AEW Worlds End 2025 Recap

Location: Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Venue: NOW Arena
Commentary Team: Bryan Danielson, Excalibur, and Tony Schiavone

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AEW Continental Classic Tournament – Semifinal Match
Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita
They lock up and exchange wrist-locks. Takeshita backs Okada into the ropes, but they have a clean break. They lock up again and Okada takes Takeshita down. Takeshita counters into a knee-bar, but Okada gets free and applies a side-headlock. Takeshita gets up, but Okada backs him into the ropes and pats his chest. Okada kicks Takeshita in the midsection and they exchange shoulder blocks. Okada goes for the Rainmaker, but Takeshita ducks under and delivers an uppercut followed by the Takeshita-line. Okada goes to the outside, but kicks Takeshita in the midsection when he follows.
Takeshita comes back and sends Okada into the barricade. Takeshita charges, but Okada trips him into a chair. Okada delivers a spike DDT on the floor and backs him into the barricade. Okada gets Takeshita back into the ring and delivers a neck-breaker and stands on his chest for a one count. Takeshita delivers a few elbow strikes, but Okada kicks him in the midsection and drops him with a DDT for a two count. Okada picks Takeshita up, but Takeshita counters with a shear-drop brain-buster. Takeshita sends Okada to the outside and drops him with a dive over the top rope.
Takeshita gets Okada back into the ring, but Okada kicks him in the face. Okada delivers a scoop slam and follows with an elbow drop. They exchange shots and Takeshita gains the advantage with elbow strikes. Okada comes back with shots of his own, but Takeshita slams him down and follows with a wheelbarrow German suplex. Okada comes back with a shot and goes for the Rainmaker, but Takeshita counters with the Blue Thunder Bomb. Okada delivers shots, but Takeshita comes back with some of his own. Okada drops Takeshita with a lariat, but Takeshita comes back with an elbow strike.
Okada ducks a clothesline and drops Takeshita with a German suplex. Okada goes for the Rainmaker, but Takeshita counters into a roll-up for a two count. Takeshita delivers an elbow strike, but Okada comes back with a pair of dropkicks. Takeshita blocks the Rainmaker and delivers a poison-rana. Takeshita delivers the Power Drive Knee and goes for the cover, but Okada kicks out at two. Okada delivers a back elbow in the corner and grabs a screwdriver from the turnbuckle pad. Takeshita delivers a knee strike, but Okada tries to stab him with the screwdriver. Takeshita ducks under, but Okada comes right back and hits him with it and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Kazuchika Okada

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AEW Continental Classic Tournament – Semifinal Match
Kyle Fletcher vs. Jon Moxley
They lock up and Fletcher backs Moxley into the corner. They lock up again and exchange waist-locks. Fletcher works over Moxley’s arm, but Moxley sends him to the outside with a shot. Moxley goes after him, but Fletcher takes advantage on the outside. Fletcher gets Moxley back into the ring and delivers a scoop slam. Fletcher kicks Moxley in the face in the corner, and then chops him against the ropes. Fletcher delivers more chops, but they head back to the floor. Moxley delivers shots and gets Fletcher into a chair. Moxley kicks him in the face, but Fletcher comes back with more shots.
Fletcher tries to move the ring steps, but Moxley comes back with shots. Fletcher traps Moxley’s leg in the steps and delivers shots. Fletcher follows with a dropkick into the steps and gets Moxley back into the ring. Fletcher works over Moxley’s knee and wraps it into the ropes. Fletcher kicks Moxley in the face and goes for the cover, but Moxley kicks out at two. Fletcher applies a single-leg Boston Crab, but Moxley kicks him in the face and follows with a cutter. Moxley delivers a shot that sends Fletcher to the floor, but he gets him right back into the ring. Fletcher delivers a Michinoku Driver for a two count.
They go back and forth and run the ropes, and then Moxley delivers a clothesline. They exchange shots and Moxley delivers a dropkick. Moxley delivers right hands in the corner, but Fletcher sends him to the apron and goes for a kick. Moxley blocks it and slams Fletcher down before going for a stomp. Fletcher dodges and delivers a thrust kick before following with a brain-buster. Moxley gets back into the ring at the nine count, but Fletcher delivers a Liger Bomb for a two count. Fletcher goes back to the single-leg Crab, and then wrenches back even farther.
Moxley counters into the Bulldog Choke, but Fletcher counters into the ankle lock. Fletcher drops into a leg vice and then wrenches back, but Moxley makes it to the ropes. Fletcher stomps Moxley down in the corner and sets him up top. Moxley counters and bites Fletcher’s face before shoving him onto the turnbuckle. Moxley applies a choke and follows with an avalanche cut-throat suplex. Moxley follows with a stomp and goes for the cover, but Fletcher rolls over at two and gets his own two count. Fletcher delivers a half-and-half suplex, and then kicks Moxley in the face.
Moxley kicks out at one, but Fletcher delivers another kick to the face. Fletcher delivers the shear-drop brain-buster, but Moxley kicks out at two. Fletcher drops Moxley with a clothesline and goes to the turnbuckles to look for the screwdriver, but Moxley rolls him up for a two count. Moxley ducks a clothesline and applies a rear choke. Fletcher rolls over into a two count, and then Moxley delivers the Paradigm Shift for a two count. Moxley delivers the Death Rider and goes for the cover, but Fletcher kicks out again. Moxley applies the sleeper hold, but Fletcher gets to his feet. Moxley gets him back to his knees and chokes him out.
Winner: Jon Moxley

