AEW WrestleDream 2025 10/18/2025

AEW WrestleDream 2025 10/18/2025

FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs JetSpeed (Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey)

This is continued from the pre-show as it didn't end in time. We get fireworks. Cash powerslams KK down. Dax piledrivers Mike for 2. Mike standing moonsault double knees Dax on the apron then top rope moonsaults Cash outside. Mike misses a top rope ssp.

Mike superkicks Dax. KK frogsplashes Dax for 2. KK jumping ddt's Dax for 2. Stoke trips up KK on the buckles. KK sky highs Dax for 2. Cash gori specials Mike into the apron edge outside. Dax sharpshooters KK. 

Mike gets crotched up top then KK takes a shatter machine. Mike breaks it up with a top rope ultimate weapon. Mike hits a kick combo. Mike and Dax chop each other then slap each other. Mike superkicks Dax then corkscrew kicks him in the corner. Mike is top rope superplexed. Dax gets his knees up on KK's top rope splash. Dax lariats Cash over the top on accident and Mike backslides Dax for 2. Mike spinning high kicks Dax twice for 2.

KK top rope diivng lariats Cash. Mike tries to suplex Dax but Stoke holds onto Mike's legs and Dax pins Mike.

Thoughts: It was a bit rushed here as they really had to manage their time well. The match was what you would expect with the faces doing flying and kicks. I thought they put out a good effort in this and thought it was a good pick for the opener.  

We are told everyone is banned from ringside in the Thekla/Hayter match tonight.

Tony Schiavone talks to Lou Thesz's wife, Charlie Thesz in the front row. She says she loves the show and is happy to be back in St. Louis.  

Jamie Hayter vs. Thekla

Thek forearms JH then JH boots her over. JH hits mounted shots then Thekla does as well. JH hits chops and Thek stalls outside. Thek spinning headscissors JH. JH shoulders Thek over. Thek is sent into the rails and the steps. JH chops Thesz against the rails. 

Thek top rope plancha's JH outside. JH is sent into the rails. Thek superkicks JH in the head for 2 counts. Thek hanging headscissors JH over the top rope and they fall over from the electric chair position. Thek throws JH down backwards.

Thek chokes her on the ropes. They trade shots. JH back elbows her and shoulders her over. JH exploders her. JH corner lariats her then 2nd rope dropkicks her. They miss corner charges. JH is up top and gets hit. JH headbutts her down from the buckles.

Thek superkicks JH in the head. JH superkicks her then step up enzugiri's her. Thek ushigoroshi's her. They trade shots and JH facekicks her over. Thek christo's her and JH backbreakers her to stop it. Thek does a scholar collar and JH ropebreaks. 

Thek tries to take the ref's belt. JH uranage backbreakers Thek for 2. Thek spears JH. Thek does her pose and runs into a lariat. JH hits a big lariat and wins.

Thoughts: It was a lose-lose booking wise here as no one needed this loss yet someone was going to get it. I thought this went too long and I lost interest as it continued on and on. The outside brawling early on almost always lose the flow in a match and that is what happened here. I would have had Thekla win this.

Queen Aminata hugs JH after. Thek's partners then get on the ramp. 

$500,000 Match - Jurassic Express (Jack Perry and Luchasaurus) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

We get some video of The Young Bucks' bank account with it saying they have insufficent funds and transaction denied. That ends up being their theme song.

Jack locks up with a Buck. He backs him up in the corner and is shoved. Jack is then backed up in the corner. Jack slaps a Buck then spits on the other. He takes a shot to the throat. Nick then clubs on him. Jack does an armdrag off a double hiptoss then he dropkicks Nick.

Nick takes lariats. Lucha chops Nick down. Lucha catches a pop-up and throws the Bucks into a each ohter. Lucha chops Matt. Nick takes a basement dropkick. Lucha apron moonsaults The bucks outside. Jack takes a jawbreaker. Matt dropkicks Lucha through the ropesthen is dropkicked off the ropes. Jack tope con hilos The Bucks outside. 

Jack hits Matt with a fan's sign. Jack takes a top rope swanton while bridged. Lucha takes a shiranui on the floor. Jack takes a neckbreaker and a slingshot swanton for 2. Matt hits a slingshot legdrop.

Jack hits a rebound lariat on Nick. Jack is double team dropped on his chest. Matt side headlocks Jack then ddt's him. Jack is laid on the top rope. He takes a double stomp and is flipped for a powerbomb but hurricanrana's off of it. Lucha comes in and beats up The Bucks. Lucha hits a double clothesline.

