Will Ospreay Retains AEW World Title Over Moxley At All Out

Will Ospreay walked out of All Out at Chicago’s NOW Arena still holding the AEW World Championship on Sunday, September 27, surviving a chaotic, interference-heavy war with Jon Moxley that spilled well beyond the two men in the ring.

Moxley dictated the pace for long stretches, opening a cut on Ospreay’s hairline and forcing the champion to claw his way back into the match. Ospreay answered with a handstand kick, a flurry of head kicks, a powerbomb, a roll-up and a Styles Clash, but Moxley kicked out of everything, including a cutter that only got a two-count.

Things unraveled from there. Outside interference pulled the referee to the apron, where Ospreay accidentally clipped him with a kick trying to fend off the chaos. With the official down, Ospreay hit a Hidden Blade on Moxley with nobody around to make the count. Wheeler Yuta then jumped in to attack the champion, and Marina Shafir cracked Ospreay across the face with a briefcase. The groggy referee managed a slow count anyway, but Ospreay kicked out — only for Shafir to kick the official in the face to keep the match alive.

That’s when Alex Windsor showed up to even the numbers against Shafir, bringing Jamie Hayter with her to help take control of the ringside brawl. A new referee entered to restart the count, and Moxley kept coming, landing three DDTs and locking in a bulldog choke that Ospreay somehow wriggled out of. AEW National Champion Andrade El Idolo also got involved, dealing with PAC to keep the numbers game from tilting further against the champion.

Ospreay finally turned the tide with a Hidden Blade and a Storm Breaker, but even that wasn’t enough to keep Moxley down. It took one more Hidden Blade to finally put Moxley away and let Ospreay leave All Out with the title still around his waist.

This was as physical and messy as AEW World title matches get, and that feels intentional. Moxley has made a habit of dragging championship matches into deathmatch territory, and pairing him with the returning Wheeler Yuta and Marina Shafir signals that this feud, and the Death Riders’ influence over the title picture, isn’t close to finished. The involvement of Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter on Ospreay’s side, alongside Andrade El Idolo swatting away PAC, suggests the champion is building real allies as the group circling him grows larger and more dangerous.

For Ospreay, this marks another successful defense in a reign that continues to be defined by chaos as much as in-ring excellence, and it raises the obvious question of who’s next in line once Moxley and company regroup. Given how much interference factored into the finish, don’t be surprised if AEW books a rematch with stipulations designed to strip away outside help and let Ospreay and Moxley settle this one-on-one.

Either way, the AEW World Championship picture just got even more crowded, and Ospreay’s title reign shows no signs of slowing down.

Moxley didn't want to do it … but finally, he did!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 27, 2026

The STOMP on the briefcase!

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