Mike Bailey Says It Is "About Time" He Wins AEW Gold
Summary: Mike Bailey said in a YouTube vlog, per F4W Online on Nov. 10, that he will win the AEW National Championship from Tommaso Ciampa. The match is on tonight's three-hour Dynamite and Collision in West Valley City, Utah.
The quick version
- Mike Bailey said in his latest vlog that "the important thing is that I'm going to win the National Championship," per F4W Online.
- He faces champion Tommaso Ciampa on Wednesday, Nov. 11, on the combined Dynamite and Collision show in West Valley City, Utah.
- F4W says Bailey has not won a singles title in AEW. He says he has challenged for nearly all of the men's titles but not the World title in a singles match.
Mike Bailey says he is going to win the AEW National Championship tonight. Speaking on his own YouTube vlog, he told viewers it is "about time" he won a singles title in AEW, F4W Online (Shounak Chakrabarti) reported on Nov. 10. Bailey challenges Tommaso Ciampa on the three-hour Dynamite and Collision special on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
What he said
F4W quotes Bailey: "But regardless, the important thing is that I'm going to win the National Championship." After encouragement from Veda Scott, he said it is "about time." F4W's transcript has him add "It's time" and an expletive before "time," which we have left out.
Asked how many AEW singles titles he has challenged for, Bailey said: "All of them. Pretty much all of them." He then limited that to "all the designated men's ones, at least," per F4W. He said he has not challenged for the men's World title in a singles match, only in the Clockwork Carnage match.
The match
AEW made Ciampa vs. Bailey official after Ciampa won the title from Andrade El Idolo on the Nov. 7 Collision, per our earlier story. See our match story and how Ciampa named the belt. PWInsider's preview for Wednesday lists "AEW National Champion Tommaso Ciampa vs. Speedball Mike Bailey" among five advertised matches. The others include Will Ospreay facing Kyle Fletcher and the fifth FTR vs. Motor City Machine Guns match. See our card story.
The show airs live at 8 PM ET on TBS and HBO Max, per WrestlingHeadlines. No match type or stipulation has been reported.
What to watch
Whether Bailey wins, and whether AEW sets the winner for Full Gear on Saturday, Nov. 14, in Phoenix. AEW has announced neither.
Source: F4W Online's summary of Bailey's vlog, read in full. We did not watch the vlog, and the vlog's date is not given in F4W's story. PWInsider's Nov. 11 preview, read in full, confirms the match is on the card. We did not contact AEW or Bailey. Nothing in this story is a rumor.
Sources
- F4W Online (Shounak Chakrabarti), "Mike Bailey says it's 'about time' he won an AEW singles championship", Nov. 10, 2026, 00:00, no time zone given (all Bailey quotes). https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/mike-bailey-says-its-about-time-he-won-an-aew-singles-championship/
- Mike Bailey's YouTube vlog, undated in the F4W story. No link: we did not find the video and did not watch it.
- PWInsider (Mike Johnson), "AEW Dynamite & Collision on TBS & HBO Max Preview", Nov. 11, 2026, 09:00 (the advertised card). https://www.pwinsider.com/article/213581/aew-dynamite-collision-on-tbs-hbo-max-preview.html?p=1
- WrestlingHeadlines, "AEW Adds New Employee To Production Team Ahead Of Full Gear 2026", Nov. 2026 (the show's 8 PM ET start and venue). https://wrestlingheadlines.com/aew-adds-new-employee-to-production-team-ahead-of-full-gear-2026/
- WrestlingNews.com, "AEW Sets Ciampa vs. Bailey for National Title on Nov. 11", Nov. 8, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-sets-ciampa-vs-bailey-national-title-nov-11/
- WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read the F4W story, PWInsider's preview and WrestlingHeadlines in full and checked the card against our earlier stories. We did not watch the show.
How we credit sources: Editorial standards.