The day is finally upon us: The biggest show in wrestling history, AEW All In, goes down Sunday, August 27 from the historic Wembley Stadium in London, England. That isn’t hyperbole, either. All In is not just the biggest non-WWE show in history – earlier this week, it surpassed the all-time tickets record set by WrestleMania 32 back in 2016 (the real number, not the inflated “for entertainment purposes only” number that WWE announced on the show).
So what are over 80,000 wrestling fans packing Wembley Stadium to see? Let’s go through a full preview of the show:
AEW All In 2023 date, start time
AEW All In will air live on Sunday, August 27. It will begin at 6pm local time, which means a 1pm start time here on the east coast of the United States.
How to watch AEW All In 2023
AEW All In will be available to purchase from traditional pay-per-view, the Bleacher Report app in the United States, and FiteTV elsewhere. It will cost $49.99.
AEW All In 2023 full card and predictions
Aussie Open (c) vs. MJF and Adam Cole for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Darius: I’m torn because I don’t think there’s much of a point to having Better Than You Bay Bay lose two different title matches, but there’s also no way MJF is wrestling on ROH TV even once, which is at least slightly required by being an ROH champion. One of the two main eventers is going to go into said main event injured (hopefully only in kayfabe), and while I go back and forth on who it might be, I think I’m going to go with MJF for subversion’s sake. As for the winners, they’re going to represent an Empire United.
Winners: Aussie Open!
Shane: I’m here for the chaos. I really hope Better Than You Bay Bay hits that double clothesline and picks up the win here. Sure, having MJF and Adam Cole implode before the main event makes sense, but I’m much more interested in a world where they don’t and walk into the main event as tag team champions. Like I said, I’m here for the chaos.
Winners: MJF and Adam Cole
Jay: I have no idea. Kudos to Tony Khan for legitimately making the tired “can they co-exist!?!?” Trope actually unpredictable. Everyone is loving the tandem of MJF and Adam Cole and there needs to be a crescendo but I have no idea who is going to take the dive. I honestly think it’s too easy for Aussie Open to win so I’m going to go with MJF and Adam Cole.
Winners: MJF and Adam Cole
House of Black (c) vs. The Acclaimed for the AEW World Trios Championship
Darius: I never would have guessed when AEW started that I’d go absolutely bananas when watching Billy Gunn win his first AEW title, but this Trios Title win is going to be insane when it definitely for sure totally has to happen. I could see House of Black taking this if it was their second time fighting, but this is Round 3. On Sunday, the Acclaimed will arrive.
Winner: The Acclaimed
Shane: I am so ready for the biggest babyface win of the night when Wembley Stadium erupts at the sight of The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass winning the Trios Championships for the first time. Scissor me, new Trios Champion Daddy Ass!
Winners: The Acclaimed
Jack Perry (c) vs. Hook for the FTW Championship
Darius: I think heel Jack Perry could be something, and I think winning the FTW title is a great start, but I don’t think HAVING the FTW Title is it. Sure, Jack could officially retire the FTW Championship and wring a little more heat out of this angle (and get one of the many belts off AEW TV), but if he didn’t do that, he’d be stuck in a weird, permanent feud with Hook. For the sake of both men, I think Hook is going to win a competitive match and hold the FTW Championship until he’s ready for a big one.
Winner: Hook
Shane: I think a Jack Perry win is needed here to further cement his heel turn… but deep down I really, really, really, really want to see Taz get involved and lock in the Tazmission somehow to help Hook win. Is that too much to ask?
Winner: Hook
FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW World Tag Team Championship
Darius: If you asked me a week ago, I’d say the Young Bucks are selfless enough wrestlers and EVPs that they’d certainly drop the rubber match to their rivals in FTR. This past week has been insane, however, and I can’t see FTR walking out of Wembley as champions. Should still be a fun, long match, though. Certainly won’t be over in a…flash. Like, of a gun.
Winners: The Young Bucks
Shane: I think if AEW was going to punish FTR for the real life events that took place last week, they would have already done so. With that in mind, I also don’t think that the Young Bucks need the tag team titles. If this past year has proven anything, its the Bucks can still be featured players in AEW without being atop of the tag team division. Let FTR continue the ride and leave Wembley as champs.
Winners: FTR
Jay: The Young bucks are going to take it. This show is so much more than just a big show; it’s a celebration of how far the company has come and the Young Bucks were two of the catalysts for all of this. Also, Cash might be going to jail or something. So yeah, Young Bucks.
Winners: Young Bucks
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Toni Storm vs. Saraya vs. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. for the AEW Women’s World Championship
Darius: Shida spent her whole first title reign wrestling in front of Austin Gunn during the pandemic and is now about to defend the gold in front of 80,000 raucous Brits. It’s a great reward for all her hard work, and an even greater reward is letting her walk out as champ as well. Odds are Saraya is going to get a big moment in England, but the broken starlet Toni Storm is going to mess with it somehow, and boom. Shida gets her win. With Shida and Baker here representing Day 1 AEW women and Saraya and Storm representing the evolution of the division, I hope this match is as good as it is significant.
Winner: Hikaru Shida
Shane: Shida winning the championship really took me by surprise… and to be honest, I think it’s because this is setting up a Saraya victory in her home country. It would have made no sense for Saraya to take the title off of Toni Storm, so to help transition the title to Saraya, they gave Shida the rub. AEW doesn’t really have transitional champions, but this one seems kinda obvious to me.
Winner: Saraya
Jay: Saraya is going to take it. She’s in her home town and Tony Khan loves doing the hometown moment things. Plus it’s a legitimate celebration for her coming back from career ending injury to win the title in her home turf.
