Tonight’s AEW WrestleDream airing October 17, 2026, promises an action-packed night live from the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida. The show sees The Death Riders’ AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defend his title against Don Callis Family’s “Dunkzilla” Mark Davis. Plus, AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) will defend their titles against Don Callis Family (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher).
The show kicks off at 7:00 PM ET on HBO Max and is available for international fans on streaming platforms like Prime Video. Ringside News will provide live, match-by-match updates and highlights throughout the night. Stay tuned to this page, refresh for the latest results as the action unfolds, and join the conversation in the comments below!
Matches & Key Moments Scheduled for AEW WrestleDream on October 17, 2026
- AEW World Championship Clockwork Carnage Match: The United Empire’s “The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay (c) vs. The Opps’ Samoa Joe vs. The United Empire’s “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. “The Rated R Superstar” Adam Copeland vs. “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita vs. Don Callis Family’s AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada vs. The Demand’s Ricochet vs. AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin
- AEW TBS Championship 4-Way Match: CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone (c) vs. Dani Luna vs. Hyan vs. Queen Aminata
- Singles Match: Chris Jericho vs. Nick Wayne
- AEW National Championship Match: The United Empire’s Andrade El Ídolo (c) vs. “The Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa
- AEW World Trios Championship 2-Out-Of-3 Falls Match: Swerve Strickland and The New Level (“Awesome” Austin Creed and Kofi) (c) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page and Brodido (Brody King and ROH World Champion Bandido)
- AEW Continental Championship Match: The Death Riders’ Jon Moxley (c) vs. Don Callis Family’s “Dunkzilla” Mark Davis
- AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Don Callis Family (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher)
- AEW Women’s World Championship Match: “The CEO” Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Triangle of Madness’ “The Toxic Spider” Thekla
- AEW WrestleDream Saturday Tailgate Brawl Pre-Show Tag Team Match: Divine Dominion (“The Megasus” Megan Bayne and “Colossal” Lena Kross) vs. Triangle of Madness’ Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue)
- AEW WrestleDream Saturday Tailgate Brawl Pre-Show Tag Team Match (Match 1 In A Best Of 5 Series): FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax “The Axe” Harwood) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
AEW WrestleDream Saturday Tailgate Brawl Pre-Show Results (10/17/2026): Live Match Updates and Highlights
The AEW WrestleDream Saturday Tailgate Brawl Pre-Show opens up with Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight welcoming us.
Divine Dominion then make their way down to the ring for the first match of the pre-show and Sisters of Sin follow.
Tag Team Match: Divine Dominion (“The Megasus” Megan Bayne and “Colossal” Lena Kross) vs. Triangle of Madness’ Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue)
The match starts off with Julia Hart and Lena Kross and Hart delivers some right hands on Kross. Skye Blue and Megan Bayne then tag in and Blue hits a hurricanrana to Bayne off the middle rope. Blue then hits a strike on Bayne and rolls Bayne up, but Bayne kicks out. Bayne then knocks Hart off the ring apron. Blue then catches Bayne with a jawbreaker and sends her crashing into the mat. Blue then tags Hart in as Kross tags in on her side. Kross then shoves Hart, but Hart and Blue send Bayne crashing into the mat face first and nail her with a double superkick.
Blue then pins Kross, but Bayne breaks the fall and accidentally hits a splash to Kross. Bayne then hits a double German suplex on Blue and Hart and Divine Dominion hit splashes on Sisters of Sin in opposite corners. Bayne and Blue then teeter on the ropes, but Divine Dominion hit a double chokeslam on Hart for the win.
The winners of the Tag Team Match, Divine Dominion (“The Megasus” Megan Bayne and “Colossal” Lena Kross)!
Don Callis Family then make their way down to the ring for the next match of the pre-show and Papi D, Rhys Maddox and Alex Breeze are already waiting inside the ring.
