AEW Revolution Preview: Match Card, Start Time, How to Watch, More
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AEW Revolution will be LIVE from Los Angeles at the Crypto.com Arena tonight on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on HBO Max pay-per-view!
This will be the seventh annual Revolution and the second straight year it will emanate from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Revolution 2026 will feature ten matches, including six championship bouts. Eight championships in total will be on the line over the entirety of this event.
Before the main card gets underway, AEW Zero Hour will feature three matches, including a 21-Man Blackjack Battle Royale for the AEW National Championship and a TBS Championship match, airing an hour before Revolution on HBO Max, YouTube, Amazon Prime, X, MyAEW and Facebook!
Check out the full AEW Revolution preview below to find out how we arrived at each of these matches before it all goes down in Los Angeles on Sunday night!
AEW Revolution Match Card & Preview
AEW World Championship Texas Death Match: MJF(c) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page – If Hangman Loses, He Can Never Challenge for the AEW World Title Again
How can two men be diametrically opposite in almost every way, yet share such a strong desire for the same thing? The AEW World Championship has brought MJF and “Hangman” Adam Page back together again, although they’ve never been far apart. You can’t tell the story of how AEW was built without MJF and “Hangman” Adam Page. They’ve been foundational players from the jump, although not without their struggles. Page failed to become the inaugural AEW World Champion at All Out 2019. It took him more than two years to get another shot, but he made it count when he beat Kenny Omega at Full Gear 2021. Six months later, it was over. Page needed three hard, destructive and self-reflective years to get the AEW World Title back in satisfying fashion when he beat Jon Moxley in a Texas Death Match at All In Texas last July.
MJF needed an extra year to win his first AEW World Championship from Jon Moxley at Full Gear 2022, although initially, much like Page, MJF failed in his first attempt and needed more than two years to get another shot. MJF had a stranglehold on the AEW World Title in his first reign to the tune of 406 days, yet he didn’t face Hangman one time over 11 defenses. Their paths to the top didn’t intersect until last year at Revolution, when Page outslugged MJF in an intense battle. MJF kept buzzing around Page throughout the year, eventually winning the Casino Gauntlet at All In Texas to secure a future AEW World Title shot. MJF worked his way out of using that contract and tried to stack the deck when he challenged Page at Forbidden Door, but once again, Page was victorious.
Page’s second AEW World Championship reign ended after 133 days last November at Full Gear 2025, when HOOK turned on him in a steel cage match, which allowed Samoa Joe to become AEW World Champion for a second time. Page had a chance to regain the title a month later in what was originally meant to be a 3-Way Match against Joe and Swerve Strickland, but a week before the match, MJF returned after an extended absence to execute his Casino Gauntlet contract and make the match a 4-Way. MJF went on to pin Joe in the match to begin his second AEW World Title reign.
So far, MJF has used this reign to prove to everyone, and maybe even himself, that he can be called one of the great, traveling world champions in pro wrestling history. Tonight will mark MJF’s sixth defense in less than 80 days over two continents and three promotions. And to get back to MJF and another AEW World Title shot, Page needed to outlast Kenny Omega, Strickland and Andrade El Ídolo over a month of some of the best competition in AEW history.
But getting back to MJF wasn’t enough. Page wanted to end this. He was willing to put his ability to challenge for the AEW World Championship ever again on the line if he could offer up a Texas Death stipulation. MJF agreed, but only if he got to choose a stipulation of his own, decided in a coin flip. After MJF tried to use a rigged coin, Page got his wish of a Texas Death Match for the AEW World Title at Revolution!
MJF got a measure of revenge when he cost Jet Set Rodeo the AEW World Trios Titles two weeks ago on Dynamite. He then narrowly escaped a wild-eyed Page on Dynamite this week after their press conference devolved into blows, but tonight, there is no escaping destiny. These two men were meant to be rivals, and if that ends tonight, it will be because of the dangerous, career-shortening nature of Texas Death.
Page is 5-1 in Texas Death Matches, including 3-0 when the AEW World Title is up for grabs. MJF has never been in a Texas Death match. The advantage is seemingly in Page’s favor, but what about the pressure of knowing that a loss means he’ll never be AEW World Champion again? MJF even asked Page what he’d be without the AEW World Title. Page refused to acknowledge that possibility. Is that because he doesn’t want to face it? MJF would love to make it a reality. But will he go as far as Page in Texas Death? Tonight in Tinseltown, the ecstasy of gold will come at a violent cost.
AEW Women’s World Championship Match (2 Out of 3 Falls): “The Toxic Spider” Thekla (c) vs. Kris Statlander
Both Thekla and Statlander own AEW Women’s World Championship victories over each other, but it was Thekla who took the title from Statlander in a strap match last month on Dynamite, after Statlander retained over Thekla two weeks prior. Statlander recovered and waited while Thunder Rosa took her shot at Thekla but came up empty. Then, it was Statlander who challenged Thekla to a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match at Revolution, given their even record. Statlander sent the strongest message last night on Collision when she allowed Thekla to lash her with a belt and beat her down just to show that Statlander would keep getting back up. This rubber match will need two decisions for the winner to walk out of Los Angeles with the AEW Women’s World Title!
