AEW brings All In to Texas for the first time in it’s history. This is the biggest show on American soil that AEW will have put on to date and they did not disappoint.

ALL IN TEXAS: Zero Hour

There are three matches on the pre-show card, two of which are eight-man tags and the third being a standard Tag-Team match.

The Sons of Texas face off against Shane Taylor Promotions. It’s a fun little match perfect for a pre-show. It really showcases the Von Erich’s abilities and legacy here in Texas.

Next up we have The Don Callis Family taking on a “Big Boom” A.J. and The Conglomeration. getting to see the powerhouse of Tomohiro Ishii is always an absolute treat. Lance Archer, as a Texan, gets a great showing for The Don Callis Family. Beretta and Romero are a joy and really excel as heels, we have missed our RPG Vice boys.

Eight-man tags are always messy and fun and that’s exactly what we got. Thankyou AEW for always supplying the fun on Zero Hour.

Now for something completely different. A pure tag team match with two old school style teams. FTR Vs The Outrunners, this should be fun. It’s a solid tag team match that goes over 15 minutes. It might feel a bit long considering how slow it is.

And that concludes the matches from Zero Hour.

ALL IN TEXAS

We see another chapter in the story of Omega Vs Okada, what is looking to be one of the most important women’s matches in wrestling history and a Texas Death Match in the main event.

The first match is for the AEW World Trios Championships. The Death Riders, made up of Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli and Gabe Kidd taking on the current champs The Opps. They are made up of Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata.

This is a hard hitting athletic bout which isn’t surprising considering the caliber of wrestlers that are in the ring. Castagnoli works so well against Samoa Joe and Shibata, it’s as if they were all made for another. Wheeler Yuta has really grown into his roll in the Death Riders and is still someone to watch. Hobbs and Kidd have such a natural chemistry that I would love to see them do a whole series of matches.

After the match The Death Riders throw a hissy fit and you know in wrestling that means someone got absolutely annihilated. This time it was Samoa Joe, a chair to the throat and being taken out on a back board. Despite loosing The Death Riders want to let everyone know they are not to be messed with.

The Men’s Casino Gauntlet Match is next up, so something to help lighten the mood. We start off the match with Mark Briscoe and MJF in the ring. These two have a huge rivalry going on right now and both are very good at making it feel as raw as needed.

Entrance Order: MJF, Mark Briscoe, Ricochet, Bandido, Konosuke Takeshita, Mistico, Josh Alexander, Anthony Bowens, Roderick Strong, Brody King, Juice Robinson, Kota Ibushi, The Beast Mortos & Max Caster.

These matches are always so hard to review, so I wont, just go and watch it. Everyone looked incredible. MJF and Mark Briscoe are definitely the main cogs in this match, but do you want to know who got well deserved reactions? Bandido, Brody King, Kota Ibushi and Roderick Strong. There are so many great moments of wrestling and comedy in this one.

Big Returns? Well we got a clean shaven Juice Robinson, the crowd went wild. As did The Gunns when they arrived to help. Now just preying for the return of the Switchblade Jay White so the Bang Bang Gang can get back together.

This match was originally Adam Cole vs Kyle Fletcher for the TNT Championship. Unfortunately, Adam Cole has some ongoing health issues that will prevent him from defending this championship so he must relinquish it. I was in tears, He was in tears, everyone was in tears. Please go and watch his announcement because it is heartbreaking. Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong have come to the ring to hug and cry with him.

As with anything things have to keep going and a new champion must be crowned. Kyle Fletcher now has a harder task ahead of him than before, facing three opponents instead of one. They are Sammy Guevara, Danial Garcia and Dustin Rhodes.

Oh what a fun match and something we all really needed. It’s already been a rollercoaster of emotions tonight. There was a whole kick Kyle Fletcher in the dick spot that was much appreciated. Dustin screaming at his tag partner Sammy “This might be my only chance”. Garcia proving yet again why he is one of the best young wrestlers in AEW.

Yes, more tears as Dustin Rhodes gets to hold up his first championship in AEW. This man deserves all his flowers.

