AEW All Out, September 26, 2026 Results & Recap: Ospreay Finally Defeats Moxley, Young Bucks Make History

AEW All Out September 26 2026 results from last night at the NOW Arena gave AEW a pay-per-view that repeatedly showed the best and most excessive versions of the company on the same night. Will Ospreay finally defeated Jon Moxley to retain the AEW World Championship, the Young Bucks survived Adam Copeland and Christian Cage and FTR to become the first four-time AEW World Tag Team Champions, and Samoa Joe returned during Saturday Tailgate Brawl. The night also became genuinely frightening when Steven Borden’s first AEW pay-per-view match ended after a midair collision forced an immediate medical stoppage. Dani Luna then walked into an almost impossible situation as Persephone’s mystery challenger, receiving an extremely quiet initial reaction before gradually winning more of the audience over through her wrestling. Seven championships were defended across the nine-match pay-per-view, but only one changed hands. All Out delivered excellent wrestling, meaningful developments and several memorable moments. It also continued AEW’s habit of occasionally refusing to stop adding things after a match had already made its point.

Here are the full results

AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl

• “Jungle” Jack Perry defeated Katsuyori Shibata.
• Artist of STARDOM Champions Sisters of Sin defeated Queen Aminata and Mina Shirakawa.
• Bang Bang Gang defeated Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, Clark Connors and David Finlay (No Disqualification Tailgate Brawl)

AEW All Out

• Andrade El Ídolo (c) defeated PAC (AEW National Championship)
• Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight defeated TNT Champion Darby Allin and Steven Borden via referee stoppage after the doctor called for the bell (#1 Contenders Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship)
• Persephone (c) defeated Dani Luna (TBS Championship)
• Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tommaso Ciampa (AEW International Championship)
• The Brawling Birds (c) defeated Divine Dominion (AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Chicago Street Fight)
• Swerve Strickland & The New Level (c) defeated “Hangman” Adam Page & Brodido (AEW World Trios Championship)
• Thekla defeated Willow Nightingale (#1 Contender’s Match for the AEW Women’s World Championship match against Mercedes Moné at WrestleDream)
• The Young Bucks defeated Adam Copeland and Christian Cage (c) and FTR (Ladder Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship)
• Will Ospreay (c) defeated AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley (AEW World Championship)

Breakdowns & Reactions

AEW All Out Buy In

Grade: B

AEW ran a separate Buy In presentation on YouTube while Saturday Tailgate Brawl aired on TNT and HBO Max.

Renee Paquette hosted alongside Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett and RJ City as the panel discussed the All Out card and threw to video packages.

The strange part was that both presentations were happening simultaneously.

Entrances from Tailgate Brawl could occasionally be heard while the YouTube panel continued talking about the pay-per-view.

It created two different pre-show experiences instead of one unified road into All Out.

The panel itself was useful. Foley and Jarrett brought veteran perspective, while Paquette kept everything moving.

The problem was structural rather than personnel.

If AEW is going to produce a live wrestling pre-show and a separate discussion show at the same time, viewers inevitably have to choose which part of the build they want to miss.

What worked:

• Paquette kept the presentation organized.
• Foley and Jarrett provided veteran perspective.
• The panel gave additional context to the major PPV matches.
• Video packages provided a useful final recap before All Out.

What didn’t work:

• Running two separate pre-show presentations simultaneously unnecessarily divided the audience.
• YouTube viewers could hear portions of Tailgate Brawl happening without actually seeing the matches.
• One unified presentation would have been cleaner.

“Jungle” Jack Perry vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Grade: B+

Tailgate Brawl opened with Jack Perry having to get through Katsuyori Shibata before getting what he really wanted.

Samoa Joe.

Shibata immediately dragged Perry into his world.

The match was built around physical strikes, mat wrestling and Perry trying to survive someone capable of overwhelming him.

Perry eventually connected with a Tiger Driver for a near fall before Shibata stopped his running knee.

Shibata later tried to secure a rear-naked choke.

Perry floated over and trapped Shibata’s shoulders.

Three-count.

Perry survived.

Then the real story started.

Perry demanded Samoa Joe.

HOOK, Anthony Bowens and Action Andretti appeared first.

