AEW: All Out full card preview and predictions

The week has come upon us quicker than a hiccup. AEW All Out will be going live from the Sears Center in Chicago, Illinois.

In its follow-up to All In the year prior and Double Or Nothing in May, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) will be looking to go above and beyond their prior performances. Look for every performer on the roster to make an attempt to steal the show.

Folks, this card is loaded. I’m talking a smorgasbord of wrestling action that would make an all you can eat buffet blush. AEW is ready to drop some impending sonic booms throughout the wrestling landscape.

All Out will have to follow New Japan’s Royal Quest and WWE UK’S Cardiff event’s on that very same day. This day could end being an NFL like 10 hour marathon for wrestling fan’s across the globe. In NFL esque fashion, they are putting the biggest event on last and in prime-time. Yes, AEW All Out promises to be that enthralling.

AEW has been setting some high standards since they began their promotion. Double or Nothing, Fyter Fest and Fight for the Fallen were all seen as successes for the company. Double Or Nothing had an estimated 98,000 buys in their initial PPV offering. A number which hadn’t been seen by a non WWE event in 2 decades. Now All Out is looking to break out the metaphorical baseball bat and shatter those numbers with a Grand Slam like buy rate.

Can AEW All Out live up to the mighty expectations that have been thrown on their backs? There have been 8 main card matches with 2 additional Buy In battles to take place before the PPV kicks in. The Buy In has the potential to steal the show before the lights kick on for the main card. Up and down the roster on this night, we are looking at hungry men and women eager to set match standards which the contests proceeding them will have to follow.

Let’s start the preview with a recent add on which is looking to kick off All Out with a blaze of glory that will have the crowd standing in awe.

Angelico and Jack Evans vs Private Party

The Buy In portion of All Out will begin with a tag team affair that will bring a flare for the dramatic. You have two hungry tag teams in AEW that have lost their initial contests in the promotion. The veteran team of Angelico and Jack Evans have found All Elite Wrestling to be contrarian to the friendly confines of AAA in Mexico. These two can absolutely fly in the ring and are looking to get rid of the zero in their win column.

Private Party was brought in by the Young Bucks a couple of months ago with some hype behind them. They were House Of Glory graduates, a school founded by the revolutionary Amazing Red. Having a lost triple match to receive a bye in the AEW tag team tournament, Private Party is looking for redemption in their follow up match at All Out.

You want to set the tone of a pay per view by going out and tearing the house down. On top of that, this will be shown for free on Bleacher Report Live before the main card of All Out is shown on closed circuit television. These guys will have novice wrestling fans reaching for the order button of the event. In what is sure to be a high octane bout, I’m giving the nod to the young upstarts from New York.

Winner: Private Party

Women’s Casino Battle Royale (Winner receives shot at inaugural women’s title)

In the follow up to the Double Or Nothing men’s Casino Battle Royale, All Out will feature an AEW Women’s version of the over the top rope affair. The battle royal rules are identical to the men’s variation.

There will 4 groups of 5 women entering the match at separate points. The match will begin with 5 women entering the ring at the start.  Every 3 minutes, a group of 5 women will join the soirée. Once the 20 entrants have entered, 3 more minutes will elapse before the wild card participant who drew the ‘joker’ will become the final ‘blackjack’ competitor in the AEW battle royal.

The winner of the match will be the final person standing after all of the remaining combatants have been tossed over the top rope and feet have touched the floor. Said winner will also receive the first title shot at the AEW Women’s Championship.

There are some spectacular talents who have been announced for the 21 woman affair. Among them are Britt Baker, Jazz, Sadie Gibbs, Teal Piper, Big Swole, Aerial Monroe, Brandi Rhodes, Nyla Rose, Allie, Yuka Sakazaki and Ivelisse. Other women who have not been announced that could appear include Bea Priestly, Penelope Ford, Awesome Kong, Leva Bates and Kylie Rae

Some of the favorites in the match include Jazz, a former WWE women’s champion. Teal Piper is also in the mix, she is the daughter of WWE hall of famer Roddy Piper. We would be mistaken if we didn’t add Brandi Rhodes to the mix of favorites. Being that she has an executive role with All Elite Wrestling.

I feel that the face of the AEW’s women’s division so far will come out on top of the Battle Royale. She has been featured in Being The Elite episodes and emerged victorious in the first women’s match in AEW history. The doctor will indeed be in the house.

Winner of the Casino Battle Royale: Britt Baker

So Cal Uncensored vs Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt

This match was released yesterday during the Being The Elite YouTube show. Two six man teams with quite a bit of fanfare will square off in what is likely to open the main card on AEW All Out.

