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AEW Redemption is LIVE TONIGHT from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on HBO Max PPV at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT — and history will be made! Tonight marks the first-ever AEW Redemption, and a city with a rich wrestling history like Montreal is the perfect city to host it. Plus, with AEW All In: London just 35 days away, Redemption could make or break those who want to be part of the biggest show of the year.

Ten matches make up this star-studded card, including six championship matches. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega puts the title on the line against TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight in Omega’s first defense of his second reign. AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defends against Willow Nightingale, and 2025-2026 Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament winner Mercedes Moné awaits whoever the champion is at All In. 2026 Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament winner Will Ospreay is also locked into an AEW World Championship match in his hometown of London at All In, but first, he’ll team with AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley to face the Young Bucks tonight in Montreal.

The Buy-In begins at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT, with a celebration of 80 years of the Rougeau Wrestling Dynasty – one of the most prolific wrestling families in Montreal history – before the main card gets underway at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Check out the full AEW Redemption preview below to find out how we got here before it all goes down tonight in Montreal!

Kenny Omega made the most of a deal with The Devil at Dynamite Beach Break – and when he beat MJF to win the AEW World Championship for the second time, he finished a race he’d been running for years. Now, Omega takes on a different role. He is the hunted, but unlike his first reign, he’ll stand alone, without the assistance of Don Callis. 

The hatred between Callis and Omega is as strong as ever, especially since Knight aligned himself with the Don Callis Family. Omega wants to break the hold that Callis has over the young star and give Knight the chance to prove he can stand on his own. Knight, however, has made clear he’s not interested in being saved and that no goodness remains in his heart, only greatness. That greatness was on display when Knight beat Darby Allin this past Wednesday on Dynamite without the Callis Family, although he used the TNT Title to get the job done. He used that same belt later in the night to bloody Omega. 

Knight wanted to prove he could win without the help of the Callis Family, and he did. Now, Omega wants Knight by himself in Montréal – but when Callis is involved, all bets are off. Can Knight become Jet2Belts as the first AEW World and TNT Champion? Or will Omega handle everything Knight throws at him and march on to All In: London against Will Ospreay?

This is the story of Redemption in its purest form. Willow Nightingale returned from injury at Dynamite Beach Break as a surprise entrant in the Casino Gauntlet. And she didn’t just return; she won, earning the AEW Women’s World Title shot against Thekla at Redemption. It was a pivot from her original plan of winning the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament to get to the AEW Women’s World Title match at All In: London. Now, to make that dream a reality, she’ll have to beat Thekla tonight and walk into Wembley Stadium as champion. 

Thekla lives for spoiling dreams like this. It’s been a hallmark of her entire AEW Women’s World Championship reign over the past five-plus months. Yet these women have already come to blows. After a heated face-to-face in front of Mick Foley on Dynamite, Thekla whipped Willow with her belt, only for Willow to come back and pounce Thekla clear out of the ring. Last night on Collision, it was Thekla and TBS Champion Hikaru Shida defeating Willow and Maya World to take the momentum into Redemption when Thekla pinned World after she was hit by a kendo stick. 

If Willow wants to fight for the AEW Women’s World Championship at All In: London, she’ll have to leave Montreal with the gold tonight, while The Toxic Spider wants to keep weaving her web en route to London. Which one of these two warriors might stand across the ring from Mercedes Moné at All In: London as the defending AEW Women’s World Champion?

Kyle Fletcher walked into Dynamite Beach Break as a challenger and walked out as the AEW International Champion, dethroning “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita, a match that came to be after Fletcher and the Don Callis Family turned on Takeshita at Double or Nothing following Takeshita’s championship victory over Kazuchika Okada. And it’s fair to say Takeshita indirectly set up this Redemption title defense for Fletcher. Bandido made his AEW International Title intentions known to Fletcher before he turned away Komander two weeks ago on Dynamite. After the match, Takeshita came out for revenge on Fletcher but was quickly double-teamed by Fletcher and Okada – that is, until Bandido and Brody King arrived and took them both out to stand tall with Takeshita. 

Fletcher made the challenge to Bandido for this first-time matchup, and this past week on Dynamite, he made it clear that he didn’t want any of the Don Callis Family at ringside, to show he could beat Bandido on his own. Can «The Most Wanted» become a double champion in Montreal? Or will Fletcher’s AEW International Championship reign notch a second successful defense?

The Young Bucks issued the challenge to Moxley and Ospreay for Redemption, and it was accepted without hesitation. Four of the most accomplished wrestlers in AEW history will share a ring in Montreal, and there’s no shortage of history between them. The Bucks know Moxley well; they’ve teamed with him and they’ve faced him, so, in their own words, they know not to trust him. And of course, Ospreay knows all about facing the Young Bucks because it was he and Swerve Strickland who beat them last year at All In: Texas to take away their EVP status. 

This match is not about championships or job titles. With All In: London 35 days away, Ospreay awaits his AEW World Championship date with destiny against Kenny Omega or Kevin Knight, and there’s no denying how important Moxley’s been as a guiding light along the way. The tension is always high this time of year, but there’s an extra layer in the complicated history between these four men. Who will win this star-studded and deeply complicated tag team affair?

