AEW All Out 2020 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights
All Elite Wrestling presented All Out on Saturday night, a pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by championship clashes and personal vendettas, both with the potential to change the future of the young company forever.
Emanating from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida, the show featured stars such as Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho and The Young Bucks seeking to further solidify their spots as kings of the industry, while fresh faces such as Orange Cassidy, NWA Women's champion Thunder Rosa and MJF sought to wrest the mantle away from them.
Who emerged from the night's blockbuster matches victoriously, which titles changed hands and what effect did the outcomes have on the company as a whole?
Find out now with this recap of the explosive B/R Live broadcast.
The Buy In: Joey Janela vs. Serpentico
The action kicked off as part of The Buy In pre-show as Serpentico, seconded by Luther, battled "The Bad Boy" Joey Janela, accompanied by tag team partner Sonny Kiss.
Janela wasted little time taking the fight to his opponent, who had recently formed "Chaos Theory" with Luther. A momentary distraction, which saw Luther attack Kiss, allowed Serpentico to seize control of the bout.
The masked enigma blasted Janela with a running knee to the face and covered for a two-count.
Serpentico attempted for a senton atomico, but Janela got the knees up. Seizing the opening, he mounted a comeback that included a Death Valley Driver, a straight kick to the face and a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near-fall.
Serpentico answered with a DDT and scaled the ropes. Janela caught him up top and delivered an avalanche fisherman buster for two. Luther attempted to interfere, but Kiss rocked him with a right hand. In the ring, Janela turned his opponent inside out with a lariat and delivered an elbow drop for the win.
Result
Janela defeated Serpentico
Grade
C
Analysis
The work here was solid, if nothing else, and set up a potential tag team rivalry pitting Janela and Kiss against Luther and Serpentico.
There was not much of a story to play off, but the participants did the best with the time they had, and the result was an enjoyable sprint of a match if nothing else.
The Buy In: Private Party vs. Alex Reynolds and John Silver
The second match of the Buy In saw The Dark Order's Alex Reynolds and John Silver look to continue the faction's winning ways as they battled Private Party's Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen in tag team competition.
A hot start for the babyfaces came to a screeching halt as the heels downed Kassidy and worked him over, isolating him from his partner.
A hot tag to Quen proved ineffective, as the babyfaces tried for Silly String but Silver scouted it and delivered a double stomp that broke it up. A stunner/German suplex combo by Silver and Reynolds nearly put Quen away, but the resilient young competitor kicked out at two.
Private Party recovered and delivered Gin and Juice for the hard-fought victory.
Result
Private Party defeated Silver and Reynolds
Grade
C+
Analysis
Rushed because of time constraints, the two teams still managed to deliver an energetic match that spotlighted Reynolds and Silver while showcasing the resilience of the babyfaces.
The one complaint? The Dark Order losing here when it is building momentum for the rest of the group with every passing Dynamite. Would it really have hurt Private Party to drop this one?
Tooth and Nail Match: Big Swole vs. Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D.
The opening match of this year's event saw Big Swole make her way to Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D.'s office for the first-ever Tooth and Nail match.
After some high jinks early, Swole tossed Rebel into the dumpster before the fight spilled back into the office. Baker delivered a nasty neckbreaker that earned her a two-count and then rocked Swole with a superkick. She produced a maintenance drill and attempted to use it on her opponent, to no avail.
Rebel appeared, a banana peel on her head, as Baker threatened to use a syringe of Novocaine on Swole. The babyface forced the needle in Baker's own leg and then performed Dirty Dancing. She proceeded to put Baker to sleep with anesthesia for the win.
Result
Swole defeated Baker
Grade
C-
Analysis
There was some fun and inventive stuff here, but for the most part, it was messy.
Really messy.
It was also rushed, though a longer match probably would have been for the worse.
If anything, it wrapped up the feud effectively and now frees both women up to move onward and upward in a division they both have the potential to rule.
Jurassic Express vs. The Young Bucks
The product of a win Wednesday night on Dynamite, The Young Bucks and Jurassic Express kicked off the in-arena portion of the show with an energetic bout aimed at establishing hierarchy in the tag team rankings.
