AEW WrestleDream 2026 Review: Young Bucks Did It Again

Man, talk about a show that overachieves...  AEW's fourth annual WrestleDream is in the books, and for a show that had an already rushed three-week build derailed by the death of Pac, plus an untried gimmick match in the main event, this show delivered huge.  The four-hour-fifteen-minute running time flew by and even the weakest main show bout approached four-star territory.  Also we got the debut of Ilya Dragunov, who should fit right in.  Plus, holy shit that tag title match.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.  As I figured would happen, the main show kicked off mid-match as FTR and the Motor City Machine Guns had already gotten underway about eight minutes earlier.  I think I'd have preferred the introductions and just the very beginning of the match take place on the pre-show, because those eight free minutes felt like they were sort of killing time until the actual PPV started.  Once on the main show this match was quite good, though I think they missed their peak by a few minutes at the end.  This felt like a good old-school tag match in the vein of Anderson & Blanchard vs. Rock N' Roll Express.  After 26 total minutes and some close nearfalls, the Guns won with a tandem package bomb for the win, putting them 1-0 in the series.  Good opener that would've benefited from some trims.  ****

AEW WrestleDream 2026 Preview & Predictions

It's October and you know what that means: it's time for AEW WrestleDream 2026 predictions!

Only three weeks after All Out we have another PPV extravaganza, one whose build has unfortunately been rushed due to both the quick turnaround and the death of Pac.  In place of a big story around the AEW Title they've opted for a new high-concept gimmick match.  More on that in a bit.  But there's a lot of potentially great stuff on this lineup, per usual, particularly considering how little time they had to throw this together.

Let's get after it.....

Buy-In: Divine Dominion vs. Sisters of Sin

This came about because of a trios match on Dynamite, where DD teamed with Mercedes Mone against the Triangle of Madness, and the latter squad got the win.  Since Mercedes and Thekla are fighting for the Women's Title, why not run back this tag showdown as well?  The action in the trios match was pretty good, and so should this be.  Since the Sisters won the first round I think Dominion ties it up.

Pick: Divine Dominion

AEW All Out 2026 Review, Plus a Few Words for PAC

I was all set to review AEW's All Out PPV as per usual and then the bombshell news item dropped: Pac, real name Benjamin Satterley, has died at the age of 40.  There is as yet no information about how or why.  I can't even wrap my head around this.  We just watched him have a banger of a PPV opener on Saturday, and one day later he was gone.  Pac was an incredible talent, one of the most athletically gifted, precise wrestlers on the planet, and in many ways one of the most underappreciated.  He gave us so many great matches and memories, and by all accounts was a thoroughly decent fellow to boot.  

His Revolution 2020 match with Orange Cassidy is one of my favorite singles bouts of his - their clash of styles was incredibly entertaining and this was the match that made me appreciate Cassidy's abilities, something Pac deserves a lot of credit for spotlighting.  Then of course there was the unparalleled Best of Seven Death Triangle vs. Elite series.  Some of the most stunning trios bouts you'll ever see.  Pac made everyone he worked with look like a million bucks and he could hold up his end of any match, regardless of the opponent.  I'm sure as more information comes out we'll at least gain some sort of insight into his sudden passing, but it won't make it any less tragic.  Rest in peace, Pac.  And thank you for the memories.

AEW All Out 2026 was another very strong PPV with a slew of good-to-excellent matches, but it was missing that automatic Match of the Year candidate we've come to expect as AEW's spoiled us over the years.  A few of the bouts reached 4.5-star territory for me but the Will Ospreay-Jon Moxley main event in particular, while certainly very good, fell significantly short of my expectations for it.  It was a slow-burn, story-heavy match, but for me it was missing the big signature Ospreay climax.  

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2026 Preview & Predictions

AEW All Out isn't the only big wrestling show this weekend, there's also WWE/AAA Worlds Collide!.....Wait, what?......They're not even airing it?......They booked it just to fuck with All Out's ticket sales and it didn't work?......Wow......Buncha screwups over there at TKO....

Anyway, ANOTHER big wrestling show this weekend is NJPW Destruction in Kobe!

