AEW Sets Final All Out Stakes On Loaded Dynamite/Collision Special

AEW went nearly three hours between Dynamite and Collision out of Indianapolis, using a title defense, a wild brawl and a handful of confrontations to put the finishing touches on Saturday’s All Out pay-per-view.

Swerve Strickland and New Level opened the show by retaining the AEW World Trios Championship against Ricochet and The Demand in a chaotic six-man sprint that ended with Swerve, