All Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on August 31, 2019 at the Sears Centre Arena in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Ten matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show. In the main event, Chris Jericho defeated Adam Page to become the inaugural AEW World Champion. In other prominent matches, the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in a ladder match to retain the AAA World Tag Team Championship, Cody defeated Shawn Spears, and Pac defeated Kenny Omega by referee stoppage. The AEW Women's World Championship belt was also unveiled with Nyla Rose and Riho winning their respective matches to face each other for the inaugural championship on October 2, 2019 on AEW on TNT.


The Buy In (Preshow - Watch Below)




21-woman Casino Battle Royale
Nyla Rose won by last eliminating Britt Baker
Winner faces the winner of Riho vs. Hikaru Shida for the inaugural AEW Women's World Championship, scheduled for AEW on TNT on October 2


Casino Battle Royale entrances and eliminations

Five wrestlers started the match. Every three minutes, five more wrestlers entered. The 21st and final entrant entered alone.
DrawEntrantElimination OrderEliminated byEliminations
ClubsShalandra Royal1Nyla Rose0
Leva Bates4Nyla Rose0
Faby Apache2Nyla Rose0
Priscilla Kelly3Nyla Rose0
Nyla Rose-Winner10
DiamondsPenelope Ford7Nyla Rose0
Shazza McKenzie5Britt Baker0
Sadie Gibbs17Bea Priestley1
Big Swole6Nyla Rose0
Britt Baker20Bea Priestley and Nyla Rose[1]5
SpadesTenille Dashwood8Awesome Kong0
Ivelisse9Awesome Kong0
Bea Priestley19Britt Baker3**
Brandi Rhodes15Britt Baker and Allie0
Awesome Kong12Bea Priestley, Sadie Gibbs, and ODB3
HeartsAllie16Nyla Rose1
Nicole Savoy10Nyla Rose0
Teal Piper11ODB0
ODB14Britt Baker2
Jazz13Nyla Rose0
JokerMercedes Martinez18Britt Baker0
** Priestley was already eliminated when she pulled Baker over the top rope, eliminating her.


I really wanted to see this match, especially with the promised "surprise" entrants for this battle royal, but it just came off really sloppy on execution. These women were rushing spots and the cameras barely got any of the action that would have been of note, especially the arrivals of Jazz and ODB - both of which who did jack shit before getting eliminated despite the pops for their inclusions for this. I felt even more sorry for AAA's Faby Apache and Impact Wrestling's newly signed Tenille Dashwood (formerly WWE's Emma) who came in to do absolutely nothing in this match. I know if they did this match in the traditional "Royal Rumble" format we would have been here all night watching this match, but I have to admit that I'm not a fan of the card suit format at all, especially when you want to introduce fans to the women of your roster and couldn't tell you 90% of the women in this match outside of the last few that made it to the end.

They made the right choice in having Nyla Rose eliminate the most women AND winning the whole damn thing as I thought it was a mistake to have Riho beat her during their last PPV special. They should be establishing Rose as a wrecking machine and she got a fluke loss by that chick who looks like she should be in grade school? C'mon now... I liked what they did with Britt Baker getting "screwed" out of the win by Bea Priestley too so that takes "Mrs. Adam Cole" off the table and out of the conversation for the AEW Women's title for the time being. I know that's the woman they seem to be deadset on building their division around, but I don't see it. She's definitely not it to build around. Give her time to grow much like a lot of their young talent on this roster. Speaking of Bea Priestley, she had a fight with Sadie Gibbs backstage following this show (after Bea allegedly no-sold a move from Sadie) https://wrestletalk.com/news/report-aew-stars-involved-in-backstage-fight-at-all-out/ and that doesn't surprise me in the least, given those two personalities in one locker room. If AEW were smart, they would cash in on this real life animosity and put these two in a feud ASAP. Imagine how hard hitting that affair would be with those two women's backgrounds.

That being said, I'm glad AEW made the right call with Nyla Rose going forward. She definitely needs to be in the conversation when determining their first Women's Champion. Awesome Kong would have been a fine candidate as well, but who knows what her full capacity is at this rate. She did a few spots here and there, but after her last two runs in Impact Wrestling, I can't see AEW getting much else out of her when she's already at the end of her tether to begin with. This isn't Kong of 2006-2007. This is 13 years later with a lot of wear and tear from over the years. That's why I'm not expecting much out of that Aja Kong feud they seem to be teasing between them either.







