All Elite Wrestling returns to pay-per-view tonight (Sept. 26) with All Out 2026. The show comes our way from NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
The event begins at 7 pm ET with both the Tailgate Brawl special on TNT and the Buy In pre-show on YouTube. That leads right into the PPV main card at 8 pm ET. Fans in the USA can purchase it from PPV.com, HBO Max, Amazon, DAZN, and YouTube, or their cable or satellite provider. The show is also available on MyAEW for fans in Canada, the UK, and international
markets.
Tony Khan had the best possible response to WWE’s latest attack on AEW
Two things AEW President Tony Khan has been great at this month are kissing corporate ass and dealing with WWE’s latest attempt to hurt his business.
As far as the latter situation is concerned, WWE decided to book its Worlds Collide event tonight in Chicago with hometown hero CM Punk on the card. It’s no coincidence that AEW’s All Out pay-pay-per view takes place at the same time in the same location.
Khan responded to WWE’s ongoing counter programming strategy by quickly announcing two must-see attractions at All Out. First up is AEW’s version of WWE’s TLC gimmick, where Adam Copeland & Christian Cage are defending the AEW world tag team championship in a 3-way Ladder match against FTR and the Young Bucks. The main event then features AEW World Champion Will Ospreay vs. AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley.
Tickets for All Out sold out fast after these matches became official. As far as the PPV buy rate goes, WWE isn’t even broadcasting Worlds Collide live, so All Out shouldn’t be affected. Overall, it appears that WWE’s attack on AEW this month won’t make much of a dent.
While it looks like Khan rushed to book Ospreay vs. Moxley as a response to Worlds Collide being in Chicago, the story being told does provide a logical reason for the match to happen. Moxley is the only guy in AEW who has been able to pin Ospreay this year. He’s also been the face of the company is since its inception in 2019. By taking on Mox tonight, Will can finally beat the one guy who has his number (and broke his neck last year), and he can also take his spot as the face of the company in the process.
Meanwhile, the Cope & Cage vs. FTR vs. Bucks ladder match (which is definitely going to include Tables and Chairs) is calling back to Edge and Christian’s classic TLC matches in WWF with the Hardys and the Dudleyz. AEW’s tag team roster is absolutely loaded right now with not only these three all-time great teams, but also with New Level and Motor City Machine Guns presumably coming for the tag titles soon. When the roster runs this deep, why not book an incredible 3-way ladder match that has potential to be the best team bout of the year?
The bottom line is that Tony Khan didn’t take his foot off the gas following AEW’s biggest event of the year, and the result is two world championship matches at All Out that simply can’t be missed.
The rest of the card
These remaining nine matches and segments are also currently advertised for tonight at All Out:
Swerve Strickland & New Level (c) vs. Hangman Page & Brodido for the AEW world trios titles
Swerve and Hangman are fighting each other on PPV again, this time over the AEW trios championship. Hangman thinks it’s just a matter of time until Swerve shows his true colors and turns on New Level, while Swerve says Hangman’s history of abandoning or being abandoned by his allies is no better. The idea is that at least one of these trios might not have much time left before they fall apart.
Persephone (c) vs. MYSTERY OPPONENT for the TBS championship
There’s a lot of intrigue over the identity of Persephone’s mystery opponent in this Open Challenge. A lot of fans hope it turns out to be former WWE star Kairi Sane, but that doesn’t sound likely. Dani Luna and Mara Sade are two other possibilities being talked about, though the field is pretty wide open for a surprise.
Brawling Birds (c) vs. Divine Dominion in a Chicago Street Fight for the AEW women’s world tag team titles
Megan Bayne and Lena Kross can’t believe they lost the titles to Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor last month at All In, so they’ve been beating the shit out of them ever since. The only way to shut them up and bring this feud to an end is with a violent Street Fight in the suburbs of Chicago.
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the AEW International championship
The Psycho Killer wants to win another championship in AEW, so he called out Okada for this fight. Actually, he called out The Rainmaker. I guess we’ll see which version of Okada shows up in Chicago.
Andrade El Idolo (c) vs. PAC for the AEW National championship
Andrade is hot and needs a win on PPV, so Tony Khan is feeding PAC to him. That’s what this looks like to me, anyway, even though it will surely be a fantastic match if it gets enough time to shine.
Steven Borden & Darby Allin vs. Kevin Knight & Kyle Fletcher
This may be the toughest match on the card to confidently predict a winner. The winning duo becomes the number one contender for the AEW world tag team titles. Knight and Fletcher got here by beating the Young Bucks in a tables match, while Darby’s team got here by pinning FTR. Steven Borden is very good looking, jumps high, and is Sting’s son, so that may give him all the advantages he needs to secure his first PPV win and a future title shot. Given the egos involved, there’s potential for a blowup in the Callis Family if Fletcher and Knight lose this match and blame each other for it.
Thekla vs. Willow Nightingale
AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Mone isn’t cleared to wrestle due to a broken nose, so the two former champions will instead do battle to see who challenges The CEO next month at WrestleDream. Thekla’s promos are hilarious and Willow has a broken hand, so it seems pretty clear who is winning this one.
Jack Perry vs. Katsuyori Shibata [Tailgate pre-show]
Perry thinks he will become a better wrestler if Samoa Joe kills him. Before Joe returns to AEW to make that happen, Perry gets to run through his Opps’ stablemate on a PPV pre-show.
Bang Bang Gang vs. The Dogs & Death Riders in a Tornado Tailgate Brawl [Tailgate pre-show]
The name “Tailgate Brawl” only make sense for the pre-show if eight or more wrestlers are all in the ring at the same time smashing each other’s bodies with various weapons and plunder. In this case it’s Jay White, Ace Austin, and The Gunns taking on Wheeler Yuta, David Finlay, Clark Connors, and that loser Daniel Garcia.
What will you be looking for at All Out? Who is Persephone’s mystery opponent?
