Special Event: All Elite Wrestling presents ALL IN: London (2024)

August 25, 2024 10:24 AM

Last year, the upstart wrestling promotion that started on a bet upped the ante by booking themselves into England's largest stadium, and wound up putting on the largest-attended show in three decades.. Now AEW returns to Wembley Stadium, with a main event pitting their current champion on a giant hot streak against literally one of the best wrestlers alive.

The announced card for All In: London

The first three matches aired for free on the Zero Hour pre-show:

Sixteen-man tag team match: "The Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington, Kip Sabian, Rocky "Azúcar" Romero, Kyle Fletcher (with Don Callis), Lio Rush, Action Andretti, and Top Flight (Darius Martin and Dante Martin) vs. Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh (with Sonjay Dutt), Anthony Ogogo, Ariya Daivari, Private Party (Zay and Quen), and The Dark Order (John Silver and Alex Reynolds) (with Evil Uno)

Mixed tag team match: Willow Nightingale and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kris Statlander and Stokely Hathaway -- winner will choose the stipulation of the match between Nightingale and Statlander at All Out in September

Ten-man tag team match: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Katsuyori Shibata, and The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich) (with Kevin Von Erich) vs. The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) and Cage of Agony (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona)

MAIN CARD

Four-way London Ladder match for the AEW World Trios Championship: The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, and Nick Wayne) (c) (with "Mother" Wayne) vs. The Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn) vs. House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) vs. PAC and Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta)

Last Chance match for the FTW Championship: Chris Jericho (c) (with Big Bill and Bryan Keith) vs. Hook -- If Hook loses, he can never challenge for the FTW Championship for as long Jericho is champion.

Three-way tag team match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) (c) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) (with Billy Gunn)

Casino Gauntlet Match for a future AEW World Championship match

Coffin match for the AEW TNT Championship: Jack Perry (c) vs. Darby Allin

AEW "American" Championship Match: MJF (c) vs. Will Ospreay

AEW TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Moné (c) (with Kamille) vs. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.

AEW Women's World Championship: "Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. "The Glamour" Mariah May

Title vs. Career match for the AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland (c) (with Prince Nana) vs. Bryan Danielson

posted by The Pluto Gangsta (8 comments total)

Not a match, but also on the Zero Hour pre-show was Saraya coming out with her entire extended British wrestling family to throw a hissy fit about not having a match this year. Which is a perfect opportunity for a returning JAMIE HAYTER to show out and basically stiff arm the entire Knight clan out of the ring, hell yeah.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 10:34 AM on August 25

Surprised the Mariah vs Toni match came this early, but I suppose the thinking is that the highly emotional beats need to be spread out. Both women gave a lot of offense, but in the end it came to a contest of "who's willing to get crazier", and after Mariah kissed Nigel, kicked Luther in the junk and then slapped her own mother while bleeding from the head, well there's no topping that.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 11:05 AM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Will Ospreay's entrance is... not just sponsored by the new Assassin's Creed game... but he's literally being talked to the ring by Ezio Auditore and ninja breakdancers. I guess even if Kenny Omega isn't here, the spirit of incredibly fannish wish fulfillment entrances to matches lives on.

To be honest, this might top Kenny's entrances. I mean, he wanted to be in the Yakuza series but he never actually got Kiryu to voice his introduction. The secret meetings that must have happened at GamesCon to make this happen!
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:08 PM on August 25

What a great show. I'm at a watch party with others so I didn't comment a lot here, I'd be overjoyed if anyone else who watched the PPV came in here with their takes on the show.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 3:05 PM on August 25

Ricochet! Yesssssss!
posted by cadge at 9:12 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

After Mother Wayne in the opener, Mariah's mother in the second match and Taz getting involved in the third I was starting to wonder if every match on the card was going to involve one of the performers' parents.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 10:09 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

I would have made Ricochet one of the opening two in the Casino battle, but that would have meant someone other than Orange Cassidy had to be the first person.

Also, Hook should have lost the FTW match. I know, I know but hear me out:

1) Whatever your opinion on Jericho, it seems that “The Learning Tree” gimmick is working.
2) Hook needs to be set loose from feuds surrounding his dad’s bootleg title so he can go after something else, like for instance Jack Perry’s TNT title
3) Just in general, push Hook. Give him whatever pitches were being held for Ricky Starks.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 5:26 AM on August 26

Well, now I can no longer truthfully say that I've never cried to 'The Final Countdown'.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 1:24 PM on August 26 [1 favorite]