Time for another high stakes match. EVP Vs Championship Opportunity. TAZ is also on commentary for this one, which is always a joy. Will Ospreay gives us an Assassins Creed entrance which was visually stunning. Swerve Strickland gave us the beautiful voice of JoJo Offerman, fireflies included, singing one of his indie entrances before coming out to his current theme. The Young Bucks are just ridiculous as always, literally dressed as founding fathers. The jackets feel very American Nightmare. It’s absolutely silly and just watching them slowly descend into insanity has been pure gold.

Oh we are so back guys. This is tag team wrestling. This is AEW at it’s best, hard hitting, highflying, impossible odds and insane spots. Double Canadian Destroyers. double Styles Clash’s. The Young Bucks playing dirty, Prince Nana getting destroyed and Rick Knox being berated by the crowd. Can this match get any better?

It can and it does. The action just keeps ramping up with no end in sight. It’s a must watch match and one of the best tag matches this company has produced.

The Young Bucks come out of this match having their EVP status stripped from them. What is next for them? Only time will tell.

The Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match is next up. We start off the match with Kris Statlander and Megan Bayne in the ring. Yes give us two strong women just going at it in the ring for a good amount of time.

Entrance Order: Kris Statlander, Megan Bayne, Willow, Tay Melo, Thekla, Julia Hart, Queen Aminata, Mina Shirakawa, Athena, Thunder Rosa, Syuri, & Alex Windsor.

Statlander, Bayne and Willow are center pieces of this match and will cost each other in the end. This has been great for some of the newer and returning ladies. Thekla and Tay Melo prove why they are key to the division’s growth. They have many amazing young and hungry women. The AEW Women’s Division will be stacked for years to come. Veterans like Mina Shirakawa, Thunder Rosa and Athena bring something to this match that could be lacking if they weren’t in this match.

The talent they have here is outstanding and are putting on some of the best and most hard hitting matches in AEW. They have been for years and are definitely worth your time and energy.

A big debut for Syuri tonight with the crowd getting instantly excited and mixing it up with Mina Shirakawa, Athena and a debuting, under the AEW banner officially, Alex Windsor.

Now for the AEW World Tag Team Championship match. The Hurt Syndicate are the current champs and have been equally funny and brutal in their presentation. They are facing off against Jetspeed and The Patriarchy.

Mike Bailey and Shelton Benjamin made a moment that only they could, a overhead release suplex over the top rope. The beauty of the AEW Tag Division will always be it’s variety and this match shows just that. Big Moments. Hard hits. High-flying maneuvers. Three-way tags are always absolutely insane and chaotic, made even more so this time with everyone’s manager’s and faction members.

The Hurt Syndicate win by pinning Christian Cage. This is now the perfect opportunity for Nick Wayne, his mother, Kip Sabian and FTR to turn on Cage once and for all. They want to destroy him and almost do but a huge return happens that makes the group scramble. It’s ADAM COPELAND. This feud between the two former tag team partners is still very much there. And we all know that one last tag team run is in their future. We need it.

AEW ALL IN TEXAS: Triple Main Event

The first of our triple main events. TBS Champion and belt collector, the ‘CEO’ Mercedes Mone is facing off against the AEW Women’s World Champion, ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm. This is an almost 25 minute women’s wrestling extravaganza that perfectly merges in-ring action, character work, comedy, and storytelling.

Three storm zero’s and Mone still kicked out, This is an epic. It took an avalanche storm zero to take her out. ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm is still the AEW Women’s World Champion and has also handed the ‘CEO’ Mercedes Mone her first loss in AEW.

Do you know what? This isn’t just women’s wrestling THIS IS WRESTLING.

Next up is a winner takes all match between eternal rivals ‘Best Bout Machine’ Kenny Omega and ‘The Rainmaker’ Kazuchika Okada. This will be the fifth singles match between the pair but the first to actually take place on US soil. Okada has often had the upper hand when it comes to Omega but will he tonight?

