{"id":119822,"date":"2023-08-23T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=119822"},"modified":"2023-08-20T21:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T01:12:18","slug":"aew-original-all-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/08\/23\/aew-original-all-in\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Talent from the Original &#8220;All In&#8221;: Where Are They Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 27th, <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> (<strong>AEW<\/strong>) will hold the biggest show in its history (and one of the biggest shows in wrestling history, to be honest) when <em><strong>All In<\/strong><\/em> takes place in Wembley Stadium in London. Of course, the name of the event comes from the &#8220;indie super show&#8221; that happened in Chicago in 2018, promoted by <strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong>, <strong>Matt Jackson<\/strong>, and <strong>Nick Jackson<\/strong> in association with <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> (<strong>ROH<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>While AEW didn&#8217;t exist yet, the show is often considered the precursor to the start of the company as its success showed many people (including <strong>Tony Khan<\/strong>) that there was a market for another big wrestling company in North America. What&#8217;s interesting is that many of the wrestlers who competed at the original <em>All In<\/em> are now members of the <strong>AEW<\/strong> roster. In fact, a lot of them will be wrestling at Wembley. Let&#8217;s take a look at who they are.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We will never forget times like this\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllIn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AllIn<\/a> in 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CodyRhodes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealNickAldis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealNickAldis<\/a> faced off for the NWA World Championship.<\/p>\n<p>See the original ALL IN right now on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FITE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FITE<\/a> before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWAllIn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWAllIn<\/a> on August 27.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2f3e40qtC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/B2f3e40qtC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Available in select International markets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A3tjjAnVVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/A3tjjAnVVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FITE (@FiteTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiteTV\/status\/1690021922912731137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Zero Hour<\/h3>\n<p>The first match of the night happened on the <em>Zero Hour<\/em> preshow, featuring <strong>SoCal Uncensored<\/strong> (<strong>Frankie Kazarian<\/strong> and <strong>Scorpio Sky<\/strong>) defeating <strong>The Briscoe Brothers<\/strong> (<strong>Jay Briscoe<\/strong> and <strong>Mark Briscoe<\/strong>). Of course, Jay Briscoe tragically passed away due to a car accident in January 2023, but his brother Mark is now a member of the AEW roster.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he&#8217;s out with an injury. SoCal Uncensored joined AEW at the start of the company. Scorpio Sky is still with AEW (though he isn&#8217;t featured very much these days), while Zarian left the company and is currently signed to <strong>IMPACT! Wrestling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The other preshow match was a 19-person <em>Over Budget Battle Royale<\/em>. Out of the 19 competitors in that match, eight currently work for Tony Khan (<strong>Chuckie T<\/strong>\/<strong>Chuck Taylor<\/strong>, <strong>Trent Beretta<\/strong>, <strong>Brian Cage<\/strong>, <strong>Ethan Page<\/strong>, <strong>Austin Gunn<\/strong>, <strong>Billy Gunn<\/strong>, <strong>Colt Cabana<\/strong>, and <strong>Brandon Cutler<\/strong>) while <strong>Rocky Romero<\/strong> occasionally wrestles in AEW and <strong>Marko Stunt<\/strong> was formerly a roster member as well.<\/p>\n<p>Out of those named, only Taylor and Beretta are officially booked for <em>All In<\/em> London, as they will be in a Stadium Stampede Match against the <strong>Blackpool Combat Club<\/strong> and three mystery partners.<\/p>\n<h3>Main Card<\/h3>\n<p>Onto the actual show. As he mentioned on AEW Dynamite recently, <strong>Maxwell Jacob Friedman<\/strong> opened the original <em>All In<\/em>, losing to <strong>Matt Cross<\/strong>. <strong>MJF<\/strong> is now, of course, AEW World Champion and he will headline the 2023 <em><strong>All In London<\/strong><\/em> against <strong>Adam Cole<\/strong>. This means he went from opening the show to closing it in just about five years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Daniels<\/strong> (accompanied by Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) defeated <strong>Stephen Amell<\/strong> in the second match of the PPV. Daniels is currently wrestling primarily for ROH, but he is also the Head of Talent Relations for AEW and is allegedly banned from AEW Collision.