This'll be another one of those half-shows where they start with a bunch of tag matches to kick things off and then we get five singles matches, so those are the ones I'll focus on.  It's odd to me that the G1 winner isn't in a singles match here.  I know Ryohei Oiwa has his title shot next month but shouldn't he be featured more heavily than in a six-man?

Callum Newman vs. Jeff Cobb

Well, well, well.  Guess that gig as the 18th-most famous member of The Bloodline JC Mateo didn't pan out.  It will never not be simultaneously hilarious and embarrassing that WWE is so addicted to that one storyline they imported a buncha guys who LOOKED like they could be related to Roman, and then did nothing with most of them.  WWE is a parody of pro wrestling.  Anyway, glad to see Cobb back where he belongs, in a company that appreciates his unique abilities.  It's the new United Empire dude against one of the OGs.  Should be a fine contest.  I have to think Newman wins here, right?  He's a former IWGP Champion and Cobb just got back.  Newman losing to the guy who DIDN'T make it in WWE would make NJPW look third-rate indeed.

Pick: Newman

AEW All Out 2026 Preview & Predictions

We're four weeks removed from the big Wembley show, and that means it's time for its B-side, AEW All Out!

I call it the B-side just because it's following the biggest show of the year, but the last two times AEW ran Wembley its Chicago counterpart upstaged it, in my opinion anyway.  All Out 2023 and 2024 were absolute banger shows, and the 2026 edition has the potential to be on that same level.  We've got nine main card matches and thus far two pre-show ones, and with few exceptions I'm anticipating ****-plussers across the board.

Side note: How fucking hilarious is it that WWE tried to cockblock this show by running Worlds Collide (featuring CM Punk, mind you) across town, and this show sold out anyway, and now Worlds Collide isn't even scheduled to air on TV?  Epic fail from a shit company.  Hey WWE, maybe instead of continually trying and failing to hurt AEW, figure out why your audience isn't as into you as they used to be?

Alright enough of that, let's get into it....

Buy-In Tailgate Brawl: Bang Bang Gang vs. The Dogs & Death Riders

The Jay White-David Finlay feud continues in a gang warfare format, as eight guys fight all over the ringside area with no tags.  This could go either way as either team could afford to lose.  Might be time to put this feud to bed soon but there should be one more big singles match between the two leaders.

Pick: Wheeler Yuta's in this one so he's probably eating the pin.  BBG wins.

Buy-In: Jack Perry vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Jack has been calling out former AEW Champions and is thus far 0-2 against Swerve Strickland and Jon Moxley, but his next quarry is Samoa Joe.  Before that happens though he has to get past Joe's Opps pal Shibata.  Should be a fun little hard-hitting match and I think the goal is for Jack to really grow into a guy who can carry a main event match (the two aforementioned bouts were both great).  Perry vs. Ospreay for the title at some point would certainly be enjoyable.

Pick: Jack

Top Ten Things: AEW PPV Main Events

Welcome to a very topical edition of Top Ten Things, here at Enuffa.com!  Or should I say Top(ical) Ten Things?  No....?

I say topical because we were just treated to one of the greatest main events-- nay, MATCHES, in AEW history and thus I figured I'd take a look back at the best headlining bouts in AEW PPV lore.  This list is likely going to have to be altered frequently, as this company just keeps churning out classic PPVs and classic main event matches.  Hell, it'll probably grow to a top 20 before too long.

Say what you want about All Elite Wrestling's overall product, I've heard it all before.  Some of the criticisms are valid, a lot of it is not.  People have gripes with the booking, the follow-through after big storyline peaks (my biggest complaint), the clarity of the storytelling - I've had my issues with all of those things from time to time - but unless you're a diehard anti-AEW weirdo you can't argue in good faith that the in-ring product doesn't deliver huge when it counts.  The top talent in this company just knows how to put on a thrilling spectacle of a wrestling match and further this ever-evolving art form we all love.  

Over the last seven-plus years of AEW PPVs we've seen all manner of marquee matches at the top of the card.  Some technical, some brutal, some downright amusing.  And that's part of what I love about AEW; there's something for everyone, and all styles of pro wrestling are represented.  If you can't get behind that, I dunno what to tell you.

Anyway let's look at what are in my estimation the ten greatest AEW PPV main events of all time....

