While Ricky Starks may not be getting CM Punk or even Ricky Steamboat at Sunday’s AEW All Out as he hoped, he did get a surprise opponent instead: the returning Bryan Danielson.
Danielson will now face Starks in a strap match at the pay-per-view in Chicago, Illinois, made during the first segment of Saturday’s AEW Collision.
Going into Collision, Starks said he was going to challenge the 70-year-old Steamboat to a strap match following his attack on Steamboat following his loss to CM Punk several weeks ago.
After talking about his frustrations without mentioning the now-fired Punk, Steamboat came out and said that Starks would be facing “the Dragon” at All Out and had Starks signed the contract. Steamboat then revealed there was more than one “Dragon” and revealed the returning Danielson, much to Starks’ chagrin. Danielson signed the contract and the match was official.
Signed, sealed, and delivered! Ricky Starks vs. The Dragon!
Danielson hasn’t been in the ring since defeating Kazuchika Okada at June’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door after suffering a broken forearm. Reports had him hopeful for October following surgery that was expected to keep him out for three months, but that it would be a “photo finish” whether he would be ready for October 1st’s Wrestle Dream.
Danielson didn’t have a cast on his right arm, but a lengthy scar was visible.
Punk was expected to face Starks at the PPV, but was suspended after last Sunday’s altercation with Jack Perry at All In and was then fired, revealed Saturday.
The following is an opinion-based preview and reflects the views of the author.
What if I told you that you could spend 50 American dollars to watch an episode of Dynamite? Does that sound like something you might be interested in?
I will not bury the lede here: Sunday’s AEW All Out (8 PM Eastern from Chicago on PPV) is not a good show on paper. The fact that it’s even happening is another example of AEW’s continued short-sightedness. There was no compelling reason to run another major show a week after the biggest show they’ve ever run.
This isn’t revisionist history either. When this run of shows was announced, anyone with an internet connection wondered how this would work. And the answer is that it just isn’t working. Running this schedule requires an insane level of logistical planning and luck to go off without a hitch. I don’t know how closely you’ve been paying attention, but planning and luck are two things that remain sorely lacking in AEW. So bear witness, cats and kittens, to AEW’s first official B-level pay-per-view. It took a while to get there, but we’ve finally arrived.
Even though I am on the verge of AEW exhaustion, I will not abandon you, my dear readers. Come with me as we preview the extremely lackluster card. Please note this includes everything announced as of Saturday morning.
You can also hear me talk about this card and All In on this week’s Josh Nason’s Punch-Out.
Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita (w/ Don Callis)
Few things are more alluring than the main event version of Omega. Even though his match against Will Ospreay at Forbidden Door wasn’t the official main event, it was still a major attraction. The clock is ticking on his peak, and if we’re being honest, it’s ticking on his career. How many more chances will he have to put on a vintage Tokyo Dome-level performance for AEW? With only a handful of major shows a year, they should be using this as a chance to make a star. And what better star to make than Takeshita?
Takeshita is the goods, the truth, the future — he’s everything. Whatever a company could ever want in a wrestler exists in this 28-year-old. He moves like a top 1% athlete. His hands are cinder blocks; his forearm to Ishii at Forbidden Door almost gave the entire announce team a stroke. This is as special of a performer as there is in pro wrestling. He pinned Omega at All In, nd nothing would do more to establish him as a GUY in AEW than another win on Sunday. If they have a direction in mind, this is the time to pull the trigger.
Prediction: Takeshita
TNT Champion Luchasaurus (w/ Christian Cage) defends against Darby Allin
This is Luchasaurus’s best role: a stand-in for someone with star power. He’s great/good/perfectly fine as a big heater with, and I’ll be generous here, an interesting look. But Christian is the star of this pairing and one of the two or three best things in AEW proper. His ongoing war on dads should win feud of the year on this website. His turtlenecks should win best gear — a category invented by me just now. The man will be 50 in November and is doing the best work of his entire career. The benefit of having someone like him on the roster can’t be understated. Someone who can sell a feud, who knows how to ad lib in front of a crowd, and who can generate surface-of-Mercury level heat is well worth whatever Tony Khan is paying him.
Allin remains one of the most consistently booked wrestlers on the roster. He almost always has something meaningful to do on a relatively important place of the card. It’s allowed him to grow and has conditioned the audience to know that when he’s on screen, something important is happening or a gruesome apron spot or both! The title means more to Allin than it does to the combination of Christian and Luchasaurus, and a title change needs to happen somewhere on this card. This is the place, even though I hate it.
