The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

[PAOerfulone]

So, we have a grand total of 10 matches on the card for All Out. Written below are my predictions for each one:

(P) 1. 10-man tag team match: Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, and Wheeler Yuta) and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus w/ Marco Stunt) vs. Hardy Family Office (Matt Hardy and Private Party)(Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) and The Hybrid 2 (Angelico and Jack Evans)

- Prediction: The Babyfaces win (Best Friends and Jurassic Express); It's a shame that with so many matches and the amount of talent on this card, and in this match in particular, someone had to be bumped to the pre-show. But outside of the talent in this match, which should make for a high-flying quick thriller, there isn't much going for it outside of it. Private Party feels like they're lost in the shuffle. I mean, can you honestly say they're better now than they were a few months ago when Matt Hardy approached them? Unfortunately, in a company where the Tag Team division is absolutely STACKED, one or two teams are going to sadly be lost in the shuffle, and Private Party, thus far, has sadly been that team. A damn shame since they started out so hot, defeating the Young Bucks (IN THE 1ST ROUND) in the first Tag Team eliminator to crown the very first AEW Tag Team Champions. But, after that big win, it seems like they've just steadily gone downhill.

2. 21-woman Casino Battle Royale for an AEW Women's World Championship match

- Prediction: Riho wins the Battle Royale; Obviously, the odds-on-favorite and the money match to do here would be Thunder Rosa and have her and Britt go at it again for the title. But I think it's still a bit too early to go back to that. I think they need more time to give Rosa more momentum and wins, build her up, while giving Britt a longer, more established reign. THEN, come next year, I think it'll be ready by then. Meanwhile, you have Riho who is coming back after being gone for a while and she WAS the very first Women's Champion, and there's a little bit of history between her and Britt Baker. Unless I'm mistaken, Britt has never beaten Riho one-on-one. She challenged her for the title back when Riho was still the champion and she lost. So, this could be a great way to help establish her reign even further by finally having her beat Riho to retain the title. The time will eventually come to go back to Rosa/Baker for the title, but not just yet. Rosa needs more momentum and wins, and Baker needs a longer more established reign, and Riho is the ideal candidate to help do just that.

3. Jon Moxley vs. Satoshi Kojima

- Prediction: Jon Moxley wins; Not the first opponent from New Japan that immediately comes to mind for Jon Moxley (COUGHTanahashiCOUGH) But since The Ace can't make it for now (G1 is coming up!), Kojima is the back up. Kojima is obviously a legend, one of the greatest to ever do it. Very much in the same ways as Chris Jericho... But he's not beating Moxley, let's be real. This should be a pretty good match, with a decent length. But Moxley gets the win in the end and then sets his sights on his next New Japan opponent. (Since there doesn't seem to be anything else for him to do ATM.)

4. Paul Wight vs. QT Marshall

- Prediction: Paul Wight wins; WELLLLLLLLLLLLLL, IT'S THE BIG SH- oops, sorry, wrong company. So, we've got Paul Wight, in his first match outside of WWE in over 22 years! Live on PPV!!! AND HIS OPPONENT IS.... QT Marshall.... Yeah, this should be an obvious win for Paul Wight unless they want to go the shocking route and have QT win. But why would you beat the Big Show in his first match with the company? He needs a win, and QT won't be effected or hurt by a loss here to Paul Wight. Furthermore, my surprise senses are tingling... I think we may be seeing another giant make an appearance in the post match. Possibly to save Paul Wight from a post match beatdown... A giant who teamed up with Jade Cargill earlier this year. Wink. Wink. Nudge. Nudge.

5. Chris Jericho vs. MJF, if Jericho loses, he must retire from in-ring competition in AEW and go to commentary full-time.

- Prediction: Jericho wins; After all the shit he has gone through with the labors of Jericho, only to lose to MJF, not only to lose, but the tap out too. Plus, with adding the retirement stipulation, I don't see how this is leading to anything OTHER than a Jericho win. You think Jericho is going to call it quits NOW?!? With guys like CM Punk, Bryan Danielson (more on him later), and possibly Adam Cole coming in?!? You're out of your damn mind! Even if he's not as light or as mobile as he used to be, at 50 years old, he can still go. So, I don't think this is the end. I think he gets the win here and MJF will still have 3 wins to 1 over Jericho, so it won't effect him. He'll move on to the next feud while Jericho possibly takes some time off. And we won't see him again until the Jericho cruise.

6. TNT Championship: Miro vs. Eddie Kingston.

- Prediction: Miro retains; It's FAR too early to take the title off Miro right now. He's firing on all cylinders as the dominant champion. Eddie will give him everything he can handle and come close at many points for dramatic nearfalls. But he's going to come up short in the end. This is one match that has the potential to steel the show, a real, hard-hitting fight!

