All Out 2024: Hangman and Swerve Push AEW’s Violence to the Edge

Max Caster finally pinned Bronson after Anthony Bowens landed the Acclaimed and Caster followed with the Mic Drop, giving the Acclaimed a clear finish against the Iron Savages on Zero Hour. Bronson had slowed Caster with a Bossman Slam, and Boulder produced a moonsault near fall before intercepting one earlier Mic Drop attempt. Bowens' hot tag changed the pace with an elbow and Fame Asser, which created the opening for the eventual tandem finish. MxM Collection were shown scouting the match from backstage, a detail that made the brief tag contest more than a throwaway win. C- (5.8) reflects limited stakes rather than an unclear result. Billy Gunn and Jacked Jameson accompanied their teams but were not additional in-ring competitors.

Dustin Rhodes pinned Josh Woods with the Final Reckoning to secure a Zero Hour trios win alongside Sammy Guevara and Hologram over the Premier Athletes. Hologram accelerated the match after Guevara rocked Ari Daivari with a knee; Rhodes later delivered a Canadian Destroyer to Tony Nese and the three winners launched simultaneous dives onto their opponents. Manager Mark Sterling tried to interrupt from the apron, only for Guevara and Hologram to bring him into the ring so Rhodes could deliver Cross Rhodes. The finish then belonged to Woods and Rhodes, not to the manager who tried to intervene. C+ (6.6) credits the lively multi-wrestler sequence and decisive finish while recognizing that no championship changed hands.

Bang Bang Gang's Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn and Juice Robinson defeated Dark Order's Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds and John Silver in the Zero Hour trios contest. Robinson entered with heavy strikes and a running cannonball that sent Dark Order members into the corner, but the losing team answered when Uno planted Austin with Something Evil and Reynolds added a diving double foot stomp. Robinson shifted the closing exchange with a DDT on Uno, and the Bang Bang Gang were declared the pinfall winners. AEW's account does not independently identify the exact wrestler who made the final cover, so the result should not assign a specific pin without further evidence. C (6.2) reflects the short undercard showcase, not an AEW World Trios Championship defense.

Roderick Strong pinned Action Andretti after a running knee to give Matt Taven, Mike Bennett and Strong the win in the three-team trios match. The Undisputed Kingdom almost finished Dante Martin earlier when Bennett landed a Boston Bayonet and Taven covered, but Shane Taylor Promotions and Top Flight kept the match changing hands. Beast Mortos wiped out opponents with a twisting dive, while Andretti and both Martin brothers answered with simultaneous dives of their own. After Andretti drove Mortos down with a DDT, Taylor answered with a chokeslam, Mortos speared Andretti and Strong arrived with the decisive knee. C+ (6.8) credits a crowded Zero Hour contest that nevertheless identified the actual wrestler pinned; Leila Grey and other seconds were not competitors.

MJF stole a pin over Daniel Garcia with a jackknife cover moments after shoving the referee and striking Garcia low. Their All Out opener had turned into a nasty test of Garcia's resolve: Garcia survived a Panama Sunrise and nearly won with a jumping piledriver, while MJF escaped Garcia's Dragon Tamer after a chain of contested submissions. MJF also reopened Garcia's injury by biting his forehead, keeping the feud personal rather than treating the match as an exhibition of holds. Garcia's offense made him credible against a former world champion, but the illegal strike determined the recorded fall. Garcia then accepted MJF's offered handshake only to retaliate and deliver a turnbuckle piledriver after the match, which must not be counted as a reversal of MJF's pinfall win. B+ (8.4) rewards the intensity and distinct heel finish.

Matthew Jackson cradled Wheeler Yuta for the pin after raising his knees against an attempted Fast Ball Special, preserving the Young Bucks' AEW World Tag Team Championship against Blackpool Combat Club. Claudio Castagnoli had taken control with a Giant Swing and a superplex on Matthew, while Yuta forced the champion to defend Cattle Mutilation until Nicholas broke the hold with a senton. The Bucks repeatedly threatened Claudio with superkicks and an EVP Trigger, but Yuta broke up a cover and Claudio fought off another attempt. Their final counter was a trap: Matthew appeared exposed as Yuta dove in for the Fast Ball Special and instead folded Yuta into the sudden fall. B (7.8) recognizes smart late-match reversal and team chemistry, without mistakenly crediting a pin on Claudio.

