Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality✓ Free Actions
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
Me, not giving a shit about actual sports: Oh no, Ciampa is wearing the jersey of Montreal's hated rivals, the uh...B...oston? The Boston Bushwhackers....?
I can't quite hear the death metal in Jericho's entrance so I am pretending it is the song from the beginning of the Aqua Teen movie about how if you talk during the movie he will cut your lips and tongues from your head with a LEE-NO-LEE-UM KNIIIIIIIIFE
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality✓ Free Actions
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
Really thought Maya would lose here so she could finally Win The Big One against Athena for the ROH title. Perfectly happy to be wrong but now I'm curious where they're going with Athena. Unless they wanna do a double title match or something...
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality✓ Free Actions
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
I'm pretty sure he can, but he had a match in Tokyo about 15 hours ago, so it'd be a helluva trick to fly all the way to Montreal in time to run in here.
Just occurred to me that Buddy Murphy teased doing something at Redemption, and if he interfered in the Fletcher/Bandido match it would bypass the Don Callis Family ban because he's not in the group (yet) and then that would set up intrigue about whether Brody King is more loyal to Bandido or Buddy.
Call me old school but if your ladder match spot doesn't work without two referees visibly crouching behind the ladder to hold it steady for you, it probably doesn't make much sense.
Omega defeated MJF on July 8 to win the AEW men's world title. Knight had been angling to challenge MJF for the belt for months, so now he's simply changed targets. Knight is already the AEW TNT champion, but that title isn't at stake here. Whoever wins this match will almost certainly be the world champion when Will Ospreay receives his title shot on August 30, at Wembley Stadium.
In hindsight, it's very clear AEW spent the first half of 2026 building to an MJF vs. Omega title match on this show. Kenny called out the champ at the start of the year, got eliminated from title contention in February, earned a title shot in March, lost to Max in April, and spent the next two months talking about getting another shot at "redemption." Then the big "redemption" match happened eighteen days before the Redemption pay-per-view. So yeah, it's unavoidable that this main event feels like filler.
This has led to a lot of criticism of the entire show, and I feel like a lot of it unfairly treats Kevin Knight as the weak link. It's reasonable to assume MJF needed to rush the title change to get off TV and recover from an injury. It's therefore plausible that this storyline had to be thrown together in less than three weeks. So I can't fault people for saying it feels like a throwaway show, or one of the old WWF In Your House PPVs. But if you think Knight is a bad choice to swap in for Max, or that he's the reason this show feels mid, you're sorely underestimating him.
Granted, I don't think anyone seriously believes Knight can win the world title. And a lot of fans these days don't understand how to get excited for a title match if they don't believe there could be a new champion. The July 8 match was bigger, and it should have headlined this show. C'est la vie. What matters now is that the wrestlers both know they have to prove this match is worth your fifty bucks. If anyone can do that, it's Kenny Omega. And if anyone can innovate on the best Kenny Omega matches, it's gonna be Kevin Knight.
Thekla vs. Willow Nightingale
Thekla is defending the AEW women's world title. Nightingale was forced to withdraw from this year's Owen Hart tournament due to a shoulder injury, but she managed to return in time for a July 8 gauntlet match to earn this title shot. Her spot in the Owen went to Mercedes Mone, who won the whole thing and earned a title shot on August 30, presumably against the winner of this match.
I forget when exactly I realized the sunny happy Willow would be an awesome opponent for the toxic, hate-filled Thekla, but at the time they seemed far away from one another. That may have been on purpose; at one point AEW planned for Willow to win the Owen, and I'm assuming the idea was for this match to be at Wembley. At the same time, there's clearly interest in a rubber match between Nightingale and Mone. (I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the original original plans for All In were Thekla vs. Toni Storm for the world belt and Willow vs. Mercedes for the TBS belt.) So it almost seems like a formality for Willow to win the big one here and go on to her bigger rivalry. Except they've done a good job building up Thekla vs. Mone as well, which is a nice touch. I can't tell which match they actually want to do next month.
Thekla's sidekicks, Julia Hart and Skye Blue, are bound to get involved, unless maybe they get a match in the undercard. (I had thought it'd be an interesting wrinkle if Julia was off in Japan for the 5 Star Grand Prix, but they left room in the schedule for her to be on this show.) I guess Maya World and Hyan can provide backup. One way or another, though, I think this is Willow's moment. Besides, Thekla pretty much has to drop the AEW title before she can receive comeuppance from half the STARDOM locker room.
Kyle Fletcher vs. Bandido
Fletcher is defending the AEW international title. Bandido is the ROH men's world champion, but his title isn't at stake. Apparently it's less important to be the ROH champion of the world than the AEW champion of the, uh, inter-nation. Kyle is at the heart of a lot of drama within the Don Callis Family, so he has declared that the rest of the faction will be banned from ringside, to prove he can defend the title on his own.