Lucha superkicks a Buck then flips one onto the other. Lucha superkicks a Buck and helps Jack headscissor a Buck off the top. Nick is hit with a cutter for 2. Jack takes a german. Jack is held and is superkicked. Jack then takes a double stomp into a sitout powerbomb for 2.

Jack is enzugiri'd from the apron. He and Nick chickenfight on opponents shoulders outside. Jack and Lucha get superkicked. Jack takes  canadian destroyer on the apron and Lucha takes a flipping stunner on the floor.

Jack is hit with forearms and chops. Jack takes a powerbomb on the apron then a double stomp + package piledriver combo for 2. Lucha is tope'd outside. Jack avoids a BTE trigger and hits The Bucks. They botch a spot and Jack takes a BTE trigger for 2.

Jack top rope hurricanrana's one Buck and germans the other. Lucha hits a chokeslam and a standing moonsault. Matt takes a doomsday device for 2. Nick takes a meltzer driver for 2. Lucha takes a double superkick. Jack comes off the top and takes a double superkick. He then takes a BTE trigger for 2.

Matt takes a poisonrana then he is flipped into a sitout powerbomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: I hated this. It was your usual Bucks match where they do every spot possible and sell nothing. This went on forever and they kicked out of absolutely everything here. I fully expect Meltzer to give this a minimum of 5 stars. The build for this was also awful with them never really explaining why The Bucks turned on Jack other than The Bucks not answering phone calls. 

Jack and Lucha offer a handshake after then The Don Callis Family nail the faces from behind.  Kenny Omega comes out and has words for The Bucks. He then ignores them (after they tried to kill him months ago) and goes after The Don Callis Family. The heels are then cleared off.

Tornado Trios Match - The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, and MVP) vs. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona)

The Hurt's are hit from behind as they walk down the aisle. MVP is sent into the rail. Toa is suplexed on the floor and sent into the steps. Toa throws Bob into the steps. SB lariats Kaun and takes a pumping knee. Ric running ssp's SB. 

Bob is rammed into the rails. Bob belly to belly suplexes Kaun on the floor. Ric topes Bob. Kaun shoulders over Bob near the ramp. Bob is put on a table outside. SB takes a t-gimmick onto him, sending both through the table.

MVP is surrounded and triple teamed. Toa corner spears MVP then MVP takes corner attacks. MVP takes a dropkick + russian legsweep combo. Ric comes off of Toa's back with an SSP on MVP. MVP evades the heels and sends them out. Bob lariats Toa into the rail. Bob lariats Ric then corner spears him. 

Bob dominators Ric for 2. Bob 2nd rope superplexes Ric but GoA double powerbomb Bob down as it he does it. Kaun and SB trade. Kaun hits a big ending on him. Kaun plancha's outside. 

Ric is release german suplexed over the top by SB onto people in a wild spot. SB then tope con hilos everyone outside and kicks MVP in the face on the landing. 

SB superkicks Kaun. MVP drops Ric's face into his knee. MVP then does his ballin' elbow drop on Ric. MVP perfectplexes Ric for 2. Toa cobra clutches Bob. SB steps up on Bob's knee and knees Toa. Bob rolling spears Toa. Ric is surrounded 1v3. Kaun pulls Ric out and takes the beating for him. Bob rolling spears Kaun and SB pins Kaun.

Thoughts: It was alright match but it wasn't great. The superplex spot with Bob was dumb. SB's release suplex on Ric over the top was totally wild. There was a little downtime between some of the bigger spots here which hurt some of the flow to this. The Hurt's won as expected but it's not clear what either group will be doing after this. 

AEW TNT Title - Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Mark Briscoe

They lock up. KF backs him up in the corner. They each go for arm holds. KF side headlock takeovers him. KF shoulders him over. MB side headlocks him then throws him out. KF clubs on MB. MB lariats him over the top and plancha's him.

MB chops him outside then suplexes him on the floor. MB elbow drops him on the floor off the apron. KF sits up top and is punched down. MB goes to jump off a chair on KF but KF grabs the chair. MB dropkicks him through the ropes. 

MB hits punches on KF, puts him in a chair and tope con hilos him through the ropes. MB misses a cannonball off the apron and lands on the floor. KF powerbombs MB on the side of the steps.

KF stomps Mark in the corner. KF slams him and double axe handles him. MB hits chops. KF michinoku drivers him for 2. KF backdrops MB for 2. They trade forearms. They facekick each other then double clothesline each other. They trade shots. 