Prediction: Allin wins the title
ROH Tag Team Champions Adam Cole & MJF defend against Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)
I love it when guys drop the kneepad. Their kneecaps look so tiny and cute. It’s supposed to be this big dramatic reveal, but all I can think about is how small they look. Every time Cole reveals his baby knee, I just chuckle. It can’t possibly hurt anyone — it’s too tiny! All of this is to say, that there isn’t much to write about here. Dark Order won Friday’s battle royal on Rampage and earned the privilege of being rolled over by Better Than You Bay Bay. The crowd just eats this pairing up and, even though this match doesn’t make any sense, they couldn’t run this show without Cole and MJF getting TV time.
I didn’t need to update this after the winner of the battle royal was announced as the opponent simply did not matter. It’s a kangaroo kick, double clothesline, and the 1-2-3.
Prediction: Cole and MJF retain
Miro vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
It’s so good to have Miro back and cutting angry promos about higher powers and flexible wives. He’s still a little directionless, something unfortunately not unique to him, but this match is a great way to remind the audience just how good he is in the ring. For years, we have lamented about Miro’s unrealized potential. It’s time to let him show the world what he can do.
Hobbs is still doing the Book of Hobbs thing and seems like he might be getting another push. At some point, AEW needs to make up its mind about what to do with him. He and Ricky Starks have had more pushes started and abandoned in the last 18 months than most wrestlers do in their entire careers. Hobbs’ last push was confusingly derailed by a partnership (?) with QT Marshall (???) and QTV (?????). On the bad decision scale that’s up there with either Blockbuster opting to not buy Netflix and all of Game of Thrones’ 8th season.
This should show us who is in line for a big push moving forward. I say “should” instead of “will” not to cover my bases, but because who knows if it will actually lead to anything of substance.
Prediction: Miro
AEW Tag Team Champions FTR & The Young Bucks vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Juice Robinson & The Gunns)
A show like this wouldn’t be complete without a Teddy Long SmackDown Special, aka the “Can they coexist?” combo platter. There is no earthly reason for FTR and the Bucks to ever team up, let alone agree to a match MINUTES AFTER they just wrestled their rubber match at Wembley Stadium.
Since so much of the card doesn’t make any sense, I’ll throw logic out for this one. This has a chance to be a really fun house show match. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bucks kept the t-shirts on for this one and let FTR do most of the leg work. Bullet Club Gold has been great at the lighter moments and this entire match should be a lighter moment. Despite itself, this should work and be a decent amount of fun. For this card, that’s a huge win.
Prediction: Bang Bang Gang
ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe defends against Shane Taylor
God, how good is Samoa Joe? He is, of course, a spectacular talent in every facet of pro wrestling. Whether it’s in the ring, on the mic, or in the commentary booth, he’s as good as it gets. A friend of mine said Joe is firmly in his top three favorite wrestlers of all time. He presented it like it was a hot take, and while it’s certainly on the warmer side, I couldn’t find myself disagreeing.
He’s only had two World title runs, one each in ROH and TNA/Impact, which is astounding. He capped out in WWE with both the NXT and U.S. Championships. It’s a testament to his excellence that he can be so revered, and such a legend without a ton of formal ‘top of the card’ success.
Prediction: Samoa Joe retains
Eddie Kingston & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)
Imagine having Shibata on your PPV and announcing it on Twitter at 10:30 at night four days before the show. What, and I can’t stress this enough, are we doing here? Every match Shibata has is a miracle and should be a special event. It should be heavily promoted as the big deal it is. It should not be relegated to a Twitter announcement.
The real draw here, though, is another interaction between Kingston and Castagnoli. The two can barely be in the same city, let alone ring, without wanting to kill each other. The power of their hatred could reignite a dying star. I hope that this is the beginning of the long-awaited end to this feud. It deserves a proper blow-off and I don’t mean at Final Battle. It should be on the biggest stage it can be with as many eyes on it as possible. TK, my boy, I don’t ask for much, but please put that on Wrestle Dream or Full Gear instead of relegating it to one of the ROH properties.
Prediction: Kingston and Shibata
TBS Champion Kris Statlander defends against Ruby Soho
Statlander came back, beat Jade Cargill, and then…just kind of hung out? A multi-year undefeated streak ended, and the (more than a) woman who ended it, feels just like she always has. This was one of the easiest opportunities to make a star. The whole point of a streak like that is to immediately make someone and rocket them to the main event level. Statlander was a perfect pick for that. They nailed the hard part, which is picking the star, and to not capitalize on it is, at best, negligent, and, at worse, is yet another reflection of where the women’s division stands in the eyes of the AEW booking team.
