Wrestling Inc. Picks The Winners

AEW Revolution 2026 is officially upon us, and with any Tony Khan card comes an absolute plethora of matches, on this case including eight championship bouts! Thekla battles Kris Statlander, Jon Moxley takes on Konosuke Takeshita, the Young Bucks go to war with FTR, and Willow Nightingale defends each her belts, simply to name a number of of the title fights on tap — not to say non-title matches like Toni Storm vs. Marina Shafir and Swerve Strickland vs. Brody King. And naturally, the show might be capped off by a Texas Death Match between Adam Page and MJF, by which “the Hangman” can never challenge for the world title again if he doesn’t win it in Los Angeles.

But here’s the query — who will come out on top in these and other contests set for Revolution? That is what the Wrestling Inc. crew is here to reply. Granted, this particular card is pretty tough to call, but we mainly nailed our WWE NXT Vengeance Day predictions last weekend, so we’re giving it a shot! Let’s get to the picks!

Ricochet might be making his eighth defense of the National Championship in a 21-man blackjack battle royal at Revolution on Sunday, and by some means still despite having those odds stacked against him, ranks as the favourite amongst the Wrestling Inc. staff to win the match.

56% of voters predicted Ricochet to walk out and in along with his title reign intact, while 31% backed former TNT Champion Tommaso Ciampa to win the title, 6% saw Big Boom AJ surprising fans with a title win on the night, and one other 6% backed Christian Cage to return and take the championship.

Many names have yet to be confirmed as competing within the match and anyone including Ricochet’s former challengers could appear in it. He has been feuding with Jack Perry for the past few months, having defended the title against the previous “Jungle Boy” in December and February, in addition to defending the title against the likes of Titan, Nino Bryant, and Taiji Ishimori outside of AEW.

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Willow Nightingale is becoming synonymous with the AEW TBS Championship. The bubbly pugilist has maintained a vise-like grip on the title, and an amazing majority of the Wrestling Inc. Staff think that she’s going to walk out Sunday’s big event along with her title reign intact.

It helps that the pre-show match against Lena Kross is Nightingale’s first match of her self-imposed dual title defenses. Nightingale might be at her best for the match, and Kross can have an entire match’s value of mistakes top learn from by the point her AEW Women’s World Tag Title Match comes around, but more about that later.

Because it stands, Nightingale has simply been the face of the division, and while Kross is not any slouch, it doesn’t feel just like the time is correct to vary the title. AEW has already taken a probability on Thekla, and having too many champions who must prove themselves may lead to creating the division feel “less-than.” It seems like Willow has unfinished business with Mercedes Mone, in addition to other women on the roster.

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Now that the trio often called The Dogs are fully formed in AEW, nearly all of us imagine they’ll pick up the win at Revolution, despite going up against some pretty hefty competition.

The Dogs might be making their AEW pay-per-view debut as a trio here. David Finlay just made the choice to sign with AEW, and with reports that there was a spot waiting for him in WWE NXT if he wanted it, it would be surprising to me if he took a loss on PPV immediately after. Plus, these three are a well-established trio from their time in Latest Japan Pro-Wrestling, while their opponents are undeniably more of a makeshift unit. The Dogs are recent to the audience, they usually have numerous upside, however it’s vital to get them began on the precise foot. They need to walk away victorious here to determine themselves on the roster.

That is not to attenuate their competition, nevertheless. Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin have fairly strong track records in the corporate, especially Allin. Though it’s sad to say, it’s unfortunately Roderick Strong who will likely be the weak point here. After making his decision to stay by The Conglomeration on the newest “AEW Dynamite,” Strong will function a goal for Kidd, Finlay, and Connors. I imagine the cruel hand of fate will see Strong pinned by a member of The Dogs.

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Considered one of the longest-running feuds within the AEW women’s division looks to be coming to an end this Sunday at Revolution as “Timeless” Toni Storm will look to place her feud with Marina Shafir to bed.

Everyone might be banned from ringside, meaning that there might be no Death Riders, Mina Shirakawa, or Luther to help the 2 participants, which could not sound like a significant stipulation, but outside interference is what the Death Riders are known for. Every time a babyface looks to be gaining the upper hand, you possibly can count on Wheeler Yuta, PAC, Claudio Castagnoli, and Daniel Garcia to indicate up and swing things back of their favor. Yuta will most probably make an appearance in some capability, in any case he did get shaved bald by Storm and Orange Cassidy in Australia a number of weeks ago, but in a straight one-on-one contest, we here at Wrestling Inc. can see Storm walking away with the victory.

The previous AEW Women’s World Champion type of needs an enormous win after months of being evaded the title scene and slipping down the cardboard. It was only this time last yr where people believed Storm needs to be primary eventing AEW pay-per-views she was that popular, but she has been involved with the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship scene and the Death Riders because the fall of last yr, and it’s the precise time to place a line under that point in profession and get her back to where she belongs.

