‘AEW: September to Remember’ Review (Sep 17th 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: September to Remember, which was a special Dynamite/Collision double episode broadcast from the Canada Life Place in London, Ontario. Let’s get straight into the review of the show!
Match #1: Jon Moxley def. Roderick Strong
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At the bell, Strong hit a diving dropkick through the ropes on Garcia to even the score. Moxley followed right behind, and this match got underway outside the ring. Mox had control, and to break the count, he gave Strong a chance to recover, walking right into a brutal backbreaker on the guardrail from “The Messiah of the Backbreaker!” Moxley got back into the match for a brief time with his methodical brawling style, although it didn’t last long with Strong hitting a huge dropkick, knocking Mox to the outside. While Mox was down, Strong and O’Reilly got into a staredown with Garcia and Shafir. The distraction was enough for Mox to blindside Strong and send him into the front row. Even as O’Reilly tried to fire him up, Strong continued to be grinded down by Moxley. Strong got in a flurry of chops and a clothesline before going to work with his patented offense on Moxley’s chest and back, although it wasn’t enough to keep Mox down for a three count. Strong and Mox went into a chopping exchange, but that quickly ended with a Mox clothesline and a stalling piledriver. But Strong kicked out! Moxley tried to take a shortcut with an eye poke during an elbow exchange, but Strong came right back with a Sick Kick for a two count. Strong hit a Fireman’s Carry Slam, which Mox immediately turned into a Bulldog Choke. Strong fought back with another Fireman’s Carry Slam and both men were down. Eventually, the two fought to the top rope with Moxley biting Strong’s hand to get some separation, although Strong came running back up the ropes with a kick to Mox’s head. An awkward grip didn’t stop Strong from hoisting Mox off the top, sending him face first into the mat with a terrible landing. Mox somehow kicked out again! The two spilled to the outside and Garcia tried to stop Strong from getting back into the ring until O’Reilly came to take Garcia’s attention. Back in the ring, Mox rolled Strong up for a two only to turn into a jumping knee. Strong went to finish it, although he didn’t see Wheeler Yuta and was tripped up. Mox capitalized with a Paradigm Shift followed by a bulldog choke for the win!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Bobby Lashley def. Toa Liona
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Flanked by Ricochet and Bishop Kahn, Toa Liona made his way to the ring for one of the biggest matches of his career against “The All Mighty” Bobby Lashley, who, as always, was accompanied by MVP and Shelton Benjamin of The Hurt Syndicate. These two sides will meet in a six-man tag team match at All Out on Saturday afternoon. Liona throttled up the aggression and urgency from the jump and found himself handling Lashley, even fighting off a small flurry from the former AEW Tag Team Champion. An absolutely devastating Samoan Drop across the apron to Lashley gave Liona all the control in this important matchup. After battling on the outside for a time, Liona brought Lashley back in to do some damage in the corner. However, Lashley turned that into an electric chair drop to bring the match back to even. The two men traded massive forearms and then struggled to take each other down before Lashley hit a big belly-to-belly suplex, although Liona was able to fight right back up! After an exchange of reversals, Lashley dropped Liona face first on the mat. The All Mighty set up for a Spear, but Liona was pulled out of the ring by Ricochet and Kahn, so Lashley went to the outside and speared Liona anyway. When Ricochet got in Lashley’s face, MVP dropped him with a right hand and threw him into the guard rail. Kahn tried to distract Lashley, only to walk into a huge thrust kick from Benjamin. That took Lashley’s eye away from Liona, who nailed Lashley with a Pounce! A kickout at the last moment stood between Liona and the first pinfall on Lashley in AEW! Lashley was able to get Liona in The Hurt Lock and despite an effort to fight out, he was submitted for the victory!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: AEW World Tag Team Title 4-Way Ladder Match Qualifier – The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) def. Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson & Austin Gunn)
