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All In: Texas (2025)
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The 2025 All In, also promoted as All In: Texas, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was AEW's third annual All In, and the fourth overall. The event took place on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. It marked AEW's first PPV in the U.S. state of Texas, its first at a Major League Baseball stadium, and the first All In to be livestreamed on Amazon Prime Video. The event was also the first professional wrestling event held at Globe Life Field. Additionally, All In was AEW's first afternoon PPV, with a special start time of 2:00 p.m. Central Time (3:00 p.m. Eastern Time), preceded by the Zero Hour pre-show at 12:00 p.m. CT (1:00 p.m. ET).
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Twelve matches were contested at the event, including three on the Zero Hour pre-show. In the event's final match, which was promoted as part of a triple main event, "Hangman" Adam Page defeated Jon Moxley in a Texas Death match to win the AEW World Championship. The second main event, which was the penultimate match, saw AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada defeat AEW International Champion Kenny Omega in a Winner Takes All Championship Unification match to win the inaugural AEW Unified Championship. The first main event saw "Timeless" Toni Storm defeat Mercedes Moné to retain the AEW Women's World Championship. In another prominent match, Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay defeated The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) and as a result, The Young Bucks were stripped of their Executive Vice President titles. The event also featured the returns of Juice Robinson, The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn), Cope, Bryan Danielson, and Darby Allin, the latter of whom had taken a hiatus to successfully climb Mount Everest.
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Background
All In was first held as an independent professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event in September 2018, and was produced by members of The Elite in association with Ring of Honor (ROH), which retained the rights to All In.[2][3] The event inspired the formation of the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in January 2019,[4] and after AEW president Tony Khan purchased ROH in March 2022,[5] AEW revived All In as their first-ever PPV event held in the United Kingdom, with both the 2023 and 2024 events taking place during the United Kingdom's August Bank Holiday weekend at Wembley Stadium in London, England.[6][7] All In would become AEW's biggest annual event, subsequently regarded as one of the "big five", along with Double or Nothing, All Out, Full Gear, and Revolution, the company's five biggest annual events.[8]
On August 15, 2024, the third All In by AEW, and fourth overall, was announced to be held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday, July 12, 2025, marking AEW's first PPV event held in an American baseball stadium and in the U.S. state of Texas. All In: Texas was also AEW's first PPV event held in July and subsequently the first professional wrestling event held at Globe Life Field.[9] During an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show just a week before the event, Tony Khan stated that they were not at Wembley Stadium for 2025 as the band Coldplay had booked the venue years in advance for a tour that ran through the August Bank Holiday weekend.[10]
Tickets for All In: Texas went on sale on December 9, 2024. Additionally, AEW hosted a free kickoff party at the Texas Live! sports bar adjacent to Globe Life Field on November 20, which included a meet-and-greet with wrestlers from AEW and ROH, as well as early access to purchase tickets for All In: Texas.[11]
All In: Texas was originally set to take place during the evening of July 12, but on April 2, 2025, it was announced that All In would instead have a special start time of 2:00 p.m. Central Time (3:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to prevent a direct counterprogramming attempt by WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event XL.[12] However, WWE later scheduled The Great American Bash, a livestreaming event for their NXT brand, to run against All In.[13] Despite the earlier start time, All In's six-hour duration resulted in the last hour overlapping with the first hour of Saturday Night's Main Event XL.[14]
Immediately following the July 10 episode of Collision, TNT and Max simulcast a television special previewing the event titled Countdown to All In.
Other All In week events
In the week leading up to All In, AEW hosted several events. Both Dynamite and Collision were held live at the Curtis Culwell Center in nearby Garland, Texas, on Wednesday, July 9, and Thursday, July 10, respectively. Collision was preempted from its usual Saturday night time slot due to All In taking place on Saturday.[15] Immediately after Collision, AEW hosted a karaoke show in the Champions Ballroom of the Sheraton Arlington Hotel, where fans could sing karaoke with various AEW wrestlers.[16] The hotel also hosted the fan convention Starrcast on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12. AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) hosted their biggest annual pay-per-view, Supercard of Honor, at the Esports Stadium Arlington on July 11.[15] On Saturday morning before All In, AEW kicked off the event with a "Texas Tailgate" inside Texas Live!'s Shift4 Arena. Immediately after All In, there was an "After Party" in The Arlington Backyard of Texas Live!. Both events allowed fans to meet various AEW wrestlers and win prizes.[17]
Storylines
All In: Texas featured 12 professional wrestling matches, including three on the Zero Hour pre-show, that were the result of pre-existing feuds and storylines, with results being predetermined by AEW's writers. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision.[18]
The Owen Hart Cup is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by AEW in partnership with The Owen Hart Foundation in honor of Owen Hart. It consists of two single-elimination tournaments, one each for men and women. The respective winners receive a trophy called "The Owen", a commemorative championship belt, and a world championship match at All In. Both tournament finals occurred at Double or Nothing on May 25, 2025. The women's tournament was won by AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné, who defeated Jamie Hayter and earned an AEW Women's World Championship match against reigning champion "Timeless" Toni Storm.
