Adam Cole debuted in AEW
AEW All Out advertised the long-awaited in-ring return of CM Punk as he faced Darby All Out also featured the debuts of Ruby SoHo and a surprise debuts of Adam Cole and Daniel Bryan amid reports that Bryan was set to debut at All Out by Cassidy Haynes of Bodyslam.net.
Cole promptly tuned heel, super kicking Jungle Boy and joining The Elite
“Who’s ready for story time with Adam Cole, Bay Bay?!” said a heel Adam Cole, who remarked “ain’t nobody is going to stop us!”
This brought out Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan), who is now using a trap version of his Flight of the Valkyries theme music. With both Daniel Bryan and Adam Cole in AEW, AEW continues to lean in on acquiring former WWE Superstars who also made their name in the indies.
On what will be AEW’s biggest pay-per-view, from a buyrate standpoint, AEW All Out advertised the following matches:
AEW All Out 2021 Match Card
- 21-Woman Casino Battle Royale
- Jon Moxley vs. Satoshi Kojima
- Paul Wight vs. QT Marshall
- Chris Jericho vs. MJF—If Chris Jericho Loses, he must retire from in-ring competition
- Miro vs. Eddie Kingston—AEW TNT Championship
- The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros—Steel Cage Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championships
- Dr. Britt Baker vs. Kris Statlander—AEW Women’s World Championship
- CM Punk vs. Darby Allin
- Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage—AEW World Championship
AEW Dynamite garnered 1.047 million viewers this week for the go-home show of All Out 2021.
AEW Dynamite Ratings, Last Five Weeks
- September 1, 2021—1.047 million
- August 25, 2021—1,172 million
- August 18, 2021—975,000
- August 11, 2021—979,000
- August 4, 2021—1.102 million
AEW Rampage Ratings, Last Three Weeks
- August 27, 2021—722,000
- August 20, 2021—1.129 million
- August 13, 2021—740,000
AEW All Out 2021: Key Competition
- College Football on ABC: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Florida State Seminoles
Lee Johnson is September’s Black Wrestler of the Month (Pro Wrestling Bits)
AEW Dynamite YouTube Viewership Last Wednesday: 4,287,906
- Most-Viewed: CM Punk and Darby Allin Come Face to Face (2,223,116 views)
- Least-Viewed: Britt Baker makes Huge Announcement (70,081 views)
- Median Viewership: 169,384 views
AEW Rampage YouTube Viewership Last Friday: 2,027,419 (Down from 4,685,592)
- Most-Viewed: CM Punk and Darby Allin Staredown (1,305,226 views)
- Least-Viewed: Kris Statlander vs. Rebel and Jamie Hayter (106,553 views)
- Median Viewership: 311,212 views
AEW All Out 2021 Results: Sunday, September 5, 2021
Miro def. Eddie Kingston—AEW TNT Championship
Eddie Kingston already has a t-shirt that read “Redeem Deez Nuts,” which is genius.
I loved the statistics about Miro being the most efficient TNT champion of all time.
Of course, this match started off with a “Redeem Deez Nuts” chant.
Miro showed off a shocking vertical leap while delivering a drop kick to Kingston.
Jon Moxley vs. Satoshi Kojima
Jon Moxley wore a GCW hoodie on an AEW pay-per-view one night after winning the GCW World Championship.
As hard as Kojima worked, the story was the arrival of Minoru Suzuki. Suzuki and Moxley had a very brief preview of a match that whipped this crowd into a frenzy better than almost anything on this show.
Suzuki thankfully walked out to Kaze Ni Nare and the hardcore fans in Chicago sang along as if it were in New Japan.
Britt Baker def. Kris Statlander—AEW Women’s World Championship
Despite Britt Baker’s popularity, Kris Statlander was able to seize significant fan support just by being Kris Statlander.
Rebel was very entertaining screaming from ringside.
Those wanting an Adam Cole Easter Egg were not disappointed as Britt Baker employed a “Pittsburgh Sunrise” Canadian Destroyer.