Then Joe’s music hit.

Samoa Joe was back.

Joe entered and stood face-to-face with Perry.

Perry offered his hand.

Joe turned away.

Perry stopped him and slapped him.

Joe responded by dropping Perry with a headbutt.

Done.

AEW did not need another five minutes of talking.

Joe finally appeared.

Perry immediately discovered what he had spent weeks asking for.

What worked:

• Shibata made Perry earn the victory.
• Perry escaped the choke rather than simply overpowering Shibata.
• Samoa Joe’s return felt important.
• Perry finally got the confrontation he had demanded.
• Joe’s headbutt ended the segment at exactly the right moment.

What didn’t work:

• The match itself became secondary once Joe returned.
• AEW now needs to advance Perry and Joe rather than stretching the chase much longer.

Sisters of Sin vs. Queen Aminata & Mina Shirakawa

Grade: B

Julia Hart and Skye Blue continued looking like an established team rather than two wrestlers temporarily sharing a corner.

Mina Shirakawa provided much of the late energy.

She appeared ready to hit Blue with the Glamorous Driver before Blue escaped.

Mina later tried reaching Queen Aminata for the tag, but Hart pulled Aminata from the apron and sent her into the barricade.

Mina was suddenly alone.

Blue capitalized.

Code Blue.

Three-count.

Sisters of Sin won.

Nothing here changed the direction of All Out, but it was useful pre-show wrestling that gave Hart and Blue another victory as champions.

What worked:

• Hart and Blue continued developing as a cohesive team.
• Mina gave the closing stretch energy.
• The champions received another meaningful victory.
• Blue scoring the fall in the Chicago area made sense.

What didn’t work:

• The match existed largely outside the major All Out stories.
• It was solid without becoming particularly memorable.

Bang Bang Gang vs. Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, Clark Connors & David Finlay — No Disqualification Tailgate Brawl

Grade: B+

This was where Tailgate Brawl completely committed to its name.

Juice Robinson became a football coach.

Mick Foley appeared backstage.

Football equipment became part of the match.

So did a keg, grill and cornhole equipment.

Marina Shafir became involved.

Juice threw a red challenge flag.

It was ridiculous.

It was supposed to be.

That distinction matters.

AEW did not pretend this was supposed to become some serious technical eight-man tag. The wrestlers committed to the football-tailgate presentation and allowed the match to become controlled chaos.

The Gunns eventually hit 3:10 to Yuma, but the celebration gave Wheeler Yuta an opportunity.

Jay White stopped him.

Blade Runner.

Three-count.

Bang Bang Gang closed Tailgate Brawl with the victory.

What worked:

• The football theme gave the match an actual identity.
• Juice Robinson completely committed to the gimmick.
• Mick Foley was used without hijacking everything.
• The weapons fit the Tailgate Brawl presentation.
• Jay White scoring the deciding fall mattered.

What didn’t work:

• The comedy occasionally pushed the actual rivalries into the background.
• This type of match works because it is unusual. AEW should keep it that way.

Andrade El Ídolo vs. PAC — AEW National Championship

Grade: A-

All Out opened properly with Andrade and PAC.

There was almost no feeling-out process.

PAC immediately hit a German suplex.

Andrade answered with Día de Los Muertos.

From there, the match became a constant exchange of counters, aerial offense and increasingly desperate attempts to gain control.

Marina Shafir repeatedly became involved from ringside.

PAC eventually connected with a 450 splash for a near fall.

Later, he trapped Andrade in the Brutalizer.

That looked like the finish.

Andrade refused to stay there.

He rolled through and trapped PAC’s shoulders.

Three-count.

Andrade retained.

The wrestling was strong enough that the repeated Shafir involvement felt more unnecessary than helpful.

That became a recurring problem throughout All Out.

What worked:

• Excellent choice for the PPV opener.
• Andrade and PAC wrestled with urgency.
• PAC came extremely close to winning.
• Andrade escaping the Brutalizer created a smart finish.
• Their involvement later in the main event gave the match additional relevance.

What didn’t work:

• Shafir interfered repeatedly.
• Andrade and PAC were good enough without needing that much outside involvement.

