AEW Worlds End 2025 Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of AEW Worlds End 2025.

This is the final pay-per-view of the year for AEW, so the company is looking to go out with a bang.

This show included the semifinals and finals of the Continental Classic, which means whoever won their semifinal bout had to pull double duty on Saturday.

We also saw title bouts for the men's and women's tag titles and world titles. Surprisingly, there were no other championships on the line.

Let's take a look at everything that happened at this year's Worlds End PPV.

Worlds End Card

Here's a look at the rundown from this year's show:

• Hyan and Maya World vs. Julia Hart and Skye Blue
• Eddie Kingston vs. Zack Gibson
• Death Riders vs. Toni Storm and The Conglomeration
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita (CC Semifinals)
• Kyle Fletcher vs. Jon Moxley (CC Semifinals)
• Okada or Takeshita vs. Fletcher or Moxley (CC Finals)
• Darby Allin vs. Gabe Kidd
• FTR vs. Bang Bang Gang (Men's Tag Titles)
• Babes of Wrath vs. Athena and Mercedes Mone (Women's Tag Titles)
• Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter (Women's World Title)
• Samoa Joe vs. MJF vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Adam Page (Men's World Title)

Zero Hour

The Sisters of Sin vs. Hyan and Maya World

Hyan and Maya are not signed to AEW contracts as of this show, so it made the outcome a little more obvious than usual. Hart and Blue put on a solid match with them to get the action started on the pre-show. Blue scored the win for her team.

Result: Sisters of Sin defeated Hyan and Maya World

Grade: B-

Eddie Kingston vs. Zack Gibson

GYV's Gibson took on Kingston in the next match, but James Drake was by Gibson's side. As usual, The Mad King marched right to the ring and started swinging. If you know these two men, then you knew this would be a hard-hitting fight.

They didn't have a ton of time, but they made the most of every minute. Kingston won with a DDT, but he was attacked by both members of GYV after the match. Ortiz ended up making the save.

Result: Kingston defeated Gibson

Grade: B

Mascara Dorada and Bandido vs. Mark Davis and Rocky Romero

Mark Davis and Rocky Romero teamed up to take on Bandido and Mascara Dorada in tag team action. This was a fun match with some really creative spots from both teams.

Davis and Romero did a good job not letting themselves be overshadowed by the luchadors, but the masked men ended up with the victory.

Result: Dorada and Bandido defeated Davis and Romero

Grade: B-plus

Josh Alexander and The Demand vs. JetSpeed and Jurassic Express

The final match on the Zero Hour pre-show was an eight-man tag match with Alexander, Ricochet, Kaun and Toa Liona facing Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey, Luchasaurus and Jack Perry.

The heels attacked Jurassic Express during their entrance to get an unfair advantage. They took Luchasaurus to the back and Perry spent a long time recovering while JetSpeed fought four men by themselves.

This was a decent bout given the time constraints and the number of people involved. Once Perry and Luchasaurus recovered, they were able to get the win for their team.

Result: JetSpeed and Jurassic Express defeated Alexander and The Demand

Grade: B

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Notable Moments and Observations

• The double neckbreaker from the apron by Blue and Hart was a cool spot.
• Gibson almost took a bad bump when he hit the suicide dive.
• Bandido had a great 2025, but it would have been cool if he got to defend his ROH title instead of being in what felt like a random tag match.
• Dorada had a couple of nice high-flying spots.
• Bailey was wearing a pair of tights that belonged to Knight. He might have lost his gear during travel. He wouldn't be the first one.

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada

Last time in action: Takeshita defeated Dorada (Collision, Dec. 21), Okada defeated Bailey (Collision, Dec. 21)

One of the most anticipated bouts on the card kicked off the main show when Okada took on Takeshita in the semifinals of the Continental Classic. The winner would go on to face the winner of Moxley vs. Fletcher later in the show for the Continental Championship.

They took some time to size each other up before Okada offered a handshake. Big Take slapped his hand away, which got a pop from the crowd. They didn't rush into anything and spent a few minutes just going for holds and counters.

Once they started hitting strikes, both men started getting more aggressive. The pace didn't increase too much, so there was a lot of taunting and grandstanding from both competitors.

