Background was held at
Crypto.com Arena in
Los Angeles, California.
Revolution is a
professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV)
event held annually by
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2020—it was originally held in late February but moved to early March in 2021. It is one of AEW's "Big Five" PPVs, which also includes
Double or Nothing,
All In,
All Out, and
Full Gear, their five biggest shows produced throughout the year. On December 1, 2025, AEW announced that the seventh annual Revolution would take place at
Crypto.com Arena in
Los Angeles, California on March 15, 2026, marking the second consecutive year for the venue to host Revolution. This was also the latest scheduled Revolution, taking place in mid-March instead of early March. Tickets went on sale on December 15.
Broadcast Revolution aired via PPV through traditional cable and satellite providers. In the United States, AEW PPV events are available on
HBO Max at an exclusive discounted rate for subscribers. The event was also available in the United States and internationally on
DAZN,
Prime Video,
Triller TV,
PPV.com, and
YouTube. Additionally in the United States, the show was broadcast at
Dave & Buster's and Tom's Watch Bar locations. Outside of the United States and Canada, the event was available to stream on MyAEW, the company's new streaming service that launched internationally on March 9, 2026.
Storylines Revolution featured 13
professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and
storylines. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs,
Dynamite and
Collision. At
Full Gear in November 2025,
"Hangman" Adam Page lost the
AEW World Championship. He then failed to regain the title the following month at
Worlds End in a
four-way match that also involved
MJF, who won the championship. Page then won a match at
Grand Slam Australia in February 2026 to earn another title match at Revolution. After that, Page challenged MJF to a
Texas Deathmatch for the title, but after MJF refused, Page offered that he would never challenge for the title again if he lost, and MJF accepted. A coin flip occurred the following week to decide the stipulation where tails meant that the match would be a Texas Deathmatch but heads would be that MJF could not be disqualified. After MJF flipped the coin and it landed on heads, Page noticed that the coin was double-sided, and consequently, AEW President
Tony Khan officially sanctioned Page's
last chance as a Texas Deathmatch. During the league matches of the
2025 Continental Classic,
Konosuke Takeshita defeated
Jon Moxley with this being the only non-
Death Rider to defeat Moxley during the tournament. Moxley, however, ultimately won the tournament and the
AEW Continental Championship at Worlds End. He faced Takeshita again at Grand Slam Australia in a match that ended in a 20-minute time limit draw. Frustrated that he did not defeat Takeshita in the time limit, Moxley issued a challenge for a rematch at Revolution with no time limit, which Takeshita accepted, marking the first time that the title would be defended without its time limit rule. On the February 11 episode of
Dynamite,
The Young Bucks (
Matt Jackson and
Nick Jackson) won a
three-way tag team match to earn a title match against
FTR (
Cash Wheeler and
Dax Harwood) for the
AEW World Tag Team Championship at Revolution. Things got personal after FTR assaulted The Young Bucks's family, including their younger brother, Malachi, on the February 21 episode of
Collision. ==Aftermath==