Grading every match at AEW All Out 2021

By Uday Maggon
Modified Sep 06, 2021 11:26 IST
AEW All Out was an all-timer of a pay-per-view
AEW All Out was an all-timer of a pay-per-view

Satoshi Kojima vs Jon Moxley at AEW All Out

Satoshi Kojima, making his AEW debut, offered a handshake but Jon Moxley wasn't interested. Both men teed off on each other with hard rights and chops. Kojima took down the former AEW world champion with a shoulder tackle and hit an over-the-top-rope dive on the outside. Mox countered with a few strikes and hit a suicide dive of his own.

One of the top babyfaces in AEW, Mox trash-talked the Japanese legend as he chopped him in the corner. Kojima turned it around and hit missile chops of his own followed by a running elbow in the corner. Kojima hit a top rope elbow drop for a two-count. The former IWGP heavyweight champion went for his vaunted lariat but Mox countered with a suplex. Kojima perched Mox up on the top rope and hit a superplex.

Both men traded shots on the apron before Kojima dropped Mox with a DDT on the apron. Another DDT in the ring got the former G1 Climax winner a two-count. Kojima went for the Koji cutter but Mox countered for a near fall. Mox immediately locked in an armbar. Kojima got his leg to the lower rope but Mox continued the offense with a knee to the face.

Kojima countered a Paradigm Shift attempt with a brainbuster for another two-count. Mox countered a Koji lariat attempt with a German suplex as he hit Kojima with standing lariats. Kojima would not go down so Mox hit another knee to the face. Kojima countered another Paradigm Shift attempt with a Kojima cutter but couldn't go for the cover.

We saw a slugfest in the center of the ring as Mox floored Kojima with a bulldog rear-naked chokehold, much to the AEW fans' delight. Kojima got the rope once again. Mox countered the Kojima lariat with a Paradigm Shift. Instead of going for the cover, Mox hit an elevated Paradigm Shift to win the match.

Grade: B

Kris Statlander vs Britt Baker for the AEW Women's Championship at All Out

Both women started with some chain wrestling as champion Britt Baker went for the lockjaw early. Kris Statlander, unbeaten in AEW this year, countered as Baker rolled to the outside. The match reset as Statlander whipped Baker and took her down with a shoulder tackle.

Statlander hit a mule kick from the corner and climbed the top rope but Baker hit a swinging neck breaker. The alien rolled to the ringside and Baker stomped on her as soon as Statlander came back to the ring.

Baker grounded Statlander with elbow shots to the shoulder. Statlander forced Baker to the corner but Baker hit a sling blade. Statlander hit a fishhook falcon arrow for a two count. Baker planted Statlander with a DDT for a near fall as Rebel handed her a glove, foreshadowing the lockjaw.

The most popular woman in AEW countered a splash in the corner with a flat liner onto the turnbuckle. Baker climbed the top rope but Statlander struck her and hit a superplex. Statlander hit Area 451 but Baker dodged it. Baker couldn't lock in the lockjaw but Statlander got her in the electric chair and planted her face first, followed it up with leg scissors, and got a near fall.

Statlander went for a pendulum moonsault on the outside but Baker moved out of the away and delivered a curb stomp on the outside. Orange Cassidy was fired up, rarely seen in AEW, and cajoled Statlander to roll back inside the ring. Statlander locked in the spider crab but Baker kicked her way out of it.

Baker kicked Statlander in the corner as she climbed the top rope and hit a Pittsburgh sunrise flip and a curb-stomp for a near fall. Baker locked in the lockjaw to get the submission win and retain her title thus handing Statlander her first AEW loss in 2021.

Grade: B+

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