The John Report: AEW All Out 2025 Review

This is AEW All Out featuring “Hangman” Adam Page against Kyle Fletcher, a Coffin Match, a Table N Tacks Match, and more.

AEW All Out took place in Toronto as a Saturday afternoon show. It was originally going to be an evening show, but AEW smartly moved it to the afternoon after WWE put their Wrestlepalooza PLE on Saturday night. I think it was the right call for AEW to put it in the afternoon for us in North America, which also means it’s at a better time for fans in Europe.

Here are the results of the pre-show matches.

* The Opps (Samoa Joe and Powerhouse Hobbs) defeated The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry and JD Drake) by submission.

* Daniel Garcia (with Marina Shafir) defeated Katsuyori Shibata by pinfall.

* Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly & Hologram defeated The Frat House – Griff Garrison, Cole Karter & Preston Vance (w/Jacked Jameson) by pinfall.

* Tornado Tailgate Brawl: Willow Nightingale, Mina Shirakawa, Queen Aminata & Harley Cameron defeated Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford, Julia Hart & Skye Blue by pinfall.

My review will include some experimentation, where I won’t go full play-by-play for all the matches. I’ll do a full play-by-play for a few of them, but not all. In some cases, I’ll just summarize the matches because I watched the show on Saturday, but only did a results post, rather than a review. It’s been a lot of writing the last few days since it was on at the same time as WWE Wrestlepalooza, which I also reviewed on Saturday. Anyway, I doubt many people read the full play-by-play. The analysis is what really matters. Let’s get ot it.

AEW All Out
From the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saturday, September 20, 2025

The legendary Bryan Danielson joined Excalibur and Tony Schiavone as the commentary team to start the show.

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage were shown walking around the arena. Adam and Cage saw the legendary Toronto Maple Leaf Wendel Clark there. Cope was happy about it while Cage was stoic as usual. Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys offered help, but Cage was rude to him. They also saw Bubbles dressed as the Green Bastard. He offered some great advice.

There was a huge ovation for Adam Copeland’s entrance with the fans singing along with the Metalingus song. They kept on singing after the song was over, which has become a common theme in AEW. Amazing crowd. Christian Cage made his entrance looking grumpy as usual. Cage and Cope did their grumpy faces look on the ropes. The fans chanted, “He’s our A**hole” for Cage, who smirked a bit about it.

Match #1: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage defeated FTR – Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler (w/Stokely) by pinfall. Cope did a John Cena tribute with a “You Can’t See Me” Five Knuckle Shuffle and Attitude Adjustment. The fans loved it. After Stokely got involved in the match, Beth Copeland (Phoenix) showed up and hit a Spear on Stokely. FTR hit the Shatter Machine on Cope, but it only got a two count. FTR hit a second Shatter Machine and didn’t cover after it. Cage was taken out on the floor, but he held onto Dax’s foot, and Cope hit Cash with a Spear for the win. It went 17:50.

Analysis: ***1/2 This was a lot of fun with plenty of big moments, including Beth Copeland making her official AEW debut to help her husband Adam deal with the Stokely issue. FTR are such great heels while Cope and Cage knew how to pop the crowd with creative spots. I thought FTR’s Shatter Machine might win it, but having Cope & Cage win was the right call.

After the match, Kip Sabian showed up and handcuffed Adam’s hand to the ropes. Mother Wayne and Nick Wayne were by the entrance. FTR attacked Cage and hit him with a spike piledriver. Beth kissed Cope and tried to fight the FTR guys. FTR hit a spike piledriver on Beth while Adam was handcuffed to the ropes. FTR left to huge boos.

Analysis: The feud is going to continue since Beth was attacked by FTR. We know AEW loves having these long feuds with matches that have a lot of blood and I think that’s where this rivalry is headed.

Match #2: Eddie Kingston defeated Big Bill by pinfall. Big Bill missed a corner splash, Kingston avoided it, and Kingston got a rollup. Kingston hit a spinning back fist (Tony thought it missed), and Kingston covered for the pinfall win. It went 7:22.