Trios Match: Don Callis Family (Jake Doyle, Wardlow and “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander) vs. Papi D, Rhys Maddox and Alex Breeze
The match starts off with Jake Doyle, Wardlow and Josh Alexander going after Papi D, Rhys Maddox and Alex Breeze. Alexander then hits a crossbody through the middle rope to send Maddox crashing off the ring apron, but Maddox tries to deliver some chops on Wardlow. He then stops when he realizes that Wardlow won’t go down and Wardlow nails Maddox with a clothesline. He then follows it up with a Powerbomb Symphony to Maddox and hits a second one to Breeze and another two to Papi D. Wardlow, Alexander and Doyle then pin Breeze, Papi D and Rhys Maddox for the win.
The winners of the Trios Match, Don Callis Family (Jake Doyle, Wardlow and “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander)!
The Dogs and The Death Riders then make their way down to the ring for the next match of the pre-show and Bang Bang Gang and The Conglomeration follow.
12-Man Tag Team Match: The Dogs (David Finlay, Clark Connors and Gabe Kidd) and The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta) vs. Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn and “Switchblade” Jay White) and The Conglomeration (“Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly)
The match starts off with Roderick Strong and Clark Connors and Connors hits a kick to Strong’s midsection. Orange Cassidy then tags in and he hits a double suplex on Connors with Strong and hits a double suplex to David Finlay with Austin Gunn and another one on Gabe Kidd with Colten Gunn. Strong and Cassidy then hit a double suplex on Daniel Garcia and Cassidy looks to hit another one on Claudio Castagnoli with Kyle O’Reilly, but Castagnoli counters into a double suplex on both men and hits The Giant Swing on Cassidy.
Everyone then begins brawling with one another in the middle of the ring. White then hits a back body drop to Finlay and hits a Dragon Screw to Castagnoli. He then flies off the top rope to nail Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta on the outside and White hits Finlay with a DDT. He then goes for a pin, but Finlay kicks out. Colten and Castagnoli then tag in and Colten hits right hands on Castagnoli. He then nails him with a dropkick and Yuta hits a second one. He then takes down Garcia with a right hand. The Death Riders then take turns firing off strikes on Colten, but Connors hits a spear to Cassidy.
O’Reilly then hits kicks on Finlay, but Finlay nails O’Reilly. Garcia then hits a swinging neckbreaker on White, but Austin takes down Garcia and hits a 310 to Yuma to Finlay with Colten. Colten and Austin then double team on Castagnoli, but Yuta tags in and Castagnoli assists him in hitting a Frog Splash on Colten off the top rope for the win.
The winners of the 12-Man Tag Team Match, The Dogs (David Finlay, Clark Connors and Gabe Kidd) and The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta)!
After the match, The Death Riders and The Dogs continue to brawl with Bang Bang Gang and The Conglomeration.
FTR and Stokely then make their way down to the ring for the main event of the pre-show and Motor City Machine Guns follow.
Tag Team Match (Match 1 In A Best Of 5 Series): FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax “The Axe” Harwood) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
The match starts off with Cash Wheeler and Alex Shelley and Dax Harwood tags in. Chris Sabin then tags in on his side and locks up with Harwood, but Wheeler tags in and locks up with Sabin. Harwood then tags back in and hits a right hand on Sabin’s midsection. He then hits a strike on him and tags back out to Wheeler. Wheeler and Harwood then deliver right hands on Sabin in the corner and Wheeler hits a stomp on Sabin. Harwood then tags in and double teams on Sabin with Wheeler before Shelley tags in and hits a crossbody to Wheeler and Harwood off the top rope.
Wheeler then tags in, but the referee misses it and forces Harwood to get back in the ring. Wheeler then officially tags in and hits a swinging neckbreaker to Shelley. He then goes for a pin, but Shelley kicks out. Sabin then tags in and catches a back body drop on Harwood. He then nails Wheeler with a chop inside the ring and delivers some right hands on him in the corner of the ring as the AEW WrestleDream Saturday Tailgate Brawl Pre-Show comes to a close.
AEW WrestleDream Results (10/17/2026): Live Match Updates and Highlights
AEW WrestleDream opens up with Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight welcoming us as we continue with the Tag Team Match between FTR vs. Motor City Machine Guns.
