Wrestling Ratings- AEW World’s End (2025)

Location- Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Venue- Now Arena

Commentary- Bryan Danielson, Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & Excalibur

Sisters Of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue) VS Hyan & Maya World 

Winners- Sisters Of Sin

Rating- 5/10

Eddie Kingston VS Zack Gibson (With James Drake)

Winner- Eddie Kingston

Rating- 5/10

Mascara Dorada & Bandido VS Don Callis Family (Mark Davis  & Rocky Romero

Winners- Mascara Dorada & Bandido

Rating- 7/10

JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey) & Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus) VS Josh Alexander & The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, & Toa Liona)

Winners- JetSpeed & Jurassic Express

Rating- 5/10

Kazuchika Okada (AEW Continental Champion & AEW Unified Champion) VS Konosuke Takeshita- Continental Classic Semifinal 

Winner- Kazuchika Okada

Rating- 8/10

Jon Moxley VS Kyle Fletcher- Continental Classic Semifinal

Winner- Jon Moxley

Rating- 8/10

FTR VS Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson & Austin Gunn)- Chicago Street Fight- AEW World Tag Team Championships

Winners- FTR

Rating- 3/10

The Babes Of Wrath (Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale)(Champions) VS Mercedes Mone & Athena- AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships

Winners- The Babes Of Wrath

Rating- 6/10

Darby Allin VS Gabe Kidd

Winner- Darby Allin

Rating- 7/10

Toni Storm, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe VS Death Riders- Mixed Nuts Mayhem 

Winners- Toni Storm, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, & Mark Briscoe

Rating-7/10

Kris Statlander (Champion) VS Jamie  Hayter- AEW Women’s World Champion

Winner- Kris Statlander

Rating- 6/10

Jon Moxley VS Kazuchika Okada (Champion)- Continental Classic Final

Winner & New AEW Continental Champion- Jon Moxley 

Rating- 6/10

MJF VS Swerve Strickland VS Hangman Adam Page VS Samoa Joe (Champion)- Four-Way Match- AEW World Championship

Winner & New AEW World Champion- MJF

Rating- 7/10

Overall Thoughts- Okada and Takeshita opened the show with a bang. An excellent hard hitting match between both men, followed by another good match with Moxley and Fletcher. The Chicago Street Fight was the worst match of the night for me. The “HOLY SHIT!” moments fell flat. Too many misfires, and overall, the entire match just felt like a clunky mess.

I had a lot fun with Mixed Nuts Mayhem. Just a completely wild and bonkers match, where the comedy actually worked without feeling too forced. They did a wonderful job of playing out the battle between the mean and nasty Death Riders going up against a bunch of unhinged nutcases (mainly Toni Storm and Mark Briscoe), and Toni Storm is genuinely hilarious.

MJF winning the world title was the right move. The guy is a legit total package all around. Putting the title back on Hangman so soon wouldn’t have made any sense. Swerve needs more time to work his way back into things, so when he eventually wins, it’ll really mean something. Samoa Joe? He was a good veteran heel champion. Joe brings credibility as a main event guy, the tough and mean ass-kicker, who can still get the job done inside the ring. 

I’m not a fan of tournaments in wrestling, but World’s End was a solid show. I never believed Statlander was in any real danger of losing, but the match with Hayter still worked as a tough and competitive contest, where both women beat the snot of out each other. 

Show Highlights-

-Ortiz returns, saves Kingston from post match beatdown from Gibson and Drake

-Jon Moxley wins Continental Classic, cuts fiery post-match promo

-Mercedes Mone’s downward spiral continues

-MJF wins the world title 

Overall Rating- 7/10

Wrestling Ratings- AEW WrestleDream (2025)

 

Location- St. Louis, Missouri

Venue- Chaifetz Arena

Commentators- Excalibur, Nigel  McGuinness, Tony Schiavone

Eight Man Tag Team Match- Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, & Pac) VS Roderick Strong, Kyle O’ Reilly, Orange Cassidy, & Tomohiro Ishii

Winners- Death Riders

Rating-5/10

Eddie Kingston & Hook VS The Frat House (Cole Karter & Griff Garrison)

Winners- Eddie Kingston & Hook

Rating- 5/10

Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale VS Top Gods (Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford)

Winners- Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale

Rating- 6/10

FTR VS JetSpeed

Winners- FTR

Rating- 7/10

Jamie Hayter VS Thekla 

Winner- Jamie Hayter

Rating- 7/10

$500K Tag Team Match- Jurassic Express VS The Young Bucks 

Winners- Jurassic Express

Rating- 7/10

Tornado Trios Match- Winner Becomes Number One Contender For AEW World Trios Championships- The Hurt Syndicate VS The Demand

