The time for the biggest All Elite Wrestling event of the year has arrived, as AEW All In 2024 goes down from Wembley Stadium in London, England today.
On tap for the biggest pay-per-view of the year for All Elite Wrestling is a stacked nine-match main card and a two-match pre-show lineup.
Today’s show will kick off with Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Katsuyori Shibata & The Von Erichs vs. The Undisputed Kingdom & Cage Of Agony on the pre-show, and will lead into a jam-packed nine match main PPV lineup, which includes eight matches with titles on-the-line and a ninth for a future AEW World Championship match. Also on the “Zero Hour” pre-show will be Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway vs. Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii.
The PPV lineup includes Swerve Strickland vs. Bryan Danielson in an AEW title versus career main event, Toni Storm vs. Mariah May for the AEW Women’s title, MJF vs. Will Ospreay for the AEW American title, Mercedes Mone vs. Britt Baker for the TBS title, Jack Perry vs. Darby Allin in a Coffin match for the TNT title, The Young Bucks vs. The Acclaimed vs. FTR for the AEW tag-team titles, Chris Jericho vs. HOOK for the FTW title, The Patriarchy vs. The House of Black vs. The Bang Bang Gang vs. Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta in a London Ladder match for the AEW trios titles, as well as the Casino Gauntlet for a future AEW title shot.
Featured below are complete AEW All In: London results from Sunday, August 25, 2024. The following report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live from 11am EST – 6pm EST.
AEW ALL IN RESULTS – AUGUST 25, 2024
The “Zero Hour” pre-show kicks off with a live shot inside Wembley Stadium. The camera shot settles at a very fancy-looking panel, where our pre-show hosts Renee Paquette, RJ City and Jeff Jarrett welcome us to the show.
Jarrett talks about tonight being the 1,972nd match in the career of Bryan Danielson. He questions if it will be his last. The trio then run down the scheduled lineup for today as the official match graphics flash across the screen.
They kick it to Arkady Aura and Lexy King, who are standing on the extra long entrance ramp talking about the other legendary acts such as The Rolling Stones and The Spice Girls (yes, they said the Spice Girls) that have played Wembley Stadium.
After a bad Taylor Swift joke, the two kick it back to Paquette, City and Jarrett, who finish running down the scheduled card for tonight’s show as Bush’s “Machine Head” plays in the background. From there, they begin their first deep-dive into a match.
We see the first elaborate pre-show video package to tell the story leading up to a scheduled match for today. First up is a look at the road to the “For The World” Championship showdown between Chris Jericho and HOOK. When it wraps up, Taz joins the panel to talk about his son recovering from the fireball that was thrown in his face by Jericho.
Now the talk shifts to the first-ever London Ladders match between The Patriarchy, The House of Black, The Bang Bang Gang and the team of Claudio Castagnoli, PAC and Wheeler Yuta for the AEW Trios Championships and the three-way showdown for the AEW Tag-Team Championships. Jarrett calls The Young Bucks “the kids” because they’re young and take chances. Aren’t they almost 40?
From there, the pre-show panel sends things over to Lexy Nair, who is backstage in front of the coffin that will be used in the Coffin Match for the TNT Championship between Darby Allin and “The Scapegoat” Jack Perry. A “road to” video package airs promoting Mercedes Mone vs. Britt Baker for the TBS Championship.
Women’s wrestling veteran Madison Rayne joins the panel to talk about the big women’s title tilt scheduled for today’s show. She wishes a happy Wembley Day to the panelists as fans break out in a song-style chant for “Double J” Jeff Jarrett. Gotta love U.K. crowds, folks.
Paquette introduces an excerpt from her “AEW Close Up” episode with Will Ospreay. He talks about the significance of performing in Wembley Stadium. Once it wraps up, we are sent backstage for a quick interview with Nigel McGuinness. McGuinness continues his usual heel take on “The American Dragon” and why his career will end tonight.
Once the McGuinness interview concludes, Paquette introduces another excerpt from another episode of “AEW Close Up,” this time featuring her sit-down interview with the wife of Bryan Danielson, Brie Danielson. The WWE Hall of Fame legend formerly known as Brie Bella talks about the significance of Danielson’s career and his career vs. title showdown against Swerve Strickland.
16-Person Tag-Team Match
Alex Reynolds, John Silver, Marq Quen, Isiah Kassidy, Ari Daivari, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh & Anthony Ogogo vs. Kyle Fletcher, Rocky Romero, Kip Sabian, Tommy Billington, Lio Rush, Action Andretti & Top Flight
After some more banter at the pre-show panel, Paquette sends things down to ringside, where Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Matt Menard welcome us and get us prepared for our first match of the evening, a 16-man tag-team match that is a late, unadvertised “get everyone on the show” match.
Jay Lethal and “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington kick things off as the first two legal men in the ring at the start of the match, as Don Callis joins the commentary team on the call for this cluster-you-know-what of an opener. After some fast-paced action, all 16 end up in the ring for a wild brawl that pops the crowd.
In a cool visual, the smallest person in the match and the tallest, Lio Rush and Satnam Singh, have a face-to-belly-button stare down in the middle of the ring. A big four-man leap from the top-rope to the floor spot clears the ring. This allows pairs of people to take turns hitting shine high spots in the solo spotlight, culminating with Dante Martin hitting a top-rope scissor leg drop for the win.
