10 Moments That Literally Stopped AEW Wrestling Matches

10. The Devil Gets His Due

MJF's journey to becoming AEW World Champion was a long and complicated one, but it began in earnest with this pretty spectacular moment at All Out 2022.

It went down during the closing moments of the Casino Ladder match to determine a number one contender for the top prize.

Men like Claudio Castagnoli, Rush, and Penta El Zero Miedo battled it out before Stokely Hathaway and a group of his clients laid waste to everyone in the ring.

The group that would go on to be known as The Firm brought the match to a total halt, dispatching of all the competitors before Hathaway himself retrieved the large poker chip hanging above the ring.

This heralded the arrival of the Joker - no, not the Batham one - who was immediately handed the chip and the title shot that came with it. As revealed later on in the show, the man under the devil mask was none other than Maxwell Jacob Friedman.

It was a very intriguing angle that eventually lead to a great payoff. Just a shame about all the other nonsense we had to get through to get there.