10 AEW ALL OUT 2021 Impulse Reactions
5. Women's Casino Battle Royale
The Casino Battle Royale format doesn't work.
It's never worked, it'll probably never work, and AEW's persistence with it has gone from being admirable to needlessly stubborn. Virtually every entrance pop was diffused by the next one, and it was impossible to follow the arrival spots as the next wrestler from the "suit" entertained.
There were at least reactions to the bulk of the women, but yet again an obvious lack of storyline attention hampered any fleeting attempts for the competitors to try and weave together something more coherent than an over-gimmicked battle royale variant.
Same problems, same complaints, but there was at least a different and more positive vibe by the end.
Ruby Soho's arrival as the "Joker" was received with love from the live audience, and her final battle with Thunder Rosa was strong, character-enhancing stuff. That it could have gone either way before it went Soho's was good for Rosa, who will have to wait a little longer to get another crack at rival Britt Baker.
In the meantime, the former Riott Squad gaffer has a huge match to tend to - and a Champion to try and dethrone.