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Mercedes Mone Wins AEW Women’s World Championship At All In

August 30, 2026 David Thompson Sports
News Context
At a glance
  • Mercedes Moné defeated Willow Nightingale at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, Aug.
  • The title match followed a winding rivalry between the two competitors.
  • According to SEScoops, Nightingale walked into the match nursing a broken hand and came to the ring heavily bandaged.
Original source: wrestlingnews.co

Mercedes Moné defeated Willow Nightingale at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, to capture the AEW Women’s World Championship for the first time, according to reporting from SEScoops. The victory at the AEW All In pay-per-view event in London, England, allowed Moné to collect every title available in the All Elite Wrestling women’s division, though the top belt took her the longest to secure, as reported by SEScoops.

The Road to All In and Injury Context

The title match followed a winding rivalry between the two competitors. Nightingale was originally slated to compete in the 2026 Owen Hart Cup tournament, with the winner earning a title shot at All In, but she had to pull out due to an injury. Moné made her return to AEW programming after a hiatus of more than five months to serve as a surprise replacement in the tournament, going on to win the Owen Hart Cup for the second straight year by defeating Maya World in the finals at Forbidden Door, per SEScoops. Nightingale subsequently returned to action and won a Casino Gauntlet Match on the July 8, 2026, episode of Dynamite to earn a championship match against Thekla at Redemption, where she won her first AEW women’s world title. Their history also includes Moné defeating Nightingale for the TBS Championship in 2024 during Moné’s first AEW match, and Nightingale later defeating Moné for the same title in December 2025 before Moné’s hiatus.

Match Action and Physical Toll at Wembley Stadium

According to SEScoops, Nightingale walked into the match nursing a broken hand and came to the ring heavily bandaged. Moné targeted the injury throughout the bout, eventually working to pull the cast apart to attack the hand directly. SEScoops reported that the opening favored the champion, who knocked Moné off the top rope to the floor, hit a senton off the apron, and swung Moné into the barricade. Moné came back into the ring bleeding from above her nose, busted open the hard way, and took over by exposing a turnbuckle and sending Nightingale into it. As detailed by SEScoops, Nightingale stood up with Moné on her back, leading to a spot where both competitors spilled to the floor off a vertical suplex from the apron. Nightingale then secured a two-count following a bodyslam off the middle rope and a missile dropkick.

Mercedes Mone Wins AEW Women's World Championship At All In
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The Closing Sequence and Submission Finish

According to SEScoops, the closing stretch grew chaotic when Moné reached for the title belt, only for Nightingale to take it, use it against Moné, and hit her finisher while referee Aubrey Edwards was slow to make the count. Nightingale followed with a powerbomb into the exposed turnbuckle and climbed to the top rope, but Moné countered with a hurricanrana. Moné then locked in the Statement Maker submission hold in the middle of the ring; when Nightingale could not break the hold, referee Edwards called for the bell, handing Moné the championship, according to SEScoops.

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