Darby Allin & Steven Borden vs. Kyle Fletcher & Kevin Knight

Grade: B before the stoppage

For most of this match, Steven Borden’s first AEW pay-per-view appearance was becoming a success.

Kyle Fletcher specifically wanted Borden.

Borden did not back down.

He threw punches, worked through arm drags and connected with an impressive dropkick.

Fletcher and Kevin Knight spent much of the middle portion isolating Darby Allin.

When Borden eventually received the tag, the crowd responded.

He attacked Fletcher and Knight, hit Fletcher with a dropkick and connected with a jumping bulldog on Knight.

Then everything changed.

Knight hung Allin in the Tree of Woe and climbed to the opposite side for a coast-to-coast attack.

Borden moved Allin out of danger.

Knight and Borden eventually climbed opposite sides.

Both launched.

They collided in midair.

Borden landed very hard on the back of his head.

Referee Bryce Remsburg immediately checked him.

The doctor called for the bell.

Fletcher and Knight were announced as the winners via referee stoppage and earned a future AEW World Tag Team Championship opportunity.

Later in the broadcast, Tony Schiavone reported that Borden was conscious and responsive and had been transported to the hospital.

Tony Khan provided another encouraging update after All Out, saying Borden was awake and responsive, had undergone a CT scan and that his tests had produced good results to that point.

That is the part that matters.

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AEW also deserves credit for what happened immediately after the collision.

Nobody tried to invent another wrestling finish around an injured performer.

The match stopped.

Exactly as it should have.

What worked:

• Borden looked increasingly comfortable before the collision.
• The crowd started getting behind him.
• Fletcher and Knight treated Borden seriously.
• The referee and medical response was immediate.
• AEW provided updates during and after the show.

What didn’t work:

• The midair collision went badly wrong.
• The injury understandably erased almost everything else viewers were thinking about during the match.

Dani Luna Debuts Against Persephone — TBS Championship

Grade: B

Then AEW had to transition back into a wrestling show.

That was never going to be easy.

Persephone entered alongside Britt Baker for her TBS Championship open challenge.

Then the mystery opponent appeared.

Dani Luna.

The initial response was extremely quiet.

People online immediately noticed.

Context matters.

The crowd had just watched Borden’s match end because of a legitimate medical emergency. Commentary acknowledged the difficulty of transitioning back into the show.

Luna was walking into an almost impossible situation.

But the reaction also exposed something else.

AEW had not announced Luna as the challenger, although her expected appearance had been reported before All Out.

Dani Luna is not inexperienced.

She is a former RevPro British Women’s Champion and two-time TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion with years of experience.

That does not mean everyone watching AEW immediately knows her.

A mystery reveal only works when enough people recognize the answer.

Then Luna started wrestling.

That helped.

Britt Baker repeatedly became involved from ringside.

Luna kept fighting.

She connected with a rebound Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall.

Persephone later German-suplexed Luna from the apron to the floor.

Luna survived.

Then came the move that finally forced people to pay attention.

Luna stood inside the ring, reached over the ropes and deadlifted Persephone from the apron into a German suplex.

Even Taz reacted like he had barely seen anything like it.

Persephone kicked out.

Luna later connected with a lariat and fireman’s-carry sitout slam.

She covered.

Baker pulled Luna by the hair and broke the pin behind the referee’s back.

Luna finally had enough and dove through the ropes onto Baker.

Persephone answered with a dive of her own.

Back inside, Luna tried the deadlift German again.

This time Baker grabbed Persephone’s leg and anchored her from the floor.

Luna could not complete the move.

Persephone escaped.

Crucifix powerbomb.

Three-count.

Persephone retained.

The entrance was cold.

The wrestling was not.

The audience became more invested as the match progressed.

That is why the presentation deserves criticism without turning that criticism into an indictment of Luna.

She demonstrated why AEW wanted her.

AEW simply asked the mystery reveal to do work the audience had not been prepared for.

What worked:

• Luna gradually won more of the audience over through her wrestling.
• Her power offense immediately differentiated her.
• The deadlift German became the standout moment.
• Persephone retained.
• Baker’s interference protected Luna in defeat.
• Luna and Persephone recovered from an extraordinarily difficult atmosphere.

