Nick Wayne defeated Chris Jericho at AEW WrestleDream on Saturday, October 17, 2026, to win their three-match series 2-1, closing out a rivalry that played out over the course of several weeks on AEW programming.
The series began on September 16 on AEW Dynamite, where Jericho picked up the opening win over Wayne. Wayne responded by evening the score in their second meeting at AEW Grand Slam France, setting up a decisive third match to settle the series. That rubber match took place at WrestleDream, with Wayne coming out on top to claim the series victory.
WrestleDream has served as the stage for the conclusion of the Jericho-Wayne series, giving the two competitors a high-profile finish to a program that stretched across multiple AEW events and international markets. The back-and-forth nature of the series, with each match won by a different competitor, framed the WrestleDream bout as the true decider rather than an exhibition, and Wayne’s win gives him the edge in the head-to-head history between the two.
Multiple outlets covering AEW WrestleDream confirmed the same outcome and series record, with Fightful, POST Wrestling, NoDQ and Wrestling Inc. all reporting that Wayne’s victory brought the series to a 2-1 finish in his favor. The consistency across reports underscores the result as the confirmed, undisputed outcome of the night for this matchup.
For Wayne, the win at WrestleDream represents a notable result against a veteran of Jericho’s standing, capping a series in which he needed to answer an opening-match loss and then prove himself again in a decisive third bout. For Jericho, the series loss closes this particular chapter against Wayne, with the final record showing Wayne taking two of the three contests.
No further matches between the two have been announced following the conclusion of the series at WrestleDream.
