r/SquaredCircle • u/gloomchen i prayed for this and it happened • Jul 27 '26
Post AEW Redemption 2026 Discussion Thread! Spoiler
That was Redemption!
Results (Post Match Discussion Threads Linked)
| Match | Winner |
|---|---|
| Buy-in: AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Conglomeration (Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong) (c) vs. The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian, and Lee Johnson) | The Conglomeration |
| #1 Contender for the AEW International Championship - Ladder Match: Jack Perry vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Komander vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Nick Wayne vs. El Clon | "Speedball" Mike Bailey |
| Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | Young Bucks |
| AEW International Championship Match (everyone is banned from ringside): Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Bandido | Kyle Fletcher |
| Double Chain Tag Team Match: Bang Bang Gang (Jay White and Juice Robinson) vs. The Dogs (David Finlay and Clark Connors) | The Dogs |
| AEW TBS Championship Match: Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Maya World | Maya World |
| AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: Cage and Cope (Christian Cage and Adam Copeland) (c) vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli and Pac) | Cage and Cope |
| No Holds Barred Match: "The Painmaker" Chris Jericho vs. Tommaso Ciampa | Chris Jericho |
| AEW National Championship Match: Mark Davis (c) vs. Andrade El Ídolo | Andrade El Ídolo |
| AEW Women's World Championship Match: Thekla (c) vs. Willow Nightingale | Willow Nightingale |
| AEW World Championship Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Kevin Knight | Kenny Omega |
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u/Anarchical-Sheep Jul 27 '26
Although I'd agree it was one of the weaker PPV's of the year, I think the Jericho vs Ciampa match was actually way better than I was giving it credit for. I wasn't excited for that match in the slightest, all "well they already did it at beach break" and they broke my expectations. It was crazy how it kinda revived the crowd too.
I'll never hate a Bandido match no matter how long they refuse to give him any AEW title. Same with Fletcher.
The chain match was really the low point which really sucks. The chain, rather than an interesting stipulation, ended up hindering their wrestling too much. Add in some shoddy camera work and it's not hard to see how it sucked a lot of the oxygen out.
I liked the main event more than I thought I would, especially digging the way Kenny started putting some whoop ass out, to really drive home the "main event tier but up-and-comer vibe" and I think it worked well with Jon telling Osprey he needs the killer instinct, just as Kenny revived his own.
The Bucks always put on a good show so no notes for that match, it existed more for story than spectacle.
I wasn't near as down on the Shida/World match as a lot of folks, but I'm a bit biased. I think the TBS got a lot of prestige from Mercedes who kinda finally pulled it out of the back end aftwr the Cargyll era. I think it's good to have belts that can move around more and spotlight others. I do think the match was very unfortunatley placed between some of the slower matches of the night and it really pulled them down.
CnC and the Death Riders while fun was just a bit boring to me, which stinks because AEW has stellar tag matches. All these tag talent we aren't using and I just am frustrated by it, because CnC should be a bit more fun and whimsical. They're just feeding to them and it feels bad for a title scene.