‘AEW: All In London 2024’ PPV Review
Welcome to my review of AEW: All In London 2024, the second All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view from London’s Wembley Stadium. The show kicked off with Zero Hour which featured a 16-man tag match which saw Dante hit the cross over frog splash on Ariya to score the pin; Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii defeat Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway; and Dustin Rhodes pinned Matt Taven to grab the win in ANOTHER multi-man match!
Match #1: AEW World Trios Championship London Ladder Match – Winners: Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and PAC
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It was bedlam outside the ring as all the teams brawled. Pac hit Austin with a pump kick. Brody King leveled Pac with a lariat. Colten dropkicked Brody. Pac wiped out everyone with a Sky Twister Press to the floor. The Gunns double teamed Pac and then ordered Juice to get the tables! Brody bulldozed the Gunns and then flew out of the ring with a tope! Christian Cage finally came down to the ring. Christian grabbed a ladder and set it up in the ring. Christian tried to make the climb to the titles, but Brody and Claudio threw Christian over the top rope. Mother Wayne began to climb the ladder in the ring, but the Gunns told her to get out of the ring. Killswitch planted the Gunns with a double chokeslam and then dished out chokeslams to Juice, Pac, Yuta and Buddy Matthews! Pac choke slammed Malakai onto a ladder that was propped against the corner. Nick Wayne blasted Brody with the Wayne’s World through a table! Killswitch began to climb the ladder, but Christian Cage wanted the glory for himself. Malakai and Buddy shoved them off the ladder. The House of Black isolated Wheeler in the corner and all three members struck at once! The Gunns blasted Brody with the 3:10 to Yuma! Claudio fired off European Uppercuts to the Gunns. Claudio put Juice in the Giant Swing and hurled him around the ring until Wheeler dropkicked Juice! Pac added an exclamation point to the end of the sentence with the Black Arrow to Juice Robinson. Claudio and Brody climbed the ladder, but the Gunns cracked them with steel chairs. Brody and Claudio climbed, but Colten and Austin jumped on their backs. Brody and Claudio purposely fell backwards, smashing the Gunns through tables below. Nick Wayne hit the Wayne’s World on Buddy! Black sent Nick into the ladder. Black began to climb the ladder, but Juice pulled him down. Black nailed Juice with a knee strike. Nick walloped Black with a tope into a destroyer through a table. Juice grabbed a giant ladder and went to the top but Christian Cage shoved it, knocked Juice from the very top! Juice fell, crotching himself on the ropes. Christian Cage cracked Pac with the Killswitch! Mother Wayne gave Christian Cage a can of something, and Christian sprayed the can into Yuta’s eyes. Mother Wayne tried to use the hair spray on Juice, but Juice blocked it with a steel chair. Juice grabbed the can from her and sprayed Mother Wayne in the eyes! Killswitch hit Juice and knocked Juice off the apron and through a table. Christian Cage speared Buddy, jumping off one ladder and knocking Buddy off another ladder! Killswitch hoisted Christian onto his shoulders, helping him up the ladder. Pac climbed the other side of the ladder. Pac booted Christian Cage off the ladder and retrieved the belts!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: AEW Women’s World Championship Match – Mariah May def. Toni Storm
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Both wrestlers slugged it out, a hockey fight breaking out at the start of the match. Mariah blasted Toni with a big dropkick. Mariah and Toni traded chops. Toni caught Mariah with a DDT. Mariah dodged the hip attack and power bombed Toni off the apron! Mariah spat at Luther in the face! Mariah drove down Toni with a spinning side slam. Toni escaped a body lock submission. Toni took down Mariah with a Thesz Press and grounded and pounded Mariah. Mariah fired back with a jumping knee strike off the apron! Mariah stunned Luther with a dropkick! Mariah slapped her own mother who was sitting in the front row! Toni Storm grabbed Mariah and spiked Mariah with the Storm Zero on the steel ring steps. Toni walked over to Mariah’s mother and hugged her. Toni pulled a bloodied Mariah back into the ring. Toni opened up the laceration even further with right hand strikes! Toni grabbed Mariah by the hair and whipped her across the ring! Toni Storm