Who knows before the match starts but we will know by the end. Okada has teamed up with Don Callis, in what feels like a bid to shake Omega. They are not the same men who faced off at Dominion in 2018 when Omega finally became the IWGP World Champion, ending Okada’s reign of terror.

At this point the two have accumulated 204 minuets in the ring against each other so this bout should be a long one.

This was a half hour epic battle that might be the start of a whole new chapter in the rivalry of Okada and Omega. They have yet again showed the world their brand of wrestling. A combination of Kings Road and Strong Style. They showed what can be achieved when you can tell a story. They are also two of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots.

Strap up guys it’s time for a Texas Death Match. This will be brutal as we see the Heart and Soul, the Millennial Cowboy, Hangman Adam Page go up against Death Rider Jon Moxley.

Hangman and Mox are on an even playing field having both won two matches a piece against one another. This is their fifth in a series that has spanned the whole history of AEW so far. Hangman draws first blood using a fork. This is going to get out of hand very quick.

It does, there is barbed wire and glass and a whole host of over implements of bodily destruction. The Death Riders get involved, Marina Shafir is put through a table. Hangman isn’t alone though, he has Will Ospreay and a returning Bryan Danielson. Darby Allin has also returned and if coming to “Take Everything” from Jon Moxley.

This is a bloodbath.

Prince Nana with the assist by handcuffing Shafir to the time keeper table. Swerve Strickland hands Hangman the rope, or in this case the chain to choke the life out of Moxley and his reign of terror. Hangman Adam Page is your new AEW World Heavyweight Champion.

This match is not for the weak and if you don’t like blood or this level of violence then maybe this isn’t for you. But death match wrestling of any kind can be beautifully destructive, can be full of storytelling and can be a good if not excellent wrestling match. That is what this championship match is, excellent.

UPs & Downs

Ups: The Von Erich’s, Tomohiro Ishii and Lace Archer taking us back to the G1, Both Casino Gauntlet Matches, Juice Robinson’s return, Dustin Rhodes is your NEW TNT CHAMPION, The Young Bucks Vs Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay. Edge aka Adam Copeland returns.

‘Timeless’ Toni Storm Vs the ‘CEO’ Mercedes Mone, Okada Vs Omega V, The return of Darby Allin and Bryan Danielson. Hangman Adam Page is your new AEW World Heavyweight Champion.

Downs: FTR’s match, Adam Cole’s Injury announcement,

Results: ALL IN TEXAS

The Sons of Texas [Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Ross Von Erich & Marshall Von Erich] def. Shane Taylor Promotions [Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo & Capt. Shawn Dean]

The Conglomeration [“Boom Boom!” A.J., Kyle O’Reilly, Hologram & Tomohiro Ishii] def. The Don Callis Family [Hechicero, Lance Archer, Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta]

FTR def. The Outrunners

AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Opps [Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata] def. The Death Riders [Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli & Gabe Kidd]

Men’s Casino Gauntlet Match: MJF def. Rodarick Strong [MJF, Mark Briscoe, Ricochet, Bandido, Konosuke Takeshita, Mistico, Josh Alexander, Anthony Bowens, Roderick Strong, Brody King, Juice Robinson, Kota Ibushi, The Beast Mortos & Max Caster]

NEW TNT Champion: Dustin Rhodes def. Daniel Garcia, Sammy Guevara & Kyle Fletcher.

EVP Vs Championship Opportunity: Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay def. The Young Bucks.

Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match: Athena def. Mina Shirakawa [Kris Statlander, Megan Bayne, Willow, Tay Melo, Thekla, Julia Hart, Queen Aminata, Mina Shirakawa, Athena, Thunder Rosa, Syuri, & Alex Windsor]

AEW World Tag Team Championship match: The Hurt Syndicate def. The Patriarchy

AEW Women’s World Championship Match: ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm def. ‘CEO’ Mercedes Mone

Winner Takes All Match: Kazuchika Okada def. Kenny Omega

AEW World Championship Match: Hangman Adam Page def. Jon Moxley