AEW Revolution 2025 Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights

All Elite Wrestling returned to pay-per-view Sunday night with Revolution, its annual springtime spectacular at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

This year's show was headlined by an AEW World Championship battle between Jon Moxley and Cope, while "Timeless" Toni Storm and Mariah May concluded a year-long story in what the company dubbed their "Hollywood Ending" with the AEW Women's World Championship on the line.

Who emerged victorious from those two matches and what else went down on was a stacked card full of contests that, on paper, looked like they may compete for Match of the Year contention?

Find out with this recap, including grades and analysis for each of the night's matches.

Announced for Sunday's PPV:

* AEW World Championship: "The Rated R Superstar" Cope vs. Jon Moxley (c)

* "The Hollywood Ending" for the AEW Women's World Championship: "Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Mariah May

* AEW International Championship: Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita (c)

* Steel Cage Match: Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher

* TBS Championship: Momo Watanabe vs. Mercedes Moné (c)

* AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Outrunners vs. The Hurt Syndicate (c)

* "Hangman" Adam Page vs. MJF

* Swerve Strickland vs. Ricochet

* AEW Continental Championship: Brody King vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)

Zero Hour Pre-Show

* Orange Cassidy, Big Boom AJ, and Mark Briscoe vs. Johnny TV and MxM Collection

* ROH World Championship: Gravity vs. Chris Jericho (Zero Hour Pre-Show)

* Daniel Garcia, Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong vs. Shane Taylor Promotions

* Lee Johnson and Blake Christian vs. Komander and Hologram

(c) denotes defending champion

The in-ring action at this year's Revolution kicked off on the Zero Hour pre-show with the team of Hologram and Komander battling Ring of Honor competitors "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson and Blake Christian.

Despite a strong effort by the ROH crew, who controlled a large part of the early half of the match, the masked luchadors fought back, uncorked the high-flying offense that is problematic for so many opponents and scored the win off a 450 splash from Hologram to Christian.

This was a showcase match for the babyfaces and a tone-setter. On both fronts, it succeeded, getting the crowd into the action and setting the bar for the rest of the night.

Result

Hologram and Komander defeated Christian and Johnson

Grade

C

Top Moments and Takeaways

* The commentary team put over the idea of the luchadors not being at 100 percent after an attack by The Beast Mortos on Saturday night's Collision. It was a nice touch that set up Christian and Johnson to shine while controlling the action.

* A poisonrana from Hologram did not go according to plan, and Christian smashed his head on the hardest part of the ring in a scary moment.

* If Mortos and Dralistico vs. Hologram and Komander was not the choice here, for whatever reason, Christian and Johnson were the perfect opponents as they provided an opportunity for the babyfaces to have the high-flying, spot-heavy party matches they are known for.

TNT champion Daniel Garcia, Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong squared off with Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean in eight-man tag team action.

The tension between Garcia and Cole defined this match, which was another showcase for the babyface side of things.

The heels controlled momentarily but Cole received the hot tag to fire things up. Before he could use the Panama Sunrise to put Moriarty away, Garcia tagged in and tapped out the ROH Pure champion to win the match for his team.

A tense staredown between Garcia and Cole, likely opponents for the TNT title at some point in the near future, closed things out.

Result

Garcia and Undisputed Kingdom defeated Shane Taylor Promotions

Grade

C

Top Moments and Takeaways

* There is no universe in which this does not feel like a massive step down for Cole.

* With that said, the pace and energy changed for the better when he entered the match.

* Moriarty continues to be booked into the ground, inexplicably taking another loss when anyone else on the heel side of things could, and should, have.

Chris Jericho was originally slated to defend the Ring of Honor world title against Gravity Sunday night but before the match could even begin, he attacked his opponent with a baseball bat.

A three-on-one beatdown, also involving Big Bill and "Bad Apple" Bryan Keith, ensued until Bandido made the save for his brother. The numbers game proved to be too much and Jericho and his minions laid out the siblings.

When their mother and sister entered the ring, even they were not spared as Jericho further assaulted the luchadors while they watched up close.

Grade

B

Top Moments and Takeaways

* If there was a way to distance this feud from the western standoffs that preceded this event, the Learning Tree beatdown was one way to do it. There was no bad comedy here, just a strong heel heat-building angle that should help intensify the rivalry over the ROH title.