This match should be very good. It’s a nice mix of styles and Soho has more TV wrestling experience than just about any woman on the roster. Statlander always works best with a stable, veteran presence that can take the lead in a match. That’s exactly what Soho is great at. She’ll make Statlander look like the star she should be. Hopefully, this reignites her momentum and gets her ready for more than just the TBS Championship.
Prediction: Statlander retains
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy defends against Jon Moxley
This is one of the few matches that belongs on a Sunday pay-per-view and not just a special episode of Dynamite. Their resumes speak for themselves. Up until this year, Moxley was the forever MVP of AEW. Whenever they needed someone for something, for anything really, Mox was always on speed dial. It kind of became a joke that he’d never be able to take a long overdue vacation.
But during all that something funny happened. Cassidy won the International Championship and made it mean something. This is a serious title now thanks entirely to him and the work that he’s put in during his reign. There have been many times when I thought he’d drop the belt, but it hasn’t happened. What has happened is that Cassidy is, without a doubt, on the shortlist for wrestler of the year, and if we voted today, he would have my vote. Week in, week out regardless of opponent, he is putting on main event caliber matches while having main event caliber injuries. He’s the MVP of AEW.
MJF might be at the top of the card, and others might have more name recognition, but somehow a guy who wrestles in denim joggers and doesn’t have a catchphrase, became the most important performer in the entire company. Whenever he loses the title, he deserves the vacation that Moxley still hasn’t taken.
As good as this title reign has been, it’s missing one signature defense. A win over Moxley would cap off one of the best runs with a title in AEW, and firmly establish Cassidy as one of the actual pillars of AEW.
Last Sunday, it was the highest of highs for AEW as they packed in 81,000+ into London’s Wembley Stadium for All In which was, by all accounts, a major win for the company and for the business in general for those willing to move past their AEW hatred.
But the focus on that mega-event has resulted in Sunday’s All Out — AEW’s 21st-ever domestic PPV — feeling like the most skippable one. Considering the prestige this show has had in past years, it’s a major turn for the company.
On this week’s Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, myself and AEW preview specialist Mike DellaCamera look at this eight-day stretch between shows and try to parse out how this happened and what to make of the lineup for All Out (prior to anything new revealed on Collision.)
Was All In just too much of a focus? Why is CM Punk not to fully blame? Is Tony Khan fine with taking a mulligan on Sunday considering the success of All In? All that and more is discussed.
With just a few days to go before AEW All Out, one of the final pieces will be put into place on tonight’s AEW Rampage from Chicago.
20 men representing ten teams will compete in an over the top battle royal with the winners advancing to a Ring of Honor Tag Team title match at All Out against new titleholders MJF & Adam Cole.
Teams include Aussie Open, Best Friends, Action Andretti & Darius Martin, Ryan Nemeth & Peter Avalon, The Righteous, Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds & John Silver, Matt & Jeff Hardy, Gates of Agony’s Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona, The Butcher & The Blade, and The Outrunners.
For the first time since May, former AEW World Champion Hangman Page will be in singles action as he takes on indie standout Bryan Keith.
Two of the top young talents in the game — El Hijo del Vikingo & Nick Wayne — will team up in AEW for the first time as they take on Kip Sabian & Gringo Loco.
Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue will face Anna Jay & Taya Valkyrie.
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Taped in Chicago, Illinois.
John Silver & Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order won a Tag Team Battle Royal for a Shot at the ROH World Tag Team Titles (11:38).
“We love battle royals here on Rampage!” Yeah Jericho, no kidding.
The Outrunners were the first team eliminated; both members of the team were eliminated consecutively. Aussie Open hung out on the floor at the start of the battle royal and pulled Bishop Kaun ofThe Gates of Agony through the bottom rope. Chuck Taylor ofThe Best Friends dumped Ryan Nemeth, and Peter Avolon was abused by The Hardy Boys, then dumped by Trent Beretta. The Best Friends and The Hardys had a stand off in the middle of the ring, until the rest of the men in the battle royal attacked then. Lots of action in and out of the ring. Mark Davis of Aussie Open dumped Bishop Kaun. Toa Leona dumped the Blade from the ring apron. The Blade held onto Leona’s foot, and Kyle Fletcher of Aussie Open dropkicked him to the floor to eliminate him.