power bombed Mariah May for a near fall. Mariah regained some momentum with a dropkick from the top rope. Mariah squashed Toni with a hip attack. Mariah smiled and connected with two more hip attacks! Mariah went for a fourth, but Toni countered with a lariat and a German Suplex. Toni rocked Mariah with a hip attack of her own, and then the Storm Zero, but Mariah May kicked out at the two-count! Champion and challenger fell to the mat after hitting one another with double headbutts! Mariah planted Toni with the May Day for a near fall! Mariah crawled over for the title belt, but Luther pulled it away from her! Mariah had the shoe in her hand, but Toni spotted it and yanked it away. Toni considered using the shoe on Mariah, but she was torn, and began to cry. Mariah rammed Toni with two knee strikes and then spiked Toni with the Storm Zero, scoring the pin!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: FTW Championship Match – HOOK def. Chris Jericho
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Big Bill splashed Hook in the corner. Jericho cracked Hook with the Code Breaker, but Hook kicked out at the one-count. Hook sent Keith for a ride with a suplex. Hook hurled Jericho with a German Suplex. Hook followed up with a T-Bone Suplex. Jericho regained momentum with a lionsault on HOOK. Jericho grabbed a kendo stick, a pool cue and emptied a bag of cricket balls into the ring. Hook suplexed Jericho and then pulled a cricket bat out from beneath the ring. Hook chucked cricket balls at Jericho! Hook suplexed Jericho with the cricket bat. Bryan Keith ambushed Hook with a trash can lid, whacking Hook in the head. Jericho locked in the Walls, but Hook escaped and put Jericho in the Walls of Jericho! Big Bill jumped in and clubbed Hook from behind. Bryan Keith put a board wrapped in barbed wire onto a table. Big Bill tried to chokeslam Hook through the table, but Hook escaped and rammed Big Bill into the steel ring post! Jericho grabbed a trash can and clocked Hook in the head with it. Hook dodged the Judas Effect and planted Jericho with a T-Bone. Hook removed the tape from his eyes and said, “I can see.” He’d been playing Jericho the entire time. Hook went for the Red Rum, but Big Bill pulled Hook off Jericho. Jericho went to use the pool cue on Hook, as Big Bill held Hook’s arms. Hook escaped and Jericho inadvertently smacked Big Bill with the pool cue, knocking Big Bill off the apron and through a table! Hook applied the Red Rum, but Jericho escaped and shoved Hook into Bryan Keith. Bryan blasted Hook with a foreign object. Jericho covered Hook but Hook kicked out at the last second. Taz dropped his headset. Taz locked Bryan Keith in the Tazmission! Hook grabbed Jericho, put Jericho in the Red Rum, and Jericho tapped out!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #4: AEW World Tag Team Championship Match – The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicolas Jackson) def. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) and FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
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Matthew nailed Cash with an Assisted Sliced Bread. They followed up with a neck breaker/back breaker combo, vintage Young Bucks on display. Cash retaliated with an uppercut to Nicholas. Cash powerslammed Nicholas. Cash dodged a splash from Matthew and tagged out to Bowens. Bowens cleaned house on the Bucks! Caster piled up the Bucks and Bowens dropped the Scissor Me Timbers on the sandwiched Bucks! Dax entered the fray and nailed Bowens with three consecutive German Suplexes. Dax dished out more German Suplexes on Matthew! FTR, not done yet, hit German Suplexes on both Bucks. Dax planted Matthew with a DDT. Nicholas nailed Cash with a hurracanrana off the top! FTR rallied back with the Shatter Machine on Matthew. Dax covered Matthew but Nicholas pulled the referee out of the ring. Nicholas DDT Bowens on the floor! The Bucks were looking for the EVP Trigger on Dax, but Cash broke it up. Instead, Caster and Matthew rocked Dax with the EVP Trigger. Then Cash and Caster caught Matthew with the Shatter Machine. The Bucks hit the Acclaimed with low blow kicks as the ref was distracted. The Bucks pumped up their sneakers and served up super kicks. Nicholas grabbed the title belts and threw them into the ring. Matthew was going to use the belt on Bowens, but Daddy Ass jumped in and blasted Matthew with the Fame Asser on the belt! Bowens hit the Arrival and then Caster used the Mic Drop on Matthew, but Nicholas broke up the pin attempt! The Bucks drilled Dax with the EVP Trigger and Matthew earned the pinfall victory!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: AEW World Title Number One Contender Casino Gauntlet Match – Winner: Christian Cage