The Lucha Bros vs. The Young Bucks
The Lucha Bros were played to the ring live in one of the best AEW entrances you’ll ever see.
Tony Schiavone twice told Don Callis he was full of [expletive].
This cage was exposed as a sham when Brandon Cutler tossed spiked Jordans into the ring.
This was a great WWE-style cage match filled with AEW spots and I don’t see anything on this show being better. AEW made The Lucha Brothers into superstars in just one match.
May God have mercy on whoever had to follow this.
Ruby SoHo Wins AEW Casino Battle Royale
AEW Casino Battle Royale Clubs
- Hikaru Shida (Nyla Rose)
- Skye Blue (Abadon)
- Emi Sakura (Hikaru Shida)
- The Bunny (Anna Jay)
- Abadon (The Bunny)
AEW Casino Battle Royale Diamonds
- Anna Jay (Penelope Ford)
- Kiera Hogan (Nyla Rose)
- Kilynn King (Nyla Rose)
- Diamante (Big Swole)
- Nyla Rose
AEW Casino Battle Royale Hearts
- Thunder Rosa (Thunder Rosa)
- Penelope Ford (Tay Conti)
- Riho (Jamie Hayter)
- Jamie Hayter (Jade Cargill)
- Big Swole (Jamie Hayter)
AEW Casino Battle Royale Spades
- Tay Conti (Nyla Rose)
- Red Velvet (Jade Cargill)
- Leyla Hirsch (Jade Cargill)
- Jade Cargill (Nyla Rose)
- Rebel (Red Velvet)
- Ruby Soho (Joker—Winner)
Skye Blue was the sentimental favorite in her hometown of Chicago, but she deserves a full-time AEW contract outside of this.
There was huge heat for the eliminations of Hikaru Shida, Riho, Jade Cargill and especially Skye Blue.
Ruby SoHo has awesome new theme music (Ruby Soho by Rancid) and she received an unbelievable ovation when she was revealed as as The Joker.
Chris Jericho def. MJF
Chris Jericho’s acapella entrance, featuring Fozzy’s Billy Gray, quickly fell apart when the fans seemed to get lost while trying to sing Jericho’s theme song. I had a hard time believing that this was going to be Jericho’s last entrance in AEW.
Aubrey Edwards counted three despite Jericho’s foot being on the rope, leading to a correction as the match restarted. More WWE-style booking from AEW, but the fans were with it big time.
The cameras had a tough time keeping up with a lot of the run-ins and entrances up the aisle, including Jake Hager’s brawl with Wardlow
Chris Jericho making MJF tap out was typical poetic justice and this loss won’t hurt MJF in the least.
CM Punk def. Darby Allin
The fact that this isn’t the main event tells me Daniel Bryan has to be showing up by the end of the night.
CM Punk, who looked much better in new long tights, finally got to say “It’s Clobbering Time” along with his hometown.
Surprisingly, fans were split between Darby Allin and CM Punk.
The first several minutes of this match dragged on as CM Punk, who is much bigger than Darby Allin, worked this match like Frank Gotch and slapped on holds throughout this match.
CM Punk called back to his match against John Cena in Chicago on two different occasions.
CM Punk tried to take the countout in yet another sign of a potential heel turn.
Big Show def. QT Marshall
This match lasted several minutes longer than I thought it would, and QT Marshall got much more offense than I thought he would.
This match featured a significant amount of outside interference as this was just as much of a Big Show match as it was a Paul Wight match.
Kenny Omega def. Christian—AEW World Championship
These two had a very hard time following some hot matches, but they slowly chipped away at this crowd as the match went on.
This was a solid main event, but it was arguably weaker than their match on AEW Rampage, which did have the benefit of kicking off a very hot show.
Fans went home with far more than they bargained for as AEW All Out featured the returns of both Daniel Bryan and Adam Cole. This is setting up to be such a historical fall season.
