Did we just watch the night that changed AEW forever?

For this special SHUT UP FOREVER, Professor Degree, Blade Daily, and Books and Bodyslams bring Pro Wrestling Forever and Sit Down Shut Up Mark Out together to look back at an extraordinary All In 2026 — and ask where it belongs among the greatest shows in AEW history.

The defining moment came at the top of the card, where Will Ospreay finally defeated Kenny Omega to become AEW World Champion. After years of their careers intersecting, was this the moment Omega officially passed the torch and Ospreay became the new ace of All Elite Wrestling?

Wembley had plenty more history to make.

Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. returned. Austin Creed and Kofi arrived as The New Level. Mercedes Moné defeated Willow Nightingale to capture the AEW Women's World Championship. Andrade continued his remarkable resurgence, Darby Allin and Kevin Knight attempted to destroy each other, and Kazuchika Okada added another championship to his legendary résumé.

Professor, Blade, and Books break down the matches, surprises, returns and wonderfully ridiculous moments from Wembley — but they also take the longer view. What did All In tell us about where AEW has been, where it's going, and the stars who will define its next era?

Because great wrestling shows give us something to talk about the next morning.

The truly special ones give us something to argue about for the next 20 years.

This is SHUT UP FOREVER: AEW All In 2026.

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AEW doesn't have a Hall of Fame…so naturally, Pro Wrestling Forever decided to build one.

Professor Degree and Blade Daily sit down to answer a deceptively complicated question: What should an AEW Hall of Fame actually look like?

Before anybody gets a plaque, the fellas have to make the rules. When should the Hall of Fame open? Does a wrestler need to be retired? How much of someone's career needs to have happened in AEW? Should accomplishments in NJPW, ROH, CMLL and other promotions count? And should Ring of Honor have its own Hall of Fame entirely?

Then comes the fun part: who actually gets in?

Sting and Mr. Brodie Lee present very different but compelling cases. Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho, Hangman Page and Hikaru Shida helped define AEW's history. Cody Rhodes helped create the company—but left. Jay Briscoe never wrestled an AEW match. And then there's the wonderfully uncomfortable question of CM Punk.

Plus: tag teams and factions, contributors like Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross, the danger of inducting too many people too quickly, and the future stars already building first-ballot résumés.

By the end, Professor Degree and Blade must stop arguing long enough to establish the rules and choose their inaugural AEW Hall of Fame class.

Because wrestling history is serious business.

Even when the Hall of Fame we're arguing about doesn't exist.

Pro Wrestling Forever — wrestling history, nostalgia, debates, what-ifs and all the wonderfully weird stuff that made us fans in the first place.

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AEW has always wanted professional wrestling to feel a little more like a real sport. But what would happen if they took that idea even further?

This week on Pro Wrestling Forever, Professor Degree and Blade Daily look at AEW's sports-like presentation and ask what the company could borrow from baseball, football and other sports to create deeper history, traditions and lore.

Remember AEW's win-loss records and rankings? Those were only the beginning.

What about career records and all-time statistical leaders? Baseball fans know the legends who lead in home runs, hits, strikeouts and wins because those numbers turn history into mythology. Could professional wrestling do the same?

The fellas brainstorm the statistics AEW could actually track: career victories, championship wins, successful title defenses, tournament records, winning streaks, main-event appearances, submission victories and more.

Imagine an AEW World Champion entering a match one defense away from an all-time record. Or a wrestler entering the Continental Classic with the most tournament victories in company history. Suddenly, matches from five or ten years ago aren't just old results — they're part of an ongoing record book.

And statistics are only one piece of the conversation.

Professor Degree and Blade explore the traditions, milestones, presentation choices and historical touchstones AEW could establish today to give future generations of fans their own wrestling mythology.

Because wrestling history isn't just remembering what happened.

It's giving fans a reason to argue about it forever.

Pro Wrestling Forever is a celebration of wrestling history, fandom and all the wonderfully weird details that make professional wrestling worth obsessing over.

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