If you have followed Okada's career, you know this is how a lot of his bigger matches play out. They start slow and build up over time so the final sequence stands out more. It can make the first half of the contest a little slow, but not necessarily in a bad way.

They played into the tension these two have had for the past few months beautifully to make this feel like it was about more than just the tournament. There was personal pride on the line.

This was an outstanding match both for the action and the storytelling. They left room to grow in future encounters, but this bout will likely be considered one of the best of the night and this year's C2 as a whole.

Unfortunately, the ending fell apart a bit. Okada used a screwdriver to get the win in a moment that the ref should have absolutely seen.

Result: Okada defeated Takeshita

Grade: A-

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Bryan Danielson got a great reaction when he came out to join commentary.
• Takeshita's diving clothesline always looks great because he throws his whole body into it.
• Takeshita sold a DDT like he was Rob Van Dam.

Jon Moxley vs. Kyle Fletcher

Last time in action: Moxley defeated Orange Cassidy (Collision, Dec. 21), Fletcher defeated Perry (Collision, Dec. 21)

The second C2 semifinal match saw Moxley take on Fletcher to see who would get to fight Okada in the finals. This was a match of youth vs. experience, but other than that, it felt like these two were on an even playing field.

Both men played some mind games in the early minutes of the match. It looked like Fletcher was getting under Mox's skin until the leader of The Death Riders followed him out of the ring and started beating on him.

Fletcher trapped Mox's leg between the ring and steel steps to cause some damage, so he was able to take control for a little while as he continued focusing on the injured leg.

One of the best things about Fletcher is his versatility. He feels right at home in the ring with high-flyers, powerhouses and brawlers. He adapted well to Moxley's style to help them put on a great show.

They did a fantastic job making you think either guy could win at any moment. After both men came close several times, Fletcher looked for the screwdriver that Okada had used earlier, but he couldn't find it.

Fletcher kicked out of two of Moxley's finishers, but he wasn't able to last through a rare-naked choke. Moxley got the win to advance to the finals.

Result: Moxley defeated Fletcher

Grade: A-

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Fletcher's entrance jacket made it hard for him to step through the ropes.
• It was almost weird to see Moxley smile at the beginning of the match.
• Callis was not on commentary for this bout.
• The look on Moxley's face when he was selling chops was hilarious.
• Mox was bleeding from the mouth due to a broken tooth.
• The sequence of submission reversals was good.
• The bump Fletcher took from the top rope suplex looked very dangerous.

FTR vs. Bang Bang Gang

Last time in action: FTR defeated Bang Bang Gang (Collision, Dec. 17)

After coming up short a couple of weeks ago, Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson got another shot at Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler's AEW tag titles, but this time it was in a Chicago Street Fight.

As soon as this match began, the fight spilled out of the ring. Harwood tried to use a chair to maim Robinson before they began fighting in the crowd. Meanwhile, Wheeler and Gunn fought up the ramp to the stage.

The first two matches on the card were both tough contests, but this match took things to another level thanks to the stipulation allowing them to use anything they wanted as a weapon.

Thankfully, they did not become overly reliant on using foreign objects and incorporated a lot of their usual wrestling offense.

This was an entertaining bit of mayhem that highlighted the willingness of all four men to put their body on the line for the sake of the match.

Stokely Hathaway saved the match for his team with Harwood was about to lose. This allowed FTR to make a comeback and get the win with a few piledrivers to Gunn.

Result: FTR defeated Bang Bang Gang

Grade: B+

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Gunn looked like he was cosplaying as Donatello from TMNT.
• Wheeler's superplex looked great.
• Wheeler talking trash about the White Sox did not have the desired effect because even Sox fans trash-talk the Sox.
• The way Gunn was sent over the announce table did not look fun.
• The way Wheeler crashed into the table at ringside was wild. He almost went over the barricade into the crowd.
• Stoke was supposed to go through a table but he ended up going right over it.

Babes of Wrath vs. Athena and Mercedes Mone

Last time in action: Babes of Wrath defeated Hyan and Maya (Collision, Dec. 21), Athena and Mone won an eight-woman tag match (Dynamite, Dec. 17)

We went from the men's tag title bout right into the women's with Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron defending their belts against Mone and Athena.