The relationship between AEW and Big Boom AJ continued as The Costco Guys star teamed with Orange Cassidy and Mark Briscoe to battle MxM Collection's Mansoor and Mason Madden and Johnny TV in Trios action.

It was all comedy, with dancing, cookies and The Rizzler taking center stage. The heels finally halted the momentum of their opponents and took over, controlling the match.

The heat period built to the hot tag to AJ, who brought the boom to the heels. And after a spot that included Mansoor powerbombing himself while Big Justice held onto his legs, the babyfaces scored the win off a triple powerbomb.

Righteous Gemstones stars Adam Devine and Tony Cavalero entered the ring afterward and delivered a double chokeslam to Mansoor to, thankfully, put an end to this entire ordeal.

This wasn't great and hardly representative of what AEW does best.

Result

Cassidy, Briscoe, and AJ defeated MxM Collection and Johnny TV

Grade

D

Top Moments and Takeaways

* The most heat for the heels came when Mansoor stole a double chunk chocolate chip cookie from The Rizzler.

* "I'm on a diet," Mansoor said when Cassidy fed him the cookie.

* Harley Cameron made Taya Valkyrie feel her wrath at ringside, to the delight of the fans.

The rivalry between Page and MJF began way back at Double or Nothing in 2019, when the former eliminated the latter in the Casino Battle Royal to win the first match in AEW history.

Sunday, they wrote the latest chapter in a physically and emotionally intense match. MJF sought to prove he was the main character of AEW, not Page, and even exclaimed in frustration at one point: "Why you and not me?"

Hangman answered that question in dramatic fashion, surviving a tombstone piledriver onto a steel chair at ringside to deliver the Dead Eye, add an Angel's Wings in honor of the same Christopher Daniels whom his opponent brutally attacked, and finish him off with the Buckshot Lariat for the win.

A great match that meshed action and story seamlessly and ended with the heart and soul of the company earning a big opening match victory, to the delight of the fans in Los Angeles.

Result

Page defeated MJF

Grade

A

Top Moments and Takeaways

* Not to be outdone by good friend Cody Rhodes, MJF grabbed a commentary headset and dropped an F-bomb.

* Page got a haircut, echoing back to his days in Ring of Honor, potentially signifying an impending rebirth in the coming weeks.

* MJF took the damnedest Angel's Wings ever, landing directly on his face. Hopefully he is OK after that wicked spot.

Mercedes Moné faced the most physical test of her run as TBS champion to this point Sunday, narrowly escaping the challenge of Momo Watanabe and her barrage of kicks, one of which nearly ended the champion's reign.

Late in a grueling, back-and-forth contest, Watanabe uncorked a kick that caught Moné in the chin, appearing to stun her momentarily.

The CEO proved her toughness, though, and fought her way back, capitalizing on a momentary hiccup by Watanabe and delivering the Moné Maker before tapping her out to the Bank Statement for the win.

It wasn't always a pretty watch, with a few spots appearing disjointed as if the competitors were not on the same page, but they managed to recover nicely and get the audience into what they were doing late.

Result

Moné defeated Watanabe to retain her title

Grade

B-

Top Moments and Takeaways

* The crowd, so invested in the opener, struggled to get into anything here early. That changed later in the contest, though.

* The transitions and reversals were seamless, with the chemistry between the two readily apparent.

* Excalibur explained Watanabe's baseball background, including her power hitting and how her ability to turn her hips allows her to fire off her trademark kicks quicker than others. It was a great bit of commentary.

Swerve Strickland not only concluded his rivalry with Ricochet Sunday night, but he also cashed his ticket to an AEW World Championship tilt in the near future.

The match between the former world champion and his antagonist did not live up to the blood-inducing scissor attacks that preceded it, but it did feature some great fire early on by the babyface and more quality heel work from his opponent.

The mid-match drama of Strickland pushing Prince Nana and infuriating his manager enough to leave him behind, only for the longtime hype man to return and attempt to steal back Jimmy Rave's robe from ringside, was a nice touch and set up the finish.

Quality storytelling, effective character work, a red-hot crowd, surprising physicality and the right outcome helped shape a third quality match to start the show.

Result

Strickland defeated Ricochet

Grade

A

Top Moments and Takeaways

* Ricochet entered to a chorus of boos and revealed he had altered Rave's Embassy robe by adding his logo to he back, an ultimate sign of disrespect.