AEW Continental Championship Match (No Time Limit): Jon Moxley (c) vs. “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita
The spirit of competition is what defines the AEW Continental Championship, from surviving the grueling nature of the Continental Classic to the 20 minutes that go on the clock every time the title is on the line. But time can constrain competition. Last month at Grand Slam Australia, AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley and Konosuke Takeshita fought to a 20-minute time limit draw. What really angered Moxley was the inability to avenge his loss to Takeshita in the Continental Classic. The only way to settle it? No time limit.
While the Death Riders and Don Callis Family have fought around them, Moxley and Takeshita have remained laser-focused on each other. When they step in the ring tonight, there will be no Death Riders, no Callis Family and no time limit!
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) with Big Stoke vs. Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)
Two of the greatest tag teams in the history of the business will battle for the AEW World Tag Team Titles, but for Matt and Nick Jackson, this match is personal. The Bucks earned this title match by winning a 3-Way #1 Contenders match over The Rascalz and Private Party last month on Dynamite. However, the following week on Collision, The Rascalz beat FTR in an Eliminator Match to earn a future AEW World Tag Team Title shot. After the match, The Demand hit the scene and attacked The Rascalz and Young Bucks, while Wheeler, Harwood and Stoke got into it with the Bucks’ family in the front row. Stokely threw powder into Papa Buck’s eyes, and FTR took things even further when they dragged Matt and Nick’s brother, Malachi, over the barrier and into the ring for a spike piledriver as the Bucks were forced to watch!
Even though the Bucks got a little measure of revenge with a win in the 10-man Mile High Madness the following week on Dynamite, they’ve made it clear that they want to punish Harwood and Wheeler and win the AEW World Tag Team Titles for a record-setting fourth time in front of their family in Los Angeles. However, the Bucks may be worse for wear after FTR put each of them through a table in the main event of Dynamite. This will be the fifth tag team meeting between FTR and the Bucks, with each side winning twice. The last time they met, the Bucks won a ladder match for the vacant AEW World Tag Team Titles at Dynasty 2024. These four men have been opponents in 12 total matches dating back to 2020, but nothing will be as personal as what goes down this Sunday at Revolution. Can the Bucks get revenge and win the AEW World Tag Team Titles for a fourth time? Or will FTR back up their claim of being the greatest tag team of any generation with a victory over their biggest rivals?
AEW World Trios Championship Match: Don Callis Family (AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, TNT Champion “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) vs. “The Jet” Kevin Knight, “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Místico
The Don Callis Family wants all the gold in AEW, but they’ll have to defend their most recent acquisitions against former champions. Two weeks ago on Dynamite, Callis orchestrated a sneak attack on then-AEW World Trios Champions Knight, Bailey and “Hangman” Adam Page, on a night where Knight had already challenged MJF for the AEW World Championship. Following the attack, Callis said that because Jet Set Rodeo offered to defend their titles any time, anywhere, he decided to take them up on that in the main event later that night against Okada, Fletcher and Davis. Thanks in part to some timely interference by MJF, the Callis Family won the AEW World Trios Titles.
While Page is focused on his AEW World Championship Texas Death Match with MJF, Místico will join JetSpeed in their efforts to regain the AEW World Trios Championship tonight at Revolution! On Dynamite, Fletcher beat Bailey with help from Okada and Davis to retain the TNT Title, but Bailey swore vengeance this Sunday when they all meet again. With Místico by their side, will JetSpeed be back up, or will the Callis Family continue their dominance with a successful defense?
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship: The Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and TBS Champion Willow Nightingale) (c) vs. MegaKross (“Megasus” Megan Bayne and “Colossal” Lena Kross)
This is the second of two matches between Nightingale and Kross for a championship on the night, which adds the extra layer of intrigue of seeing who will come into this match as TBS Champion after the two battle it out on Zero Hour. After all, it was Nightingale who put out the challenges this past week on Dynamite in an effort to put MegaKross behind them. The Babes have been fighting with Bayne in a variety of matches dating back to last year, but ever since Kross showed up at Grand Slam Australia, MegaKross has been an undeniably dominant duo. Can The Babes of Wrath notch their fifth title defense, or will Bayne and Kross become the second AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions?
Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) vs. Brody King
So who is “The Most Dangerous Man in AEW?”
If you had asked Kenny Omega a month ago, he would have said Brody King. Then, he faced Swerve Strickland in a match Strickland said he needed. He needed it so badly that he resorted to questionable tactics to win, then unleashed a violent attack on Omega, choking him over the top rope with a chain and driving him through the announce table with a Vertebreaker.
Swerve admitted it bothered him to hear Omega give King such respect when Swerve is truly the most dangerous man in AEW. He showed that when he choked King out with a chain two weeks ago, although that confidence seemed to dip when King broke Strickland’s chain with his bare hands this past Wednesday on Dynamite. Can King prove Omega right in his backyard, or is Swerve’s mission of danger a path to victory?
