Nova's Recaps: Recap of AEW Grand Slam Australia, 14 Feb 2026

===AEW Grand Slam Australia 14 Feb 2026===

AEW Continental Championship: JON MOXLEY (c) vs. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA - Time limit draw (20:00)

AEW Women's World Tag Team Championships: BABES OF WRATH (TBS Champion Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) (c) def. MEGABAD (Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford) via pinfall, Harley Cameron over Penelope Ford

Third defense of the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championships this reign by Babes of Wrath

No. 1 Contendership to the AEW Men's World Championship: AEW World Trios Champion HANGMAN ADAM PAGE def. ANDRADE EL ÍDOLO via pinfall

Mixed Tornado Tag, loser of the fall has their head shaven: "Freshly Squeezed" ORANGE CASSIDY & "TIMELESS" TONI STORM (with Luther) def. DEATH RIDERS ("The Problem" Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta) via pinfall, Toni Storm over Wheeler Yuta
LADDER MATCH for the TNT Championship: KYLE FLETCHER (c) def. MARK BRISCOE

First defense of the TNT Championship this reign by Kyle Fletcher; 9th defense career

Takeshita kicks out of the Death Rider in the opener. Down to 30 seconds, each man takes the other's head off several times, but as Takeshita is scrambling to get Moxley up for Raging Fire, the 20-minute time limit expires. Moxley retains, but both men are extremely frustrated; they start scuffling again after the match before Takeshita is able to get Moxley up for Raging Fire successfully. This rivalry is far from over.
After Dynamite, we hear KRIS STATLANDER who says she was made for that championship and that she still has more blood to give. THEKLA says she walked right into her trap, and she walked out as champion. Stat says she had everything Thekla wanted; now, she'll be everything she doesn't. "Karma isn't a bitch: it's a Cosmic Killer."
Harley hits a fucking Destroyer on Megan Bayne

Harley pins Penelope off a backslide to retain. As the champions are celebrating, LENA KROSS gets in the ring and lays out Harley, before Megan spears Willow. MegaBad, now joined by Lena, grab the belts and pose in the ring.

We get a pretape from RICOCHET, who addresses Jack Perry. He says that in Vegas, they say that you have to know when to hold and when to fold. Jack should fold soon, or else "something very bad" will happen to him.
Andrade gets a picture with a very pretty woman in the front row in the opening minutes of the no. 1 contendership bout. Hangman then potatoes him and also takes a selfie with her. There are also separate "TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF" and "WE WANT PANTS OFF" chants in this match. Hangman promptly hits a fallaway slam into the barricade.

Hangman hits the Deadeye on Andrade in the waning minutes of this bout. Don Callis gets on the apron to distract referee Aubrey Edwards as Hangman goes for the Buckshot Lariat; Andrade tries to intercept him with a low blow, but Hangman blocks that and kicks Andrade square in the balls before landing the Buckshot to win the fall. Page is headed to Revolution, but who his opponent will be is yet to be decided.

This mixed tornado tag match gets started hot, as Toni jumps Marina and Orange jumps Yuta and we go straight into crowd brawling. Yuta, who has a lock of Mina's hair woven into his, hits a piledriver on Toni on a stack of roadie boxes. Luther, in an old-timey barber outfit, carries her off through the tunnel. Out of the break, Toni comes marching back out through the entrance way despite Luther's objections and takes out Marina with several German suplexes.

Orange hits Beach Break on Marina and goes for the pin. Yuta is staring at Orange and almost hesitates to break up the pin. Commentary theorizes he was thinking about letting Marina get shaved lol
The crowd is now chanting "YUTA'S A SHIT CUNT." Yuta promptly accidentally takes out Marina with a Busaiko Knee. Orange takes her out with a tope, and they run a train on Yuta until he eats a Storm Zero and gets pinned. MINA SHIRAKAWA brings out the stool. Yuta tries to powder, but as he exits through the crowd, he's rebuked by JON MOXLEY who tells him to get his ass back in the ring and go through with what he committed to. Mox stands in the corner of the ring as it's happening, just kind of embarrassed for Yuta's sake lol Marina is also holding Yuta's hand for emotional support. They only really take off the top part of his hair before Orange's theme hits. I guess Orange wins this segment

After Dynamite, Kyle Fletcher thanks KAZUCHIKA OKADA for not getting involved in his TNT Championship match and asks him to do the same at Grand Slam. Okada obliges, and they shake hands declaring that they are Protokada. Fletcher also comes out in this match wearing some insane shit on his head. I don't know if it's an Australian thing.
Mark Briscoe has shown up to take as many evil bumps as possible in this match like a psychopath. I don't even know how to really recap this match you kinda just have to watch it. Mark hits a Jay Driller through a ladder, Froggy Bow diagonal style onto a ladder, Kyle hits a brainbuster off the top of a ladder.
Even in Australia, the crowd is chanting "FUCK ICE." It's gonna be hard to stop this train.
Brody hits a traditional Mother F'n Bomb on MJF in this match it was awesome MJF also hits the kangaroo kick on Brody
The story this match is that Brody tweaked his knee attempting a Cannonball early in the match and MJF is working on that leg.

MJF has a sleeper cinched in deep. Referee Bryce Remsburg is taking his sweet time making the three arm-raise count and now BANDIDO, who we haven't seen since Maximum Carnage, is at ringside to scream at Brody to never give up. Brody gets his arm up at 3.
MJF goes to use the Dynamite Diamond Ring as Brody gets to his feet, but Bryce Remsburg knows it's coming and intercepts it. Brody takes Max's head off with a forearm. Brody cinches in the sleeper and MJF goes limp. The Gonzo Bomb connects... but MJF kicks out. Commentary says it's the first time anyone has ever escaped the move.
MJF escapes another sleeper hold on the apron from Brody who's seated on the top rope by attacking his weak knee. He gets Brody into tombstone position and lays him out on the apron with a bodyslam before hitting the Heatseeker DDT for the win.

HANGMAN ADAM PAGE is here to confront MJF after the latter's defense. Page is next up for the title at Revolution. The two stare down, exchange a few words, Hangman signs his contract for the match, and MJF holds the belt up before Hangman feigns a punch and MJF begs off.

In-ring debut of the BRAWLING BIRDS (Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor)
Mixed Tag: DEATH RIDERS (AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir) vs. "Freshly Squeezed" ORANGE CASSIDY & "TIMELESS" TONI STORM

AEW Men's World Championship: MJF (c) vs. AEW World Trios Champion HANGMAN ADAM PAGE