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Cassidy earned the number one spot. The second competitor in was Okada. Cassidy took down the Rainmaker with a dropkick. The clock ticked down and the next entrant was… Nigel McGuinness! Nigel and Okada exchanged elbow strikes. Nigel walloped Okada with a palm strike. Nigel kicked Okada in the back and then chopped him down. Nigel took Cassidy off his feet with a lariat. Kyle O’Reilly was the next entrant! Kyle connected with a PK on Nigel. Orange rocked Nigel with a Stun Dog Millionaire! Kyle and Orange used the high-low combination on Okada. Zack Sabre Jr. came to the ring next! Nigel and Zack went face to face. Nigel and Zack traded big upper cuts. Okada shoved Nigel out of the way. Okada smashed Zack with a neck breaker. Roderick Strong was the next entrant. Roderick cleaned house with back breakers for everyone! ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe stormed to the ring next! Briscoe clobbered Okada and Kyle with redneck kung fun! Briscoe used a steel chair as a catapult, jumping over the top rope, taking out Roderick and Nigel. “Hangman” Adam Page was the next man to the ring! Page tossed Cassidy with a fall away slam. Page planted Roddy with a power bomb on the apron. Hangman drilled Orange with the Dead Eye! “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett was our next participant! He walked to the ring with a guitar and Karen Jarrett. Jarrett and Hangman went toe-to-toe! Jarrett took down Hangman, Nigel, Roderick, Okada, and Briscoe with right hands! Hangman power bombed Jarrett over the top rope and to the floor! Hangman grabbed Karen who was on the apron but then…Ricochet made his entrance and caught Hangman’s eye. Ricochet mixed it up with an AEW Original and dropkicked Page! All the fans were standing, chanting Ricochet’s name! Ricochet used a shooting star press to the floor, wiping out all the competitors. Christian Cage limped down to the ring, the next entrant in the match! Ricochet blasted Christian with a cross body press! Page blasted Ricochet with a buckshot lariat. Page went for the pin, but Okada broke up the pin attempt! Okada dropkicked Page. Hangman wanted the buckshot, but Karen grabbed his ankle. Jeff Jarrett smashed Hangman with a guitar over the head! Okada rocked Jeff with the rainmaker. Orange pulped Zach with the Orange Punch! Roddy nailed Orange with the End of Heartache. Nigel used the Tower of London on Kyle and Briscoe, almost scoring the pin on Kyle! Christian Cage speared Nigel! Luchasaurus sprinted to the ring next! Luchasaurus was about to chokeslam Christian Cage when Kyle approached them. Luchasaurus changed course and choke slammed Kyle! Luchasaurus placed Christian Cage on top of Kyle and Christian stole the pin!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #6: AEW American Championship Match – Will Ospreay def. MJF
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They duked it out as the bell rang! Ospreay was in high gear right away, connecting with a Sasuke Special. Ospreay was looking for the Hidden Blade, but MJF dropped to his feet. MJF gouged the eyes of the challenger. MJF whipped Ospreay into the steel guardrail. Ospreay charged at MJF, but MJF countered with a back drop, Ospreay crashing onto the arena floor. MJF blocked an Os-Cutter in the ring. MJF power bombed Ospreay onto his knee for a near fall. MJF signaled for the kangaroo kick and then knocked Ospreay down with it. Ospreay blocked the Heat Seeker and countered with a springboard elbow strike. MJF poked Ospreay in the eyes. MJF posed, but Will wasted no time unleashing a wicked kick to MJF’s head. Ospreay went for another Sasuke Special, but MJF blocked it and countered with a tombstone piledriver on the arena floor. MJF tried for a springboard, but Ospreay moved. MJF landed on his feet and charged at Ospreay, but Ospreay countered with a Spanish Fly! Ospreay splashed MJF with a shooting star press as MJF was draped across the ropes. MJF countered the Storm Breaker with the Cross Rhodes for a near fall! Ospreay was clutching his neck. Ospreay countered a brain buster with a stun dog and then a cutter for a two-count on MJF! Ospreay blasted MJF with a double jump Os-Cutter and went for the cover, but MJF placed his boot on the rope to force the ref to stop the count. The