new AEW tattoo, and away we went – a strange way to kickstart what once promised to be an all-time AEW feud that suffered from sh*t luck timing due to injuries.

Sure, MJF feuded with Will Ospreay in a somewhat memorable International/American title angle in 2024, but the Cole storyline just laid out there never fully concluded until December 2024’s Worlds End. By that point, fans were just done with it and I’m guessing so were Cole and MJF. It was voted the worst feud of that year by readers of our website (yes, even AEW gets ‘worst’ awards on our website!) and it was hard to dispute that. It was past the expiration point, but they had to drink the sour milk anyway.

He wrestled just 11 times in 2024 and after defeating Daniel Garcia at September 2024’s All Out (remember that whole ordeal about Garcia’s indecision on whether to re-sign affected this?), MJF disappeared for two months only to return for a Full Gear match against Roderick Strong that I completely forgot happened. I bet you did too.

After he beat Cole at Worlds End, he was gone for another two months, came back to beat Dustin Rhodes, took on Hangman Page at 2025’s Revolution, and then, there was the whole Hurt Syndicate thing that just…I don’t know what. Alrighty, then.

It wasn’t until his Mistico feud began in June 2025 that we finally got glimpses of the talent that was white hot for most of 2021, 2022 and 2023. He just didn’t feel as committed as he did before, likely because of outside interests like doing movie projects and such, and it was evident watching him on screen. Wrestling felt like one of the things he was doing rather than the primary thing he was doing.

That’s definitely not the case anymore.

Since last summer, everything old feels new again. There was the aforementioned Mistico feud and his rivalry with Mark Briscoe in which he physically pushed all the chips into the middle, especially in the tables n’ tacks match at last September’s All Out. While there was another three month gap with no in-ring activity, he regained the World title at last December’s Worlds End and it’s been one of the best moves Tony Khan has made creatively in a long time.

He’s defended the title seven times since then, two of those coming outside AEW as he committed to the “traveling champion” moniker. He has wrestled Page, Bandido, Brody King, Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, Zilla Fatu, Alec Price, and this past weekend, Kenny Omega. The shortest of those was 17 minutes and he’s put everything he has into them. While not as star-laden yet in terms of challengers that his first reign had, I think I have overall enjoyed this run more and we’re only four months in.

He’s on TV regularly again, he’s wrestling more, and his promos feel more inspired and less laden with forced attempts at catchphrases. In short, it feels like he has fully bought into what’s being asked of him and he’s excelling, truly putting the World title as a North Star that everyone is trying to get to. That’s the way it should be and he’s nailing it.

Of course, that leads us to tonight’s Dynamite where he defends again, this time against past rival Darby Allin. There’s a narrative out there that Allin should win tonight because it’s where he trained as a wrestler, that it would be a good story, you need surprise title changes, blah, blah.

I’m here to tell you there’s no way MJF’s run should end tonight, even if it’s to create a moment that would just be erased at next month’s Double or Nothing in a rematch anyway.

AEW needs the MJF train to roll into their biggest show of the year: August’s All In. That’s just over four months away – plenty of time for intriguing feuds with Andrade El Idolo, Swerve Strickland, and maybe even someone like Kazuchika Okada. There’s zero reason to make a stop on the way to Wembley. Zero.

As to who MJF could defend against in London, there’s plenty of time to figure that out even though the odds-on favorite is the aforementioned Ospreay. I’m looking forward to continuing to enjoy the hopefully continued ride until we get there and more of MJF being the conductor.

Tony Khan clarifies Hangman Page AEW World title stipulation

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Hangman Page can never challenge for the AEW World Championship again — unless he breaks his word and goes back on the stipulation he agreed to.

The main event of Revolution on Sunday night saw MJF retain the AEW World Championship against Page in a Texas Death match. As a result, Page is unable to challenge for the title ever again. Tony Khan was asked about that stipulation at the post-PPV press conference and described it as a “gentleman’s handshake.” Like when Cody Rhodes faced Chris Jericho at AEW Full Gear 2019, there is nothing on paper in AEW canon that means the wrestler has to follow through on the stipulation. But Khan believes Page is a man of his word.