Winners: Kyle Fletcher, Rocky Romero, Kip Sabian, Tommy Billington, Lio Rush, Action Andretti & Top Flight
Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway vs. Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii
The commentators set up what they say will be the first of many big announcements tonight. The first one is a promotional trailer announcing AEW Grand Slam Australia for February 15, 2025 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.
After that announcement wraps up, we return inside Wembley Stadium for our second match of the evening on the “Zero Hour” pre-show. Stokely Hathaway makes a grand entrance, being carried like Michael Jackson in Wembley from years past, as he heads to the ring for mixed tag-team action.
Hathaway personally handles the introduction for his partner, “Every night is Stat-urday night…” and out comes Kris Statlander. The theme for their opponents hits and out comes “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii, followed by Willow Nightingale.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. After an initial strong start from the babyface duo, some cheap heel tactics lead to Statlander and Hathaway settling into a comfortable offensive lead. This continues for several minutes until finally Hathaway and Ishii end up in the ring.
To the surprise of everyone, Hathaway hits a big move, but Ishii no-sells it as he celebrates. Hathaway also tries a ten-punch spot on Ishii on the ropes in the corner, but again, Ishii acts like he didn’t feel a thing and Donkey Kongs Hathaway into the mat for his troubles.
Nightingale hits the ring to get rid of Statlander, leading to Ishii hitting his finisher on Hathaway for the victory. With the win, Nightingale will now get to pick the stipulation for her CMLL Women’s World Championship defense against Statlander at AEW All Out 2024.
Winners: Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii
Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Katsuyori Shibata & The Von Erichs vs. The Undisputed Kingdom & Cage Of Agony
As they continue to rush from match to match and segment to segment, making a 20-hour show feel like a rushed mess, we head to the top of the stage inside Wembley Stadium. Out comes Dr. Martha Hart and Tony Khan.
The AEW President puts his wrestler voice on and yells like Dana White at a press conference forgetting he’s got a microphone in his hand. Hart talks too much about Canada and the usually polite and respectful cheering for her long, drone-fest about nothing crowd, begins booing.
To summarize, she finishes her long-winded babbling to reveal that ultimately she came out to wish those luck competing in title matches tonight that were earned by way of victory in the 2024 Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments. Yawn.
We rush into another announcement, this time confirming AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 for August 24 in London, England. After it wraps up, the first note of the entrance theme for the next match plays. Literally. Rush-fest 2024 in London!
Out comes Cage of Agony trio Brian Cage and The Gates of Agony. They are joined by their partners for our next multi-person cluster, The Undisputed Kingdom. Their opponents begin making their way out, with Sammy Guevara and Katsuyori Shibata coming out first. The Von Erichs also head out and finally, “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes.
All ten men meet at the end of the entrance ramp at ringside and begin a wild multi-person brawl, about the fifth one of the night already, before the match begins. Everyone except Guevara and one of their opponents end up in the ring, with the four heels on the middle ropes in the corners with their, you know, wide open and a free target.
The four baby faces run and hit the Un-Natural, or whatever that kick in the nuts spot is called, for a big pop from the U.K. crowd. Bishop Kaun and Sammy Guevara end up as the first two men in the ring when the bell finally sounds to get the actual match portion of this melee underway.
Things build to a spot where Dustin has a field of guys on the floor, and teases hitting the ropes for a big dive, but ultimately stops and does the D-X “crotch chop” before dropping down for an impromptu Spinarooni. In the end, the heels grab him and throw him over the top, where he crashes onto the pile of bodies anyways.
A few more guys hit dives, culminating in Guevara hitting a Shooting Star Press onto the group of guys. Back in the ring, Dustin comes within seconds of getting the win after a big Canadian destroyer. Cage knocks Guevara off the top but is stopped by Von Erich. Everyone ends up in the corner for an insane stacked spot in the corner.
We see a double power bomb, double suplex off the top that leads to everyone crashing and burning. Mike Bennett is stuck in a sleeper-hold by Shibata on the other end of the ring. Moments later, Rhodes hits a big Cross-Rhodes spot for a close two-count that is broken up just in time.
Dustin is covered by Taven and it sure sounded like the ref counted to three, but the match continues. Now we see another back-to-back “quick moment in the spotlight” sequence with everyone hitting a big move or spot. Taven hooks one of the babyfaces and is loudly heard saying “Where’s Sammy?” a few times.
Seconds later we get the finishing spot, which sees Sammy and Dustin finish this one off to give their team the big win. Once the match wraps up, as the good guys are celebrating their win, the bad guys hit the ring and attack them from behind. WWE Hall of Fame legend Kevin Von Erich gets in the ring and puts the Claw on anything that moves.
Winners: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Katsuyori Shibata & The Von Erichs
Jamie Hayter Makes Her Long-Awaited Return
The theme for Saraya hits and out she comes in front of her home country with Harley Cameron, he brother, mother and entire family and friends behind her. They all head to the ring together. Cameron cuts a promo putting Saraya over and then mentions how she’s pissed.
Saraya gets on the mic and rants about winning the AEW Women’s Championship last year at ALL IN, only to not even be booked on the card for this year’s ALL IN. She yells at the crowd for booing her and reminds them she’s their hometown hero. She says she’s the best ever female wrestler to come out of England.
On cue, the theme for Jamie Hayter hits and the crowd inside Wembley Stadium explodes as she makes her long-awaited return. As she heads down the ramp, members of Saraya’s entourage try and stop her, but one-by-one, she takes them all out. She gets in the ring and stares down Saraya as the roar from the crowd grows.
