Three AEW Titles Could Change Hands at WrestleDream 2026

AEW WrestleDream 2026 is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, from Orlando, Florida, and the card is shaping up around three championship matches that each carry the potential to shake up the promotion’s title picture.

The AEW National Championship is on the line after Andrade El Idolo retained against Michael Oku on the October 10 Grand Slam France edition of Collision. Moments after that win, Andrade called out any challenger willing to face him at WrestleDream, and Tommaso Ciampa answered by storming the ring and attacking him. Ciampa has made no secret of his hunger for gold since arriving in AEW, and his aggressive response sets up a direct challenge for the National Title in Orlando.

Also on the card is a rematch for the AEW World Trios Championship, with “Hangman” Adam Page and Brodido getting another crack at Swerve Strickland and The New Level in a Two Out of Three Falls Match. The teams’ first encounter at All Out 2026 ended with Swerve and New Level retaining in a match widely regarded as one of the best of the night, fueled by the long-simmering animosity between Swerve and Hangman. That tension has continued to play out elsewhere on the roster, including in the ROH World Championship picture at Grand Slam France.

The third major title bout sees Thekla challenging Mercedes Monè for the AEW Women’s World Championship. Thekla earned her shot by defeating Willow Nightingale at All Out 2026 to become the number one contender. Monè’s reign has been built on calculated control of her opposition, but Thekla’s unpredictable, win-at-all-costs style presents a different kind of challenge than the champion has dealt with so far.

Taken together, these three matches give WrestleDream real stakes beyond a typical pay-per-view undercard. A National Title change would signal AEW is ready to elevate Ciampa as a top singles threat after his transition away from tag team work, while a Trios Title swing would mark a definitive chapter in the Swerve-Hangman saga that has carried real emotional weight since their issues began. And if Thekla can unseat Monè, it would end one of the more heavily promoted title reigns in the women’s division and immediately reshape the division’s hierarchy heading into the final months of the year.

None of these outcomes are confirmed, but the build has been constructed in a way that makes each title picture feel genuinely unsettled. AEW will need every one of these stories to deliver if WrestleDream is going to live up to its billing as one of the promotion’s marquee fall events.

Fans will find out which titles, if any, change hands when AEW WrestleDream 2026 airs from Orlando on Saturday, October 17.