Analysis: ** A short match because it was Kingston’s return after missing more than a year. He looked rusty. The finish sucked. Kingston’s spinning back fist didn’t touch Big Bill, but the announcers tried to cover for it. I like Eddie a lot. Bill wasn’t the right kind of opponent for him here.

There was a post-match attack by Bryan Keith on Kingston, so Hook made the save. Hook avoided a kick from Bill and Hook applied the Red Rum on Keith. Kingston hit Keith with a spinning back fist that connected better than the one that beat Bill.

Analysis: AEW loves post match attacks, so here was another one. I guess it pairs up Kingston with Hook as allies.

Match #3:Tables ‘n’ Tacks Match – Mark Briscoe defeated Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) by pinfall. I’ll go full play by play for this one.

There were tables around the ring and buckets with thumbtacks in them. MJF left the ring, so Mark poured tacks all over the ring. MJF had a tank top and pants on along with gloves. Briscoe also had pants and a tank top on. The referee, Bryce Remsburg, had gloves and glasses on. Mark filled the ring full of tacks. Mark and MJF exchanged punches while standing on the tacks in the ring. The fans were going crazy just for teases of body slams on the tacks. MJF bit Mark’s hand to avoid a body slam. MJF poked Mark in the eyes. MJF gave Mark a body slam into the tacks. MJF rammed Mark’s forehead onto some tacks so that tacks were on Mark’s head and Mark was bleeding heavily. MJF put two tables under the ring to piss off the fans. Back in the ring, MJF gave Mark an Alabama Slam for a two count so Mark’s back went into the tacks. MJF put a bunch of tacks in Mark’s mouth and MJF punched Mark in the mouth. MJF gave Mark two back body drops onto the tacks. After Mark landed on his feet, Mark gave MJF a back body drop into the tacks and MJF sold it like the most painful bump in the history of pro wrestling while the fans cheered. Mark kicked MJF in the head and then Mark hit a spinebuster into the tacks for a two count. Mark teased a Froggy Bow onto the MJF on the tacks, but MJF left the ring, so Mark hit a suicide dive onto MJF on the floor. Mark set up a table on the floor, which drew cheers. Mark set up MJF on a table that was against the barricade and Mark dove over the top to drive MJF through the table. Mark sent MJF into the barricade and set up another table on the floor. Mark set up MJF on the table, Mark ran across the apron and hit a Cactus Jack-style elbow through the table.

They went back into the ring, where MJF threw tacks into Mark’s face, but Mark came back by hitting a Powerbomb on MJF onto the tacks. Mark brought a chair into the ring and the chair had thumbtacks on it. MJF kicked Mark in the groin and hit Mark in the back with the chair that had tacks in it. MJF hit a Tombstone piledriver on the chair, but it was very safely done with Max’s knees taking the bump, and it got a two count. MJF set up a table in the ring and poured tacks all over the table. MJF teased a Powerbomb on the table, Mark got out of that and Mark punched MJF repeatedly. Mark went up top, MJF tripped him off and MJF teased a piledriver through the table, but Mark smacked his legs together to break that. MJF bit Mark’s head, so Mark bit MJF’s head. Mark jumped off the to,p and MJF jumped onto the table so that Mark could hit a Froggy Bow through the table. MJF’s jump was subtle, but he had to do it to break the table. Mark went up top and hit a Froggy Bow off the top. Mark hit the Jay Driller on MJF on the tacks for the pinfall win. It went 19:20.

Winner by pinfall: Mark Briscoe

Analysis: ***3/4 Wild match. I’m not a huge fan of some of the gimmick matches that AEW has, but this one had a satisfying finish that the fans loved. It was the right call with Mark Briscoe getting his revenge on MJF after MJF made it personal by mentioning the late Jay Briscoe in his promos. MJF was in control early and Mark took a lot of painful bumps, but then as the match went on, MJF took a beating too, so it made the crowd get into it more. It was the right move for the story to have Mark beat MJF in this match. I think MJF is a top three performer in AEW and I might rank him at one because he’s so good in terms of promos, and he delivers in matches too. MJF is the bigger name, but Mark scored a big win here.