MB hits chops and forearms on KF. KF hits shots to the gut. MB chops him. MB flying forearms him. MB fisherman busters KF for 2. KF sitout powerbombs MB for 2. KF facekicks MB in the corner twice. KF lands on top rope connector gut first. KF superplexes him.

KF enzugiri's and superkicks MB. MB jay drillers KF on the apron. MB misses a top rope elbow drop. KF is laying on the top rope and MB top rope elbow drops him. MB top rope froggy bows him outside while he's standing. MB rolls up KF then MB backslides him. MB exploders him. KF half and half suplexes him then is lariated. MB hits another jay driller for 2. 

MB is nearly pushed into the ref then low blowed. KF brainbusters him for 2. MB is lawn darted into the buckles and takes a corner facekick. KF top rope brainbusters Mark on the buckle for the win.

Thoughts: It was a longer and slower match. As expected, they did too much here with Kyle kicking out of two jay dillers. I thought it was a bit boring at times. 

El Clon poses with KF on the ramp then The Conglomeration help Mark to the back.

AEW Women's Title - Kris Statlander (c) vs Toni Storm 

Toni does a video before the match in a detective hat and jacket. Kris also gets a pre-match video with space graphics and clips of her AEW career. Kris then comes out with two shirtless guys in headcovers. Toni has white facepaint on and black gloves.

They lock up. Toni side headlock takeovers her. Toni headscissors her. Kris snapmares her. Toni side headlocks her. Kris armdrags her and Toni headscissors her. Kris top wristlocks her then rolls and cartwheels out of one. Toni shoulders Kris over and Kris kips up. Kris shoulders her over then Toni shoulders her over. 

Toni hip attacks her off the apron. Toni is catapulted into the apron edge. Kris moonsaults her off the apron. Kris slingshot swantons her for 2. Kris sliding lariats her for 2. Kris lariats her for 2. Kris backdrops her. Kris corkscrew vader bombs her then hits mounted shots.

Toni suplexes Kris. Toni hits forearms. Kris pin kicks her in the gut and bangs her face off the mat. Kris corner euros her. Toni tornado ddt's her then tiger drivers her for 2. Toni does a la rosa driver variation on Kris for 2. Kris grounded octopuses Toni. 

Kris nudo's Toni then Toni cradles her for 2. Kris spinning ki krushers her for 2. Kris superkicks her. Toni rolls Kris into the buckles and corner hip attacks her. Kris avoids a storm zero and basement dropkicks her. Kris top rope 450's her for 2. Toni germans her and storm zero's her for 2. Kris does a seatbelt pin for 2. Kris germans her. Toni no sells it and germans her back. Kris spinning lariats her. Kris hits a tombstone and grounded headscissors + armbars her. Kris tombstones her and wins.

Thoughts: It was another longer bout here. I didn't think it was anything special though it wasn't awful or anything. I didn't really see a clear story here. It didn't have a lot of exciting moments in this and was very toned down compared to other matches. 

Mercedes Mone comes out with The Frat House dancing behind her with her titles. Mone congratulates her on the win but says she needs to get out of her ring. Kris then just leaves. Mone calls herself, "Ultimo Mone" and says she's the greatest TBS champ of all time. She asks which champ wants to put their title on the line against her. Mina Shirakawa then comes out after not being on TV much lately. Mina is the ROH Interim Women's Television champ.

AEW TBS Title vs ROH Women's Interim Television Title - Mercedes Mone (c) vs Mina Shirakawa

Mina dragon screws her and figure fours her. Mina shimmies and rolls up Mone for 2. Mone 2nd rope diving armdrags her. Mina spinning headscissors her into a russian legsweep. Mina surfboards her and Mone crossfaces her. Mone drops Mina's chest onto her knees for 2. 

Mone pulls Mina's arms back. Mina lays on the 2nd rope and Mone knee presses her down. Mone meteora's her for 2. Mina hits forearms and tornado ddt's her. Mone hits three amigos. Mone meteora's her for 2. Mina gets her knees off of Mone's frogsplash then Mina suplexes her.

They trade forearms. Mone dropkicks her then Mina dropkicks her back. Mina does a catapult with a texas cloverleaf on the legs. Mina drops Mone's leg over the 2nd rope. Mina tornillo's onto her for 2. Mina top rope diving slingblades her for 2. 

Mone backcrackers her. Mina elevated sitout reverse ddt's her for 2. Mina figure fours her. Mone codebreakers and meteora's her on the apron for 2. Mone sunset bombs her into the buckles. Mone misses a meteora. Mina hits spinning forearms and head kicks her from behind. Mina uraken's her then figure fours her. Mone tries to pin her using the ropes and is caught. Mone eye pokes Mina and rolls her up for 2. Mina rolls her, goes for a figure four and is cradled for 2. Mina takes a mone maker for 2.

