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AEW’s 2026 WrestleDream is at the Addition Financial Arena near Orlando, Florida. The show starts with the Tailgate Brawl on TNT. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Paul Wight,
Just so you know, the Buy In, which is the “Hey, here’s the PPV and how to buy it,” is on YouTube at the same time.
Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne) vs. Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue)
Hart and Kross start the match, and Hart charges at her. Hart goes for a flying octopus, and Kross blocks it and hits a back breaker. Hart tries to get a hammer throw,w and Kross blocks it. Hart is finally able to get a tejaris and tags in Blue, who goes for a roll-up,p but Kross gets a big boot.
Bayne tags in, and Blue comes off the second turnbuckle for a Tejaris. Bayne grabs her, and Blue escapes for a knee strike and tries a flying crossbody,m and Bayne catches her. Blue gets a crucifix takedown for two. Bayne whips Blue to her corner,r and Bayne brings her into the ring with a back suplex, ex and we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Blue has been the wrestler in peril. Blue gets a DDT on Bayne, and both women are down. Hart and Kross tag in,n and Hart gets machine gun chops in the corner. Hart gets a leg-based jawbreaker. She gets a leg-based jawbreaker on Bayne and a big kick. She walks the ropes with Kross for the Tejaris. Hart gets a crucifix bomb. Blue gets a blind tag, and Blue gets a leg-based DDT.
Hart and Blue slam Kross for two. Bayne tries to break it up, but Blue dodges and nails her own partner. Bayne gets a suplex on Blue,e and then Bayne and Kross get splashes on Hart and Blue. Bayern tags in and runs into a big boot from Blue. Blue goes to the top, and Bayne joins her, and Blue blips out the tomato for the kick to Bayne’s head and a power bomb. Kross enters the ring and tosses Blue. Kross holds Hart for Bayne’s kick into a suplex for two, broken up by Blue.
Kross gets a bling taga nd Bayne slams Blue. Kross gets a knee strike and tosses Blue. Kross and Bayne slam Hart for the pin and the win.
Winners: Divine Domino.
The Don Callis Family (Wardlow, Josh Alexander, and Jake Doyle vs. The Already in the Ring Alex Breeze, Papi D, and Rhys Maddox
Well, it’s a squash, but it’s still better than another Big Boo:m: AJ and QT Marshall vs. Shame Taylor Promotions. Wardlow wins with the Power Bomb Symphony.
Winners: The Don Callis Family
We then get a hype video for Jon Moxley vs. Mark Davies for the Continental Championship.
The Dogs (David Finlay and Clark Connors) and the Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, and Gabe Kidd) w/Marina Shafir vs. The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, and Roderick Strong) and the Bang Bang Gang (Austin and Colton Gunn, and Jay White) w/Willow Nightingale
White is back from injury.
Conners and Strong start, and they go back and forth with chops. Cassidy tags in, and they suplex Conners, and we get members of the Conglomeration jumping in to help Cassidy suplex each member of the other team until Claudio, who stops it and gives Cassidy a Giant Swing as Claudio’s team takes out Cassidy’s team on the floor. Claudio spins Cassidy for a LONG time and lets him go when we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Austin has been able to get in the ring, run wild, and he becomes the babyface in peril. Austin finally escapes and tags in White, who cleans house. The rest of the Conglomeration dives onto their opponents. Finally stops him with a backbreaker. Both men are down and struggle to their corners. Colton and Claudio tag in, and Colton drop-kicks Claudio and then Wheeler. The Death Rider catches him in the corner for the Forever Charges. Shafir tries to join in, and Willow stops her. Yuta clotheslines Willow to the floor, and it’s time for everyone to get a big move on the last person in the ring.
It ends with the Gunns double-teaming Yuta. They get the 3:10 to Yuma on Finlay, and then they double-team Claudio. Shafir distracts the ref with a chair. Claudio and Yuta get a Fastball special, and Yuta covers Colton for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Dogs and the Death Riders
The brawl continues in and around the ring after the bell.
Next is a package to explain the Clockwark Carnage match.
Next is a hype video for Mercedes Mone vs. Thekal for the Women’s title.
FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) - The first match in a best-of-five series.
