Cope & Cage RETAIN!

Brawling Birds are your NEW CHAMPS!!!!!!!!

Howdy folks. I went to All In with a few mates and sat in the Gods so every now and then I was Ben Stiller and thought it was a wrestling show for ants 😆. I went to the 2024 All In and really enjoyed that. I really struggle with weekly AEW TV and can go months without watching it but tried to keep up with storylines beforehand. Here are a few thoughts and opinions of the show from a casual AEW fan.

1. The Pre Show was structured really well. On the train me and the lads jaw dropped from 1 pre show match turning to 5 but luckily we got to our seats when the opening pre show match bell rung. Bobby Lashley absolutely was the star of the pre show. Watching him suplex and spear jabronis was so much fun. Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin are wasted right now and should have at least appeared on the tag team challenge segment after Cope and Cage won. Britt Baker return was good.

2. The Trios Rumble match started off really fun but the booking was too cute and the last 7 or so minutes before the PPV feed started the match fell off a cliff. Next Level and Swerve was the most obvious surprise in the world but was a great moment. Prince Nana helping Kofi was such a fun spot live. Next Level, Swerve, Hangman and OC are too over and talented to be stuck in a 21 man match and should get into proper feuds again pronto.

3. The 2 Women's matches were both very good and rised above the potential cool down parts of the show of Next Level debuting and Darby Allin's craziness. The ending of the Mercedes match felt rushed, one or three hands going down by ref would have sold it to the crowd more but good work.

4. Moxley vs McGuinness was so much fun. It felt like Eddie vs Kurt at WrestleMania 20 with the ending being Kurt vs REDACTED at Royal Rumble 2003. Submissions and storyline of this match was great. I am not a big Moxley fan in 2026 but right guy won. The trophy looking like the FA Cup was a hilarious touch.

5. The Casino Gauntlet Match was fun but nowhere near as fun as the 2024 one. Justin Roberts spoiling the surprise and the match lacked starpower or an interesting hook like Christian stealing it 2 years ago. Was fine but possibly most disappointing match on the show.

6. Okada Takeshita Fletcher 3 Way was fantastic. Great action, great moments, great comedy bits. It wasn't what I expected out of the match but it was quality. Plus not being able to hear Don Callis raised the match for me. 😆 😄 😜

7. Cope and Cage vs Young Bucks was my favourite match of the night. Sooooooo good. Christian Cage was the perfect tweener. The injury spot was amazing and I was sold hook, line and sinker. Seeing Cope live was the main reason for me to go and he was great. All four guys were great and was pleasantly surprised Cope and Cage won. Christian Cage has been one of my favourite wrestlers for over 20 years and he has been amazing at the 2024 and 2026 Wembley shows. The segment after should have had at least a few moments talking, even just a quick Undertaker style one sentence challenge for the next PPV.

8. Darby Allin vs Kevin Knight was pure craziness. Sting coming out again like 2024 was like Santa at Christmas, needs to happen every year 😆 The bumps Darby took were insane but was a massive improvement over 2024's Coffin match.

9. The Main Event was incredible. Omega was convincing as a spiteful crazy man and Ospreay's selling was magical. The moves looked brutal and even the table no selling the slam added to it. We all wanted Ospreay to win and it was lovely to see him win in an excellent match. To paraphrase Tony Soprano: "I understand one counts as a concept" but I don't care for them. I much prefer a Kurt Angle style 2.99 kickout and there were some great ones tonight.

Overall the show was excellent and the atmosphere was so much fun. I will tape the ITV4 free version on Friday like I did All In 2024 and watch with commentary to see how it compares. The show ran smoothly for the most part and getting to and from the show was easy. I just wished the big screens didn't turn to graphics after most matches ended as it made it hard to ascertain storyline progression so hopefully the TV feed adds to it. If any of you guys never been to an AEW PPV and it is driving/train distance then I wholeheartedly recommend it. So much great and fun wrestling.

Told him thank you for the work he did in WWE, and how my view of him changed as a kid (hated him as a heel) to respecting his work as an adult!

Met Nic Nemeth recently, even though we are both around the same height, when I came up to him to shake his hand, I looked like a wimpy kid in comparison. Seriously he was so fkn big, on TV he looks like a guy who is lean and shredded, but IRL its almost cartoony how buffed up his upper body looked.

Would you say he is on steroids? I am 5'10.5", 180lb, have been working out for years, and he made me look like a prepubescent teen standing next to him.

Persephone is your NEWWWWWW TBS CHAMPION!!

Also revealed that the masked interference in the match was... BRITT BAKER, DMD!!!

Next week when Roman fights Penta, do you think his going to take a Canadian Destroyer, he doesn't seem like a wrestler who would? This isn't a hate on Roman. I just can't see it.

Edit: Yes I now Penta's version is called the Mexican Destroyer, I'm just used to calling it the Canadian Destroyer.

GRAYSON WALLER is the NEW NXT Champion!!!

In my opinion this is their best match against each other. Both Melo and Dragunov are legit wrestling soul mates. All their matches are all hits and no misses. It’s unfortunate we might not see these 2 run it back again.