So Cal Uncensored is a veteran trio that doesn’t need much of an introduction. Chicago may be the worst town they have ever been, but SCU plans on showing the AEW fan base that they indeed are one of the top draws in the company.

Their opponents across the ring are growing a reputation as 3 young men who are highly entertaining in the ring. Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt are very unique characters. The team of The Boy and his Dinosaur were unsuccessful in their quest to receive an AEW tag team championship bye in the first round. They fell to The Dark Order at ‘Fight For The Fallen’ in July.

This will be an eye opening affair. There isn’t much of a background between these 6 men but that won’t stop them from executing their crafts at All Out. SCU is favored but the real question is this. Will the 3 young men on the opposite side of the ring pull off a huge upset? Can they make waves before AEW debuts on TNT in October? I believe this to be true.

Winners: Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt

Riho vs Hikaru Shida

We have two Joshi women from Japan that were teammates at Double Or Nothing finding themselves as foes at All Out. There is a report that the winner of this bout will oppose the winner of the Casino Battle Royale to determine the new AEW Women’s champion.

Hikaru Shida is an 11 year veteran who has collected some accolades along the way. She held titles in multiple Japanese promotions and owns a few victories over NXT women’s sensation Io Shirai.

Meanwhile, Riho is just 22 years of age and debuted in the Ice Ribbon promotion at the tender age of 9! She is the first Ice Ribbon Triple Crown champion and has been a title holder of the DDT Nihonkai Six-Man Tag Team Championship with current AEW superstar Kenny Omega and Mr. #6. Riho has accomplished so much over 13 years and still has a long career ahead of her.

You could go either direction with these two incredibly talented women. Familiarity is likely to play a role in determining the winner of this bout. Seeing that an opportunity to headline the AEW women’s division is at stake, both competitors will be looking to pull out all of the stops. Riho owns a singles win at Fyter Fest while Shida has not competed in AEW as an individual.

Riho will follow up her first singles victory with yet another winning performance in this potential show stealer at All Out

Winner: Riho

Joey Janela vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Darby Allin

We have three of the most dangerous and fearless men in the World of professional wrestling squaring off in a slobberknocker. These gentlemen were on a team involved in a six man tag match in which they ended up losing the contest at Fight For The Fallen. Their reputations and egos were likely damaged, which led all 3 to brawl backstage after their match. This explosive affair was made on the spot and we the fans are going to see some pyrotechnics as a result of their brawling.

Joey Janela has main-evented an AEW event already. In an unsanctioned All Elite Wrestling match, Janela fell victim to Jon Moxley in a brutal hardcore match. Barbed wire, tables and being dropped on his bare feet onto a bed of thumb tacks were the high or low-lights of Janela’s night.

Jimmy Havoc made a name for himself in England and CZW. He is familiar with violent matches and death defying stunts. Something that is considered underground in the World of pro wrestling. Havoc is not the only man in this match capable of pulling off the insane.

Darby Allin stamped his name on the map by battling Cody to a 20 minute draw at Fyter Fest. His missed ‘Coffin Drop’ and unique style in ring were very memorable in this bout and it shouldn’t be forgotten that he was able to hold his own against one of the best performers in AEW. Even if it was pushed to the way side by the post match chair shot heard ’round the World by Shawn Spears to Cody’s skull.

You could go in any direction here. The three men in the ring have often proclaimed that they are more than willing to put their bodies on the line for a win and entertaining the fans. Janela going as far to say he’d be willing to die in the ring and has no regard for his well being. The fans are winning in my opinion. This is going to be an intense, pure six brawl that is going to end with a bit of blood and guts shown in the process. While Havoc hasn’t had a stand alone moment in AEW yet, I think the company is eventually going to strap a rocket on Darby Allin’s back. He possesses the charisma and character development that brings marketable appeal. All at the tender young age of 22.

Winner: Darby Allin

Cody Rhodes vs Shawn Spears

Shawn Spears signed a deal with AEW, following in the foot steps of one of his best friends Cody Rhodes. Formerly the perfect 10, Spears knew he had to shed his old gimmick and do so with cold blooded calculation. He did so by cracking a chair over Cody’s skull which resulted in 10 staples to the side of his head. That is how you make a name for yourself in a new promotion.

Spears had an interview with the legendary Jim Ross on the first episode of The Road to All Out. He would go on and state that he was triggered by Cody calling him “A good hand in the ring”. This is what began this highly entertaining series of promos and encounters to follow on AEW Road to All Out episodes.

Tully Blanchard was revealed to be Shawn Spears manager in the same episode of the show. Blanchard is one of the most well respected veteran’s in professional wrestling history. He so happened to be the long time rival of Cody’s father, “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. If it wasn’t personal before between Cody and Spears, the announcement of Tully being in Spears’ corner at All Out added fuel to the fire.

