‘AEW: All Out 2025’ PPV Review
Welcome to this review of 2025’s All Out pay-per-view, which once emanated from Toronto and saw Canadian legends Adam Copeland and Christian Cage open the show, facing rivals FTR in a tag match… Speaking of which, All Out had a couple of surprises up its sleeve – but NO, I don’t mean new additions (well, maybe one) to the roster! Let’s get into it…
Match #1: Christian Cage & Adam Copeland def. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
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Cage and Harwood started things off, with neither man gaining much of an advantage until Harwood literally walked over Cage. That set off Toronto’s Father, as he fired off with a shot to Harwood’s broken nose. Cage did further damage sending Harwood flying into the ring post with a slingshot before hitting a reverse DDT for a two count. Copeland tagged in and the two hit a double hip-toss on Harwood, showing muscle memory that never faded. Harwood brought Wheeler in for the first time, as the two men who started this friendship battled for the first time in the match! A Thesz Press with punches from Copeland shocked Wheeler and delighted the crowd all at the same time. Cage returned to the match with a sidewalk slam DDT combo in yet another example of teamwork never truly going away. Cage continued to pick apart Wheeler, even going as far as to bite Wheeler while perched on the top rope. After choking Wheeler on the second rope, Cage tried to hit his patented slide uppercut, but the well-studied Wheeler was ready for it and moved just in time. FTR quickly snatched Cage in a draping DDT with Harwood now back in the match. He hammered Cage in the corner with his jab/chop combo, returning to his corner for a tag after leaving his opponent in a crumpled heap. Wheeler hit a textbook suplex and flexed his chest to a crowd that wasn’t having it. They were mad enough to remind Stokely of what he lacked in life. Cage hit a back suplex on Wheeler to find some space, but Harwood held him off long enough for Wheeler to knock Copeland off the apron. FTR hit a backbreaker/second-rope elbow combo, and Cage just kicked out at two. Wheeler preened to the crowd just a little too long, missing a Vader splash from the corner, and Copeland was back in! He ran right through FTR, nearly winning the match with a Cope-A-Match on Harwood for a two count. Copeland avoided the stuff piledriver and speared Wheeler before setting him up for an invisible salute. Copeland waved his hand in front of his face, bounced off the ropes, brushed his shoulder off, and hit a fist drop. He finished off the homage with a Fireman’s Carry Slam! Wheeler overcame the odds to kick out at two! Cage and Wheeler exchanged shots in the middle of the ring then took each other out with clotheslines. Copeland and Wheeler did the same to each other with crossbodies. FTR went for a Hart Attack on Copeland, but Cage cut it off and snatched Wheeler in a Sharpshooter while Copeland locked one on Harwood. Stokely saved the match by pushing the apron skirt to Harwood’s grasp to break the hold. Stokely quickly became the center of attention, and somehow avoided disaster, as the two teams slugged it out. With Copeland on the top rope, Cage tried to twist the fate of Wheeler, but Harwood made the save, knocking Cage from the ring. Wheeler went to the opposite corner and FTR hit Power and Glory, yet Copeland still found a way to get a shoulder up in time. Copeland reversed the Shatter Machine into a Killswitch on Harwood as Cage speared Wheeler. The match should have been over, but Stokely pulled the referee! Unfamiliar music played as Stokely looked up the ramp to see Beth Copeland! She speared the life out of Big Stokely! Back in the ring, C&C hit the elevated spear and somehow Harwood kicked out! Beth picked up a still breathless Big Stoke and carried him to the back. Wheeler tried to hit Copeland with the ring bell, but Copeland saw him and sent him through the ropes. Harwood begged off Copeland, which was met with a well-targeted spit to the face. As Cage scaled the ropes, Copeland set up Harwood for the stuff piledriver until Wheeler grabbed Cage and powerbombed him onto the Spanish Announce Desk. Referee Paul Turner went out to check on Cage, so he didn’t see Harwood smash the ring bell over Copeland’s head. FTR quickly followed with the spike piledriver. FTR went for a Shatter Machine only for Copeland to reverse it into a pair of Impaler DDTs! Copeland looked for a spear, but ran right into a Shatter Machine … and kicked out! They hit another Shatter Machine on Copeland as he staggered to his feet. Copeland blocked another attempt, giving Cage the chance to trip Harwood. Wheeler turned around into an improbable spear by Cope for the victory!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #2: Eddie Kingston def. Big Bill