The champions took control early and maintained the upper hand for quite some time, but the challengers managed to work together enough to make a comeback after a few minutes.

The first two matches on the card were incredible, and the third was pure chaos, so this bout had the disadvantage of following all that. All four women did a good job making this entertaining, but it would have stood out more on an episode of AEW TV than it did on this PPV.

The second half of this match included some great spots that helped make it more exciting. Athena and Mone had a few miscommunications that eventually led to the champions getting the win to retain their titles.

Result: Babes of Wrath defeated Mone and Athena

Grade: B+

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Athena looked annoyed at Mercedes' dancing.
• The suicide dive from Athena was awesome. She looked like she hit Willow as hard as she possibly could.
• Willow's headscissor takedown looked great.
• The double crucifix bomb from Cameron was a cool spot, even if it was pretty unrealistic.

Gabe Kidd vs. Darby Allin

Last time in action: Allin lost to Knight (Dynamite, Nov. 26), TDMK defeated Kidd and Yota Tsuji (NJPW, Dec. 14)

Both Allin and Knight were coming off recent losses, so both men were hoping to pick up the win while also inflicting as much damage as possible upon each other.

Allin exploded out of the corner with a running dropkick as soon as Kidd got to the ring. It took Kidd a couple of minutes, but once he regained his footing, he threw Allin into the timekeeper's area and hit a slingshot into the steel steps that were set up with a metal plate that popped off when Allin hit it.

Allin began bleeding from his head after that spot, so Kidd pounced and tried to make it worse. A few moments later, Kidd was bleeding just as much.

For a match with no special stipulations, they made this a violent affair that utilized plenty of things around the ring to inflict more damage.

While this was a very enjoyable fight if you like violence, they may have relied too much on the big spots and not enough on the wrestling part of it.

That being said, Allin used a classic wrestling counter to win when he reversed a sleeper hold into a pin to get the three-count.

Result: Allin defeated Kidd

Grade: B-

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Notable Moments and Observations

• The video Allin played before the match was pretty weird. We don't need to see a bunny decomposing.
• Tony Schiavon had a very timely Unbreakable reference during this match.
• The steel step spot was kind of dumb because it was very obvious that the metal plate did not belong there.

Mixed Nuts Mayhem

Marina Shafir, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia and Claudio Castagnoli took on Toni Storm, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong in an eight-person tornado-style match.

That means no tags were needed, so everyone was legal and could get the win at any time. Storm and Shafir were the first ones to go after each other, with everyone else beginning to brawl a second later.

As the name suggested, this match included a lot of mayhem. There wasn't much of a logical flow to the action at times, but it added to the unpredictable nature of the bout.

Shafir has looked better in recent weeks than she has during her entire AEW run, and this match helped highlight the increased role she has taken in the Death Riders.

Briscoe ended up scoring the win for his team to end an entertaining fight. Willow and Harley joined the winners to celebrate.

Result: Storm's team defeated The Death Riders

Grade: B

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Notable Moments and Observations

• The entrance for The Death Riders was cool.
• Yuta got so much heat for throwing Storm out of the ring. It was great.
• Cassidy doing Garcia's old dance was a fun moment.
• The way all four Death Riders took time to focus on each individual opponent was cool.
• Castagnoli using the Giant Swing on Storm had the crowd going nuts.
• The standoff with Strong and Shafir was done well. Everyone knows they are married, but AEW hasn't leaned into that.

Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter

Last time in action: Hayter and Statlander defeated Hart and Blue (Collision, Dec. 13)

The Women's World Championship match was up next with Statlander defending the belt against the former champion, Hayter.

They started with a simple lockup sequence as both women tried to overpower each other. Stat ended up getting the first advantage when she sent Hayter out of the ring.

The problem with following a match like the one that came before this is that the crowd can sometimes be a bit worn out, so they are less vocal.

Hayter and Statlander did well, but they were put in what was probably the hardest spot on the card. Once they started picking up the pace, the fans in the arena woke up and started reacting to everything.

