10 ALL IN Impulse Reactions

by Michael Hamflett

1. The Joy Of Six

Was the blockbuster six-man tag featuring The Golden Elite triumvirate of The Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi battling Rey Mysterio, Bandido and Rey Fenix placed last because it was a just about the safest bet the crew could make after taking so many gambles on themselves over the past few months?

ALL IN's card was one so stacked that one of several bouts could have closed the show. Few, however, could have packed quite as much in and got the speedy f*ck off the air the way this one did.

There was no confetti and cuddling unless you immediately got on Twitter for it, but the insane headliner ensured out-of-this-world action and a finish before the cameras almost immediately faded to black.

The spots were too many and magnificent to mention in this particular list, but each participant in the match was just that - a participant. There were no passengers amongst the frequent fliers, and there was some sumptuous symmetry with the show that started life as a Dave Meltzer debate ending with the finisher that lovingly bears his name.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say. With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.