Mina rams Mone into the buckles. Mone backslides her and pins her using the ropes.

Thoughts: It was obvious Mone was going to win this from the start, adding yet another worthless title to collection. Mina did her usualy kneework based match but Mone got the edge and pinned her. This was another longer battle but was a bit more watchable than the last couple of bouts. I still can't say I loved this though.

Kris Statlander comes down and interrupts Mone's victory celebration. Mone goes to hit her, is stopped and suplexed. Kris then holds the title over her and Mone leaves. 

AEW Tag Titles - Brodido (Bandido and Brody King) (c) vs. Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita)

Band offers a handshake and KO gives him the finger. Band spin kicks him in the gut and armdrags him. KO elbow drops his back. KT and Band trade forearms. Band corkscrew headscissors him. KT takes a double back elbow then a basement dropkick. KT and King trade forearms. 

KT corner facekicks King then flying back elbows him. KO forearms King in the corner. KO neckbreakers him. KT hits forearms on King on the ropes. KO slaps King around. King hits shots on both opponents and a double lariat.

King lariats KO. Band top rope tornillos KO. Band backflips and handstands out of a lariat. Band dropkicks KO out. Band top rope moonsaults outside with King's help. KT is sent into the rails. Band jumps off a chair and lands on KO outside. King crossbodies KT into the rails. 

King running lariats KT in the ring then drops Band onto KT. Band takes a flapjack. Band is thrown into King. KO mocks Band's dance with middle fingers. 

Band is sent into the post shoulder first. KO slingshot swantons Band. KT hanmmerlocks Band. KT top rope elbow drops Band. KT sentons Band off the buckles. KO gives KT the middle finger. Band chops both of them. 

King comes in and chops the heels. King black hole slams KT then death valley drivers KO into KT in the corner. KT cannonballs both. KO over the back neckbreakers BK on the knee. Band dragon screws KT. Band hits a code blue on KT. KT germans Band. Band urakens him. 

KO dropkicks Band then King backdrops KO. Band poisonrana's KT. KT no sells it and poisonrana's him. KT blue thunders King then Band top rope ssp's KT for 2. 

Band hits forearms on KT. Band is popped up and hurricanrana's KT. KT pumping knees him. Band rolls KO into a double stomp. Band tornillos over King onto KT outside. KO takes corner attacks then a pumping knee + fire thunder for 2.  

KT package tombstones King then wheelbarrow germans him. King no sells it and lariats KT. We get a 4 person german. King takes a jumping knee + dropkick combo. Band takes facekicks. KO AA's Band. Band hits a superkick on KT and KO lariats KT on accident when Band moves. KO smiles though and gives him the finger. Band does a reverse GTS on KO. King cradle shocks KO. King tope forearms KT then Band 21plex's KO to win.

Thoughts: It went long and they did too much here. They did tell the story of Okada/Takeshita not getting along and eventually had Okada nail Takeshita here to really cement that one. It was all action here as expected with a lot of highlights. If they could have done about half of what they did, it probably would have been really good. I didn't like King being thrown around so much here. 

Band and King dance after.

Toni Storm is interviewed after. She is asked where she goes from here and has no answer. Mina Shirakawa comes in. Toni says she lost everything and Mina says they have each other.

AEW World Title - "Hangman" Adam Page (c) vs Samoa Joe

Joe backs up Page in the corner. Page top wristlocks him. Joe side headlocks him. Joe shoulders him over. Page spinning heel kicks him and hit shots in the corner. Joe is armbarred over the top rope. 

Joe tries a steamroller but Page jumps over him and kicks him. Joe running back elbows him. Joe hits jabs and drives Page into the apron edge and rail. Page's head is banged off a chair then he is facekicked while sitting in it.

Page springboard lariats him then plancha's him outside. Page gets hit up top. Joe is pulled over the top then Page misses a top rope moonsault. Page then running dropkicks Joe while Joe thinks he outsmarted him. Joe corner STO's him. Joe hits facewash kicks in the corner. 

Joe pulls Page's arms back. Joe knees Page in the gut. Page facekicks him and running sentons him. Joe powerslams him for 2. Joe hits slaps and jabs. They trade shots. Page step up enzugiri's him. Joe germans him. Page no sells it and backdrops him. 

