All Elite Wrestling returns to pay-per-view today (Sept. 20) with All Out 2025. The show comes our way from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The event begins at 2 pm ET with the Saturday Tailgate Brawl pre-show on TNT and HBO Max. That leads right into the PPV at 3 pm ET, which you can buy from PPV.com, HBO Max, Amazon, and YouTube in the United States, as well as on traditional PPV. Internationally, it’s on Triller TV, and may be available via those providers as well.
Tony Khan is going all out to avoid getting crushed by WWE
Today is one of
the rare days in wrestling history that two major pay-per-view / PLE shows from the top two brands in the industry are scheduled on the same day: AEW All Out and WWE Wrestlepalooza.
PPV buy rates are an important part of AEW’s business model, so Tony Khan bumped up the starting time for All Out to the afternoon so that it doesn’t overlap with WWE’s event on ESPN at night. But there are only so many hours in the day, and not too many people can spend something like 8+ consecutive hours today watching wrestling.
WWE’s card is loaded with top attractions like John Cena, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, Becky Lynch, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, and the long-awaited return of AJ Lee. Meanwhile, AEW is going into All Out missing several of its top stars like Will Ospreay, Swerve Strickland, and Kenny Omega.
In other words, there is potential for the stacked Wrestlepalooza card to significantly hurt the buy rate for All Out, even without much overlap between show times. With that in mind, let’s check out the full lineup of 13 matches that Khan has come up with to avoid getting crushed by WWE today.
Hangman Page (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher for the AEW world championship
Hangman and Kenny Omega recently reunited, only for TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher to send Kenny to the hospital with a brainbuster through a table. Kyle is supremely confident that he can beat Page for the top prize in AEW even though he has never been in this position before. He’s so confident that Hangman got him to sign a contract that says Fletcher will be stripped of the TNT title if he gets disqualified. That means the Don Callis family is far less likely to interfere in the match. May the best man win, and it’s going to be Hangman.
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Kris Statlander vs. Thekla for the AEW women’s world championship
AEW didn’t build up a proper challenger for Storm after she retained the gold this summer against stars like Mercedes Mone and Athena. Khan’s solution was to book a 4-way title match at All Out and hope the numbers game makes up for it. Hayter is a former world champ who has some history with Storm from a couple years ago, and is trying to get back to the top of the card after missing significant time due to injury. Statlander is being followed around by Wheeler Yuta, who is trying to recruit her into the Death Riders. Thekla is the heel who debuted in AEW in June and has yet to lose a singles match in the promotion.
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mascara Dorada for the AEW unified championship
Okada and Takeshita each believe they are the top star in the Don Callis family, so there is a lot of tension between them. Mascara Dorada is the poor sap who has to get his ass kicked and beaten here as Okada and Takeshita try to prove who the best really is. Will Okada have to resort to stealing the pin from Takeshita in order to retain his gold?
Brodido (c) vs. JetSpeed vs. Young Bucks vs. Josh Alexander & Hechicero in a Ladder match for the AEW world tag team championship
It looks like one of Khan’s strategies was to load up some of these title matches with as many bodies as possible. Brodido shocked everyone in AEW when they won the tag team championship last month at Forbidden Door. The Young Bucks are their most formidable opponents here. They’ve had a rough go of it for the most part since losing their EVP status, but have deluded themselves into thinking everything is fine after winning hundreds of thousands of dollars in a match earlier this month. JetSpeed are here to fly around the ring and wow us with their high speed skills, while the Callis team is mostly here to catch all the falling bodies in this ladder match.
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Riho for the TBS championship
Riho is the first ever AEW women’s world champion, and she’s trying to add the TBS championship to her mantle now that she’s back in AEW. But she hasn’t looked great since coming back a couple weeks ago, and was laid out by Mercedes on the go home show despite already being a somewhat weak challenger heading into All Out.
Mark Briscoe vs. MJF in a Tables ‘n’ Tacks match
MJF is the kind of scumbag who doesn’t hesitate to invoke the name of Mark’s dead brother Jay in order to to get under his skin. Briscoe now gets to make MJF suffer and bleed in a violent match filled with tables and thumbtacks. MJF already lost a grueling war with Mistico at Arena Mexico last night, just to hop on a flight to Toronto so he can walk into this bout very tired and wounded.
Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR
Cope & Cage are back together again, but they aren’t playing their greatest hits. Christian is a rich asshole who Cope and the fans will just have to tolerate as they look to get some payback on FTR, who turned on Cope earlier this year out of jealousy and tried to break his neck. Dax comes into this fight with a “severely broken nose” after Christian smashed his face on the go home show. This is the opening bout of the main card of All Out, and the fans in Toronto will lose their minds for the hometown return of the babyface duo.
Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin in a Coffin match
Mox and his Death Riders took out Darby late last year by throwing him down a flight of stairs. Allin decided to go climb Mount Everest before returning to AEW to help screw Moxley out of the world title at All In. Darby says he won’t stop until he takes everything from Moxley, so this Coffin match is a fitting gimmick. It’s worth noting that Darby already dragged Gabe Kidd through the streets in a body bag a few weeks ago, so he’s deadly serious about ending Mox for good.
The Hurt Syndicate vs. Ricochet & GOA
Ricochet and his crew cost The Hurt Syndicate the AEW world tag team titles last month at Forbidden Door, because Ricochet was pissed off about MVP’s group treating him like a dork last year. Things have escalated to the point where MVP is stepping back into the ring for this trios match to put a beating on these fools.
Eddie Kingston vs. Big Bill
This is Kingston’s return match after missing well over one year due to injury. It was set up when Big Bill suddenly decided to call out Eddie for a fight. AEW has decided to save Eddie’s first appearance for the PPV rather than having him cut a promo on TV ahead of his big return.
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia (pre-show)
Garcia just turned heel to join up with the Death Riders, who are interested in taking the AEW world trios championship from Shibata and The Opps.
Harley Cameron, Mina Shirakawa, Willow Nightingale & Queen Aminata vs. Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford, Julia Hart & Skye Blue in a Tornado match (pre-show)
These eight women who didn’t make the cut for the World or TBS title matches will be going wild in a Tailgate Brawl where there are no tags, and everyone is legal at all times. It’s going to be pure chaos, especially with Harley and Mina in there. When will Megan Bayne realize that Penelope Ford is always the weak link of her team?
Samoa Joe & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. The Workhorsemen (pre-show)
I guess Tony Khan really wanted to get Joe and Hobbs on the card, even if it means facing a jobber team on the pre-show.
Summary
The lack of star power from the challengers in the title matches on this card is very apparent, and it’s really bad timing for AEW to be missing that element when All Out is scheduled on the same day as WWE Wrestlepalooza. However, the Cope & Cage tag match, Moxley vs. Darby Coffin match, and MJF vs. Briscoe tacks match make for an impressive undercard. There is potential for Kyle Fletcher to become a star based on his showing in the world title match. The tag team ladder match could be incredible. Toni Storm might be the biggest star in the promotion. Takeshita is one of the best wrestlers in the world. In other words, there’s a pretty good chance that All Out delivers at a high level, just like fans have to come to expect from nearly every AEW pay-per-view.
What will you be looking for at All Out?
