AEW All In 2026 Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights From Wembley Stadium
AEW returned to Wembley Stadium Sunday for its All In pay-per-view extravaganza, headlined by London's native son, Will Ospreay, challenging Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship.
AEW returned to Wembley Stadium Sunday for its All In pay-per-view extravaganza, headlined by London's native son, Will Ospreay, challenging Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship.
Did the Aerial Assassin pay off his arduous journey, including neck surgery, and win the title in front of his family and friends, or did Omega once again prove to be the hurdle he cannot overcome?
Find out the answer to that and more in this recap, including grades and analysis for each of the card's bouts.
AEW World Championship Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay
AEW World Women's Championship Match: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Mercedes Mone
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: Cope and Christian Cage (c) vs. The Young Bucks
AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Match: The Brawling Birds vs. Divine Dominion (c)
AEW International Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
Falls Count Anywhere Match for the TNT Championship: Darby Allin vs. Kevin Knight (c)
Continental Challenge Cup Final for the Continental Championship: Nigel McGuinnes vs. Jon Moxley (c)
Casino Gauntlet Match: Andrade El Idolo vs. MJF vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. More to be announced
Trios Roulette Royale for the AEW World Trios Championship: Hangman Page and Brodido (c) vs. The Death Riders vs. The Demand vs. The Bang Bang Gang vs. The Conglomeration vs. The Dogs
TBS Championship Match: Maya World (c) vs. Persephone
8-Man Tag Team Match: The Hurt Business, Big Boom AJ, and QT Marshall vs. Shane Taylor Promotions
Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue and Julia Hart
The Rascalz and Lio Rush defeated Action Andretti, Hook, Anthony Bowens, and Katsuyori Shibata
A fun, energetic match that highlighted both teams, especially the popular Rush, this was a great tone-setter as fans continued to arrive at the stadium. The babyfaces went over, too, with the look on Andretti's face after the match suggesting that he and Rush are headed toward a showdown over his Ring of Honor Television Championship.
Kris Statlander and Harley Cameron defeated Skye Blue and Julia Hart
This was a short, formulaic match featuring Cameron fighting from underneath before making the tag that decided the outcome. Statlander proved the difference as she drove Hart down with Saturday Night Fever for the win. Statlander and Cameron are very popular, but the Triangle of Madness is a legitimate team that would have benefited from winning here.
The Hurt Business and Doom and Boom defeated Shane Taylor Promotions
A high-energy bout down the stretch showcased all eight competitors and had the fans more invested than they were earlier in the bout. The babyfaces predictably went over, with Lashley putting Charlie Bravo down with the Dominator for the win. There was an interesting booking decision late, with Trish Adora and Christyan XO distracting Bryce Remsburg, which allowed Big Justice to interfere and join his dad for a double spear spot. They remained on the apron when it was clearly hurting their charges, which made little sense.
TBS Championship Match: Persephone defeated Maya World to win the title
A good, competitive match, but it never had the audience completely invested as one would hope given the recent stature of both women on AEW TV. This was a solid showing by World, but her opponent stood out, thanks to her in-ring work and the ability to tell the match's story through facial expressions and body language.
Late in the match, a masked and hooded individual shoved the It Girl from the top rope, allowing Persephone to win the match and the title. After the match, Dr. Britt Baker revealed herself to be under the mask in the night's first big moment, of which there are expected to be several.
Trios Roulette Royale for the AEW World Trios Championship
Order of entry: Bang Bang Gang, The Dogs, The Demand, The Conglomeration, The Death Riders, Hangman Page and Brodido, Swerve Strickland and The New Level
Austin Creed and Kofi took things to a New Level Sunday in London, arriving in AEW as the partners of Swerve Strickland in the Trios Roulette Royale to a thunderous ovation.
Their arrival was only one highlight of a match that featured several stories and rivalries intertwined throughout, including that of the Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs, as well as Strickland and Page. The elimination of the latter by Ricochet guaranteed new champions.
Strickland and New Level would pay off their debut outing by eliminating the competition and claiming the titles, capping off an excellent match that started slowly, with too many wrestlers in the ring at once, but improved with every passing minute, culminating in a crowd-pleasing moment and a career-defining one for Creed and Kofi.
AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Match: Brawling Birds vs. Divine Dominion
Last Time in Action: Divine Dominion and Persephone defeated Maya World and The Brawling Birds (Dynamite, August 26)
Megan Bayne and Lena Kross faced the toughest test of their reign as champions on Sunday, battling England's own Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor in the main show's opening contest.
The heels isolated Hayter early, wearing her down in their corner of the ring. A pair of clotheslines allowed the former world champion to fend off the champions and make the tag to Windsor, who spurred the babyface comeback.
As the action rolled on, each team took turns unloading their arsenals, neither able to keep the other down. The heels teed off on Hayter, driving her to the mat with a double chokeslam, but Windsor broke up the pin.
The challengers survived the punishing offense of their dominant opponents and finished Kross off with Two Birds, One Stone for the win and the titles.
This was a strong match with some great tag team work from both teams and a finish that saw the right team take the titles.
Hayter and Windsor beat the seemingly unbeatable, but who of the other teams in the division stand a realistic shot at dethroning them?
The Brawling Birds defeated Divine Dominion to win the titles
Kross and Bayne are a success story as a team thrown together that managed to develop into a great tandem, with strong chemistry, who carried the women's tag division on their backs for five months.