Cash and Alex start the match, and Cash pulls Alex to his corner and tags in Dax; they lock up, trade arm bars, and Dax gets a quick takedown, and they break. They lock up again, and Dax gets a side headlock takeover. They work to their feet and run the ropes, and Dax gets another side headlock takeover. Alex gets an arm bar and tags in Chris. Chris gets an arm drag, and Dax works quickly to his feet and drags Chris to his corner.
Cash tags in, and they go back and forth in the corners. Cash forces them to his corner and Dax tags in. Dax works over Chris in the corners. Chris fires back with chops and then elbow strikes. Dax rolls to the floor as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Chris has been the babyface in peril. Chris gets a crossbody, and the Guns and FTRared brawling in the ring. Cash gets sent to the floor, and then Dax is tossed. Cash tags in,n and the ref says he isn’t tagged in because Dax was on the floor. Dax gets into the ring,g and Cash grabs Alex’s belt and drags him to their corner. Cash is tagged in and gets a swinging neckbreaker for two.
Alex is whipped to the ropes and slides through Dax’s legs. All four men are fighting in the ring. Dax is sent to the floor, and Chris gives Cash ten in the corner, and Cash gets a Manhattan drop and a chop as we go to the PPV.
The PPV begins, and the Guns double team Cash. Cash rolls to the floor and Alex gets a baseball slide, but FTR catches him and takes him off the floor. Alex is dropped on the apron by Cash. Dax tags in and batters Alex through the rope and pulls him into the ring for a two-count. Dax gets an abdominal stretch, and when the ref can’t see, Cash pulls on Dax’s arm. Cash tags in and gets the same hold. The ref says he didn’t see the tag, and as they switch, Alex gets a small package, but the ref is distracted and gets a two-count
Alex is worked over by FTR with quick tags. Alex fights free on the floor, and then he and Dax are both down in the middle of the ring. Dax stops Alex from tagging and chops Alex down. FTR hits a two-man flapjack for two. Alex gets a sunset flip for two on Dax. Alex fights free from both members of FTR, but Dax pulls Chris off the apron.
Dax slaps Alex while yelling at him. Alex gets a strike to drop Dax. Cash tags in, misses a leap into the corner, and crotches himself. Alex gets a back body drop on Dax and tags in Chris. Who cleans house. Dax grabs Chris and tells Stokely to hit him, but Alex gets out of the way, and Stokely hits Dax. They return to the ring, and Chris gets a DDT for two. Chris slowly goes to the top. Cash pulls him down. Chris gets a rollup on Dax for two, but when Dax kicks him off, Cash strikes him from the floor. Dax gets a spinebuster for two.
Daxc and Cash pick up Chris, and Sabin knocks Cash out of the ring. Chris gets a rollup for two. Chris gets another cover for two. Alex tags in, and Cash pulls him off the top. Chris and Alex are sent to the floor, and as FTR goes to the top, the Guns meet them and knock them down. Alex gets a frog splash on Dax for two. Chris is tagged in, Cash pulls Alex to the floor, and the Gunns get stereo sunset flips for two as Alex returns to the ring.
All four men are fighting in the ring, and Cash is sent to the floor. The Guns give Dax insiguris in the corner, and then Alex holds Dax and Chris comes off the top on him for two, with Cash putting Dax’s foot on the rope. Cash pulls Alex out of the ring and runs him into the ring post. In the ring, FTR gets a stuffed pile driver for two. FTR is set for the Shatter Machine, and Alex breaks it up. The Gunns get a two-man spin slam for the pin and the win on Cash.
Winners: Motor City Machine Guns
Mercedes Moné (AEW Women’s Champion) vs. Thekla
Moné slams Thekla’s head in the turnbuckles to start the match. Thekla then does the same. In the ring, Thekla gets a series of kicks, and Mone grabs a Statement Maker. Thekla is able to escape, and then Spider walks away. Mone whips Thekla into the ropes, and Thekla hands in the ropes. Mone charges, and Thekla dodges, and both women are on the floor. Thekla works over Mone on the floor and then rolls her into the ring. Thekla comes off the top for two. Mone picks up Thekla in the spider walk and then gets a lung blower for two.
