AEW All In 2023 Guide: Match Card, Predictions
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- Santana & Ortiz have been added to the Stadium Stampede match and two more matches have been added to what is presumably now the final card.
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UPDATE: 2023/08/24 12:35 EST BY JOSH COULSON
Santana & Ortiz have been added to the Stadium Stampede match and two more matches have been added to what is presumably now the final card.
AEW revealed it will be heading to the UK for the first time in 2023 by announcing All In, a PPV emanating live from Wembley Stadium and yes, they really did mean to book the stadium, not the nearby arena. They were right to do so too as at the time of typing this, more than 77,000 tickets have been sold. The biggest night in AEW history so far without a doubt, and we've got everything you need to know about the show below.
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Since All In will go down live from London, those of you watching in the US will need to take time difference into account. The main card will begin at 6 pm BST which is 1 pm EST on Sunday, August 27, 2023. There will also be a Zero Hour show starting at 5 pm BST/12 noon EST. AEW has also confirmed, after a lot of speculation, that All In will be a traditional PPV even though it takes place just one week before All Out. Available through Bleacher Report in the US and Fite TV everywhere else around the world, below is every match announced for All In so far.
MJF vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship
Don't panic! MJF and Adam Cole haven't broken up and you just missed it. The two of them are still unlikely best friends, this match is just happening because the champ promised after the two of them were done in AEW's tag team eliminator tournament, he would give his buddy a shot at the World Title.
MJF is the one who suggested this match go down at All In. Another chance for Cole to finally become AEW Champion, but I don't think this is where it happens. MJF to retain as there's probably a unification match with CM Punk's Real World Title waiting for The Devil Himself in the near future.
CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe for the Real World Championship
CM Punk really did have the AEW Title he won at All Out last year in his bag. A title he never technically lost hence his claim that he's AEW's real World Champion. That likely means a match against MJF is waiting in the wings, but at All In, Samoa Joe will have the chance to dethrone him.
That's not going to happen, though. Punk will retain the title in London and move on to defend it against someone else at All Out. I'm assuming that someone will be Ricky Starks after AEW realized his suspension meant he'd miss the PPV so knocked two days off it.
Hikaru Shida vs. Toni Storm vs. Saraya vs. Britt Baker for the AEW Women's Championship
Hikaru Shida shocked AEW fans somewhat by beating Toni Storm for the Women's Title on Dynamite's 200th episode. At All In, Storm will get a chance to win the title back in a four-way match. For some reason I still don't understand, Storm got a bye into the title match and Shida, the champion, had to earn her way in.
Neither Storm nor Shida will be leaving London with the title, though. Saraya is also in this match, and not only will she win and accomplish the biggest feat of her career, but it will also drive a wedge between her and Storm, leaving Ruby Soho having to pick a side.
FTR vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team Championships
Like them or not, FTR and The Young Bucks are probably the two best tag teams in the world. Especially now The Usos have broken up. AEW has done a great job of keeping them apart and this clash, in front of 80,000 fans, will be just the third time they have met two-on-two in AEW history.
This might just be me trying to manifest it as I was hoping the match would happen at All In with me in attendance, but my guess is The Young Bucks win this one, kicking off a long build to CMFTR vs. The Elite. Then after that, we get CM Punk vs. Kenny Omega. Hey, a guy can dream.
Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho
Rumored for a while, this match is actually happening and could arguably go on last if AEW wants it to. Nothing on the line, but definitely a dream match, especially with Will Ospreay performing in front of more than 80,000 fans in his home country.
This match is the perfect chance to get one of the biggest reactions of the night from the fans in attendance. Yeah, we're all going to sing along to every single word of Judas as Chris Jericho comes to the ring, but if there were a roof on Wembley, it would come off when Ospreay wins.
Darby Allin and Sting vs. Mogul Embassy in a Coffin Match
As rumors Sting plans on retiring soon continue to swirl, The Icon will get the chance to compete in front of a bigger crowd than at any other time in his career. He and his protege Darby Allin will clash in a tag team coffin match. I'm assuming that means both members of the other team need to be in coffins for the match to come to an end.
You'd think Sting winning this to get a big reaction from the fans would be the plan here, but no. My guess is Sting gets locked away in a coffin so Mogul Embassy can brag they put him away for good. Cue Sting returning after that to begin the final angle of his career.
Eddie Kingston, Orange Cassidy, Best Friends, and Penta El Zero vs. Blackpool Combat Club and Santana & Ortiz in a Stadium Stampede Match
AEW's Stadium Stampede match is going across the pond, but for the first time ever, it's going down in a stadium that will be filled with people. Eddie Kingston threw down the challenge to Blackpool Combat Club and has his guys, now the BCC needs to find three more people to join them.
The result of this match will depend on who exactly is going to join the BCC. I imagine there will be some big names in there and that Moxley and the gang will be the ones picking up the win here.
The Golden Elite vs. Konsuke Takeshita and Bullet Club Gold
The UK won't be getting the Kenny Omega and Juice Robinson singles matches they probably wanted, but hey, at least they're both on the card. Even better, they're in the same match so we'll likely get a face-off between the two of them at some point in the match.
Gotta be a win for The Golden Elite in this. Omega standing tall in the ring at the end of the match plus a needed win for Hangman Page.
House of Black vs. Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed
Thought Billy Gunn retired? Think again. The House of Black tormented him and The Acclaimed, not to mention his sons, so much in the short time he was away, the Hall of Famer has returned to teach them a lesson at All In.
There ain't gonna be no lessons taught at Wembley this weekend though. My guess is AEW thought giving Gunn a match in front of 80,000 fans is a better sendoff than the one he got on a regular weekly show, but it'll be the House of Black ensuring he's gone for good this time.
MJF and Adam Cole vs. Aussie Open for the ROH Tag Team Championships
Before they go to war over the AEW Title in the main event, good friends MJF and Cole will have the chance to become ROH Tag Team Champions during All In's Zero Hour. That's right, by the end of the show, one of them might well be a double champion.
In fact, I'm calling it now, one of them will be. Cole and MJF win this one and become ROH Tag Team Champions, making it even more awkward when the outcome of the main event inevitably comes between them.
Jack Perry vs. Hook for the FTW Championship
Jack Perry makes a surprisingly good heel doesn't he? Taking the FTW Title from Hook, insulting ECW legends, and then threatening to retire the title will do that.
Hook has the chance to win the FTW Title back at All In, and I'm assuming he's almost definitely going to do it. Tune in early if you want to see this match as it'll be on the Zero Hour preshow.
