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The Acclaimed had a star show in Chicago. Credit: All Elite Wrestling.
AEW All Out 2022 could become the most controversial pay-per-view in All Elite Wrestling history. It was a night of high heels, and the crowd often didn’t get what they wanted. Some major fan favorites dropped briefly, notably Acclaimed. However, the crowd may also have set Max Caster and Anthony Bowens as the two biggest stars in AEW for years to come.
The Jungle Boys were one of the few stars to lose in quick games, but he was the worst. He fell into Christian Cage after his best friend Luchasaurus turned against him. Ladder game and steal the chips above the ring to give to a mysterious man.
That mystery man is Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and he’s obviously going to be the man soon by beating CM Punk AEW World Champion, CM Punk narrowly came out on top against Jon Moxley.
On a glamorous night, there weren’t that many clear winners or losers, but the show certainly left a lot of future discussion about who benefits.
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Over the years, casinos have Ladder matches have always been a special event in AEW where top stars come into play. It was this game that brought Wardlow and Scorpio Sky,
This year, the game was used for a surprise point. A traditional ladder match turned into an angle when Stockley Hathaway’s men stormed into the ring to take poker chips. It was handed to a masked man who did not reveal himself at the time.
AEW doesn’t usually have such an angle – every viewing. It was a controversial ending that left many unhappy and didn’t play well with the live Chicago audience.
This especially hurts a lot of stars who have earned that spot in the ladder over the past few months And great effort was put into it. The likes of Wheeler Yuta, Andrade El Idolo and Rey Fenix could have taken advantage of this opportunity.
Instead, it was given to a person who was not wearing a mask. Late at night. The new No. 1 contender for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship is…
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Maxwell Jacob Friedman, the man who shocked the world with his first AEW appearance, is back, He’s going after CM Punk.
There is no bigger game for AEW All Out than Jon Moxley vs. Punk. The best people in the world are once again in front of the crowd in their hometown of Chicago, and the AEW World Championships are coming up.
However, neither has a man standing in the final image of the show. The Salt of the Earth came out and received the biggest response of his entire career. He is the star of the show.
After all the storytelling that dangerously balances the line between work and filming, MJF could well be the AEW World Champion. Whenever he cashes in, it’s unimaginable that Punk will keep that title.
This is a story that has been in the works for months, years, so to speak. This was the moment MJF became AEW’s first man, which overshadowed even the return of the best man in the world to the top of the card.
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As she That night alone didn’t make Dax Harwood’s daughter a winner, as the father explained. Finley Gray battled a serious heart attack for more than three years before making a full recovery.
This is how Wardlow and the FTR match ended up against Jay Deadly and the Motor City Machine Gun so special. Samoan Joe helped Face beat Sanjay Dutt before Finley unsanctioned Dutt after the TNT Championship win.
A weaker game on this card gets a huge boost at this position. It makes everything matter.
Feel-good moments don’t come often in wrestling at this level. The long-term story in AEW doesn’t matter, but it matters far more than that. Finley will never forget that moment.
She has won more than anyone. Hopefully we can all learn to fight like an eight-year-old girl when it matters most.
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- The Acclaimed went into a game with Swerve in Our Glory as the clear loser. While Max Caster and Anthony Bowens may be the most-winners in AEW history, the pair have never been contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship.
However, Caster’s goofy rap and their unique partnership with Billy Gunn made them wildly popular. What The Acclaimed needed was to turn that popularity into credibility.
Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee haven’t been champions long, but they have credibility as singles stars to carry over into the championship. This makes the steering in our glory the perfect foil to the acclaimed lift.
Caster and Bowens have faced FTR and the Young Bucks before, but none have challenged them like they have turned in our glory . The crowd threw into every moment of the game as The Acclaimed became one of AEW’s biggest tag teams in one night.
While the record may indicate The Acclaimed failed, no one raised their stature like Caster and Bowens. The future looks bright and The Acclaimed will soon be a champion, an idea that would have been almost unthinkable in a crowded department just a few months ago.
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Jungle Boy promises he’ll make Christian Cage pay for AEW to go all out. This should be his moment, the chance to crown him as a future AEW Champion.
Instead, Captain Charisma has a plan to prove he’s been on Luchasaurus’s head. Jungle Boy was attacked by his best friend after barely making it out of the tunnel, leaving him losing to Christian in seconds.
This has the potential to be a special match on a half-card-short night, but is the shortest of all field. Barely a game.
This was arguably the toughest competition on the show and it only got more intense by the end. It was a disappointment Results, but also set the stage for something special.
When Jungle Boy can outrun his best friend and take on Captain Charm, the crowd is going to explode. If he ends up beating the veteran, he’ll always be.
