AEW WrestleDream 2026 Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights

Welcome to Bleacher Report's coverage of AEW WrestleDream 2026.

Here's a look at the card AEW advertised for the show:

• FTR vs. Motor City Machine Guns
• Divine Dominion vs. Sisters of Sin
• Mercedes Mone vs. Thekla (Women's World Championship)
• The Young Bucks vs. Kyle Fletcher and Kevin Knight (AEW Tag Team Championships)
• Jon Moxley vs. Mark Davis (Continental Championship)
• Swerve Strickland and New Level vs. Adam Page and Brodido (Trios Championships)
• Andrade El Idolo vs. Tommaso Ciampa (National Championship)
• Chris Jericho vs. Nick Wayne
• Persephone vs. Hyan vs. Dani Luna vs. Queen Aminata (TBS Championship)
• Will Ospreay vs. Samoa Joe vs. Mike Bailey vs. Adam Copeland vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Darby Allin vs. Ricochet (World Heavyweight Championship)

Let's take a look at everything that happened at this year's WrestleDream.

Saturday Tailgate Brawl Part 1

Divine Dominion vs. Sisters of Sin

The first match on the one-hour pre-show saw Julia Hart and Skye Blue take on Megan Bayne and Lena Kross. Despite the former tag champs having a big size and power advantage, Blue and Skye used their quickness and speed to keep the action competitive.

Heel vs. heel matches usually aren't ideal, but these four women all have enough fans that the crowd felt invested. Bayne and Kross felt like they had a slight edge, though.

This was a high-energy bout with some fun moments. The fact that it was more back-and-forth than most of Divine Dominion's matches definitely made The Sisters of Sin look strong. Despite a good effort, Kross and Bayne were still too much for them and ended up getting the win.

Result: Divine Dominion defeated Sisters of Sin

Grade: B

Jake Doyle, Josh Alexander and Wardlow vs. Three Jobbers

The Don Callis Family was given an easy match when Jake Doyle, Wardlow and Josh Alexander beat the life out of three local talents. There was nothing competitive about this. They may as well have been throwing three training dummies around because the jobbers did not get in a single shred of offense.

This was so one-sided that it can't even be graded properly. It was fun to watch the crowd get behind Wardlow hitting multiple powerbombs again, but that was about all this had to offer. At least the fans seemed to be having fun with it.

Result: Wardlow, Alexander and Doyle won

Grade: Incomplete

Notable Moments and Observations

• Does anyone else miss Julia Hart's old entrance? It was one of the best in AEW.
• Kross had the "I've been misted" eye makeup.
• Bayne and Kross have somehow been even more impressive since losing the titles.
• It's going to be interesting to see how Wardlow is used and whether he and MJF ever reignite their feud.

Saturday Tailgate Brawl Part 2

The Dogs and Death Riders vs. Conglomeration and The Bang Bang Gang

Gabe Kidd, Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta teamed up with Clark Connors and David Finlay to take on Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy, Jay White, Austin and Colten Gunn.

Whenever you have this many people in one match, it's going to end up being pure mayhem at some point, especially with these 12 men involved. It took less than a minute before everyone started coming in to fight without tags.

Even without a lot of structure, matches like this always end up being entertaining in AEW because everyone involved contributes to the fun. The Dogs and Death Riders were able to get the victory.

Result: Dogs and Death Riders defeated Conglomeration and Bang Bang Gang

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

• It was nice to see Willow out there with The Conglomeration.
• White was only just cleared to compete again as of today.
• Paul Wight putting over Claudio's strength is appropriate since Claudio slammed him over the top rope to win WWE's first Andre Memorial Battle Royal in 2014.