“It’s the same thing with Cody, it was a gentleman’s handshake with both of them,” Khan responded when asked how strict the stipulation is. “They both came to me and said, ‘I want to put this at stake.’ And both of them, I told them, ‘That sounds f***ing nuts, dude.’ Both of them really wanted to do it. And in both cases I said, ‘Are you sure?’ And they both said, ‘Yeah.’ So it is an agreement we made. Second time it’s happened. [Page] is somebody that’s known for being a man of his word, and we made an agreement. So it’s a verbal contract.”

After Rhodes lost to Jericho at Full Gear 2019, AEW legitimately stuck to the stipulation and never had Rhodes challenge for the World title again, with Rhodes instead focusing on the TNT Championship until leaving the promotion for WWE in 2022.

Khan said he believes the MJF vs. Page stipulation added a lot of intrigue to the Revolution main event. When asked about filling Page’s void in the title picture, Khan noted that AEW has a “fantastic line of competitors” who want a shot at the championship.

Page is a two-time AEW World Champion, having held the title in 2021-2022 and 2025.

MJF vs. Brody King World title match set for AEW Grand Slam Australia

Posted on by Josh Nason

After a shocking squash match, AEW World Champion MJF will defend against Brody King at this month’s Grand Slam Australia in Sydney.

King defeated MJF in a World title eliminator that headlined Wednesday’s Dynamite, one that King won in mere minutes thanks to a distraction assist from Hangman Page. King took advantage with his apron sleeper and after getting MJF back in the ring, he hit his gonzo bomb for the quick victory and the title shot.

Page and Andrade El Idolo will also square off on the card for the right to challenge the World Champion at March’s Revolution. Those two men, MJF and King were all part of the show’s final segment that saw King standing tall.

It will be the third title defense for MJF and the first appearance in the country for the champion. King is looking for his first AEW singles title in this, his first AEW World title shot.

Current AEW Grand Slam Australia card | February 14 | Sydney, Australia

  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Brody King
  • Hangman Page vs. Andrade El Idolo World title eliminator
  • Toni Storm & Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir in a hair vs. hair tornado tag match
  • AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Konosuke Takeshita
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) defend against MegaBad (Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne)

World title match official for AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Josh Nason

As many expected, it will be Hangman Page defending his AEW World title against Samoa Joe at next month’s Full Gear in a rematch.

Joe earned the opportunity during Wednesday’s Fright Night edition of AEW Dynamite by winning a four-way eliminator over Hook, Bobby Lashley and Ricochet. The end came when Joe got Hook to tap out to the Coquina Clutch after Lashley chased out Ricochet and was unable to break up the submission in time.

Joe and Page faced off earlier this month at WrestleDream with Page picking up the successful title defense. Joe and his fellow Opps members Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs congratulated Page before attacking him, resulting in Page later vowing revenge.

After Joe signed the contract post-match, Page snuck in the ring dressed as Tony Schiavone (clad in a Phantom of the Opera mask) to both take out The Opps and hit Joe in the head with a beer bottle.

Joe is looking for his second AEW World title reign and first since April 2024. Page will be trying for his sixth title defense since his own second reign began at July’s All In: Texas.

Current AEW Full Gear lineup | Saturday, November 22 | Newark, New Jersey

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page vs. Samoa Joe
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander defends against Mercedes Mone
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) defend against FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood

World title match set for AEW WrestleDream

Posted on by Josh Nason

After sharing the ring as partners during Wednesday’s sixth anniversary of AEW Dynamite, AEW World Champion Hangman Page and Samoa Joe left it as enemies.

Because of that, Page challenged Joe to a World title match at this month’s WrestleDream from St. Louis, Missouri, that was later accepted by the former champion.

