Tony Khan Says AEW Worlds End Will Return Later This Year

Is AEW Worlds End going to return this year? For the last three years, AEW has made Worlds End its major end-of-year event in December. However, AEW has yet to announce the details for this year’s show. Also, there’s a noticeable gap in AEW’s pay-per-view schedule following Full Gear in November, with no details announced yet for a December pay-per-view.

However, during today’s AEW All Out 2026 media call, AEW President and CEO Tony Khan confirmed that Worlds End will return later this year (via Fightful. Khan also teased that an official announcement for the pay-per-view show is forthcoming.

The details for the event have not yet been revealed. Currently, AEW has All Out scheduled for Saturday (Sept. 26), WrestleDream on Oct. 17, and Full Gear on Nov. 14.

Last year’s Worlds End was held at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. In the main event, MJF beat Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, and Hangman Page in a Fatal 4-Way bout to regain the AEW World Title.

In the co-main event, Jon Moxley beat Kazuchika Okada in the finals of the 2025 Continental Classic tournament. With the victory, Moxley became the new AEW Continental Champion.

Tony Khan confirms that there will be a Worlds End pay-per-view event this year.

(AEW All Out media call) pic.twitter.com/ZoD9QtbCll

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