Jungle Boy dropped Matt Jackson with a big DDT. Matt answered by tossing the younger competitor onto the unprotected concrete floor inside Daily's Place, exhibiting the renewed aggression and focus that commentators Jim Ross, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone put over.
The Bucks worked over Jungle Boy, cutting the ring off from his partner in an attempt to pick up an easier victory. A cheap kick from Nick dropped Luchasaurus off the ring apron, preventing a tag. Marko Stunt delivered a cheap shot behind the referee's back that started the babyface comeback.
The massive Luchasaurus exploded into the match and manhandled Matt and Nick, delivering a standing moonsault to the latter that nearly earned him and his partner the victory. With the Bucks on the floor, Luchasaurus delivered a moonsault plancha that wiped them out.
Back in the ring, Nick delivered a destroyer to Luchasaurus while Matt taunted the injured Stunt, kicking his crutch out from under him and blasting him with a superkick. With Jungle Boy draped on the ropes, Nick delivered a senton but still only netted a near-fall.
Luchasaurus prevented the Meltzer Driver with a chokeslam to Nick and joined Jungle Boy for an Extinction Level Event on Matt.
Luchasaurus inadvertently launched himself into the front row, leaving Jungle Boy to endure a BTE Trigger as Matt and Nick earned the victory.
Result
The Young Bucks defeated Jurassic Express
Grade
B+
Analysis
This was a match of two stories, told expertly by the men involved.
First was the aggression, frustration and downright cold-heartedness of the Bucks. They were not the fun-loving, cocky and engaging stars we have come to know and love. They were, instead, nasty and cold. They were mean and determined. They were ruthlessly aggressive, and it was awesome.
Conversely, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus were resilient and explosive. They showed the type of heart Nick and Matt made their names on and nearly upset the all-time greats.
Those two stories, coupled with some extraordinary in-ring action, came together to make for a fantastic opener.
Casino Battle Royal
The Casino Battle Royal for a shot at the AEW World Championship kicked off with Group 1, consisting of Trent, Rey Fenix, Christopher Daniels, Jake Hager and The Blade.
Group 2 featured Big Will Hobbs, Santana and Ortiz, Chuck Taylor and Frankie Kazarian. Hager eliminated Daniels while Kazarian sent The Blade packing, all while Hobbs paired off with Fenix.
Up next as part of Group 3 were Billy Gunn, Penta El Zero M, and Ricky Starks and Brian Cage of Team Taz. Cage and Starks immediately dumped Gunn while Darby Allin entered the match. He eliminated Fenix while Best Friends uncorked Soul Food on Starks. Best Friends hugged, only to be interrupted by Santana and Ortiz, who eliminated Taylor.
Group 4 brought the arrival of Shawn Spears, Eddie Kingston, The Butcher, Sonny Kiss and Lance Archer.
Kiss eliminated Hager, only to be dumped by Archer. Spears refused to get in the ring, smartly picking his spot. Trent sent Santana packing, only to be dumped to the floor by Archer. The Murderhawk Monster dumped Ortiz as Matt Sydal arrived as the Joker of the match.
The newcomer, ramped up with emotion, slipped off the top rope in a scary moment. Kazarian eliminated Penta El Zero M with a pump kick. Spears eliminated Kazarian. Cage unleashed his fury, taking out everyone he encountered, including Archer and his own partner, Starks.
Allin eliminated Starks, who repaid him by pulling him under the ropes and sending him into the ring post. Back in the ring, The Machine produced a body bag full of thumbtacks, packed Allin into it and powerbombed him onto the entrance ramp.
Sydal dropped Cage and eliminated Spears with a double stomp on the ring apron. Hobbs obliterated Sydal with a spinebuster before coming face-to-face with Archer, who dropped him with a pounce. The big men squared off next as Archer and Cage exchanged blows.
Cage sparred with Hobbs on the ring apron, allowing Archer to deliver a dropkick that sent them to the floor. Sydal eliminated The Butcher, and Kingston eliminated him. Butcher and Blade tried to interfere, but Archer tossed Kingston to the floor to win the match.