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Nigel McGuinness replaces Bryan Danielson on commentary.

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AEW World Tag Team Championship – Chicago Street Fight
FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) (w/Stokely) vs. The Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson)
All four guys brawl at the bell and head to the floor. Wheeler and Gunn brawl up the ramp as Harwood and Robinson do the same in the stands. Gunn slams Wheeler into an LED screen and hits him with a trash can. Robinson kicks Harwood in the midsection, and Wheeler comes back and hits Gunn with the trash can. Robinson slams Harwood into a barricade and Wheeler knocks Gunn back to ringside. Wheeler slams Gunn into the barricade as Harwood brings Robinson back to ringside. Stokely helps set up a table on the floor, but Robinson catapults Harwood into the ring post.
Robinson puts Harwood on the table and goes up top, but Wheeler cuts him off and delivers an avalanche belly-to-back suplex. Wheeler grabs a kendo stick as Harwood puts the trash can on Gunn’s head. Wheeler hits the trash can with the kendo stick, and then jumps from the second rope to hit Gunn in the face with the can. They go for the cover, but Gunn kicks out at two. Wheeler wedges the can in the corner, and they slam Gunn head-first into it. Wheeler hits Robinson with the can and they go for the stuffed piledriver on Gunn, but Robinson makes the save. Gunn sends Wheeler to the outside.
Robinson connects with a frog splash on Harwood and goes for the cover, but Harwood kicks out at two. Robinson delivers right hands, but Harwood rakes his eyes. Robinson comes back with a clothesline and a heel kick before delivers a spine-buster for a two count. Wheeler slams Gunn into the ring steps and grabs one of the title belt. Robinson clotheslines Wheeler back to the floor, but Harwood hits him with the title. Gunn blocks a kendo stick shot from Wheeler with a trash can lid, and then hits Wheeler with the lid. Wheeler connects with a back splash onto Wheeler against the ring post.
Gunn charges again, but Wheeler sends him into the Spanish announce team as Robinson has been busted open. Wheeler takes out Robinson’s knee and Stokely holds Robinson’s leg in place as Wheeler leaps down on it repeatedly. Harwood hits Robinson’s knee with a chair as Wheeler had a leg-hold applied. Robinson gets free and kicks Wheeler away before getting a roll-up on Harwood for a two count. Wheeler comes back with a chair shot, and then stomps onto Robinson’s knee from the ropes as Harwood holds him down. Harwood applies an inverted Figure Four, but Gunn and Wheeler crash through a table.
Robinson sprays a fire extinguisher in Harwood’s face and follows with a left hand and a DDT for a two count as Stokely tackles the referee to stop the count. Robinson grabs a chair and Stokely leaves the ring. Robinson hits Harwood with the chair repeatedly, and then does the same to Wheeler. Stokely gets knocked into the table on the floor, which lands on him, and then FTR drop Robinson with the Shatter Machine after a low-blow. Wheeler goes for the cover, but Gunn breaks it up. Wheeler gets dropped with a low-blow, but Harwood drops Gunn with a spike piledriver onto the trash can for a two count. Gunn gets dropped with another piledriver, and then a third onto the title belt for the pin fall.
Winners and still AEW World Tag Team Champions: FTR

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A video airs showing all of the awards that Sports Illustrated gave to AEW for 2025.