* Strickland pushed Nana down at ringside while beating down his rival, causing the frustrated manager to walk out on his charge.

* Strickland obliterated Ricochet with a Vertebreaker on the commentary table.

* The babyface anticipated the low blow that felled him the last time these two competed against each other and blocked it, but he fell prey to a brainbuster. The 630 splash from Ricochet that followed earned only a two-count.

* Strickland attempted a tope suicida, but Ricochet caught him and delivered a Death Valley Driver that nearly ended badly. The heel added Vertigo but still could not keep his opponent down.

Brody King has made a habit of showing out in singles opportunity and did just that early in his Continental Championship opportunity against Kazuchika Okada.

However, it was not enough to defeat The Rainmaker and take his title.

King gave the New Japan Pro-Wrestling legend a fight, leaving his body welted and bruised from the physicality of his attack. Okada countered with underhanded tactics, catching his opponent with the title belt to the face but failing to put him down for three.

Eventually, he did keep King down, delivering the Rainmaker for the pinfall victory and seemingly putting the Hell Hounds behind him.

The styles here did not necessarily mesh, and the crowd was subdued for most of it, but it was still fine for what it was.

Result

Okada defeated King to retain the AEW Continental Championship

Grade

C

Top Moments and Takeaways

* Despite a crowd still cooling down after Swerve vs. Ricochet, King showed out early on, taking the fight to Okada and putting the champion on the defensive.

* Okada used the Continental Championship to blast King, but the big man kicked out at two.

Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin retained their AEW World Tag Team Championship Sunday, defeating The Outrunners' Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum in a match that was rarely pretty and probably ran longer than it should have.

Too often, it felt like the teams were rushing or on different pages, leading to disjointed or mistimed spots.

The champions retained, but one would be hard-pressed to argue the match-up would not have been better served as a quick squash that put over the aggression of Lashley and Benjamin at the expense of a fan-favorite tandem.

Regardless, this was a clash of styles that resulted in a subpar match for both teams.

Result

The Hurt Syndicate defeated The Outrunners

Grade

C-

Top Moments and Takeaways

* The crowd singing along to "We Hurt People" never gets old.

* Benjamin's running knee to the face is one of the best strikes in AEW.

* This was probably too competitive.

Storm and May promised a Hollywood Ending and, in the City of Angels, that is exactly what the delivered.

Their year-long rivalry culminated in a brutal and bloody battle that tested their wills and desire to be champion.

Champion and challenger used steel chairs, tables, ring steps, glass, a champagne bottle and the infamous shoe that started it all, all while their faces were caked in the crimson mask.

Ultimately, the battle spilled from the ring and up the ramp, where it concluded with Storm utilizing that shoe on her former protege, then driving her through a Hollywood-inspired table with a Storm Zero for the win.

After the bell, Storm lay draped over her opponent as the words "The End" appeared on the video screen to a roar from the crowd.

This was exactly what it needed to be and what fans should have hoped for. It was the conclusion of a blood feud, one that has been intensely personal from the moment May betrayed Storm.

It earned the violence that was on display, more so than some of the other matches AEW has produced featuring the same elements.

This was a brilliant bout that worked on several levels and stands as a legitimate Match of the Year candidate, as much for the drama and emotion on display as the action itself.

Result

Storm defeated May to retain the AEW Women's World Championship

Grade

A

Top Moments and Takeaways

* The glass fist shtick was a bit much, but given how the champagne bottle has been present at multiple points in the story and its use here at least made sense.

* May slipped during a dropkick to Luther on the stage and appeared to hurt her back, but she powered through it.

* The many callbacks present here, including the aforementioned shoe and champagne bottle as well as Storm whipping May with the championship belt, helped elevate the overall quality of this one.

Kenny Omega marked his return to an AEW PPV for the first time since 2023 by defeating Konosuke Takeshita to win the international title in a grueling bout that somehow followed up the epic encounter between Storm and May with another Match of the Year contender.

Omega overcame a concentrated effort by his opponent to target his stomach, from where he had two feet of intestine removed while out with diverticulitis, to outwrestle his opponent.

Late, as they threw their best at each other, Omega rocked Takeshita with a V-Trigger and set up for the One-Winged Angel. The champion slipped out, but Omega caught him with a crucifix pin. Takeshita countered, but so did The Best Bout Machine, who grabbed the leg of his opponent and finally scored the win.