Taz joined commentary with Excalibur and Bryan Danielson.

Match #4:The Demand – Ricochet, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona defeated The Hurt Syndicate – Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & MVP by pinfall. Ricochet hit an incredible somersault dive over the top onto Lashley and Benjamin. Liona took out Lashley and Benjamin on the floor with a cross body block. Kaun chop-blocked MVP, and Ricochet hit his Spirit Gun lariat for the pinfall win. It went 13:26.

Analysis: **1/2 This felt like an average match with a flat finish. The clothesline that Ricochet does really doesn’t stand out to me as a finishing move. I think Bobby Lashley deserves to be used better than being in this group that lost this 6-man tag team match. Lashley has value as a singles wrestler who could be in main events. The Hurt Syndicate has a lot of momentum that it had and I think the story they did with MJF hurt them more than it helped. I do understand wanting to put over Ricochet and Gates of Agony (now known as The Demand) since they are new as a group and maybe they can win the Trios Tag Team Titles soon, but this just didn’t feel like a big match to me.

Match #5: TBS Championship – Mercedes Mone defeated Riho by pinfall to retain the TBS Championship. Mone did an eye gouge that the referee never saw and a double knee attack. Mone won with the Moneymaker slam into the mat for the pinfall win. It went 15:50.

Analysis: *** It was okay, but not at the level of most Mone PPV matches because she usually have better matches. I don’t think Riho is that interesting as a character because there’s not much to her other than being a smaller woman who can do some cool moves. Mone is similar in that regard, but Mone is better. They did a spot where Riho nearly won with a Half Crab submission, but there wasn’t any point where it looked like Riho might win. Mone had to cheat with the eye gouge without the referee seeing it to win the match. The Moneymaker slam looked better than usual because of how small Riho is, so Mone was able to lift her easier. It feels like every PPV they just line up a woman for Mone to beat without the storyline ever being that great. I hope there’s a long-term story for Mone in the future.

Match #6: AEW Unified Championship – Kazuchika Okada defeated Mascara Dorada and Konosuke Takeshita by pinfall to retain the Unified Title. They did a story where Takeshita seemed like he only wanted to try to beat Okada even though he might have been able to beat Dorada during the match. Dorada hit an incredible DDT on Okada on the apron. Takeshita hit Raging Fire on Dorada for two because Okada broke up the pin. Okada managed to dropkick Takeshita out of the ring. Okada hit a Rainmaker lariat on Dorada for the win. It went 20:51.

Analysis: **** Awesome match. Four stars from me. It was like a lot of three way matches with nearfalls for everybody throughout the match because the third guy was there to break up the pin. I think going into this, the obvious finish was that Okada would beat Dorada and that’s why Okada managed to find a way to win and keep the title. It saves the Okada-Takeshita singles match that we all want to see and I’m sure it’s coming soon. Okada remains a guy who has incredible matches on PPVs while Takeshita is at that same level, and Dorada showed how talented he is in a big match, even though nobody watching this thought Dorada had a chance to win.

Match #7: Coffin Match – Jon Moxley (w/Marina Shafir) defeated Darby Allin. I’ll go play by play for this one. The winner was the first man to place their opponent in a coffin and close the lid.

Jon Moxley made his entrance by entering in the back part of the arena as usual, so Darby Allin attacked him there. Allin beat up Moxley with punches. Allin climbed up a railing in the crowd and jumped off a barricade by the fans that was about 10 feet high, so Allin did a Coffin Drop on Moxley on the floor. Moxley was able to fight back with a kick as they fought into the crowd. Allin dropkicked Moxley while they were on the steps. They kept on fighting by the crowd and finally made their way to the ringside area. Allin bit Moxley’s left ear, so Moxley reached into his pocket for something. Moxley was bleeding heavily from the left ear. Moxley opened up the coffin vertically by the side of the ring, so Allin hit a suicide dive onto Moxley and they went crashing into the coffin. They were able to get out of the coffin with Moxley selling the idea that he didn’t like being in the coffin. Moxley left the ring to the floor, Allin tried a suicide dive and Moxley hit a Cutter on Allin on the floor. Shafir worked on the bottom turnbuckle by loosening it. Moxley suplexed Allin onto a coffin on the floor. The Death Riders’ Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta were at ringside, so the fans chanted “F**k You Yuta” at Wheeler. The rope loosening was done by Shafir so that it could allow the group to put the coffin into the ring. Moxley sent Claudio, Garcia, Shafir and Yuta to the back.

