All Out 2022: Great Wrestling Gets Buried beneath a Chaotic Night

The Jericho Appreciation Society (Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo) (c) defeated Ortiz and Ruby Soho by pinfall. The match is framed as Mixed tag team match for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship and runs 6:00. As a pre-show match, it has to create momentum before the pay-per-view proper while still feeling worthwhile on its own. The match is solid and useful, but it lacks the urgency or escalation needed to reach the top tier. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 6.1 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Hook (c) defeated Angelo Parker (with Matt Menard) by submission. The match is framed as Singles match for the FTW Championship and runs 3:55. As a pre-show match, it has to create momentum before the pay-per-view proper while still feeling worthwhile on its own. The match is mixed: the purpose is understandable, yet the material never consistently becomes compelling viewing. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 5.2 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Pac (c) defeated Kip Sabian by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match for the AEW All-Atlantic Championship and runs 10:00. As a pre-show match, it has to create momentum before the pay-per-view proper while still feeling worthwhile on its own. The match is strong rather than transcendent: its structure is convincing and its flaws never take over. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 7 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Eddie Kingston defeated Tomohiro Ishii by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match and runs 13:25. As a pre-show match, it has to create momentum before the pay-per-view proper while still feeling worthwhile on its own. Kingston and Ishii treat the pre-show like a G1-level fight rather than an appetizer. The match is built around endurance, heavy strikes and mutual stubbornness, producing one of the strongest zero-hour matches AEW has ever presented. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 9 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

MJF (with Stokely Hathaway, Ethan Page, Lee Moriarty, Colten Gunn, Austin Gunn, and W. Morrissey) defeated Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fénix (with Alex Abrahantes), Rush, Andrade El Idolo (with José the Assistant), and Dante Martin. The match is framed as Casino Ladder match; Winner received a future AEW World Championship match. and runs 14:15. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The match is solid and useful, but it lacks the urgency or escalation needed to reach the top tier. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 6.8 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) (with Brandon Cutler and Michael Nakazawa) defeated "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) by pinfall. The match is framed as Tournament final for the inaugural AEW World Trios Championship and runs 19:50. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The trios final immediately justifies the new championship. Omega and the Bucks have obvious chemistry, while Hangman's presence with Dark Order gives the match emotional history that keeps the spectacle from feeling like a tournament exhibition. The championship decision makes the result an institutional part of the promotion's history. At 9.1 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Jade Cargill (c) (with Kiera Hogan and Leila Grey) defeated Athena by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match for the AEW TBS Championship and runs 4:20. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The match is mixed: the purpose is understandable, yet the material never consistently becomes compelling viewing. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 5.2 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Wardlow and FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) defeated Jay Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) (with Satnam Singh and Sonjay Dutt) by pinfall. The match is framed as Six-man tag team match and runs 16:30. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The match is solid and useful, but it lacks the urgency or escalation needed to reach the top tier. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 6.9 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Ricky Starks by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match and runs 5:05. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The match is mixed: the purpose is understandable, yet the material never consistently becomes compelling viewing. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 5.5 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) (c) defeated The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) (with Billy Gunn) by pinfall. The match is framed as Tag team match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship and runs 22:30. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The Acclaimed and Swerve In Our Glory create the rare pay-per-view match where the crowd visibly changes the wrestlers' trajectory. Every near fall for the challengers gets louder until the building effectively turns the match into a coronation that happens one event later. The championship retention keeps the existing title direction intact while asking the match to justify the defense bell to bell. At 9.2 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Toni Storm defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (with Rebel), Jamie Hayter, and Hikaru Shida by pinfall. The match is framed as Four-way match for the interim AEW Women's World Championship and runs 14:20. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The match is strong rather than transcendent: its structure is convincing and its flaws never take over. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 7.8 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Christian Cage (with Luchasaurus) defeated "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match and runs 0:20. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. Christian-Jungle Boy is a twenty-second angle, not a competitive pay-per-view match. The attack and squash advance the feud, but the bell-to-bell score stays extremely low because almost no actual match occurs. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 2 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Chris Jericho defeated Bryan Danielson by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match and runs 23:40. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The score reflects an excellent performance whose central idea lands cleanly and whose finish gives the surrounding story useful weight. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 8.1 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

Darby Allin, Sting, and Miro defeated The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) (with Julia Hart) by pinfall. The match is framed as Six-man tag team match and runs 12:10. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. The match is strong rather than transcendent: its structure is convincing and its flaws never take over. The result does not rely on a championship change for its importance. At 7.7 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.

CM Punk defeated Jon Moxley (c) by pinfall. The match is framed as Singles match for the AEW World Championship and runs 19:55. On the main card, its value comes from how well the wrestling, stakes and finish support the larger rhythm of the night. Punk and Moxley deliver a strong rematch in front of a hometown crowd, but the title story leading into it has been compressed into a confusing sequence. The match works in isolation better than the championship arc surrounding it. The title change gives the result lasting consequence beyond the immediate match. At 8.2 out of 10, the rating reflects how the match works inside All Out 2022 as a complete show rather than treating historical importance and immediate match quality as the same thing.