{"id":183223,"date":"2025-12-27T13:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=183223"},"modified":"2025-12-27T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:31:45","slug":"murphys-blog-aew-worlds-end-predictions-a-new-aew-world-champion-and-the-continental-classic-winner-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/12\/27\/murphys-blog-aew-worlds-end-predictions-a-new-aew-world-champion-and-the-continental-classic-winner-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy&#8217;s Blog: AEW Worlds End predictions &#8211; A new AEW World Champion, and the Continental Classic winner will be&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-4239119121\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>By Don Murphy<\/strong>, ProWrestling.net Contributor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonThePredictor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DonThePredictor<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone is having a great holiday season, regardless of what you celebrate. AEW presents its final pay-per-view of 2025 this evening with its Worlds End event, taking place in Chicago, Illinois, at NOW Arena. I typically don&#8217;t order AEW pay-per-views because I can&#8217;t usually justify the expense when there&#8217;s 20 hours of TV wrestling weekly. I&#8217;m making an exception with this show because I am a fan of the Continental Classic as a concept and am curious to see how it ends. It&#8217;s a nice way to present some meaningful television during a time when companies tend to slow down.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, I would like to see AEW do a better job of incorporating a sports-like feel to this by getting a bit more specific around implications of match outcomes, particularly as we get near the end. The leaderboard graphic is fine, but a bit more around what a win or a loss may mean to someone who is &#8220;in the hunt&#8221; would be great. Having Renee Paquette serve as the sideline reporter was a nice touch that I&#8217;d like to see continue. Now then, for the last time in 2025, let&#8217;s run down the card!<\/p>\n<p><b>Samoa Joe vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page vs. MJF in a four-way for the AEW World Championship.\u00a0<\/b>If you&#8217;ve read my predictions before, you know that I&#8217;m not a fan of multi-person title matches. Both companies do them, and I&#8217;m never a fan. In this case, I could have lived with Joe\/Swerve\/Hangman, given the story they were telling with the three. I feel like the addition of MJF was a bit rushed. Yes, he had a guaranteed title shot, and I give them credit for trying to explain why the MJF character would choose this particular opportunity to take his shot when he has a reduced shot of winning. I just feel like it could have used another week or two for a build. In terms of the outcome, if you read my last batch of AEW predictions, you know that I failed miserably. I honestly can&#8217;t say with certainty where they&#8217;re going here, but I&#8217;m giving a slight lean to MJF regaining the title. I couldn&#8217;t wager a solid prediction on who takes the pin, but I&#8217;m fairly confident that it won&#8217;t be current champion Joe.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: MJF wins the AEW World Championship.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter for the AEW Women&#8217;s Championship.\u00a0<\/b>This is one of those matches that should be fine from an in-ring standpoint. And the company tried to make me care about Hayter and Statlander. They made small progress and did a decent job of establishing tension between the two. It&#8217;s just not there yet for me.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don Predicts:\u00a0<\/i><i>Kris Statlander retains the AEW Women&#8217;s Championship.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Gold League winner Kyle Fletcher vs. Blue League runner-up Jon Moxley in a Continental Classic semifinal match.\u00a0<\/b>As previously noted, I enjoy the Continental Classic concept, and the semi-finals are telling the right stories. I think we&#8217;ll see an all-Don Callis-Family final. And with Moxley likely taking the loss here, which fits with the story they&#8217;ve been telling, this will set up a Moxley beatdown at the hands of the Death Riders, possibly as early as the New Year&#8217;s Smash edition of Dynamite on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: Kyle Fletcher advances to the finals of the Continental Classic.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Blue League winner Konosuke Takeshita vs. Gold League runner-up Kazuchika Okada in a Continental Classic semifinal match.\u00a0<\/b>You had to know this match would happen as they have been building to it for months. I like that it&#8217;s a semifinal match and not the final, as that would have made the tournament too predictable. I am curious to see which way they go here. Remember, AEW has a working relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Both talents will be featured prominently heading into the promotion&#8217;s annual WrestleKingdom show, with Okada facing Hiroshi Tanahashi in Tanahashi&#8217;s last match and Takeshita defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Yota Tsuji. While either one taking a loss might damage them heading into that show, I think the greater risk would be to Takeshita, so I&#8217;m going with him to win the entire thing. This will likely lead to an implosion of some kind within the Callis Family.<\/p><div id=\"prowr-1392182424\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: Konosuke Takeshita advances to the finals of the Continental Classic; Takeshita goes on to defeat Kyle Fletcher in the finals to win the tournament and the Continental Title.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;FTR&#8221; Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler vs. Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson in a Chicago Street Fight for the AEW Tag Team Titles.\u00a0<\/b>I enjoyed their match last week on Collison, though I am not sure there was a need to run it back. This is likely due to a lack of credible teams in the division, which I hope changes in the new year. The match will be fine for what it is.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: FTR retains the AEW Tag Team Titles.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron vs. Mercedes Mone and Athena for the AEW Women&#8217;s Tag Team Titles.\u00a0<\/b>I like the fact that they&#8217;re saving the Cameron and Nightingale vs. Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir showdown for another time. I suspect the story of this match will see the champions retain while Mone continues to unravel. I wouldn&#8217;t mind seeing this lead to another Mone and Athena showdown where Athena gets her win back.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron retain the AEW Women&#8217;s Tag Team Titles.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Darby Allin vs. Gabe Kidd.\u00a0<\/b>I truly hope that Allin is not coming back from injury too soon. While it was put together a bit hastily, this one will likely be a banger. I think we&#8217;ll see Kidd get the win here as Allin is at the stage of his career where he can absorb a loss and still be over. I am not sure of Kidd&#8217;s New Japan status, but he&#8217;s been associated with the Death Riders in the past, and I can see a scenario where he&#8217;s a &#8220;final boss&#8221; type opponent for Jon Moxley down the road when Moxley is feuding with the group.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: Gabe Kidd defeats Darby Allin.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Marina Shafir, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Daniel Garcia vs. Toni Storm, Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, and Roderick Strong in a Mixed Nuts Mayhem match. <\/b>Well, at least it&#8217;s not an &#8220;all-star&#8221; eight-person tag, and not for a financial prize. This will be a crowd-pleaser that will get more people on the show.<\/p>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: Toni Storm, Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, and Roderick Strong defeat Marina Shafir, Pac, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><u>AEW Worlds End Pre-Show Prediction<\/u><\/b><\/p><div id=\"prowr-3289928162\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><i>Don Predicts: Julia Hart and Skye Blue defeat Maya World and Hyan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Join Jason Powell for his live review starting with the pre-show at 6CT\/7ET or the main card at 7CT\/8ET. 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