13 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW All Out

by Andy H Murray

1. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Rey Fenix, and Pentagon Jr. might be dead. Their ladder match was out of this world.

Professional wrestling is often at its best when it carries an air of legitimate danger. While watching these four wrestlers risk life and limb with all manner of crazy spots will have left traditionalists aghast, it sold the stakes. These wrestlers were so determined to put each other away that they were willing to use their bodies as weapons in the most extreme ways. This meant dozens of flips, dives, and well-choreographed double-team spots, dozens of which were executed off ladders and through tables - and the crowd lapped everything up.

The match's most dastardly moment saw Matt Jackson yank Pentagon's mask off. This only enhanced the terrifying skeleton ninja's bloodlust, with him and Fenix hitting a double stomp/piledriver onto a ladder bridged from the ring to the barricade. That it didn't break only added to the brutality.

This spot was enough for the Lucha Brothers to claim the victory, with Penta and Fenix scaling the ladders and grabbing the belts in tandem. They killed it and themselves in the biggest match of their careers. Hats off to them for sacrificing their bodies for our entertainment, though taking a few weeks off might be a good idea now.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.