Shafir could also use a win as she doesn’t often get big singles matches on a stage like this. Actually, this might be Shafir’s first pay-per-view singles match in AEW, so a win for her would make numerous sense, and it’d send Storm into an excellent wilder sense of hysteria which could be very fun. Shafir has the legitimate combat background to back her up, so she will genuinely shoot on Storm if she really desired to. With that said, it is time to move Storm back up the cardboard, and doing it in Hollywood on Oscar night couldn’t be more fitting.

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Since Andrade returned to AEW earlier this yr, there is no doubt that the creative team has been excited about giving him a primary event push, something they did not execute during his first stint with the corporate. In only over two months, Andrade has defeated the likes of Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, and Mascara Dorada, making it highly unlikely that he won’t overcome Bandido this upcoming Sunday.

Along with AEW trying to keep Andrade a dominant force in the lads’s division, Don Callis has been adamant that he wants gold across the waist for all members of the Don Callis Family, and if the 36-year-old defeats Bandido, the present ROH World Champion, he’ll likely be given the chance to challenge for the title within the near future. Whether Andrade receives help from the Don Callis Family so as to win stays to be seen, but even without their assistance, a victory at Revolution would arrange the subsequent several weeks of programming for each competitors.

Despite being one among the more predictable matches on the cardboard, there is no doubt that each Mexican stars have the aptitude of stealing the show and potentially delivering the match of the night. In recent memory, Andrade and Bandido have already wrestled in a few of the most effective matches across the globe this yr, and a first-ever one-on-one clash between the 2 might be a show stopper, whatever the consequence.

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Within the battle for the title of “The Most Dangerous Man in AEW,” a newly-heel Swerve Strickland is about to tackle Brody King, and we imagine the previous AEW World Champion goes to maintain the moniker. A complete of 87% of us here at WINC who forged our predictions have Strickland winning in what is probably going going to be a brutal bout against King.

King has been doing quite well for himself in AEW in recent memory, from his successful reign as an AEW World Tag Team Champion alongside Bandido, to his recent mainstream media coverage for his support of families impacted by ICE, to his Grand Slam Australia title match against MJF. While he has numerous fan support behind him, Strickland’s storyline following his heel turn is a bit stronger and more of a deal with AEW programming without delay.

Strickland needs the win here greater than King following his activate Kenny Omega on the February 18 edition of “Dynamite.” If reports are to be believed, Omega won’t be present at Revolution to have the ability to avoid wasting King from Strickland’s wrath, and that may play right into a storyline back on the Wednesday night show if it must. It was Omega who inspired this match in the primary place when he said he believed King is the “most dangerous man in AEW,” enraging Strickland.

The massive feud between Strickland and Omega is not over, and certain results in a match to find out the subsequent primary contender for the AEW World Championship. That is why 87% of us imagine that Strickland is getting the victory here, though a few of us are still holding out hope for King.

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As I said, Lena Kross will head into the Women’s World Tag Team Title match with an entire match’s value of mistakes to learn from. Willow Nightingale might be worn out. Megan Bayne might be well-rested. There are numerous reasons to assume that Willow’s luck might be short-lived on Sunday.

The Babes Of Wrath have made the inaugural women’s tag championship reign one which matters, but Willow has at all times been a singles star. Harley Cameron will head off from Babes of Wrath with newfound confidence. It is time to put this to an end before it gets drained, or worse, starts to carry either woman back. Megan Bayne is overdue for some type of accomplishment. The entire pieces are in place for brand spanking new tag champions, so sayeth 75% of the staff.

It’s hard to swallow, but Willow kinda did this to herself on Wednesday, when she demanded to wrestle in two matches, assuring some type of Chekhovian fallout at Revolution.

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“Speedball” Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight are out to get the Trios titles back from the Don Callis Family’s Kyle Fletcher, Kazuchika Okada, and Mark Davis this Sunday, difficult for them alongside Mistico – while “Hangman” Adam Page challenges for the World title in a while.

The team of Bailey, Knight, and Page, Jet Set Rodeo, lost the titles to the DCF during last week’s “AEW Dynamite” and it definitely seems as if it could be early for them to vary hands over again. And that’s reflected with the 94% of Wrestling Inc. staff predicting them to retain the titles when all is claimed and done.

In fact that does mean that some had the team of Knight, Bailey, and Mistico getting something to cement their alliance with, specifically 6%. But the final feeling is that the titles were moved on to the heel faction as Knight, Bailey, and Page all pursue singles titles, it is perhaps somewhat counterproductive to place the titles back on JetSpeed so soon after losing them. Ultimately, time will tell what happens, however the DCF definitely have the numbers on their side heading into their first defense.

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Following their cut-off date draw last month, Jon Moxley and Konosuke Takeshita will meet again with the Continental Championship on the road. This time, just a little greater than half of our team has gone with Takeshita.

These two have a rivalry that dates back to Takeshita’s early days in AEW, with Moxley picking up two singles victories against him in 2022. They fought on the identical side against The Elite in 2023, before finding themselves in opposite corners of the ring once more in 2024, with Moxley winning their third singles match at that yr’s AEW Double or Nothing. Finally, Takeshita won a match against Moxley this past December, once they met within the Continental Classic, before their draw at AEW Grand Slam in February.