After a split-screen break, Dutch of The Righteous eliminated The Butcher. Jeff Hardy clotheslined Vincent of The Righteous to the floor. The Hardy Boys were eliminated separately by the Dark Order, and Action Andretti eliminated Dutch. Andretti got a bit of shine against the Aussie Open before he took a man-sized bump over the top rope and into the railing. Darius Martin eliminated Alex Reynolds, (ostensibly injuring his knee) and John Silver eliminated Martin.
The match got down to Aussie Open, the Best Friends, and John Silver. Aussie Open dumped Taylor. Silver feigned an alliance with Aussie Open to eliminate Baretta, but then ducked away and let Aussie Open do all the work. Beretta ducked a charge from Fletcher and he flew over the top rope. Davis knocked Silver to the floor, but Alex Reynolds (who was still at ringside being tended to because of his “injury”) caught him to keep him from hitting the floor. Davis and Beretta fought in the ring, with Beretta using a front facelock to eliminate Davis. Once Andews dropped to the floor, Sliver ran in to dump Beretta and win the match for his team.
Yeah, AEW has too many battle royals, but they’re usually pretty decent and this was no exception.
The Dark Order v. Better Than You, Bay-Bay for the ROH World Tag Team Titles is official for All Out.
After a commercial break, Aussie Open came out to the announcer’s desk to attack Chris Jericho. Sammy Guevara came out with Floyd the Bat to make the save. Feels like we’re gonna get a match between these teams soon.
Mike Santana took us back to the beginning. Four months after his debut, his dad passed away. This brought out a lot of negative thoughts that he’d tried to keep buried. And then he destroyed his knee in the Blood and Guts match. Now, he has a story to tell.
El Hijo Del Vikingo & Nick Wayne defeated Kip Sabian & Gringo Loco (w/ Penelope Ford) (7:20 aired)
This feels very random. Wayne hit a step up hurricanrana on Sabian. Ford jumped up on the apron to distract Wayne. Well the kid is 18. This led to Wayne getting dumped on the floor and double-teamed into the commercial break.
Gringo Loco tried a springboard moonsault on Wayne, but Wayne got his knees up and got the tag to Vikingo. He took out Sabian with a corkscrew kick, then caught Loco with an enziguri. Vikingo hit a springboard dropkick while Loco was hung up in the ropes for a near fall. Vikingo and Loco took way too long to set up a top rope poison rana (where they were both standing up on the top rope). Wayne hit Wayne’s World on Sabian, then followed him to the floor with a tope con hilo. Vikingo hit the 630 senton on Loco to get the pinfall.
– The QTV crew set up some footage of QT Marshall defending his AAA Championship. Johnny TV is apparently in charge of QTV, and he dumped his coffee on Harley Cameron.
“Hangman” Adam Page defeated “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith (3:29)
Someone put a bounty on Adam Page in Chicago? Bryan Keith actually got an inset promo to explain his motivation.
Crowd chanted for Page at the start of the match. Page hit a stiff lariat on Keith. Keith came back with an exploder and some weak looking clotheslines. Page caught Keith with a fallaway slam. Page set up the Buckshot Lariat, but goofed around with the crowd too much and Keith mounted a brief comeback. Page caught Keith with a boot, then hit the Buckshot Lariat to get the pin.
– Danny Garcia, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker got some interview time with Rene Paquette to plug their Trios Title shot on Collision.
– Rene Paquette has a sit-down interview with Roderick Strong. Strong refused to answer Paquette’s questions and left. That felt pointless.
– Ricky Starks will challenge Ricky Steamboat to a strap match tomorrow night at Collision.
– Orange Cassidy v. Jon Moxley was confirmed as the main event for All Out. Also added was Eddie Kingston & Shibata v. Claudio Castignoli & Wheeler Yuta.
Skye Blue & Willow Nightingale defeated. Taya Valkyrie & Ann Jay (8:27)
Nightingale countered a suplex attempt with a small package for a near fall. Blue (who was over with her hometown crowd) came in with a cartwheel into an elbow strike on Valkyrie. Jay caught Nightingale with a kick from the outside, and Valkyrie followed up with a backstabber to take control.
After a long split-screen break, Nightingale hit Valkyrie with an enziguri. Tags were made on both sides, and Blue dominated Jay with a shotgun dropkick, a knee strike and an enziguri. Blue hit a crossbody for a near fall. Blue hit another knee strike for a near fall. Valkyrie ran into break up the pin, and Nightingale hit her with a spinebuster. Nightingale hit Valkyrie with a Pounce. Nightingale held Valkyrie up in an Electric Chair for Blue to come in off the top, but Jay pushed her to the mat. Valkyrie held Blue open for a superkick, but Blue ducked and Jay superkicked her partner to the floor. Blue hit her own superkick on Jay, then hit the Code Blue for the win.