This was a good match between two of the best in AEW, but it also had some hiccups along the way. They didn't have any major botches, but they had a few awkward moments that stalled their momentum.

On any other show, this would have been a standout match. Unfortunately, they ended up on a PPV with several bouts that were almost impossible to follow.

Both women used each other's finishing move, but couldn't put the other away. Stat Daddy finally got the win with a Saturday Night Special to retain her title.

Result: Statlander defeated Hayter

Grade: B

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Statlander had a nice entrance. AEW gave her some pyro.
• Both women had trouble with the kip up spot.
• Hayter almost fell off the announce table after Statlander planted her on it.
• The way Stat sold the dropkick at ringside was great.

Jon Moxley vs. Kazuchika Okada

After successfully defeating their opponents earlier in the night, Moxley and Okada met in the penultimate match of the night to determine the winner of the C2.

Both men delivered backstage promos to hype the match before making their way to the ring. The Rainmaker extended his hand, but Moxley flipped him off in response, which didn't seem the phase the champion.

Once Okada had control, he began focusing on the leg that Fletcher had injured on Mox earlier in the night. He was confident and began toying with the former world champion, which did not sit well with Moxley.

For a long time, The Rainmaker had the upper hand. He knew he had the advantage aod started to seem overconfident. He was taking his time and being methodical in his offense.

While this match told a good story, it couldn't quite live up to the two C2 matches we saw earlier in the night. Mox was selling too many injuries for this to be as thrilling as his bout with Fletcher, but they made it work to make this feel unique.

After a hard-fought battle, Moxley was able to hit the Death Rider for the win to become the new Continental champion.

Result: Moxley defeated Okada

Grade: B-plus

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Mox was either given painkillers or busting a tooth didn't hurt him too much. He did not look like he was in much pain from it.
• The way Moxley was still selling his injured leg from his previous match was great. More wrestlers need to learn the benefits of selling long-term, not just in the moment.

Samoa Joe vs. MJF vs. Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland

The final match of the night was the Fatal 4-Way for the men's AEW title with Joe, MJF, Swerve and Hangman.

All four men stood in the middle of the ring after the bell before breaking off into pairs so they could starts throwing punches. Hangman got the better of the initial exchange, but one huge chop from Joe slowed him down.

The first several minutes were a series of exchanges with all four men taking turns fighting each other, but Swerve and Hangman had minimal contact until later in the fight.

All four men worked hard to make this a good main event, so nobody really stood out above the others. MJF and Swerve had the most entertaining moments together, though.

Since there are no DQs in a match like this, there was nobody to stop Hook, Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata from interfering.

After they were cleared out by some referees, MJF ended up winning the match by pinning Joe with his Heat Seeker piledriver. This was a good match, but the way it ended will be controversial with some fans.

Result: MJF defeated Joe, Page and Strickland

Grade: B-plus

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Mox gave a babyface promo after his match.
• Swerve wore Green Lantern gear for this match.
• That first chop Joe hit on Hangman looked stiff.
• Hangman's moonsault from the top rope to the floor looked fine, but he didn't make enough contact on the impact.
• The sequence that ended with Swerve and Hangman taking each other out was great.
• The moment with Hook and Hangman might be an indication of an upcoming feud between them.

The Final Word

AEW had a strong year of PPV events in 2025, and it closed out the year with another great show from top to bottom.

It's doubtful that this will be declared the best PPV of the year, but it had a few Match of the Year candidates on the card. 

The Continental Classic ending with Moxley winning the title was the right call, as was having Willow, Cameron, FTR and Statlander retain their belts. 

This show had fewer title bouts than a lot of AEW PPVs, but that ended up being a benefit because it made each championship feel a little more important. 

Everyone did a fantastic job Saturday night in Chicago, but Fletcher and Moxley stole the show with their C2 semifinal bout. Okada vs. Takeshita was a close second. 

However, a night like this always hinges on the main event. Even if every other bout is great, the final match is what will be remembered the most. 

AEW put four of its most reliable performers in the ring together and let them do what they do best. Sadly, how it ended is going to upset some fans who are tired of MJF.

Grade: B-plus