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Toronto erupted in “EDDIE” chants as Kingston got right in the face of Big Bill and we were underway! Kingston avoided a big boot and lights up Bill with chops, but Bill fought through them and caught Kingston with a Big Boot. Bill began grinding Eddie down with nothing more than his size and strength leaning on Kingston. He made a point to encourage the “Eddie” chants from the crowd. Kingston started asking for more, cursing on each shot he absorbed. Bill never relented and pounded Kingston back down to the mat. Toronto was treated to a Big Bill second-rope pose and he dropped Kingston with a big clothesline, but Eddie kicked out. Kingston fired up and unloaded on Bill’s chest with chops and strikes. With Bill in the corner, Kingston hit Kojima-like machine gun chops and followed with an impressive exploder suplex. As Bill struggled to his feet, Kingston tried to finish him with a spinning back fist, but Bill was ready for it with his spinning sidewalk slam. For some reason, Bill opted for more strikes instead of a pin attempt. He hit another spinning sidewalk slam, and Eddie kicked out of the lazy cover. Bill goozled Kingston only for Kingston to reverse it into a DDT. Kingston avoided a charge with a high boot only to run right into a much bigger boot from Bill. Bill missed a big splash in the corner and hit the post, which allowed Kingston to roll him up for a two count. Kingston hit the Uraken right on the lower part of the jaw and Kingston scored the pinfall!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Tables N’Tacks Match – Mark Briscoe def. MJF
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Briscoe entered and MJF immediately bailed to the floor when the match got underway, so Briscoe poured tacks everywhere to invite him back in. Never one to wait, Briscoe met MJF on the outside and immediately beat him onto a table with a Bang Bang Elbow on his mind. However, MJF popped up and stopped it with a low blow. The two battled on the apron with MJF barely escaping a Jay Driller. Back in the ring, MJF’s face told the story as he looked absolutely petrified of the sea of tacks on the mat. The two exchanged strikes while standing on the tacks and then traded reversals as the both attempted to put each other onto the tacks. MJF took a shortcut when he bit Briscoe and then pulled the referee in the way so he could poke Briscoe in the eyes and slam him into the tacks! A sickening look came across MJF’s face as he glared out into the crowd. That’s when he grabbed Briscoe’s head and smeared it into the thumbtacks. As Briscoe writhed in pain, MJF went to the outside and started putting away the tables, much to the chagrin of the fans in attendance. MJF’s handiwork was on display back in the ring as Briscoe was covered in blood streaming from his forehead. The pain only got worse when MJF hit an Alabama Slam right onto the tacks! Somehow Briscoe kicked out. MJF dragged Briscoe by the feet around the tacks, as more and more continued to stay in his body. MJF only made it worse by stuffing tacks in Briscoe’s mouth and cracking him across the jaw right a big right. Briscoe got back up and ran right into a big back bodydrop. Then, he got back up and MJF did the same thing. With Briscoe draped over the ropes, MJF called for one more big back bodydrop and he got it, when Briscoe reversed the attempt and hit one of his own, as MJF hit the tacks for the first time in this match in a huge way. Briscoe started to go to work in the corner with tacks sticking out of his elbows! He followed with an Enzuguri sending his own body into the tacks! Unfazed, he got up and dropped MJF with a spinebuster on the tacks. With tacks now sticking out of his forehead, Briscoe scaled the ropes for a Froggy Bow, but MJF bailed to the outside so Briscoe followed with a cannonball through the ropes. He reintroduced a table back into the match in front of MJF and returned to the ring to set up a chair. In a homicidal tribute to Sabu, Briscoe jumped off the chair and flipped onto MJF, breaking the table in multiple places. Briscoe brought MJF to the other side of the ring for the other table Max tried to hide. With MJF on the table, the Bang Bang Elbow was successful this time, as the wood fell into pieces below them. At the request of the fans, Briscoe retrieved another table while MJF got back in the ring. In an absolutely desperate act, MJF threw a handful of tacks into Briscoe’s eyes. Briscoe fought through the pain and impaired vision to powerbomb MJF onto the tacks! Back on the outside, Briscoe retrieved a tack-covered chair, but when he went to use it, MJF kicked him low. MJF used the chair across Briscoe’s back and followed with a tombstone on the tacks, and Briscoe dug deep again to kick out at two. MJF had to pause to pick thumbtacks out of his hands. He retrieved two more bags of tacks and spread them on a table set up in the ring. MJF got Briscoe up for a powerbomb, but it was reversed with Briscoe firing off 10 punches in the corner. Briscoe went to the top, but MJF crotched him. MJF met him up there and went for another tombstone and now it was Briscoe who fought out. He went for a Jay Driller and MJF escaped. Then, both men traded bites across the head. Briscoe skied off the top with a Froggy Bow onto a standing MJF through the table! He scaled to another corner for a second Froggy Bow! And now it was time to end this. A Jay Driller on the tacks was the end for MJF, as Briscoe earned the three count for an emotional victory!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun) def. The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and MVP)
