Worlds End (2025)

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Worlds End
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Promotional poster featuring Swerve Strickland, Samoa Joe, MJF, and "Hangman" Adam Page
Promotion All Elite Wrestling
DateDecember 27, 2025
City Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Venue Now Arena
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The 2025 Worlds End is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will be the third annual Worlds End and will take place on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at the Now Arena in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It will host the semifinals and finals of the 2025 Continental Classic.

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Production

Background

The event will be held at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Sears Centre.JPG
The event will be held at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Worlds End is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced in late December by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2023. The event notably hosts the final of the annual Continental Classic (C2). On July 31, 2025, AEW announced that the third annual Worlds End would take place on December 27 at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. [1] This will be AEW's fifth PPV event at the venue, following the 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2024 editions of All Out, and the seventh overall in the Chicago metropolitan area after the 2023 All Out and the 2022 edition of Forbidden Door (both held at the United Center). It also hosted the first edition of All In. Tickets for Worlds End went on sale September 22. [2] The event will be presented by Bell's Two Hearted IPA.

Broadcast outlets

Worlds End will air via pay-per-view through traditional cable and satellite providers. [3] In the United States, AEW PPV events are also available on HBO Max at an exclusive rate for subscribers. The event will also be available in the United States and internationally on Prime Video, Triller TV, PPV.com, and YouTube. Additionally in the United States, the show will be broadcast at Dave & Buster's and Tom's Watch Bar locations.

Storylines

Worlds End will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines. [4] Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision .

As the incumbent AEW Continental Champion, Kazuchika Okada was automatically entered into the C2. Months prior in July at All In: Texas, Okada had also won the AEW International Championship, subsequently holding and defending both titles under the AEW Unified Championship. [5] Amid confusion over the Unified title in regards to the C2, it was confirmed that only the Continental Championship would be the prize of the 2025 tournament, with Okada only carrying the International Championship belt throughout the league matches. It was also revealed that should Okada lose the Continental Championship in the C2, he would also lose the Unified Championship. [6]

At Full Gear, Samoa Joe defeated "Hangman" Adam Page to win the AEW World Championship after Hook turned on Page. [7] After the bout, Swerve Strickland returned and feigned attacking Page. Strickland would then attack The Opps dojo. On the following episode of Dynamite, Page challenged Joe to a rematch at Worlds End. During Collision: Winter is Coming, Strickland declared himself the rightful contender following Page's initial challenge to Joe. At Dynamite: Holiday Bash on December 17, during the contract signing for the match at Worlds End, MJF made his return since his last appearance at All Out and invoked his Casino Gauntlet match cash-in contract to put him into the match with Joe, Page, and Strickland, making it a four-way match for the title.

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1 Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada Continental Classic Semifinal [8]
2 Kyle Fletcher vs. Jon Moxley Continental Classic Semifinal [8]
3Semifinal #1 winner vs. Semifinal #2 winner Continental Classic Final for the AEW Continental Championship [8]
4 Darby Allin vs. Gabe Kidd Singles match [9]
5 FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (c) (with Stokely) vs. Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson and Austin Gunn) (with Ace Austin) Chicago Street Fight for the AEW World Tag Team Championship [10]
6Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale) vs. Mercedes Moné and Athena Tag team match for the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship [11]
7 Kris Statlander (c) vs. Jamie Hayter Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship [12]
8 Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland vs. "Hangman" Adam Page vs. MJF Four-way match for the AEW World Championship [13]
This is MJF's Casino Gauntlet guaranteed championship match.
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References

  1. ↑ Carey, Ian (July 30, 2025). "AEW Worlds End 2025 location revealed". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ "NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. To Host AEW Worlds End December 27". All Elite Wrestling . July 30, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  3. ↑ "How To Watch AEW On PPV". All Elite Wrestling . Retrieved December 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  5. ↑ Alba, Jon (July 12, 2025). "Kazuchika Okada Defeats Kenny Omega To Win AEW Unified Championship At AEW All In: Texas". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ Kleinchester, John (November 26, 2025). "AEW Dynamite Live Results: Continental Classic begins". POST Wrestling . Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  7. ↑ Berge, Kevin. "AEW Full Gear 2025 Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 Lambert, Jeremy (November 24, 2025). "AEW Announces Competitors In 2025 Continental Classic". Fightful. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
  9. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (December 21, 2025). "AEW Christmas Collision Spoilers (Taped On 12/21)". Fightful. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  10. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (December 21, 2025). "AEW Christmas Collision Spoilers (Taped On 12/21)". Fightful. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  11. ↑ Palmer, Sam (December 17, 2025). "AEW Women's Tag Title Rematch Set For Worlds End". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  12. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (December 13, 2025). "Kris Statlander To Defend AEW Women's Title Against Jamie Hayter At AEW Worlds End". Fightful. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  13. ↑ "MJF Makes Surprise Return, Cashes in Casino Gauntlet Contract for AEW World Title Opportunity". All Elite Wrestling . December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
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