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AEW WrestleDream 2025 was main evented by the match that had everyone worried about what they were about to witness, the “I Quit” match between Jon Moxley and Darby Allin. After a war that saw the two men stab each other with skewers, drown each other in aquariums, and strangle each other with flags, Darby forced Moxley to say the words “I Quit.”

Darby kicked things off by laying the AEW flag he waved at the top of Mount Everest in the middle of the ring, which Moxley wiped his feet on. This angered Darby who kicked Moxley out of the ring and hit a Tope Suicida immediately. Moxley responded with a dropkick of his own, kicked the ring ropes into Darby’s teeth, and landed a series of strikes with a chain wrapped around his fist. Moxley continued to use the ropes, guardrail, and the ring steps as a weapon while the blood flowed from Darby’s mouth and ear. Marina Shafir pulled wooden skewers from under the ring, but instead of all them, Moxley pulled one from the bunch and stabbed it under Darby’s fingernail, before continuing to work over Darby’s arm, hands and fingers.

Moxley whipped Darby into the ring steps, but Darby leaped over them and countered with a big dropkick, leading to a strike exchange in the ring which ended with Darby landing a Code Red. Darby then wrapped the flag around Moxley’s neck and tried to hang him in the same way Hangman Page did at All In Texas, but Moxley escaped by jamming his thumb into Darby’s eye. Darby went high risk once more but missed the Coffin Drop on the apron, and after rolling back in the ring, Moxley started whipping Darby with his own belt before landing a staling Piledriver.Â

Darby decided to embrace the whipping and mounted a brief comeback before being cut off with a German Suplex. However, Darby went into the backpack he brought the ring and covered Moxley in lighter fluid, before brandishing a lighter. The Death Riders tried to cut Darby off, but they were sprayed as well. With that said, Moxley recovered in time and landed a cutter.

It was then Moxley’s turn to go in the backpack and he put Darby down with a taser, before hitting Darby with a Paradigm Shift on a steel chair. Claudio Castagnoli then got involved and launched Darby from the ring and on to the announce table, with PAC dragging Darby back to the ring where Moxley was waiting to deliver a Paradigm Shift off the apron through two tables. Moxley tried to tell referee Bryce Remsburg that Darby is out of his mind and won’t quit, meaning that there is nothing he can do to stop him. However, Moxley had an idea.

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‘The Icon’ Sting made his triumphant return to AEW at the WrestleDream 2025 pay-per-view to aid Darby Allin against Jon Moxley. In the show’s main event, Allin and Moxley faced off in an I-Quit match, which saw some of the most brutal moments ever shown on AEW programming.

In one shocking moment, the Death Riders filled up a fish tank in the middle of the ring and Moxley plunged Allin’s head under the water in an attempt to drown him. Suddenly, the lights went out and Sting appeared in the ring. The Icon choked Moxley with his baseball bat and fought off the Death Riders.

Allin would batlte back and hit Moxley with the bat, a neckbreaker, and a Coffin Drop. In a fitting tribute to his mentor, Allin locked in the Scorpion Death Lock which forced Moxley to quit, giving Allin the win.

This was a brutal match which included several weapons, including a taser. You can check out some highlights from the match below:

Sting retired from in-ring competition in 2024, and his appearance at WrestleDream shows how The Icon still has a legion of loyal fans. With 2025 marking Sting’s final year in the iconic black and white, this may have been the last time fans see Steve Borden as Sting on TV.

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Darby Allin defeated Jon Moxley in an “I Quit” match at AEW WrestleDream on Saturday with some help from an old friend, Sting.

The match was simply brutal, with both wrestlers dishing out a ton of pain.

Moxley gained the advantage, thanks in part to the Death Riders.

However, Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis then went dark.

Sting emerged with his patented bat, choked Moxley and attacked the Death Riders. He then literally passed the bat to his old partner-in-crime, who used it to his advantage.

Allin eventually won with the Scorpion Deathlock, forcing Moxley to quit.

The rivalry between Moxley and Allin dates back almost exactly a year, as Allin attempted to prevent The Death Riders’ brutal attack of Bryan Danielson last October at WrestleDream.