From behind, Saraya’s mother attacks Hayter with a shot to the back of the head. Hayter no-sells it and knocks her out. While doing that, Saraya hits her from behind, but Hayter no-sells that as well and takes Saraya out. She stands tall in the ring alone as her theme plays again to another explosive pop from the crowd.
AEW Trios Championship London Ladder Match
The Patriarchy (c) vs. The House Of Black vs. The Bang Bang Gang vs. Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta
The “Zero Hour” pre-show finishes up with the ring entrances for the four teams involved in the “London Ladder Match” for the AEW Trios Championship. The four-way title tilt will kick things off as the first match of the evening on the pay-per-view portion of today’s big event.
From there, “Zero Hour” wraps up with Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and the rest of the commentary team ending the pre-show by telling fans to switch over to pay-per-view for the start of AEW All In: London 2024. The pay-per-view then gets started and we head back to the ring for this match to get started.
Early on we see all of the guys involved in the match brawl in wild fashion. Haven’t seen that 100 times already in the show! When things calm down and the actual match gets underway, Colten gets a chop on Claudio as Brody goes for a table from under the ring. Yuta looks to intervene and pays for it with a chop from Brody as Buddy goes into the ring, climbing a ladder that was set up, but Austin stops him. PAC makes his ascension but Brody rushes in to stop him. Colten and Juice get involved but are laid out by Brody, who grabs the ladder and folds it up, but takes a dropkick sending him out of the ring.
The ring has now been cleared as Claudio, Yuta, and Buddy Matthews hit a set of dives before PAC climbs up the turnbuckle, launching himself from the top for a Black Arrow onto the group outside. The Gunns go after PAC. Robinson steps onto the apron, where the Gunns tell him to “get the tables,” but PAC intervenes. Cage, who hightailed it out of the ringside area at the start, comes running down the ramp to set up a ladder only to be sent right back to the outside, where a group of his foes catch him and drop him to the floor.
While this is going on, Mother Wayne starts to climb to retrieve the titles but is stopped by the Gunns who yell at her to leave the ring. Killswitch comes into the ring, hitting a pair of chokeslams on the Gunns before Claudio comes in. Killswitch nearly hits a chokeslam on Castagnoli before Yuta comes in, and he takes the chokeslam instead as he’s sent onto the back of Claudio. Killswitch hits Buddy Matthews with one for good measure as Brody steps onto the apron. Killswitch is unable to hit a chokeslam on his fellow big man, but Nick Wayne rushes in with a Wayne’s World that sends him and King crashing through the table outside.
Killswitch starts climbing the ladder until Cage stops him, insisting on going up to grab the belts himself, but they’re stopped by Wheeler Yuta and Brody King tipping the ladder. Yuta gets laid out by King and Black, but the Gunns hit Yuta with a 3:10 to Yuma before turning their attention toward Castagnoli coming in. He blocks the attempt before getting Robinson with a giant swing, which is followed by a Black Arrow from PAC. The ring is cleared as Claudio climbs the ladder, intercepted by King as the pair duke it out until the Gunns grab a pair of chairs to knock them off.
They and Juice grab some fresh tables from under the ring, propping one up against a turnbuckle and two up properly in the corners before going up the ladders, where Claudio and Brody catch them, sending the Gunns through the tables instead. The ring gets cleared once more as Buddy Matthews and Nick Wayne enter the ring, with Wayne sending Matthews out only for Malakai to catch him with a ladder to the face before climbing up. Juice intercepts, but is hung up on the top rope for his troubles as Black goes for another ladder, only to be knocked off the apron.
Wayne sees a table propped up against the barricade and makes the best of it with a Destroyer that sends Malakai through it. Juice comes into the ring with a tall ladder, setting it up before making the climb, but Cage tips it over, sending Robinson over the top rope to the floor. PAC tries to springboard onto the ladder but gets it sent into him instead, with Cage setting up a chair before slamming PAC into it with a Killswitch.
Mother Wayne hands him some sort of spray as Yuta tries to climb the ladder, only to get sprayed in the face by Christian who then sends him down hard. Juice comes into the ring looking to climb, but turns his attention to Cage with a chair to the face. Mother Wayne tries to spray Juice in the face but he blocks it with the chair, teasing that he might send her through the table, but Killswitch catches him with a chokeslam onto the table instead, and with it not breaking this is how we learn that Juice Robinson is the table.
Inside the ring, we work our way towards the finishing sequence of what has been a wild opening contest to set the tone for the pay-per-view card. Killswitch helps Cage keep the other teams at bay before helping the Patriarch up the ladder to retrieve the titles. Unfortunately, their plan backfires when “The Bastard” PAC hops onto the ladder from out of nowhere. He sends Cage into Killswitch and the two get tied up in the ropes. This leaves PAC free-and-clear to ascend the ladder and pull down one of the AEW Trios Championships. The bell sounds. Winners and new AEW Trios Champions are the wild card team of PAC and the Blackpool Combat Club duo of Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta. Good opener.
Winners and NEW AEW Trios Champions: Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta
AEW Women’s Championship
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. “The Glamour” Mariah May
The pre-match video package airs for our second pay-per-view bout of the evening, which will feature the AEW Women’s World Championship on-the-line. Back inside Wembley Stadium, the theme for “The Glamour” Mariah May hits and out she comes for this highly-anticipated women’s title tilt.
