10 Wrestlers Who F*cked Up On Their First Day
6. Matt Sydal Shoots For The Stars, And, Well...
It would be generous to state that All Out 2020 was a cursed event.
It would also be harsh to call it a poor event. The singles and tag team World Title matches were both excellent. But when you remember why AEW held an event outdoors in the humidity of Florida in August - i.e. they couldn't book anywhere else as a result of the pandemic it remains a risk to run amid - it becomes somewhat harder to blame some fateful phenomena.
During the Casino Battle Royale, that humidity proved a problem for the debuting Matt Sydal. Entering the match as the Joker, with no small hint of irony, he sought to make an immediate grandstanding impression by delivering his trademark, gorgeous shooting star press to Will Hobbs. Undone by the perspiration that had coated the top turnbuckle, he slipped, coming perilously close to landing on his head.
But AEW isn't a spiteful company; he was mocked after the fact, but in a manner that was gentle and inspired; the botch was blamed in storylines on Michael Nakazawa who, irritated at being left out of the match, oiled up the ropes. They had a match on Dark to wrap a bow around it.
Subsequent to his dire debut, Sydal has settled into the expected senior hand role very well; his low-key banger with Brian Cage provided a glimpse into how the muscle monster might have beaten Darby Allin, and he made FTR look even more fantastic than they are two weeks back.