Tag Team Match
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) defeated Angélico and Jack Evans



I personally haven't seen much of Private Party in action until now, but these guys really won me over here on the preshow. Angelico and Jack Evans were the perfect opponents to showcase what they can do. To say that people mark over the Street Profits' ability on NXT, but Private Party takes the cake in that regard. Pretty much imagine if the team was two guys with Montez Ford's athleticism, agility, and charisma dialed up to eleven.

I had to laugh at some points of this match as it was deja vu from the triple threat tag team match from NXT UK TakeOver earlier that afternoon. If you didn't get pumped for the rest of the show after this match then I don't know what to tell you.

The only thing I could knock this match for is the ending where Angelico and Jack Evans hug Private Party at the end only to lay them out when it would have been just to lay them out without the unnecessary pandering to the crowd and breaking kayfabe for five seconds.





Six-Man Tag Team Match
SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky) defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus, and Marko Stunt)



I thought Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus are a money tag team with the right build and story behind them. Adding Marko Stunt does nothing for me outside of them having a weak link in their armor that can be beaten in 6-man matches like this without taking anything away from Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus' credibility. Let's face it - that kid got hired just to take stupid bumps and that's it. Even I'll admit that I laughed my ass off seeing him get ragdolled around in MLW when I first got back into watching their product. Luchasaurus was awesome back in Lucha Underground and I'm glad that more people are getting to see what he is capable of on a mainstream/widespread level. I'm warming up to Jungle Boy the more that I see of him but he truly shines more in these tag team matches than in singles bouts. They should keep Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus tied to the hip for a LONG while.

As for this match as a whole, it was a solid opener. I can do without SoCal Uncensored's lame duck, wannabe nWo/New Age Outlaws call out to the local town though. All three of those guys are capable of stellar things at their age(s) and this match is a testament of that as yet another fine outing for them in the opener of these AEW events.






Singles match
Pac defeated Kenny Omega by referee stoppage



At this point of the show, I was looking at those win-loss ratios on the name bars as each wrestler made their entrance and I was going, "This is going to look fucking stupid after a while..." I get that AEW wants wins and losses to matter, but boy, once they start booking people regularly, they are going to notice that showing the win/loss records for every show is going to look bad after a while. That's one reason why I don't obsess over those numbers like the folks who track the statistics for WWE wrestlers. It's going to get absurd really fast and soon enough I wouldn't be surprised that they abandon it altogether or fake the stats like how WCW and Eric Bischoff did with Goldberg's winning streak at one point just to inflate some guys' (or girls') street cred.

While I don't lose my mind off everything Kenny Omega does like everyone else seems to do, I thought this was a solid match. Pac (formerly WWE's Neville) is still working his slow, methodical heel style that he was working the last time I saw him compete on 205 Live - much to his benefit here. I wasn't too crazy about that ringside bump he took that could have mangled his calfs if he wasn't wearing shin guards. AEW really needs to make sure they have enough room at ringside if they expect guys to be doing shit like that. It only takes one fluke accident or the wrong fall into the crowd and someone - either talent or a random innocent fan - could get hurt. I was legitimately shocked that Pac picked up the win via submission at the end, but it made perfect sense. Despite everything they threw at each other, the submission came out of nowhere and Omega submitting to it put the hold over. Well done on both fronts there.

Seems like they are onboard for Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley for their upcoming Full Gear show while Pac will face Adam Page after an altercation during their press release/conference. Moxley missed this show since he was still dealing with the recovery of his stalph infection in his arm.






Cracker Barrel Clash
Jimmy Havoc defeated Darby Allin and Joey Janela


This was the point of the show where I thought they just were doing a ton of stupid spots just for the hell of it. A lot of this match was the senseless hardcore bullshit that the genre/match type has transformed into over the years and I honestly didn't care for a lot of this. Outside of Darby Allin (who I can EASILY see as this generation's Jeff Hardy in terms of his reckless abandon and daredevil mentality), I don't see the fascination with the other two guys in this match, Joey Janela and Jimmy Havoc. I know Havoc's known in the UK for all of these deathmatches and hardcore stuff, but I never thought much of him from the few times that I have seen him compete. Triple goes for Janela, who just comes off as a goof off the street putting his body through this torment for shits and giggles.