Luther the Butler makes his return for the first time since May’s violent attack of “Timeless” Toni Storm with the high heel, which included him being thrown off the stage by May. He introduces Storm, who gets the grand ring entrance along with a rock star reaction from the U.K. crowd, as she heads to the squared circle.
After the bell sounds, the chants and singing from the crowd immediately spreads throughout Wembley Stadium. The commentators focus on Storm looking distraught and sad about having to do this, while May seems disgusted and evil. The two trade shots to get the physicality started and then May hits a big drop kick.
Nigel McGuinness gets funny reactions from Excalibur and Tony Schiavone on commentary as he references Storm’s nicknames, “The Whore you all Adore” and “The Slut that you cannot Rebut.” Meanwhile, May continues to beat down Storm in the corner of the ring, controlling the action in the early goings.
May hits a big power bomb to Storm from the ring apron to the floor. Ouch. She poses for the camera with her “aww shucks, little ol’ me” fingertip in the mouth as McGuinness talks about how much he is in love with her, as usual. Back in the ring, May airplane spins Storm for a side slam and then taunts the crowd once again.
The action continues with May in control of the offense. Things spill out to the floor again, where May talks with her mother in the crowd. She ends up slapping her mom to the shock and disgust of the commentators. Storm fights back and begins to take over. She hits a wild Storm Zero spot on the steel ring steps that busts open May and starts to shift the offensive momentum in her favor.
She heads over and checks on May’s mom. When we see May again, she is bleeding and moaning in pain. Schiavone is loving it on commentary, to the disgust of May’s biggest fan and adorer, McGuinness. Storm continues to dominate the action until finally, May fights from underneath back into competitive form. She hits a big running hip attack and is now back in full control of things.
May hits a May-Day and goes for the cover, but Storm kicks out to keep this one alive. Storm fires up and takes over again, and nearly finishes this one a few times. She has the high heel and could easily lay out May, but ultimately decides against it. This backfires on her moments later, as May gets back in the offensive driver’s seat.
She kisses Storm on the forehead and hits Storm with her own finishing move to score the pinfall and pick up the victory. “The Glamour” Mariah May is your new AEW Women’s Champion. After the match, May heads over and gives McGuinness a kiss, which obviously pleases him. She heads off and we see Storm in the ring as things settle in. She gets up laughing and fans start singing for her again.
Winner and NEW AEW Women’s Champion: “The Glamour” Mariah May
FTW Championship
Chris Jericho (c) vs. HOOK
Our third match of the evening is once again another championship bout. The longest-reigning “For The World” Champion in the history of professional wrestling, “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho emerges to a live band performing some music. He gets on the mic for a trademark, “Hi guys!” He begins his advertised live Fozzy performance ahead of his latest title defense.
He sings some song that hasn’t been used for anything on AEW programming, as best I can recall, as he heads to the ring for his scheduled match. He finishes up in the ring and let’s out a trademark, “Thanks guys!” We then see HOOK backstage before his theme hits. A “HOOK! HOOK! HOOK!” chant spreads throughout Wembley Stadium as his Bill Goldberg pre-entrance routine wraps up.
We hear the iconic “beep, beep” EKG-sounds from Taz’s old-school WWE theme music for a roar from the U.K. crowd, before things transition over to the familiar sounds of Action Bronson. “The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil” makes his way to the ring as his pops, Taz, settles in on commentary for the call for this title tilt. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one.
Immediately we see “FTW Rules” play a factor, as Jericho’s goons from “The Learning Tree,” Big Bill and Bryan Keith, blatantly attack HOOK and a three-on-one numbers disadvantage shows itself straight out of the gate. Jericho hits a Judas Effect and makes the cover, but HOOK kicks out at one. HOOK hits some explosive suplexes to fight back. The commentators remind us he’s fighting with one eye.
HOOK keeps tossing bodies left-and-right until the three-on-one advantage shows itself again. Jericho enters a sack full of Cricket balls. They use them as weapons, but HOOK fights back and suplexes Jericho onto some of them. HOOK retrieves the Cricket bat and begins choking Jericho with it. While getting choked with the bat, Jericho keeps yelling “Hi guys!” to the crowd.
Jericho takes back over again and now his “Learning Tree” crew of Bill and Keith begin setting up tables. They pull out a barbed-wire covered board as well and lay it across the table. Bill tries to chokeslam HOOK on it, but HOOK avoids it and starts fighting back. Jericho goes after the already-compromised eye of HOOK. Jericho starts toying with HOOK, who is swinging at air due to his vision issues.
The “For The World” Champion lays out HOOK with a trash can and taunts him before stalking him and setting him up for a Judas Effect. HOOK avoids it this time and launches Jericho with a t-bone suplex. HOOK removes the bandages on his eye and reveals he actually can see. So all that punishment he took due to vision issues earlier were voluntarily on purpose?
Bill ends up getting knocked out on the apron, and he falls, like a big redwood tree, through the barbed wire covered board table at ringside. HOOK seemingly has it won, but more interference stops him. Taz gets annoyed on commentary and says if that’s how it’s gonna be, he’s getting involved. He stands up and puts the Taz-mission on one of Jericho’s goons on the floor, while HOOK locks in Red-rum on Jericho in it for the win.