Mone gets a series of knees to the back and then gets a meteora for two. Mone gets a slap into a suplex for two. Mone gets a snapmare and applies a butterfly stretch. Mone then stomps Thekla and gets the flying surfboard. Thekla is able to power out, but Mone covers for two. Mone whips Thekla to the corner and stomps her. Mone mocks Thekla’s spider spear, and Thekla gets a boot up. Thekla gets a tarantula in the ropes for four.
Thekla hits a series of blows and gets a tejaris. Mone is in the ropes, and Thekla gets a running boot on her. They fight on the apron, and Mone gets a lung blower. Thekla dodges a meteora, and Mone goes into the turnbuckle supports and falls to the floor. Thekla gets a stomp off the apron and mocks Mone’s dance. Mone is rolled into the ring, and Thekla covers for two. They fight in the corner, and Mone drives Thekla’s face into the turnbuckle with her legs. Thekla strikes Mone and then joins her on top.
Thekla gets a spider suplex. Thekla gets a double stomp from the top. Thekla gets a spear and covers for two. Mone catches Thekla’s kick and kicks Thekla in the face. Mone gets a sunset flip bomb into the buckles and follows with a metora from the second turnbuckle for two. Mone goes for the Money Maker, but Thekla reverses into a spider hook submission. Mone gets her feet on the ropes for the break.
Thekla gets a curb stomp for two, with Mone getting a foot on the rope again. Mone goes to the apron and pulls off her protective mask. Mone hits Thekla with the mask. Thekla gets a rollup for two. Thekla misses a curb stomp, and Mone gets the Money Maker for the pin and the win/
Winner and still AEW Women’s Champion: Mercedes Mone
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (AEW Tag Team Champions) vs. The Don Callis Family (Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher)
Don Callis joins commentary.
Knight and Nick start the match and quickly move to running the ropes and shoulder tackles and hip tosses. Nick goes to the floor, and when he returns to the ring, he tags in Matt, and Kyle is also tagged in. They lock up and move to arm bars and running the ropes. Kyle runs right through Matt. Matt is able to catapult Kyle, but Kyle avoids the kick from Nick and starts beating down Matt.
Knight is tagged in, and it sets off the tag team siren, and all four men are fighting in the ring. Knight and Kyle charge into the Bucks in the corner and get stereo bulldogs. The Bucks are sent to the floor, and Matt is rolled back in the ring where he is the babyface in peril, and Knight and Kyle work him over with quick tags and cutting the ring in half.
When Matt gets the tag, Nick gets a flying crossbody on both of his opponents and tags in Matt and then sends Knight and Kyle to the floor. Matt is flipped over the top onto Knight and Kyle by Nick and then chases off Callis. Kyle is rolled into the ring, and he and Matt trade waistlocks quickly until Nick takes out Kyle. Knight gets a springboard to take out Matt. Kyle puts Nick on his shoulders, and Knight drop-kicks him off Kyle shoulders.
On the floor, Callis wraps a cord around Nick's throat as the ref is distracted. Nick is rolled back into the ring, and he is kept in the corner. Nick starts to fight his way free and leaps on Kyle on the floor for a swinging DDT. Nick crawls to his corner and kicks off Kevin. Matt runs wild. Matt gets a rollup on Knight and then a suplex with a bridge on Kyle at the same time for two. He then suplexes Knight and Kyle with a bridge for two.
Matt sets Kyle on the ropes for the drop off the top from Nick and a back stabber for two. Kyle escapes the Metzler driver and then hits a Michinoku driver on Nick for two. Matt is on Kyle’s shoulders, and Knight is on Nick's, and they fight. Matt and Knight get poisonranas, and Matta nd Kyle drop each other. Matt gets a Destroyer off the back on Knight, and all four men are down.
Knight and Nick trade blows, and Matt is tagged in and gets a super kick. Kyel tags in for a half-and-half suplex. Nick gets a blind tag and then sets Kyel on the top rope. Nick gets a hurricanrana off the top rope, and then it's time for superkicks. The Bucks go to the top but are knocked down by their opponents. Knight and Matt fall to the floor.
