AEW’s All In is returning to London, U.K. for one of the company’s flagship shows on their calendar. This year’s show features 13 matches, headlined by Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay in the main event for the AEW World Championship. Altogether All In features 9 championship matches, including the latest installment in the saga between Mercedes Mone and Willow Nightingale for the AEW Women’s Championship, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage vs. the Young Bucks for the tag team titles, and Jon Moxley defends his Continental Championship in the Finals of the Continental Cup against U.K.’s own Nigel McGuinness.
Coming out of SummerSlam our tally is sitting at 68-24 (68/92; 74%). Although the main event is pretty much a lock barring a huge swerve or catastrophic event, much of the card is tough to read. I think there are a lot of dangling plot threads here, specifically with the tag team titles, in combination with multi-person/team royale-style matches that have too many moving parts to take a serious stab at guessing.
Well, let’s mosey. And wild guessing we shall do.
Buy-In Quick Picks
- Boom & Doom + Hurt Syndicate vs. Shane Taylor Promotions: I’d like to see STP get the win here, but I’d have a hard time betting against the Hurt Syndicate alongside Boom & Doom. Big Boom AJ has not been on the losing end in AEW since his debut in 2024 (7-0) and I doubt they’re hanging a loss on him now. Winner: Boom & Doom + Hurt Syndicate
- Sisters of Sin vs. Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander: I think if the expected happens and Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor become tag team champions you’ll need some heel opposition. That’s where Julia Hart and Skye Blue come in. There’s more value in giving momentum to the consistent tag team rather than Cameron and Stat. I think they have a little momentum now with being Artist of Stardom champions, and I think that continues here. Winner: Sisters of Sin
- The Opps vs. Lio Rush and the Rascalz: Complete toss up. I’d argue neither team has much momentum at the moment, but I think the Opps have had a little more presence and recent success, and on the back of having just added Action Andretti (who is also the new ROH TV champion), I think you’d want to give them the edge here. Winner: The Opps.
- TBS Championship – Maya World (c) vs. Persephone: Tough call, but I think Maya World retains here. I do want to see them actually do more with Persephone. I think she’s due for a breakout in AEW despite her dual contract status and poor record over the last year. She has the charisma and tools to excel and I think it’s only a matter of time. I just don’t think you take the title off Maya here. Winner: Maya World
Undercard
AEW Trios Championship – Roulette Royale
Yeah, I’m not naming everyone more than once.
I think we can assume this works similarly to the Casino Gauntlet, so summarily the defending champions Hangman Page, Bandido and Brody King will have to fend off the Bang Bang Gang (Jay White and the Gunns), Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly), Death Riders (Claudio, PAC and Wheeler Yuta), the Demand, The Dogs and I assume Swerve Strickland and his partners. Meanwhile the challengers will be looking to usher in a new day (ha!) in the division. Let’s go by process of elimination here. I don’t think the Dogs or Bang Bang Gang will win. They will cancel each other out. I think the Conglomeration have the lowest chance of winning, and I think Page and Brodido are dropping the titles. I’d argue they haven’t done enough to rule out the change since it feels like Page and Brodido only just won them and they have no momentum. Nonetheless, with only one defence to their credit in their 24 day reign, the only way I see them winning is if chaos erupts and amid the commotion they pull the win out. I’m looking more at teams like the Death Riders, the Demand and Swerve’s team, with Demand being the least likely between them. I think the Death Riders don’t need them, which leaves us with Swerve and his partners. No matter who they are, they have a ready-made feud with Hangman, and I think if they are who we suspect, then this would be a hell of an introduction to the AEW landscape. Winner: Swerve (Day?)