10. Stadium Stampede - Double or Nothing 2020

In the midst of the once-in-a-century pandemic known as COVID, AEW turned a deeply unfortunate situation into one of the most original and entertaining spectacles in recent memory, the Stadium Stampede match.  Chris Jericho led his Inner Circle faction of Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara and Proud & Powerful against Kenny Omega, Hangman Adam Page, Matt Hardy and The Young Bucks, in a hybrid of violence and comedy that ranged all over Jacksonville's Everbank Stadium.  This match had everything - crazy high spots (Kenny finished Sammy with a One-Winged Angel off an entranceway through a false stage), wild brawling (Hangman and Hager had an old-fashioned bar fight in one of the skyboxes), hilarious moments of levity (Chris Jericho challenged an Aubrey Edwards' two-count and demanded to see the instant replay), and some fun camera tricks (Matt Hardy changed wrestling personas while being held underwater).  What was originally schedule to be a Blood and Guts match (AEW's version of WarGames) instead became a wholly AEW-branded concept that is still used today, both in its original form and in the Anarchy in the Arena variant.  The inaugural Stadium Stampede is still one of my favorite AEW PPV main events.

AEW All In 2026 Review: Omega and Ospreay Deliver an All-Timer

AEW All In 2026 is in the books, and as expected it was a helluva wrestling show with all the trappings of a great WrestleMania (back when WWE used to do those).  We were treated to a slew of good-to-great matches, lots of memorable moments, a huge debut, and some of the best video packages they've ever done.  A few of the bouts underachieved for me, but the key matches got the job done and then some.  Oh, and the main event was one of the best start-to-finish pro wrestling segments you'll ever see in this life.

Regardless of all the shortcomings in the Kenny Omega-Will Ospreay build, AEW presented the entrances, match and aftermath to perfection.  And I'm not a guy who generally cares that much about entrances or video packages.  But when it's done right, man does it add flavor.  

After a career highlight reel narrated by Ospreay's mum, we saw Ospreay himself make his way through the backstage area, walking past notable colleagues and rivals from his past (Ricochet, Zack Sabre Jr. Michael Oku, Swerve Strickland, Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis), as his United Empire friends joined him.  Finally just at the entrance curtain he ran into Jon Moxley, who handed him a Union Jack.  Kenny's video package was done New Japan-style, with a famous Japanese anime voicover actor providing the narration. 

AEW All In 2026 Preview & Predictions

It's the end of August, which means it's time once again for AEW to bring All In to Wembley Stadium!  Jesus this year's been flying by....

This will be the company's third go-round in London's most famous venue, and as expected much ado has been made online about the attendance being down from the previous two visits.  Yeah, obviously the 81k figure wasn't going to be duplicated in the same stadium, that's how that goes (just ask WWE).  I was hoping they'd be able to equal the 2024 turnout, but they did also have a UK PPV in 2025.  Regardless, anyone who's convinced themselves any wrestling company (let alone a secondary one) drawing 45,000 people for any show (let alone the third visit in the same venue) isn't a massive accomplishment is devoid of critical thinking skills.  This will be their biggest crowd in two years and their third-biggest in company history.  It's also more paid fans than WCW ever drew.  Sorry, Fed-brains, this is still a huge win.

Now, I wish I could say everything about this show is a positive, but I must confess the build has been less than stellar for most of the bouts.  While the weekly shows have been quite entertaining and sometimes excellent, the storytelling over the last several weeks has felt disjointed and unfocused, as though there have been too many cooks in the kitchen.  

AEW Redemption Review: The Stage Is Set for Wembley

AEW Redemption was a fine show, not on the level of most of their PPV offerings, but a very good show with a slew of excellent matches and some not so good.  It did suffer from the length issue in a way that most don't for me.  Despite kicking off an hour earlier than usual it still ran until midnight and didn't need to.  The shortest match on the card exceeded sixteen minutes, and there were four or five bouts that could've been trimmed by five minutes each (at least one could've been omitted altogether).  After the first three matches all more or less tore the house down the crowd took a long time to get back into the show, and multiple bouts suffered because of that.  I'd have changed the match order around to spread the best stuff throughout the show instead of front-loading it.  But it was a very good night of wrestling overall.