After the match, Valkyrie hit Blue with a cheap shot. Nightingale made the save and celebrated with Blue to end the show.
Final Thoughts:
Of all the hours (and hours) of wrestling on this weekend, this was definitely one of them.
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast.
We hit on our top five topics of the week as there was a lot to choose from thanks to last week’s AEW All In and two wrestling shows this weekend (AEW All Out and WWE Payback).
Here’s what we talked about:
Thoughts on the CM Punk and Jack Perry situation, and whether or not they should be suspended for All out
An AEW Dynamite that didn’t make a lot of sense because of illnesses and travel issues
An All Out card that, on paper, looks lacking
A WWE Payback card that is the most ho hum show in their current hot run
LA Knight’s character being made fun of by The Miz
We finally have a card for AEW All Out following Wednesday’s Dynamite.
Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer ran down the card, first noting that CM Punk and Jack Perry are both off the card due to their altercation at All In, and are currently suspended pending an investigation.
CM Punk was originally set to wrestle Ricky Starks in a strap match. However, with Punk’s suspension, it is now being teased that Starks will challenge Ricky Steamboat to a strap match on Sunday.
“My gut is that it probably won’t happen and somebody will be in that position. I don’t know who that will be…Adam Page has nothing on that show,” Meltzer suggested.
“They do have eight matches, so they have matches, but boy are they out of nowhere and the one that is just unbelievable…it’s the ROH Tag Team title match,” he added.
It was noted that some of the build for All Out was hampered due to a hurricane in Florida causing travel problems for some of the AEW roster, including Kenny Omega. Saraya and Swerve Strickland were pulled from the show due to “illness reasons”.
“Tonight’s show was totally redone at the last minute,” Meltzer said, referring to Wednesday’s Dynamite.
With Bryan Alvarez having a sick day, Wrestling Observer Live with myself and special guest “Filthy” Tom Lawlor is back and, as always, there’s a lot to get into.
Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite set the table for much of what we’ll be seeing coming up this weekend at All Out. We look at the card.
Plus, CM Punk receives the Iron Mike Mazurki Award from the Cauliflower Alley Club, our thoughts on adult and/or seasonal beverages, and so much more!
The full audio from this call is available for free below.
AEW head Tony Khan addressed the media on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s All Out pay-per-view in Chicago.
Khan had little to say regarding the CM Punk and Jack Perry altercation on Sunday. He was asked by Jim Varasallone if Punk will be part of All Out and responded by saying the company is continuing to investigate an incident that occured prior to All In. Khan said he always tries to be honest with the fans and will provide an update as soon as he is able to do so.
He was later asked if an answer to Punk being on the pay-per-view will be available before Sunday. He responded that it is their goal to provide an update by then. Khan also declined to answer a question about a reported “contentious” conversation he had with Punk on Sunday, stating he cannot comment on any “incidents.”
The AEW president was far more willing to speak about Mercedes Mone during the call. He referred to the former Sasha Banks as “one of the best wrestlers on the planet” and spoke in glowing terms about the former IWGP Women’s Champion. However, Khan emphasized that Mone is not cleared and likely will not be available for WrestleDream on October 1. Mone has been out of action with an ankle injury she suffered at NJPW Strong Resurgence in May.
Khan also noted that All In could end up being the company’s second biggest pay-per-view event in terms of purchases. He further spoke of the event’s success by saying it brought in more money than any Starrcade ever did and sold more tickets than any WrestleMania.
Audio from the call will be posted when available.
More notes from today’s media call are below:
Khan was asked about having All In and All Out on back to back weekends. He noted that he looked into the idea of having the two shows offered as a PPV bundle but there were too many obstacles with carriers. Khan teased that it’ll be interested to see on what platform All Out could air on next year.
Khan noted that when he was fantasy booking as a child, it was a dream of his to have bundled PPVs on back to back weekends. He seemed surprised that this was not something the PPV carriers are able to do.
He’s enjoying booking the women’s division in ROH, specifically mentioning the storyline involving Billie Starkz and Athena. Starkz is waiting to be cleared from an injury.
Khan spent quite a bit of time talking about his excitement for Ring of Honor.