TNT Championship Match – Kevin Knight (c) vs. Darby Allin
Arguably these two are the most decorated TNT champions with Kevin Knight now holding the record for most title defences, a record which was previously held by Darby Allin. For his part Allin still holds the record for combined days as champion and longest individual reign at 186 days. Knight is right behind him though at 139+ days and on the cusp of passing both Jack Perry and Miro/Rusev. I think that’s the story they are running with, which puts Knight on the path toward history. These two have some chemistry and I think you can easily have Knight surpass the single reign record for longest days as champion, and then as he closes in on the total record then we can run this back as he is about to reach it. Whether he does or not depends on what AEW’s long term plans are for Knight. As for this weekend I think Knight wins and continues his run through AEW’s mid-and upper-midcard of challengers. Winner: Kevin Knight
Casino Gauntlet for Future AEW World title shot
Although these matches tend to have around 21 participants, as of Saturday we only know that Andrade, MJF, Tommaso Ciampa, Mark Davis and Chris Jericho are confirmed for the battle royal. We might get some more names added by the end of Collison, but chances are there will be far more unknowns than not as we head into the main show on Sunday. I think if I had to choose someone from the people we know then should Ospreay be champion by the end of the night, then Chris Jericho or Mark Davis would be good for statement wins. I think Ciampa would be a good option for another statement-type of win, but I think between the three he offers the best match for a first defence. As for Andrade and MJF I think they’ve invested so much time into them one of two things happens. Either a) they are the final two and one of them wins, in which case I’d lean toward Andrade because I think MJF is your big feud antagonist to close the year and MJF probably costs Andrade that immediate-term chance, or b) they cancel each other out and neither wins. I don’t think MJF wins this regardless. Of the five, I’d say Ciampa.
However realistically that’s 5 of 21 potential participants, so I’d imagine we’ll get a healthy injection of mid-card workers to get them time on the “big card” with maybe a handful of new faces. Some of those could be returning from injuries, but I’m not sure what your potential big splash options would be that would concurrently also be worth a title shot challenge. By all reports Ilja Dragunov is free and clear. Malakai Black/Tommy End is available if everyone has been mind wiped and forgot how the first tour of duty went. Sheamus’ contract doesn’t end until Oct. 1, so from the list of WWE releases that would be available by this point you have the former Santos Escobar who now goes by Romeo Malverde, and the former Wyatt Sicks members, and I can’t see any of those five winning this. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the people working the trios gauntlet end up here, but without being able to count on that I’ll do two picks here. If no one of consequence joins, I think Ciampa takes it. I think Andrade is your second option with the caveat MJF will not let him have a fair chance. And IF anyone new joins, I’d bank on Dragunov winning. Winner: Ciampa or Andrade; Darkhorse Entry: Ilja Dragunov
AEW International Championship – Triple Threat: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita
I flatly don’t think Fletcher is leaving the U.K. with the championship. On the one hand Fletcher and Okada’s segment from this past Wednesday heavily infers Okada is willing to screw over Fletcher in some way to steal the championship from him. Okada emphasized the importance of “family” and that all that matters is that a DCF member comes away with the championship. The other reality is that they could cancel each other out — a running theme seemingly this All In — and open a pathway for Takeshita to regain the championship because Fletcher and Okada can’t help but trip over each other. I wouldn’t say that necessarily Fletcher has a zero percent chance of retaining, I just think there are far more narratives stacked up against him winning this match between slimy heel Okada willing to do anything to win, to Takeshita wanting to legitimately get retribution on Fletcher for double crossing him. I’m more sold on the idea of Okada regaining here only because I think they’re trying too hard to sew discord in the DCF under the guise of steel sharpening steel in the name of competition. Takeshita is the second option, and I just think Fletcher is the odd person out here. Again, not zero, I just trust Okada to be a mega prick here. Winner: Okada
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships – Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) (c) vs. The Brawling Birds (Jayme Hayter and Alex Windsor)
I’m worried Tony Khan is going to do the hometown thing here and I don’t think it’s necessarily the best thing for the belts.
I think the entire time Divine Dominion have been champions they have been running through challengers. They are six defences deep into their reign, and in that time have turned away every set of challengers with ease. They have defeated Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue), Thunder Rosa and Olympia, TayJay, Shida and Statlander, Hyan and Maya World, and Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow). I personally don’t think it’s smart for them to lose simply because the opponents are U.K.-bred.