Things kicked off as expected with the ladder match, which was an excellent car wreck.  All six men involved got plenty of time to be showcased, we had loads of high spots from everyone, and the local favorite walked away with the win to get the live crowd engaged.  There were of course a few moments that seemed to defy logic, like when two guys did moonsaults off the ladder set up on the stage, or when Jack Perry had the chance to climb up and grab the contract but did a Destroyer on Nick Wayne instead.  Mike Bailey finished things with a shooting star knee onto Mortos, followed by a match-winning climb.  Really fun opener.  ****1/2

AEW Redemption Preview & Predictions

This Sunday is the last PPV stop on the way to AEW All In, a brand new event called AEW Redemption.  Who is being redeemed, you ask?  Well it was obviously meant to be Kenny Omega's long-awaited coronation as AEW World Champion, but plans changed - it sounds like MJF needed time off sooner than expected - and the MJF-Kenny rematch was moved up to Beach Break.  And it was an absolutely fantastic match, better than their Dynasty match in April.  Long and short, Kenny is the new AEW Champ and now has seven weeks with the title before All In instead of five.  And now his "redemption" on Sunday will I guess be in the form of a successful title defense?

This here is a weird lineup that feels very much like a B-PPV except that it's loaded with bouts that should be spectacular.  But it lacks the marquee feel of most AEW PPVs.  I wonder if WBD pressured Tony into adding it to the calendar, because the build for this one was all crammed into two weeks of TV and there are lots of unconventional names vying for championships.  Don't get me wrong, I'm gonna watch the shit outta this show and most of the matches will deliver big.  But it does feel like a WWE Roadblock-type show, ahead of their WrestleMania.

But let's get into the matches.....

Six-Way Ladder Match: Jack Perry vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Komander vs. Speedball Mike Bailey vs. TBD vs. TBD

So somehow this match was thrown together due to a Mistico injury, but I'm fuzzy on what Mistico was supposed to be doing at this PPV.  I know he was set to get an International Title match with the winner of Fletcher-Bandido, but that was set for Grand Slam Mexico.  Anyway this match is now for a shot at said championship, with two qualifiers set for Collision: Nick Wayne vs. AR Fox and Lio Rush vs. El Clon.  Should be a very fun car wreck match and I think it would be a good candidate to open the show.  No idea who gets the title shot but Jack Perry or Speedball would make sense against Kyle.

Pick: I'll go with Jack since he just re-signed

AEW/NJPW/CMLL/Stardom Forbidden Door 2026 Review: Five Hours of Awesome

Hey remember how I said it might be time for AEW to put a moratorium on the Forbidden Door concept?  They must've read that (I'm sure they did not) and said "Oh yeah?  Challenge accepted, motherfucker."  Goddamn was this show incredible.  I wasn't sure they could top the 2024 edition, which stood for me as the best one to date, but they did in fact top that one.  The 2026 Forbidden Door is not only the new Forbidden Door yardstick, but for me it's the new 2026 PPV yardstick as well.  

This show ran very long, to be sure - five hours for the main card, god help us - but it felt like one of those epic three-hour films that you don't really want to end despite the length.  Even at five hours this show flew by for me.  While a few of the matches went 4-5 minutes longer than they should have, Forbidden Door was bookended by two trios of amazing bouts, with three very good matches in the middle.  I'd have perhaps made a couple of different booking decisions than they did, but that's all nitpicking.  Any PPV in 2026 that bests this one, I gotta see.

After a solid pre-show that included a good Daniel Garcia-Drilla Moloney match, a fun Maika win over Skye Blue to advance to the Survival of the Fittest TBS Title match, and probably the best Divine Dominion tag title defense against Thunder Rosa and Olympia, the main show kicked off with exactly the match I predicted, The Young Bucks vs. El Sky Team vs. Unbound Company three-way.  The crowd went absolutely apeshit for this match as expected, and the six men put together a thrilling 18-minute spectacle of creative offense and crowd-pleasing moves.  There was one botch when Mistico attempted to hurricanrana his own partner Mascara Dorada onto a pile of guys on the outside, but aside from that everything looked great.  The Bucks finished Titan with the Meltzer Driver (which currently doesn't have a name for some reason).  I will say this match seemed to miss its peak in terms of crowd heat, so the finish didn't feel as big as it could have.  But otherwise a fantastic opener.  ****1/2

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026 Preview & Predictions

We're just a few days away from the fifth(!) annual AEW x NJPW (x CMLL x Stardom) Forbidden Door!  And while I've become lukewarm to the idea of this yearly crossover event, mostly due to NJPW not feeling like it's at all on the same level as AEW these days, also due to the partial storyline interruption it necessarily involves, this card looks pretty great as usual.

