12 Ups & 2 Downs For AEW All In 2023

4. Coffin Match Chaos

There was a temptation to give this match a Down due to how you could audibly hear so many 'calls' during the bout, but hey, it's Sting, at Wembley Stadium, in front of 80,000 fans, being, well, Sting.

It's not all about the Stinger, though, for Christian Cage is an all-time favourite of your writer, and he was on his best sh*thouse behaviour here. Then there's Darby Allin, who performed some genuinely insane - but not insane, because it's Darby - attacks and bumps while having his hands tied together. As for Swerve Strickland, that fella may have been the one to lose the match, but he's such a top, top star in waiting.

It wasn't entirely smooth, but Sting & Darby vs. Christian & Swerve was another match that was just fun as a spectacle. As someone who grew up on Surfer Sting, how could I ever give this a Down? Especially when Metallica's Seek and Destroy song was brought back for the the Stinger?

When thinking of the most brutal matches of All In, the Stadium Stampede will jump out, but that's not to say this match didn't have some nasty bumps for those involved.

It was Darby technically getting the win for his team, trapping Strickland in the coffin after Sting had done his best to put Swerve away.

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