Winners- The Hurt Syndicate

Rating- 7/10

AEW TNT Championship- Kyle Fletcher (Champion) VS Mark Briscoe

Winner- Kyle Fletcher 

Rating- 7/10

AEW Women’s World Championship- Kris Statlander (Champion) VS Toni Storm

Winner- Kris Statlander

Rating- 7/10

Winner Takes All Open Challenge For The AEW TBS Championship & The Interim ROH Women’s World TV Championship- Mercedes Mone (TBS Champion) VS Mina Shirakawa (Interim ROH Women’s TV Champ)

Winner- Mercedes Mone

Rating- 6/10

AEW World Tag Team Championships- Brodido VS Kazuchika Okada & Konosuke Takeshita 

Winners- Brodido 

Rating- 8/10

AEW World Championship- Hangman Adam Page (Champion) VS Samoa Joe

Winner- Adam Page

Rating- 6/10

I Quit Match- Darby Allin VS Jon Moxley

Winner- Darby Allin

Rating- 8/10

Overall Thoughts- 

Starting off with FTR VS JetSpeed, I wasn’t a big fan of the spot, where Dax was seemingly waiting for Mike Bailey to come off of the top rope, after Dax hit the Shatter Machine with Cash on Kevin Knight, but this was still a good match. Some great fast-paced, hard-hitting action throughout the match, complete with a few good close pinfall counts. 

FTR VS JetSpeed overlapping from the Tailgate Brawl to open the show? Well, I guess you could say it’s an attempt at doing something different for a hot start, and the fans were into it. I guess it’s possible they were going for some WCW nostalgia. I do remember how WCW would set off pyro on the stage during a match that was already in progress, to kick off the transition to the top of the new hour during the show. Anyways, FTR will probably have their hands full with JetSpeed, or other tag teams until Cope decides it’s time to push the revenge button. 

Mercedes winning another title? Mone’s seemingly endless quest to collect every championship she sets her sights on works for easy “how many belts does this woman need?” heel heat. She’s an egomaniac, and Mercedes thinks she’s untouchable.

I’m not entirely sure where all of this going, though. Mone is officially the longest reigning TBS Champion now, and Kris Statlander is next on her hit list. I’m hoping the endgame for Mercedes’ belt collector gimmick concludes with her slowly losing each title. Mercedes’ character needs to be humbled, and it’ll be a logical conclusion to her heel run somewhere down line, when she loses all of her precious titles.

Darby Allin and Jon Moxley’s match deserved the main event spot. As expected, it was a violent and bloody battle between two nutcases, uncomfortable to watch at times, and Sting showing up as the equalizer to even the odds against The Death Riders was a nice surprise. The fish tank spot was kind of silly, but I still enjoyed the match. 

I can’t think of one match that truly blew me away, but overall, WrestleDream was a solid PPV. No truly bad matches on the entire card, with everything ranging from solid to decent, complete with a main event that lived up to the hype. Kyle Fletcher picked up a necessary win over Mark Briscoe after losing to Hangman at All Out. AEW’s strong tag team division was on full display here, and Samoa Joe turned heel! Really looking forward to how things unfold with The Opps as a heel group, and Joe is far more entertaining in the villain role.

Show Highlights

-Kenny Omega saves Jurassic Express from The Don Callis Family’s (Lance Archer, Mark Davis, & Josh Alexander) post-match beat down, Young Bucks refuse to help

-Tony Schiavone interviews Charlie Thesz at ringside

-Hangman Adam Page hits three consecutive Buckshot Lariats to defeat Samoa Joe

-Samoa Joe and The Opps turn heel with a post-match beat down on Adam Page

-Mercedes Mone challenges Kris Statlander to a winner takes all match at Full Gear 

-Sting returns to help Darby Allin

-Darby Allin defeats Jon Moxley

Overall Rating- 7/10

Wrestling Ratings- AEW All Out Toronto (2025)

Location- Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Venue- Scotiabank Arena

Commentary- Excalibur, Taz, & Bryan Danielson 

The Opps (Samoa Joe & Powerhouse Hobbs) VS The WorkHorseMen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

Winners- The Opps

Rating- 5/10

Daniel Garcia VS Katsuyori Shibata 

Winner- Daniel Garcia

Rating- 5/10

Hologram & The Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) VS The Frat House (Cole Karter, Griff Garrison, & Preston Vance)

Winners- Hologram & The Paragon

Rating- 5/10

Mina Shirakawa, Harley Cameron, Queen Aminata & Willow Nightingale VS Penelope Ford, Megan Bayne, & Sisters Of Sin (Skye Blue & Julia Hart)