Speaking of which, he got one joke in reference to Jim Cornette. One thing I have to say about Cornette though, he's right on the front that all of these indie guys make a point to reference and mention him, despite saying that he has no credibility in the business anymore and his opinion doesn't matter, but yet his name is always brought up by these folks. The truth hurts so much that they have to go out of their way to do pointless gags like this in a nothing match.




I wouldn't be calling it a compliment when Tony Hawk names one of your moves in a match there, Allin. Back Disaster should be the name of that shit he did afterwards with the barrel. That was just fucking moronic, even moreso than the "Coffin Drop" he did during the match with Cody in his AEW debut. Jeff Hardy needs to call this kid up and tell him to quit torturing his back and spine at an early age or he's going to be dealing with the same pains that he is in his old age.







Tag Team Match
The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta)
Winners receive a first round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament


If anything on this show was the ABSOLUTE definition of a bathroom break, it was this match.

The Dark Order gimmick isn't working and it's going over with fans in and out of AEW as well as a fart in church. I'm not necessarily saying to have them revert back to their Super Smash Bros. gimmick from the indies/Chikara, but AEW needs to admit that this shit is dead on the water. It's a shame too as I think those two guys in the Dark Order aren't bad workers. They just need a better gimmick or to be repackaged altogether. I'll repeat myself from the last write-up too - I thought the Best Friends gimmick was stupid in ROH/NJPW and I still think it's stupid now.



I honestly don't see what's the big fascination with Orange Cassidy, but the dive did look good, especially when he didn't even lose his shades off it. I have to wonder what a character like that has in terms of a shelf life before people get bored of it and move onto something else, i.e. the next flavor of the month.







Singles Match
Riho defeated Hikaru Shida
Winner faces Nyla Rose for the inaugural AEW Women's World Championship, scheduled for AEW on TNT on October 2


Admittedly, I have not seen much of Hikaru Shida in a match, but I loved her entrance. She came out like an absolute badass, reminiscent of the aura that Asuka (formerly Kana in Japan) had back in NXT and prior to her signing with WWE. Shida brought the fight to Riho, who somehow managed to endure a lot of punishment in this match while showing off her own high speed, yet evasive offense - even though it came off a tad sloppy at times.

While I applaud AEW for having something not a lot of mainstream wrestling does in regard to their joshi talent on their women's roster, this match should have been on The Buy-In preshow instead of the Casino Battle Royal. I still don't understand how Riho and Hikaru Shida got a singles match to earn a shot at the title, bypassing having to compete in the battle royal in the first place. Placing this match in the middle of the card like this was like sentencing it to a death on arrival, especially after the last match. That's not a knock on these two women involved here either as I thought they did a decent job with this match, despite a few hiccups, but this match came up when we were looking at almost three hours into this show at this point.






Singles Match
Cody (with MJF) defeated Shawn Spears (with Tully Blanchard)

I don't know why so many people were confused, but Brandi was dressed as Seven of Nine from Voyager, you twats. 

Even though I liked all of the hype and fanfare building up to this match, I thought that this feud fell flat at the end of this match. The match itself was fine enough, especially with the inclusion of Tully Blanchard, MJF, and a surprise run-in for the assist from Arn Anderson himself, but I thought they killed Shawn Spears dead in the water after a CLEAN loss to Cody here. I get it - they are building Cody up as the only member of the Elite that is unbeaten in AEW so far and that deems him worthy to challenge for the AEW World title (which was already announced for Full Gear by the time of this posting). I'm just saying that where does Shawn Spears go from here when he couldn't get the job done against Cody?

I can feel in my bones that they are setting up Cody to fail at the World title with MJF being the one who stabs him in the back with the rusty knife when it matters the most. They teased it like something was going to happen during the post-match when they were standing in the ring together, but nothing happened. I'm guessing they didn't jump the shark in that regard because I mean EVERYONE was expecting it there. Cody is the only one who MJF has been painting this picture as being his "best friend" and all of that jazz, babyfacing it up for when he's an absolute dick to everyone else. The betrayal is coming, just you all wait.