In my view I think it’s better to have them be really pushed here but still prevail, or even cheat to win, and then rematch them to let Hayter and Windsor get the deserved win at a later time. I think Bayne and Kross have done a good job building the division in these early days of it and giving it a staple team to point toward, whereas the Babes of Wrath felt like an SCU-level win on the men’s side where yeah they deserve it, and it’s nice they won, but with those early champions we remember Omega and Page, the Young Bucks and FTR. Perhaps Windsor and Hayter can be one of those, but without the same tag team pedigree and equity that’s hard to say for certain they should win. I think that needs to be earned. The build for this match has done the job to give the match some extra legs and arguably has been the best build since Kross and Bayne initially won the titles from Nightingale and Cameron and proceeded to destroy them in the rematch.
I’ll play Devil’s Advocate though and presume Hayter and Windsor are winning here, because at this point Tony Khan has an M.O. with homefield crowds. I think without another legit team in sight that has staying power so far, AEW could do worse than to have these two teams jockeying for position as 1A and 1B until there are other options. Realistically it seems TayJay are done, Sisters of Sin are backburnered having already lost once and otherwise are without momentum, and Maya World is presently preoccupied with the TBS title (once she loses maybe then you can revisit her and Hyan as challengers). Every other team has been thrown together. So if there’s a title change, I’d want to see them still feuding for the next little while to give the division more presence beyond just Bayne and Kross dominating every team in sight. So as I resign myself to the reality of “Goddess Killers” Windsor and Hayter becoming new champions, I think credit is due to Bayne and Kross for giving the division the dominant team it needed, and I hope they stick together to give the division consistency and a chief rival to the new tag team champions. However it might also be time for them to break out into singles pathways. Winner: The Brawling Birds
Main Card
Continental Challenge Cup Final – Jon Moxley (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness
Whereas I’d argue against the hometown win in the women’s tag team title match, I think you almost have to do it here. Whereas the women’s titles build feels pretty standard to the point I think you need to cheat them out of the win to galvanize more support around them to make the win sweeter, I think the injury-focused build around Nigel McGuinness’ path through the tournament is a bigger win than Hayter and Windsor in the larger wrestling context because a) Nigel’s story is best served with a title and tournament win capping it off, and b) that story transcends being a matter of winning in front of his home country and more so a larger, broader wrestling story that the win matters to a wider swathe of fans who’ve followed him for years and watched him retire, comeback and compete in big matches these last few years. We’re talking years of payoff vs. a relatively recent series of developments that have put Hayter and Windsor in a position they’re deserving of with their own payoff. And yet this feels less likely a result than the women’s tag match.
I think where Nigel winning makes sense is within the reality that he’s already the underdog against Moxley without the “injury”, but that adds a layer of emotion to the build that gives the finals an extra kick. Yes it’s in the U.K. but relatively speaking I think you’ve already done the hometown tease and return with Nigel at major London shows that you have an opportunity here to give him a moment that feels completely earned and less so one you just do because of the location. I think that’s partially the case with the probable result, and while I don’t think either is the same as Saraya/Paige winning the AEW women’s title which was wholly done for this reason and undeservedly so, that’s the benchmark my mind goes to for what not to do and what the pitfalls are of doing the hometown win all the time. It’s something Khan is prone to. However, while I do think Moxley probably, ultimately wins this, I’m throwing away a pick and dying on this hill I’ve created. Winner: Nigel McGuinness
AEW World Tag Team Championship – Adam Copeland and Christian Cage (c) vs. the Young Bucks
My knee-jerk here is to say the Bucks win, but I truly think this feud doesn’t end without FTR getting back in the mix to do something with all three teams that for lack of better phrasing could become legendary. That feels like the whole point and the natural payoff to these three teams encircling the titles throughout 2026. Because of that, with other shows like All Out, WrestleDream and Full Gear set for the next three months, AEW can stage a series of statement matches in the tag division that would work to cement all three teams in the annals of AEW tag team lore. I think that’s an element that’s been missing from what has otherwise been one of the staples of AEW since the beginning.
