Updated 2026 AEW WrestleDream Card and Predictions for Match Order

The fourth-ever WrestleDream pay-per-view is set for this weekend, and it will be headlined by a first-of-its-kind match in AEW history.

In the likely main event, Will Ospreay will put the AEW World Championship on the line against seven hungry challengers in what has been termed a Clockwork Carnage match.

On top of that, several additional titles will be up for grabs, including Mercedes Moné's AEW World Women's Championship, The Young Bucks' AEW World Tag Team Championships and Jon Moxley's Continental Championship.

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Here is everything you need to know in advance of WrestleDream, including a rundown of the card and the projected match order.

Where: Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida

When: Saturday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. ET (Zero Hour pre-show starts at 7 p.m. ET)

Watch: HBO Max, Prime Video, DAZN, Fubo, PPV.com

AEW WrestleDream 2026 Card and Projected Match Order

Pre-Show: Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) vs. Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue & Julia Hart)

Pre-Show: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Motor City Machine Gunns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) (First match in best-of-five series)

AEW Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Mark Davis

AEW World Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher & Kevin Knight

National Championship: Andrade El Idolo (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa

TBS Championship: Persephone (c) vs. Queen Aminata vs. Dani Luna vs. Hyan

AEW World Trios Championships 2-out-of-3 Falls: Swerve Strickland & The New Level (Kofi & Austin Creed) (c) vs. "Hangman" Adam Page & Brodido (Brody King & Bandido)

AEW Women's World Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Thekla

AEW World Championship Clockwork Carnage Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Adam Copeland vs. Ricochet vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Darby Allin

AEW is known for its classic singles and tag team matches, but perhaps not as much for its innovative match types and stipulations.

While the company has some staples such as Stadium Stampede and Anarchy in the Arena, most of the great matches in AEW history are more traditional in nature.

However, at WrestleDream, AEW is taking a chance by placing eight of its top performers in a single bout with the AEW World Championship hanging in the balance.

Will Ospreay won the AEW world title at All In, and while he has already had a couple of tough title defenses against the likes of Jon Moxley and Kazuchika Okada, Clockwork Carnage will be an entirely different challenge.

Any of the first seven competitors can get eliminated before all eight have entered, but once that happens, it essentially turns into an Iron Man match, and the wrestler with the most pinfalls and submissions at the end is victorious.

While Ospreay is fully expected to win and retain the AEW world title, the novelty of the match type figures to keep fans highly invested.

For the first time since winning her first AEW Women's World Championship at All In, Mercedes Moné will defend the title on pay-per-view at WrestleDream.

Her opponent, Thekla, is not far removed from a 165-day reign as AEW women's champ, which ended when Willow Nightingale beat her shortly before All In.

As a result, Thekla was left off the All In card, but she got revenge by defeating Willow in a match for the No. 1 contendership.

Mercedes suffered a broken nose during her win over Willow at All In, so she only recently returned to action, competing in a six-woman tag team match on the Sept. 30 episode of Dynamite, and successfully defending her title one week later against Queen Aminata.

Since joining AEW, Moné has consistently produced high-level matches in the women's division, and that figures to continue at WrestleDream against a worthy opponent in Thekla.

If AEW is searching for a guaranteed great match, then booking Andrade El Idolo vs. Tommaso Ciampa in a National Championship bout at WrestleDream was probably the right move.

Andrade has been inspired and better than ever during his second AEW stint, while Ciampa has put on consistently excellent performances during his brief run with the company as well.

Since Andrade has a future AEW World Championship opportunity in his back pocket, it is fair to wonder if AEW may decide to take the national title off if him.

If that is the case, Ciampa would be a strong choice to take it, especially since his TNT Championship run lasted only 11 days.

Regardless of the result, Andrade and Ciampa figure to tear the house down and potentially put on the best match of the night.