10 Things We Learned From Attending AEW All In 2023

10. It's Still Possible To Pull Off THIS Unconvincing Spot

There's a reason why so many wrestling conventions were conventions before the crash TV and super-service eras greedily subverted and blew through them in an effort to score bigger ratings and even bigger contracts.

The core tenets of pro wrestling have to exist in order to not completely demolish suspension of disbelief, but such matters were once deemed trivial. Maybe that won't always be the case though, particularly if a match that was undercooked on the build delivered one of the best ever versions of a trademark shortcut.

Both Toni Storm and Saraya were vying for Hikaru Shida's AEW Women's Championship alongside Dr Britt Baker D.M.D, and as deluded heels often do in this situation, never once vocalised a plan should both be in a position to win. This is common fodder for three and four-ways and is never not a little dumb, but an early-match shoving contest between the two expertly hid the implosion to come.

Despite the early struggles, Storm's collaboration with Saraya begat the spot in which she inadvertently leathered her partner's mother right in the face. It triggered a sequence that even fellow Outcast Ruby Soho couldn't fix, and ultimately moved Saraya to spraypaint the eyes of her own partner when the match-winning opportunity showed itself.

When we talk/fantasise about "peak AEW", this is what we mean.