champ stuffed Ospreay with a piledriver for a near fall. MJF clobbered Will with a rolling elbow strike. Ospreay fired back with a Storm Breaker, but MJF escaped the pin fall! Ospreay attempted an Os-Cutter on the apron, but MJF dodged it and Ospreay crashed and burned. MJF planted Ospreay with a Panama Sunrise on the apron! Ospreay avoided the Heat Seeker and connected with a heel kick. Ospreay clocked MJF with the Os-Cutter on the apron. Ospreay tried for the Hidden Blade from the apron, but MJF moved! Ospreay inadvertently smashed a camera man in the head with the Hidden Blade! Unbeknownst to the referee and Will Ospreay, MJF had the American Championship in his arms. Ospreay dodged the belt shot from MJF! Ospreay went for the Hidden Blade, but this time MJF caught Ospreay with the belt to the head! MJF nailed Ospreay with a brain buster, but Ospreay kicked out at the two-count! MJF tried a Hidden Blade of his own, but Ospreay ducked it! Ospreay drilled MJF with a Hidden Blade and inadvertently knocked Max into the referee! The ref took a nasty tumble out of the ring. MJF called for the Tiger Driver, but Ospreay countered, looking for a Tiger Driver of his own. MJF countered with a low blow to Ospreay. MJF had brass knuckles and was ready to use them when someone in a hood jumped up on the apron and struck MJF! The masked man revealed himself and it was… Daniel Garcia! Ospreay decimated MJF with a Hidden Blade! Ospreay picked up MJF in the Tiger Driver and planted MJF! Ospreay covered MJF and scored the pin!
My Score: 4.5 out of 5
Match #7: TBS Championship Match – Mercedes Moné def. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D
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Mercedes dropkicked Britt. Britt tried for the lockjaw right away, but Mercedes rolled out of the ring. Kamille distracted Baker and Mercedes seized the moment, dropping Baker with a back breaker across the top turnbuckle. Baker rattled Mercedes with the rip cord. Mercedes retaliated with the three amigos suplex sequence. Mercedes punished Baker with a double knee drop to Baker’s back. Mercedes hit Baker with an avalanche body slam from the second turnbuckle. Britt went for the curb stomp, but Mercedes countered with a power bomb! Britt got some momentum with a sling blade to Mercedes. Britt put her glove on and went for the Lock Jaw, but Mercedes escaped. Mercedes grabbed Britt’s glove and put it on. Britt countered with an Air Raid Crash for a near fall. Britt retrieved her glove, but Mercedes nailed Britt with a back stabber. Mercedes attempted a body slam off the ropes, but Baker countered, landing on top of Mercedes. Britt went for the cover, but Kamille pulled Mercedes’ boot, forcing the ref to stop the count due to Mercedes’ boot breaking the rope plane. Britt went after Kamille, and the ref tried to stop Britt. As the ref was dealing with Britt and Kamille, Mercedes grabbed the TBS Championship and hid it in her arms. Mercedes went to use the belt, but ref Paul Turner caught her red handed and pulled it away. Kamille tried to jump in the ring, but Britt connected with a thrust kick! Britt pretended that Kamille had struck her with the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship. Ref Paul Turner ejected Kamille. Baker rocked Mercedes with the Panama Sunrise and then the curb stomp for a near fall on Mercedes! Baker went for the Lock Jaw but Mercedes bit down on Baker’s hand! Mercedes planted Baker with the Moné Maker and pinned Baker!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #8: TNT Championship Coffin Match – Jack Perry def. Darby Allin
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Darby had thumbtacks glued to his face! As Jack Perry was making his entrance, Darby jumped out of the ring and tackled him. Darby whacked Perry with a steel chair! Darby used his face as a weapon, pushing the thumbtacks against Perry’s head. Perry jumped off the ropes and dropkicked Perry who was on a chair outside the ring. Darby stood the coffin up and rocketed out of the ring, but Perry dodged it, sending Darby crashing against it! Jack Perry emptied a bag of broken glass in the ring. Darby countered a power bomb attempt, back dropping Jack into the glass! Darby climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Jack yanked out Darby’s leg, sending Darby careening onto the arena floor. Jack Perry grabbed a roll of tape and tied Darby’s wrists together. Darby rocked Perry with a Coffin Drop. Darby put Jack Perry inside the coffin, but Perry fought his way out of it. Jack Perry power bombed Darby on the ramp. Jack pulled off Darby’s belt and whipped him with it. Jack tied Darby’s legs together with Darby’s belt. Jack Perry threw Darby off the stage and through a table below. Jack Perry pulled a body bag toward Darby. Jack Perry put Darby in the body bag and zipped it up. Perry pulled the bag, with Darby inside it, toward the coffin. Jack Perry smashed Darby with a running knee strike and then slammed the lid, retaining the TNT Championship!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #9: AEW World Championship Match! Title vs. Career – Bryan Danielson def. Swerve Strickland