Result
Archer won
Grade
B
Analysis
There was some solid storytelling throughout, including the latest chapter in the never-ending rivalry between Allin and Team Taz, as well as the showdown between Cage and Archer, but this still suffered from some of the same tropes that plague Battle Royals.
The body-bag spot was tough to watch and probably tougher to take, while Jake Roberts using Kingston's fear of snakes against him late was a clever twist.
One has to wonder if Archer's victory tips its hat to the potential outcome of the main event. The likelihood that Archer vs. MJF is a genuine main event, heel vs. heel match on either Dynamite or PPV is extremely low, making Moxley a near certainty to retain later tonight.
Broken Rules Match: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
The Broken Rules match between Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara did not live up to expectations, not through any fault of the competitors involved.
After Guevara teased running Hardy over with a golf cart, the fight spilled onto a lift. From there, the stars fell, crashing through a table. Hardy, though, overshot it just slightly, smacking his head on the concrete below.
Referee Aubrey Edwards through up the dreaded "X," usually a sign of legitimate injury. After it appeared as though the match was called off, Hardy and Guevara returned to Daily's Place, where the competitors fought onto stage scaffolding. Hardy sent The Spanish God off, crashing through a wooden platform for the win.
Result
Hardy defeated Guevara
Grade
Incomplete
Analysis
The handling of this is going to be polarizing because of the well-being of Hardy, who AEW CEO Tony Khan said passed concussion protocol after the match but went to a local hospital for precautionary reasons.
It is clear there was some sort of audible called in between Edwards waving the match off and the competitors returning to the arena and going right into the finish. People will question whether Hardy should have been permitted to climb the stage scaffolding, but the finish at least gave the feud the jaw-dropping end it deserved and helped get AEW out of the corner it had booked itself into by announcing Hardy would leave if he lost.
The injury was scary and really calls into question if AEW should rein in its talent, even if it is ever so slight, as to avoid stuff like this. Especially on the heels of the nasty powerbomb Darby Allin endured in the thumbtack bodybag just minutes earlier.
AEW Women's Championship Match: Hikaru Shida vs. Thunder Rosa
A champion in Japan and the National Wrestling Alliance, Thunder Rosa sought to add more gold to her resume as she challenged Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s Championship in one of Saturday’s marquee bouts.
Rosa launched herself off a steel chair with a big knee to the face, taking a page out of the book of her opponent, before working over Shida’s battered body by stretching her around the ring post. Building confidence, she talked trash and delivered a double leg drop to the back.
Shida attempted to fight her way back into the match with the Stretch Muffler, but Rosa countered out. Shida delivered a jumping knee, followed by a brainbuster for two.
The fight continued, with Rosa gaining the upper hand. Shida fought her off with a big superplex followed by a Meteora on the entrance ramp. Back in the ring, the competitors exchanged strikes before Shida delivered her trademark falcon arrow.
Rosa kicked out at two, stunning Shida.
The AEW champion applied the Stretch Muffler, but Rosa reached the bottom rope to force the break.
Shida continued her fight and put Rosa away with a running knee to earn the victory.
Result
Shida defeated Thunder Rosa
Grade
B
Analysis
This was a good, hard-fought wrestling match between a champion still establishing herself as the face of the division and a challenger looking to steal the spotlight in her most significant performance to date.
Rosa was as impressive, if not more so, than Shida, and absolutely proved she belongs under lights as bright as the ones in AEW. She was great and would fit right in with the rest of the competitors.
The match itself may have fallen apart ever-so-slightly late, perhaps due to a few extra minutes they did not expect to have as a result of Hardy’s injury moments earlier. Still, the women worked through it and delivered one of the better matches of the night to this point.
Matt Cardona, Scorpio Sky, andCredi
The Dark Order’s Stu Grayson, Evil Uno, Colt Cabana and TNT champion Brodie Lee battled Dustin Rhodes, QT Marshall, Scorpio Sky and Matt Cardona in an emotionally intense eight-man tag team Match.