Winner and NEW FTW Champion: HOOK
AEW Tag-Team Championship
The Young Bucks (c) vs. FTR vs. The Acclaimed
The pre-show video package sets the stage for our next match of the evening, and in our fourth PPV bout, we get ready for our fourth title tilt. After the “road to” video wraps up, we hear the familiar sounds of the Midnight Express-sounding theme for FTR. Out comes Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler to a big reaction from the London crowd.
Out next are the reigning and defending AEW Tag-Team Champions, The Young Bucks duo of Matthew and Nicholas Jackson. They dress up like British dudes from the 1800s as they head to the ring with plenty of ruffles on their ring entrance gear. They settle inside the squared circle and pose with the titles on the ropes in the corner as their music fades down.
Now the sounds of The Acclaimed’s beat drops and out comes Max Caster on the microphone with Anthony Bowens and “Daddy Ass” Billy Gunn by his side. He does his freestyle rap routine as the three head to the ring for their big title opportunity. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Loud “Oh, scissor me daddy!” chants spread throughout Wembley Stadium.
In the ring, kicking things off as the legal men as the match gets underway are Max Caster and Dax Harwood. The two mix it up before The Young Bucks finally return to the ring. FTR and The Acclaimed all hit the ring and throw Matthew and Nicholas out to the floor, before turning their attention to each other for a wild four-man exchange of fistacuffs.
Nicholas blind-tags in, but Excalibur mistakenly calls him Matthew. Don’t worry, I do it all the time, Excalibur! Taz and Tony Schiavone try and rush to his aid with excuses about how they’re brothers and dressed similar. We see an assisted sliced bread spot and then Jackson settles into a comfortable offensive lead, as fans in Wembley break out in a “CM Punk! CM Punk!” chant.
Bowens hits a big move on Jackson but then walks into a super kick from his brother while losing focus and playing to the crowd. Caster and Bowens hit a BTE Trigger and a Shatter Machine, using both the Bucks and FTR’s moves for big pops from the crowd. We see a pin attempt shortly after, but it is broken up. The Bucks take over on offense, but stop to pump up their custom Reeboks before beginning a super kick party.
Jackson goes for a cheap shot with the title belt, but “Daddy Ass” hits the ring and takes him out with a Fame-Asser onto the belt. Moments later we work our way to the finish, which sees The Young Bucks hit their EVP Trigger on FTR for the pinfall victory.
With the win, The Young Bucks are still your AEW Tag-Team Champions, and the first team to actually retain their belts in a match on the show. After the match, The Grizzled Young Veterans hit the ring and attack FTR as the Bucks escape to the back.
Winners and STILL AEW Tag-Team Champions: The Young Bucks
Casino Gauntlet
After a video package airs promoting AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 in London, England, we return inside Wembley Stadium where “The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts begins the formal ring introductions and explanation of the rules for our Casino Gauntlet match, where the winner can cash-in for a title shot at any time. Plenty of surprises are reportedly expected for this one. Let’s see what we got.
Orange Cassidy, as advertised, makes his way out as the first entrant in the Casino Gauntlet match. The crowd waits to see who is coming out second as the first man to share the ring with the “Freshly Squeezed” one. We hear the infamous coin drop and the crowd absolutely erupts as “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada emerges. The AEW Continental Champion heads to the ring and the bell sounds to get this one started.
The two mix it up for a few minutes, with Okada looking to connect with his Rainmaker almost immediately. The countdown clock appears and when it winds down, we get our first surprise of the match. And it’s a big one. Nigel McGuinness makes his way out to an explosive reaction from the London crowd as he returns following years on the sidelines to compete in the Casino Gauntlet for a future shot at the AEW World Championship.
The three duke it out for a few moments and when the countdown clock appears again, it expires to bring out Kyle O’Reilly. With two members of The Conglomeration, we get a bit of a two-on-two for a minute or so, and then they all mix it up until the clock appears again. When it wraps up, out comes another surprise, as fresh off of his G1 Climax victory comes Zack Sabre Jr. to a big pop from the U.K. fans.
Everyone trades shots until the ring is cleared of everyone except McGuinness and ZSJ. The two stare each other down for a huge pop from the Wembley crowd. They begin to get after it as fans chant “This is Wrestling!” Okada enters the mix and takes out McGuinness and stares down ZSJ. He looks for a neck-breaker, which ZSJ avoids at first. Ultimately, Okada connects with it and is selling his right shoulder upon getting up.
He hits a top-rope elbow drop on ZSJ. Roderick Strong comes out next and literally seconds after he gets involved in the action and hits a few moves, the clock re-appears again. They’re even rushing the intervals in this match. What a rushed mess today has been. It’s good in terms of keeping things rolling, but God-awful in terms of giving fans a chance to disgest anything they’ve consumed. Mark Briscoe is out next, followed by Hangman Page.
Page goes for a Buckshot Lariat soon after entering the ring. A few seconds later, the guitar screech hits to bring out Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett heads to the ring to a pretty damn healthy crowd pop from the U.K. fans, many of whom appear to be singing along with the “My world!” chorus of the entrance tune. Jarrett points at Hangman with his guitar as he heads to the ring. They have an intense stare down and then begin trading shots.
The countdown clock appears again and then we get yet another big surprise entrant, as former WWE Superstar Ricochet makes his way out to the shock and awe of the jam-packed house inside Wembley Stadium, and AEW commentary team alike. Ricochet hits the ring and begins flying all over the place, with the commentators pointing out it looks like he’s going to fit in just fine in AEW.