7. Steel Cage match for the AEW Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks vs. the Lucha Brothers.

- Predicition: Lucha Bros win the titles with the help from a debuting Adam Cole; Yep! You heard it here! Not only do I think the Lucha Bros capture their first AEW tag team gold, they will do so with Adam Cole making his AEW debut, screwing over his former Elite brothers who turned on him when he left Ring of Honor for NXT 4 years ago! (LONG TERM BOOKING!) Before I get into what I think will happen, I will say I think THIS will be the match that steals the show. Almost 3 years to the day since the All In show where the Bucks main evented with Rey Fenix, the landmark show that led to AEW, it will be like coming full circle here and they are going to tear the house down inside that cage! Obviously, the Steel Cage was meant to keep the Elite from interfering (But when has the cage ever done that?) Somehow, someway, Brandon Cutler, the Good Brothers, and other Elite flunkies will find a way to get involved just when it looks like the Lucha Bros. are about to win the gold. Frankie Kazarian will try to even the odds, but come up short, and when it looks like the Bucks are about to steal it and retain their titles... Lights go out... They come back on... BAY-BAY! Adam Cole is in the ring! The Bucks and the Elite are shocked! They can't believe what they're seeing, Cole stares holes into the Bucks, he attacks them, Kazarian and the Lucha Bros. recover to join in. Cole and Kazarian take Cutler and the Good Brothers out of the picture, the Lucha Bros. finish off the Bucks, AND NEWWWWWWW AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!!!

8. AEW Women's Championship: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. vs. Kris Statlander.

- Prediction: Britt Baker retains; Pretty straight forward with this one. Statlander will give it all she can, and they'll have a few nearfalls here and there that makes think maybe, just maaaaaybe they'll do the title change. But with Rebel and Jamie Hayter at ringside, most likely, the numbers game and odds will be too much and Britt Baker will retain the AEW Women's Championship. Don't think this will be given much time, 10-15 minutes I can see this getting. But this unfortunately will be another instance where the women are sandwiched in between some incredible matches and they sadly get overlooked. The Women's division is slowly but surely improving, but still has a long way to go before it can truly be a strong division that can give the men a run for their money (having feuds OUTSIDE of the title would help, for one. But we'll see.)

9. AEW Championship: Kenny Omega w/ Don Callis vs. Christian Cage.

- Prediction: Kenny Omega retains: In what is obviously the most predictable outcome on that card, Kenny Omega will retain the AEW Title and hand Christian his very first loss in AEW. They had Christian win the Impact title to sell you on the idea that he could win here (But we all know he's not.) Christian will make it competitive and there will be 1-2 moments where you think "Oh my God, Christian is actually going to do it!) But the outcome is not in doubt, Omega retains. The REAL fun will come in the post-match. With Omega and Callis celebrating in the ring being as cocky, brash, and arrogant as ever. The Elite (Good Brothers, Cutler, and the Bucks) will probably come out to celebrate with him, including the Bucks. And it'll be the Bucks, still fuming from their loss earlier, will be the ones who start the attack on Christian as a way to vent. Kenny and the others say "What the hell? Why not?" And jump in to attack. The Lucha Bros, Kazarian, and Adam Cole will come out to help even the odds, but the numbers still favor the Elite and the babyfaces get overwhelmed. And when it looks like Kenny is about to finish off Christian once and for all with one more One-Winged Angel...

Final Countdown plays! AND OUT COMES BRYAN DANIELSON! Making his official AEW Debut! The crowd is going absolutely nuts at this point, as Bryan comes down stares down the Elite, then he storms in, with the babyfaces all recovered and they make a successful rally, capped off with Bryan hitting the running knee on Omega to send him packing as he and the babyfaces stand tall. And the crowd will be riding high as we go straight into the Main Event! (Or what should be the Main Event.)

10. CM Punk vs. Darby Allin.

- Prediction: Time Limit Draw: This is it. The moment 7 1/2 years in the making. CM Punk's official in ring return! His first match since leaving WWE after the Royal Rumble in 2014, and what an opponent he has! One of the biggest and brightest young stars in AEW, Darby Allin! Facing CM Punk in Chicago in his first match in over 7 years, this is clearly the biggest match in Darby's life! So, Darby has to make a HUGE impression here to make the people tuning in because of Punk go (WOW, this guy's a real star!) And I think beating him would do the opposite. So, I think beating Darby would be a huge mistake, but you also don't want to beat Punk in his big in ring return match. So what do you do? You do a time limit draw! And there's a very good way to go about it. Give them 30 minutes, or however much time they have left for the PPV, and have them just go to war! Have an absolute thriller of a match and the finish will be: Punk locks in the Anaconda Vice, he's pulling, ripping, and wretching back for what feels like an eternity... But Darby. Does. Not. Tap. You go the Bret Hart/Steve Austin route at WrestleMania 13. Have Darby nearly pass out from the pain and then the bell rings. Punk can get up thinking he's won, but the referee (most likely Aubrey Edwards) never called for the bell because time expired! So the match ends in a draw. That way, you protect both men. Punk looks strong and amazing wrestling his first match in 7 1/2 years, like he never missed a beat. And Darby looks strong and amazing because he gave Punk everything he could handle, and then some, and he went the distance with 'the Best in the World' and looked tough and badass while doing so. Punk picks Darby up, he shakes his hand, and they both pose and celebrate with the crowd to go off the air.

And those are my predictions for AEW All Out.

Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 05 September 2021