Hayter and Windsor getting the home country win was a great moment for them and pays off what has been a string of great performances. They could be the anchor piece for the division moving forward.
Continental Cup Final for the AEW Continental Championship: Nigel McGuinness vs. Jon Moxley
Last Time in Action: Jon Moxley defeated Claudio Castagnoli (Dynamite, August 26); Nigel McGuinness defeated Kyle O'Reilly (Dynamite, August 26)
The AEW Continental Championship and victory in this year's Continental Challenge Cup tournament were on the line as London's own Nigel McGuinness battled Jon Moxley in the second match of the main card.
Moxley targeted his opponent's lower leg and ankle while McGuinness worked over his opponent's left arm. The challenger flattened the champion with a Tower of London, rocked his opponent with a tandem of lariats, then escaped the bulldog choke and applied the London Dungeon submission hold.
None of it was enough to keep the Death Rider down or force a tapout.
Instead, Moxley absorbed everything thrown at him by the former Ring of Honor world champion and trapped him in an ankle lock. McGuinness showed tremendous grit and toughness as he fought through the pain to come within an inch of the ropes, only for the suffering to be too great to overcome. He tapped out, awarding the match and the Continental Cup to Moxley.
The best match of the night to this point, it featured some excellent grappling from McGuinness, and Moxley looked competent wrestling that style of match. He may not be the great worker that some believe him to be, but outwrestling McGuinness in Wembley is an enormous feat. Hanging with the measuring stick for toughness in AEW is a testament to the runner-up, too.
Moxley defeated McGuinness to retain the title
Moxley survived a Tower of London before trading LeBelle Locks with his opponent, all while Bryan Danielson called the action on commentary, in a nice ode to the former world champion.
McGuinness countered a sunset flip, stacking Moxley high on his shoulders in an homage to Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog from SummerSlam 1992, a match the challenger watched in the same Wembley Stadium as a child. A great callback.
AEW International Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kyle Fletcher
Last Time in Action: Kyle Fletcher defeated Mike Bailey (Dynamite, August 5); Kazuchika Okada, Hechicero, and Kevin Knight lost to Corazon de Leon, Darby Allin, and Mistico (Dynamite, August 5); Konosuke Takeshita defeated The Beast Mortos (Collision, August 26)
"Protostar" Kyle Fletcher defended the AEW International Championship against "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita in a Three-Way Dance.
The Don Callis Family further disintegrated when two miscommunications led to Okada and Fletcher taking each other out. The latter followed with a lariat of his own to The Rainmaker, resulting in Callis noting on commentary, "We're all sportsmen in the Don Callis Family."
Takeshita delivered a Powerdrive Knee to Fletcher, followed by Raging Fire, but Okada broke up the pin and landed the Rainmaker to his former partner-turned-enemy. Fletcher broke that pin up to save his title reign.
Moments later, Fletcher fired up, brought Takeshita from the top rope and appeared to be on his way to victory. Instead, Okada appeared and flattened his DCF stablemate with the Rainmaker to win the match and the title.
After the match, Fletcher awarded Okada the title, then reluctantly raised the victor's hand.
This a predictably great match. The talent involved nearly guaranteed as much. Fletcher continued to showcase the skills that have made him the brightest young star in AEW. Ditto, Takeshita.
The finish was interesting in that Okada distinctly chose to pin Fletcher, even though he easily could have pinned the other opponent. His actions after the match, demanding The Protostar raise his hand, make one think that Fletcher may be on his way out of the faction.
Okada defeated Fletcher and Takeshita to win the title
Fletcher hit the ring dressed as Donquixote Doflamingo from One Piece . Great pop culture reference and one that fit his pink color scheme.
Takeshita followed Okada up, then delivered a bridging German suplex to Fletcher, for a creative double-pin spot.
Okada is delightful as the grinning, disingenuous, braggadocios villain.
Casino Gauntlet Match to Determine the No. 1 Contender
Order of Entry: Andrade El Idolo, MJF, Nick Wayne, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, Tommaso Ciampa, Chris Jericho, Mark Davis, Komander, Mistico, Daniel Garcia , Jungle Jack Perry
Andrade El Idolo earned a future shot at the AEW World Championship by way of his win in the Casino Gauntlet Match Sunday in London.
He overcame an early battle with rival MJF, as well as the arrivals of former world champions and young stars with plenty to prove, to capture the title in an entertaining match. Still, it lacked the overall quality of other matches of its kind.
One thing the contest did do was play up the idea that if a fall was scored before all competitors could enter the ring, those wrestlers would miss out on an opportunity to compete for the top prize in the company.
That is exactly what happened, according to the commentary team, as El Idolo delivered MJF's Heat Seeker to Nick Wayne for the win and title shot.
Some will argue this could have been better served as a one-on-one match between Andrade and MJF and while they may have a point, this format allowed one to win without the other suffering an unnecessary loss. Even better? That singles match can take place at a later date, on a show where it will not be overshadowed by other main events.
The unannounced time intervals allowed for more unpredictability and creative convenience. It also felt cheap in that it adapted the rules to fit the stories AEW wanted to tell rather than the other way around.
This might have been the most inconsequential appearance by Jericho on an AEW pay-per-view ever.
The meteoric rise of El Idolo in this return to AEW has been refreshing for his fans, who did not have a lot to be excited about in the last handful of years.
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