They've brought back the multi-man Steel Cage match as the main event, but we also have the two Owen Cup Finals, one of which is itself a Forbidden Door rematch, plus a few first- or second-time dream matchups, and a couple of fun tag bouts.  This should be a quite enjoyable show, in front of an oddly small crowd for an AEW PPV.  As of press time they'd just crossed the 7,000 mark, so I'm hoping by Sunday they can get to 8k or 8500 anyway.  Come on, San Jose, get your shit together!

But let's get to it....

Zero Hour AEW Women's Tag Team Championship: Divine Dominion vs. Thunder Rosa & Olympia

AEW really needs to get Megan and Lena into a proper feud, as they're only ever featured on pre-show bouts these days.  Pretty sure the plan is for the Brawling Birds to dethrone them at Wembley, but in order for that to feel like a big deal they need to run through more teams that actually matter, not just squash makeshift tandems on the free shows.

Pick: DD retains

AEW Double or Nothing 2026 Review: MJF Threepeats

AEW knocked another one out of the park this past weekend with the eighth annual Double or Nothing PPV, a top-to-bottom mostly excellent show in front of a rabid NYC crowd and featuring the pre-show debut of legend Mick Foley.

The most-attended Double or Nothing show to date was for me missing that one Match of the Year-level banger, but it had a slew of great stuff, with seven of the nine main card bouts reaching or exceeding ****.  Louis Armstrong Stadium provided a unique atmosphere and the crowd brought incredible energy; this venue should become one of AEW's regular haunts going forward.

The show kicked off with the I Quit match for the tag belts, as FTR and Cope & Cage finally settled their feud.  New York apparently doesn't allow blood in wrestling matches, so these four guys (plus Stokely Hathaway and a returning Beth Copeland) had to get creative with the violence.  We got chairs, tables, barb wire (surprisingly no ladders), and even a bit of fire.  The line of the match came from Christian, as FTR smashed his broken arm with a cinderblock and when asked if he quit simply said to Dax, "I banged your mother."  Stokely kept getting involved in the match but Beth ran down to take him out.  FTR attacked her though and set her up for a spear through a flaming table, but she moved and pulled Stoke in the way of Cash's spear.  Christian trapped Dax in a sharpshooter, Cope added a crossface, and Beth handed Cope the barbwire 2x4 known as Spike, which Cope dug into Dax's forehead to force the submission.  Damn fine opener and a feelgood moment.  ****1/4

AEW Double or Nothing 2026 Preview & Predictions

Hard to believe we're at the EIGHTH annual AEW Double or Nothing spectacular, but time flies I guess, more and more with each passing year.  

This Sunday marks seven years minus one day from AEW's debut event, and as usual the company has a loaded lineup in store.  Sadly one match had to be changed due to injury, but even with Willow Nightingale and multiple other big names still missing in action (Hangman, Toni and Mercedes) this show still looks great on paper.  And the crowd at Louis Armstrong Stadium will be huge, over 14,000 as we speak and the show will likely sell out by Sunday.

Also for once I'm actually excited to see the Buy-In show, because joining Renée Paquette for hosting duties will be none other than the Hardcore Legend himself, Mick Foley!  Having rightly decided he no longer wants to be associated with WWE and their pro-MAGA horseshit, Foley is now free to lend his insight and name value elsewhere.  It'll be interesting to see if he makes regular AEW appearances, and if he interacts with fellow daredevil Darby Allin.  Even if this is a one-off, Foley's presence here will be quite welcome.

Speaking of the Buy-In, let's get to the predictions....