The two teamed with Powerhouse Hobbs against The Death Riders on Dynamite, picking up a win after Page pinned Claudio Castagnoli thanks to an assist from Joe. Afterward, Page handed Hobbs his AEW Trios title and did the same for Joe when the belt fell to the mat. Joe then confronted Page and got into a verbal altercation that quickly became physical before security broke them up.

The two men have never gone one-on-one, but did battle over Joe’s then-World title at March 2024’s Revolution in a three-way that also included Swerve Strickland.

It will be Page’s fifth title defense while Joe is gunning for his second World title run and first since losing the title in April 2024 to Strickland. He has got one shot since losing the title, unsuccessfully challenging then-champion Jon Moxley this past May in a cage match.

Current AEW WrestleDream lineup | Saturday, October 18 | St. Louis, Missouri

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against Samoa Joe
  • I Quit match: Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley

New World title match with stipulation added to AEW All Out

Posted on by Josh Nason

The AEW World title will be defended at this month’s AEW All Out in Toronto, Canada, as Hangman Page will put the title on the line against reigning TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher.

Days after knocking Kenny Omega out of action, Fletcher issued the challenge on last Saturday’s Collision. Page answered it after a win over Josh Alexander that opened Wednesday’s Dynamite.

As the two went face-to-face, Page agreed but with one stipulation: Fletcher has to be alone with no help from the Don Callis Family. Fletcher agreed and gave his word.

It will be a rematch from their only singles meeting: this past April in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament semifinals that Page won. It will be Fletcher’s first AEW World title shot and Page’s third title defense since winning the title at July’s All In.

Updated AEW All Out card | Toronto, Canada | Saturday, September 20

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against Kyle Fletcher
  • Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Riho
  • The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin, MVP & Bobby Lashley) vs. Ricochet and the Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
  • Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin in a coffin match
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Thekla, Jamie Hayter and Kris Statlander in a four-way
  • MJF vs. Mark Briscoe (stipulation to be determined)

World title match set for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

Posted on by Josh Nason

The second title defense for new AEW World Champion Hangman Page will come at this month’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view against a familiar foe in former champion MJF.

During Wednesday’s Dynamite, the two had an in-ring confrontation as Page has been a thorn in MJF’s side for several weeks, unwilling to take his bait as he holds an anytime, anywhere World title shot earned at All In: Texas in the Casino Gauntlet match.

The two threw insults at each other until Page got MJF so heated by calling him a coward and demanding he cash in his shot at Forbidden Door that MJF finally agreed and then quickly regretted it.

It will be Page’s second title defense after retaining against former champion Jon Moxley on the July 30th Dynamite, and MJF’s first World title shot since he lost it to Samoa Joe at December 2023’s Worlds End.

The two have a history in AEW and one that has seen them in two singles matches before: one in the 2019 Dynamite Diamond ring finals that MJF won and another this past March at Revolution that Page won.

Current AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door card | Sunday, August 24 | London, England

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against MJF
  • AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Swerve Strickland
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) defend against winner of Tag Team title eliminator tournament
  • Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Athena
  • TBS Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Alex Windsor, CMLL TBD and Stardom TBD
  • TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Hiromu Takahashi
  • Lights out steel cage match: Darby Allin, Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi vs. The Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli), Gabe Kidd & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)

Hangman Page wins World title at AEW All In, Bryan Danielson & Darby Allin return

Posted on by Josh Nason

For the first time since May 2022, Hangman Page can call himself AEW World Champion.

Page defeated Jon Moxley in the main event of Saturday’s AEW All In to reclaim the title under Texas Death Match rules — an incredibly violent match which featured a slew of the main players in the story that began last October at WrestleDream.

The final stages began when Moxley called for a plastic bag to suffocate Page. A video from Darby Allin played, filmed atop Mount Everest where Allin said he was coming to take everything from Moxley. Bryan Danielson then ran into the ring with a Blue Panther mask on, revealed himself, and delivered a running knee to Wheeler Yuta, taking out he and Gabe Kidd. He then took out Claudio Castagnoli to boot as Allin descended from the top of the stadium.