What didn’t work:

• The mystery-opponent presentation created expectations the reveal could not satisfy.
• Much of the live audience did not immediately recognize Luna.
• Following Borden’s injury made the situation substantially harder.
• Baker interfered repeatedly.
• Introducing Luna on PPV with a loss makes AEW’s follow-up especially important.

Kazuchika Okada vs. Tommaso Ciampa — AEW International Championship

Grade: A

Tommaso Ciampa wanted the Psycho Killer against the Rainmaker.

That is what he got.

Ciampa entered wearing the familiar mask and acknowledged his wife and daughter at ringside.

Then he went after Okada.

The match became increasingly personal.

Okada dropped Ciampa with a draping DDT in front of his family and taunted them.

Ciampa responded.

Fairy Tale Ending.

Two-count.

Project Ciampa.

Two-count.

Running knee.

Another two-count.

Ciampa kept getting closer.

Okada became desperate enough to gouge Ciampa’s eyes while Don Callis distracted the referee and attempted to introduce a screwdriver.

Ciampa stopped him.

Still, he could not finish him.

Okada eventually caught Ciampa with the Rainmaker, maintained wrist control and ultimately crushed him with another Rainmaker for the three-count.

Okada retained.

Ciampa looked completely credible.

But AEW now has to be careful.

There are only so many times somebody can look great in defeat before the defeat becomes the part viewers remember.

What worked:

• Excellent counter wrestling.
• Ciampa’s family added emotional weight.
• Okada became progressively nastier.
• Ciampa received multiple believable near falls.
• The finishing stretch delivered.
• Ciampa looked like he belonged at Okada’s level.

What didn’t work:

• Ciampa suffered another major loss.
• The screwdriver and Callis sequence added more interference to an already interference-heavy show.
• AEW eventually needs to turn Ciampa’s performances into major victories.

Brawling Birds vs. Divine Dominion — Chicago Street Fight

Grade: A-

This barely resembled a normal wrestling match by the end.

That was intentional.

Megan Bayne and Lena Kross attacked Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor before the champions even reached the ring.

From there, everything escalated.

Chairs.

Kendo sticks.

Tables.

Trash cans.

A steel barricade.

Barbed wire.

A chain.

Thumbtacks.

Divine Dominion nearly won after Divine Intervention onto chairs.

Then the match reached its final level.

Hayter drove Bayne through the barbed-wire board with a Death Valley Driver.

Kross poured thumbtacks into the ring.

Hayter wrapped a chain around her arm and blasted Kross.

Windsor lifted Kross.

Hayter joined her.

2 Birds, 1 Stone with the chain into the thumbtacks.

Windsor covered.

Three-count.

The Brawling Birds retained.

What worked:

• The stipulation mattered from beginning to end.
• All four women completely committed.
• Divine Dominion looked dangerous even in defeat.
• The champions survived rather than simply dominating.
• The final sequence justified the street-fight stipulation.

What didn’t work:

• AEW’s constant escalation of violence risks making this level of punishment feel normal.
• Several moments were uncomfortable enough that concern briefly replaced entertainment.

Swerve Strickland & The New Level vs. “Hangman” Adam Page & Brodido — AEW World Trios Championship

Grade: A

This was arguably the most complete wrestling match last night.

Bandido and Kofi immediately established the athletic pace.

Austin Creed tried matching strength with Brody King.

That went about as well as expected.

Then Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland started looking at each other.

Everything changed.

AEW did not pretend their history disappeared simply because they were now in a trios match.

Their eventual legal confrontation produced one of the match’s biggest reactions.

The final stretch became frantic.

All six men produced increasingly ridiculous combinations.

Bandido eventually attempted the 21 Plex on Swerve.

Swerve landed on his feet.

Big Pressure.

Three-count.

Swerve and The New Level retained.

What worked:

• Every wrestler had a defined role.
• Kofi and Bandido produced tremendous athletic sequences.
• Brody King felt like a monster.
• Austin Creed fit naturally into the match.
• Swerve and Hangman’s history mattered without hijacking everything.
• Swerve pinning Bandido gave the champions a decisive finish.

What didn’t work:

• The volume of high-impact offense occasionally made individual moves mean less.
• AEW should eventually advance Swerve and Hangman rather than repeatedly teasing their history.