Allin ended up paying the price for his intervention, as The Death Riders threw him down a stairwell in December, knocking him out of action for nearly seven months.

That decision came back to haunt Mox and The Death Riders, though, as Allin resurfaced at All In back in July, helping “Hangman” Adam Page beat Moxley for the AEW World Championship in the main event.

That set the stage for a showdown between Allin and Moxley last month at All Out, and they met in a coffin match, which has become something of a signature stipulation for Darby over the years.

Allin took the fight to Moxley and seemed to be trending toward victory, but Pac made a surprise return from injury by attacking Allin and helping Mox put him inside the coffin.

While Moxley came out on top, Allin got some retribution later in the night by emerging from the coffin and a body bag, putting Moxley inside of it and shooting him with a flamethrower.

At the conclusion of the Sept. 24 episode of Dynamite, Allin confronted Moxley with the flamethrower once again, and he challenged him to a match at WrestleDream in the process.

Allin vs. Moxley was made official for WrestleDream shortly thereafter with the added “I Quit” stipulation.

Given Allin’s penchant for absorbing punishment without giving up, it wasn’t particularly surprising that he showed his grit and finally got the better of Moxley at WrestleDream.

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AEW WRESTLEDREAM PPV RESULTS
OCTOBER 18, 2025
ST. LOUIS, MI AT CHAIFETZ ARENA
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(Pre-Show Match In Progress) FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. JET SPEED (Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey)

They joined the match in progress, noting that it didn’t end within the pre-show window. No one has been more excited about anything ever than Tony Schiavone was about this match carrying over into the PPV portion. For the finish, Cash covered Speedball and got the three count when Stokely Hathaway held his feet from ringside out of the referee’s view.

WINNERS: FTR.

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Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s live coverage for AEW WrestleDream on October 18, 2025, coming to you live from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri at a special start time of 8 PM ET!

Darby Allin will be competing in an AEW ring for the first time since the October 1 episode of “Dynamite” as he collides with the leader of The Death Riders, Jon Moxley. The two men have had no shortage of issues with one another over the past few months including a win Moxley scored over Allin in a Coffin Match at AEW All Out on September 20, culminating this past Wednesday on “AEW Dynamite” and “AEW Collision” when Moxley left Allin beaten down following a backstage verbal confrontation between them.

“Hangman” Adam Page will be putting the AEW World Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Lee Moriarty on the September 24 episode of “Dynamite” as he defends against Samoa Joe. Tensions between the two men have been on the rise over the course of the past few weeks, with Page staring down Joe after Joe and his Opps stablemates Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata retained the AEW World Trios Championship against La Faccion Ingobernable this past Wednesday.

Kris Statlander puts the AEW Women’s World Championship on the line against Toni Storm. Statlander and Storm met one another in a verbal confrontation turned physical in the opening moments of Wednesday’s show, with the former having previously dethroned the latter as AEW Women’s World Championship at All Out in a Four-Way Match that also involved Jamie Hayter and Thekla.

Two other championships will be on the line tonight, as Brody King and Bandido put the AEW World Tag Team Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Gates Of Agony’s Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun on September 24 when they defend against reigning AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita as cracks in the relationship between the two Don Callis Family members continue to grow. Elsewhere, Mark Briscoe will be challenging another member of The Don Callis Family, Kyle Fletcher, for the TNT Championship in what will mark Fletcher’s first defense since retaining against Kyle O’Reilly on October 7.

Ricochet, the aforementioned Liona, and the aforementioned Kaun of The Demand will be going head-to-head with The Hurt Syndicate’s Shelton Benjamin, MVP, and Bobby Lashley in trios competition. Not only did The Demand defeat The Hurt Syndicate at All Out only for The Hurt Syndicate to later score a win of their own in a Street Fight on the October 7 episode of “Dynamite”, but Kaun and Liona also emerged victorious against Benjamin and Lashley in a tag team match this past Wednesday.