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AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Match
The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale) (c) vs. Mercedes Mone and Athena
All four women brawl from the start, and Athena and Mone gain the advantage. Athena and Mone send Cameron and Nightingale to the outside, but Nightingale takes Mone to the floor. Athena drops Nightingale with a dive, and then rolls through a dive from Cameron. Nightingale drops Athena with a Spear, and then Mone and Cameron get back into the ring as the legal competitors. Mone takes Cameron down for a two count, and then gets her into the corner. Athena tags in and chokes Cameron with her boot, and then Mone tags back in and delivers a kick for a two count.
Athena tags back in and takes Cameron down for another two count. Mone tags back in and delivers two running knees for a two count. Mone applies a front face-lock and Athena tags back in. Cameron comes back with right hands and drops Athena with a DDT. Mone and Nightingale and Nightingale delivers a spine-buster. Nightingale goes for a cover, but Athena breaks it up. Athena tags in and drops Nightingale with a DDT. Athena slams Nightingale down and goes for the cover, but Nightingale kicks out at two. Cameron comes in and drops Mone with a neck-breaker.
Cameron drops Athena with a Slingblade and follows with right hands. Cameron goes up top, but Mone trips her up and Athena connects with a shot. Athena and Mone go for a double suplex, but Nightingale makes the save and powerbombs them. Cameron follows with a diving cross-body and follows with a double crucifix bomb for a two count. Nightingale tags in, but Mone locks in the Statement Maker. Nightingale rolls into a cover, but Athena tries to break it up and hits Mone. Nightingale delivers shots to both of them and splashes them in the corner.
Nightingale slams them down and goes up top, but they cut her off and suplex her back to the mat. Athena slams Mone onto Nightingale for the cover, but Nightingale kicks out at two. Athena and Cameron take each other down with cross-bodies. Cameron takes Athena down, but Mone delivers the Money Maker. Nightingale goes for the Doctor Bomb on Mone, but Mone gets free and goes for the Money Maker. Nightingale comes right back and gets a roll-up for the pin fall.
Winners and still AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions: The Babes of Wrath

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Singles Match
Gabe Kidd vs. Darby Allin
Allin dropkicks Kidd into the corner, but Kidd comes back with a choke. Allin gets free and delivers body shots, but Kidd knocks him to the floor. Kidd throws Allin into the ring steps and moves the steps around. Kidd charges, but Allin dodges and Kidd hits the barricade. Allin dives through the ropes to send Kidd into the barricade again, but Kidd charges with him and throws him into the timekeeper’s area. Kidd catapults Allin into the underside of the steps and gets him back into the ring. Allin has been busted open and Kidd delivers a headbutt before choking him.
Kidd throws Allin into the corner, and then slams him into the ring post. Kidd delivers an elbow strike and grabs a chair. Allin dodges a chair shot and dropkicks it into Kidd’s face. Kidd has been busted open and Allin connects with a dropkick as Kidd is seated in a chair. Allin gets Kidd back into the ring, but Kidd sends him into the corner and delivers right hands. Kidd bites Allin’s face and puts him up top. Allin comes back with a slap and bites Kidd’s face. Allin rakes his fingernails into Kidd and delivers an avalanche Code Red for a two count.
Allin delivers the Coffin Drop, but Kidd rolls to the outside. Allin delivers another Coffin Drop and gets Kidd back into the ring. Allin goes for the cover, but Kidd kicks out at two. Allin delivers the Scorpion Deathdrop, and then applies the Scorpion Deathlock. Allin collpases out of the hold, and Kidd delivers an elbow strike. Kidd follows with a headbutt and a lariat, and then delivers a jumping piledriver for a two count. Kidd delivers shots and follows with right hands, but Allin rolls over and gets the pin fall with a roll-up.
Winner: Darby Allin