Buy-In: Divine Dominion vs. Zayda Steel & Viva Van

This is another five-minute Eliminator Match, where any team who can last this scant amount of time against the AEW Women's Tag Champs will get a title shot.  These are just Golberg-esque showcase matches for the dominant Bayne/Kross combo, which is fine.  I think the champs probably get a squash win here in front of a huge NYC crowd.

Pick: DD

AEW Dynasty 2026 Review: The God vs. The Devil

The third annual AEW Dynasty PPV is in the annals of history, and it was a damn fine wrestling show.  We were treated to a slew of good-to-great matches as usual, we got some setups for future marquee bouts, and the roster was welcomed by a mostly very hot crowd.  Also I took a major bath on my predictions, going only 4 for 9.  Insanity.

The show kicked off with what was in my estimation the show stealer, and one of the best PPV openers I've ever seen.  The Young Bucks faced the superteam of Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita, in a basically perfect 20-minute match.  We got the usual innovative Bucks spots and wild nearfalls but Okada and Takeshita perfectly advanced their ongoing feud to set up a rematch at Double or Nothing.  Don Callis on commentary added plenty of levity as well, ultimately throwing a fit as his two top talents came to blows.  At one point when the heels were in control, Okada donned Nick Jackson's headband and vest, and stood in Nick's corner to tease the embattled Matt by flipping him off.  I laughed.  After a Bucks comeback the four men traded finishers, with Team Callis "accidentally" hitting each other a couple times before full-on fighting.  The Bucks took advantage and knocked Okada loopy with a BTE Trigger for a nearfall, then set him up for the TK Driver.  Takeshita grabbed Nick's ankle on the outside to prevent the move but then let him go and walked away, leaving Okada to take the move and eat the pinfall.  This match ruled, and I can't wait for the Okada-Takeshita rematch.  *****

AEW Dynasty 2026 Preview & Predictions

This Sunday marks the third annual AEW Dynasty show, and despite missing some key players this lineup is still a doozy.

There's no Hangman Page, no Swerve Strickland, and no Toni Storm (goddammit I need answers, what's going on with Toni??), but holy jeez does this card still look pretty fantastic.  As of now there are only eight main card matches and given the length a few of them are gonna require I could see that being the final tally.  But I also wouldn't be surprised if they add a TBS Title match or a Women's Tag Title match, or a Trios Title match (SPOILER: The Dogs won those belts at the Collision taping).

Let's get right into it.

Zero Hour: Marina Shafir vs. Alex Windsor

This one is a branch-off from the Mox-Ospreay feud; Will's fiancée has gone right after Mox's heater and this should be a fairly enjoyable, hard-hitting match.  I think Marina probably wins this one.  I know before Toni abruptly disappeared from television there was supposed to be a No Holds Barred Toni-Marina rematch that probably would've led to Toni challenging Thekla for the belt.  I hope we eventually get to see Toni vs. Ronda, as that would be a big money match for this company.  Anyway I think Marina wins here.

Pick: Marina

AEW Revolution 2026 Review: The Tragedy of Hangman Adam Page

Alright, finally watched AEW Revolution 2026 a day late (thanks Oscars!), and the short answer is, it was one of the best top-to-bottom PPVs AEW has ever done.  This show felt like the work of a super hot promotion, in a way AEW hasn't presented since early 2022 (taking nothing away from the quality of their 2023-2025 PPVs of course).  The Los Angeles crowd on this night was one of the loudest in a long time, and despite this show going a whopping five-and-a-half hours including Zero Hour, they never seemed to get tired.  On top of all that, the card featured a smorgasbord of excellent matches and a few big surprises.  And one booking decision that is sure to leave a lot of people scratching their heads until they look like MJF's back.

I guess we'll lead with the main event, since that was the biggest talking point.  MJF vs. Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match was 46 minutes of some of the most violent wrestling anyone's ever done on a North American show (MJF wore Terry Funk-inspired gear to mark the occasion).  Though I might classify Hangman-Swerve and maybe even Hangman-Mox II as slightly more grisly, this match was certainly one of AEW's most brutal offerings to date.  There are arguments to be made both ways; when you promise a Texas Death match you need to deliver one, but how far is too far, and what can you possibly do to top it next time?  Conventional wisdom says you risk turning off casual viewers with content this bloody, but then again, the Undertaker-Mankind Hell in a Cell match (among others) came during one of the WWF's most mainstream-accepted periods.  