Andrade El Ídolo vs. ROH World Champion Bandido
While Bandido certainly made a case for being the best wrestler of 2025, Andrade has made his own case for that distinction over the first three months of 2026. Since returning to action for the Don Callis Family at the beginning of the year, it’s hard to argue that Andrade has ever been better. His most impressive feats of the year so far have been beating former AEW World Champions Swerve Strickland and Kenny Omega on back-to-back Dynamite main events.
This will be Bandido’s first AEW match since his spirited effort against MJF for the AEW World Title at Maximum Carnage on January 14. While Bandido wasn’t able to come away with the AEW World Championship on that night, he in turn supported his partner, Brody King, in his ultimately unsuccessful efforts to win the same championship over the last month. King and Bandido both asked for fights at Revolution, and while King will face Swerve Strickland, it was Andrade who answered Bandido’s call. Since then, Bandido has shown reverence for Andrade, while Andrade disrespectfully referred to Bandido as an “Andrade El Ídolo fan.” Andrade even had no problem with RPG Vice attacking Bandido last night after Andrade beat Máscara Dorada in the Collision main event.
Two of the very best in the world finally square off one-on-one for the first time anywhere this Sunday in Los Angeles!
Everyone Barred from Ringside: “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Marina Shafir
Storm and Shafir have been at each other’s throats, quite literally, since Blood & Guts last November. Since then, they’ve battled in the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament, Mixed Nuts Mayhem and a mixed tornado tag hair match that saw Wheeler Yuta get his head shaved bald! Yet the only time these two have fought one-on-one ended in a disqualification on the first Dynamite of the year. Now, they get to do it again, and there will be no Death Riders, Conglomeration, or citrus-based humans to get involved. Will Hollywoodland host another Timeless classic, or are we in store for Shafir locking Storm in Mother’s Milk?
Tornado Trios Match: Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. The Dogs (“War Ready” Gabe Kidd, “100 Proof” Clark Connors and David Finlay)
What started as Gabe Kidd promising to have Darby Allin “pushing up daisies” has spiraled into multi-man madness. First, it was Clark Connors arriving to serve as a major ally to Kidd in his plans to destroy Allin, but soon it was Orange Cassidy who evened the odds by backing up Allin. As their battles continued, the Dogs gained a huge advantage when David Finlay arrived on Dynamite two weeks ago. Finlay and Kidd beat Cassidy and Allin this past week on Dynamite, but when the Dogs kept the beatings going after the match, Roderick Strong returned to save Cassidy and join the fight alongside him and Allin against the Dogs. That brings all six men together tonight for a chaotic Trios showdown!
AEW Zero Hour: 21-Man Blackjack Battle Royale for the AEW National Title
AEW National Champion Ricochet will defend his title against 20 other competitors in a 21-man, over-the-top Blackjack Battle Royale! Since becoming the inaugural National Champion by winning a Casino Gauntlet last November at Full Gear, Ricochet successfully defended the title seven times across AEW, ROH, CMLL, NJPW and RevPro, but this will be his toughest test! When the match was announced, Ricochet responded on X by saying, “Even tho [sic] this is the most preposterous thing that has ever happened, I will still leave with what I came in with.” Former TNT Champions “Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa and “Jungle” Jack Perry are amongst the stacked group of challengers, although not every participant has been announced. Will Ricochet be able to outlast 20 opponents to walk out of Los Angeles STILL AEW National Champion?
AEW Zero Hour: TBS Championship: TBS Champion and AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champion Willow Nightingale (c) vs. “Colossal” Lena Kross
Nightingale hasn’t shied away from the grind of being a double champion, and as mentioned above, this Sunday, she’s embracing it more than ever. Coming off a TBS Title defense in England last weekend, Nightingale notched another successful defense on Dynamite against CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone.
After the match, Nightingale called out Kross and “Megasus” Megan Bayne so that they could settle their difference in Los Angeles on Sunday. First, on Zero Hour, Nightingale will defend the TBS Championship for the third time in eight days against Kross. Later on Revolution, Nightingale and Harley Cameron, Babes of Wrath, will defend the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Titles against Kross and Bayne. Kross has been untouchable since aligning with Bayne and Penelope Ford at Grand Slam Australia and is coming off an impressive win against Mina Shirakawa on Collision. Is Nightingale biting off more than she can chew, or will her impressive reign continue with a fifth successful defense of the TBS Championship?
AEW Zero Hour: BOOM & DOOM (“Big Boom” AJ and Q.T. Marshall) vs. The Infantry (ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champions Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo) of Shane Taylor Promotions
Shane Taylor Promotions has been dominating ROH as the ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champions since winning the titles almost 200 days ago. On this week’s special episode of ROH, STP retained their titles over TMDK, but continued to attack after the match until they were run off by “Big Boom” AJ and Q.T. Marshall! Now, BOOM & DOOM will come back together to face Dean and Bravo in Los Angeles!
How to Watch AEW Revolution& Start Time
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2025
Start Time: 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT (AEW Zero Hour starts at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on HBO Max and AEW digital platforms and runs for one hour before Revolution.)
Location: Crypto.com Arena – Los Angeles, California
How to Watch: Revolution is available to order on HBO Max in the United States! For more, including how to order, click here! Revolution is also available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and other streaming and pay-per-view platforms.