Winter Is Coming (2025)

Winter Is Coming
Promotional poster for the Dynamite broadcast featuring Darby Allin, Willow Nightingale, and Jon Moxley
Promotion	All Elite Wrestling
Date	December 10 and 13, 2025
City	College Park, Georgia (Dec. 10) Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (Dec. 13)
Venue	Gateway Center Arena (College Park) Utilita Arena (Cardiff)
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The 2025 Winter Is Coming was a two-part professional wrestling television special produced by the American company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the sixth annual Winter Is Coming and took place on December 10 and 13, 2025, at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia, United States, and the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, respectively, encompassing the respective broadcasts of Wednesday Night Dynamite and Saturday Night Collision . Dynamite aired live on TBS while Collision aired live on TNT on December 13, with both programs simulcast on HBO Max, marking the first Winter Is Coming to stream on HBO Max.

Ten matches were contested at the event, evenly divided between the two broadcasts. In the main event of Dynamite, Samoa Joe defeated Eddie Kingston to retain the AEW World Championship. This broadcast also saw the crowning of the inaugural AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions, in which The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron) defeated Timeless Love Bombs ("Timeless" Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) in a tournament final. In the main event of Collision, Mark Briscoe defeated Daniel Garcia to retain the AEW TNT Championship. This broadcast also marked the first edition of the event to be held outside the United States.

Production

Background

The 2025 Winter Is Coming special of Dynamite was held at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.

The 2025 Winter Is Coming special of Collision was held at Utilita Arena in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, marking the first Winter Is Coming to be held outside the United States.

Winter Is Coming is an annual professional wrestling television special held in December by the American company All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2020. The title "Winter Is Coming" is derived from Game of Thrones , a television series from HBO, which is part of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which also includes AEW broadcast partners TBS and TNT. ^[1]

On November 24, 2025, it was announced that the sixth Winter Is Coming would be held on December 10, 2025, at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia and air live as Wednesday Night Dynamite , simulcast on TBS and HBO Max. ^[2] It was later revealed that the special would also encompass Saturday Night Collision , held at Utilita Arena in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom on December 13, simulcast live on TNT and HBO Max. The Collision broadcast marked the first Winter Is Coming special to be held outside the United States. This also reduced Winter Is Coming to a two-part special as the prior two years had aired in three parts including Friday Night Rampage , which was canceled at the end of 2024. This also marked the first Winter Is Coming to stream on HBO Max, following AEW's updated broadcast deal with WBD that began earlier that year in January. ^[3] The Saturday portion of the event (which was live) did not go head to head against WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event XLII, which was John Cena's retirement match, because of the time difference between British standard time and United States Eastern Standard Time, compared to Main Event taking place in the evening. ^[4]

Storylines

Winter Is Coming featured 10 professional wrestling matches, evenly divided across its two broadcasts, that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. ^[5] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision.

Results

Dynamite (aired live December 10)

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times [6]
1	The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron) defeated Timeless Love Bombs ("Timeless" Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) by pinfall	Tournament final tag team match for the inaugural AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship [7]	13:52
2	Kazuchika Okada defeated "Jungle" Jack Perry by pinfall	AEW Continental Classic Gold League match	13:14
3	"Hangman" Adam Page and Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) defeated The Opps (Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs) by pinfall	Tornado tag team match	7:11
4	"Speedball" Mike Bailey defeated Kyle Fletcher by pinfall	AEW Continental Classic Gold League match	19:31
5	Samoa Joe (c) (with Hook) defeated Eddie Kingston by submission	Singles match for the AEW World Championship	13:02
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Collision (airs live December 13)

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times [8]
1	Swerve Strickland defeated Josh Alexander by pinfall	Singles match	13:25
2	Kris Statlander and Jamie Hayter defeated Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue) by pinfall	Tag team match	10:15
3	Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita ended in a time limit draw	AEW Continental Classic Blue League match	20:00
4	"Speedball" Mike Bailey defeated Kevin Knight by pinfall	AEW Continental Classic Gold League match	13:00
5	Mark Briscoe (c) defeated Daniel Garcia by pinfall	Singles match for the AEW TNT Championship	15:05
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Inaugural AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament

This section is transcluded from AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship § Inaugural tournament. (edit | history)

	1st Round Fright Night Dynamite October 29, 2025 Dynamite November 5–19, 2025 Collision November 19, 2025				Semifinals Dynamite: Thanksgiving Eve November 26, 2025 Dynamite December 3, 2025				Final Dynamite: Winter Is Coming December 10, 2025
	Queen Aminata and Jamie Hayter [a]	10:00 [9]
	Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue)	Pinfall
					Sisters of Sin	11:43 [10]
					The Babes of Wrath	Pinfall
	The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron)	Pinfall
	Mercedes Moné and Athena	12:33 [11]
									The Babes of Wrath	Pinfall
									Timeless Love Bombs	13:52 [12]
	Alex Windsor and Riho	12:54 [13]
	Timeless Love Bombs ("Timeless" Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa)	Pinfall
					Timeless Love Bombs [b]	Pinfall
					Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir	10:10 [15]
	Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir [c]	Submission
	TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay)	9:05 [13]

1. Aminata and Hayter won a four-way tag team match on the October 22, 2025, episode of Dynamite to earn the right to select their first round opponents.
2. The Timeless Love Bombs won a four-way tag team match against the other semifinalists at Full Gear to earn the right to select the stipulation for their semifinals match. They chose to have a Hardcore Holiday Deathmatch. ^[14]
3. Shafir replaced Penelope Ford as Bayne's partner due to injury.

References

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External links

• All Elite Wrestling Official website