Bandido was one of my favorite guys to watch in 2025. Aside from killer matches, it felt like he had a direction, whether it was carrying the ROH men's division or disrupting the AEW tag scene with Brody King. In 2026, though, he's been an afterthought. The matches are still great but he's not beating anybody that matters anymore. Winning the international title could turn that around, although that seems ass-backwards when he already has what is notionally a major championship.
Fletcher has been having a better year, because even when he's losing you have a good idea where he's headed, what with the drama between him and Konosuke Takeshita, Kazuchika Okada, and Kevin Knight. If he wins this match he's in good shape with clear directions; if he loses this match he'll have plenty of routes back into contention for other titles. So I'd be fine with Fletcher winning, but for Bandido's sake I really have to root for a title change.
Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. PAC & Claudio Castagnoli
Cope and Cage are the defending AEW men's tag team champions. They had been feuding with David Finlay and Clark Connors, who are chummy with the Death Riders, so somewhere along the way they pivoted to feuding with the Death Riders. I don't know if there's a reason they singled out these two Death Riders, but it probably doesn't matter much.
I wasn't feeling this one until they did a backstage attack last week. Standard Death Riders stuff, good guys are dead, bad guys giving a supervillain monologue. But Cope never met a situation where he won't make it weird with improv, and he struggled to reach up and grab Pac, so Pac had to think on the fly and fight back a bit, which changed things up enough to get me interested. So I dunno, maybe this will be interesting. But I doubt it'll matter in the long run. The destination is clearly Cope & Cage vs. the Young Bucks for the tag title at All In, so the champs have to retain.
Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
I would swear I've watched every AEW show for the past couple of months and I somehow totally missed how this match came together. A year ago Ospreay and Swerve Strickland formed a random tag team to fight the Young Bucks (Matt and Nick) because they were too chummy with the Death Riders. Now the Bucks are babyfaces, and I guess they don't approve of Ospreay getting chummy with the Death Riders.
By now Ospreay is so deep into his "strange bedfellows" association with the Death Riders that he is mildly offended the other good guys aren't nice to Moxley. Normally I'd consider this a plot hole, because it only makes sense if the main character is a complete idiot. But since it's Will Ospreay, it is perfectly in character that he is too dense to figure out that the guy who broke his neck last year is not really his friend. Anyway, the drama is about when he's going to wise up, and that can't happen until at least August 30, so this match is about making you believe he may never wise up.
The finish should be interesting. Ospreay should be protected heading into his world title match next month. The Bucks have been protected for months ahead of their showdown with Copeland and Cage. Mox has been heavily protected for years, whether he's heading into a major program or not. AEW rarely resorts to a count-out or disqualification to get out of these situations, so I'm genuinely unsure how this one turns out. I guess I'll pick Ospreay and Moxley to win.
Hikaru Shida vs. Maya World
Shida is defending the AEW TBS title. World is coming off of a career-defining run in the Owen Hart tournament, but she didn't win the tournament, and AEW hasn't done much (so far) to present her as recovering from that loss. There's a lot of goodwill for Maya right now, so this is one of those matches where people insist the challenger is white-hot and they need to call an audible and do the title change. My preference, though, would be to play the long game and build Maya up to headlining the ROH pay-per-view on August 21. In light of that, I think Shida should retain.
Mark Davis vs. Andrade El Idolo
This is for Davis's AEW national title. Andrade turned on the Don Callis Family last month, so he's doing the bit where he's running through everybody in the faction, and Davis is the first one to give him any real trouble.
Now, I like Davis, and I think giving him the national belt was a pretty substantial push for him. But realistically, he's still little more than a lower midcard guy, and the national title has ended up feeling like an award for the best lower midcard guy. Andrade is so over nowadays that it's almost beneath him to feud with Davis and chase this championship. So we pretty much have to do a title change here. Hopefully Davis can revive his tag team with Jake Doyle and sustain his momentum in the tag division.
Jay White & Juice Robinson vs. David Finlay & Clark Connors
This is billed as a "double chain match," so I think that means each man will be chained at the wrist to one of his opponents. All I'm sure of is that Robinson really wants to beat Finlay and Connors with a chain.
The Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs have been feuding for months. Problem is, there are only three The Dogs, and between injuries and visa issues Gabe Kidd has been away for months. So making Finlay and Connors look like a real threat to a five-man group has been...challenging, let's say. Nevertheless, I was there for all the backstory between White, Robinson, and Finlay back in New Japan, so I am 100% on board for this feud. If Clark brings out Wheel-san I will be on board a million percent. That is better than a hunnert percent.
White just returned after a long absence so I think he really needs to win here, unless they've got some idea for an angle to add more Dogs to The Dogs.
Chris Jericho vs. Tommaso Ciampa
These two started feuding almost immediately after Jericho won the blowoff match in his feud with Ricochet two months ago. I thought they'd just do one match to settle it, but Ciampa won on July 8 and proceeded to menace Jericho with a power drill, so that didn't settle anything. This match is billed as "no holds barred," which is a silly way of saying "power drills are legal" but that's essentially what it means.
