AEW All Out 2021 9/5/2021 Review
Miro vs Eddie Kingston
Some hard shots from Miro in this one. You have to give it to Eddie. He loses constantly yet doesn't really suffer from it, but he's gotta get a big win soon.
Some hard shots from Miro in this one. You have to give it to Eddie. He loses constantly yet doesn't really suffer from it, but he's gotta get a big win soon.
Moxley vs Kojima
You could tell a large portion of the crowd had no idea who Kojima was. I liked this one, but one of AEW's younger wrestlers should have been in this spot.
It looks like The Jon Moxley Japanese Trial Series continues on with Minoru Suzuki. I'm sure it excites a lot of internet fans, but I don't know how much the average person cares. I didn't like the forearm battle at the end.
Britt Baker vs Kris Statlander
This went a lot longer than it should have. Why did this not end after the Panama Sunrise? Why do so many wrestlers insist on making the Canadian Destroyer a mid-match move? AEW has to come up with someone else besides Thunder Rosa for Britt and they need to come up with it soon.
Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros
As usual, the Bucks did way too much here and it went too long. The Lucha Bro's winning was the wrong call. The Bucks have been the champs for a long time and are kind of the aces of the tag division. They should have lost at the end of a long feud and this one just feels out of the blue almost.
As usual, the Bucks did way too much here and it went too long. The Lucha Bro's winning was the wrong call. The Bucks have been the champs for a long time and are kind of the aces of the tag division. They should have lost at the end of a long feud and this one just feels out of the blue almost.
Chris Jericho vs MJF
CM Punk vs Darby Allin
I want to put these two matches together because their situations were similar. As I said many months ago, it's hard to follow long drawn out matches with big spots like the cage match. You can't really do more and when you were going at the pace they were, everything that follows feels so much slower. That's what happened here in both matches. Jericho/MJF never had a chance in trying to follow the Bucks' match and I'm surprised no one saw that coming. But the problem really came in the next match...
So let's get onto Punk vs Darby. I didn't like Punk's long tights with matching shin protectors. It's just too much color and comes across as a child's outfit.
Darby was the wrong call here for the match they needed. He showed up Punk, which is a major problem as Punk did not come cheap and I think there's less interest in seeing him again after this one. Had they just stuck someone like Ethan Page, Scorpio Sky, MJF or some other heels, they could have gotten a little in before losing and Punk would have just been able to look good in a short match. As I said in the Jericho match, this one also suffered from the Bucks' match and some of the other stuff on the card. Punk was never the guy to do big spots and spectacular moves and it's just hard to look good when you are following guys that do. Punk didn't exactly look thrilled either, but big credit to Darby for looking like he deserved to be there.
I want to put these two matches together because their situations were similar. As I said many months ago, it's hard to follow long drawn out matches with big spots like the cage match. You can't really do more and when you were going at the pace they were, everything that follows feels so much slower. That's what happened here in both matches. Jericho/MJF never had a chance in trying to follow the Bucks' match and I'm surprised no one saw that coming. But the problem really came in the next match...
So let's get onto Punk vs Darby. I didn't like Punk's long tights with matching shin protectors. It's just too much color and comes across as a child's outfit.
Darby was the wrong call here for the match they needed. He showed up Punk, which is a major problem as Punk did not come cheap and I think there's less interest in seeing him again after this one. Had they just stuck someone like Ethan Page, Scorpio Sky, MJF or some other heels, they could have gotten a little in before losing and Punk would have just been able to look good in a short match. As I said in the Jericho match, this one also suffered from the Bucks' match and some of the other stuff on the card. Punk was never the guy to do big spots and spectacular moves and it's just hard to look good when you are following guys that do. Punk didn't exactly look thrilled either, but big credit to Darby for looking like he deserved to be there.
QT Marshall vs Big Show
What was that outfit that Show was wearing? This was one of those diva bathroom break matches to get you ready for the main.
Kenny Omega vs Christian Cage
The crowd was tired out by the time this came around. It was clear to me that Kenny is not 100% as he took it pretty easy here. Christian however, did not. This dude literally is outworking everyone and is putting out 110% effort. He really deserves some kind of award for his efforts this year.
Adam Cole should not have debuted here. I'd be pissed if I made my big debut only for Bryan Danielson to make his seconds later. AEW has a big problem right now with the roster being too large. Think of how many people didn't make this card for various reasons(some of which weren't AEW's fault) - Page, Archer, Cody, Pac, Black, Brian Cage, Santana and Ortiz, Sammy Guevara, Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky and almost all of the women would have missed if it wasn't for the battle royale. And this was a close to 5 hour show. Someone's getting the short end of the stick here.
Overall thoughts: Too long of a show with too many big moves and big spots for me, but AEW is looking good now with multiple big name signings. If AEW doesn't get a monster ratings boost this week, something is seriously wrong.
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