Moxley shut the coffin lid on Allin’s hand. Moxley told Allin he works harder than everybody and he even said he loved Allin, which even led to a kiss to the head, but then Moxley shoved Allin down. Bryan said Moxley said he loved Bryan too and Excalibur pointed out that Mox ended Bryan’s career. Allin grabbed a fork and he gouged Moxley’s ear with it. Moxley gouged the fork into Moxley’s forehead repeatedly, so Moxley was bleeding heavily. Allin hit a Coffin Drop on Moxley on the floor. Bryan said, “F**k that” to being objective and said he wanted Darby to win. Back in the ring, Allin hit a Coffin Drop on Moxley on the coffin. Allin smashed Moxley’s finger and stomped on it. Allin hit a Scorpion Death Drop like his mentor Sting. Moxley managed to kick Allin in the ribs. Moxley got the dreaded fork, Allin avoided an attack, and Allin used the fork against Moxley’s left ear. Allin bit Moxley’s left ear too. Moxley was able to come back with punches and Moxley hit a Paradigm Shift onto the coffin. Moxley put Allin in the coffin and tried to close the lid, but Allin blocked it, and Allin had a pipe in his hand. Allin choked Moxley with the pipe around the throat. Allin smashed Moxley in the head with the pipe.

Danielson had a gym bag with him, and Allin pulled out a plastic bag because Moxley did that to Danielson last year. Allin put the plastic bag on Moxley’s head like Moxley had done to Danielson in the past. The fans cheered this. Allin hit a Code Red on Moxley. Allin put the plastic bag on Moxley’s head and Allin stomped on Moxley’s head like Danielson used to do. The fans chanted, “This is murder.” Allin put Moxley in the coffin, but Pac was back as one of the Death Riders and he kicked Allin with a pump kick to the head. Pac was out of action for several months and now he’s back when Moxley needed him most. Pac sent Allin over the top onto a coffin on the floor, so it was like a Razor’s Edge over the top rope onto Pac onto a coffin that was on the floor! Crazy. Pac put Allin in a body bag and tossed him into the coffin while Moxley kicked the coffin to shut the lid to win the match at 18:55.

Analysis: ***3/4 It’s not an easy match to do, but they made it entertaining. I would have gone over four stars for it, although the interference from Pac changes it. I understand it fits the story since Pac is part of Moxley’s group. I thought that Allin might win, but based on that finish, I think the feud will continue and Allin will beat Moxley in the future. Allin should win the feud because of how the story has gone, but it’s obviously not the end of the feud. I assume they’ll have Allin beat Pac soon and then Allin will beat Allin. Anyway, if you’re into forks as weapons, then this is a good match for you to watch. Allin is a crazy man, while Moxley is also crazy, just like him.

After the match, the Death Riders carried the coffin to the back.

The Conglomeration was in a backstage segment, and it was teased that Orange Cassidy would be back in action in a tag team match on AEW Dynamite. They didn’t say Orange’s name, but obviously, they were referring to him.

Match #8: AEW Women’s World Championship – Kris Statlander defeated Toni Storm, Thekla, and Jamie Hayter by pinfall to WIN the AEW Women’s World Title. Statlander and Storm were fighting over pin attempts. Statlander trapped Storm by hooking the limbs, and Statlander did the Seatbelt pin for the win at 11:53.

After the match, Storm was stunned by the loss. It is the first time that Statlander has won the AEW Women’s World Title. Harley Cameron went to ringside to celebrate with her friend Statlander.