Tag Team Match (Match 1 In A Best Of 5 Series): FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax “The Axe” Harwood) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
The match continues with Shelley sending Harwood out of the ring and hitting an atomic drop to Wheeler. He then double teams on Wheeler with Sabin, but Wheeler sends Shelley crashing into the ring apron spine first and tags out to Harwood. Wheeler then clotheslines Shelley into the ring from the ring apron as Shelley rolls up Harwood. Harwood then has time to kick out after the referee becomes distracted by Wheeler, but Wheeler then tags in and wears down Shelley with a submission hold. Shelley then uses the top rope to send Harwood crashing into it and sends Wheeler crashing into the announce desk when Wheeler flies off the ring apron.
Wheeler then tags in and assists Harwood in sending Shelley crashing into the mat face first. Wheeler then fights off Shelley, but Shelley delivers some right hands and back elbows on Harwood and Wheeler. Shelley then sends Harwood crashing into the mat with a back body drop, but Sabin tags in and flies off the ring apron to nail Harwood with a cannonball off it. Stokely then captures Sabin’s attention, opening the door for Harwood to hold Sabin in place for Stokely to hit him. Stokely then accidentally hits Harwood, allowing Sabin to hit a Tornado DDT to Harwood inside the ring and pin him but Harwood kicks out. Wheeler then keeps Sabin from leaving the top rope and Harwood tries to take advantage only to be rolled up by Sabin for a near fall.
He then gets sent into the ropes, where Wheeler hits him with an uppercut. Harwood then goes for a cover, but Sabin manages to kick out. Sabin then manages to turn it round for a near fall of his own before tagging in Shelley and all four men end up going at it as FTR go for Power and Glory, but to no avail. Wheeler is then sent to the outside and Shelley hits a frog splash off the top on Harwood for a close two count. All four men are now back in the ring as FTR try take out Motor City Machine Guns, only to be sent into each other by Motor City Machine Guns. Sabin and Shelley then hit a neckbreaker and splash combination for the cover, only for Wheeler to get Harwood’s boot on the bottom rope to force a break.
Fans not thrilled about this as we get back into it and FTR set up Sabin for a stuffed piledriver. Cover by Harwood and Sabin narrowly kicks out at two. Chaos then ensues as Wheeler comes back in with a tag for a Shatter Machine, but Shelley sends out Harwood before hitting Wheeler with a double team suplex for the win.
The winners of the Tag Team Match, Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)!
After the match, Motor City Machine Guns celebrate their win.
We then get the opening video highlighting the major builds heading into tonight’s PPV, including the Clockwork Carnage Match for the AEW World Championship.
Commentary then welcomes us back to the show once again and we get a video package for the first of seven title matches taking place tonight, with Mercedes Moné defending the Women’s World Championship against Thekla.
Thekla then makes her way down to the ring for the next match of the PPV and Mercedes Moné follows.
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: “The CEO” Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Triangle of Madness’ “The Toxic Spider” Thekla
The match starts off with both women locking up before Mercedes Moné sends Thekla to the corner. She then backs off and Thekla sends Moné face first to the opposite turnbuckle, only for Moné to go for a Statement Maker early on. Thekla then struggles to get to the ropes, but has to break free instead before getting in a spider pose. Moné then tries to stomp her, but Thekla backs off and when she is sent to the ropes Thekla blows her a kiss from there. Moné then charges at Thekla but Thekla dodges, forcing Moné to land on the floor instead. Thekla then takes advantage of this, sending Moné against the guardrail repeatedly before bringing Moné back into the ring.
Thekla then hits a diving cross body for a two count. Thekla then backs off for a spider walk, but Moné catches her for some knees into a lungblower that gets a near fall of her own. Moné then hits Thekla with a Meteora, but that only gets her a two count. Moné then slaps Thekla in the face before hitting her with a suplex and she gets another near fall. Moné then turns things around as she grabs Thekla’s arms. Moné then hits a curb stomp of sorts before setting up for a flying surfboard. Thekla then tries to break free but ends up being sent to the canvas by Moné, who picks up another near fall as a result.
Moné then sends Thekla to the corner before mocking Thekla with her own pose, but she ends up charging into the boot of Thekla instead. Thekla then applies a Tarantula to wear Moné down before the referee calls for a break before the five count. Thekla then nearly gets caught with another lungblower, but sends Moné to the ropes instead. She then hits some shots on Moné before Moné fights back, setting Thekla up against the corner as she goes for a Meteora which sends her crashing into the ring post when Thekla dodges her at the very last second. Thekla then sends Moné to the floor, mocking Moné before bringing her back into the ring. She then gets a two count before Moné turns things around from the corner.