Winner: Saraya
Darby Allin and Sting vs. Swerve Strickland and Christian Cage (Tag Team Coffin Match)
Darius: You’re never going to trick me into predicting a winner that isn’t Sting. I expect the whole Embassy to get involved and for Nick Wayne to interfere as well, but in the end, Sting and Darby will thrive in the chaos.
Winners: Sting and Darby Allin
Shane: Sting doesn’t lose. Period.
Winners: Sting and Darby Allin
Jay: Agreed. Sting doesn’t lose.
Winners: Sting and Darby Allin
The Golden Elite vs. Bullet Club Gold and Konosuke Takeshita
Darius: Now, a guy like me, I’d think long and hard about having Jay White straight up pin Kenny. Now, AEW did kind of use the “Kenny loses a big one” rub on Will Ospreay, but the benefit here is that Jay is full-time, meaning AEW can fully pay off the story without NJPW getting a say. Takeshita is also someone that could use that win, and as someone who’s totally not biased and hasn’t been a die-hard Juice Robinson fan since 2017, I think Juice could use that shine as well. ALL THAT SAID, I just can’t bet against the Golden Lovers yet. Kenny and Hangman are world-beaters, and Kenny and Kota are a crazy crowd-pleasing pair. Even if my heart can’t choose between Hangman or Juice, my brain can.
Winners: The Golden Elite
Shane: With an event this big, this monumental, do you really bet against the babyfaces? Especially when the babyfaces are Kenny Omega, Adam Page and Kota Ibushi? I’m not.
Winners: The Golden Elite
Jay: The Golden Elite are going to take it. Just like with the Young Bucks, Hangman and Kenny were instrumental and getting AEW off the ground, and this show if nothing else is celebration of how far they’ve come. The Golden Elite will take it.
Winners: The Golden Elite
Blackpool Combat Club, Santana, and Ortiz vs. Eddie Kingston, Best Friends, and Penta El Zero M
Darius: As of writing, I’m not even sure who three of the members of Team BCC are, and I’m still positive they’re winning based solely on the fact that the other side has the Best Friends. I love the Best Friends, and they’re arguably my favorite stable in the company, but they’re the anti-Sting. I’m not getting my hopes up that they ever win a big one (outside of a pandemic-era Dynamite street fight), especially since Moxley’s probably fighting Orange Cassidy at All Out.
Winners: Representing England, The Blackpool Combat Club
Shane: The Golden Elite are winning their match and the Blackpool Combat Club are winning theirs. For crying out loud, we are getting the reunion of Santana and Oritz, together in the ring for the first time in over a year! AEW would be stupid to squash that momentum.
Winners: The Blackpool Combat Club
Jay: this is the match I want to see the most. The feud has been predominantly one-sided in the favor of the Blackpool Combat Club, so I figure Eddie Kingston, Penta, and Best Friends are going to take it.
Winners: Eddie Kingston, Penta, and Best Friends
Chris Jericho vs. Will Ospreay
Darius: Whether this match happened in the Tokyo Dome in 2021 or at Wembley in 2023, I’m pretty sure the goal was always to have Ospreay get a big win. It’s definitely a weird choice to have Ospreay be THE home-country guy on the show and have him be aligned with the dirt worst human being that is Don Callis, but I’m sure once the crowd is done booing Don and singing Judas, they’ll forgo whatever story is being told and root for their local Aerial Assassin.
Winner: Will Ospreay
Shane: This match feels like one of the easiest to predict and I predict that Will Ospreay is going over. To be honest, I don’t know much about Ospreay’s career in Japan, but he has impressed the heck out of me each and every time I’ve seen him in an AEW ring. A win over Chris Jericho will not win this match, no way.
Winner: Will Ospreay
Jay: This is going to be Tony Khan’s opening offer to get Will Ospreay to AEW full time. He’s going to use this match to show him what life could be like for him in AEW. Plus, Jericho doesn’t mind jobbing to anyone and it only help in this whole “downfall of Jericho” thing we’re doing.
Winner: Will Ospreay
CM Punk (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the “Real World Championship”
Darius: I personally don’t like the stat-padding of having Punk suddenly start beating Joe every time they fight when their previous story was that Joe kept washing Punk, but I also don’t see Joe carrying Punk’s pretender title around. Punk and Joe will probably have the 30-minute Collision-style epic that Colliders are used to on Saturday nights, and in the end, Punk will walk out still calling himself the champion of AXW.
Winner: CM Punk
Jay: CM Punk. The “Real World Champion” angle is actually pretty good. It gives Collision wrestler a main title to vie for, and all the while, Punk does have a legitimate claim to the AEW World Championship. Not to mention they can transition to a unification match for the real AEW title at any time. With that said, I don’t see Joe taking it now as they need to build this new belt more.
Winner: CM Punk
MJF (c) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship
Darius: First things first: the turn isn’t happening here. I think there’s drama to be had with the match result, and I propose that being a win for Adam Cole. MJF winning would create some interest because, like, what IF Cole turned heel on MJF over it? However, MJF winning and Cole remaining his tag partner is potentially the least interesting outcome to me even if I love the duo. Cole winning would not only give Cole a big accolade (allowing him to keep saying he’s been world champion everywhere he’s ever been), but it could also be a really great test of MJF’s character. Would he be willing to stay friends with the guy who beat him for the belt? Does that answer change if the win is less than clean? I don’t think Cole would stay champion long (if at all) since “MJF vs Punk, Title vs Title” is THE money-making feud and you’d want to get back to that if you’re booking, but for Cole and MJF’s current tale, I know what I want to see.
Winner: Adam Cole
Jay: I have no idea what’s going to happen. I think the most compelling thing would be for Adam Cole to cheat to win the title to the heartbreak of MJF, which leads us to a darker MJF.
Winner: Adam Cole
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