Escalera De La Muerte for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix) (c) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)




There's no way I can put into words the sheer insanity that these four men put their bodies through in this match. A lot of it was stuff I never dreamed of seeing in one of these matches outside of a damn video game, but I applaud these guys for their phenomenonal performance.

By the end of this match, it looked like these guys were really banged up (no pun intended) and I thought they were doing a little too much for my taste, especially to say that Fenix just came back from a nasty health scare a few weeks ago. I gasped watching live when one of the Bucks' legs got caught up into the ropes when he fell from the ladder. He ended up still going through the table at ringside, but you can tell his landing was a tad shorter than intended. At that point, I was like, "Just end this before you guys kill yourselves..." and the right team won with the Lucha Bros. going over.



LAX, or rather Santana and Ortiz, didn't renew their contracts with Impact Wrestling, so it was pretty obvious that they were going to be AEW bound. With the state of the state of tag team wrestling treated like a sheer afterthought in WWE on the main roster, I knew they didn't want to go there and be locked in jail... err contracts with them for a few years. Solomonster said it best though in this regard. If you're looking at the best top to bottom tag team division in terms of talents involved you can't go wrong with AEW's on paper. Only time will tell to see how that pans out after their debut on TNT, but right now it's looking like the one to watch. Sure, NXT/NXT UK and a few other promotions have some promising teams too, but AEW's tag team division is STACKED right now. There's no denying that.






Chris Jericho defeated Adam Page Singles match for the inaugural AEW World Championship


At this point in the show, they were well past a four-hour runtime and still had to crown the first-ever AEW World Champion. I couldn't watch this live as I was burnt out at this point and watched a few days later with an open mind. I found myself busting out laughing at Jericho getting gassed a few minutes into this match when he is always the one to point out Brock Lesnar's shortcomings on social media. That dude was redder than Lesnar has ever been within the first few minutes of this match and him and Page were barely getting started. Their brawling all throughout the arena and the crowd reminded me of the old school Attitude Era World title matches where Austin, The Rock, Mankind, and Triple H would do that from bell to bell. That always has been a hit or miss thing with me, but it worked for this. At this point in the show though, they were asking a lot of this crowd to say that they have been in that building for over four hours. They pretty much gave everything they had to give in terms of pops to the last two matches. This just seem to pale in comparison of those bouts.

I was feeling it towards the end with the near-falls, but not for one second that I thought they were going to put the belt on Adam Page. His promo earlier tonight where he ripped out his stitches was pretty badass, but he's not ready to carry the company in this role yet. They don't have to rush him to the top. They can afford to build Page up into one of their top guys. They just don't have to do it overnight. If they force it then there's going to be fan backlash. Page, much like Britt Baker, has youth on his side and time isn't going to hurt him in the long run if they are building around this younger generation of wrestlers. Having Jericho as their first champion adds instant credibility to that title, especially with WWE's first ever Undisputed Champion and future Hall of Famer holding it.



I still think the Judas Effect is stupid ass finisher, but whatever. I've seen people sell stupider stuff than that over the years with The Great Khali's karate chop and that Cobra from Santino Marella, so Jericho gets a pass in that regard as it could have been a lot damn worse. He's putting the move over by legitimately beating guys left and right with it - CLEAN no less too. I don't think there has been a soul on that roster so far that Jericho has faced that has kicked out of it either.




While we're on the subject of Jericho, I would like to mention that I don't get the fascination with the "A Lil' Bit of the Bubbly!" line from his post-match interview that has exploded into a wealth of memes. At least AEW were smart enough to jump right on that and turn it into a T-Shirt for an easy cash grab. What was embarrassing though for Jericho and AEW, was the fact that the World title was stolen/lost less than 24 hours of Jericho winning the damn thing. I'm not going to go into the full story, but damn that was just bad to read over the next few days. I know Tony Khan has more than enough money to replace the damn thing, but boy that had to be embarrassing to wake up to that news the next morning. The title was found and returned though a few days later, but it was still a laughing matter fresh on the minds of wrestling fans over that week. Too bad AEW didn't turn it into a storyline and milked it up until their debut on TNT. That would have been an intriguing idea to get more viewers on their product out of interest and/or curiosity of how that was going to play out.


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