Takeshita has been on a gentle rise since his arrival, and fans are clearly able to see him as a babyface. Winning this title from Moxley would elevate him to the subsequent level and put him on an analogous plane as his Don Callis Family associates Kazuchika Okada and Kyle Fletcher, who each currently hold titles of their very own.

The divide between Takeshita and the opposite members of the Don Callis Family has been growing for months, and it is also possible that they by some means screw him on this match to finally sever ties with the rising star. Nevertheless, it’s hard to see Tony Khan passing up the concept of getting all three primary members of the faction holding gold at the identical time, so a Takeshita win seems like the safer bet on this case.

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Nearly five-and-a-half years on from their first meeting at AEW Full Gear 2020, FTR and The Young Bucks will once more battle over the AEW World Tag Team Championships this Sunday at Revolution, and there’s numerous animosity heading into Los Angeles, California. The champions have physically assaulted Matt and Nick Jackson’s family, which was a retaliation from Dax Harwood and Money Wheeler after Stokely Hathaway got Superkicked out of the wheelchair he still claims to wish. Matt Jackson was recently given a Spike Piledriver on the announce table, and the tensions are at an all-time high between these 4 men.

This is well some of the unpredictable matches on all the Revolution card as each teams have a robust case for why they need to win. The series of matches they’ve had is currently level at two wins each, however it seems like FTR still have a bit to do of their title reign before they drop the titles. Various names were thrown around heading into 2026 as to who FTR should drop the belts two, with JetSpeed, Mark Davis and Jake Doyle (or any Don Callis Family combination for that matter), and even the team of Adam Copeland and Christian Cage once they eventually return being mentioned. Cope and Christian are the apparent selection since they feuded with FTR without the title, they usually desperately want each a final run as tag champions before they retire.

Nevertheless, Matt and Nick Jackson might be of their home state, their families might be in attendance, and although they do their best work as heels, the AEW tag team division is at all times more exciting when The Bucks are at the highest of the pile. Plus, they desire a match with Cope and Christian sooner or later as well, so The Bucks might be those to drop the titles to the previous WWE Superstars.

That is genuinely a match that may go either way, but we’ll edge it in favor of the Jackson brothers. The Young Bucks can have an excessive amount of of a homefield advantage, they may want revenge for his or her family being assaulted by FTR, and up until now, we have not had a babyface Young Bucks run as champions yet. Each teams could leave Revolution as champions, however it’s time for Matt and Nick to make history by becoming the four-time AEW World Tag Team Champions.

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After losing the AEW Women’s World title last month to Thekla in a strap match, Kris Statlander has a possibility to win back the gold this weekend when she challenges the “Toxic Spider” in a 2 out of three falls match. Although many were shocked to see Statlander lose the championship and believed she would hold onto it for an extended time frame, 94% of the staff at WrestlingInc. have picked Thekla to retain on Sunday, as it could be too soon for her to drop the title, especially to the identical opponent she won it from.

AEW Revolution will mark the third time each women have competed against one another in singles motion this yr, and a second victory over Statlander could further establish Thekla as a primary event star in the ladies’s division. Moreover, Thekla has earned the precise to prove herself because the promotion’s top champion after being reliable in promos and some of the intriguing character’s on the roster over the past yr. The surprise of Thekla’s initial win has led many to query if she’ll have an extended title reign, however it could be an odd selection to strip her of the belt at her first pay-per-view title defense.

Going into Sunday’s match, it’s expected that every competitor will secure a fall to tie the rating at one a chunk, however the finish to come to a decision the eventual winner might not be clean, as Thekla’s Triangle Of Madness partners, Julia Hart and Skye Blue, could interfere to assist her achieve victory, which might also protect Statlander in defeat.

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There’s lots on the road within the primary event of Revolution, where MJF will defend his AEW World Championship against “Hangman” Adam Page in a Texas Death match. Not only is the title on the road, Page’s future shots on the gold if he loses this match are, as well. If Page loses here, he can never challenge for the title again, and that is why 75% of us imagine that the champion is retaining here.

We predict the stipulation is just too specific and serious to be thrown on the market if that is not what is going on to occur. AEW is more likely to have learned from its mistakes from the last time this stipulation occurred, causing issues for Cody Rhodes, and Page could at all times goad the champion, whether that be MJF or one other heel, into giving him a title shot, or he could win his ability to challenge for the gold back in one other stipulation match. And, truthfully, there are many other titles in the corporate he can compete for, and elevate, if he will be booked away from the primary event scene for some time.

MJF also just won the title at Worlds End after a fast Samoa Joe reign. While it could occur, we do not think AEW would book one other short reign so near the last one. From Swerve Strickland, to Kenny Omega, and even possibly Kyle Fletcher after a confrontation on “Dynamite” on Wednesday, MJF has no shortage of challengers going into the subsequent few months of massive AEW pay-per-views.

While Texas Death is Page’s specialty stipulation, we do not think he’s going over here. While all of us expect a brutal, bloody primary event to cap off AEW’s first pay-per-view in almost three months, 75% of us are going with MJF.

Written by Daisy Ruth