<\/p>\n<p>AEW is holding a four-way match for the <strong>AEW Women&#8217;s World Championship<\/strong> at <em>All In<\/em>. There was also a four-way women&#8217;s match at the original <em>All In<\/em>. The common link between the two? <strong>Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.<\/strong> In 2018, she competed against <strong>Chelsea Green<\/strong>, <strong>Madison Rayne<\/strong>, and <strong>Tessa Blanchard<\/strong>, who won the match. Rayne is also currently signed to AEW, where she wrestles in addition to being one of the coaches of the women&#8217;s division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cody<\/strong> (not legally able to be Rhodes at this point) defeated <strong>Nick Aldis<\/strong> for the <strong>NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship<\/strong> at the show. Of course, Cody was a founding member of AEW and and EVP, before heading back to WWE. On an interesting note, one of the people who accompanied Nick Aldis to the ring was <strong>Jeff Jarrett<\/strong>, who not only wrestles for AEW today, but he is also the company&#8217;s Director of Business Development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hangman Page<\/strong> defeated<strong> Joey Janela<\/strong> in the next match. Both men were early signees with AEW, with Janela staying with the company until mid-2022, while Hangman Page is often considered to be the &#8220;main character&#8221; in AEW. He will be competing in Wembley, alongside <strong>Kenny Omega<\/strong> and <strong>Kota Ibushi<\/strong> against <strong>Juice Robinson<\/strong>, <strong>Jay White<\/strong>, and <strong>Konosuke Takeshita<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jay Lethal<\/strong> defeated battle royal winner <strong>Flip Gordon<\/strong> in a match for the <strong>ROH World Championship<\/strong>. Lethal is currently a member of an AEW stable with Jeff Jarrett, <strong>Karen Jarrett<\/strong>, <strong>Sonjay Dutt<\/strong>, and <strong>Satnam Singh<\/strong>. They were most recently seen being terrorized by <strong>Leatherface<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Omega defeated <strong>Penta El Zero<\/strong> in the next match. Kenny Omega is, of course, an EVP with AEW while the now-named Penta El Zero Miedo is a member of the roster as well. Omega will be in the aforementioned six-person match with Page and Ibushi at <em>All In<\/em>, while Penta will take part in the Stadium Stampede match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kazuchika Okada<\/strong> defeated <strong>Marty Scurll<\/strong> in the second-last match of the show. Interestingly, this is the only match of the night where a current member of the AEW roster did not compete. That said, Okada has appeared on AEW television, most recently in the build to <em><strong>Forbidden Door<\/strong><\/em> (where he lost to <strong>Bryan Danielson<\/strong> in the match event).<\/p>\n<p>The final match of the night featured the <strong>Golden Elite<\/strong> (Kota Ibushi, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) defeating <strong>Bandido<\/strong>, <strong>Rey F\u00e9nix<\/strong>, and <strong>Rey Mysterio<\/strong>. As mentioned, Ibushi will be in another six-person match in London. Matt and Nick Jackson were scheduled to compete in a marquee match against <strong>FTR<\/strong> (<strong>Dax Harwood<\/strong> and <strong>Cash Wheeler<\/strong>) at the show.<\/p>\n<p>However, that is now all up in the air, due to Wheeler&#8217;s alleged complications with the law. While Rey Mysterio is obviously back with WWE now, both Bandido and F\u00e9nix are on the current AEW roster. F\u00e9nix will be a part of the Stadium Stampede Match at <em>All In<\/em> London.<\/p>\n<p>What is very interesting here is that there was only one match from <em>All In<\/em> 2018 that didn&#8217;t feature a current member of the AEW roster (though Jarrett&#8217;s role was in a non-wrestling capacity).<\/p>\n<p>Overall, there were wrestlers 24 from the original <em>All In<\/em> that now work for AEW (though Jeff Jarrett didn&#8217;t wrestle on the show, Kota Ibushi isn&#8217;t officially signed to AEW, and Billy Gunn is apparently retired).<\/p>\n<p>Of those wrestlers, 11 are currently booked for <em>All In<\/em> 2023 (Matt and Nick Jackson, Hangman Page, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Dr. Britt Baker, Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey F\u00e9nix, Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor, and Maxwell Jacob Friedman). Of course, more matches could still be added so that number could change.<\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wresting<\/h3>\n<p><em>Stay tun<\/em><em>ed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. 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