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Meanwhile, the men's tournament was won by "Hangman" Adam Page, who defeated Will Ospreay and earned an AEW World Championship match against reigning champion Jon Moxley.[19] At Dynamite 300 on July 2, it was confirmed that the bout between Moxley and Hangman would be contested as a Texas Death match.[20]
Upon winning the 2024 Continental Classic at Worlds End on December 28 and retaining the AEW Continental Championship, Kazuchika Okada was confronted by returning long-time rival Kenny Omega, who had been out of action for over a year due to legitimately being diagnosed with diverticulitis which (in kayfabe) had recently been aggravated following an attack by The Elite (Omega's former stable whom Okada had joined by that time).[21] Omega would go on to win the AEW International Championship at Revolution on March 9, 2025.[22] Following a successful title defense at Dynamite: Fyter Fest on June 4, Omega was confronted by Okada. A Winner Takes All match for both the International Championship and the Continental Championship was then subsequently scheduled for All In.[23] During the contract signing the following week at Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster, Tony Schiavone confirmed that the bout would be a championship unification match to unify the titles as the AEW Unified Championship.[24][25]
On the June 21 episode of Collision, it was announced that a Casino Gauntlet match would be held at All In;[26] it was subsequently revealed that there would be both a men's and women's version of the match with the respective winners receiving a future world championship match.[27] Two four-way matches, one each for the men and women, occurred on the June 25 episode of Dynamite to determine the number one entrants respectively, where Mark Briscoe defeated Bandido, Konosuke Takeshita, and Roderick Strong, and then Kris Statlander defeated Athena, Thunder Rosa, and Willow Nightingale.[28] On July 2 at Dynamite 300, The Hurt Syndicate's MJF defeated Anthony Bowens, AR Fox, and Brody King in a four-way match to become the number two entrant in the men's Gauntlet.[20] On the July 9 episode of Dynamite, Megan Bayne defeated Queen Aminata, Tay Melo, and Thekla in a four-way match to become the number two entrant in the women's Gauntlet.[29]
At Dynasty on April 6, The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) returned after a hiatus since October, and interfered in the main event, assisting Jon Moxley in defeating Swerve Strickland, with Moxley retaining his AEW World Championship.[30] Strickland would feud with both Moxley and his Death Riders stable, and The Young Bucks, culminating in an Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing on May 25, which Strickland's team won.[31] At Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster on June 11, The Young Bucks renewed their rivalry with Strickland, and attempted to superkick him with shoes that had thumbtacks encrusted on the soles following Strickland's match with Will Ospreay, but Ospreay purposefully moved in front of Strickland and was superkicked instead.[24] On the June 25 episode of Dynamite, Ospreay and Strickland challenged The Young Bucks to a tag team match at All In, but The Young Bucks refused.[28] At Dynamite 300 on July 2, Ospreay and Strickland again challenged The Young Bucks to a match, this time with the added stipulation that if The Young Bucks lost, they would be stripped of their Executive Vice President titles, but if Strickland and Ospreay lost, neither would be able to challenge for the AEW World Championship for one year, and The Young Bucks accepted.[20][32]
At Dynasty in April, Adam Cole defeated Daniel Garcia to win the AEW TNT Championship.[30] After Double or Nothing in May, Cole began a feud with Kyle Fletcher over the title, with Cole defeating Fletcher via disqualification on the May 28 episode of Dynamite.[33] At Collision 100 on July 5, Fletcher defeated Garcia to become the #1 contender for the AEW TNT Championship at All In.[34] However, during the All In Zero Hour pre-show, it was confirmed by AEW president Tony Khan that Cole was legitimately injured and could not be cleared for his TNT Championship defense. The match was subsequently changed to a four-way match for the vacant title between Fletcher, Garcia, Dustin Rhodes, and Sammy Guevara.[35]
On the June 25 episode of Dynamite, the newly formed tag team of JetSpeed ("Speedball" Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) defeated Ricochet and AR Fox.[36] After the match, JetSpeed called out the AEW World Tag Team Champions, The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) and challenged them to a match at All In, before being ambushed from behind by them.[36] The match was subsequently made official for All In.[37] On the July 5 episode of Collision, it was confirmed that The Patriarchy (Christian Cage and Nick Wayne) would also be in the match, making it a three-way tag team match.[38]
At the AEW Spring BreakThru special episode of Dynamite on April 16, The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, and Powerhouse Hobbs) defeated Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, and Wheeler Yuta) to win the AEW World Trios Championship (Moxley was filling in for a legitimately injured Pac). On May 14 at Dynamite: Beach Break, Moxley successfully defended the AEW World Championship against Joe in a Steel Cage match after interference from the Death Riders and Gabe Kidd.[39] This led to an Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing between The Opps' team and the Death Rider's team, where the former team won despite Kidd's interference.[31] On July 5 at Collision 100, Castagnoli and Yuta challenged The Opps for their AEW World Trios Championships at All In.[40] On the July 9 episode of Dynamite, Kidd returned,[41] and it was subsequently confirmed on the same episode that the title match was official and that Kidd would take Pac's place.[40]
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Reception
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated the opening eight-man tag team match 2.25 stars, the eight-man tag team match featuring "Big Boom!" A.J. 3 stars, FTR vs. Outrunners 3 stars, the AEW World Trios Championship match 3.75 stars, the men's and women's Casino Gauntlet matches both 4 stars, the vacant TNT Championship four-way match 3 stars, the AEW World Tag Team Championship three-way match 4 stars, Ospreay & Strickland vs. Young Bucks 5.5 stars, the AEW Women's World Championship match 4.75 stars, the AEW Unified Championship match 4.75 stars, and the AEW World Championship Texas Death match 5.5 stars.[42]
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Results
- Order of entrants: Mark Briscoe, MJF, Ricochet, Bandido, Konosuke Takeshita, Místico, Josh Alexander, Anthony Bowens, Roderick Strong, Brody King, Juice Robinson, Kota Ibushi, The Beast Mortos, and Max Caster.
- This was originally scheduled as a singles match in which Adam Cole was to defend the title against Kyle Fletcher before Cole had to relinquish the title on the pre-show due to injury.
- Order of entrants: Kris Statlander, Megan Bayne, Willow Nightingale, Tay Melo, Thekla, Julia Hart, Queen Aminata, Mina Shirakawa, Athena, Thunder Rosa, Syuri, and Alex Windsor.
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