After defeating Skye Blue this past Wednesday in singles competition, the aforementioned Hayter will be returning to action as she goes one-on-one with another member of Triangle Of Madness in the aforementioned Thekla. Thekla blindsided Hayter with an attack a number of months ago back in May, explaining that her reason for doing so was because Hayter happened to be in close proximity to her in a video message she sent to Hayter following her win against Blue. Elsewhere, The Young Bucks’s Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson look to earn some extra cash when they take on Jack Perry and Luchasaurus in a $500,000 match as the four men look to put the rising tensions between them to rest once and for all.

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The October 15, 2025 edition of AEW Dynamite featured several major moments, including a tense jailhouse segment between Jon Moxley and Darby Allin that ended with Allin being laid out in brutal fashion. The episode was part of a three-hour AEW broadcast, with the first two hours dedicated to Dynamite and the third hour serving as AEW Collision.

According to Dave Meltzer, AEW Dynamite averaged 534,000 viewers, up from the 321,000 viewers recorded on October 7, 2025. In the key P18–49 demographic, the show scored a 0.11 rating, a notable increase from last weekâ€s 0.07 rating.

These figures reflect linear television audiences only and do not include any streaming viewership from MAX or delayed digital viewing.

AEW Dynamite October 15, 2025: Viewership and Highlights

This weekâ€s episode of AEW Dynamite saw Darby Allin and Jon Moxley meet face-to-face in jail, which ended in PAC ambushing Darby Allin and beating him bloody while Moxley watched on.

The Hurt Syndicate also took their first pinfall loss in traditional tag team action as Gates of Agony pinned Shelton Benjamin for the massive win. This and many other moments took place throughout the night.

AEW Dynamite week-to-week viewership comparison

MetricOctober 7, 2025October 15, 2025Change% ChangeTotal Viewers321,000534,000+213,000+66.4%P18–49 Demo Rating0.070.11+0.04+57.1%

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Jon Moxley made sure to gain the psychological edge over Darby Allin just days before their I Quit match at AEW WrestleDream. Instead of confronting each other in the ring or backstage, the two met in a prison-style visitation room during the October 15 AEW Dynamite, separated by a thick glass wall.

Moxley was the first to speak, acknowledging that Allin wasnâ€t going to quit—but making it clear that he wouldnâ€t either. He admitted that he was out of options and appeared visibly frustrated. He offered Allin one final opportunity to join the Death Riders, pushing the idea that it was still not too late to align with him.

Allin didnâ€t back down. In a surprising reveal, he admitted that he thinks about joining the Death Riders every day. However, he refused the offer, saying that he couldnâ€t bring himself to follow someone he no longer respects—especially after how Moxley treated Bryan Danielson.

The mention of Danielson struck a nerve. Moxley lashed out verbally, insisting that his actions were necessary and that Danielsonâ€s pain served a bigger purpose. To Moxley, this wasnâ€t about friendships—it was about fighting a war for the future of professional wrestling.

Allin fired back with confidence, vowing to make Moxley say “I Quit†at WrestleDream. He claimed that once that happens, the rest of the Death Riders would lose faith in their leader and abandon his path.

Just as the conversation seemed to end, PAC blindsided Allin from behind and left him bloodied. Moxley remained on the other side of the glass, silently watching the assault unfold, sending a chilling reminder that Allin isnâ€t just walking into a fight—heâ€s walking into a war filled with ghosts and unfinished business.

The final image of Allin lying in a pool of his own blood makes one thing clear: Moxley isnâ€t just trying to win at WrestleDream—heâ€s trying to destroy him.

Will Darby Allin be able to overcome Moxleyâ€s mind games and violence, or has the war already taken a toll before the match even begins? Drop your thoughts below.

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AEW DYNAMITE REPORT
OCTOBER 15, 2025
INDEPENDENCE, MO. AT CABLE DAHMER ARENA
AIRED ON TBS & HBO MAX
REPORT BY WADE KELLER, PWTORCH EDITOR

Commentators: Excalibur, Taz, Bryan Danielson

Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts

Attendance: WrestleTix reported that 2,069 tickets had been distributed; arena is set up for 2,514. The arena has a capacity of 7,000 spectators when configured for pro wrestling.

