How One All In Moment Defined AEW’s Strength Over WWE

A quarter of a century ago, there was a short-lived war between WWE and WCW. Although the latter won the ratings battle for 83 weeks, the giant that is WWE prevailed in the end. Today, WWE and AEW are wrestling’s two top companies, yet as good as All Elite Wrestling can be, it truly can’t compete with the now TKO-owned WWE, who will always have more viewers. This doesn’t mean pro wrestling’s most well known promotion is the best. No matter who you like more, one huge moment from All In showed that AEW is so much better than WWE in a crucial way.

AEW All In Put Several Huge Tag Teams in the Ring Together

• The New Day, now known as the New Level, won the AEW World Trios Championship with Swerve Strickland.
• Adam Copeland and Christian Cage retained tag team gold over the Young Bucks.
• The Motor City Machine Guns, FTR, and the New Level came down to the ring.

AEW All In began with the moment everyone was excited to see, as the New Day, now known as the New Level, joined Swerve Strickland in the Trios Roulette Royale, where the team won the AEW World Trios Championship. It was an exciting debut for Kofi and Austin Creed, but it wouldn’t be the last we saw of them.

Later in the show, a dream match saw Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defend and keep the AEW World Tag Team titles against the Young Bucks. Then came the moment. Before the iconic tag team could celebrate, the music for the Motor City Machine Guns hit and MCMG marched to the ring. That wasn’t all. They were followed by the returning FTR and the New Level. As arguably the greatest tag team of all time strutted down the ramp, Taz said on commentary:

“Tag team wrestling is very valued here in AEW.”

The image alone proved Taz’s point. Standing in the same ring were Copeland and Christian, the Young Bucks, MCMG, FTR, and the New Level. That’s five legendary acts still going strong who can work together in various dream matches for months and years to come.

WWE’s Tag Team Division Is Severely Weakened

• Triple H, just like Vince McMahon, does not make tag team wrestling a priority in WWE.
• WWE let MCMG, the New Day, and the Wyatt Sicks go.
• The Vision has no buzz and WWE has given fans no reason to care about MFT.

Whether he meant it to be or not, Taz’s comment was a shot at WWE. There have been times when tag team wrestling was important in wrestling’s biggest promotion, whether it be the late 80s or the Attitude Era, but more often than not, WWE has shown that they don’t care about the division. Vince McMahon wasn’t a fan of tag teams, and although Triple H initially invested in them more, he quickly grew bored.

WWE had something with the Motor City Machine Guns. They got a big push straight away on SmackDown, even winning tag team gold. WWE didn’t give fans a reason to care about them as characters though, and as soon as the newness wore off, they were cast aside and forgotten. FTR have made it known many times how unhappy they were with their creative push in WWE. And the New Day decided to walk away after TKO disrespected them by asking that they take a pay cut.

Today’s WWE tag team division is very weak. Gone are tag teams that actually worked as a group like the Wyatt Sicks. Now it’s forced together short-term pairings such as Damian Priest and R-Truth or dead in the water factions like the Vision who dominate Raw and SmackDown. Their matches are filler between main event segments, there to take up TV time and little else. WWE could have something with the new version of the MFTs with Haku, yet they have spent so much time telling fans they don’t care about tag teams that there is no buzz behind them. Tag team wrestling is not a passion of WWE.

AEW Provides Variety Over WWE’s Dependence on Singles Action

• WWE relies too much on older main event stars like Roman Reigns, CM Punk, and Cody Rhodes.
• AEW also has Brodido, the Hurt Syndicate, the Outrunner, and the Gunns tag teams.
• AEW is about wrestling whereas WWE’s focus is on short, viral social media segments.

One of the main issues fans have with WWE in 2026 is their overreliance on the same older main event stars. Sure, Oba Femi is rising fast, but he’s waiting in line behind the usual matches, promos, and backstage segments between Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Randy Orton, and Sami Zayn. They take up all the bandwidth. Everything else is secondary and lacks the aura of veterans at the top of the card. Tag teams aren’t all that suffer. The midcard and women’s divisions do too, and don’t even get us started on the history of women’s tag team wrestling in WWE.

AEW provides more variety. In Tony Khan’s promotion, it’s not all about the big names such as Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, MJF, and the like. The midcard is exciting, like the best of WCW at their peak. And it’s the tag teams, especially, that are so much more focused than WWE and are about to get even better. It’s not just the veterans who stood in the ring at All In who will lead the way either. AEW also has Brodido, the Hurt Syndicate, the Outrunners, the Gunns, and a broad mixture of the Don Callis Family. Many of these teams have already been champions, and any of them could believably compete with the All In legends.

WWE in 2026 is all abou the viral moments. They want you to see what Roman Reigns said in an Instagram clip, or how CM Punk and Kevin Owens brawled while you watch a YouTube highlight of it on your phone. The wrestling is there only if you want it. In AEW, wrestling comes first. At All In, the tag team scene proved that, at least in one way, All Elite Wrestling will be vastly superior to World Wrestling Entertainment for a long time to come.