Four-way main event closes out AEW’s year with major title change
Summary
– MJF won the AEW World Championship in a four-way main event
– The match featured Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, and Hangman Page
– Worlds End 2025 took place at the NOW Arena in Illinois
AEW Worlds End 2025 closed the year with a high-stakes AEW World Championship four-way match that delivered chaos, drama, and a major title change. The event took place at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, with the company aiming to end the year on a defining moment.
Samoa Joe entered the bout as champion and carried strong crowd support, holding championship gold from his work with The Opps as well. He defended the title against Swerve Strickland, Hangman Page, and MJF in a match built around long-running rivalries and shifting alliances.
The action was nonstop from the opening moments, with each competitor unleashing high-risk offense to keep the crowd engaged. The atmosphere escalated when Swerve and Hangman faced off, reminding fans of their brutal history and unfinished business.
As the match progressed, near falls and signature moves piled up. Samoa Joe applied the Coquina Clutch multiple times, nearly ending the contest, while MJF relied on shortcuts and opportunistic strikes to stay alive. Swerve and Hangman each came close with their trademark offense, but neither could secure the victory.
The closing sequence saw chaos inside and outside the ring, with interference attempts and exhausted challengers failing to put Joe away. After Hangman landed multiple Buckshot Lariats without success, MJF seized the opening and delivered his finisher to Joe to score the decisive pinfall.
With the victory, MJF captured the AEW World Championship once again, closing AEW’s final event of the year with a shocking and defining moment that reshapes the company heading into 2026.