Cage and Cope are done watching the Death Riders stick their noses in their business. After multiple attacks by the Death Riders and The Dogs, the AEW World Tag Team Champions laid out the challenge themselves, so tonight, PAC and Claudio Castagnoli get their shot at the AEW World Tag Team Titles.

 As Copeland and Cage learned once again after a savage backstage attack on Dynamite, PAC and Castagnoli are two of the most dangerous individuals in AEW. Can the champions retain in their home country, or do the Death Riders add more championship hardware to their collection?

After dramatically cutting ties with the Don Callis Family at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in Death’s Door, Andrade has been on a warpath to take all the gold from the Family, especially following months of broken championship promises by Callis. A win over Jake Doyle two weeks ago on Dynamite earned him his shot tonight against AEW National Champion Mark Davis. Davis choked Andrade out last week on Collision, but Andrade returned on Dynamite ready to fight. 

Andrade wants revenge via a championship. Davis wants to prove the Family’s dominance extends beyond the man who left. Who walks out with the AEW National Title? 

Last week on Collision, Shida’s post-match attack on Queen Aminata after their TBS Title match was stopped cold by Maya World, who made sure to take Shida’s kendo stick for good measure (although it was a kendo stick shot that allowed Thekla to pin World last night in a champions vs. challengers match on Collision). As a result, World has a chance to add a golden chapter to her inspirational story in Montreal as she faces Shida for the TBS Title tonight. 

World has been on one of the most remarkable runs in recent AEW history: a last-minute Owen Cup entry, a victory over her mentor, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena, in the semifinals, and an unforgettable match with eventual winner Mercedes Moné at Forbidden Door. Shida has dismissed World and her accomplishments, but she’ll have to back that talk with her title on the line tonight. 

Can Shida hold off an opponent who has already proven she belongs at this level and once again show why TBS stands for “The Best is Shida,” or is World ready to be the new face of TBS?

Ever since Ciampa’s violent actions at Beach Break to beat Jericho and the post-match attack that saw Ciampa produce a power drill, something in Jericho has been awakened that hasn’t been seen in a long time. Indeed, the Painmaker is back – but Ciampa hasn’t backed down, even raising the stakes last week when he delivered a no-holds-barred challenge to Jericho via a tense conversation with Paul Wight on commentary. 

Ciampa didn’t ask for this stipulation because he was worried about facing the Painmaker. He asked because he’s convinced this environment is his. Meanwhile, Jericho is embracing and welcoming the pain, and if how we’ve seen the Painmaker dish out punishment in the past is any indication, perhaps Ciampa has bitten off more than he can chew. 

This match won’t be pretty, but neither man wants it that way. The Painmaker vs. Psycho Killer in Montreal with no holds barred. Violence is not optional.

A future AEW International Title shot hangs above the ring tonight, and six men will do whatever it takes to climb the ladder and claim it. Perry, Bailey, Komander and Beast Mortos were randomly chosen for the first four spots in the match. Just last night, Nick Wayne punched his ticket with a qualifier win over long-time rival AR Fox, and El Clon earned the final spot in his return to AEW by beating ROH World TV Champion “Blackheart” Lio Rush. 

The AEW International Championship is a title none of these men have held. In fact, only Wayne, Bailey and Komander have fought for the title, with Komander taking “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher to the limit two weeks ago on Dynamite. Bailey, meanwhile, might come in with the biggest advantage of anyone, as he is fighting in front of his hometown crowd in one of the biggest matches of his career. With Fletcher also defending against ROH World Champion Bandido tonight, who will be waiting for the AEW International Champion out of these six men?

Ever since Jay White returned to AEW to rejoin Bang Bang Gang, he’s had The Dogs in his crosshairs – especially his former friend, David Finlay. Finlay’s been able to attack White with his shillelagh on multiple occasions, including this past week on Dynamite when White beat Connors and Finlay came out for a hit-and-run before Robinson and the rest of Bang Bang Gang hit the scene. Soon after, an incensed Robinson issued the challenge for a Double Chain Match, which eliminates any possibility of escape, with both teams connected to their opponents by chains. 

Bang Bang Gang has taken things up a notch since White’s return, and Robinson is made for this type of match. And The Dogs may like to hit and run, but when they hit, they hit hard. These two units will try to settle their issues tethered to each other by inescapable steel. The victors might just be the ones to survive the longest.

For the second straight night, the AEW World Trios Titles will be on the line! After The Conglomeration defeated ROH World Six-Man Champions Dalton Castle and The Outrunners on Collision last night, The Lethal Twist and The Conglomeration attacked the two groups of champions. It’s the second time over the last month The Demand and The Lethal Twist have worked together to target The Conglomeration. After Lethal, Johnson and Christian beat SkyFlight last night, they’ll take that momentum into The Buy-In tonight and try to be the first team to the undefeated trios squad of Cassidy, O’Reilly and Strong!

• Date: Sunday, July 26, 2026

• Start Time: 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT (The Buy-In starts at 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT on HBO Max and AEW digital platforms and runs for one hour before Forbidden Door)

• Location: Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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