Best AEW All Out Matches Ever, Ranked & Reviewed By Quality
Ever since 2019, All Out has been one of the marquee PPVs on the AEW calendar, offering up many noteworthy events over the years, with some major matches taking place. Whether it be high-profile world title main events, hidden gem bangers, or bloody battles involving AEW’s best, this PPV has played host to incredible bouts… but which is the greatest?
TheSportster’s rating system will take a look across the entire history of AEW’s All Out PPV to determine the best of the best matches in the history of the show. These ratings will be compared to the likes of the Cagematch.net and Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
8
Will Ospreay Vs. PAC (AEW All Out 2024)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 8.75/10
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Storytelling |
1.75/2.5 |
|---|---|
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Technical Ability |
2.5/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2.5/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 5.5 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 9.24
Will Ospreay’s International Championship defense against PAC was wrestled incredibly, but it was also elevated by a wild crowd who provided a stunning atmosphere at All Out 2024. This match had stiff strikes, world class high-flying, and some insane sequences that sent the audience into a permanent frenzy.
One would argue there were one-too-many poisonaranas throughout the match, but there is no denying that all of them provided impact spots, near-falls, and reversals. As expected, it was Ospreay who stood tall, but the predictability didn’t impact the quality or investment in this matchup.
7
Willow Nightingale Vs. Kris Statlander (AEW All Out 2024)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 8.75/10
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Storytelling |
2/2.5 |
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Technical Ability |
2.25/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2.25/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2.25/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 4.75 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 8.87
Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale had arguably the best non-title women’s division feud in AEW history, along with the best non-title women’s match too! This was a truly wild Street Fight that tore the house down, being wrestled at a relentless pace to keep the building rocking. Sure, it might have defied psychology at some moments, but it was still massively fun.
There were light tubes, thumbtacks, chains, tables, and more plunder, with the noteworthy spots including a powerbomb and swanton through tables, a spear off the ramp, and more. In the end, it was Statlander who secured the victory in one of the biggest wins of her AEW career.
6
Adam Page Vs. Swerve Strickland (AEW All Out 2024)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 8.75/10
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Storytelling |
2.25/2.5 |
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Technical Ability |
2/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2.5/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 4.5 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 9.11
The most personal and violent feud in AEW history was settled (for the time being) in the main event of All Out 2024 in a Lights Out Steel Cage match. Now, this won’t be to the tastes of everyone, with it at times having a slower and more methodical pacing and a high level of gore and violence, but there is no denying that they each displayed their severe levels of hatred and paid off their story in a fitting manner.
Their respective character work carried this match through all the vile, hard-to-watch spots, before Page won the match with a gruesome steel chair shot to the head.
5
Adam Page Vs. Kyle Fletcher (AEW All Out 2025)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 9/10
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Storytelling |
2.25/2.5 |
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Technical Ability |
2.25/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2.25/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2.25/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 5.25 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 9.22
Although the main event of AEW All Out 2025 was predictable, with Adam Page expectedly defeating Kyle Fletcher to retain the AEW World Championship, this progressed into a banger. There was a slower and methodical opening portion to this match, with the crowd initially struggling to get into the contest, but as the action got more intense and faster, the building was won over.
Page & Fletcher put their bodies through big spots, wild bumps, and hard-hitting interactions to ensure that this developed a big-fight-feel and made a star out of the younger and rising Fletcher.
4
Swerve In Our Glory Vs. The Acclaimed (AEW All Out 2022)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 9/10
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Storytelling |
2.25/2.5 |
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Technical Ability |
2/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2.25/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2.5/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 4.5 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 9.07
An unexpected show-stealer at All Out came in 2022 when Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland put their titles on the line against The Acclaimed. The audience were red hot behind The Acclaimed, willing them on in what progressed into a stunning tag team match full of big moments, wild near-falls, and tremendous psychology on the part of Bowens in particular, who expertly sold his leg throughout.
Lee & Strickland, despite their growing tensions, were too dominant to put down, but The Acclaimed were elevated even in defeat thanks to this incredible tag team title contest.
3
The Elite Vs. Adam Page & Dark Order (AEW All Out 2022)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 9/10
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Storytelling |
2.25/2.5 |
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Technical Ability |
2.25/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2.25/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2.25/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 4.5 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 9.09
The finals of the AEW World Trios Title tournament to determine the inaugural champions was a match both rich with storytelling and with stunning in-ring quality. With callbacks to previous matches, deep-rooted tensions coming to the surface, and emotional final moments in which The Elite won the match despite Adam Page’s best attempts to break up the pinfall, this all perfectly came together at All Out 2026.
The Elite’s Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks defeated Adam Page & The Dark Order to become the first ever AEW World Trios Champions after one hell of a journey in this match.
2
Bryan Danielson Vs. Ricky Starks (AEW All Out 2023)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 9.25/10
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Storytelling |
2.25/2.5 |
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Technical Ability |
2.25/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2.5/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2.25/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 5 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 9.24
One of the most unsung matches in AEW history came at All Out 2023 in which Bryan Danielson and Ricky Starks went to war in the best strap match in wrestling history. This was physical, violent, brutal, and full of incredible psychology and character work from both men, who were incensed on beating the hell out of one another.
At times, this was hard to watch (in a good way) with both Starks & Danielson whipping each other in the head, chest, face, legs, and legs, selling their hatred in an authentic, painful matchup. Starks succumbed to a strap-assisted LeBell Lock to end the match in a striking way.
1
The Young Bucks Vs. The Lucha Bros (AEW All Out 2021)
Overall Rating From TheSportster: 9.75/10
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Storytelling |
2.25/2.5 |
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Technical Ability |
2.5/2.5 |
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Character Work/Psychology |
2.5/2.5 |
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Crowd Reaction |
2.5/2.5 |
- Dave Meltzer Rating: 5.75 Stars
- Cagematch.net Rating: 9.49
All Out’s greatest match also just happened to be the best Steel Cage match ever too, as The Young put their AEW World Tag Team Titles on the line against The Lucha Bros. Everything about this was near-perfect; incredible technical work, fast-paced tag team sequences, strong psychology, violence, gritty brawling, and stunning spots.
In front of an electric crowd, The Lucha Bros picked up one of the most feel-good title wins in AEW history. This will forever be a legendary contest.
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