AEW Revolution 2026: Biggest Winners & Losers

The revolution was televised, or no less than available on PPV, last night, as AEW presented the 2026 edition of its Revolution event. We have already broken down what happened on the outcomes page, and the staff has thoroughly dissected what they loved and what they hated.

Which means it is time to dig into the winners and the losers from Sunday’s big show. Sometimes winners were just that, winners, like MJF, who survived 46-minutes of horror to depart Los Angeles triumphant. Sometimes Winners are losers, just like the man he beat, who has quite a bit to take into consideration in the longer term, and sometimes someone who won is a loser, like FTR’s Dax Harwood and Money Wheeler.

Enough bloviating, listed here are the winners and losers from AEW Revolution.

Despite being a legitimate fan of his work, I do not know who Hangman Page is, without the AEW World Title. I do not think his loss on Sunday will permanently keep him from the world title scene, but he has been within the title’s orbit for everything of the promotion’s life, and it’s time for him to work out who he’ll grow to be.

I believe Cody was going for something similar when he strapped himself with the “can never challenge for the world title again” stipulation, but he did not have the history that Hangman now does, and so I’m simply interested to see where Page goes from here.

We got a transient little taste of what it could appear like, during his partnership with Speedball and Kevin Knight, and now he shall be forced to dream up a future for himself without the title.

Wrestlers are artists, at the top of the day, and Hangman Page needing to be a viable world title contender has at all times been something of a restriction on his presentation. Page is now a free man, who can grow to be whoever he must grow to be, and do whatever he wants. Like I said, I assume this can be a long road to him earning back the suitable to challenge, but that’s more energizing than the umpteenth Swerve Strickland feud.

When Swerve Strickland beat Brody King on Sunday, I used to be terrified that Hangman Page was going to win the world title, and force us into the umpteenth chapter of his feud with Strickland. Luckily for everybody, that will not be to be.

Hangman’s freedom is Swerve’s freedom on this case, as Swerve is poised to face –in some unspecified time in the future– MJF. Yes, Will Ospreay got here back and so did Kenny Omega, but there continues to be room for Swerve to call MJF out on his nonsense and be the proud star that he’s been for the previous couple of years. I’m sure Hangman will still be lurking within the shadows, able to reignite the feud, but for now, Swerve’s road heads directly towards the AEW World Title.

While many are certain that Ospreay and MJF have a collision down the road planned somewhere, I’m not so sure. If Ospreay goes to finally win the AEW World Title this yr, MJF is a superb foil for his hopes and dreams, but Swerve is an ideal one, and one with whom Ospreay has loads of history. Either way, MJF or Ospreay, the longer term is shiny for Strickland.

MJF is the belle of the ball, the prettiest girl on the dance, regardless of the metaphor, MJF goes to be the name on every most important eventer’s lips for the subsequent yr. In some ways, he’s been the little brother of Hangman Page, as much the face of AEW as Page, but somewhat younger and somewhat snottier.

His victory on Sunday ensures that his entire summer shall be spent being chased by a who’s who of AEW stars. Omega, Ospreay, Strickland, each one goes to be coming after the title, and therefor, everyone seems to be going to be coming after MJF.

He’s also a way more confident presence this time around. The builds to his title matches have not relied on quite a lot low-hanging fruit, and the day without work has done him well because he also moves significantly better within the ring than he has in years.

It seemed unimaginable but MJF is interesting again, and having the spoiled champion survive a deathmatch that lasted longer than most episodes of “Mad Men” did quite a bit to make him appear like the star AEW has often promised him to be. He’s made it very clear that AEW is stuck with him, and that may be an uphill battle for somebody as bristling as MJF, but when he keeps growing the best way he has, he’ll find a way to maintain his presence fresh for years to return.

God help us, Ronda Rousey is back.

The AEW Women’s Division was already pressed for time, and now they are going to have to seek out a method to work the previous UFC Champion into what little screen time they have already got. I understand that Rousey brings a certain, gawking fanbase. There shall be rubberneckers who wish to see how she handles herself in a spot like AEW, but it surely also just implies that there’s one less spot for the ladies who’ve been grinding for years to make the Women’s Division mean something.

It seems like AEW has fallen for the old trap of picking up WWE leavings. We’re about to learn the lesson we already learned with Adam Copeland, or Jake Hager, some people aren’t working in WWE anymore for a reason. I’m unsure what Rousey brings to the table, aside from less-than-reliable freak show eyes.

If she’s only a guest, high-quality, but when she’s really going to grow to be a presence on AEW television, I run the danger of each of my eyes coming out of the socket from rolling them harder than anyone’s rolled their eyes before.

I believe that, if there’s three people in AEW who can afford a loss, it is the perpetually-over Orange Cassidy, the bulletproof Darby Allin, and Roderick Strong, who loses quite a bit anyway, so what is the problem? 

Which is why it was incredibly funny that the three men were in a position to defeat The Dogs, who are only now establishing themselves on AEW, after years as a Bullet Club offshoot in NJPW. Do not get me fallacious, the largest star is likely to be David Finlay, but that’s much more reason to offer the three men somewhat more legitimacy than whatever it’s you call what happened on Sunday.

The Dogs will likely find a way to return back from this loss, but it surely does kinda feel like they’re DOA. I’m glad Finlay’s getting paid, and I believe Connors has star potential, but also they are the sort of talents who can easily wander away within the shuffle of AEW’s immense roster.

Possibly I’m fallacious, in truth I hope I’m fallacious, but it surely seems like they’re just waiting for Jay White and the Ass Boys to return back, unless they were released and I forgot. But considering I even needed to ask, none of that is boding well for them.

Look man, I get it. AEW is for the sickos. But a few of us are normal individuals who should work within the morning. If AEW goes to run on a Sunday, they should curb the 4.5 hour extravaganzas, or strictly grow to be a Saturday night PPV promotion.

Last night was ridiculous. I understand that purchasing a ticket means you have got to take the ride, but I’m bored with wrestling punishing me for being a traditional person, who works normal hours, and quite frankly cannot just mainline the product for hours on end. Possibly I’m just not the suitable sort of junkie for AEW shows, but it surely doesn’t change the incontrovertible fact that I’m not the just one. When you could have each me and Dave Meltzer on the identical side, you could have united the disparate masses and may probably listen: The show was too f***ing long.

You would like wrestling to live endlessly? It’s good to make shows that the youngsters can easily watch. I’m not saying give me a bloodless, 4-match card, but there must be some sort of balancing act. 

I’m bored with asking “Is that this all somewhat an excessive amount of?” and being greeted by the vacant, overstimulated stare of the AEW faithful, who appear to say “It is just too much, and is not it great?” as their lives melt away, one overlong show at a time. That is one among the downsides of creating a wrestling promotion for individuals who will look ahead to NJPW shows until the cold light of dawn comes peeking through the blinds.