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Eight-Person Tag Team Mixed Nuts Mayhem Match
The Death Riders (Marina Shafir, Daniel Garcia, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta) vs. Toni Storm, Roderick Strong, and The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and Mark Briscoe)
All of the men brawl to the outside, and then Storm drops Shafir with a dropkick in the ring. Storm delivers right hands in the corner, but Yuta shoves her to the outside. Briscoe goes after Yuta and drops him with a flying elbow strike. Briscoe delivers right hands in the corner, and then dives onto Garcia on the outside. Strong takes Yuta down in the ring, and then Castagnoli drops Strong with an uppercut before stomping him down in the corner. Strong comes back with a dropkick and chops Castagnoli in the corner repeatedly. Strong sends Castagnoli to the outside, and then Garcia does the same to Strong.
Cassidy mocks Garcia’s dance that he used to do, and then Garcia locks him in a guillotine. Cassidy comes back with Stundog Millionaire and delivers a right hand in the corner. Shafir and Cassidy stare down, and Shafir delivers leg kicks. Cassidy sends Shafir to the outside, and then dropkicks Garcia. Yuta takes Cassidy down, and then he and Castagnoli double-team him, and then all the Death Riders attack Cassidy in the corner. Strong gets back into the ring, but the Riders beat him down as well. Shafir chops Strong a few times, and then they all deliver shots to him in the corner.
Briscoe comes back in, but he gets beat down in the same manner as well. Storm comes back in to save Briscoe, and then Shafir delivers an elbow strike. Shafir connects with more elbows, but Storm sends her to the apron and delivers the hip attack. Castagnoli grabs Storm, but Briscoe delivers right hands and he and Storm drop Castagnoli with a double shoulder tackle. Briscoe sends Castagnoli to the outside and Garcia goes after Storm. Cassidy makes the save, and then Storm saves Cassidy from Shafir. Cassidy and Storm dance, and then drop Yuta with a double hip-toss.
Shafir drops Cassidy with a kick and Storm with a clothesline, but Storm comes back with a German suplex. Castagnoli goes for an uppercut on Storm, but she dodges and then Castagnoli gets dropped with a DDT from Cassidy. Briscoe connects with the Froggy Bow and goes for the cover, but it gets broken up. Garcia and Yuta double-team Briscoe, and then do the same to Cassidy. Storm shoves them into each other and drops them with German suplexes. Shafir boxes Storm’s ears, but Storm gets a roll-up for a two count as Castagnoli breaks it up.
Storm slams him and drops him with a DDT, but Castagnoli comes back with the Giant Swing. Strong drops Castagnoli with a knee strike, and then Shafir kicks Strong in the face. Strong chops Shafir’s back, and then the match breaks down for a bit. Cassidy drops Yuta with the Orange Punch to save Storm, and then Storm delivers the hip attack to Yuta. Cassidy drops Castagnoli with a dive, and then Briscoe delivers the Jay Driller to Yuta for the pin fall.
Winners: Toni Storm, Roderick Strong, and The Conglomeration
-After the match, the Babes of Wrath, Mina Shirkawa, and Luther come to the ring to celebrate with Storm’s team.

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Lexy Nair tries to interview Mercedes Mone backstage, but Mone walks past her. Mone screams and yells while she destroys stuff in her locker room. Mone comes back to Nair and Nair says 2025 hasn’t been good to Mone near the end. Mone runs down all of her accomplishments, and then Nair brings up the match tonight. Mone says she doesn’t want to hear Willow Nightingale’s name, and then challenges her to a match on Wednesday night.

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Bryan Danielson replaces Nigel McGuinness on commentary.

