AEW Worlds End Live coverage 12/28

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s live coverage of AEW Worlds End on December 28, 2024, coming to you live from the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida at a special start time of 8pm ET!

The Continental Classic comes to a close tonight as Gold League winner Ricochet goes head-to-head with Blue League runner-up and defending continental champion Kazuchika Okada in a semi-final matchup after both amassed 10 points over the last couple of weeks. On the other side of the bracket, Blue League winner Kyle Fletcher will take on his former close friend and Gold League runner-up Will Ospreay after earning 12 points and 9 points respectively over the last several. weeks. The winners of these two matches will advance to the finals later tonight where they will battle it out for the Continental Championship pending the victory of the match.

Jon Moxley puts his AEW World Championship on the line for the first time since remaining against Orange Cassidy at AEW Full Gear on November 23 as he defends against “Hangman” Adam Page, Jay White and “Freshly Squeezed” himself in a four – Way Match. Tensions between the four men have been high over the past few weeks, with them facing off in a series of verbal and physical confrontations with one another, including the “AEW Dynamite” Holiday Bash special when Moxley and his Death Riders stablemates Wheeler Yuta and PAC won over Page, White and Cassidy in the trios competition.

Thunder Rosa will be challenging for the AEW Women’s World Championship for the first time since she was able to dethrone Toni Storm at AEW Dynasty back in April when she collides with current titleholder Mariah May in a Tijuana Street Fight. Not only was Rosa at ringside when May successfully defended her title against former partner Mina Shirakawa at “Dynamite” Winter Is Coming as she reacted to the action with a series of signs, but she also watched as May’s former mentor Toni Storm made her long awaited return to AEW after the match.

Two other titles will be on the line tonight as Mercedes Mone puts her TBS Championship on the line against longtime rival Kris Statlander after the latter previously failed to dethrone the former as the title holder at the aforementioned Full Gear pay-per-view- event. Elsewhere, Konosuke Takeshita of The Don Callis Family will defend the AEW International Championship against Powerhouse Hobbs as they compete against each other in singles competition for the first time ever. The issues between Takeshita and Hobbs date back to the November 6 episode “Dynamite”, when Hobbs revealed himself as Ricochet’s tag team partner to defeat Takeshita and the aforementioned Fletcher.

MJF will put his “Dynamite” diamond ring on the line against former Better Than You Bay tag team partner Adam Cole. The former friends-turned-rivals have had no shortage of issues with each other over the past few weeks, with Cole defeating Kyle O’Reilly during the “Dynamite” Winter Is Coming special to earn his spot in tonight’s match, after they both won the “Dynamite” Dozen Battle Royal the week before.

Additionally, Leila Gray looks to redeem herself after coming up short to the aforementioned Rosa on last night’s edition of “AEW Rampage” as she goes one-on-one with the aforementioned Storm on the Zero Hour Pre-Show beginning at a special starting time at 6:30 p.m. ET. Outrunners Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd will also join forces with Dante Martin and Darius Martin to face Action Andretti, Lio Rush, Lance Archer and Brian Cage in an Eight Man Tag Team Match, and QT Marshall will go head-to-head with Jeff Jarrett.

We are live! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGunniess greet the crowd at home as Toni Storm makes her way to the ring. Leila Gray follows.