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The Bucks confidently took control early in the match, even posing after taking down Juice, but he responded by taking them out with a double clothesline. Gunn tagged in and the Bucks quickly got back in control, using their speed to their advantage. Gunn became the target of the former three-time AEW World Tag Team Champions, although that wasn’t enough for Nick Jackson, as he reached into the money bag to pay off Rick Knox. Knox declined, and Gunn rolled him up for a nearfall. Matt tagged in, and walked right into a tilt-a-whirl slam. Robinson came in like a house of fire. First, he took out Nick before peppering Matt with punches. Next, it was time for the Bang Bang Gang to go to work with some tandem offense, as Gunn tagged back in the match. A cannonball from Juice was followed by a big clothesline from Gunn, although Nick was able to get a shoulder up at two. Nick was able to drop Juice in the ring, but he walked right into a Fame-asser from Gunn on the floor! He was immediately hit by a diving kick from Matt, who was then dropkicked by Juice. Nick recovered enough to hit a running kick from the apron into Juice’s face. Matt propped up the Bang Bang Gang so Nick could hit a Tornillo on both of them. Juice tried and failed to take on the Bucks by himself, although they couldn’t keep him down for a three. He avoided a BTE Trigger with the Bucks colliding knees, as Gunn came flying back in with a neckbreaker. Juice fought off a superkick, but found himself in another double team predicament only for Gunn to make the save with a leaping flatliner on Matt. Juice hit a BladeRunner on Matt, and it still wasn’t enough! Matt and Juice fought on the top rope with Juice hitting a hurricanrana only for Matt to reverse it into a pin, which Gunn then reversed back into a pin for Juice only for Nick to reverse it back with Matt on top, and after all that, Juice kicked out at two. Nick backdropped Gunn over the top rope, and Juice followed right up with a clothesline to Nick. Juice turned right into Matt, who scooped him up for a piledriver, while Nick recovered to flip and spike Juice for the three count.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #4: AEW Unified Championship Eliminator Tournament – Máscara Dorada def. The Beast Mortos
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For the first time in their careers, Dorada and The Beast Mortos faced off to see who would advance to All Out to face AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita in a 3-Way for the AEW Unified Championship. Dorada took to the skies at the outset, yet the power of Mortos was just too much, as he chopped and slammed Dorada all over the ring, almost toying with his opponent. However, Dorada didn’t slow down for long, as he took to the air to finally get some offense on Mortos. The two fought on the apron with Dorada hitting a Canadian Destroyer on the hardest part of the ring, as Bryan Danielson noted on commentary that we were in Canada. Dorada quickly followed up with a Tornillo onto Mortos on the outside, yet he was clearly weakened by the beating he had already taken from Mortos. Perhaps that’s why Mortos was able to bounce back with a brutal backbreaker, only for Mortos to hit another Canadian Destroyer (in Canada!). Mortos somehow used Dorada’s momentum against him to drive his head into the mat for a two count. Mortos went for the backbreaker again, yet Dorada was ready with a reversal into a crucifix bomb! Some execution issues for Dorada allowed Mortos to find some separation although Dorada was quickly able to recover for spectacular head scissors sending Mortos from the top rope to the apron below. A shooting star press gave Dorada the three count, so he became the final qualifier for the AEW Unified Championship 3-Way at All Out!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: No Holds Barred Match – Thekla def. Queen Aminata
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With Thekla dressed to fight in jeans and boots, Aminata came to the ring with weapons, and the match immediately descended into madness. They battled on the outside with Aminata finding some time to toss many chairs into the ring. She remained in control with a stiff snap suplex on the floor before finding a couple of kendo sticks and a garbage can lid to toss in the ring. Thekla recovered and sent Aminata to the outside, even going as far as to hurl a kendo stick at Aminata on the floor! Thekla followed out and sent Aminata into the crowd with a garbage can lid. After battling through the crowd, the two made their way back into the ring, which was littered with weapons. Aminata caught Thekla between the ropes with a trash can shot and then hit a draping cutter on Thekla on the same trash can. Aminata couldn’t take advantage in time, allowing Thekla to hit a spear driving the small of Aminata’s back into a chair. Still, it wasn’t enough to keep Aminata down for three. She caught a rebounding Thekla with a sickening headbutt, yet Thekla kicked out! With Aminata perched on the top rope, Thekla cracked her with a trash can lid twice before hitting a Spider Suplex. Thekla posed and was poised for another spear, but Aminata blocked it with a chair. She immediately followed with a fisherman’s buster on the same chair. Aminata missed a top rope legdrop, which opened the door for Thekla to hit a stomp on the chair for a hard-fought win in the no holds barred match.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #6: AEW World Tag Team Title 4-Way Ladder Match Qualifier – JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey) def. Killswitch & Kip Sabian