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AEW Women’s World Championship Match
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Jamie Hayter
They lock up, and Hayter sends Statlander to the apron with a hard shot, but Statlander comes right back and sends Hayter to the floor. Hayter comes back in the ring and goes for Hayterade, but Statlander ducks and gets a quick two count. Hayter takes Statlander down with a shot, but Statlander comes back with a shoulder tackle. They exchange shots and Hayter sends Statlander to the apron. Statlander comes back with a knee strike and guillotines her over the ropes to send her to the floor. Statlander goes for a standing moonsault from the apron, but Hayter dodges.
Hayter goes for a dropkick, but Statlander dodges and catapults Hayter into the ring post. Statlander gets Hyater back into the ring and goes for the cover, but Hayter kicks out at two. Statlander applies a rear-choke and clubs Hayter in the back a few times. Statlander delivers a back suplex and connects with a splash for a two count. Statlander sends Hayter to the corner, but Hayter comes back with chops. Statlander slams Hayter’s head into the turnbuckle and follows with a scoop slam. Hayter dodges a splash and connects with a kick to the face.
Hayter clotheslines Statlander to the floor, but Statlander pulls her out and rams her into the commentary desk and the ring apron. Statlander puts Hayter on the Spanish commentary table, but Hayter comes back with an elbow strike and a dropkick. Hayter gets Statlander back into the ring and connects with another dropkick. Hayter goes for the cover, but Statlander kicks out at two. Hayter connects with a kick in the corner, and then delivers another in the middle of the ring for a two count. Statlander comes back with a knee strike and follows with a Michinoku Driver for a two count.
Hayter comes back with elbow strikes, but Statlander delivers some of her own. They exchange shots and Hayter runs the ropes, but Statlander delivers a hard strike. Hayter comes back with a neck-breaker over her knee and follows with a lariat for a two count. Hayter delivers an exploder suplex from the ropes and goes for the cover, but Statlander kicks out at two. Hayter delivers shots to Statlander’s back, but Statlander comes back with a package piledriver for a two count. Statlander goes up top, but Hayter cuts her off and climbs.
Statlander escapes out, but Hayter delivers right hands. Statlander comes back with chops and climbs back up. Statlander delivers an avalanche Michinoku Driver, but Statlander can’t capitalize and Hayter comes back with a side suplex. Hayter delivers a Shining Wizard and goes for the cover, but Statlander kicks out at two. They exchange shots again, and then Statlander delivers a veritcal suplex. They exchange elbow strikes and Statlander spits in Hayter’s face. Statlander drops Hayter with Hayterade and picks her up, but Hayter counters with a Saturday Night Fever.
They both get to their feet, and Hayter delivers a lariat. Statlander comes back with Saturday Night Fever and gets the pin fall.
Winner and still AEW Women’s World Champion: Kris Statlander

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Backstage, Don Callis is with Kazuchika Okada. Callis says Okada is going to become the first man to win back-to-back Continental Classics, and then says he is going to get back at people who have wronged him, starting with Moxley. Callis says he has had to look at what Moxley did to him three and a half years ago, and Okada is going to do it to Moxley tonight. Okada says Moxley has never beaten him and he never will, because he is the greatest tournament wrestler of all time. Okada then calls Moxley a bitch.

Moxley says he has been hearing about how Okada is the greatest for years. Moxley says the Continental Classic is a beautiful thing and it’s all about passion. Moxley says the Continental Classic is what you dream about as a kid and it’s a hill worth dying on. Moxley says Okada is going to have to kill him.

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AEW Continental Classic Tournament – Final Match
AEW Continental Championship Match
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Jon Moxley
They go back and forth for a bit, and Okada takes Moxley down. Moxley comes back with a Full Nelson, but Okada counters and takes him down again. Moxley rakes Okada’s eyes, but Okada trips Moxley up and works over his ankle again. Okada sends Moxley to the outside and drops him with a DDT. Okada slams Moxley’s face into the apron and slams his knee onto the steps. Moxley gets back into the ring and goes for some shots, but Okada counters and takes him down. Okada works over Moxley’s knee, but Moxley counters with a headbutt.
Okada kicks Moxley in the midsection and drops him with a DDT for a two count. Okada delivers more shots, and comes over the top with a senton. Okada delivers a neck-breaker over his knee and goes for the cover, but Moxley kicks out at two. Okada connects with an elbow drop, but Moxley comes back wiht manipulates Okada’s fingers. Moxley drops Okada with a running lariat and follows with chops and right hands. Moxley takes Okada down and applies the Figure Four, but Okada makes it to the ropes. Moxley goes for the Paradigm Shift, but Okada counters with a dragon screw.
Okada delivers another dragon screw, and then locks in a Texas Cloverleaf. Moxley gets free, but Okada delivers shots in the corner. Okada delivers elbow strikes, but Moxley comes back with a Gotch-style piledriver for a two count. Moxley goes for the Bulldog Choke and then goes for the Paradigm Shift, but Okada delivers a low-blow. Okada delivers the Rainmaker and goes for the cover, but Moxley kicks out at two. Okada grabs the title belt and brings it in the ring, but Moxley counters with a low-blow as the referee takes the title from Okada.
They exchange shots and Okada delivers a dropkick. Moxley gets right back up, but Okada delivers the Rainmaker. Okada goes for another, but Moxley kicks him away and follows with the Paradigm Shift for a two count. Moxley applies a rear choke, and then delivers his own Rainmaker. Moxley delivers another Paradigm Shift and goes for the cover, but Okada kicks out at one. Moxley delivers the Death Rider and gets the pin fall.
Winner of the 2025 AEW Continental Classic and the new AEW Continental Champion: Jon Moxley
-After the match, the Death Riders come to the ring to celebrate with Moxley. Moxley says the Continental Championship belongs to everyone in the Continental Classic who busted their ass and gave everything they had, and it belongs to the fans who support professional wrestling. Moxley says they owe it to the fans who support them, and they are the hardest workers in the world. Moxley says they will continue to give everything they have every day, because there is no organization like AEW.

