Kyle Fletcher ready for ‘very surreal’ AEW All Out 2025 opportunity

The biggest moment of Kyle Fletcher’s life so far is just five days away.

This Saturday, Fletcher will challenge Hangman Page for the AEW World Championship at All Out 2025. A victory would bring Fletcher the first World Championship of his career at just 26 years old. Fletcher has always had World Championship potential, but he told Forbes that possibly accomplishing this goal at such a young age feels surreal.

“It’s the biggest thing that I’ve ever done in my career — and in my life,” Fletcher said. “My whole career, people have kind of pegged me as this future World Champion, and it’s a cool thing to hear, right? But now that the opportunity is real, like it’s right in front of me, and it’s about to happen, I have a chance to not only fight for the AEW World Championship, but possibly win it.

“I’m 26 years old. I didn’t know that when people said I was a future World Champion, that I thought the opportunity [would] be coming this quickly. It’s very surreal. Growing up as a kid wanting to be a professional wrestler, this is the kind of moment you dream of, that first World title win. So, it could be soon, which feels surreal, and preparation is in full effect.

“I’m just trying to bring the best me, the best package I can, while trying to stay calm with it all and not letting the nerves get me too early on. But I know I have a job to do, and I just got to stick to it.”

Fletcher has had a rapid ascent as a singles star in AEW, where he’s a member of the Don Callis Family. He told Forbes that he’s grateful so many people have seen him as a future World Champion. And while that adds pressure, it’s also motivated Fletcher to work harder so he can prove other people and himself right. He already holds the TNT title and would become a double champion if he dethrones Page at All Out. Page won the World Championship from Jon Moxley this July and has made two successful defenses so far.

Saturday’s pay-per-view is being held at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main card has a start time of 3 p.m. Eastern.