Thekla vs. Willow Nightingale — WrestleDream Championship Opportunity

Grade: B+

This match had one obvious story.

Willow Nightingale had an injured hand.

Thekla attacked it.

Again.

And again.

And again.

That gave everything structure.

Willow could still overpower Thekla, but every attempt to use the damaged hand came with consequences.

Thekla stomped it.

Twisted it.

Targeted it in the ropes.

Willow still fought back.

Then Julia Hart and Skye Blue appeared.

Hart distracted the referee.

Blue struck Willow from behind with her Artist of STARDOM Championship.

Hart then tried doing the same thing.

She accidentally hit Thekla.

Willow nearly capitalized.

But when Willow tried Babe with the Powerbomb, she could not properly grip Thekla because of the injured hand.

Thekla attacked it again.

Stomp to the hand.

Stomp to the back of the neck.

Three-count.

Thekla was going to WrestleDream.

Mercedes Moné came out afterward and stared down her next challenger.

What worked:

• The entire match revolved around Willow’s injured hand.
• Thekla wrestled intelligently.
• Willow’s inability to execute her finisher paid off the injury story.
• Thekla earned a meaningful next destination.
• Mercedes appearing immediately established WrestleDream.

What didn’t work:

• More outside interference.
• Thekla had already spent the match intelligently dismantling Willow’s hand and did not need as much help.
• The interference briefly distracted from what had been a focused match.

Young Bucks vs. Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR — AEW World Tag Team Championship Three-Way Ladder Match

Grade: A+

This was complete insanity.

The crowd understood what it was getting before anything happened.

Then all six men tried exceeding those expectations.

Christian Cage was bleeding within minutes.

Dax Harwood was bleeding.

Ladders became weapons almost immediately.

Tables followed.

Bodies followed those.

Nick Jackson backdropped Cash Wheeler through a table.

Nick hit a 450 splash from the top rope through Harwood on another table.

Copeland hit Matt Jackson with an Impaler DDT from the apron through a table.

Christian pulled Nick from the top rope with a Super Killswitch onto a ladder.

Then Stokely Hathaway appeared.

Stokely low-blowed Copeland.

He threw powder into Christian’s eyes.

Then Stokely made the questionable decision to climb the enormous ladder himself.

Copeland tipped it.

Stokely crashed from the ladder through a table.

And somehow the match kept escalating.

Eventually, Christian climbed toward the championships.

The Bucks met him.

BTE Trigger from the ladders.

Christian fell.

Matt and Nick pulled down the championships.

The Young Bucks had done it again.

Four reigns.

More than any team in AEW history.

What worked:

• The match felt enormous.
• The histories between all three teams mattered.
• The ladder spots continually escalated.
• Stokely’s interference produced an actual memorable payoff.
• The Young Bucks winning changed AEW history.
• The finish was worthy of everything preceding it.

What didn’t work:

• Several spots crossed the line where concern replaced excitement.
• The match occasionally felt like a competition to discover what could be destroyed next.
• AEW has again established an almost unreasonable violence standard for future ladder matches.

Wardlow Is Coming Back

Grade: B

Following the ladder match, AEW aired a vignette looking back at Wardlow’s path of destruction before showing him preparing for his impending return.

No unnecessary explanation.

Just the reminder.

Wardlow is coming back.

At this stage, that is enough.

The real test begins when he actually returns.

What worked:

• Short and direct.
• Reintroduced Wardlow without overexplaining.
• Created another future hook.

What didn’t work:

• Wardlow has been restarted before.
• The booking after his return matters considerably more than the teaser.

Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley — AEW World Championship

Grade: A

This was not simply about Will Ospreay defending the AEW World Championship.

He had never beaten Jon Moxley.

That was the story.

Ospreay entered alongside United Empire and burned a Death Riders flag outside the arena before walking toward the ring.

Then he tried beating Moxley at Moxley’s game.

Ospreay wrestled him on the mat.

He fought him physically.

He bled.

Moxley repeatedly attacked Ospreay’s neck.

He hit piledrivers.

He used submissions.

He kept daring Ospreay to fight harder.

Ospreay kept getting up.

Styles Clash.

Two.

OsCutter.

Two.