Analysis: ***1/4 This was the result that surprised me the most on the show because Storm has had the AEW Women’s World Title for a very long time, so having Stat win was a bit of a shock. It’s certainly not a bad thing because I think Stat is an awesome wrestler. It’s just that I figured Storm would lose in a singles match. Having her lose in a 4-way was a bit of a surprise, but I did like that Stat beat Storm because that way she can say she beat the champion instead of beating one of the other women. The Seatbelt is a Wheeler Yuta move, so the story is that Kris used a move that Yuta does, which could lead to Kris joining the Death Riders down the road, but for now she’s in a babyface role.

The next AEW PPV is WrestleDream on Saturday, October 18th, in St. Louis.

Match #9: 4-Way Ladder Match For AEW World Tag Team Championships – Brodido (Brody King and Bandido) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), JetSpeed (Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey), and Don Callis Family (Hechicero and Josh Alexander) to retain the titles. Crazy match with a lot of ladders and tables broken. The Bucks worked with Josh & Hechicero during the match, but that fell apart. A lot of the match had two guys in the ring doing spots and the other six guys were sitting on the floor waiting for their spots. They had this crazy sequence where Nick, Matt and Knight put opponents through tables. Knight hit a sitout Ganzo Bomb on Bailey that broke a bridged ladder. Knight took the biggest bump of the match when he was on the ladder, so four guys lifted the ladder and Knight went over the top through two tables on the floor. After the Bucks took care of Josh and Hechicero with a BTE Trigger, Bandido hit a moonsault with a ladder on Hechicero and Josh on the floor. King hit a suicide dive on both Bucks. Bandido climbed the ladder and pulled the titles down to win. It went 24:35.

Analysis: **** Great four-team ladder match. We have seen these kinds of ladder matches so many times over the last 25 years and I wouldn’t say they did anything that was out of the ordinary, but it was still very entertaining to watch. They used a lot of tables throughout the match. The Brodido team of King and Bandido has been amazing, so I’m all for them keeping the titles because they continue to put on amazing matches, no matter the setting.

After the match, The Young Bucks were alone in the ring when Jack Perry showed up. They were in The Elite together, but Jack has been away for a long time. Jack fought The Young Bucks. Rocky Romero went after Jack, who came back with a DDT on Rocky. The Young Bucks hit a double superkick on Perry. The Bucks yelled at Jack. A video package aired showing that Luchasaurus was back. When the video ended, Luchasaurus was standing behind the Bucks. Luchasaurus hit a double Chokeslam on the Bucks. Luchasaurus took off his Killswitch belt and tossed it into the crowd. Jack and Luchasaurus hugged for a Jurassic Express reunion. The fans loved it. Jack and Luchasaurus posed for the fans.

Analysis: I’m not a huge fan of Jack Perry because I think he was a very boring heel and miscast in that role for a long time. Reuniting Jack (Jungle Boy) with Luchasaurus is a good move because enough time has passed since they have been apart, so the fans are going to love seeing them back together. I think both guys are better as a team compared to when they were singles wrestlers.

Jon Moxley was backstage with the coffin that Darby Allin was in. Moxley told the rest of the Death Riders to have a minute alone with alone and he told the camera to leave, but that’s when Allin got out of the casket. Allin hit Moxley with a pipe to the throat. Allin put Moxley in the green body bag that Allin was in. Allin sprayed the body bag and lit it on fire, so Moxley was on fire in the body bag briefly. Ther were some random AEW people there to spray the fire with a fire extinguisher. Some AEW people carried Allin away.

Analysis: The feud is going to continue and it’s going to lead to some kind of match with fire involved. These guys are crazy.

Match #10: AEW World Championship – “Hangman” Adam Page defeated Kyle Fletcher by pinfall to retain the AEW World Title. I’ll go play-by-play for this match.

Don Callis was on commentary to support Fletcher. The stipulation was that if Callis or anybody from the Don Callis Family interferes, then Fletcher is disqualified and loses the TNT Title. Only Page’s AEW World Title was on the line here. When this started, the show was past the four-hour mark, so it took place after the WWE Wrestlepalooza PLE started.