Will Ospreay retained the AEW International Championship by hitting Pac with the Styles Clash followed by a Hidden Blade for the pin, ending a defense built around mirrored aerial counters. Pac threatened a very different conclusion by dropping Ospreay with a German suplex and poison rana on the apron, then catching him in the Brutalizer twice; Ospreay used a toe on the bottom rope to break the first hold and fought free of the second. Ospreay's Sasuke Special, Spanish Fly and Os-Cutter were answered by Pac's DDT and Liger Bomb, with repeated near falls raising the cost of every escape. Even after Pac avoided one Hidden Blade, the champion came back with another to finally settle the match. A (9.2) credits the precise progression and championship defense, not a generic claim that fast action alone makes a classic.

Kris Statlander forced Willow Nightingale to submit by tightening the chain of a dog collar around Willow's face and throat after a tombstone piledriver in their Chicago Street Fight. Their former friendship had collapsed into physical revenge, and the match used its objects as part of an escalating contest: Statlander drove Willow through the Spanish announcers' table, Willow sent Statlander through a barricade with a pounce, and Statlander speared Willow from the stage through tables below. Back inside the ring, Willow landed a Death Valley Driver after Statlander crashed into thumbtacks, but the challenger kept fighting. Both wrestlers chained their wrists together before Willow hit a spinebuster on the tacks and Statlander answered with the tombstone and the deciding choke. B+ (8.4) reflects a decisive personal submission rather than a championship change; Stokely Hathaway was a second, not a legal participant.

Kazuchika Okada pinned Orange Cassidy after a Rainmaker lariat to retain the AEW Continental Championship in a four-way against Cassidy, Konosuke Takeshita and ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe. Their shifting alliances kept the champion from settling into a routine singles defense: Takeshita struck with a Blue Thunder Bomb and later countered Cassidy's Stun Dog Millionaire, while Briscoe nearly capitalized with a Jay Driller on Takeshita before Cassidy pulled him out of the ring. Okada broke up Briscoe's Froggy Bow cover, later stopped Cassidy with the Rainmaker and scored the fall himself. A- (8.8) credits an inventive match that used three threatening challengers but ended with a specific, championship-preserving pin on Cassidy. Don Callis watched from commentary rather than competing.

Mercedes Moné put away Hikaru Shida with the Moné Maker to retain the AEW TBS Championship after a singles defense in which Kamille was barred from ringside. Shida nearly overwhelmed the champion with three Falcon Arrows, then landed three Katana kicks, only for Moné to retreat outside before another pin attempt. The challenger stopped Moné from taking a kendo stick and discarded it herself, keeping the match's decisive exchange between the wrestlers. Moné avoided a Meteora, damaged Shida's knee with a chop block and hit the Moné Maker for the recorded fall. Kamille appeared only after the bell to celebrate, not to interfere in the finish. B- (7.4) recognizes a credible counter-heavy title defense while clearly identifying why Shida's late surge did not produce a title change.

Bryan Danielson pinned Jack Perry after a final Busaiku Knee to retain the AEW World Championship despite the Young Bucks' interruption during the referee's temporary incapacitation. Perry had traded submissions with the new champion, countering Danielson's LeBell Lock pressure with Cattle Mutilation and later a Snare Trap. The Bucks used the referee's absence to strike Danielson with the TK Driver, but Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta chased them away, leaving Perry unable to convert the interference into the title. Danielson survived another knee attempt, took control of Perry's wrists and finished with the Busaiku Knee. A postmatch embrace from Jon Moxley turned into Blackpool Combat Club's betrayal of Danielson; that angle followed, rather than decided, the champion's win. B+ (8.2) reflects an eventful first major defense and its consequential aftermath.

Adam Page knocked out Swerve Strickland in the unsanctioned Lights Out Steel Cage match after a long rivalry turned their main-event confrontation into a contest of attrition. Both wrestlers used the cage and objects brought into it, with Strickland countering several of Page's attacks and nearly winning after successive House Call kicks. Page survived the exchanges, landed a Dead Eye near fall, then struck Strickland with a chair during the final sequence, prompting the referee to stop the match for a knockout rather than count a three or record a submission. Prince Nana accompanied Strickland and supplied items before the cage descended, but he was not a legal competitor. A (9.0) recognizes the brutal narrative payoff while distinguishing the official knockout from the earlier pinfall attempts and from the championship matches elsewhere on the card.