All In 2018: Jay Lethal, Britt Baker Announced For Show

The All In 2018 show will be one of professional wrestling’s most ground-breaking events, and you can add two more big names to the list of stars that will be in attendance. Cody Rhodes and Nick and Matt Jackson have announced that Jay Lethal and Britt Baker are ‘All In’.

Impact Wrestling’s Redemption 2018 Pay Per View and NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 12 were both critical shows, but for as vital as those two were as statements for their respective wrestling companies, All In 2018 is this year’s most important show.

This is a chance for Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) to create an event on their own that is capable of drawing a crowd of 10,000 voracious wrestling fans, ready to prove to Dave Meltzer and other wrestling critics that wrestling outside of the WWE can do this.

So far, it sounds like the visionaries behind All In 2018 are on the right track. They’ve assembled a cast of some of the best wrestlers in the world, and they’ve announced today that two of the biggest names on the scene, Jay Lethal and Britt Baker, are ‘All In’.

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Baker is one of the best women’s wrestlers on the Independent scene, and her recent tag team work with Chelsea Green, who is a former Impact Knockouts Champion and is also ‘All In’, is exceptional. There is a belief among some fans that Baker could sign with the WWE after finishing dental school at the University of Pittsburgh, but, for now, she’s busy killing it while appearing for promotions like RISE and WrestleCircus.

As for Jay Lethal, he is one of the most important wrestlers of this generation. He is “The Franchise” in Ring of Honor, and he proves it every time he steps into the ring. His recent world title match with Dalton Castle was one of the promotion’s best matches this year, and Lethal has a lengthy catalogue of great performances. This guy is the total package, and he’s a massive “get” for the folks behind All In.

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All In 2018 will take place on September 1st in the Sears Center Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Other wrestlers announced for the event are Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega, Tessa Blanchard, Hangman Page, Pentagon Jr., Rey Fenix, Penelope Cruz, Joey Janela, and Deonna Purrazzo.

That’s quite the list, and hopefully the wrestling community will band together and support Cody and the Bucks in this.