He’s hopeful to have wrestlers from NJPW and Stardom available for WrestleDream and has spoken with Bushiroad regarding the show.
Khan spoke about renting videos of Terry Funk matches as a kid. Tommy Dreamer had tried to facilitate a meeting between the two but it never ended up happening.
He spoke about having some multi-tag matches at All In involving wrestlers having singles matches at All Out, including Kenny Omega, Konosuke Takeshita, Orange Cassidy and Jon Moxley. He called it a best of both worlds situation.
Steamboat served as the special outside enforcer for a Starks vs. CM Punk match on the August 5 Collision episode, a match won by Punk. After the bout, Starks attacked Steamboat, whipping him with Steamboat’s own belt. As a result, Starks was issued a storyline suspension of 30 days, later reduced to 28 days.
Steamboat, 70, wrestled what was billed as his retirement match last November at a Big Time Wrestling event, teaming with FTR against Jay Lethal, Nick Aldis, and Brock Anderson. That match was Steamboat’s first since 2010.
Saturday’s Collision will be held in Chicago at the United Center, the same venue as the next night’s All Out.
The updated lineup for Saturday’s Collision, the go-home show for Sunday’s All Out pay-per-view:
Ricky Starks to challenge Ricky Steamboat to a strap match at All Out
Dax Harwood vs. Jay White
World Trios Championship: Max Caster, Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn defend against Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker
Saraya, Toni Storm & Ruby Soho vs. Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander
The next contenders for the Ring of Honor Tag Team titles will be decided on this Friday’s AEW Rampage.
20 men representing ten teams will compete for the opportunity to challenge current champions MJF & Adam Cole on Sunday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view.
The teams include Aussie Open (who just lost the titles to MJF & Cole at All In), Best Friends’ Chuck Taylor & Beretta, Action Andretti & Darius Martin, Ryan Nemeth & Peter Avalon, The Righteous’ Vincent & Dutch, Matt & Jeff Hardy, Gates of Agony’s Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona, Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds & John Silver, The Butcher & The Blade, and The Outrunners’ Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd.
Matt Menard & Angelo Parker were shown on the original graphic, but were later replaced by The Butcher & The Blade.
Former AEW World Champion Hangman Page will return to singles action against indie standout Bryan Keith who is making his AEW debut. This will be Page’s first singles match since an non-televised May House Rules show against Big Bill.
Former NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue will team up against Taya Valkyrie & Anna Jay A.S.
Here’s the lineup that will be taped after Wednesday’s Dynamite in Chicago:
20-man tag team battle royal for ROH Tag Team title shot at AEW All Out
Skye Blue & Willow Nightingale vs. Taya Valkyrie & Anna Jay A.S.
An eight-man tag team match has been set for Sunday’s All Out.
The Young Bucks and FTR will team together to take on all four members of Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Juice Robinson, and The Gunns).
A vignette that aired on Wednesday showed FTR confronting The Young Bucks after All In about not shaking hands after their match. As The Young Bucks were expressing their frustration in losing, Bullet Club Gold appeared and mocked them, leading to Wheeler suggesting an eight-man tag match at All Out, with both teams accepting.
A match for the ROH Television Championship was also announced, with former champion Shane Taylor taking on current champion Samoa Joe. A promo with Taylor aired talking about how he was champion for a long time, and would defeat Joe at All Out.
The ROH Tag Team titles will also be on the line with Adam Cole and MJF defending against the winners of a battle royal that will take place on Rampage this Friday.
After Dynamite ended, another match was added to the card on social media, with Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta teaming up to take on Eddie Kingston and ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata.
Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita is official for AEW All Out.
Stemming from an angle at the post-All In media scrum on Sunday, AEW’s Tony Khan officially announced the match for the Sunday, September 3 All Out pay-per-view in Chicago.
Following a trios match at All In where Takeshita, Jay White, and Juice Robinson defeated Omega, Kota Ibushi, and Hangman Page, Takeshita and Don Callis appeared at the media scrum. Callis told Khan that he and Takeshita were “tired of waiting” for the one-on-one match between Omega and Takeshita, and Khan officially announced the match for All Out.
Takeshita scored the win for his team at All In by pinning Omega.
Omega and Takeshita squared off twice in DDT over a decade ago, with Omega coming out on top in both contests.
The updated card for All Out:
AEW All Out, Sunday, September 3, 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —
AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy or Penta El Zero Miedo defend against Jon Moxley
TNT Champion Luchasaurus defends against Darby Allin
Miro vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
TBS Champion Kris Statlander defends against Ruby Soho