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MVP elected to start things off and asked for Ricochet to tag in, so Kaun obliged. Ricochet circled the ring and tagged back out to Kaun, saying he’d do it on his time. Kaun tried to outpower MVP, but a quick reversal saw MVP hit a front slam and a big knee drop before tagging Benjamin in for the first time. Benjamin walked through multiple chops and then traded clotheslines with Kaun in a vulgar display of power! Benjamin grabbed a leg lock and rolled through a counter for a big kick so he could tag in Lashley. Ricochet also tagged in and mockingly muscled up to Lashley only to be launched to the skies and land backbreakingly on the mat. He followed with a delayed vertical suplex and MVP was back in with a Ballin’ elbow. Ricochet turned things around with a focus on MVP’s knee, a well-known problem area in MVP’s career. Kaun tagged in as MVP tried to make it to his corner, but MVP dropped him with a clothesline so Ricochet tagged back in and got into it with Benjamin on the outside. Lashley started to make a move, but Toa Liona came around to meet him. MVP escaped Ricochet long enough to make a tag to Lashley. He went to work on Ricochet and nearly ended the match in quick fashion with a Dominator, only for Liona to make the save. Benjamin tagged in and blocked a hurricanrana attempt only to send Ricochet flying on his tailbone the hard way. Benjamin then unloaded on Kaun and Ricochet with German suplexes, including a double variation to both men. Liona came in and somehow shook off a Benjamin kick only to turn right into a hitstick spear from Lashley, but Ricochet broke up the pin with a 450 splash. Kaun and MVP exchanged strikes in the middle of the ring with Kaun hitting a backstabber and holding on for a Liona splash! Outside the ring, Lashley tried to spear Liona, but ran into a thrown chair! Benjamin wasted no time in hitting a step up kick on Liona and Kaun was right behind Benjamin with a huge shot of his own. Ricochet saw the opportunity and dove over the corner post to the outside. Kaun and Ricochet whipped Liona into Benjamin and Lashley, sending all three men crashing into the timekeeper’s area. MVP briefly fought off Ricochet, but couldn’t handle Kaun and Ricochet together, as he succumbed to a Spirit Gun from Ricochet to get the three count for The Demand!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: TBS Championship Match – Mercedes Moné def. Riho
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Moné got in Riho’s face at the jump, so Riho immediately went for three pin attempts as Moné seemed to be fighting for her life. After a fourth two-count, Riho briefly locked in her half crab, but Moné quickly made it to the ropes. Riho expertly reversed a wrist lock through the ropes and hit The CEO Dance! Mercedes responded by attacking her from behind and hitting the authentic version of the dance. Riho was able to send Moné into the second rope and hit a running sidewinder kick. She took her time walking to the apron and then stomped a downed Moné on the outside. She asked the announcers if she could use their desk, and hit another stomp on Moné’s ribs. Sensing victory could be near, Riho hit the running low dropkick on Moné and quickly jumped on her back for the crucifix bomb, but Moné kicked out! That seemed to surprise Riho. Moné found a way to trap Riho in the ring skirt to take her down and followed with a meteora from the same announce desk that Riho jumped from minutes earlier. In the ring, Moné tried to slow down the pace with a double-arm lock and Riho fought back only to catch a dropkick to the jaw. As Riho lay helpless on the mat, Moné picked her up for a pendulum swing and dropped her face-first, but it was only good for a two count. Moné mocked the crowd with another dance and put Riho in a surfboard, but Riho escaped and started stomping away before ripping on Moné’s ankle with a grotesque half crab. Moné broke it with a hair pull, only for Riho to capture Moné in her own version of the Statement Maker. Moné was able to roll through and Riho stomped her in the ribs yet again, as both athletes collapsed in exhaustion and pain. They fought back to their feet with strikes and Riho hit a dragon suplex but couldn’t hang on to hold it for a three count. The two