After a hot start from the babyfaces, the heels beat down and worked over Marshall, keeping him away from his teammates while chasing another impactful victory. Marshall caught Grayson with a backbreaker/flatliner combination, but Uno cut him off.
Marshall finally made the tag to Cardona, who exploded into the match, unloading on Cabana with a flurry of offense that looked eerily familiar to those who watched his in-ring exploits elsewhere. He even delivered The Reboot, the new name for the Broski Boot, but scored only a two-count as Lee interrupted the count.
The babyfaces continued to roll until Anna Jay attempted to halt Sky’s offensive roll. Brandi Rhodes wiped her out, and the friends of Cody continued their onslaught. Cardona looked for Radio Silence, but Lee caught him and dropped him with a powerbomb.
Marshall wiped out a mass of competitors at ringside, leaving him to take a string of moves from his four opponents. He still managed to kick out.
Rhodes entered the ring, survived a lariat from Lee, dodged a moonsault and rolled Colt Cabana up for the win.
The Nightmare Family celebrated by hoisting Rhodes on their shoulders while Lee smacked the guardrail with a steel chair. Infuriated, he shoved his teammates and berated Cabana: “I set you up! I set you up!”
Result
Cardona, Sky, Marshall and Rhodes defeated The Dark Order
Grade
C+
Analysis
This probably went a little longer than it needed to, but it was still a high-energy tag match that put Rhodes over to set up a TNT Championship Match against Lee and, at the same time, planted the seeds for Cabana’s eventual dismissal from The Dark Order.
After a triumphant last month, Dark Order faced adversity here at All Out. How will the group rebound? That is the question AEW’s creative forces must answer, beginning with The Exalted One’s title defense against Dustin on this week’s Dynamite.
A good match that put the seemingly unstoppable heel faction on the defensive.
AEW Tag Team Championship Match: Hangman Page and Kenny Omega vs. FTR
In arguably the most anticipated match of the evening, AEW world tag team champions Kenny Omega and Hangman Page looked to put their mounting differences aside as they defended against Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, FTR.
Page and Omega overcame early tension to control the opening minutes, but a perfectly timed tag from Harwood to Wheeler allowed the challengers to take Hangman down and seize control.
FTR dominated for several minutes, isolating Page, before a hot tag to Omega sparked a comeback for the dysfunctional champions. Omega wiped Harwood and Wheeler out with a plancha, his confidence clearly unshaken. A missile dropkick downed Wheeler, but Harwood dropped Omega with a powerbomb followed by a roll-up for two.
Omega recovered and tagged Page into the match. The duo unloaded on the challengers, completely changing the course of the match. When FTR recovered and delivered a superplex/frog splash combo on Omega but only earned a two-count, they looked exasperated.
Omega recovered and looked for a One-Winged Angel, but Wheeler delivered a dragon screw legwhip around the middle rope. The heels spent several minutes working over the knee of Omega. The Cleaner uncorked a snapdragon and in the process accidentally kicked Harwood into Page, dropping him off the apron.
Page recovered and re-entered the match, scaling the ropes. He delivered a swanton from the top, wiping Harwood and Wheeler out on the floor. The challengers recovered and again worked over Page, delivering stereo headbutts from the middle ropes.
On the floor, Wheeler hoisted Omega on his shoulders, and Harwood came off with apron with a bulldog in an ode to the Steiner Brothers. They repeated the move, this time in the ring and on Page, for a near-fall.
The champions fought back into the match and looked to put the challengers away. Wheeler evaded the Buckshot Lariat, and Omega inadvertently blasted Page with a V-Trigger. A spike piledriver failed to put Page away for the count. A second earned FTR the tag titles.
After the match, Omega walked out on Page, stomping out of the arena, followed by The Young Bucks, who implored the former champion to talk about things.
Result
FTR defeated Page and Omega to win the titles
Grade
C+
Analysis
Every so often, there is a match fans and critics alike expect to be extraordinary to the point that management and wrestlers alike go out of their way to try and build an epic. Those matches almost never live up to the hype, and this one was no different.
It was too long, almost overstaying its welcome on more than one occasion. The heat segments felt like they went on forever, even though they did not, and the result was a bloated match that even the fans in attendance struggled to get into.
