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AEW WORLDS END PPV REPORT
DECEMBER 27, 2025
STREAMED LIVE ON PPV (including HBO Max and PPV.com)
REPORT BY WADE KELLER, EDITOR
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[PRE-SHOW]
Hosts: Renee Paquette, R.J. City, Jeff Jarrett, Lexi Nair
Ring Annoncer: Arkada Aura
Commentators: Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schiavone
NOTE: For detailed pre-show results and analysis, check out Jason Powell’s thorough report at ProWrestling.net HERE.
-After the hosts introduced the show from the stage, they played a clip of Adam Cole at home predicting Konosuke Takeshita will beat Jon Moxley in the Continental Classic final.
(A) JULIA HART & SKYE BLUE vs. MAYA WORLD & HYAN
WINNERS: Hart & Blue in 6:00.
(B) EDDIE KINGSTON vs. ZACK GIBSON (w/James Drake)
WINNER: Kingston in 6:00.
-Afterward, Drake choked Kingston with a scarf. Ortiz made his return to AEW with a loaded sock. The announcers said he is Kingston’s best friend and noted he has been gone from AEW with an injury for a long time.
(C) BANDIDO & MASCARA DORADA (w/Alex Abrahantes) vs. MARK DAVIS & ROCKY ROMERO
Bandido finished Romero after a 21 Plex. The announcers really touted the potential of Bandido and Dorada after their win.
WINNER: Bandido in 8:00.
-A vignette hyped El Clon “coming to Collision in 2026.”
(D) KEVIN KNIGHT & “SPEEEDBALL” MIKE BAILEY & JACK PERRY & LUCHASAURUS vs. JOSH ALEXANDER & RICOCHET & TOA LIONA & BISHOP KAUN
WINNERS: Knight & Bailey & Perry & Luchasaurus in 9:00.
-Bryan Danielson made his ring entrance to do commentary on the main PPV.
[MAIN PPV]
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Bryan Danielson
(1) KAZUCHIKA OKADA vs. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA – Continental Classic semi-final
Takeshita made his entrance first. Renee talked about Callis representing both men in this match. Then Okada. Don Callis joined in on commentary. The bell rang 6 minutes into the hour. They paced themselves mid-speed early (or Okada’s normal speed these days) for a few minutes. Then Okada got the better of Takeshita at ringside with a drop toe hold as Takeshita charged. He reset the count rolling into the ring, then rammed Takeshita into the ringside barricade.
They fought back and forth with increasing intensity. Okada did his middle finger gesture to taunt the fans. Schiavone said he could not fathom why Okada did that.
After some counters at 14:00, both men were down and fans chanted “This is awesome!” Takeshita went for a running knee to Okada’s head after a lot of playing to the crowd. Okada blocked it. Takeshita blocked a Rainmaker. Takeshita threw some strikes. Okada, though, absorbed them and then took Takeshita down with a Rainmaker. Takeshita recovered and landed an elbow strike. Okada ducked a rolling lariat. Takeshita took Okada down with a backslide, but Okada stood and then gave Takeshita a German suplex.
Takeshita landed a running Power Drive Knee for a dramatic near fall at 17:00. The crowd popped. Okada pulled out a screwdriver and hit Takeshita with it and scored the pin. Callis stood and acted innocent. Schiavone said if anyone knows about a screwdriver, it’s Callis.
WINNER: Okada in 18:00 to advance to the final.
(Keller’s Analysis: The match was solid in the first half and picked up in the second half, but it still just barely grazed the fourth gear phase even at its peak and was mostly fought at Okada-AEW speed in first and second gear. The finish was a mess as Okada missed with the screwdriver the first time and the ref had to wander away and look away for Okada to land it on a second try. The screwdriver is a stupid weapon to begin with. This was a lame way to decide the winner of this long-anticipated one-on-one match in AEW.)
(2) KYLE FLETCHER vs. JON MOXLEY – Continental Classic semi-final
A vignette aired with Moxley talking about feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders lately. Fletcher came out first. Renee Paquette did a “sideline report” on Fletcher’s mindset going into the match, saying he had to meet Moxley’s intensity and pace. Moxley made his entrance.
The bell rang 31 minutes into the hour. Fletcher set a deliberate pace early. As Moxley fought back a few minutes in, Excalibur said Mox has regained his lost confidence as the tournament progressed, coinciding with relying more on himself instead of his Death Rider cohorts. Mox threw Fletcher to the floor and landed a running boot at 5:00.
Fletcher fought back and raked Mox’s eyes. He then kicked the ringside steps into Moxley’s leg and ringpost. Back in the ring, Excalibur said Moxley might have suffered a broken tooth and was bleeding from the mouth. Mox stopped Fletcher’s attack with a Cutter. Fletcher bailed out to ringside. Moxley ran the ropes and leaped through the ropes and speared Fletcher, although his boot clipped the middle rope which led to a rough landing on his knee.
Fletcher landed a Michinoku Driver for a near fall back in the ring at 10:00. A few minutes later, Fletcher landed a brainbuster on the ring apron. Mox fell to ringside. Fletcher was also slow to get up. Fletchered returned to the ring. Mox barely beat the ten count.
Fletcher gave Okada an immediate Liger bomb for a near fall. Then he applied a single-leg crab mid-ring. Fletcher shifted to his boot on Mox’s back for extra leverage. Mox tried to crawl to the bottom rope. Fletcher shifted again and wrenched and bridged back. Mox reached around and put Fletcher in a Bulldog choke. Fletcher winced and struggled and then got Mox in an anklelock. He wrenched it on, but had the wrong grip, as pointed out by Danielson. He shifted to the correct grip. Fletcher torqued Mox’s leg, but Mox grabbed the bottom rope.
