Hangman Page could have one in all the largest matches of his profession at AEW Revolution 2026 as he’ll challenge MJF for the AEW Men’s World Championship in a Texas Death Match. If Page doesn’t leave Los Angeles, California with the title, he has vowed to never challenge for the title again, which is something that has already been proven to last in AEW given what happened to Cody Rhodes. With the Revolution major event being a Texas Death Match, we felt like it will be an incredible likelihood to look back on the last time AEW placed on one in all its most violent stipulation matches, and what a violent match it was.
On the time of writing, probably the most recent Texas Death Match in AEW was Page’s match with Jon Moxley within the major event of AEW All In Texas 2025, with the AEW Men’s World Championship being on the road. It was the culmination of a near 12 months long story that began with the Blackpool Combat Club evolving into the Death Riders under Moxley’s leadership, Bryan Danielson having his profession ended, and the AEW Men’s World Championship belt being locked away in a briefcase. Moxley wasn’t going to let anyone see the title because he didn’t think anyone was ok to see it, and he patiently waited for somebody to succeed in his level.
While all that was happening, Page settled his rating with Swerve Strickland but realized that getting revenge is not all what it’s cracked as much as be, and eventually worked his way back into the hearts of fans and into the world title picture. He defeated Will Ospreay within the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament to earn a shot at Moxley within the major event of All In Texas, but desired to up the stakes by making the match a Texas Death Match. Page has experience in beating Moxley in what has change into his signature stipulation, however the Moxley that Page beat at AEW Revolution 2023 is a totally different beast in comparison with who he would face at Globe Life Field.
We have been getting ourselves excited for Revolution 2026 by rewatching old events, highlighting classic matches, and reliving previous chapters in a number of the feuds that may potentially end this Sunday. Now it is time to shine a highlight on a match related to the event in the shape of Hangman Page and Jon Moxley’s Texas Death Match for the AEW Men’s World Championship at All In Texas 2025.
One Of AEW’s Finest Moments
To start out off, I remember watching this match for the primary time and being genuinely exhausted because All In Texas, for those who include the Zero Hour pre-show, clocked in at slightly below eight hours long. No wrestling show should ever be eight hours long, what’s improper with you Tony Khan? Nonetheless, that fact is lost on some people given how All In Texas finished since the major event is one in all the best pay-per-view matches you will note anywhere on the earth. For those who’re not into blood and violence, then I’m sorry to tell you that this match might be not for you, but for those who enjoy slightly little bit of the old ultraviolence, sit back and calm down.
Having recently rewatched the unique Texas Death Match from AEW Revolution 2023, it was neat to see some call-backs to that match. Hangman is in a position to scout the barbed wire chair within the corner but Moxley is in a position to follow up on that, despite not with the ability to avoid the Powerbomb on the upright chairs for the second match in a row. The fork spot is reversed as Hangman stabs the champion in the pinnacle multiple times versus Moxley taking the fork to Hangman’s head the primary time around, the Lariat continues to be as necessary as ever given Hangman’s history with getting a concussion from that move, and very like the primary match, the blood mainly amps up each guys in the primary half fairly than making them drained.
Then Wheeler Yuta gets within the ring and the finale of the match begins to construct. Marina Shafir has been at ringside the entire time but she wasn’t really an element until the remainder of the Death Riders showed up, and because the numbers grow, so does the anticipation. You’ve gotten Page now going against Moxley, Yuta, Shafir, Claudio Castagnoli and Gabe Kidd, but then the cavalry starts arriving for the great guys. Will Ospreay shows up but is quickly disposed of to stitch some more dread within the audience, especially after barbed wire tables and a bed of nails are put to good use. They would not really have Hangman lose would they?
Fortunately not as Darby Allin and Blue Panther’s biggest fan Bryan Danielson show as much as kick the Death Riders out of the match. Hangman looks to have won, just for The Young Bucks to reach to swing things back in Moxley’s favor, but when the champion gets too confident and desires to indicate Hangman the belt, Prince Nana handcuffs Shafir to the guardrail, Swerve Strickland takes out The Bucks, throws the chain to Hangman to clear the air between those guys, and Hangman has a transparent path. A Buckshot Lariat on the nails, a sequence across the neck, and a finish almost equivalent to Revolution 2023 sees Hangman finally win back the AEW Men’s World Championship. The one difference being that Moxley sells the finish with a severe sense of panic that makes every part so a lot better.
Did Jon Moxley’s Plan Actually Work?
Arguably probably the most impressive story of 2025 for AEW was the incontrovertible fact that firstly of the 12 months, fans world wide were begging for Jon Moxley to drop the AEW Men’s World Championship to literally anyone. Many individuals struggled to see what the actual point of the Death Riders was, why Moxley was acting in the best way he was, and what profit this whole story would have on the corporate. By the top of the 12 months, Moxley was being cheered by the live audience, heralded as the most effective wrestlers on the earth by those that were watching at home, and once more became a must-see a part of AEW’s weekly programming. This begs the query of whether the Death Riders storyline actually worked, and within the long-run, I believe the reply is yes.
For individuals who still do not know what the major point of the story was, it’s extremely easy. Moxley got here back to the corporate after All In London 2024 and wasn’t completely happy with the state of AEW, believing it had been overrun by egos, individuals who don’t look after the business as much as him, and that it just wasn’t the corporate that he joined in 2019. Whether you agree with all those points or not, you may’t argue that Moxley’s mindset was one which loads of people had about AEW at the moment, regardless of what number of five star matches the corporate placed on its pay-per-views. His solution, take the AEW Men’s World Championship, keep it away from everyone until the remainder of the roster got to his level, which by that time would put the entire company on a special level as everyone would should up their game. You don’t love Moxley’s idea of burning down the corporate to construct it back up in his own image? Do something then, but just comprehend it won’t be easy because Moxley is more motivated than ever before.
Obviously it began off slow, and the incontrovertible fact that loads of top stars didn’t really cross paths with the Death Riders didn’t help, making the primary half of the reign feel a bit inconsequential and comedic as well. But over time, when the likes of Swerve Strickland, Will Ospreay, Hangman Page, Samoa Joe and the remainder of The Opps began to become involved, that is when every part began to click. Now the Death Riders felt like a real major event angle with a wide range of top babyfaces who would all realistically make great decisions for ending Moxley’s reign.
The Death Riders story and its payoff was the grand crescendo of AEW’s biggest show of the 12 months, and it worked, and never only did it work but your complete company was lifted in the method. 2025 is even talked about in the identical breath because the acclaimed 2021 that AEW had, and Moxley, along along with his Death Riders are a giant reason for that. The knee-jerk response world we live in didn’t give the story a likelihood at first, but over time it grew and grew into something that became the middle piece of AEW’s 12 months, so did the Death Riders story work? Absolutely. Possibly the individuals who want long-term storytelling in the fashionable era just have to learn methods to be a bit more patient.