Page then hit the Buckshot lariat on Moxley as he was distracted by Allin who then hit a Coffin Drop on the heels on the outside of the ring. As Danielson and Allin dispatched the Death Riders, Page then hit a Deadeye on Moxley on a table outside of the ring. Moxley nearly couldn’t answer the ten count and had to be assisted by Marina Shafir.

The Young Bucks then appeared, superkicked Page, and hit an EVP trigger. Moxley and Shafir brought out a bed of nails from the outside of the ring, hitting a curb stomp on it followed by a Paradigm Shift. Page was able to stand up at the count of nine and Moxley demanded Shafir grab the briefcase and leave. She then got handcuffed by a hidden Prince Nana and out came Swerve Strickland with a chain to take out the Bucks, assisting his old rival.

Strickland then tossed the chain, given to him by Page on Thursday’s Collision, back into the ring. Page then used it on Moxley, wrapping it around his neck. Page hit a Buckshot lariat on Moxley who landed on the bed of nails. Page then tossed Moxley over the top and hung him with the chain in a callback to their previous Texas Death Match. After struggling, Moxley tapped out to a thunderous ovation.

An emotional Page then got the key to the briefcase and revealed the World title belt that had been hidden since last October. Fireworks went off and an exhausted Page celebrated, closing a pay-per-view main card that began at 3 PM Eastern and finished six hours later.

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As expected, the blood began in the first few minutes when Page pulled out a fork and stabbed Moxley in the head repeatedly. That was followed by Page getting busted open when Moxley used barbed wire across his forehead. The violence continued throughout with more barbed wire usage, a bucket of broken bottles, as well as tables: both with barbed wire and without.

Chairs were also used as Moxley got powerbombed from the corner onto the top of two put back-to-back. Later, Moxley suplexed Page from the ring apron through two tables covered in barbed wire.

Shortly after, the first run-in happened when Yuta hit Page with a chair and then was taken out himself. Shafir, at ringside for the entire match, then jumped on Page’s back only to get driven through a ringside table with a death valley driver.

Castagnoli then ran into attack Page, joined by Yuta. That brought out Will Ospreay who was followed by Kidd. Kidd then piledrivered Ospreay on the floor and Castagnoli put his head through a chair, delivering a running stomp similar to what he did to Samoa Joe in the night’s opening match. Like Joe, Ospreay was then stretchered out.

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It’s Page’s second win over Moxley in a Texas Death Match with the first coming at March 2023’s Revolution. Page is now 5-1 under the rules all-time.

The loss ends Moxley’s fourth World title run that began at WrestleDream when he defeated Danielson to end his full-time in-ring career.

It will be nice to (we hope) see the AEW World title again | Opinion

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

The following is opinion-based and reflects that of the author and not the website.

It has been 274 long days, but today, we finally get to see an old friend again after AEW All In: the AEW World title belt.

Trapped in an enhanced briefcase since last October’s WrestleDream, the symbol of everything that those in the company strive and compete for will see sunlight once again. It’s been basically four seasons worth of hiding for our old friend and we are now hours away from seeing it in all its glory.

That is definitely going to happen, right? There’s no way Hangman Page doesn’t come out of Arlington as your AEW World Champion for the second time and have the big moment with fireworks and the AEW good guys including Bryan Danielson and Darby Allin surrounding him, right?

(You nodding in approval.) Ok, good.

Because the opposite – Jon Moxley retaining the title – would be a really bad decision. No offense, Jon, but it’s time.

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I’m sure they are out there, but I don’t feel like there’s a big or vocal fan base for the Death Riders which perhaps was the idea to begin with. Being a heel in 2025 seems to be extremely hard for reasons I’ll write about another day, but Moxley and his crew have pulled off one aspect: no one seems to like them or like seeing them on TV.