Both women then fight it out on the turnbuckles before Thekla drops down, allowing her some leverage on a spider suplex sending Moné to the mat. She then hits a double stomp on the back of Moné for added damage and she backs up to the corner in a spider walk. Moné is then back up, but not for long as Thekla hits her with a spear for two. Moné then finds a way to fight back from this, setting Thekla up for a Meteora for a near fall of her own. They then fight it out for position before Thekla catches Moné in a modified headscissors dubbed by commentary as the Spider’s Hook. Moné then struggles, but manages to get her feet on the ropes to force a break. Thekla then responds with a stomp and a cover, but Moné manages to get a boot back on the rope to break the pin.
Thekla then starts to pull Moné away from the ropes, but is called off by the referee as we see Moné take off her protective mask off which she then uses to nail Thekla at the ropes. She. then goes for the Moné Maker but Thekla breaks free, rolling Moné up for a near fall. She then goes back after Moné, but Moné cinches in the Moné Maker for the win.
The winner and still the AEW Women’s World Champion, “The CEO” Mercedes Moné!
After the match, Mercedes Moné celebrates her win as Thekla rolls out of the ring, trying to recover from what just went down.
We then get a video package focused on the rubber match between Jericho and Nick Wayne.
We then head back to ringside, where Arkady Aura lets us know that per Nick Wayne we are to stand and cheer for him. Nick Wayne then makes his way down to the ring for the next match of the PPV and Jericho follows.
Singles Match: Jericho vs. Nick Wayne
The match starts off with Jericho playing to the crowd, which does exactly what he wants it to do when they chant “Y2J” at him. Nick Wayne then mocks Jericho as they circle the mat before spitting in the face of Jericho. Jericho then responds in kind before hitting a right hand. Wayne then rolls out of the ring but gets caught with a dive by Jericho, who grabs Wayne by the hair before sending him into the guardrail. He then does it again before relaxing while giving some beads to fans and Paul Wight at commentary. Jericho then pulls the steps away from the ring, only for Wayne to get some shots in on Jericho. Wayne then looks to leap off the steps onto Jericho, who hits him with a fireman carry slam onto the steps instead.
Jericho then grabs a camera from ringside and he takes a picture before sending Wayne back into the ring. Jericho then sends Wayne to the corner for some more shots before taking him across the ring. Jericho then hits a few mounted punches before Wayne shoves him off to the outside, colliding with a camera op and the floor. Wayne then hits a moonsault on Jericho before landing on his feet and he backs up the ramp. Wayne then returns to ringside, sending Jericho into the ring steps with a thud before posing with some fans in the front row. Wayne then brings Jericho back into the ring for some kicks, trying not to let the fans get in his head as he sends Jericho to the ropes.
Jericho then hits a kick to fight back, but gets sent to the mat by Wayne. Wayne then backs up to the corner, but this lets Jericho take him to the canvas with a drop toe hold. Both men are now back up and trading shots until Wayne hits the ropes for a cutter. He then goes to the corner for Wayne’s World, but gets caught by a Codebreaker from Jericho who gets a two count. Both men then start fighting as they work on getting back to their feet. Wayne then hits a stunner on Jericho, but he gets sent to the mat with a facebuster by Jericho who gets intercepted on a Lionsault attempt. Wayne then heads back up but Jericho evades him, forcing Wayne to roll to the outside where Jericho hits him with a dive from the top turnbuckle.
Jericho then brings Wayne back to the ring, but Wayne stops him at the turnbuckle before hitting some shots on his head. Wayne then mocks the crowd going for a hurricanrana, only to be dropped with a powerbomb by Jericho. Walls of Jericho is then locked in and Wayne is struggling to get free as he crawls toward the ropes and finally makes it there for a break. Wayne then grabs a drink of water by the looks of it on the outside and throws some at Jericho in the eye with some of it before sending him off the apron to the floor. Wayne then sends Jericho back in the ring for a 450 splash off the turnbuckle, but Jericho kicks out at two.
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