AEW WrestleDream is here, and there is a lot to unpack heading into the show.
Will Ospreay is ready to bring a dose of the British wrestling independent scene to Orlando this weekend as he puts his world title on the line in a Clockwork Carnage match, which has never been seen on a global scale like this (more on that below).
He’ll be joined in the match by seven challengers, including Adam Copeland, best known to WWE fans as Edge, who announced earlier this week that he will retire in 2027.
The rest of the card has a lot going on too, with six championship matches, with everyone from Mercedes Mone and Jon Moxley to The Young Bucks putting their gold on the line.
Throw in a major hint for the impending arrival of Ilja Dragunov months after his WWE exit, and there could be a lot to talk about after this show.
Here’s everything you need to know.
When is AEW All WrestleDream 2026?
AEW WrestleDream will air tomorrow night (Saturday, October 17). The main show kicks off at 1am for fans in the UK, which follows the Buy Out and Tailgate Brawl (from midnight).
How to watch AEW WrestleDream 2026?
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UK fans have a few ways to tune in to watch WrestleDream.
As ever, the show will air on a delay on ITV4, but to watch live there are some options.
You can order the pay-per-view from Amazon Prime for £14.99, which includes the ability to stream replays on demand. Simply buy the PPV and watch via the ‘Live and upcoming events’ section on your homepage.
The MyAEW streaming platform includes every monthly PPV as part of its subscription, so you can also watch WrestleDream that way. A monthly subscription is priced at £14.99, with a discounted annual subscription available for £90.
As well as the monthly PPVs, a subscription also gets you weekly live episodes of Dynamite and Collision, plus all the 2026 archive, and TV and PPV content from Ring of Honor.
AEW WrestleDream 2026 full match card
- Clockwork Carnage Match for AEW World Title: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey vs. Adam Copeland vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Ricochet vs. Darby Allin
- AEW Women’s World Title: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Thekla
- AEW World Tag Titles: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher
- AEW World Trios Titles: Swerve Strickland and The New Level (c) vs. ‘Hangman’ Adam Page and Brodido
- AEW Continental Title: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Mark Davis
- AEW TBS Title: Persephone (c) vs. Dani Luna vs. Hyan vs. Queen Aminata
- AEW National Title: Andrade El Idolo vs. Tommaso Ciampa
- Chris Jericho vs. Nick Wayne
What is a Clockwork Carnage match in AEW?
The Clockwork Carnage match will be familiar to fans of the UK’s all-women’s company Pro Wrestling EVE.
Created by Will Ospreay and now being brought to AEW, the eight-man bout combines aspects of a gauntlet and iron man match, not too dissimilar to WWE’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Here are the rules:
- Two wrestlers start the match, chosen at random
- Another randomly selected wrestler joins every three minutes
- Any wrestler pinned or submitted before all eight have entered is eliminated
- Once the final wrestler has entered the match, the remaining lineup face a 15-minute scoring phase where every pin or submission counts as one point
- The wrestler with the most falls at the end of the time limit is the winner
AEW rumours with Adam ‘Edge’ Copeland retiring and Ilja Dragunov joining
Metro’s wrestling expert Alistair McGeorge breaks down the biggest AEW news before WrestleDream
This will be the third month in a row I’ve written about Ilja Dragunov joining AEW, but now it is finally on the horizon. Really this time.
No, that doesn’t mean he’ll appear at WrestleDream, but during Dynamite on Wednesday a video package aired which all but confirmed his impending arrival.
The vignette showed a man in a suit, moving his arm in a very familiar why as music befitting the Mad Dragon could be heard as a metronome ticked.
He’s coming, and he’ll be a perfect fit for All Elite Wrestling.
Also on Dynamite, fans were reeling by Adam Copeland’s announcement that he’s retiring in 2027. We don’t know exactly when he’ll be hanging up his boots, but it’ll be an emotional moment for everyone.
As a fan of Edge since I started watching him in WWE almost 25 years ago, it’s actually heartwarming knowing he’ll finally be hanging up his boots on his terms after a devastating injury cut his career short in 2011.
He was able to return at the Royal Rumble in 2020, and the fact he is essentially on a farewell tour before his final retirement in AEW is something to be celebrated.