Overview
- The main event is a Texas Death Match for the AEW World Championship, where a loss would bar Hangman Page from ever challenging for the title again against champion MJF.
- The show airs from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena with Zero Hour at 7 p.m. ET and the main card at 8 p.m. ET on HBO Max, Prime Video, PPV.com and YouTube.
- MJF previewed a rope‑a‑dope strategy, touting superior cardio, and dismissed deathmatch‑style wrestling as hack and trash in pre‑event interviews.
- Tony Khan reported a gate exceeding $1 million with strong early PPV buys and expressed promoter concern about the bout’s expected brutality and the wellbeing of both headliners.
- A stacked card features Thekla vs. Kris Statlander in a two‑of‑three falls Women’s title match, Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita with no time limit for the Continental title, FTR vs. The Young Bucks for the tag belts, the Don Callis Family defending the Trios titles, and a Zero Hour 21‑man National Championship battle royale with new entrants including Jack Perry, Rush, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata.