AEW is headed to Australia on February 14 for AEW Grand Slam: Australia, with six matches scheduled for the card.
This will mark AEW’s second show in Sydney, Australia. Around this time last year, the company held its event in Brisbane.
During Super Bowl Radio Row week, AEW owner Tony Khan heavily promoted the event and shared his excitement about returning Down Under for the second straight year.
“Well, it's a great market for wrestling, and they're great wrestling fans, and some of the best wrestlers in AEW, are great Australian stars,” Khan explained. “Including the greatest star in all of Hollywood and anywhere in the world, Timeless Tony storm, who is the star of stage screen and the pro wrestling ring, stage, screen, and in the squared circle.”
The biggest match of the night involves AEW World Champion Maxwell Jacob Freeman.
One week ago on AEW Dynamite, Brody King faced MJF for a chance to challenge him in Australia for the AEW World Championship.
What was supposed to be an epic match ended abruptly, with King pinning MJF in just one minute following interference from “Hangman” Adam Page.
When asked about the match at Radio Row, MJF had a clear message for his AEW Grand Slam opponent.
“Brody King, Grand Slam Australia, next Saturday, your ass is mine, pal, and there's nobody's gonna be able to stop the ass whooping that's coming your way,” MJF said.
Speaking of Page, he will have a major opportunity of his own Saturday in Australia when he goes one-on-one with a returning Andrade ‘El Idolo’ for a chance to challenge the AEW World Champion.
“On the World's End 2023 press conference, I said very clearly, I think Andrade ‘El Idolo’ is fantastic,” Khan said. “He's going to be leaving on great terms, and he's always welcome back. I'm so glad that he's back, and I've always thought the world of him. I think right now, in 2026 is the very best that Andrade ‘El Idolo’ has ever been in AEW and in any wrestling promotion he's ever competed in.”
So who does MJF want to face?
“I want Hangman to win strictly because I hate him so much, and I need to get my win back over him,” MJF said. “He's had fluke win over fluke win against me. He's a bum, he's a nobody, he's a coward, he's a cancer, he's a loser, he's a white knight, piece of trash.”
The champion wants Page — but he didn’t stop there. He also took aim at Andrade for the future.
“As far as Andrade goes, Andrade calls himself a real Latino man,” MJF said. “Well, my friend, you're looking at a real Jewish man who would drop a Hebrew hammer on your dumb, stupid face whenever I feel like it. I don't like Andrade either.”
One match that could steal the show features Orange Cassidy and ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm taking on The Death Riders — Wheeler Yuta and Marina Shafir — in a loser-shaves-their-head match.
Things escalated Wednesday night on AEW Dynamite. After being embarrassed repeatedly by Cassidy and Storm in recent weeks, The Death Riders retaliated.
Following Cassidy’s victory over Daniel Garcia in a tag team match, Yuta and Shafir came to the ring with a beaten-up Mina Shirakawa, who is Storm’s “beautiful wife.” They cut off her ponytail in a shocking moment.
“This not a joke,” shouted Yuta after cutting her hair.
Storm looked devastated in the crowd while her tag team partner was being attacked in the ring.
This weekend is especially meaningful for Storm as she returns to her home country of New Zealand, with family, friends, and her grandmother expected to be in attendance.
“I’ll never live it down,” Storm said. “I can't let this happen.”
Cassidy and Storm have quickly developed strong chemistry. When shown a photo of Yuta and Shafir, the quips immediately started flying.
“Looks like a monster, a ghoul,” Cassidy said. “He looks like a ghoul. He's haunting this photo.”
“Which one?” Storm asked.
“Oh, good point,” Cassidy answered.
It didn’t stop there.
When asked why they teamed together, the back-and-forth continued at a rapid pace.
“It’s a breath of fresh air, right?” Cassidy asked.
“Stop it. You are a darling and so much fun,” Storm said.
“I let her do most of the work because she's better at it than me,” Cassidy admitted. “So it works out for me.”
“Oh, stop it,” a blushing Storm said. “And he's so handsome. He is. He doesn't have to do anything. Everybody just loves him. He just turns up, and he's just charisma overload by just by standing.”
They also confirmed that Luther will shave the head of whoever loses the match.
After everything is settled, could Storm set her sights on the AEW Women’s Championship?
“You got me,” Storm said. “I would like to get my championship back.”
Storm lost the title to Kris Statlander in September 2025 at AEW All Out. So after she protects her and Cassidy’s hair, she may turn her focus toward reclaiming gold.
AEW Grand Slam: Australia will air live in the United States on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT on TNT and Max (formerly HBO Max).
“I think in 2026 we're rolling with this fantastic momentum, and we can have another huge year,” Khan said. “So we're off to a great start, and I'm really excited.”