battled to the top rope with Mercedes coming out on top with a superplex! She hung on for Three Amigos to complete the suplex quad! Moné called back to her idol once again with a frog splash but came up empty. Riho trapped Moné in the corner and stomped through her, which looked like it would be enough, yet somehow Moné threw just enough power into her shoulder to kick out. Moné turned things around with a sunset bomb into the corner followed by running knees into the downed Riho. Moné whipped Riho around the ring, but Riho turned a double knee attack into another deep leg lock. However, Moné was close enough to the ropes to escape. Riho came back with a bridging German suplex for a two count and stayed on the attack with a Northern Lights Suplex for another two count, as the frustration started to show. As Riho went back on the attack, Moné grabbed the referee’s pocket so she could rake Riho’s eyes. That gave her the chance to hit a lungblower and a Moné Maker for the victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #6: AEW Unified Championship 3-Way Match – Kazuchika Okada def. Máscara Dorada and Konosuke Takeshita
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All three men faced off to start things, but Dorada was able to send Takeshita to the outside and ended up doing the same to Okada for the early advantage. Takeshita came back in and immediately ate a boot from Dorada, although he was able to fight through another flurry to beat Dorada down. In a very smart move, Takeshita tried to slow down the pace by methodically whipping Dorada to the corners. Okada got back in, as Dorada and Takeshita battled on the top rope, but he was knocked away by Dorada only for Takeshita to put Dorada to the floor. Okada gave Takeshita no time to breathe, as he immediately met him with a picture-perfect dropkick. On the outside, Okada and Takeshita caught Dorada on a dive, but Dorada escaped with an armdrag. Takeshita started back with Dorada in the ring, not letting Okada back in the ring. Dorada escaped a blue thunder bomb by Takeshita and looked for a dive, but was tripped by the AEW Unified Champion. Okada took his time with Dorada, hitting a neckbreaker before going for his mask! Dorada escaped and hit a couple chops on Okada, but got dropped, only for Okada to go for a lazy pin that was unsuccessful. Takeshita was back in to face off with Okada, likely making Don Callis squirm in his seat on commentary. That didn’t last long, as Okada gouged him in the eyes, bringing the match back to Okada and Dorada. Okada went back to work on Dorada with a big elbow in the corner and Takeshita returned to the ring. Dorada took control with a tornillo to Okada on one side of the ring and another to Takeshita on the other side! With Okada back in the ring, Dorada hit an innovative neckbreaker for a two count. Okada battled back, as we’ve seen him do so many times before, including a big elbow from the top. He hit his new middle finger version of the Rainmaker pose only for Takeshita to get in his face. The two went back and forth with some quick strikes until Takeshita shocked Okada with a blue thunder bomb that nearly won him the AEW Unified Title. Dorada got back in with Okada down on the outside and hit an ugly Canadian Destroyer on Takeshita. He followed with a 450 Splash, but Okada pulled him out on the pinfall attempt. Takeshita and Okada dangerously battled on the top rope, allowing Dorada time to recover and hit a leaping double hurricanrana to Takeshita and Okada! But he couldn’t get the pinfall! Dorada ran into a pair of boots from Okada and Takeshita. They finally got back to trading shots and Takeshita put Okada down with a huge shot. Okada went for a tombstone, but Takeshita reversed into a crunch followed by a wheelbarrow slam. Moments later, with both his opponents down, Dorada came flying off the top trying to hit Takeshita, but he moved, so Dorada adjusted and hit a standing moonsault. He followed that with a double splash. Takeshita recovered with a big knee to Dorada, yet when he went for it on Okada, the Rainmaker caught it and hit his patented dropkick on Takeshita. The commentators questioned if Takeshita was wise for focusing on Okada when he had Dorada down. All three men battled from their knees with strikes, with Takeshita firing up first to unload on his opponents. Dorada tried to fight back, but Okada dropped him with one shot. Takeshita tried a double german suplex and got Okada, but Dorada landed on his feet! He nearly finished off Takeshita, but wound up hitting a jumping DDT to Okada on the apron. That gave Takeshita enough time to recover, as he met Dorada on the top with a superplex and tried to hit Raging Fire, but it was briefly blocked and he finished the move! Okada stopped the pin and fought through two big Takeshita strikes to knock him from the ring with a dropkick. Okada hit Dorada with The Rainmaker for the successful AEW Unified Title defense.