The battled to the top rope. Mox bit Fletcher’s forehead. Then he applied a Bulldog from the top turnbuckle. He followed with a top rope Cuthtroat suplex of Fletcher onto the top of his head. The ref ran over to check on Fletcher. Fans were scared and silent. They replayed it in slo-mo and Danielson gasped, “Oh my god!” They aired it from another angle. Fletcher was able to turn onto all fours. Mox delivered a stomp and then shuffled overa nd covered Fletcher.
Fletcher countered with a crucifix and then went on the attack with a series of moves. Mox kicked out with authority. Fletcher caught Mox with a running kick and then a brainbuster suplex for a near fall. Fans popped for the kickout.
Fletcher removed turnbuckle covers looking for the screwdriver that Okada used. Mox caught a frustrated Fletcher with a small package for a near fall. Mox delivered a Paradigm Shift and scored a believable near fall at 22:00. Mox hit a Death Rider for another dramatic near fall. Mox immediately applied a sleeper on the mat. Fletcher flailed. He sat up, but then faded and the ref called for the bell as Excalibur said his face was purple.
Fletcher clipped Moxley’s left leg from behind as he left. Danielson said he found that despicable.
WINNER: Moxley in 24:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: Fortunately, Fletcher absorbed that top rope suplex onto his head and was able to finish the match and seemed totally fine. Although it got borderline heavy into the “spamming finishers” zone, it was an excellent and dramatic match that was well-executed start to finish. The clipping of Moxley’s leg feels like a “tell” that Okada is going to prevail against him in the final, but that seems like such an obvious “out” for Mox to lose that perhaps it’s a false indicator.)
(3) FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler w/Stokely Hathaway) vs. BANG BANG GANG (Juice Robinson & Austin Gunn) – Chicago Street Fight for the AEW Tag Team Titles
The bell rang 2 minutes into the second hour. They brawled to ringside and into the crowd early. Back on the ring apron, Juice backdropped Cash on the ring apron and then put him on a table. Wheeler attacked Juice in the ring and landed a back suplex off the top rope. Juice rolled to the ring apron. Dax bashed Austin with a trash can across his back. Cash put a trash can over Austin’s head and then Dax bashed it with a kendo stick. Cash then leaped off the second rope and smashed Austin with a trash can. Dax scored a near fall.
Dax and Cash threw Austin into a trash can wedged in the corner. Cash bashed him with it at ringside next. Juice returned to the fight and took it to Dax. When Cash entered, Juice clotheslined him right back to ringside. Dax hit Juice with a belt. Cash swung a kendo stick at Austin, but Austin blocked it with a trash can lid.
Austin crashed into the Spanish announce table when Cash avoided him. Austin was shown bleeding at ringside. Dax and Cash doubled on Juice with some help from Stokely at 10:00. Cash stomped on Juice’s knee as Dax held him, then feigned an apology. Dax locked on a knee lock as Juice cried out in agony. Cash leaped onto Austin and crashed through a table as Dax still had Juice tied up in the ring. Juice grabbed a fire extinguisher on the ring apron and sprayed Dax to force a break.
Stokely stopped the ref from counting Dax’s shoulders down on a Juice cover. Juice then looked at Stokely as he picked up a chair. Juice blocked it and took it back. Juice then bashed Dax across his back with the chair three times. He jabbed Cash with a chair to the gut and then across his back three times. Stokely grabbed the chair as Juice wound up. Juice shoved him off the ring apron. Stokely overshot the table below.
After a low blow, Dax and Cash landed their finisher on Juice, but Austin broke up the cover. Austin kicked Cash between his legs to block a trash can shot. Fax gave Austin a piledriver on a trash can for a two count. FTR then hit a stuff piledriver on Austin. Then did another onto a belt. Dax made the cover as Cash stood near Juice to block him from interrupting the cover.
WINNERS: FTR in 18:00 to retain the AEW Tag Team Titles.
(Keller’s Analysis: A good, intense Chicago Street Fight. A few spots didn’t quite land where they were supposed to, but overall it felt like an actual fight not a mere stunt show.)
-The video aired on AEW nearly sweeping Sports Illustrated’s pro wrestling 2025 awards.
(4) HARLEY CAMERON & WILLOW NIGHTINGALE vs. MERCEDES MONE & ATHENA – AEW Tag Team Title match
The bell rang 28 minutes into the hour. Athena leaped onto Willow at ringside early as Willow was flexing and showboating. Harley then leaped onto Athena at ringside. Athena rolled through and held Harley in the air. Willow speared Mercedes.
Back in the ring, it settled into Athena vs. Harley. Mercedes yanked Harley to the mat by her hair. Harley hot-tagged in Willow at 5:00 who went to work on Mercedes including a running splash in the corner. She followed with a spinebuster. Athena had blind-tagged in and she went after Willow. They countered each other.
Willow fended off Athena and Mercedes at once with one-armed slams of both. Harley delivered a double crucifix bomb on both Athena and Mercedes seconds later and scored a two count.
A minute later, Mercedes had Willow in a crossface. Willow escaped and climbed to the top rope. Mercedes and Athena gave Willow a suplex/powerbomb combo leading to a two count. Harley “broke up the cover,” although Athena was still on top of Willow and Willow didn’t bother to lift her shoulders, so there was no reason for the ref to stop his count.
Willow won a battle for leverage mid-ring after blocking a Moné Maker and scored a three count on Mercedes to retain the tag titles.
WINNERS: Harley & Willow in 13:00 to retain the AEW Tag Titles.
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