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Danielson blistered Swerve’s chest with stiff chops. Swerve shot a glance over at Bryan’s family in the front row. Danielson rocked Swerve with round kicks. Danielson was looking for the LeBell Lock, but Swerve countered with a catapult. Danielson connected with a springboard cannonball to Swerve on the outside of the ring. Danielson dropped a knee like a guillotine on Swerve’s arm. Swerve rallied back with a back breaker and a suplex. Bryan put Swerve in an arm bar, but Swerve escaped, putting Danielson on his shoulders. Swerve turned, and Danielson’s boots inadvertently knocked the referee down to the mat. Swerve signaled for Prince Nana who ran over with the ring bell and placed it on the apron. Swerve drilled Danielson with a Death Valley Driver on the ring bell! Danielson was busted wide open from the forehead. Danielson crawled back into the ring, beating the ref’s count. Swerve grabbed Danielson’s wrists and began to stomp on Danielson’s head, right in front of Danielson’s family. Swerve went for the Swerve Stomp, but Danielson countered with a surge of adrenaline, going for the LeBell Lock. Swerve escaped but Danielson caught Swerve with a lariat. Danielson charged at Swerve but Swerve planted Danielson with a flatliner! Bryan threw Swerve with a tiger suplex. Danielson clobbered the champion with round kicks. Danielson followed up with an avalanche tiger suplex! Danielson stomped on Swerve’s head over and over again! Danielson applied the cattle mutilation! Swerve got to his feet and countered by planting Danielson on his head and neck! The AEW medical team immediately jumped into action, checking on Danielson. Swerve chased the medical team away. Swerve hit the Swerve Stomp and went for the cover, but Danielson kicked out at the two-count! The champion connected with the House Call kick! Swerve smashed Danielson with a second House Call! Swerve drilled Danielson with a third House Call! Somehow Danielson kicked out of the pin attempt! Danielson got to his feet as Swerve hit Danielson with round kicks. Danielson locked in a triangle and cracked Swerve with elbow strikes! Danielson rocked Swerve with a shoulder capture suplex. Danielson hit Swerve with the Busiaku Knee, but Swerve shrugged it off! Swerve nailed Danielson with another House Call kick! Swerve planted Danielson with Big Pressure, but Danielson kicked out! Page knocked Prince Nana to the mat. Security swarmed “Hangman” Page. Danielson drilled Swerve with the Busiaku Knee, but Swerve kicked out of the pin. Danielson charged out of the corner with the Busiaku Knee! Danielson nailed Swerve with another Busiaku Knee! Danielson put Swerve in the LeBell Lock and Swerve tapped out!
My Score: 5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
OK, so last year’s review of ALL IN was super-biased, I was there for it live, almost… almost ringside (in fact my wife and I can be seen numerous times during the show); but this year I watched it from home – avoiding spoilers on social media by avoiding social media altogether! And whilst it was a great show overall, this PPV wasn’t, at least for me, as exciting as last year. To the show’s credit we got to AMAZING matches in the American and World title matches. But some of the other matches? Woof. The women’s TBS match looked clumsy and badly put together – the total antithesis of the ACTUAL women’s title match; then there’s the decision to have Christian Cage win the gauntlet match, which was – frankly – terrible… But the lows could not detract from the highs and those highs were VERY high! Hell, seeing Ricochet come out for the gauntlet match and do HIS stuff, be the fast-paced high-flyer that he IS, even in such a short amount of time… superb stuff! I get that the huge drop in ticket sales means that we’re not getting All In in London next year but hell, I don’t think you can beat the British crowd’s reaction. Honestly.