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The ongoing issues between Killswitch and Sabian were on display throughout the early part of the match, as Sabian’s clear frustration with Killswitch only made matters worse against the well-oiled machine of JetSpeed. Sabian was able to get control for his team and even as they continued to argue, both he and Killswitch singled out Bailey and punished him for quite some time. Still, the arguing was a problem for Sabian and Killswitch, which allowed Knight to tag back in. Knight was easily the freshest man in the match and looked every bit of it. With Sabian down on the outside, Bailey executed a blind tag and tried to hurricanrana Killswitch from the top, but he didn’t have enough power, so Knight jumped on and hit the double-team hurricanrana. Bryan Danielson said he never saw that before, but JetSpeed still couldn’t pick up the three count! Sabian and Killswitch got in another argument, this time with Sabian slapping Killswitch across the face for a tag. Sabian tried to illegally use the ropes to pin Bailey, but Killswitch pushed Sabian off! When Sabian went for the tag, Killswitch jumped off the apron, clearly having enough of Sabian. Sabian turned into a flying clothesline from Knight followed by a roundhouse kick from Speedball, which gave JetSpeed the win and the second challenger slot in the AEW World Tag Team Title 4-Way Ladder Match at All Out!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #7: Riho def. Robyn Renegade
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With her entire collection of belts displayed at ringside, the TBS ChampionMercedes Moné joined the commentary table to watch her All Out opponent in action three days before they meet for the TBS Title. As Mercedes made fun of Riho’s enthusiasm, Riho immediately went to work on Renegade with a low dropkick through the ropes followed by a huge crossbody to the outside. She went right over to Moné, who did not appreciate her challenger invading her personal space. Renegade took over with her power and nearly finished Riho off with a stomp followed by a running kick in the corner. Riho fought back with a double stop on the mat. She tried one from the top and missed but recovered to hit a head-and-neck suplex and a crucifix bomb for the win!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #8: AEW World Tag Team Title 4-Way Ladder Match Qualifier – The Don Callis Family (Josh Alexander & Hechicero) def. TopFlight (Dante & Darius Martin)
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A hot start for Top Flight clearly had both Alexander and Hechicero on their heels. Maybe it was the pep talk from Hangman or the leadership of Christopher Daniels, but Dante and Darius Martin were rolling early on and seemed poised to pick up the massive win. However, the brutality of Alexander and Hechicero put the Don Callis Family in control. TopFlight battled back by targeting the surgically repaired neck of Alexander, but it still wasn’t enough to keep him down. Alexander and Hechicero hit some tandem offense, with a DDT that Callis said he’s never seen in 36 years. Darius tried to dive at Alexander, but he ran right into a big elbow. Dante tried to fight alone, but as Hechicero distracted the referee, Alexander shoved Dante off the top rope. Hechicero finished him off with a guillotine head-scissors bomb, giving the Don Callis Family the final spot in the AEW World Tag Team Championship 4-Way Ladder Match at All Out!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
AEW’s “September to Remember” special delivered a strong go-home show ahead of All Out. Hangman Page and Kyle Fletcher’s contract signing added real tension, while Christian Cage and Adam Copeland’s fiery exchange with FTR gave their match extra spark. Jon Moxley vs. Roderick Strong brought gritty intensity, and Bobby Lashley vs. Toa Liona delivered a bruising hoss fight. The Young Bucks advancing in the Tag Title qualifiers kept the ladder match exciting, and Thekla’s chaotic No Holds Barred victory set off an electric women’s division brawl that left fans buzzing. Overall, this was a confident, high-energy show that built momentum for the pay-per-view.