For me the best way to judge a match like this is on its own terms.  What did it set out to accomplish, and did it succeed?  MJF and Hangman wanted to deliver an over-the-top display of wanton violence built on an emotional story with the highest imaginable stakes, and on that level it absolutely succeeded.  The live crowd was with them the whole time, in spite of the match's excessive length (I would say ten minutes could've been trimmed but it also didn't drag for me), and the finish hit hard emotionally.  These two used every weapon imaginable - chairs, tables, window glass, a syringe, kabob skewers, trash can lids, light tubes, a dog collar chain, and there was a spot through the electrical equipment table.  Both men gushed like crazy and likely have a few permanent scars now.  After withstanding everything they could do to each other, it looked like Hangman was finally getting the win with a Buckshot Lariat (the second one of the match), when MJF slipped on the diamond ring and punched him in the face with it before choking him out with the dog collar.  Hangman went unconscious, collapsed to the floor, and got counted down.  And now he can never challenge for the AEW Title again.

AEW Revolution 2026 Preview & Predictions

It's March and you know what that means!  It's time for AEW's first PPV of 2026, Revolution.  This here is a stacked AF lineup....

Revolution is almost always one of the best PPVs of the year, no doubt partly because there's a two-plus month gap in AEW's PPV schedule beforehand.  Thus there's plenty of time to build a strong show full of meaningful matches.  As much as I tend to love AEW's PPV events, I wouldn't necessarily be sad if they cut the schedule from nine a year to eight, just to spread the April-December schedule out a bit more.  

Anyway, Revolution has ten main card matches scheduled, plus apparently a Big Boom AJ appearance (Wikipedia lists it as a match with opponent TBA, but WON's website says "appearance"), though I can't remember it ever being mentioned on Dynamite.  There are also two big pre-show matches, both for championships.  This roster is massive, isn't it?

AEW's signed another slew of excellent talent over the last few months.  Andrade (who's doing the best work of his career thus far), Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, Lena Kross, Tommaso Ciampa, and now David Finlay (who everyone expected to go to WWE, but WWE were gonna stick him in developmental, or as it's now known, Hard Cam Academy).  It's an embarrassment of riches to be sure, and it's always dangerous to sign more wrestlers than you have room for, but man is there a fuckton of great talent in AEW right now... 

I've got a bone to pick with Tony though.  Why THE FUCK did you have to put this show head-to-head with the Oscars??  Couldn't it have been the night before?  Or during the afternoon?  I get that it's in L.A. and would have to start at like noon, but goddammit.  Looks like I'll have to wait till Monday evening to watch this, which means a 24-hour media blackout a la Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother.

Anyway let's get to the predictions...

Zero Hour AEW National Championship Blackjack Battle Royal

So is this the same as a Casino Battle Royal?  Did they change the name?  I assume it's the same rules since it's 21 guys.  Thus far the only names announced are the champion Ricochet and Tommaso Ciampa, but Mark Briscoe's gotta be a lock for it since he and Ciampa are feuding.  And Jack Perry is still chasing Ricochet so he'll be in it too.  A title change in this type of match seems weird but I could see Jack finally getting it.

Pick: Jack Perry, if he's in the match.  If not, Ric retains.

AEW Grand Slam Australia 2026 Preview & Predictions

We're just a couple days away from AEW's latest PPV-quality free TV show, Grand Slam Australia 2026!

Holy shitballs, this lineup.  Last year's GSA was an excellent show but it wasn't stacked like this one.  AEW Title match, Continental Title match, TNT Title match, Women's Tag Title match, #1 Contender's match, Hair vs. Hair match.  This thing is more loaded than Trump's diaper.  Speaking of that turd, supposedly WBD executives shied away from featuring anything having to with Brody King on this week's Dynamite, lest the crowd once again chant "Fuck ICE" (which they did a little bit anyway).  WBD denies it of course, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were true.

Anyway enough of that shit, let's talk about this lineup.  This is Clash of the Champions 1 quality stuff.