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AEW World Championship – Four-Way Match
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana) vs. Adam Page vs. MJF
MJF sends Strickland into the turnbuckle, and then Page takes MJF down with a fall-away slam. Page dives ont Joe, and then sends MJF to the floor with a lariat. Joe comes back in and chops Page down, followed by a shoulder tackle to Strickland. Joe drags his boot across Page’s face, and then knocks MJF back to the floor. Strickland trips Joe up and delivers a few kicks, but MJF puts him in a side-headlock. Strickland tries to send him off the ropes, but MJF holds on and mocks him before dropping him with a bodyslam. MJF drops Strickland with a pelvic thrust, but Strickland comes back with a kick.
Strickland delivers a few more shots to MJF and delivers his own pelvic thrust. Strickland dives onto MJF on the outside. and then Joe dives onto both of them. Page moonsaults onto all three of them, and then MJF gets Strickland back into the ring. MJF goes for the Heatseeker, but Strickland shoves him off. MJF gets sent to the outside, and Strickland drops him with the Swerve Stomp. Page drops Joe with a Buckshot Lariat off of Strickland’s back, and then Page and Strickland exchange shots. Page goes for Deadeye, but Strickland escapes. They go back and forth, and Page gets a two count.
Page connects with a back elbow, but Strickland delivers a Deadeye of his own. Strickland goes for the House Call, but Page drops him with a clothesline and follows with the Buckshot Lariat. Page goes for the cover, but Joe breaks it up. Joe goes for a Muscle Buster on Strickland, but Page breaks it up. Joe sends Page and Strickland down onto MJF and goes for the cover on each, but they all kick out at two. Joe kicks MJF and Page out of the ring and puts Strickland up top. Joe goes for the Muscle Buster, but Strickland escapes and drops MJF with a flatliner.
Strickland kicks Joe in the face and follows with a German suplex. Strickland delivers a back-breaker to Page and follows with a powerslam for a two count. Page backs Strickland into the ropes, and then Joe splashes Strickland. Page takes Joe down and clotheslines MJF to th eoutside. Page kicks Strickland in the midsection and delivers Angel’s Wings. Page drops MJF with a moonsault on the outside and goes for the Buckshot, but Strickland dodges. Page delivers a pop-up powerbomb and goes for the cover, but Strickland kicks out at two.
Joe beats Page down in the corner, but Page comes back with a kick to the face. MJF delivers a shot to Page, and then they exchange shots. Page dodges the Heatseeker, but MJF delivers a cutter for a two count. MJF locks in Salt of the Earth and Joe locks Strickland in the Coquina Clutch. MJF breaks his own hold, and then causes Joe to break his. Joe locks MJF in the Clutch, but Strickland delivers the House Call to break it up. Strickland goes for Big Pressure, but MJF rolls through and gets a two count. MJF drops Strickland with a shot and runs the ropes, but Page kicks him in the face.
Page and Strickland double-team MJF, and then do the same to Joe before Strickland and Page drop each other with kicks. MJF delivers an elbow strike to Strickland and delivers Panama Sunrise for a two count. Page delivers Deadeye to MJF for a two count, and then Page gets sent to the outside. Hook, Katsuyori Shibata, and Powerhouse Hobbs rush the ring to beat down Page, Strickland, and MJF, and then Joe delivers the Muscle Buster to Page. Joe goes for the cover, but Page kicks out at two. Hook gets on the apron to argue with the ref, and then Hobbs slams Strickland into the steps.
The Opps go after Nana, but Strickland delivers a double Swerve Stomp to Hook and Shibata. Page delivers an elbow strike to Joe and goes after Hook. Joe locks Page in the Clutch, but Strickland breaks it up with the Swerve Stomp to Joe. Strickland goes up top, but Joe cuts him off. They exchange shots and Strickland delivers a powerbomb. Strickland goes up top, but MJF shoves him into the commentary table. Page knocks MJF to the floor and delivers two Buckshot Lariats to Joe. MJF shoves Joe out of the way of a third and delivers a low-blow to Page. MJF delivers the Heatseeker to Joe and gets the pin fall.
Winner and new AEW World Champion: MJF