AEW All Out 2021 is scheduled for September 5, 2021 at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Follow along here for spoilers and information on the event's card, lineup of matches and news regarding the pay-per-view.
The following are my predictions for the 2021 AEW All Out PPV. Check back for All Out 2021 results and review coverage here when the time comes.
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AEW World Championship Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Christian Cage
Not to crap on Christian Cage, who is great and I'm super happy is back in action, but I don't think this was the right call. In fact, I think even AEW knows that this should have been "Hangman" Adam Page and specifically did that angle to write him out of the mix so fans wouldn't be as upset about it. Or, at the very least, it's a roundabout way to get him on the sidelines and wait to pull the trigger until at least Full Gear.
Maybe All Out isn't viewed as the true WrestleMania of AEW. Perhaps Tony Khan thinks Christian is legitimately the best option to go with for the biggest match possible, even if people like myself disagree. Maybe the thought process is "CM Punk and Daniel Bryan will sell this event and we can get away with a smaller match for the world title and save Page vs. Omega for another event down the line." The fans were chanting for both Punk and Bryan on August 11th while Don Callis was talking about Cage being No. 1 contender, too.
In any fashion, Omega retains. I doubt he's dropping it to Cage instead of Page, Bryan or Punk.
PREDICTION: Kenny Omega retains the title.
Women's Casino Battle Royale
Participants: Abadon, Anna Jay, Big Swole, The Bunny, Diamante, Emi Sakura, Hikaru Shida, Jade Cargill, Jamie Hayter, Julia Hart, Kiera Hogan, KiLynn King, Leyla Hirsch, Nyla Rose, Penelope Ford, Rebel, Red Velvet, Riho, Skye Blue, Tay Conti, Thunder Rosa
Skye Blue was offered the final spot, but with everything happening regarding Ruby Soho (formerly Ruby Riott), it's confusing to think they'd just have those 21 women and no surprises. My guess is they're just going to write someone out of the match. Maybe Jade Cargill or Nyla Rose attacks someone. Maybe Rebel doesn't take part.
PREDICTION: Ruby Soho wins. If not, and it's just those 21 women, I'll go with Big Swole.
Andrade El Idolo vs. PAC
Two great wrestlers. The story is far from the best in the world, but I'm excited to see them in the ring against each other. Sometimes, that's what AEW does best, and since both will have the gloves off, I'm sure it will be significantly better than whatever we could have gotten if they crossed paths in WWE.
NOTE: This match has been called off due to some sort of travel issues. However, Andrade has teased that he may face someone else.
Paul Wight vs. QT Marshall
A lot of people will be missing out on this show. Personally, I don't think this match is big enough to justify taking up the spot of some of those who will be pushed to the sidelines. Hopefully it will be quick, though.
PREDICTION: Paul Wight wins.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Steel Cage Match: The Young Bucks (c) vs. The Lucha Brothers
We've seen these teams work together in the past and it's almost a certainty this will be a great match. It might not be the best of the show, but there's no doubt it should be very good.
Originally, I thought Lucha Bros could win the titles here. Frankly, I thought there was a chance Jurassic Express could get this title shot again and they'd win the belts, even more so. But as we get closer to All Out, I'm thinking more and more that the challengers will come up short. I have to keep going back to my prediction from before that Santana and Ortiz will be the next tag team champions, instead.
CM Punk vs. Darby Allin
Yes. This makes sense. There are bigger and smaller matches CM Punk could have, but this is exactly the right middleground. Darby Allin is a big enough name in the company that this is a marquee match for fans of AEW, but it still allows room to grow for more major affairs (like Kenny Omega and such).
AEW Women's World Championship Match: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) vs. Kris Statlander
Statlander is among my favorites in AEW's women's division and a viable contender, even if it feels a bit rushed, but there's no way in hell she beats Baker here. It's not only far too early for that to happen, it's also just a matter of not having momentum on her side. Not a chance. Sorry, Kris. Boop.
Chris Jericho vs. MJF
If Jericho loses, he'll retire from in-ring competition in AEW. While All Elite Wrestling has not shied away from making these kind of matches, having the stipulation happen and then follow through with it, I don't think this will be one of those scenarios.
Particularly with Daniel Bryan and CM Punk and others coming in, I don't think Jericho is ready to hang up the boots. While MJF could be a viable person to beat him for his last match and it would be fitting for his career to put over someone like that, I don't think that's happening. I expect Jericho to do something underhanded to win so he can have a sly smile about it.
Jon Moxley vs. Satoshi Kojima
I know absolutely nothing about Satoshi Kojima. New Japan isn't a promotion I've followed much of, ever, and I know even less about All Japan. I'm just assuming this is an instance where AEW and NJPW have an agreement about crossover stuff and they wanted to have Hiroshi Tanahashi against Jon Moxley, but something happened to get in the way of that, so New Japan decided the best person to have lose to Moxley would be Kojima, instead.
AEW TNT Championship Match: Miro (c) vs. Eddie Kingston
Filler. Kingston's a decent enough challenger, but I think that makes more sense for Dynamite or Rampage, rather than All Out.
Buy In — 10-Man Tag Team Match: Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Orange Cassidy and Wheeler Yuta) and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) vs. The HFO (Matt Hardy, Private Party's Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, and TH2's Angelico and Jack Evans)
This is just some filler. I'm glad a lot of these guys got on the card. There's not much more to it than that.
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