At times, this fourth Moxley run has felt like, well, a lot. There was a little intrigue at first when he mentioned this whole movement was about something bigger which some took to wishcast Shane McMahon as the end all, be all behind it. That obviously didn’t happen and the group had a focus on, uh, something which has been disrupting matches and causing chaos just because. There seemed to be a focus on one point of them winning all the AEW titles, but that stopped and ended with the Trios titles. Why? Who knows. (Also, if Moxley hid the World title as a symbolic move, why didn’t they do the same when they won the Trios belts?) 

The remnants of the Blackpool Combat Club weren’t exactly elevated along the way. Claudio Castagnoli feels he’s always going to be Claudio Castagnoli while Wheeler Yuta does have a great opportunity to cash the hated heel checks for a long time. I keep forgetting PAC is part of the group but getting hurt a lot will do that. Gabe Kidd is a convenient fly-in part of the gang when they need him to be.

And then, there is Marina Shafir who has played the Chyna role in beating up men with relative ease but for some reason, has had no storyline interest in wrestling for any titles and also for some reason, only one woman has seemed to have an issue with her in Willow Nightingale. This feels like a situation where Tony Khan isn’t quite sure what to do with her. She has wrestled just three times in AEW and another three times in ROH since Moxley won the title which feels like a missed opportunity if you wanted to make the group really dominant.

The Death Riders as we know them are coming to a long-awaited end. What comes next (a heel Daniel Garcia sending Moxley packing on a vacation?) could be fun, but it can’t be this anymore. It just can’t.

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That brings us to that hidden title belt – the idea of which I have despised since I realized it was going to be a thing after Moxley won it. One thing I am a firm believer in is that the World title is the most important thing to a combat sports promotion — the North Star for anyone competing because why wouldn’t it be? If you’re not ultimately gunning for the top title, what’s the point?

AEW has had past issues with their World title not feeling like the most important angle/match on their pay-per-views, something Tony Khan has wisely course corrected in the last six months or so. Regardless of what happens today (outside a combo of a Moxley win and Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay losing), there’s a sensible mix of top contenders and stories to be told that can result in true World title PPV headlining matches. 

But the only way that happens is with Page winning the title today and removing it from that god damn briefcase. As a wise man once said, cowboy up.

Jon Moxley vs. Samoa Joe AEW World title match signed for Beach Break

Posted on by Josh Nason

More than a year after losing the AEW World title, Samoa Joe will finally get his chance at reclaiming it.

Joe will challenge reigning titleholder Jon Moxley as part of the four-hour Beach Break Dynamite/Collision special, set for Wednesday, May 14th in Chicago, Illinois.

Joe raised the ire of Moxley on last Wednesday’s Dynamite when he choked out Moxley to give The Opps the AEW Trios titles. Moxley challenged Joe the following Saturday on Collision and then, the two men and their respective teams got physical again on this week’s Dynamite with Joe once again choking him out. The match was announced later in the show.

Joe held the World title for nearly four months from December 2023’s Worlds End when he defeated MJF through April 2024’s Dynasty when he lost it to Swerve Strickland. This is his first opportunity at winning it back.

Moxley, in his fourth reign as champion, will surpass the 200-day mark by the time the match arrives. He has six successful defenses since winning it last October from Bryan Danielson.

According to Cagematch, the two have only had one singles match: a December 2017 WWE Raw match that Joe won. The two shared the ring on opposite sides of tag team matches throughout that year.

Young Bucks return at AEW Dynasty, help Jon Moxley retain World title

Posted on by Josh Nason

After winning the World title for the first time at last year’s AEW Dynasty, Sunday’s Dynasty from Philadelphia seemed like the perfect opportunity for Swerve Strickland to regain the AEW World title.

That storybook ending didn’t happen, however, as the Young Bucks made their return for the first time in six months to deliver a BTE trigger to Strickland, giving Jon Moxley the opening to get the pin and retain the title.