Jericho is making a big deal about doing this match as "THE PAINMAKER," which is basically just the uncontrollable brawler gimmick he used in New Japan. This has never meant anything to AEW fans, because they have correctly perceived that THE PAINMAKER is just Chris Jericho wearing a hat. I hope Ciampa has something fresh for this match because Jericho is stale as hell. I don't really care who wins, but I guess it'll be Jericho.
Mike Bailey vs. Jack Perry vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Komander vs. El Clon vs. Nick Wayne
This is a six-way ladder match to determine the next #1 contender for the AEW international title. I assume a contract or something will be hung above the ring, and the first man to pull it down wins. The whole thing feels kind of thrown together, especially since Tony Khan announced it by way of saying Mistico isn't cleared for the show. Was Mistico originally supposed to be in this? I don't know.
Mortos, Komander, and Clon have all spent months on the sidelines due to visa issues. Komander and Clone just recently got back into AEW action, so I guess their problems got worked out. It's tempting to assume Mortos is back too, except working in Canada doesn't mean he'll be allowed back into the US anytime soon. Wayne and Perry have been around but not doing a whole lot lately. Bailey doesn't have anything going on right now either, but since he's from the Montreal area he really ought to just win this thing. I'm not confident he will win, but he should.
Orange Cassidy & Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong vs. Jay Lethal & Blake Christian & Lee Johnson
This is the only match announced for the pre-show. Orange's team is defending the AEW trios title. Lethal's trio, the Lethal Twist, and Ricochet's trio, the Demand, seem to be joining forces against the champs. I'm not sure what the Demand expect to get out of this match-up, but maybe they'll challenge the good guys if the Lethal Twist doesn't win here. I'd be fine with a trios title change soon, except I don't see much else for Orange, Kyle, and Roddy to do right now. Plus they've made such a big deal out of all the Conglomeration guys carrying their title belts in backpacks, so it'd be a shame if three of those backpacks got emptied right away. I guess the champs should retain.
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
✓ Live Streaming✓ Interactive Chat✓ Private Shows✓ HD Quality✓ Free Actions
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
THIS WAS 1/2023, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT FOR OKADA TO DEBUT IN AEW AND REPLACE KENNY (ok we can blame the young bucks for this) AND THEN TRY AND KILL HIM AND THEN JOIN (sorta) THE DON CALLIS FAMILY JUST SO HE CAN BEAT KENNY
I understand the jealousy/competitive spirit/etc but his attitude changed so much from their nooj matches and I'm a big newbie... can anyone give me a rundown (or point me toward any compilations/write ups) of what okada's career looked like before he signed w/ aew?
I can give a brief summary of Okada's career, but I don't think it's going to give you the answers you're looking for.
Okada came up through the New Japan Dojo and went on a learning excursion, just like any of the "young boys" in developmental. When he returned in 2012, he quickly joined Shinsuke Nakamura's heel faction, CHAOS, styling himself as the "Rainmaker," with Gedo as his hype man. Right away, Okada brazenly challenged the top babyface, Hiroshi Tanahashi, for the IWGP heavyweight title. Tana was at his peak as the tippy-toppy guy, and Kazu had literally just showed up, so it was a shocking upset when Okada beat him for the title.
Over the next decade, everybody in Chaos softened as heels, becoming a mix of cool heels, tweeners, rude babyfaces, and eventually straightforward good guys. By the time Okada and Tanahashi had their big handshake in 2018, it was largely a formality--Okada had been a de facto babyface for years, because the fans loved his work and he was frequently feuding with heel factions.
That being said, Okada has always been a condescending prick, who passive-aggressively thinks he's better than everybody else. The fans don't always notice that, because he is better than everybody else. But even when Okada was expressly the good guy in a feud, he'd act like his opponent was "light work" and undeserving of his full attention. He's too proud to admit when other wrestlers truly push him to his limit, and he uses that to irritate them and get their head out of the game. Even in the clip above, I feel like he's understating the importance of teaming with Kenny Omega, trying to fool you into thinking it's not that big of a deal to someone as magnificent as him.
As such, Okada's most meaningful relationships in kayfabe are with his greatest rivals, because they're the only ones who can get any respect out of him. So we all feel a special bond between him and Omega, or Tanahashi, but all Okada wants us to see is a blue-chip athlete who will beat those guys like it's easy. The Okada we get in AEW is consistent with that--he's just taking a lot more cheap shots, perhaps because he's more insecure about protecting his aura.
I'm afraid none of this adequately explains how Okada went from being a good guy in New Japan to hitting Omega right in the diverticulitis and aligning with Don Callis. Sometimes you get a heel turn where you see it coming, and the tragedy is that everybody understands why it happened, but nobody could do anything to prevent it. But a lot of the time, the most effective heel turn is the one that defies explanation, because the newly-turned heel can't justify their actions, because that makes them seem even more hypocritical and despicable. And the Don Callis Family specializes in that kind of heel.
theartofmadeline
andulkaphoto
origamiaround
blakekathryn
germansingergirl
gummygunk