Page facekicks Joe off the apron. Page tries a top rope moonsault but mostly overshoots it. Joe hits Kawada kicks and powerbombs him. Joe then switches to the STF. Page sunset bombs him off the buckles. Joe hits Kawada kicks. Page fires up and hits forearms. Page then rolls up Joe for 2. Joe does a grounded choke.

Page sits up top and takes headbutts. Page hits deadeye on Joe for 2. Page hits 3 buckshot lariats and wins.

Thoughts: This was oddly one of the few matches that didn't get the time to be a classic here. They didn't have a big ending sequence here or a ton of kickouts. The match was fine but Joe went down a lot easier than expected (and he had no shot of winning here anyway).

The Opps console Joe and help him up. Joe and Page shake hands. Joe and The Opps then turn on Page and beat the crap out of him. Page is held and Joe hits him with the title. Joe muscle busters Page. Page has to be helped to the back after.

Thoughts: The big problem with The Opps turning heel is that AEW already has a ton of heel factions and few faces to deal with them. There's Callis' crew, The Demand, The Death Riders and now The Opps. On the other side, there's only The Conglomeration. You could maybe say The Hurt Business as well, but they aren't exactly faces.

Mercedes Mone does a promo complaining about Kris ruining her night. She says she beat her twice and will come after her women's title. She says her title is hers.

I Quit Match - Darby Allin vs Jon Moxley

DA puts his AEW flag in the ring. Mox rubs his feet on it and DA dropkicks him. DA tope con hilos him through the ropes outside. Marina Shafir trips DA. DA is dropkicked in the corner by Mox. Mox punches DA with a chain. Mox wraps the chain around DA's mouth.

Mox stomps on DA and pulls his face/head hard into the middle rope. Mox talks trash as DA bleeds from the mouth. DA is thrown backwards into the steps. Moxp uts a skewer in DA's fingernail. Mox bites the finger and stomps it into a chair. DA jumps off the steps with a dropkick on him. 

They trade forearms and slaps. Mox facekicks him. DA hits a code red. DA hangs Mox with the AEW flag over the top rope. Mox pokes DA in the eye to escape. DA then eye pokes him. DA hits mounted shots on the apron. DA misses a top rope coffin drop on the apron.

Mox whips him with a belt. Mox piledrivers him. Mox whips him more. DA goes for a coffin drop and is german suplexed. DA sprays lighter fluid in Mox's eyes and pours it on him. DG and Yuta try to help out and are sprayed. Mox cutters DA. Mox tries to rub the lighter fluid off.

Mox grabs a taser. Shafir low blows DA and Mox gets DA with the taser. Mox curbstomps DA then hits a nasty high angle death rider ddt on an open chair. Mox bulldog chokes DA. Claudio gorilla presses DA and throws him onto the commentary table. The table doesn't break and DA just bounces off.

Pac drags DA around the ring. Mox high angle ddt's DA off the apron through tables. Mox says DA is out of his mind and yells at him to quit. He says nobody but him cares about DA. Mox yells at him more. The Death Riders bring an empty aquarium in and pour water in it. Mox then tries to drown DA in it. Mox stupidly let him go, saying he can't win and tells himto say it. Mox tries to drown him more. 

The lights go out. Sting appears with white hair and a white beard. He chokes Mox with a bat and hits The Death Riders with the bat. Sting then breaks the aquarium. Sting hands DA the bat. Shafir swings at Sting outside and Sting takes her to the back. 

DA points the bat at Mox. DA hits him in the gut and the bat with it. DA hits him in the leg with it. DA scorpion deathdrops him. DA top rope coffin drops him. Mox then taps out to the scorpion deahtlock.

Thoughts: They went too far as expected and almost turned it into a parody at times. Mox and his crew came up with more and more over the top ways to hurt Darby yet somehow still couldn't do it with a multi-person advantage. Mox tapping out to a simple sharpshooter didn't really fit this one here when tasers and drowning attempts couldn't put Darby down. I don't know where Mox goes from here as he has now lost several times in a row in big matches.. It wasn't boring and it was a very dangerous match. I didn't like this overall.

Overall thoughts: This was a long PPV and definitely one for the sickos, and not the normal fan. If you watched the pre-show, there was 5.5 hours of action here. It took me more than one session to sit through it and it was more of an endurance contest than something for enjoyment. What was worse was that they did it at night instead of in the afternoon, which made it harder. I didn't like the show overall. Everything just went too long, the women didn't impress and the men all went too far...except for the world title match which didn't get that much time. I would say maybe The Hurt Syndicate's match was the best thing on here and The Bucks' match was the worst thing on here. I would give this a 5 out of 10 total and wouldn't recommend it.