The end came when Strickland threw a chair to Moxley’s head, followed by the Swerve stomp but there was no referee to count as he had been taken out by a chair shot earlier on. The lights then went out and when they came up, Matt and Nick Jackson appeared, hit the move, and dragged Moxley on top of Strickland for the pin and win to close the pay-per-view.

The Jacksons have been off AEW TV since going to “work from home” in fear of the Death Riders at last October’s Fright Night edition of Dynamite — the same show where they lost the AEW Tag Team titles to Private Party. They have had issues with Strickland in the past when he was AEW World Champion.

The ending followed a chaotic last few minutes of the match.

Given the lead-up and the men involved, the match was physical as expected with Moxley drawing first blood on Strickland. Marina Shafir attempted to get involved, stalking Strickland with the briefcase holding the title until Prince Nana prevented it. He got hit with the case, but Shafir got tossed into Moxley who hit her with a cutter by mistake.

After dumping Strickland outside the ring, Moxley got a ladder and walked Strickland up with the idea of suplexing him off it through the Spanish announce table. Instead, Strickland took control and hit a Swerve stomp off the ladder through the table.

Both men eventually made their way back into the ring and Moxley threw a chair at referee Paul Turner’s head. That brought out Hangman Page who has had issues with both men. Claudio Castagnoli, PAC and Wheeler Yuta attacked Page before he took out all three men, then hitting Moxley with a Deadeye. After Page got attacked again, The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & Hook) then ran out to run the Death Riders off.

That sequence led into the Bucks’ surprise return.

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Moxley’s fourth run as champion began with his win over Danielson at last October’s WrestleDream which was followed by he and the rest of the now-defunct Blackpool Combat Club turning on Danielson. He now has six successful title defenses, keeping the belt inside a briefcase guarded by Shafir the entire time.

Jon Moxley vs. Cope street fight with Dynasty implications set for next AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

After the two went at it in the main event of this past Sunday’s Revolution, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and Cope will run it back next Wednesday on AEW Dynamite.

This time, it will be a street fight with the winner moving on to April’s Dynasty to defend against no. 1 contender Swerve Strickland.

The match was announced on Wednesday’s fallout edition of Dynamite ahead of a post-Revolution interview with Strickland who said he first won the World title at last year’s Dynasty and will do it again this year. Cope then walked in and said he could be champion before Dynasty and there’s a chance he’ll be defending against him. The two then bumped fists in respect.

The Revolution match became a three-way as Christian Cage cashed in his World title shot contract earned at last August’s All In. However, Cage failed in his opportunity and was choked out by Moxley as Cope laid prone on the mat.

Moxley later cut his own backstage promo and said he underestimated Cope and should have finished him off before Cage even got in there. He said he never makes the same mistake twice.

Here’s the current card for Omaha, Nebraska:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Cope in a street fight
  • AEW International title eliminator four-way for title shot at Dynasty

Fatal four-way World title match signed for AEW Worlds End

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will defend against a former AEW World Champion and two other challengers in a fatal four-way at this month’s Worlds End.

Moxley will face Hangman Page, Jay White and Orange Cassidy in the match that is now set for the Saturday, December 28th pay-per-view.

The bout was made after a tag team match featuring Moxley & PAC vs. Cassidy & White that opened Wednesday’s Dynamite. Page ran in to attack Moxley for the DQ and shoved off Cassidy who tried to pull him off.

The two then came to blows before White came after Page. Cassidy then accidentally delivered an Orange Punch to White before also punching Page which was followed by White delivering a Blade Runner to Cassidy. Moxley’s Death Riders then came back to life and laid out all three men.

In a backstage promo, Moxley said he would give all three men an early Christmas gift: the title shot in a fatal four-way. Afterward, Christian Cage did a live promo where he reminded Moxley that if he survives, he might cash in his anytime, anywhere title shot.

Here’s the current card for Worlds End:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Hangman Page, Jay White & Orange Cassidy
  • AEW Continental Classic semifinals & finals
  • MJF defends the Dynamite diamond ring against Adam Cole