My Score: 4.5 out of 5
Match #7: Coffin Match – Jon Moxley def. Darby Allin
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Moxley made his way through the Scotiabank Arena with Marina Shafir and they didn’t get very far before Allin attacked and the bell rang! The battle had begun on the arena floor! Allin immediately climbed the floor entrance high above and nailed Moxley with a Coffin Drop out of the sea of fans! A massive risk paid off. Moxley hit a big boot on Allin just to get a little separation, although that only bought him a few seconds as the two continued to fight up the steps. Allin took a painful risk with a dropkick on the cement steps to Moxley, which connected but also created a brutal landing for Allin. That gave a chance for Moxley to crotch Allin on a railing, although Mox made a rare mistake talking trash to the camera. Allin was able to throw water in Moxley’s face to surprise him, as they fought back towards ringside. While Allin dug away at Mox, they spilled back into the ringside area, although it appeared as if Moxley was trying to get something out of his pocket. Allin tried to stay on Moxley, but Mox fought back and somehow cut open Allin’s ear. Moxley pushed over a coffin and then stood another up. He didn’t have a chance to do anything else, as Allin came barreling out of the ring, knocking both men into the casket. Moxley escaped to the other side of the ring and Allin followed, looking for the same dive – and Mox knew it with a counter into a cutter. He hit a release suplex onto a coffin and Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia made their way to ringside. They all tossed a coffin in the ring and then surprisingly, Moxley dismissed them, including Shafir, to the back. Moxley almost certainly shattered Allin’s fingers by smashing them in a coffin. He then berated Allin on top of the casket and told him he loves him before putting a kiss on Moxley’s forehead. Allin fought out of a choke by pulling a fork from the turnbuckle area and stabbing Moxley in the ear and head. He continued the assault on the outside, as blood poured out of Moxley’s head. Allin hit a Coffin Drop to Moxley onto the coffin and then slammed Moxley’s fingers in the same coffin. Moxley came up with dislocated fingers, as he tried to put them back into place. Allin went outside for a pipe, but Moxley was waiting for him in the ring with a boot and then tried to use a fork himself. Allin countered with more disgusting attacks on Moxley’s ear. Moxley battled back with an elevated DDT on top of the coffin and seemed to have the match won when he chucked Allin into the coffin, except for the fact that Allin threw his hand out with the pipe to continue the match. Allin choked Moxley with a pipe, sending both to the outside. With Moxley down, Bryan Danielson pushed a duffel bag to Allin, which contained a plastic bag! As Danielson encouraged him, Allin got the bag on Moxley’s head and tried suffocating him. He hit a Code Red and went back to the bag before stopping to stomp Moxley’s face through the bag. He threw Mox into the coffin, but before he could close it, PAC made a shocking return! He crushed Allin and threw him from the ring to the coffin on the floor. PAC then pulled out a bodybag and put Allin inside. He shoved the bag in the coffin and Mox kicked the lid close to win.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #8: AEW Women’s World Championship 4-Way Match – Kris Statlander def. “Timeless” Toni Storm, Jamie Hayter and Thekla
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All four women collided at the bell, with Hayter and Statlander remaining in the ring. Statlander got a brief advantage and saw the chance to go for a pin, but Hayter kicked out and rolled to the outside. Statlander tried to follow until she was cut off by a huge kick from Thekla. Storm immediately followed with a hip attack and a tornado DDT. Thekla dropped Storm on the floor and seemed to be in control as the only one to not take any major offense. She got back in the ring and took her belt off, as it was legal to use in this 4-way match. She didn’t get much time to use it, as it turned into a three-way battle with Statlander and Hayter. Thekla fought to the corner and was able to hit Spider Suplexes on all three of her opponents. With Statlander and Hayter in the opposite corner, Thekla spiderwalked until Storm squashed her … like a bug. Storm hit Thekla with a hip attack in the corner and then it