I’m truly 50-50 on the winner, but I keep returning to that thought they do some sort of triple threat gimmick match — even if it’s just a TLC offshoot — and make it truly theirs and AEW’s. I don’t know that you necessarily need to do the title change here, although you could given Copeland and Cage have held the titles for three months. I feel though that this has been all building toward another Bucks win, and the timing of that win is what I can’t figure out. The Jacksons could regain here, but I think you have so many other big shows that need major matches that Cage and Cope retain here, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see FTR show up and cost the Jacksons their chance to become four time AEW tag team champions. Winners: Adam Copeland and Christian Cage
AEW Women’s World Championship – Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Mercedes Mone
If it wasn’t evident enough that Mercedes Mone was going to come away with the AEW women’s championship, Willow Nightingale has reportedly broken her hand. She seems like she’s cleared to compete on Sunday, but I can’t see a scenario where Willow retains if she’s legitimately injured. This can still work to add a layer to their overall story given their history and the injuries that have helped define it, so I’d assume these two ladies will meet again in the future.
As for Sunday all the stars are lining to finally have Mone crowned the AEW women’s champion, thereby likely making her the most insufferable champion of all time. With so much definition in her character hinging on that unhinged, arrogant, entitled perspective that comes with the self-perception of greatness, to reach the pinnacle finally in AEW will make her that much worse. So if you’re a fan, you’re eating well for the duration of the reign. If not, then I’m sorry for your loss. Winner: Mercedes Mone
AEW World Championship – Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay
Alright, the big one now. I can talk about the many scenarios here, especially after it was announced Saturday that Callum Newman will be in Will Ospreay’s corner, but I’ll try to keep this brief.
I’m in the camp that thinks this should be MJF instead against Ospreay. For the time since it started feeling clearer we were headed in this direction with Ospreay in the challenging role, I presumed for certain he was winning. I presumed the title change and Omega’s second reign was to mask that eventuality, and overall I think we probably ended up with a better build generally to what we would have alternatively got with MJF in the mix. We’ll find that out in due time should Ospreay win.
The one thing I think we need to highlight is the tone of Omega over the last several weeks. He has decidedly become more like his unhinged “Cleaner” heel self and that has in turn created the same sort of broad-appeal dynamic that takes a potential Ospreay win from just being a hometown win to being something that is more far-reaching. It cleanly defines who should be cheered, and who should not. In the big scheme of their story, I think this is the mountain Ospreay needs to climb, and I think MJF is a better long-term foil than Omega would be.
When I started this section I was unsure, despite clearly being on the Ospreay side of the equation most of 2026. I can see where they can go here. Either can win clean. Omega can cheat, or Omega can win via Newman’s interference since he and Ospreay have had a tense relationship throughout 2026 anytime they interact at NJPW or AEW events. There are working pieces you have to account for that I don’t think are throwaway story beats. I do think Ospreay is more likely to win here, but we have to acknowledge the possibility that Newman can screw him over. However, the argument hinges on everyone being 100% in the know about everything going on during both NJPW shows AND AEW to grasp the gravity of the betrayal; I simply don’t think that is realistic.
Ospreay becoming AEW champion and getting the hometown win causes one of two things that will probably happen either at All In or during his reign. Both scenarios involve Newman turning on him, however the timing would either be directly after his win to gain instant heat, or at a minimum he will cost him the championship down the road and likely against MJF. I think we will probably see him wrestle the Death Riders to pay off that mid-summer storyline, and especially Moxley should he lose the Continental championship.
I don’t expect Ospreay to carry the title into 2027 because I think the endgame of this year-long inter-United Empire tension between Ospreay and Newman leads to a Wrestle Kingdom match in January. I think it’s just missing that lightning rod to really spark the match into existence. So, while I see a possibility that Omega could win with Newman as the vehicle to get us there, I think you almost need to do the Ospreay coronation here. Winner: Will Ospreay
