Hangman Adam Page captures AEW World Championship at All In Texas
Published 9:24 pm Monday, July 14, 2025
ARLINGTON — It was the bottom of the ninth and two outs with the Death Riders leading 15-0 on Saturday in the main event All Elite Wrestling All In Texas at Globe Life Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers.
Down to the final chance for AEW to overcome AEW World Champion and the Death Riders, Hangman Adam Page and company had a rally for the ages.
After Page stood up just in time on the count of nine on two straight occasions in the Texas Death Match, a message appeared on the screen from Darby Allin, who the Death Riders had taken out several months ago. Then, Bryan Danielson, who Moxley defeated for the title before he was sent into retirement by the Death Riders, was in the ring with a luchador mask on performing his famous “Yes” chants with the crowd chanting along. Danielson ripped off the mask and began to taking down the Death Riders one by one.
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Allin, who recently completed a successful climb of Mount Everest, propelled down from above the ring. His distraction allowed Page to turn the tables on Moxley. Allin delivered a coffin drop to the rest of the Death Riders, while Page delivered a buckshot lariat.
Moxley wasn’t done yet. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) came out to help Moxley. However, Swerve Strickland, who had a storied rivalry with Page, used the chain Page gave him earlier in the week to take out the Young Bucks. Page then used the chain to deliver the final blow to Moxley, wrapping it around his neck over the top rope, forcing Moxley eventually to tap out for what amounted to a walk-off victory, ending Moxley’s 273-day reign as world champion.
Page eventually opened the briefcase that Moxley kept the title in. The title was revealed for the first time in those 273 days, and it still had Danielson’s nameplates on the side.
“Tonight, being our biggest show in North America, the stakes were obviously high,” Page said in the post-show media scrum. “I cannot imagine the feeling for AEW if, after this gigantic show, Jon Moxley and the Death Riders had kept this championship. I cannot imagine the heartbreak that would have been for all of us. And that responsibility was on my shoulders, so I had no choice. It’s what I had to do.”
Kenny Omega against Kazuchika Okada at AEW All In Texas Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington. (Michel Alfaro/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
RIVALRY COMES TO AMERICA
Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega had met four times in Japan for a total of 204 minutes.
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On Saturday, the rivalry was contested on American soil for the first time.
Okada entered as the AEW Continental Champion, and Omega entered as the AEW International Champion. This match was to unify the titles for the AEW Unified Championship.
After a late rainmaker from Okada, Omega kicked out. Okada delivered another rainmaker and pinned Omega for the three count to become the inaugural AEW Unified Champion.
“We took a story that Okada correctly said was not finished,” Okada’s manager Don Callis said. “We took a rivalry that maybe not everyone had seen it, but they had heard about it. They felt the world shake during that series of matches. And it felt so great to be here in a great facility here in Arlington, Texas, and to be on the biggest stage there is for All Elite Wrestling, to have Okada bring a taste of that rivalry right here to All Elite Wrestling, I could not be happier. I could not be prouder for Okada.”
Toni Storm against Mercedes Moné Saturday at AEW All In Texas at Globe Life Field in Arlington. (Michel Alfaro/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
FIRST SINGLES LOSS IN AEW
Mercedes Moné entered Saturday without a singles loss in AEW. She also holds the AEW TBS Championship, the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre World Women’s Championship, the European Wrestling Association Women’s Championship and the Revolution Pro Wrestling Undisputed British Women’s Championship.
At All In Texas, she challenged Timeless Toni Storm for the AEW Women’s World Championship.
Storm hit three consecutive storm zeroes, but Moné kicked out. It eventually took a storm zero off of the top rope for Storm to pick up the victory and retain her championship
MJF at AEW All In Texas Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington. (Michel Alfaro/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
CASINO GAUNTLET WINNERS
Maxwell Jacob Friedman won the men’s casino gauntlet, which awards him a shot at the AEW World Championship.
Athena, who attended Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, won the women’s casino gauntlet. She is the current Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion, which she has held for 947 days after defeating Thunder Rosa on Friday at ROH Supercard of Honor, and will now get a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship.
“I’m just excited and thankful to be able to showcase what Ring of Honor has been producing, not only doing what I always do being a dominant champion but also showing that AEW is now Athena Elite Wrestling,” Athena said.
Adam Cole at AEW All In Texas Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington. (Michel Alfaro/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
OTHER NOTES
- Adam Copeland made a surprising return for the first time since April 6 to help out his longtime friend and former tag team partner Christian Cage, who he has actually feuded with since arriving to AEW on Oct. 1, 2023.
- Adam Cole, who was supposed to defend his TNT Championship against Kyle Fletcher, had to relinquish his title, citing health reasons. Cole gave a heartfelt speech to the crowd.
- In possibly the match of the event, Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay defeated the Young Bucks. There were several moments when it looked like the match would end. Eventually, Ospreay hit the hidden blade at the same time Swerve hit the house call. Swerve delivered the pin for the victory. With the loss, the Jacksons lose their title as Executive Vice President.
- The estimated attendance for Saturday’s show was more than 27,000, which is the largest for an AEW show in North America since the company was founded in 2019. AEW announced that there were fans from all 50 states and 29 countries at the show.
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