was Hayter’s turn to take over. She used her power to take down all three opponents, but Statlander fired back with a forearm to Hayter only for Hayter to bounce off the ropes with a clothesline to take them both down. All four women fought back up and Thekla found herself on the wrong end of three boots to knock her out of the ring. Storm and Hayter worked together to clothesline Statlander out of the ring and appeared destined to revisit their championship past until Thekla hit a chop block on Hayter’s knee. Thekla trapped both Storm and Hayter in her web on the ropes, but Statlander immediately broke it up and hit Staturday Night Fever. Storm grabbed Statlender and hit a Storm Zero, but Hayter broke it up and we were back to Storm and Hayter. The former AEW Women’s World Championship opponents finally exchanged shots in the middle of the ring with the more powerful Hayter winning out. She hit a Hayterade and had it won until Thekla broke it up with a stomp. Thekla trapped Storm in a leglock choke, but Hayter was able to break it up to keep the match alive. Hayter and Thekla exchanged strikes on the apron until Thekla drove them both to the ground with a spear. With Statlander and Storm left in the ring, out of nowhere, Statlander trapped Storm in the Seatbelt Pin for the three count!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #9: AEW World Tag Team Championship 4-Way Ladder Match – Brodido def. JetSpeed (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey), Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) & Josh Alexander and Hechicero
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Alexander and Hechicero, arguably the most out of their normal element among the teams in a ladder match, took control from the get go with some impressive tandem offense. JetSpeed were able to isolate Alexander and took him out of the mix. That brought a face-off between Brodido and JetSpeed, with each side holding ladders until JetSpeed threw theirs away and dropkicked the ladder being held by Brodido. Despite their monetarily-enhanced entrance, Matt and Nick Jackson didn’t get any offense until they were able to go to work on Bandido. Before they could really get cooking, Bandido tried to hit a 21-Plex and Brody King somehow hit a triple German suplex! Unreal power from King! King didn’t get a chance to inflict much more damage, as the Bucks fought back by kicking a ladder into his face. They turned right around into Kevin Knight flying off the ropes onto them, but King had recovered. However, Speedball quickly turned things around by squashing Bandido on a ladder. As the chaos continued, Alexander went into the ladder in an awkward way, sending him to the outside. Hechicero got in, but Bandido handled him only for the Bucks to hit an assisted German suplex to Bandido into a standing position later. The Bucks punished Bailey on a ladder but Knight came flying in again! However, he was neutralized, and it seemed as if the Bucks and the Don Callis Family came to some kind of understanding. They began decimating the other teams around the ring, as it became clear they were trying to strengthen their odds. Alexander bridged a ladder on the apron and steel steps set up in front of the commentary desks. First, they ran King into it face first, and while Hechicero held King down across the ladder, Nick Jackson hit a swanton from the top to King’s lifeless body on the steel. While Alexander and Hechicero moved on to Knight, the Bucks realized they could go for the titles in the ring. They were caught and stopped by Alexander and Hechicero, although a pair of superkicks and two ladder shots took care of them. JetSpeed came in and avoided a ladder by going high and low at the same time. Knight went to the air again, taking out the Bucks, opening the door for JetSpeed to climb the ladder together. King stopped them for a brief time until they sent him back to the outside. Bandido came to his partner’s aid to stop their climb and still no one has touched the titles. After a big dive to the outside, Knight was alone in the ring but he was stopped by Jackson, who then sprung off the ropes to a host of opponents outside. The Bucks and JetSpeed got into a bit of a chicken fight, but with mixed up partners. Brodido got back in the mix with Bandido on King’s shoulders, although it was a push from King that knocked everyone off the ladder. Alexander and Bailey wound up alone in the ring, as Alexander stopped Bailey from