Page had kinesio tape on his upper back/right shoulder to sell being put through a table a few days before on Dynamite. They exchanged some holds early on and Page hit a boot to the face. There was an exchange of chops, which led to Kyle hitting a superkick to send Page into the ropes. Page sent Kyle out of the ring, but Kyle was ready for him with a jumping kick to the body. They left the ring where Kyle set up Page over the barricade and they were on the floor where Kyle jumped off a chair and went for a move, but Page was ready for it with a powerslam. Back in the ring, Page hit a backbreaker and a lefty lariat for two. Kyle hit some elbows, but Page was ready with a back body drop over the top to the floor. Page went up top, but Kyle shoved him off the top and Page went crashing into the barricade. Page was selling his shoulder/neck on the right side. Kyle gave Page a Powerbomb on the apron. They kept on countering moves and Kyle hit a draping DDT off the ropes. Kyle hit a Michinoku Driver for two. Kyle hit a body slam and a stomp on the back of the neck. Kyle went up top and hit an elbow drop for a two count. Kyle applied a finishing move like a Liontamer, but Page got his left hand on the bottom rope. Kyle hit two running kicks to the head while Page was against the turnbuckle. Page hit a lariat, leading to a great flip bump from Kyle. Bryan was going over the top with his commentary saying he’s “never seen anything like it” regarding Kyle’s offensive arsenal. Page got some offense going with a back body drop. Page hit a fallaway slam and then sold his neck injury. Page gave Kyle a fallaway slam into the turnbuckle for two. Page clotheslined Kyle over the top to the floor. Page hit a slingshot cross body block onto Kyle on the floor. Page went up top and hit his perfect moonsault onto a standing Kyle on the floor.

They were back in the ring, where Page hit a Powerbomb and a sitout Powerbomb for a two count. Page kicked Kyle in the ribs, then Page teased a Tombstone, Kyle teased one of his own and Page jumped off with a moonsault, but Kyle hit a superkick. Kyle hit a sitout Powerbomb for a two count. The announcers, mainly Danielson, put over how good Fletcher is at 26 years old. Kyle took the kinesio tape off Page’s shoulders. Kyle went for a move on the floor, but Page countered and it hit a Tombstone on the floor. Page hit a draping DDT from the apron to the floor, which Kyle did to Page earlier in the ring. Page slowly went up top, he jumped off with another moonsault attempt, but Kyle moved and Kyle hit a running kick to the head. The referee was on the floor with the wrestlers instead of counting them out…because AEW. Kyle gave Page a brainbuster (more like a suplex) through a table at ringside and the referee checked on Page. Breaking a table is not a DQ in AEW, as we have seen for years. They finally got back into the ring after a couple of minutes on the floor with no counting by the referee. Kyle hit Page with a running kick to the back of the neck. Kyle hit another running kick to the face. Kyle hit a brainbuster in the middle of the ring. That was more like a brainbuster compared to the suplex on the floor. It only got a two count, so Page kicked out of Kyle’s finisher. The fans chanted, “You’re not ready” at Fletcher and Taz hated the chant, so he was swearing. Bryan tried to follow up by saying the story is that Kyle is physically ready, but we have to see if he is mentally ready to win. They exchanged some strikes as Kyle hit a kick to the face and a running knee. They battled on the apron going for moves and Page hit a Deadeye slam from the apron through a table on the floor. It is a move that makes me feel bad for Page’s knees more than anything, but in this case, it was also Fletcher’s head hitting the floor hard. I think Kyle turned his head so that they hit Page’s legs for protection, so at least he was saved a bit by that. Page went for a Buckshot Lariat, and Kyle crumbled to the mat, so Page missed him, and they were both down on the mat, selling fatigue. The referee was counting them down on the ten count, which is silly considering how he barely counts when they are out of the ring. Both guys were back up. Page hit a V-Trigger like Kenny Omega, so the fans popped huge for that. Kyle hit a superkick. Page hit a Deadeye for a two count. It was announced that 30 minutes have elapsed in a match that hasa 60-minute time limit.

