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AEW Worlds End will be LIVE from Chicago, Illinois, at the NOW Arena tonight on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on HBO Max pay-per-view! 

This will be the third annual Worlds End and the first time the event emanates from Chicago. Worlds End 2025 will feature nine matches, including the semifinals and final of the Continental Classic as well as four other championship bouts.

Before the main card gets underway, AEW Zero Hour will include additional matches, taking place an hour before Worlds End on HBO Max, YouTube, Amazon Prime, X and Facebook!

Check out the full AEW Worlds End preview below to find out how we arrived at each of these matches before the bell rings on Saturday night!

What began as both Swerve and Hangman coming for Samoa Joe’s AEW World Championship took a drastic turn on last week’s Dynamite, when MJF made a shocking return to declare he was executing his Casino Gauntlet guaranteed AEW World Title shot at Worlds End to turn the 3-Way Match into a 4-Way.

MJF proceeded to run down all three of his opponents, knowing full well none of them could touch him per the no-contact agreement for the contract signing. Then, after MJF’s quick win on Dynamite on 34th Street, Swerve and Page got some comeuppance thanks in part to a thick steel chain wrapped around MJF’s neck.

There’s plenty of history between these four, as they’ve all been AEW World Champions. In fact, it was Joe who ended MJF’s record-setting reign of 406 days at the inaugural Worlds End two years ago. Soon after, both Swerve and Page set their sights on the AEW World Title in the midst of their epic rivalry, which eventually saw Swerve beat Joe in April 2024 at Dynasty. And Page has beaten MJF twice this year, including a successful defense of the AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door in August.

Now, these four great champions, who are intertwined with each other and the AEW World Title itself, will see their paths cross again at Worlds End. Who ends the year as AEW World Champion?

Statlander and Hayter have been in each other’s orbit a lot this year, especially in the last four months. They were on the same side for both Blood & Guts in November and the $500K 10-Woman Tag Match on Collision in September, both of which were losing efforts. They found themselves on the same side again against the Sisters of Sin earlier this month at Winter is Coming, only that time, they were victorious. It was after that win that Hayter made it clear that she wanted a shot at Statlander to regain the AEW Women’s World Championship, which Hayter last held in May 2023.

Hayter and Statlander have continued to fight off attacks from Triangle of Madness, but when Hayter mistakenly dropped Statlander with Hayterade, she didn’t show much remorse and instead posed over her with the AEW Women’s World Championship. These two last met one-on-one in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament semifinals back in April, a match won by Hayter. However, the last time they fought in the ring, Statlander became AEW Women’s Champion by winning a 4-Way Match over “Timeless” Toni Storm, Thekla and Hayter at All Out in September. 

Will Statlander’s reign continue, or is it time for Hayter to reclaim her place as the AEW Women’s World Champion for the first time in over two and a half years?

Sometimes, the wrestling gods smile down upon us and turn growing tension between two top dogs and stablemates into a dream match with massive stakes. Okada and Takeshita haven’t seen eye to eye since Don Callis brought Okada into the Family earlier this year. Those issues have only festered and even boiled over in the matches the two have had as teammates. A loss by the Family in the $1 Million Trios Match on Dynamite Holiday Bash only exacerbated those tensions despite Okada and Takeshita being in opposite leagues in this year’s Continental Classic. 

Okada’s win over “Speedball” Mike Bailey in the main event of Christmas Collision clinched the last spot in the C2 semifinals for the greatest tournament wrestler of all time as the runner-up in the Gold League to fellow Family member, Kyle Fletcher. Takeshita, meanwhile, went 4-0-1 and scored a record 13 points to win the Blue League. That makes this an all-Callis Family semifinal matchup, with the winner facing either Fletcher or Jon Moxley in the final. 

While they’ve never faced each other one-on-one, Okada was victorious in a 4-Way Match that included Takeshita at All Out 2024 to retain his AEW Continental Championship, and he defended the AEW Unified Championship against Takeshita and Máscara Dorada at this year’s All Out. 

Takeshita winning this match would guarantee a new AEW Continental Champion – but no matter who wins, what will the lasting effects be on these two proud, prideful champions? Will the Callis Family be able to survive these two finally clashing with a trip to the Continental Classic final on the line? 

So, who will join Okada or Takeshita in the final? Fletcher would love to make it an all-Callis Family affair, and he has to have  even more personal motivation to move on to the final round after he made the semis last year, only to lose to Will Ospreay. 