This led Brandi Rhodes to speak on her husband’s behalf on episode 6 of the All Out Series. What ensued was 3 of the most bone chilling minutes of a promo you may ever see. Brandi called out Spears and proclaimed that after Shawn’s chair shot to Cody’s head, “his 15 minutes of fame were up and she had hoped Shawn enjoyed those precious minutes.”

This will likely be more of a long term feud that will have a series of encounters in the AEW promotion. More questions that will be answered. Who is Cody’s corner person going to be? Will MJF play a role in the match? I also ask, can MJF be trusted on Cody’s behalf? Is this all an act of adoration on his behalf? Only for a metaphorical back stabbing to take place? We will all be treated to a psychological thriller in this wrestling match.

I see Shawn Spears pulling off a mild upset and I will call out an MJF turn on Cody in this match to boot.

Winner: Shawn Spears

Best Friends vs The Dark Order (The winner will receive a first round bye in the AEW Tag Team championship tournament)

The 2 teams in this match have earned their way into this match smack dab in the middle of All Out. The Young Bucks promised “tag team action” at the AEW rally in Las Vegas earlier this year. The promotion has gone out of it’s way to highlight this phenomenal division.

The Best Friends have been victorious at Double Or Nothing and and Fyter Fest. The latter being a triple threat contest, defeating SCU and Private Party to earn the right to compete in this bout. Across the ring from them will be a team that has attacked them after both of their respective victories.

The Dark Order rolled into AEW as a relative unknown. They have a mystique and sadistic attitude which has served them well since their debut at Double Or Nothing. While they have left The Best Friends lying in the center of the ring twice, The Dark Order left another mark within the AEW promotion. They arrived at Fight For the Fallen and defeated A Boy and His Dinosaur and Angelico and Jack Evans in another triple threat bout.

On top of the feud that has been built due to the malice caused by The Dark Order, this match now has the stipulation where the winners of each team receive the opportunity to get a bye in the first round. The importance of a bye in tournament should not be pushed to the wayside here. It establishes a built in advantage going forward as said tag team will have the opportunity to wrestle one match less on the way to earning the AEW World Tag Team Championships.

The Dark Order has been nothing short of dominant since their arrival in AEW. While The Best Friends could extract a matter of revenge here, I expect the heels to go over here. It makes sense to have a very large threat in the tournament, one that will be feared from the on set.

Winner: The Dark Order

Kenny Omega Vs PAC

The AEW All Out crowd was expecting to see a one on one battle for the ages. One end of the ring, Kenny Omega. A man who is considered to be among if not ‘The’ best wrestler(s) on the planet. His opponent was scheduled to be Jon Moxley, a man with a rejuvenated career since his shocking arrival on AEW soil.

Jon Moxley took to Twitter and announced that he has MRSA in one of his elbows. Due to the condition, he is unable to compete in Chicago at All Out. It was a shock to say the least and the question immediately posed was “Who will Kenny Omega wrestle in Chicago?” If he would compete at all?

30 minutes later, it was announced that British superstar PAC would reemerge in All Elite Wrestling and challenge Kenny Omega. You’re not going to make a larger splash than that, especially if you were to go through the AEW roster and pluck an opponent out of the sky to wrestle Kenny on short notice.

The Oemga-Jon Moxley bout will have to be put on hold. It is one of, if not the biggest dream match that can easily be made under a given promotion’s umbrella. While this is being put on the back-burner, you now have another dream match immediately tossed in. It is one that will arguably have a better in ring performance from both men involved.

While it doesn’t have the heated back story to accompany it like Moxley-Omega did, you have 2 of the best wrestlers on the planet competing in the ring on pay per view. That is indeed crowd pleasing. Will PAC pick up where he left off after being taken off of the Double Or Nothing card due to contract squabbles? Or will Omega pick up a much needed singles victory on his path to claiming the AEW World championship after losing to Chris Jericho?

Both men have equal chances of earning the W on this night. I have a feeling that the winner of this bout will instantly place himself at the front of the line to square off against the winner of the main event. The man who will come out on top this given night will be.

Winner: Kenny Omega

AAA Tag Team Title Ladder Match: The Young Bucks vs The Lucha Bros

This match shouldn’t need much of an introduction. You’re getting one anyways. These are the 2 best brother tag teams in the World (Sorry Usos). This year alone, they have taken part in 5 bouts against one another. 3 tag team affairs and 2 six man tag matches. In terms of already built-in AEW rivalries, this is arguably the biggest, most compelling feud in the company’s short history.

