Much to the surprise of All Elite Wrestling fans, former WWE and UFC star Ronda Rousey showed up at Revolution to beckon Toni Storm over to the ring. Before things could get physical between Rousey and the “Timeless” one, though, AEW officials separated them, allowing Marina Shafir, Rousey’s long-time friend, to deliver a blow to Storm from behind instead.

Despite Rousey’s involvement in Revolution 2026, Fightful Select reports that a number of AEW sources are under the belief that Rousey has not formally signed with AEW. At this time, it is also unclear if AEW has follow-up appearances planned for Rousey.

On the fallout episode of “AEW Dynamite,” Shafir and Storm were slated to meet in a No Holds Barred Match. A chaotic backstage scene, however, revealed that someone attacked and bloodied Storm beforehand, rendering her unable to compete against Shafir. Mina Shirakawa ultimately stepped up in Storm’s place and defeated Shafir, courtesy of a spinning back fist and a Storm Zero. Rousey was nowhere to be seen in any of this.

As for how Rousey’s appearance at Revolution came together, Fightful noted that the “Rowdy” one lives close to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, the site of the pay-per-view. Moreover, Rousey has a good relationship with AEW CEO Tony Khan, which Khan himself reaffirmed at the Revolution post-show media scrum. 

Rousey previously teamed with Marina Shafir in a tag bout under the banner of Ring of Honor, AEW’s sister promotion. At Revolution, Storm defeated Shafir in a match where everyone was barred from ringside.

Elsewhere, WWE fans have raised interest in seeing Cargill take on her ally Bianca Belair, so much so that “The EST” emerged as a heavy betting favorite for the 2026 Women’s Royal Rumble (ultimately won by Liv Morgan). Given Belair’s extended absence due to injury, however, a match against Cargill hasn’t been a real possibility for quite some time.

Whenever Belair is cleared to compete once more, Cargill would firstly like to address the intense feud between herself and Naomi, which Belair found herself caught in the middle of throughout 2025.

“The way the Big Three split up, it was like a missing piece,” Cargill said, referring to Naomi’s blindsiding attack on her in November 2024. “We didn’t all sit down, have that talk. I don’t know where [Belair’s] mind is. She don’t know where my mind is and all of it. I don’t know that she was involved. I don’t know anything. All I know is that Naomi did what she did.”

“… I need to sit down with both of them and figure out what the hell has happened,” she continued. “What was going on? How could you not see this? How could you not see that she’s the one who did this to me? I think it’s a storyline we need to embark on when everybody’s healthy and ready to go. I think everybody will want to see that storyline. There’s so many avenues you can go with that storyline.”

Cargill made a fiery return to WWE programming in March 2025 by counter-attacking Naomi at the start of the Women’s Elimination Chamber. The following month, she defeated her former ally at WrestleMania 41, the same event in which Belair fractured multiple fingers.

Despite being unable to wrestle, Belair served as the special guest referee for Cargill and Naomi’s No Holds Barred Match at WWE Evolution. Cargill emerged victorious over Naomi once again, with Naomi then being out of action since August 2025 due to pregnancy.

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AEW Revolution 2026 featured a number of memorable moments, including the returns of Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega, the company debut of Ronda Rousey, and the crowning of new champions. For AEW commentator Tony Schiavone, he will remember a particularly colorful spot from the Revolution main event, which pitted “Hangman” Adam Page against MJF in a Texas Death Match.

“The one thing that’s going to stick in my mind is Hangman at the end falling forward and bloodying up the lens of the camera,” Schiavone said on “What Happened When.” “That’s going to be in my mind for quite a while. Obviously the syringe and all the craziness there that they went through, give both guys credit. They busted their ass.

“I know when we have a good pay-per-view, and here’s how I know. Excalibur and I are doing all of it, we’re doing like five and a half hours of TV. And by the time you get to the main event, if you’re still pumped up as an announcer, you’ve had a good pay-per-view. I was still pumped up. I really was. I was very excited about seeing what the Texas death match would bring.”

The moment in reference occurred after MJF clocked Page in the face to prevent him from delivering the Buckshot Lariat. From there, MJF choked out Page with a dog collar chain, causing a bloodied Page to hit the camera as he dropped to the floor. With Page unable to reach his feet before the referee’s count of ten, MJF then retained the AEW World Championship.

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