The finish was well done, at least, and made sense within the context of the “tag team partners who no longer trust each other” story, particularly in regards to Omega’s errant V-Trigger.
FTR will absolutely strengthen the tag division as its face, restoring credibility to it. They needed to get those titles right here, right now, and AEW pulled the trigger at absolutely the right time.
It is just a shame that the match did not live up to the lofty expectations of the fans, who almost demanded better of those involved.
Mimosa Mayhem Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho cut a promo prior to the Mimosa Mayhem Match, referring to Orange Cassidy as a main event star before vowing to end him.
Cassidy immediately charged Jericho and ate a Codebreaker but managed to kickout before the count of three. From there, the teases of each star putting the other into the vat of mimosa ensued until Jericho put Cassidy through a table.
Freshly Squeezed fended off The Demo God’s attempt to put him in the pool and delivered a Michinoku Driver on Jericho, in the ring, for a near-fall. Jericho applied the Liontamer, but Cassidy blinded him with mimosa.
Cassidy delivered a Superman Punch and tried to send the inaugural AEW world champion into the pool. A running penalty kick and spike DDT earned another two-count. Moments later, Cassidy delivered two more Superman Punches, sending Jericho off the middle rope and into the pool.
Result
Cassidy defeated Jericho
Grade
C+
Analysis
This was...ok.
Cassidy and Jericho had better matches against each other on Dynamite, including the one in which Cassidy got over the proverbial hump by defeating Le Champion. That probably should have ended the feud, but since it did not, this was a suitable conclusion to the program.
The teases were done well, Cassidy firing up finally woke the crowd up, and they popped for the finish.
Could the match have been better without the handcuffs of the gimmick? Sure, but it was what it was, and the performers did the absolute best they could with what they had to work with. Hopefully, this was the end of the issues between these two because there is absolutely nothing else Tony Khan and Co. can squeeze out of this.
Pun intended.
AEW World Championship Match: Jon Moxley vs. MJF
His finishing maneuver The Paradigm Shift banned from the match, AEW world champion Jon Moxley stomped to the ring for his showdown with the undefeated Maxwell Jacob Friedman in the night’s main event.
MJF frustrated Moxley early, outsmarting him and leaving the champion smacking the mat in disgust early. Mox finally got his hands on his opponent, battering him around the ringside area and throwing him into the guardrail.
The challenger recovered and targeted the left arm as the commentary team reminded viewers of Moxley’s history of MRSA in his elbow. Moxley recovered, fighting through the pain and bloodying his challenger, who suddenly lacked his trademark smirk beneath the crimson mask.
Moxley bit his challenger’s face, then set him up for a superplex, but MJF bit his fingers and came off the top with a double stomp to the right arm. Moxley overcame the pain and turned the cocky challenger inside out with a lariat for two.
MJF slapped Moxley, who looked for the Paradigm Shift but stopped before it cost him the title. MJF countered into the Salt of the Earth armbar, but Moxley made it to the ropes to break the hold. MJF delivered the Heat Seeker, but Moxley kicked out at two.
Late in the match, champion and challenger unloaded with a barrage of slaps. MJF capitalized on a momentary referee decision and poked the eye of his opponent. Moxley recovered and applied a sleeper. A well-timed low blow gave way to a schoolboy roll-up, but Moxley kicked out.
MJF recalled his friendship with Cody, delivering the Cross Rhodes for a two-count.
Moments later, with the referee distracted by Wardlow, Moxley delivered the Paradigm Shift undetected for the win.
Result
Moxley defeated MJF
Grade
C
Analysis
This worked in some spots, such as MJF targeting the arm in hopes of applying the Salt of the Earth, and not in others.
It was too long, lacked a sense of urgency and featured unnecessary blood. Furthermore, Moxley had to go against the rules of the match to beat a guy that has been portrayed, repeatedly, as a cheater himself.
The post-match set up Moxley vs. Archer, but one would assume MJF will remain in the title hunt by way of the controversial finish to the match. If this match was any indication, the last thing we need is another match between Moxley and MJF anytime soon.