Winners- Queen Aminata, Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, & Mina Shirakawa

Rating- 4/10

Adam Copeland & Christian Cage VS FTR

Winners- Edge & Christian

Rating- 8/10

Eddie Kingston VS Big Bill

Winner- Eddie Kingston

Rating- 3/10

Tables ‘n’ Tacks Match- Mark Briscoe VS MJF

Winner- Mark Briscoe

Rating- 8/10

The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, & Toa Liona) VS The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & MVP)

Winners- The Demand

Rating- 6/10

AEW TBS Championship- Mercedes Mone (Champion) VS Riho

Winner- Mercedes Mone

Rating- 7/10

AEW Unified Championship- Kazuchika Okada (Champion) VS Mascara Dorada VS Konosuke Takeshita 

Winner- Kazuchika Okada

Rating- 7/10

Coffin Match- Jon Moxley VS Darby Allin

Winner- Jon Moxley

Rating- 8/10

AEW Women’s World Championship- Toni Storm (Champion) VS Kris Statlander VS Thekla VS Jamie Hayter

Winner & New AEW Women’s World Champion- Kris Statlander

Rating- 7/10

Four-Way Ladder Match- AEW World Tag Team Championships- Brodido (Champions) VS The Young Bucks VS JetSpeed VS The Don Callis Family (Hechicero & Josh Alexander)

Winners- Brodido

Rating- 8/10

AEW World Championship- Adam Page (Champion) VS Kyle Fletcher  

Winner- Adam Page

Rating- 8/10

Overall Thoughts- Good main event. I never believed Hangman was in any real danger of losing the title, but the match told a good story. Fletcher, the scrappy and cocky young challenger going up against the champ, determined to show everyone he’s exactly where he should be. Some nice heel work from Fletcher (targeting Hangman’s shoulder and ripping off the therapeutical tape), but in the end, Hangman was right: Kyle Fletcher wasn’t ready.

All of the gimmick matches delivered. Mox VS Darby was easily my favorite. It’s exactly the kind of match I’d expect from two known violent and batshit crazy wrestlers. Also, some bonus points for Bryan Danielson helping Darby without getting directly involved in the match, so he could keep his promise.

Statlander winning the AEW Women’s World Championship was the big feel-good moment of the show. Statlander is someone, who’s always been on the cusp of climbing to the top of the mountain, but injuries derailed whatever momentum she had. Statlander finally winning the big one was a nice shocker, because I fully expected Toni Storm to retain. 

Edge and Christian VS FTR? Eh, it was a good match, but they got too caught up in the near falls towards the end. One too many missed opportunities to end the match on a high note for me. Beth Phoenix’s debut, and the role she played after the match was a callback to Edge’s feud with the Judgement Day, where they forced him to watch Rhea Ripley hit a Conchairto on Beth at Extreme Rules. It’s almost impossible to ignore the similarities. We’ll have to wait and see, if Beth’s appearance was a one-off deal. You just know Cope is looking for revenge now, and I’m sure a gimmick match is coming somewhere down the line.

I enjoyed Mercedes VS Riho, but I’m hoping AEW is working towards building up someone, who’s a believable threat to end her title reign. It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Mercedes would retain here. But I’m guessing Mercedes surpassing the length of Jade Cargill’s reign is the endgame, so it’ll be a while before she drops the TBS Championship.

As expected, Eddie Kingston had a lot of fire for his big return match. Unfortunately, the match itself was a letdown. A noticeably botched finish, but hopefully the pairing with Hook will lead to something productive for both men. Although, when the H symbol appeared, Hook barely got any kind of reaction at all. It was mostly silence. When Hook walked down the ramp? A lukewarm reception. The pairing of two New York guys definitely has some potential, so there’s a chance Hook will get something out of joining forces with Kingston. 

Jack Perry returning as a face was the right move. His heel character and all of the Scapegoat stuff never worked for me. I always got the impression he was trying way too hard to be a dick. It just wasn’t convincing, but the crowd went nuts for Perry and Luchasaurus joining forces again, so that’s a good sign.

I’m also wondering what’s next for MJF. The guy has been working his ass off recently, so maybe he just needs a break for a while.

Show Highlights-

-Hangman retains

- Kris Statlander wins AEW Women’s World Chanpionship

-Video package showing Luchasaurus’ resurrection

-Pac returns to help Jon Moxley defeat Darby Allin

-Mark Briscoe decisively beats MJF

-Beth Phoenix debuts

-Darby Allin sets Jon Moxley on fire

-Jack Perry returns, reforms Jurassic Express with Luchasaurus

Overall Rating- 8/10