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[HOUR ONE]

Announced Matches & Other Notes

• Kenny Omega & Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus) vs. Mark Davis & Hechicero & Josh Alexander – Trios match
• The Opps (Samoa Joe & Katsuyori Shibata & Powerhouse Hobbs) vs. La Facción Ingobernable (Rush & Sammy Guevara & Dralistico) (with “Hangman†Adam Page on commentary) – AEW World Trios Championship match
• Orange Cassidy & Kyle Oâ€Reilly vs. Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta)
• The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs. Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
• Megan Bayne vs. Harley Cameron
• Claudio Castagnoli vs. Roderick Strong
• Skye Blue vs. Jamie Hayter
• Kris Statlander and Toni Storm Famous Last Words segment
• Jon Moxley and Darby Allin face-to-face

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HOUSEKEEPING

• Konosuke Takeshita defeated Zack Sabre Jr. at King of Pro Wrestling to become the new IWGP World Champion.

• Speaking of new champions, Mercedes Moné traveled to Denmark last Friday where she won the Bodyslam Pro Wrestling Womenâ€s Title. This win gives her a tenth championship, tying her with Ultimo Dragon. It also means that the Womenâ€s World Tag Team Titles could suddenly be interesting as it could be the one that breaks the record.

• Kota Ibushi suffered a broken femur after falling from Josh Alexanderâ€s shoulders on the turnbuckle to the floor during their match on Collision. This is just the latest in a series of injuries the Golden Star has endured the last few years. What makes this one particularly sad is that Ibushi had practically turned back the hands of time since returning in July and looked the most like his old self that he has in years. Now this setback. Hereâ€s wishing him all the best.

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Itâ€s another PPV week which means tonight is another go-home show. AEW always delivers when it comes to these and I have no doubt they will again tonight.

How Far Will They Go?

Latest Developments

Darby Allin closed out last weekâ€s Dynamite by threatening the Death Riders with a Molotov Cocktail before security intervened.

Analysis

Just when it seemed like things couldnâ€t possibly escalate much further in the war between Darby Allin and the Death Riders, Darby showed up at the end of last weekâ€s Dynamite loaded for battle. After helping cost Pac his match against Orange Cassidy, he was prepared for the inevitable Death Riders attack. He sprayed Jon Moxley with pepper spray, tasered Wheeler Yuta, and then pulled out a actual Molotov Cocktail and dared the Death Riders to come after him. Before he could light it, however, he was tackled by security and in the process dropped the bottle which shattered. The show went off the air with both sides being restrained by security.

Later in the week, in a video widely shared on social media, Darby attacked Mox while he was appearing at a NYC Comic-Con panel.
Suffice to say, this feud is out of control. The I Quit match this Saturday will most certainly not be for the weak at heart. These two are capable of damn near anything and who knows what they might do to each other to force someone to say “I quit.” I mean weâ€ve seen flamethrowers, tasers, pepper spray, and Molotov Cocktails in the lead up. I shudder to imagine what will unfold once the bell rings.

I do believe that Darby has to win the match, though. He has to get his definitive win over Mox and end the issue once and for all. The problem is that the Death Riders arenâ€t going anywhere even though they probably should. If they are going to stay around, then there has to be a significant change within the group. Mox literally saying “I quit” should be catalyst to him getting supplanted as leader of the Death Riders by Pac. Mox can go away for awhile and The Death Riders can get a new look and new mission statement with Pac at the helm.

Grade: B

To Legitimize a Champion

Latest Developments

Kris Statlander and Toni Storm will have a final war of words as they prepare to do battle one-on-one for the very first time at WrestleDream.

Analysis

Storm and Statlander teamed with Harley Cameron to face the Triangle of Madness in a six-woman tag team match on Collision. The match was good. Aside from continuing to build the Triangle of Madness, the purpose of this match was to see if Stat and Storm could effectively work together ahead of their match. For the most part, they did. Things almost broke down when Julia Hart ducked a kick and Stat almost clocked Storm. The resulting stare down led to both women getting taken out of the match and Harley being pinned.