This was a smartly wrestled match that served as an appropriate return to form for Omega but also highlighted how extraordinary Takeshita is as a pro wrestler.

An outstanding performer who has repeatedly proved able to hang with the best the company has to offer, it's time to break him away from Don Callis and push him to the moon because the now-former international champion is the future of AEW.

Result

Omega defeated Takeshita to win the AEW International Championship

Grade

A

Top Moments and Takeaways

* Omega is a master of theatricality and it was on full display during his entrance.

* Takeshita targeted Omega's stomach and abdomen area, exploiting the illness that had sidelined his rival previously. It was a smart and logical story to tell and one neither man overthought.

* The champion delivered a release German suplex that turned Omega inside out and landed him stomach-first on the floor. He added a front suplex on the edge of a table, adding injury to injury.

The rivalry between former United Empire teammates wrote its latest chapter Sunday inside a steel cage as Will Ospreay defeated Kyle Fletcher.

It was another bloody contest that was less impactful in that regard because of the instant classic we witnessed earlier between Storm and May.

With that said, it was still a war of attrition between two men who once stood side-by-side, only to see their union divided by the selfish aspirations of one.

Barbed wire, screwdrivers, thumbtacks and an awesome Spanish Fly from the top of the cage set up one last Hidden Blade from Ospreay and the devastating Tiger Driver 91 that finally finished the double-tough Fletcher.

This hopefully puts an end to a rivalry that ran several months, made a star of the young Aussie and saw Ospreay test his willingness to embrace violence when needed.

It has run its course now, and both men need to move onto something fresher, Ospreay in particular, who has been involved with Don Callis in some form or fashion since his arrival in AEW.

Result

Ospreay defeated Fletcher

Grade

A

Top Moments and Takeaways

* A bloodied Ospreay utilized superb footwork to run the ropes, springboard off and rock Fletcher with a forearm.

* This one was in the unenviable position of following Storm vs. May and Omega vs. Takeshita, leaving Ospreay to work overtime to get fans invested in a match they had already seen twice before.

* The visual of Fletcher's white gear painted in Ospreay's blood was impressive.

* Mark Davis appeared at ringside and slid a steel chair and bag of weapons into the ring, only to eat the cage door to the face, courtesy of Ospreay.

* Fletcher delivered a sickening brainbuster on a steel chair that folded it the wrong way and still only netted him a two-count.

* Styles Clash. To Fletcher. On thumbtacks.

Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Championship Sunday night over Cope in the main event of Revolution, but it was a match that had no business closing out the show.

It was a slow, plodding contest that never got out of first gear and struggled to get the fans to buy in until late in its second half.

For a match that was preceded by some intense brawling angles, this opted to keep it mostly low-key, with only the use of the exposed arena floor and ring steps as weapons through most of it.

A referee bump, an appearance by Wheeler Yuta, Jay White making the save and the introduction of steel chairs brought the crowd alive, as did the Spears from Cope and the possibility of a new champion.

Instead, Christian Cage made his presence felt, cashing in his guaranteed title match contract only to be choked out by Moxley, who retained the title to legitimate groans from the fans in L.A.

Swerve Strickland somewhat saved the ending of the PPV, leaping from the stands with a Double Stomp to Moxley to set the stage for him as the next challenger.

On a night when nearly everything else hit, this was a tone-deaf main event that should not have been at that spot on the card.

Had it swapped places with Storm vs. May, perhaps it would have been more palatable. As it is, it was an underwhelming conclusion to a show that had been edging toward all-timer status before it.

Result

Moxley defeated Cope to retain the AEW World Championship

Grade

C, and that might be generous

Top Moments and Takeaways

* The first half of the match was about as enthralling as the Death Riders storyline has been...and that's not a compliment.

* Moxley inexplicably minimally sold an impaler DDT and was back to his feet before his opponent. Yes, Cope was selling the match-long beating, but it still would have been nice to see the heel sell anything.

* The champion sent the challenger into referee Bryce Remsburg, who flew through the ropes and to the floor, setting up Moxley to use and do whatever he wanted.

* Yuta took out Cope in the least shocking moment of the match.

* The heat for Moxley isn't the heat he, Tony Khan or those backstage in AEW think it is.