Ospreay prepared for Hidden Blade.

Marina Shafir grabbed his leg.

Then the match exploded.

Wheeler Yuta tried to interfere.

Mike Bailey stopped him.

Daniel Garcia and Yuta attacked Bailey and Francesco Akira after referee Paul Turner went down.

Ospreay hit Moxley with Hidden Blade.

No referee.

Akira attacked Yuta.

Bailey took out Garcia and Yuta.

PAC appeared with the briefcase and attacked Bailey.

Andrade appeared and dropped PAC with Día de Los Muertos before flashing the United Empire sign toward Ospreay.

Moxley hit Paradigm Shift.

Ospreay answered with Hidden Blade.

Shafir smashed Ospreay with the briefcase.

Moxley covered.

Ospreay kicked out.

Shafir attacked the referee.

Alex Windsor arrived.

Jamie Hayter followed.

The Brawling Birds took out Shafir and fought the Death Riders toward the back.

Finally, the match returned to Ospreay and Moxley.

Moxley stomped Ospreay’s head into the briefcase and eventually struck him with it.

A new referee arrived.

Ospreay survived.

Paradigm Shift.

Another Paradigm Shift.

Death Rider.

Ospreay kicked out.

Bulldog choke.

Ospreay survived again.

Hidden Blade.

Storm Breaker.

Moxley kicked out.

Ospreay removed the elbow pad.

Moxley looked up.

Then he laughed.

He nodded.

He knew what was coming.

Hidden Blade.

Three-count.

Will Ospreay finally beat Jon Moxley.

Afterward, Moxley briefly took possession of the AEW World Championship and put it over his own shoulder.

Then came the acknowledgment.

Ospreay and Moxley slapped hands.

Moxley left.

Ospreay continued celebrating as AEW World Champion.

The overbooking nearly swallowed the match.

The ending saved it.

What worked:

• Ospreay’s inability to previously beat Moxley gave the match genuine history.
• Moxley systematically attacked Ospreay’s neck.
• Ospreay had to survive rather than simply overwhelm him athletically.
• The late kickouts created real drama.
• Storm Breaker into the final Hidden Blade was excellent.
• Moxley accepting the final strike was a tremendous character moment.
• Ospreay finally defeated Moxley.
• The post-match acknowledgment gave the rivalry closure without suddenly making them friends.

What didn’t work:

• There was far too much interference.
• Multiple referee incidents pushed the match toward overbooking.
• PAC, Andrade, Shafir, Yuta, Garcia, Bailey, Akira, Windsor and Hayter all becoming involved was a lot.
• Ospreay finally beating Moxley was important enough to stand largely on its own.

AEW All Out Results: Fan and Social Reaction

The reaction during and after All Out largely reflected the show itself.

The ladder match between the Young Bucks, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage and FTR received substantial attention because of both the violence and the result. Matt and Nick Jackson becoming the first four-time AEW World Tag Team Champions gave all of that destruction an actual historical consequence.

Ospreay finally defeating Moxley also generated one of the night’s strongest reactions. The final Hidden Blade and Moxley’s acknowledgment afterward gave the main event an ending that mattered beyond another successful championship defense.

Steven Borden’s injury produced an entirely different response.

Once the match was stopped, discussion immediately shifted away from winners, future title opportunities and match quality. The encouraging updates that Borden was conscious and responsive became considerably more important than anything AEW originally intended the match to accomplish.

Dani Luna’s debut created one of the more complicated reactions.

Her initial entrance was noticeably quiet, and people online immediately pointed it out. But the context mattered. The audience had just watched Borden leave following a legitimate medical emergency.

The response also improved once Luna started wrestling.

Her deadlift German suplex from inside the ring became the moment that forced the audience to pay attention.

That does not erase the presentation problem.

It explains it.

A wrestler can be talented and still require an introduction.

Those are not contradictory statements.

AEW’s own social coverage emphasized the championship results, Samoa Joe’s return, the Young Bucks making history and Ospreay finally defeating Moxley.

By the end of last night, the reaction to All Out was essentially the same argument AEW continues creating around its biggest shows.

The wrestling was rarely the problem.

Knowing when enough was enough occasionally was.