Christian Cage’s theme hits after the next clock countdown wraps up. He makes his way out to the ring, but is splashed on by Ricochet, who leaps from the ropes as he was reaching the ringside area. Moments later, Jeff Jarrett gets another big explosive pop from the crowd by blasting Hangman with his guitar, breaking it over his dome and turning it into a thousand little tooth pick splinters in the process.
Killswitch makes his entrance when the next clock expires and he immediately plays a factor, as he chokeslams O’Reilly into oblivion and puts Cage on top of him for the pin fall victory. With the win, Cage has the right to cash-in to challenge for the AEW Championship any time he wants.
Winner: Christian Cage
AEW American Championship
MJF (c) vs. Will Ospreay
The pre-match video package for our next match of the evening airs to set the stage for one of the most anticipated bouts on the show, as Maxwell Jacob Friedman defends his AEW American Championship against former AEW International Champion Will Ospreay. The video wraps up and then “The Aerial Assassin” makes his special entrance to the ring to an enormous crowd response.
We hear the familiar sounds of MJF’s entrance tune and an equally loud, albeit largely negative, reaction from the fans inside Wembley Stadium. They sing along to the catchy tune of his theme song as he makes his way out and heads to the squared circle for our next bout on the show. After the long, drawn out introductions are finished, the bell sounds to get this one officially off-and-running.
As soon as the bell does sound, we see MJF and Ospreay charge at each other and collide in the middle of the ring, trading strikes in a wild flurry. In the corner, the referee breaks them up and MJF gets a cheap shot with a thumb to the eye of Ospreay. Ospreay fights back and hits a big dive over the ropes, splashing onto MJF at ringside for the first of what will likely be many high spots in this one.
Back inside the ring, MJF ducks a hidden blade attempt by Ospreay, forcing the challenger to stop in his tracks before he hits the ref instead. MJF takes advantage, clubbing at Ospreay before bringing him out of the ring where he sends the challenger into the barricade. He takes a bite out of the head of Ospreay before getting into the ring to break the ref’s count and then charges at the challenger with a big boot. Ospreay manages to get back to his feet, however, fighting back until the champ sends him to the floor with a back body drop.
Ospreay gets sent back into the ring, but the challenger catches him with a nearfall before MJF fights back with a knee into the spine of Ospreay on the backend of a powerbomb, but it’s only good for a two count as the challenger kicks out. Ospreay sets up for an Oscutter but is cut off by MJF, who catches him with a Kangaroo Kick instead to a brief pop that changes to jeers as the champ gets back to his feet. Ospreay slowly gets to his feet, the crowd willing him on as he takes to the ropes, but MJF gets another cheap thumb to the eye.
MJF mocks Ospreay, leading to Will catching him for another nearfall, before the champ rolls out of the ring to take a breather. Ospreay takes to the ropes, looking for a Sasuke Special, but MJF catches him, countering with a tombstone piledriver onto the floor. MJF gets back up, mocking Ospreay for thinking he’s special because he can flip before looking for a dive of his own, but it gets cut off by the challenger, who drops him onto the floor for his troubles.
Ospreay sets the champ up on the top rope, forcing him into the ring after a shooting star press! MJF lands on his back, allowing Ospreay to get the cover for a two count as the champ manages to kick out. Ospreay sets MJF up for Storm Breaker, but the champ counters with a Cross Rhodes for the cover. Ospreay kicks out, as MJF looks to follow up with a brainbuster, only for the challenger to counter, hitting a Stundog followed by the Oscutter. He goes for the pin, but MJF gets his foot on the ropes to keep this one alive.
We see Ospreay attempt a Storm Breaker, but MJF counters and drops Ospreay on his dome with a mean pile driver for a close two count. They slowly get back to their feet, where MJF decks Ospreay with a big right hand. Ospreay fights back, connecting with a Storm Breaker this time, but only getting a two-count on the follow-up pin attempt. They end up on the floor again and the camera man gets bumped. Ospreay checks on the camera man while MJF sneaks the title in the ring. He tries for a cheap shot but Ospreay connects with a kick.
After all that, MJF blasts Ospreay with a title shot anyways. He goes for the cover, but Ospreay kicks out. MJF looks for a Hidden Blade, but Ospreay avoids it. They collide into each other and bump the referee out of the ring. With the ref down and out, MJF teases a Tiger Driver ’91, but Ospreay blocks it. Ospreay thinks about doing one, but MJF low blows him. He goes to get brass knuckles, but a masked man stops him, revealing himself to be Daniel Garcia.
Ospreay hits MJF with a Tiger Driver ’91 and gets the win to recapture what is now once again the AEW International Championship. He won’t accept the American title after the victory. A bag is brought into the ring by Interim EVP Christopher Daniels, which contains the AEW International Championship. Ospreay celebrates his big win with that belt.
Winner and NEW AEW International Champion: Will Ospreay
TBS Championship
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
The “road to” pre-match video package airs to get us ready for the next match of the evening, which like almost every bout on the card today, features a title on-the-line. It will be “The CEO” Mercedes Mone defending her TBS Championship against Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. The package wraps up and former AEW Women’s Champion Britt Baker heads to the ring to a massive crowd response.
