AEW All In 2026 predictions, match card analysis: Why it’s Will Ospreay’s time
A dream match, an electric debut and the passing of the torch to culminate a decade-long story between two of the best wrestlers of this era.
That is exactly what could be among the things on tap at AEW All In from Wembley Stadium on Sunday (1 p.m. Eastern, HBO Max/Prime Video).
The biggest show of the year for AEW has quite the mix of matches, ones where winners feel inevitable, as Will Ospreay looks to complete his journey to the top of the company in his home country, and others that could go either way and not feel wrong. Willow Nightingale will look to keep the AEW Women’s World championship away from Mercedes Mone and the Young Bucks could end the tag team championship run of Adam Copeland and Christian Cage. All of that, plus the anticipation of the arrival of the New Day to AEW.
With a show that’s usually full of surprises, The Post’s Joseph Staszewski breaks down how he sees it all going down in London on Sunday.
“Hangman” Adam Page, Bandido, Brody King vs. The Dogs, The Conglomeration, Bang Bang Gang, The Demand, The Death Riders and a wild card team in Trios Roulette Royale for the Trio championship
Page basically made an open challenge to any trios team in AEW to meet them at Wembley Stadium and it should lead to a new day in the company after this match, which will start on the pre-show. Not because there will be new trios champions but because former WWE stars Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods are expected to make their debut for this match, much like the Hardys returned at WrestleMania 33. Swerve Strickland had been teasing finding a team of his own for weeks to try to take the titles from his longtime rival Page and Brodido. Having them will give the former New Day members the biggest moment possible.
Pick: Swerve Strickland and his mystery partners
Jon Moxley vs. Nigel McGuinness, Continental Challenge Cup Final
The only time these two have clashed was twice in the Heartland Wrestling Association in 2005 and ’06. AEW can’t have every English star win at All In, can they? With McGuinness being more valuable on commentary than full-time wrestler, this is where you take the audience on the ride of him coming oh-so -close against the Continental champion in an absolute war.
Pick: Jon Moxley
Casino Gauntlet for a Future AEW World Championship match
We know MJF, Andrade, Tommaso Ciampa, Mark Davis and Chris Jericho are in. The story around this match has centered on Andrade and MJF — the first and second entrants, respectively — as they are vying for the AEW World championship match at a time of their choosing. MJF, who returned to attack Andrade to get his Dynamite Diamond ring back, has yet to get his rematch after losing to Omega, nor have he and Andrade had a single match.
I still lean toward MJF having to win because you have him face Ospreay for a huge main event at All Out going against WWE’s Worlds Collide the same day in Chicago. The winner is the first person to score a pinfall or submission so Andrade doesn’t have to take the fall and can feud with MJF after All Out to keep both men busy.
Pick: MJF
Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne) (c) vs. Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter), AEW Women’s World Tag Team championships
Both teams come in undefeated since forming and have never faced each other. The Divine Dominion have been absolutely dominant since beating Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale for the titles in March. But this is the perfect spot to put over the two English stars in Hayter and Windsor on home turf. The two have shown fantastic chemistry in and out of the ring and will be a refreshing change for the top of the division.
Pick: Brawling Birds
Kevin Knight (c) vs. Darby Allin, Falls Count Anywhere for the TNT Championship
Until Knight is ready to break away from the Don Callis family or move into the main event scene, AEW needs to keep building him. Yes, you can make the case for Allin getting his revenge for Knight’s attack at Double or Nothing and Knight burning him with pyro, but he doesn’t need this win. Defeating Allin in this violent of a match would be a huge notch on Knight’s belt and if he leaves him broken and out of action in storyline, the baton is there for Sting’s son Steven Borden to pick up the baton against Knight.
Pick: Kevin Knight
Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada, International Championship
There has been tension building between Okada and Fletcher even before the latter beat Takeshita for the International championship on Dynamite in August. Okada has been steadfast that the title he once held staying in the Don Callis family is the most important thing. He made sure to say in a recent promo that he would be happy if Fletcher won, and he’s expecting the champ to be the same if he is victorious and even raise his hand afterward.
There are a lot of ways to go here, but I actually think you have Fletcher retain and make Okada look like a hypocrite by not raising his hand. Okada can later cost Fletcher the championship so Takeshita can get his revenge for the champ attacking him at Double or Nothing and taking the belt off him. Then Okada and Fletcher can feud after one of them is kicked out of the family. This one can be an absolute show-stealer.
Pick: Kyle Fletcher
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage (c) vs. The Young Bucks, World Tag Team championships
This is an absolute, first-time dream match between two of the greatest tag teams ever from different generations. There isn’t a wrong answer here depending on what AEW has lined up next, but it’s probably not time to pull the belts off Copeland and Cage just yet after having them win them in May at Double or Nothing, There is just not a lot for them to do as singles wrestlers that’s more compelling than teaming up — so ride it for as long as you can.
You can certainly protect the Young Bucks with some outside interference, whether it is by a debuting New Day, the Hurt Syndicate or a returning FTR. But the depth AEW has in the tag division with the recent addition of the Motor City Machine Guns deserves the titles changing hands in some sort of wild multi-team match down the line.
Pick: Adam Copeland and Christian Cage
Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Mercedes Moné, Women’s World championship
Nightingale, who is dealing with a legitimate broken hand, has only had the championship for a month and only defended it once, so what better way to raise the heat on Moné than having her quickly take it from the babyface star on the biggest show of the year? Nightingale winning is counterproductive and leaves Moné with few places to go unless she gets an immediate rematch at All Out — which she would have to win.
The grouping of the Divine Dominion and Moné would certainly take a hit if they can’t help deliver the title to her. And even if the Brawling Birds can help fend them off, we have not seen or heard from Thekla since she lost the AEW Women’s championship to Nightingale, so the door is open for her and the rest of the Triangle of Madness to interfere to help Moné win.
That would set up three factions going against one another and a potential triple-threat match for the AEW Women’s championship at All Out. It’s also Moné’s turn to win after her and Nightingale have split the first four single meetings. I’m sure AEW president Tony Khan would love to get up a seven-match series over time. If “Timeless” Toni Storm were to return, this would be the spot to do it, too.
Pick: Mercedes Moné
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay. AEW World championship
It’s been three-plus years since Will Ospreay joined AEW and it feels like every minute since then has been building toward this moment. It was not a straight line to get here, as Ospreay is coming back from double-fusion neck surgery and Omega has recovered from diverticulitis.
Ospreay was training and learning with the heel Death Riders, who injured him so he could have the surgery, until he rebelled when Moxley asked the Aerial Assassin to take Omega out the same way they did him, with his head between a chair and Bryan Danielson with a Ziplock bag.
It ended up backfiring a bit as Omega saw Ospreay considering it and it woke up the vintage, darker heel side of the “Best Bout Machine.” He has gone from the angel on Ospreay’s shoulder to the heel in this story — willing to do whatever it takes to hold on to the title he wasn’t sure he’d be able to win again.
It puts Ospreay in a perfect spot to win the AEW World championship for the first time and in his home country. He will finally take his spot at the top of the company as a huge babyface and have the torch passed by Omega after trying to get to his level over the past 10 years.
Pick: Will Ospreay