It began at the AEW rally where The Lucha Bros were revealed as the newest signees of AEW. They attacked the Young Bucks and left them laid out on a Las Vegas stage. Quickly fast forward to March, The Young Bucks crashed the AAA promotion during an event in Mexico. They defeated the Lucha Bros and took the AAA tag team titles with them.

Double Or Nothing arrived in May where The Bucks put the newly won titles up for grabs in a rematch. In what could be argued as the match of the night (when aren’t these 2 teams in that conversation?) Nick and Matt Jackson held off Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr. The calendar flipped over to June, you guessed it. They fought once again in Mexico, with The Lucha Bros regaining their titles in yet another captivating thriller.

Just a few weeks later, Kenny Omega would team with the Young Bucks in another instant classic. They would go on to defeat The Lucha Bros and Laredo Kid. 2 short weeks later, The Lucha Bros would defeat SCU at Fight for the Fallen. When the match ended, they would grab microphones and ladders. They issued yet another challenge to the Young Bucks. This time in a ladder match at All Out. Nick and Matt Jackson would accept said challenge. Yet there was still another chapter left to be written in this ongoing novel.

At AAA Triplemania earlier this month, The Lucha Bros and Laredo Kid would defeat The Jacksons and Kenny Omega in yet another fantastic, show stealing bout. Now comes the payoff at All Out, a Ladder Match deemed “Escalera De La Muerte” or “Death Ladders.” Add any superlatives you want to, these 4 men are likely going to produce the match of the night. (Again)

The AAA tag team championships are up for grabs in what is sure to make fans heart rates climb and their emotions suspended in disbelief. Which team will one up the other in this ladder match? Where the belts will be hung 15 feet above the ring for the eventual winning team to climb up and grab the championships? If this is a best of 5 series between the 2 best in the World, it will surely go out in style. Each time tied at 2, pulling out the stops. (Insert cliche here) Let’s go with the team that needs the win more in terms of AEW story-line purposes.

Winner: Lucha Bros

Chris Jericho vs. Hangman Page for The AEW World Heavyweight Championship

Take a breath folks, we’ve arrived at the main event of the evening at All Out. This will determine who becomes the first ever AEW World Heavyweight Champion.

Double Or Nothing set the scene up for this match happen. Adam Page was the 21st and final entrant of the Casino Battle Royale in surprise fashion. He would go on to throw MJF over the top rope in the final stanza to earn the right to main event All Out with the inaugural AEW World title being the prize.

In the main event of Double Or Nothing, Chris Jericho would defeat Kenny Omega in a rematch of their Wrestle Kingdom 12 matchup the year before. Jericho debuted his AEW-exclusive finisher, The Judas Effect to finish off Omega. That led us to this contest which will be main eventing All Out.

Chris Jericho decided to make this match a personal affair on top the high stakes already established. Hangman Page defeated Kip Sabian at Fight For The Fallen. Jericho would brutally attack Page after the bell had rang and bloody his All Out opponent in the process. This led Page to say that he’s willing to bleed in order to win the AEW World title and the intensity was more than welcome.

Both men have been interviewed in The Road To All Out series. Page claiming that he needs this victory more than Jericho does. Stating that Jericho can go back to performing with his band ‘Fozzy’ if he wins. Page is treating this as his only opportunity to win this championship and and that he may go back to the Tobacco Farm if he fails.

Jericho fired a retort to those comments. He’s been a wrestler for almost 3 decades. The first ever undisputed WWE champion and wrestling pioneer who has gone through nearly everything there is in the business. Jericho feels if he loses this match, his legend goes to die and he rides off into sunset. Insinuating that he needs this more than Adam Page does.

The drama has been built up and we are ready to crown the first ever AEW Champion at All Out. These events normally end with the babyface being crowned as the hero and champion. AEW has already had a major event end with Chris Jericho, a crafty villain, coming out on top at Double Or Nothing.

You can argue that AEW needs new blood to carry the torch from the beginning. Hangman Page indeed fits that billing, there is no question about that. Yet how many major wrestling companies have a major television series starting up these days? How do you draw old or new fans to your product right away? You put a mega star on the marquee as your headlining champion.

Adam Page is not quite ready to carry the AEW torch just yet. His character hasn’t been fully developed in front of a mainstream audience. You can do this starting in October and have him hunt Jericho down for a rematch in the future.

All while building up the potential superstar Adam ‘Hangman’ Page could and just might be. With that being said, Chris Jericho will spoil a hero’s parade as he has done time and time before. He once again will make significant wrestling history, this time becoming the first AEW World Heavyweight champion at All Out.

Winner and first ever AEW World Champion: Chris Jericho