Matt gets a poisonrana on Kyle from the top, a nd Knight gets a UFO splash on Matt. Matt rolls to the apron. Nick, he, and Knight fight. Knight is kicked to the floor, and Nick takes out Kyle. Everyone gets big moves on the floor. The Bucks get a TKDriver on the floor on Knight. The Bucks return to the ring, and Kyle takes a BTE trigger for two.
The Bucks get more bang for your buck, but Kyle gets the knees up and lawn darts Nick into Matt in the corner. Knight goes to the top and gets a coast-to-coast into both of the Bucks. Kyle gets a sheer drop brain buster on Matt for two. Kyle gets a brain buster on the top, and Knight gets a UFO splash for two, broken up by Nick. Kyle gets a half-and-half suplex on Matt, and Knight tags himself in.
Kyle is not happy about it, and Knight goes for another coast-to-coast but runs into a super kick from Nick. Kyle is subjected to Young Buckery. The Bucks go for a BTE trigger on Kyle, but when Knight tries to break it up, they kick him. The Bucks get a BTE trigger on Knight for the pin and the win.
Winners and still AEW Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks.
Nigel McGuinness joins commentary as Paul Wight tags out.
Persephone (TBS Champion) w/Britt Baker vs. Dani Luna vs. Hyan vs. Queen Aminata
As the bell rings, Persephone immediately gets in everyone’s face, triggering a chaotic opening sequence of four consecutive rollups. Recognizing the common enemy, the three challengers quickly team up to attack Persephone, forcing the champion to roll to the floor to regroup.
With the champion out of the ring, Hyan and Luna lock up. Luna dominates the early exchange, repeatedly picking up and slamming Hyan before executing a suplex and a sliding lariat for a two-count. Aminata soon enters the fray, delivering "chocolate kisses" to Luna before their fight spills outside, where Aminata sets Luna up on a steel chair. Back on the apron, Hyan attacks Aminata and works her over in the ring, landing a slam and a leg drop for a near fall. Persephone then re-enters the match to attack Hyan, scoring a two-count and hitting a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Luna steps in to replace Hyan, only to be caught with a fallaway slam by the champion. Persephone follows up with a bridging German suplex for another two-count, which Aminata breaks up.
As Luna rolls outside, Aminata and Persephone begin trading blows until Hyan takes them both out with a double spear. Luna re-enters the ring to battle Hyan back and forth; Luna attempts a dropkick, but Hyan counters with a spear for a near fall that Persephone breaks up. The fight between Hyan and Persephone then spills to the floor, resulting in another spear from Hyan. Persephone is rolled back inside but quickly escapes outside again. Meanwhile, Luna suplexes Hyan into the ring onto the second rope. Aminata capitalizes with a headbutt to Luna and hits a diving foot stomp, though Persephone rushes in to break up the resulting pin.
The action grows even more frenetic as Luna interrupts Persephone's attempt to powerbomb Aminata, leading to a brawl through the ropes and onto the apron. Luna knocks the champion to the floor, where Hyan hits Persephone with a sliding dropkick before powerbombing Luna on the outside. Aminata follows up with a penalty kick from the apron and a running dropkick that sends Hyan crashing into the ringside chair. Persephone retaliates by ramming Aminata into the ring post and unleashing a flurry of strikes. Back in the ring, Aminata catches the champion with a thrust kick, a suplex, and a running thrust kick for a near fall broken up by Hyan.
In the final stretch, Hyan hits Aminata with a running knee in the corner and a Falcon Arrow. Persephone quickly recovers, delivering a suplex to Hyan and a thrust kick to Aminata. Luna then displays incredible strength, picking up Hyan to charge into the corner before slamming both Hyan and Persephone simultaneously. After Luna hits a rope-assisted blue thunder bomb for a two-count broken by Hyan, the two trade heavy strikes. Luna gains the upper hand, but Hyan escapes to hit a dropkick and a slam. Just as Hyan goes for the pin, Persephone breaks it up with a desperate leap from the top rope. Seizing the moment, Persephone delivers a front slam, climbs back to the top turnbuckle, and executes a moonsault press to secure the pinfall and retain her TBS Championship.
Your winner and still TBS Champion, Persephone!
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