Mone gets a big elaborate ring entrance for her walk to the squared circle accompanied by Kamille. She does her little “CEO” dance as she heads in between the ropes to prepare for this highly-anticipated showdown. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. A slap in the face leads to an early armbar attempt. The two continue to mix it up, with Mone hitting a drop kick and taunting the crowd with a little dance.
Baker fights back and immediately tries securing her Lockjaw finisher. Mone escapes and is rescued, as Kamille pulls her under the bottom ropes and holds her like cradling a baby. Mone slams Baker into the turnbuckle and follows with elbow strikes. Baker comes back with a shot and goes for Pittsburgh Sunrise, but Kamille distracts her and Mone takes advantage. Mone delivers a back-breaker over the top turnbuckle and goes for the cover, but Baker kicks out.
Mone shoves Baker to the outside, but gets her right back into the ring and gets a two count. Mone drives her knee into Baker’s back, and then drops her with a side slam for a two count. Baker fights back with elbow strikes, but Mone drops her with another back-breaker and gets another two count. Mone delivers another back-breaker, and then stretches Baker over her knee. Baker delivers knee strikes to get free and follows with a back elbow. Baker delivers a ripcord elbow strike and tries to pick Mone up, but her back gives out.
Mone delivers the Three Amigos and goes for the cover, but Baker kicks out at two. Mone drives her knees into Baker’s back and goes up top, but Baker cuts her off. Baker delivers a few right hands, but Mone counters out and slams Baker back to the mat. Mone goes for a splash, but Baker gets her knees up to counter. Baker goes for a stomp, but Mone counters with a powerbomb for a two count. Mone runs the ropes, but Baker drops her with a cutter. Baker picks Mone up, but Mone sends her to the corner and charges for double knees.
Baker dodges and Mone hits the turnbuckles, and then Baker delivers a neck-breaker. Baker drops Mone with a Slingblade and follows with a double underhook slam for a two count. Baker puts her glove on and goes for Lockjaw, but Mone rolls through and gets a two count. Mone slams Baker down and goes for the cover, but Baker kicks out at two again. Mone puts on Baker’s glove and clubs her in the back. Baker counters with an Air Raid Crash and gets a two count before Mone kicks out to keep this one alive.
Baker lands some punches before taking back her glove. She ends up looking for another Air Raid Crash but Mone fights out, only for Baker to counter out of a Mone Maker. Mone manages to drop Baker to the canvas, before pulling her toward the corner. She climbs the turnbuckle, kicking Baker in the back until Baker intercepts her on the turnbuckle. They go at it until Baker counters an avalanche body slam into one of her own for a nearfall, with Kamille getting Mercede’s foot under the rope to stop the count. The ref deals with Kamille as Mone gets the TBS title belt.
Before she can use it, the referee catches her with it. While the ref is busy dealing with that, Kamille looks to nail Baker with the NJPW STRONG Women’s title belt, only for Baker to avoid getting hit with it, and ultimately out-smart her, getting the referee’s attention, who catches Kamille with the belt and ejects her from ringside for a big crowd pop. Baker goes after Mone looking for the win as the crowd noise picks up inside Wembley Stadium. Baker slams Mone’s face into the turnbuckle, and then hits the Pittsburgh Sunrise.
She delivers a stomp and goes for the cover, but Mone kicks out. Baker goes for Lockjaw, but Mone rolls toward the ropes. Baker rolls back over and goes for Lockjaw again, but Mone bites her fingers and rolls her up for a two count. They each go for back-to-back-to-back roll-up attempts, before Mone slams Baker face-first into the top turnbuckle. She follows up by connecting with her Mone Maker finisher for the pin fall victory. With the win, Mone is still the TBS Champion.
Winner and STILL TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone
TNT Championship Coffin Match
Jack Perry (c) vs. Darby Allin
The ring entrances for our co-main event of the evening get underway, with Darby Allin, giant fluffy pink jacket and all, makes his way out and heads to the ring. Like Hellraiser, he’s got thumbtacks on his face before the match begins. Reigning and defending TNT Champion “The Scapegoat” Jack Perry also makes his way out and as he reaches the ringside area, Darby launches himself onto him to get the fight off with a bang.
Out at ringside on the floor, we see the two brawling as Perry starts to take over control of the offense. Allin cuts it short and leans a coffin against a podium style table. He heads into the ring and runs and dives through the ropes, but Perry moves and Allin crashes and burns on the coffin. He brings the fight back into the ring and pulls a bag that has “Scapegoat” written on it in with him. Perry opens the bag to unveil a pile of glass falls onto the canvas.
U.K. fans sing a “Oh, cry me a river!” chant as a callback to last year’s controversy at ALL IN between himself and CM Punk. Perry looks to slam Darby onto the glass, but Darby counters and slam Perry on it instead. On the outside, Perry grabs a roll of tape to bind Darby’s hands. Darby manages to fight back once more, however, going after the champ as the crowd wills him on. Perry turns things around as the fight goes up the ramp, and Perry drops him onto the ramp before pulling the challenger’s belt off his waist.
He whips Darby before restraining his feet, mocking Darby’s situation as Allin struggles back up to a standing position, only for Perry to throw him from the stage. Darby crashes through a table, allowing Perry to head down the ramp to grab the coffin, but opts instead to grab the body bag as he heads back up toward Darby.
He opens the bag open, getting Darby into it before zipping the bag close. Perry then starts dragging Darby down the ramp toward the coffin, opening it to get Darby in, but Darby avoids it. Perry hits a running knee that puts Darby back down and sends him into the coffin.