Hair vs. Hair: Toni Storm & Orange Cassidy vs. Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta

Toni and OC have incredible chemistry together and I love that they're running with what was supposed to just be a one-off pairing.  Great things have historically happened in wrestling based on unexpected hits, and it's always nice to see a promotion pay attention to that.  The build for this has been quite enjoyable, with both Toni and OC expressing some buyer's remorse about the possibility they could lose their prized locks.  But of course all signs point to Wheeler getting the shave, and there's no better chickenshit heel to fill that role.  The crowd will go bananas when the Death Riders' answer to Tully Blanchard gets humiliated.

Pick: Toni and Orange

The 2025 Enuffa.com Year-End Pro Wrestling Awards

Welcome to the 12th Annual Pro Wrestling Year-End Awards, here at Enuffa.com!  It is insane to me that I've been doin' this thing for TWELVE YEARS now.

2025 was a pretty crazy, tumultuous year for the wrestling biz.  WWE RAW found a new home on Netflix, Smackdown is back on USA, WWE PPVs are now on ESPN's streaming service which costs $30 a month instead of Peacock's $5, WWE began a parasitic symbiotic relationship with TNA and annexed purchased AAA, and AEW started their new TV deal worth $185 million a year ($100 more than their old deal), making them the second-most profitable wrestling company of all time and ensuring their solvency until at least the end of 2027 (Though grifters and fraudcasters are still pretending otherwise).  Their programming was also added to a whole new platform, HBO Max, vastly increasing their availability in the US and globally.

Both WWE and NJPW propped up ticket sales on the backs of retiring legends.  The latter treated their Ace with reverence and appreciation, while the former tried to shake things up with an ill-conceived heel turn no one really wanted, the catalyst for said heel turn disappeared from TV immediately afterward, and the whole storyline was so poorly received they reversed course less than six months later.

WWE attempted to cockblock multiple AEW PPVs, first by counterprogramming them with NXT specials that died a death in the ratings, and then with actual main roster shows like Saturday Night's Main Event which also did the worst number since the show's revival, and their ESPN Unlimited debut Wrestlepalooza, which garnered mixed reviews at best.  WWE dropped this strategy after that.

WWE also continued to jack up ticket prices to make up for the fact that overall sales have begun to slump, claiming record profits despite numerous sharp attendance drops in various markets.  AEW continued to struggle with weekly ticket sales, making slight improvements over 2024 but booking mostly smaller venues for Dynamite and Collision.  However their PPV attendance and buyrates remained strong, mostly up from last year.  TNA saw some of their best-ever attendance figures, mostly due to the PPV appearances of WWE and ex-WWE legends, and signed a new TV deal with AMC for 2026.  CMLL had a great year in terms of business, racking up numerous sellouts with Mistico continuing to prove himself the company MVP.  NJPW drew some of the weakest crowds in decades as they struggled to connect their audience to the latest crop of stars, but there is still hope after a sold-out WrestleKingdom 20 attendance.

WWE began openly aligning itself with the MAGA administration (inviting racist "comedian" Tony Hinchcliffe to a WrestleMania weekend event that went so poorly all recordings of it were pulled down) and brought accused sex trafficking accessory Brock Lesnar back into the company, alienating much of its fanbase and pissing away a lot of the goodwill they'd built up after Triple H took over Creative.  Even WWE Legend Mick Foley cut ties with the company.  AEW restored much of the goodwill they'd lost in the aftermath of the CM Punk fiasco by focusing on stars like Hangman Adam Page and Will Ospreay, and not trying to sign every free agent WWE let go.  Instead AEW additions included former independent talents like Megan Bayne, Kevin Knight, Thekla, and former TNA talents Speedball Mike Bailey and Josh Alexander.  WWE on the other hand snapped up every ex-AEW talent they could, signing Penta, Rey Fenix, Ricky Starks, Mariah May, Rusev and Aleister Black, none of which have been pushed very hard (Starks and May are still in NXT under new names). 

In-ring quality was night and day between the Big Two.  WWE personalities and podcasters now openly poo-poo the idea of good wrestling being important (though they still complain about the existence of star ratings when someone else gets high marks), while AEW delivered some of the best matches and PPV events in company history.

I'll get into more detail as we go through the awards, so let's get to it....