Page went for a lariat, but Kyle avoided it and Kyle hit a Hidden Blade like Will Ospreay. Page avoided a move and Page hit the Big Pressure sitout slam that Swerve Strickland does, and it got a two count. Page went for Buckshot Lariat, but Kyle got a cradle for two. Page went for a pin attempt, Kyle kicked out, Page went for a Buckshot Lariat again and Kyle countered with a brainbuster. Danielson was doing the over-the-top excitement on commentary to put over both guys putting it all on the line. The fans were chanting, “This is awesome,” even though they were chanting that Kyle wasn’t ready earlier in the match. Page hit Kyle with some clotheslines, but they didn’t affect Kyle, who came back with superkicks to the face. Kyle decked Page with a short arm lariat and Page landed on the back of his neck. Kyle took a turnbuckle pad off to expose the steel, then told referee Paul Turner to “shut the f**k up” when he was admonished for it. Kyle hit a running kick on Page against the exposed steel. Kyle teased a brainbuster on the exposed steel turnbuckle. Page rammed Kyle’s head into the exposed steel. Page went to the middle turnbuckle and jumped off with a Deadeye that sent Kyle head first into the mat. I don’t know how Kyle took that bump safely. I know Kyle tucked his head in, but man, that looked scary. Page hit a Buckshot Lariat on a stumbling Kyle and that was enough for the pinfall win. It went 37:40

Winner by pinfall: “Hangman” Adam Page

Analysis: ****1/2 Awesome match. I think both guys have had five-star matches with Will Ospreay in the past, and I loved those matches. This one was close to that level, but I feel like it was a notch or two below that five-star level. It doesn’t mean it’s a bad match because obviously, I liked it. I’m just saying, if there’s somebody out there reading this who is mad that I went under five stars, don’t be mad about it. The match was outstanding. I doubt anybody watching this thought Kyle would win since Page just won the World Title two months ago, but they certainly had the kind of match where Kyle came close to winning multiple times. I don’t think the match needed to go nearly 40 minutes. However, it’s AEW, and this company loves long matches as much as anybody in wrestling history, so of course it’s going to go long. A complaint I have is that you already have half the card having matches with table bumps. Do we really need two more table bumps in the main event? It just feels so repetitive. This was Kyle’s first singles PPV main event match, and he proved he could hang with the World Champion, but he wasn’t good enough to win. I absolutely believe Kyle is a future AEW World Champion as somebody at 26 with a bright future. It might be a year or two until that happens, but for now it’s the Hangman’s time. Lastly, I’m glad that Kyle didn’t kick out of the Buckshot Lariat because it’s important to protect the World Champion’s finisher.

The AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page celebrated with the championship. That was the end of the show.

AEW All Out had a runtime of 4 hours, 57 minutes.

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Five Stars of the Show

1. “Hangman” Adam Page
2. Kyle Fletcher
3. Brodido – Brody King & Bandido
4. Kazuchika Okada
5. Mark Briscoe, Darby Allin, Jon Moxley and MJF

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Final Thoughts

It gets a 7.75 out of 10 from me.

A strong wrestling show, as usual. There were multiple matches that I rated at four stars or higher, so those ones obviously stood out. The Page/Fletcher match was the best, even though the outcome was obvious. I liked the craziness of the Briscoe/MJF match, the ladder match and the Moxley/Allin coffin match. The women’s matches were okay, but nothing special. At least Statlander taking the Women’s Title from Storm was a bit of a surprise and felt like a big deal.

I think ten matches over five hours are a lot to sit through. I don’t think it needed to be five hours long, but AEW loves doing these ridiculously long shows.

Overall, I think most AEW fans are going to enjoy a show like this. It was very entertaining, like most AEW PPVs.

Here are my AEW PPV reviews of 2025 so far:

Revolution – March 9 (8.75 out of 10)

Double Or Nothing – May 25 (8.5)

All In Texas – July 12 (8)

All Out – September 20 (7.75)

Forbidden Door – August 24 (7.75)

Dynasty – April 6 (7.5)

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