He closes the lid shortly after that to pick up the victory. With the win, “The Scapegoat” Jack Perry is still your TNT Champion. After the match, Perry tries to set Darby on fire, but “The Icon” Sting makes a surprise return to prevent it from happening.
Winner and STILL TNT Champion: Jack Perry
AEW Championship
Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Bryan Danielson
It’s main event time!
We’re 5 and a half hours into the show, and it’s finally time for our final match of the evening. The pre-match video package airs to tell the emotional story leading up to this one, which is a career versus title match with Bryan Danielson putting his iconic career on-the-line in an attempt to capture the AEW World Championship from reigning title-holder Swerve Strickland.
When it wraps up, we hear the sounds of Europe’s “Final Countdown” as the legendary “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson heads to the ring to a packed house inside Wembley Stadium singing along with the catchy tune. This has a big fight feel, for sure. After he settles in the ring, his music dies down and we get a special grand entrance for the current top dog in the men’s singles division in All Elite Wrestling.
Swerve comes out in special gear looking like MVP if he wore black and gold. Prince Nana introduces some special guests and out comes some rappers to perform the Trill OG remix to his “Swerve When I Drive” theme. Big Bun raps away as the four head to the ring with Nana doing his goofy-assed, but always entertaining dance. “The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts handles the final formal pre-match ring introductions for the champion and the challenger and this one gets started.
Just the bell ringing alone gets a near unanimous standing ovation and roar-like pop from the crowd. Jim Ross settles in on special guest commentary alongside the gang on the call for this headline bout. His first words after the bell is bringing up signing Danielson to his first contract in WWE many moons ago. Meanwhile, Danielson and Swerve begin mixing it up, trading chops and going nose-to-nose as fans get a “Let’s go Bryan!” chant spreading throughout the building.
Swerve glares over at Brie Danielson and the rest of Bryan’s family in the crowd. Speaking of which, Excalibur points out Danielson’s daughter Birdie can be heard loudly screaming with pleasure and fear each time Danielson hits and gets hit, noting it has to be having some affect on “The American Dragon.” Swerve is controlling the action thus far, focusing his early offensive attack on the leg of the Blackpool Combat Club member. Swerve hits a death valley driver to Danielson on the ring bell.
Now we see Danielson’s family play a factor again, as Swerve brings Danielson out directly in front of them at ringside, holds his hands and stomps the hell out of him inches away from his wife and kid, before directly verbally taunting them. He goes back to work on Danielson and grinds away at a cut on his head, as his face quickly turns into a crimson mask with blood free-flowing down to his chin, once again right in front of his family.
Danielson fights back and gets the LeBelle Lock on Swerve, who fights allowing it get fully applied. Danielson continues to settle into the offensive lead. He brings Swerve up to the very tip-top rope and hooks his arms behind his back. He connects with an insane tiger suplex off the top-rope that drops Swerve on the back of his head and neck. Danielson grabs Swerve’s hands and Ronnie Garvin-style stomps the hell out of him.
Swerve fights back and hits a modified Vertabreaker that gets the commentators using their serious somber voices and the ringside medics to rush to the ring to check on Danielson’s condition. We see replays and then eventually Swerve starts getting rid of the medical people and going back to work on Danielson. He tries to finish things off moments later, but Danielson manages to kick out before the count of three to keep this one alive.
The AEW Champion backs up, stalks Danielson and kills the crowd energy with a big house call. And another. He taunts and stalks Swerve, who is down and out again. He glares over at Danielson’s family once again to taunt them. Danielson avoids a Swerve stomp and fights back as the crowd comes to life in the background. He hits a big spot and then slaps a triangle choke on Swerve, while elbowing the piss out of him. He leads the crowd in a “Yes!” chant and then connects with a Busaiku Knee.
Swerve essentially no-sells Danielson’s Busaiku Knee finisher and goes right back to work on Danielson, beating the living crap out of him and seemingly finishing him off. He goes for the cover and the crowd reacts at the kick out like they legitimately expected things to be over there as well. Excalibur says it’s the first time anyone has kicked out of Big Pressure from Swerve. Hangman Page appears at ringside from the crowd and launches Nana in the air. He stares down Swerve but security takes him away before he can do anything.
Regardless, during that time Danielson recovered and is in position for a big move. Swerve turns around and is run over by a huge Busaiku Knee from Danielson, who immediately goes for the cover, but only gets two. Fans break out in a loud “This is Awesome!” chant and the two begin trading shots, with the crowd cheering when Danielson connects and booing when Swerve does. He hits a third Busaiku Knee and then secures a LeBelle Lock as the crowd goes completely and totally insane in the background.
Swerve nearly escapes, but Danielson slaps on the S-grip and tightens the squeeze, getting the tap and the victory as the crowd erupts with an insanely loud explosion. Europe’s “Final Countdown” plays again as the celebration begins. Bryan Danielson’s career is not over. Not only is it not over, he’s now your new AEW World Champion. Excellent main event.
The commentators say tonight is the first time Swerve ever tapped out. Danielson’s family and new AEW Trios Champions from the BCC, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta, join Danielson in the ring as fireworks explode and confetti falls from the heavens. Fans sing along with “Final Countdown” as Jim Ross thanks his fellow commentators for having him. Excalibur then wraps things up. That’s how AEW All In: London 2024 goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!
Winner and NEW AEW Champion: Bryan Danielson
