AEW WrestleDream 2025: Match Card, Preview, Start Time, How to Watch, More
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All Elite Wrestling presents the third annual WrestleDream, coming to you from St. Louis, Missouri, at the Chaifetz Arena on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT, live on HBO Max pay-per-view.
The first WrestleDream took place in October 2023, held in honor of NJPW founder Antonio Inoki. We continue to celebrate Inoki, a man Tony Khan calls “wrestling’s greatest dreamer,” each year for his numerous contributions to the great sport of professional wrestling. And this year, WrestleDream will honor Lou Thesz and the spirit of professional wrestling in St. Louis.
In addition to a loaded, nine-match WrestleDream card featuring five title matches, AEW Tailgate Brawl will also include four matches, taking place an hour before WrestleDream on TNT and streaming on HBO Max.
Check out the full AEW WrestleDream preview to find out how we arrived at each of these matches before the bell rings on Saturday night!
AEW WrestleDream Matches & Preview
AEW World Championship Match: “Hangman” Adam Page (c) vs. Samoa Joe
An alliance of respect and appreciation was fractured by the ultimate prize, the AEW World Championship. And tonight, “Hangman” Adam Page will defend that title against a former AEW World Champion in his own right, Samoa Joe!
The two men shared mutual enemies for much of the year in the Death Riders, so it was easy for Page and Joe to find common ground – including when Joe and the Opps were there for Page’s AEW World Championship victory over Jon Moxley at AEW All In.
The alliance remained when Page promised to be there for The Opps with Katsuyori Shibata out of action earlier this month. However, it all fell when Joe and Page got into it after a victory in trios action on Dynamite. Page was confused, but he said that he understood that everything comes back to the AEW World Championship. And because Joe supported Page in his quest for that title, he gave Joe his chance at WrestleDream.
Joe promised to put Page to sleep and expose him for being a fraudulent champion, but Page said he’ll outlast Joe and won’t tap out en route to proving he truly is the champion of the world. Will Page’s second reign with the AEW World Championship continue with his first victory over Joe? Or will Joe regain the title to start his own second reign?
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Kris Statlander (c) vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander and “Timeless” Toni Storm are two of the most accomplished wrestlers in AEW history. Statlander is the only person to win the AEW Women’s World Championship and the TBS Championship. Storm has a record-setting four reigns as AEW Women’s World Champion.
But they’ve never met one-on-one … until tonight.
Statlander took the title from Storm last month at All Out in a 4-Way Match that also featured Thekla and Jamie Hayter. After getting over the shock of losing, Storm admitted she was happy it was Statlander who beat her, but the deafening silence that remained left her aching to regain the title that she considers a part of her. She asked Statlander for a chance to face her again, but this time, it would be just the two of them – and Statlander had no problem granting Storm’s request.
Since then, the two have had tense yet adoring conversations and have agreed to come to blows on multiple occasions, including this past Wednesday after their Famous Last Words. The journey to this match has been unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, which is appropriate for a long-awaited, first-time encounter.
Will Storm regain the piece of herself she lost to Statlander, or will Statlander prove to be worthy of succeeding Storm as the AEW Women’s World Champion?
I Quit Match: Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin
“This game is rigged in both directions. You will never quit. I’m certainly not going to quit. So what are we gonna do, man? I’m out of ideas. What do you wanna do? How’s this gonna end?” – Jon Moxley to Darby Allin, October 15, 2025
The answer to Moxley’s question is a terrifying unknown. Over the last 14 months, Moxley and Allin have tried everything to destroy each other, yet here we are once again – although this feels different. This feels final.
Moxley asked Darby that question a few days ago because it has to end. Allin admitted to Moxley he understands the message of the Death Riders, but he could never be part of something that included stabbing someone so close to you in the chest, in reference to how the Death Riders violently took out Bryan Danielson last year. Allin won’t let Moxley take away the AEW that’s given him so much. That’s why he promised to wrap the AEW flag he took to the top of Mount Everest around Moxley’s throat.
We’ve seen plastic bags, chemical agents, body bags, coffins, flamethrowers and a Molotov cocktail over the last year, so what will it take to end all this? For the sake of everyone’s safety, we can only hope that answer doesn’t take years off either man’s career. Will it be Moxley or Allin who says, “I quit,” on Saturday night?
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: Brodido (ROH World Champion Bandido and Brody King) (c) vs. AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada & IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita of the Don Callis Family
With the growing number of members in the Don Callis Family comes a greater thirst for gold. AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada and the newly-crowned IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita will try to quench that thirst when they challenge Brodido for the AEW World Tag Team Titles at WrestleDream!
Okada and Takeshita earned this title match by defeating Brodido in a Double Jeopardy Eliminator Match at AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday last week. Days later, Takeshita won the top prize in New Japan Pro-Wrestling by beating Zack Sabre Jr. at King of Pro Wrestling 2025.
The tension between Okada and Takeshita had existed since Callis brought Okada into the Family before All In, and it hasn’t really dissipated despite their success as a team. Okada even cut off Takeshita’s remote birthday message to Callis at a celebration earlier this week. However, Okada sent his own message when he attacked Brodido and posed with both AEW World Tag Team Titles to close out Collision three days ago.
