10 Match Star Ratings For AEW All Out 2023
8. Luchasaurus Vs. Darby Allin - TNT Title Match
Darby Allin is at once one of the best and most underrated talents in the world.
As expected, he bumped his coccyx off for Luchasaurus in the only logical direction the match could take, but what was unexpected is how he worked (or battled) his way back into the match. For all the talk of his debilitating stunt work, there are few wrestlers better than Allin at earning his high spots. He makes it feel real, somehow, even when he's blasting a significantly bigger wrestler with an avalanche code red, as he did at All Out in a tremendous spot.
His dedication to getting mauled pays off deep into his matches. It isn't gratuitous stunt work. Nor does it feel like he's getting his s*** in. He sells and fires up so well that he can hit somebody the size of Luchasaurus with a crucifix bomb and make sense of it through emotional logic. He makes it feel like an accomplishment, like he needs the crowd's support, and he achieves this by, as an example, smashing into Luchasaurus with a lopé and bouncing right back off him. He puts everything behind everything. He wrestles with as much emotion as strategy.
He's simply really, really damn good, and so was this match.
Star Rating: ★★★★