Best Match and Segment of the Night

Best Match: Young Bucks vs. Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR — A+

Ospreay and Moxley had the biggest singles result.

Okada and Ciampa delivered arguably the cleanest traditional match.

The trios championship match may have been the most complete bell-to-bell wrestling match.

But nothing matched the spectacle and consequence of the three-way ladder match.

All six men destroyed themselves for the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

Then the result changed AEW history.

Matt and Nick Jackson became the first four-time AEW World Tag Team Champions.

That is the part that survives after the broken ladders and tables are removed.

Best Segment: Samoa Joe Returns and Drops Jack Perry — A

This took minutes.

It accomplished everything.

Jack Perry finally got Samoa Joe.

Perry demanded respect.

Joe refused.

Perry slapped him.

Joe headbutted him into the mat.

Done.

On a night when AEW repeatedly struggled to stop adding things after making its point, this segment understood exactly when to end.

Road to AEW WrestleDream

All Out did not simply end stories.

It started setting up what comes next.

• Thekla will challenge Mercedes Moné for the AEW Women’s World Championship at WrestleDream.
• Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight earned a future AEW World Tag Team Championship opportunity.
• Jack Perry finally got the confrontation with Samoa Joe he had been demanding.
• Wardlow is preparing to return.
• Dani Luna is now part of AEW and needs an immediate follow-up after her debut.
• The Young Bucks leave All Out as four-time AEW World Tag Team Champions.
• Will Ospreay finally enters the next stage of his AEW World Championship reign without Jon Moxley remaining the man he has never defeated.

Final Thoughts

The AEW All Out September 26 2026 results ultimately tell a familiar story about this company.

When AEW trusts its wrestlers and its stories, few companies can match what happens bell-to-bell.

Okada and Ciampa delivered an excellent singles match.

The six wrestlers in the trios championship match created something where everybody mattered.

The ladder match was complete destruction attached to an actual historical result.

Ospreay finally defeated Moxley.

Those are substantial developments.

The problems appeared when AEW stopped trusting those things to be enough.

Shafir repeatedly became involved in Andrade-PAC.

Baker repeatedly interfered in Persephone-Luna.

Hart and Blue interfered in Thekla-Willow.

Callis became involved around Okada-Ciampa.

Then the main event turned into United Empire, Death Riders, PAC, Andrade and the Brawling Birds all becoming involved.

Sometimes more is more.

Sometimes more is just more.

Dani Luna’s debut exposed a different issue.

There is nothing wrong with signing Dani Luna.

She showed last night why AEW wanted her.

The problem was expecting the mystery reveal itself to automatically mean something to an audience AEW had not prepared.

The initial reaction was painfully quiet.

Part of that was undoubtedly the atmosphere following Borden’s injury.

Part of it was recognition.

And although Luna’s expected appearance had been reported beforehand, a report existing online is not the same thing as AEW introducing a wrestler to its television audience.

The important thing was what happened afterward.

Luna wrestled.

The audience became more invested.

By the time she hit that deadlift German suplex, viewers who had no idea who Dani Luna was when her music started had been given a reason to remember her.

That should be the lesson.

Do not assume everybody watches everything.

Introduce people.

Explain why they matter.

Then let them prove it.

And then there was Steven Borden.

Everything else becomes secondary when somebody gets hurt.

The collision looked frightening.

The match stopped immediately.

Borden was transported to the hospital.

The subsequent updates were encouraging.

That is what matters.

Ultimately, All Out delivered enough meaningful developments to justify being one of AEW’s biggest events.

Will Ospreay remains AEW World Champion, but his championship reign changed last night because Jon Moxley is no longer the man he could not beat.

The Young Bucks are champions again and now stand alone with four AEW World Tag Team Championship reigns.

Thekla has Mercedes Moné waiting at WrestleDream.

Samoa Joe is back.

Dani Luna has arrived.

Wardlow is coming back.

Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight have a future AEW World Tag Team Championship opportunity.

And Steven Borden hopefully has nothing more important ahead of him than recovering.

Last night had excellent wrestling.

It had excess.

It had history.

It had a frightening moment nobody planned.

And it left AEW in a meaningfully different place than where the company started the night.

That is ultimately what a pay-per-view should do.

Overall Grade: A-

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