Another match where people believed it was worthy of headlining the show, and in this case I actually think the Texas Death Match between Jon Moxley and Hangman Page was the correct choice. But if Toni Storm and Mercedes Mone’s war over the AEW Women’s World Championship happened at any other show, yes it should have closed the show, it’s the biggest women’s match that AEW can book.

This one felt like a big deal. Mone had ran through everyone that was put in front of her since arriving in AEW back in March 2024, and at the time had a total of seven different belts to showcase her achievements. The one thing she didn’t have was the biggest prize of them all, the AEW Women’s World Championship, and after The Hollywood Ending, Storm had been able to overcome even the most surprising of odds in order to leave with the gold. They both got the grandest of entrances with Mone arriving in a low rider and having a coat displaying the list of names she had defeated, while Storm embraced being the “Lady in Red” and welcomed Mone to the “Timeless Zone.”

As for the match itself, it’s great. Had it not been for the two matches that followed it, it would have a genuine claim of being the best match on AEW’s biggest show of the year. With that said, it’s most certainly worthy of the triple main event status it was given. Mone is determined to not let Storm’s mind games come into play, but she just can’t help herself when she sees Storm doing her “CEO” dance, Luther catching Storm on the outside, and the fans relentlessly booing her despite being in control for a large portion of this match.

When Mone does let Storm into her head, there is another element of her game that’s on full display, her selling. She has always bumped with an element of “Ragdoll Physics” where she looks like all the bones in her body disappear when taking a German Suplex for example, but the selling is great. Constantly kicking out in the most limp way imaginable to sell the impact is something that would have been overused had the match been a little longer, but it felt just right with the amount of times she executed it. 

As for Storm, she was on fire here, and while her performance in The Hollywood Ending is her best, this is probably her best non-blood stipulation performance (even though her nose does get a bit bloody towards the end). I could have personally done without Mone kicking out after three Storm Zeroes and just going straight for the Avalanche version that ended the match, but that’s a nit-pick. A fantastic match fitting of the occasion, and I personally can’t wait for these two to cross paths again in the future.