scaling the ladder, but took too much time setting another one up. Bailey recovered enough to fight Alexander off only for Hechicero to capture him in a surfboard submission on the bridging ladder in the ring. Speedball slipped out and he crushed Hechicero with a reverse cannonball on the ladder, leaving Hechicero clutching his head and fingers! Bandido and Alexander then wound up on the two ladders and instead of Bandido grabbing the titles, he decided to hit a jumping destroyer. The Bucks spiked Bandido on his head right after that and then put Josh Alexander and Hechicero through tables from opposite corners to the outside. Knight then splashed Bandido through a table and King finished off the chaos with a tombstone to Bailey from the apron onto another bridging ladder on the outside. Everyone except Knight was down, and he realized, setting up the ladders to scale by himself. Unfortunately, he took too long and was stopped by Matt Jackson, but he fought him off. Alexander was the next to slow Knight on the ladder, sending him to the mat. Nick Jackson hit a springboard onto the ladder and took Alexander off, although he was immediately attacked by Hechicero who knocked Nick off the ladder. King got back in and the damage he suffered throughout the match was wearing on him, so Alexander was able to hoist him up. The Young Bucks came back together with the Family to launch Knight from the ladder to tables below. Alexander and Hechicero threw the Bucks out of the ring and tried to go get the titles, but they returned with Superkicks and started to scale the ladder only for King to send off. King gave Bandido a ladder and he hit a moonsault with it over the post onto Alexander and Hechicero. With King watching out, Bandido pulled both titles down to retain the AEW World Tag Team Titles in a wildly impressive performance!
My Score: 4.5 out of 5
Match #10: AEW World Championship Match – “Hangman” Adam Page def. Kyle Fletcher
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With a long match ahead of us, there was a feeling out process with both men having short bursts of offense. After a chop from Hangman, Fletcher asked for more, and the two exchanged chops until Fletcher faked another and scored with a thrust kick to Hangman’s jaw. Fletcher jumped right on Page, wrenching his neck on the top rope, continuing to target the area he damaged with a brainbuster through a table to Page days ago at September to Remember. However, Page came firing back with punches in the corner and sent Fletcher out to the apron. Page hit a springboard clothesline knocking Fletcher to the outside, but when he followed with a plancha, Fletcher moved and ran down the apron with a kick right to Page’s chest. Page blocked a powerbomb attempt and got separation with a forearm. Fletcher fought back and sent Page into the crowd. He set up a chair and tried to dive, but Page reversed it, slamming Fletcher into the floor. Hangman brought Fletcher back into the ring for more punishment, although it was pointed out on commentary that Hangman started using his left side, even though he hit the Buckshot Lariat with his right hand. Perhaps the punishment Fletcher had put on Page in recent weeks was starting to catch up with the champion. And when he gave Fletcher a moment to breathe, Fletcher came firing back beating Page to the outside. Fletcher flipped the match in a big way with a powerbomb on the apron, as Page openly favored his right arm and trapezoid. Fletcher sensed the blood in the water, and tried to rip the Kinesio tape off Page’s neck. In a replay of an image we’ve seen on Dynamite in recent weeks, Fletcher set up a table on the floor and tried to hit Hangman with another brainbuster through the table, but Page reversed it and clotheslined him back in the ring. When Page went for the Buckshot, Fletcher was ready with a kick and then a draping DDT for a two count. Fletcher nearly won the AEW Title with a spinning Michinoku Driver and even though Page kicked out, more damage was done to the neck. Fletcher came off the top with a beautiful elbow drop and Page kicked out again! With Page propped up in the corner, Fletcher worked his way across the ring with two high speed velocity kicks, but when he went for a third, Hangman came firing out of the corner with a clothesline! Both men were down and were slow to get up. Page was up first and fired away on Fletcher before putting him down with a back drop and then a fallaway slam. However, Fletcher