Meanwhile, Brody King and ROH World Champion Bandido continue to improve their amazing chemistry heading into their fifth championship defense, although a shoulder injury suffered at the hands of another member of the Family, Hechicero, has Bandido at less than full strength.
Will Okada and Takeshita let their undeniable talents bring them more gold, or will each man’s need to be the alpha of the Don Callis Family become the bigger battle? Can Brodido bounce back to avenge their loss and keep their reign alive?
TNT Championship Match: “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Mark Briscoe
Mark Briscoe has been after Kyle Fletcher and the TNT Championship for months, but that chase could come to a fruitful end on Saturday night when Fletcher and Briscoe battle one-on-one for the fifth time in the last 16 months.
Between Don Callis throwing other Family members in his way and MJF getting involved, Briscoe has had a lot to overcome to get to this point. But he put MJF behind him at All Out and has no one else left to deal with in the Family to get to Fletcher.
Briscoe won the first two meetings between the two last year, including a victory during league matches in the 2024 Continental Classic. Fletcher avenged that loss in February on Collision and beat Briscoe again in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Owen Hart Foundation Tournament at AEW Dynasty back in April.
So with this rivalry tied at two wins apiece, who breaks the tie and emerges as the TNT Champion on Saturday night?
$500K Tag Team Match: Jurassic Express (“Jungle” Jack Perry and Luchasaurus) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)
When “Jungle” Jack Perry needed Matt and Nick Jackson the most, they didn’t answer his call. That’s why he reached deep into his past and brought Luchasaurus back to reform Jurassic Express last month at All Out to take out the Young Bucks, Perry explained.
Perry has been on a redemption tour of sorts since returning last month to confront the Bucks. He offered his services to former hated rival Kenny Omega because of their shared enemies and delivered this past Wednesday on Dynamite when Jurassic Express teamed with Omega to beat the Don Callis Family before fighting off a sneak attack from the Bucks.
These two teams know each other quite well, with multiple matches over the AEW World Tag Team Titles. Their last meeting was a wild Ladder Match at Road Rager 2022, which the Bucks won to regain the championships in the very same building they’ll wrestle in tonight. It also marked the last time Perry and Luchasaurus would team together for 1,210 days!
Tonight, it’s not about titles. It’s about cold hard cash, which the Bucks desperately need. It’s also a rivalry renewed in the ring when Jurassic Express and the Young Bucks battle for half a million dollars in St. Louis!
Tornado Trios Match: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and MVP) vs. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona)
The rivalry between The Hurt Syndicate and The Demand started at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, when Ricochet and GOA cost Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin the AEW World Tag Team Titles – although if you ask Ricochet, that was retaliation for getting embarrassed by The Hurt Syndicate at the end of 2024.
The two sides had their first Trios Match last month at All Out, where Ricochet pinned MVP to earn the massive win for himself, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun. MVP was embarrassed by the result, so he challenged The Demand to a street fight at Title Tuesday. Jacksonville was treated to a violent rematch as the Syndicate came away on top in that one. And this past Wednesday, GOA handed Benjamin and Lashley their first pinfall loss in AEW to give The Demand some impressive momentum heading into WrestleDream.
The rubber match takes place tonight, as all six men will be in the ring under Tornado Trios rules, meaning no tags are necessary. Can The Hurt Syndicate take care of business, or will The Demand carry out their war plans for a victory?
Jamie Hayter vs. Thekla
Back in May, “The Toxic Spider” Thekla made her AEW debut by attacking Jamie Hayter on Dynamite, putting the former AEW Women’s World Champion out of action and making quite a first impression for herself. Hayter returned at Forbidden Door to come after Thekla and Triangle of Madness after three months on the shelf.
Last month, Hayter found herself in a 4-Way Match for the AEW Women’s World Championship at All Out with Thekla, “Timeless” Toni Storm, and the eventual winner, Kris Statlander. That didn’t settle anything between Hayter and Thekla, instead only escalating this rivalry. Hayter has made it clear she wants Blood and Guts on November 12, but first, these two women finally get what they’ve been waiting for tonight. They’ll go one-on-one for the first time, nearly five months since Thekla’s initial attack.
Can Hayter get her ultimate revenge on Thekla? Will Thekla spin another web of toxicity to assert her dominance?
Mercedes Mone’s TBS Championship Open Challenge
On Friday, Mercedes Moné became the longest-reigning TBS Champion in AEW history at 509 days, but when you’re 10 Belts Moné, there’s always a title to defend – and to win!
Last night in Arena Mexico, Ultimo Moné defended the CMLL World Women’s Championship against Persephone and came away victorious. That wasn’t enough for The CEO, so she issued an open challenge for WrestleDream: She’ll put up her TBS Championship against any champion in the world and their belt!
Which champion will step up to face Moné in her 23rd defense of the TBS Championship? We’ll find out tonight!
How to Watch AEW WrestleDream & Start Time
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Start Time: 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT (AEW Tailgate Brawl starts at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT and runs for one hour prior to WrestleDream.)
Location: Chaifetz Arena – St. Louis, Missouri
How to Watch: WrestleDream is available to order on HBO Max in the United States! For more, including how to order, click here! WrestleDream is also available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and other streaming and pay-per-view platforms.