On tonightâ€s Dynamite, Stat and Storm are scheduled to have a promo segment dubbed “Famous Last Words.” Obviously, talking is not Statlanderâ€s strong suit but she managed to hold her own thus far largely because Toni has gone out of her way not to overshadow her verbally. I hope thatâ€s the case tonight.

As far as the match goes, I expect both women to be motivated to put on a strong showing. The whole point of the match is to legitimize Statlanderâ€s unexpected title win last month, so I expect her to go over Toni in clean and convincing fashion.

Grade: B+

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A Fight for Respect

Latest Developments

Samoa Joe and “Hangman” Page defined their match as one to prove Hangman is a worthy champion.

Analysis

Hangman addressed the confusing way the match came about during the face-to-face promo with Joe last week. Both men are such masters on the mic that they were able to overcome the way the match was initially set and up and really sell this match as another step in Hangman proving his worthiness as champion.

This match will be good, no doubt. I just hope that Hangman gets a real feud to sink his teeth into next. Opponents of the Month are fine for heel champions like Jon Moxley. Hangman is better when he’s focused in on an opponent.

Grade: B-

The Family That Preys

Latest Developments

The Don Callis Family continued its eternal war with Kenny Omega and battle against the Conglomeration as the internal tension between Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita continued to mount.

Analysis

After the gruesome injury to Ibushi, Omega ran down to aid his best friend. Mark Davis made his return to the DCF and got a trash can to the head from Omega as a welcome back present. Later in the show, Jack Perry approached Omega in his locker room and attempted to make peace. Omega was understandably reluctant given Perryâ€s role in the Elite’s assault on him, but agreed to team up with Jurassic Express to test the waters. Given that Andrade has a prior engagement, he canâ€t be Omegaâ€s opponent on Saturday. That leaves an opening on Omegaâ€s dance card. My vote is for Hechicero. That match could be incredible.

Elsewhere, the Don Callis Family is also feuding with The Conglomeration – specifically Fletcher feuding with Mark Briscoe. The two will have the fifth match of their series at WrestleDream where Fletcher will almost certainly retain his TNT Title.

Perhaps the most interesting thing going on with The Family is the tension between Okada and Takeshita. They won the right to fight Brodido for the tag titles last week and things were extremely awkward then. Since then, Takeshita went and won the IWGP Title.

In a video released to social media, the Don Callis Family gathered to celebrate Don’s birthday. Takeshita, fresh off his title win, sent in a video with his birthday wishes, but Okada “accidentally” cut it off midway through, barely disguising his disdain. How will these two be able to work together and when will the jealousy and animosity boil over? Those are the pressing questions for this weekend.

Grade: B+

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Whenever his in-ring career ends, Darby Allin mostly wants to disappear from pro wrestling instead of staying involved in a different role.

Allin has gotten some experience as a coach over the past year while training Sting’s son Steven Borden for his debut. That isn’t a job that interests Allin in the long-term, though, with him telling the My Mom’s Basement podcast that he doesn’t think he would have the patience to be a trainer.

“I do, but I don’t,” Allin responded when asked if he enjoys coaching. “I honestly just want to disappear from the world of wrestling [when his career is over]. I don’t want a whole lot to do with it when I’m retired from the in-ring. It’s fun to coach people, but I don’t think I would have the patience for it, with the egos and stuff.

“I don’t know, I kind of want to just disappear from everything. I want to just live, like, a personal and private life. Make movies and just disappear. I don’t know, it just sounds fun. I don’t want to be one of these guys who’s clinging for the spotlight. Like, ‘Pay attention to me!’ It’s like, dude, I’m at peace with whatever.”

Allin is only 32 years old at the moment and is having the time of his life in AEW. He’s set to face Jon Moxley in an “I Quit” match at this Saturday’s WrestleDream pay-per-view.

Sting’s son Steven had his official in-ring debut earlier this month as part of a show Allin held at an art gallery. Allin believes the match went well — and he thinks Borden has the potential to go as far in wrestling as he wants. Borden’s first match was teaming with JD Drake against Allin & Killer Kross.

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