AEW WrestleDream airs this weekend, with Will Ospreay defending the world title in a Clockwork Carnage match against seven challengers, including Adam Copeland, who announced he will retire in 2027.
The show takes place on Saturday, October 17, with the main card kicking off at 1am UK time, following the Buy Out and Tailgate Brawl from midnight.
How to watch AEW WrestleDream 2026
UK fans can watch the event live via pay-per-view on Amazon Prime for £14.99, which includes on-demand replays, or through the MyAEW streaming platform, which costs £14.99 per month or £90 for an annual subscription. The subscription also includes weekly live episodes of Dynamite and Collision, plus 2026 archive content and Ring of Honor TV and PPV shows. The event will also air on a delay on ITV4.
Full match card
The card features six championship matches, with gold on the line for Mercedes Moné, Jon Moxley, and The Young Bucks, among others. The full lineup is:
- 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
Clockwork Carnage rules and Dragunov hint
The Clockwork Carnage match, created by Ospreay and familiar to fans of UK promotion Pro Wrestling EVE, combines aspects of a gauntlet and iron man match. Two wrestlers start at random, another joins every three minutes, and anyone pinned or submitted before all eight have entered is eliminated. Once the final wrestler enters, the remaining lineup face a 15-minute scoring phase where every pin or submission counts as one point, with the most falls winning.
During Wednesday’s Dynamite, a video package aired that all but confirmed the impending arrival of Ilja Dragunov, months after his WWE exit. The vignette showed a man in a suit moving his arm in a familiar way as music befitting the Mad Dragon played with a metronome ticking.
Adam Copeland’s retirement announcement in 2027 was also a major talking point, with fans reacting to the news that he will hang up his boots on his terms, having returned at the Royal Rumble in 2020 after a career-shortening injury in 2011.