got up behind him, but Page was ready and hit another fallaway slam into the ropes. Fletcher still managed to kick out at two. As Page banged the mat in frustration, the crowd started to get behind him, bringing him to his feet. Fletcher reversed a Deadeye, but Page sent him over the top with a big clothesline and plancha that hit every bit of Fletcher. The damage done to Page was clearly slowing him down, as Fletcher tried to stop him from scaling the ropes, but Page pushed him back down and hit a moonsault to the floor! A pair of pop-up powerbombs from Hangman looked devastating and yet Fletcher still kicked out again! Fletcher grabbed the top rope to avoid a Dead Eye, so Page kicked him in the chest. The two traded reversals until Fletcher kicked Page out of the air and followed with a powerbomb only for Page to get his shoulder up at the last moment! The tape was finally ripped off Page’s neck as he lay on the apron. Fletcher took too long going for a draping DDT and Page quickly reversed it into a tombstone on the floor. Page tried another moonsault to the floor, but Fletcher moved and landed a big kick on the AEW World Champion. Fletcher hit a sickening brainbuster into the timekeeper’s table and it may be a matter of getting back in the ring to crown a new champion. After another big kick in the corner, the sheer drop brainbuster was right on the money in the middle of the ring, and Fletcher still couldn’t keep Page down for the win. Fletcher brought Page back to the apron for another brainbuster attempt through the table but Page reversed it into a Deadeye with wood shattering everywhere. In the ring, Hangman went for a Buckshot Lariat, but Fletcher simply collapsed out of exhaustion and both men remained down. Page got back up and hit a V-Trigger in an homage to Kenny Omega! He went for the One-Winged Angel, but the two traded reversals until another Deadeye! Page dug even deeper going in Swerve’s playbook for a Big Pressure, and STILL Fletcher kicked out despite major damage to his neck. Fletcher came flying back into the match with another brainbuster and Hangman kicked out as Danielson and Callis were shocked on commentary. When they got back to their feet, Page threw weak shots with his damaged arm and Fletcher kicked him away, laughing at the champion. A short-arm lariat from Fletcher dropped Page hard, but then he ripped off the turnbuckle pad. Page was able to fight back on the top rope, smashing Fletcher’s head into the exposed metal, and hit another Deadeye, this time from the top, but he couldn’t get to Fletcher in time for the pin. As Fletcher struggled to his feet, Page slid to the outside and hit a Buckshot Lariat to retain the AEW World Title!
My Score: 4.5 out of 5
News of the Night:
- Beth Copeland made her AEW debut, running in on the opening tag match to try and save her husband.
- PAC returned to AEW, helping Moxley get the win over Darby Allin (and he’s cut his hair off!)
- Jack Perry made his return after the 4-way tag match, reuniting with Luchasaurus AND his Baltimora theme tune!
- Darby Allin escaped the coffin in a backstage segment and tried to burn Moxley alive – literally!
Final Verdict: 4/5
This year’s All Out proved to be yet another strong pay-per-view for AEW. Though it moved away from Chicago this year, the new setting didn’t hurt the atmosphere, with fans engaged throughout the night. The main event between Hangman Adam Page and Kyle Fletcher for the AEW World Championship delivered drama and intensity. Fletcher’s focus on Page’s neck added real tension, while Page fought through with desperation and grit, eventually sealing the win with a Deadeye from the top and a Buckshot Lariat. It may have run slightly long, but it felt like a true world title battle. The AEW Women’s World Championship four-way (Kris Statlander vs Toni Storm vs Jamie Hayter vs Thekla) offered chaos and unpredictability. Thekla impressed with a big spear on the outside, but Statlander stole the victory with a clever roll-up, giving the division a fresh champion. Elsewhere, Jon Moxley and Darby Allin’s Coffin Match brought the violence fans expected, with brutal spots, high-risk dives, and a surprise PAC return that added another layer. SOme stuff missed – the Deman/Hurt Syndicate match for example, and a seemingly botched ending to Eddie Kingston’s return match but overall, All Out 2025 was a satisfying show, mixing storytelling, surprises, and strong in-ring action. Roll on Wrestledream!