Meanwhile, Moxley’s fight to survive is always on display, but it kicked into high gear when Moxley found himself facing elimination entering the fourth week of the tournament. He won his last two matches against Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy to complete a comeback that earned him his second career trip to the C2 semifinals. In the inaugural Continental Classic final back in 2023, Moxley lost to Eddie Kingston.

Fletcher may not have Moxley’s experience, but he’s been in this spot before and only wants to build on his previous achievements. A win over Moxley in their first-ever one-on-one encounter would send Fletcher to the final against either Okada or Takeshita, and perhaps it’s Fletcher who would then show who the true top dog is in the Don Callis Family. 

Can Fletcher exorcise the demons from last year’s C2 and make his first final? Or does Moxley make his second final in three years? What a way for these two to battle it out in their first singles match!

Last week, on the first half of Collision Holiday Bash, FTR retained their AEW World Tag Team Championships against Bang Bang Gang thanks to a lot of confusion in the closing minutes. Robinson and Gunn appeared to win the match and began celebrating with the AEW World Tag Team Titles, only to find out Harwood got his foot on the ropes before the three-count. Harwood chop-blocked Robinson during the premature celebration, and FTR went on to retain just minutes later.

Bang Bang Gang wanted another shot without any rope breaks or rules to worry about, so they challenged FTR to a rematch in a Chicago Street Fight! Can Robinson and Gunn turn their challenge into gold? Or will FTR handle Bang Bang Gang for another successful defense?

It took a lot for The Babes of Wrath to become the inaugural AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, including a surprise win over Moné and Athena in the opening round of the tournament. But that loss could be avenged tonight in Chicago. 

Last week on Dynamite Holiday Bash, it was a well-timed O-Face by Athena to Nightingale that allowed Moné to pin one-half of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions in an 8-Woman Tag Match. Moné and Athene then made the challenge for Worlds End, so The Babes of Wrath will have their first defense against a team they had to beat en route to making history.

Will Moné and Athena add more championship gold to end the year? Or will Cameron and Nightingale turn away their first challengers for the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Titles?

Throughout Darby Allin’s crusade against the Death Riders, he’s crossed violent paths with Kidd, including this past week in New York. On Dynamite on 34th Street, Kidd challenged Allin for Worlds End and later attacked the just recently medically-cleared Allin and threw him down the same staircase the Death Riders did a year prior. When Kidd showed up the next night on Collision to gloat about putting Allin in the ICU, Allin appeared with Sting’s bat to chase Kidd away and accept the Worlds End challenge.

These are two men who will go to any lengths to inflict punishment. Allin already dragged Kidd out of Philadelphia in a body bag attached to a truck back in September. During Blood & Guts, it was Kidd who dragged Allin away from his team so he could help PAC put Allin through flaming tables. How will their fight at Worlds End go down tonight?

What happens when “Timeless” Toni Storm comes to the aid of TNT Champion Mark Briscoe and Roderick Strong against the Death Riders? That would be Mixed Nuts Mayhem, of course!

On Wednesday’s Dynamite on 34th Street, Shafir beat Mina Shirakawa and attacked her after the bell. That brought out Storm, whom Shafir immediately knocked out with one kick to the head. The next night on Christmas Collision, the Death Riders swarmed Strong after he beat Castagnoli in the Continental Classic. Briscoe came out to save Strong, but when Shafir got in his face, Storm ran down to the ring, yanked her off the apron and blasted her with a fist wrapped in pearls!

Now, Storm and Shafir get to go at it again, but in the first-ever Mixed Nuts Mayhem! The Death Riders are a fighting machine as a group, but how do you prepare for such a chaotic team in Briscoe, Storm, Strong and Cassidy? Let’s get nuts in Chicago!

We’ve seen Hyan and World take on some of the best, including two days ago on Christmas Collision, when they put forth a spirited effort against the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, The Babes of Wrath. Tonight, the up-and-coming team of Hyan and World will face the sinister Sisters of Sin!

• Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025

• Start Time: 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT (AEW Zero Hour starts at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on AEW digital platforms and runs for one hour before Worlds End.)

• Location: NOW Arena – Chicago, Illinois

• How to Watch: Worlds End is available to order on HBO Max in the United States! For more, including how to order, click here! Worlds End is also available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and other streaming and pay-per-view platforms.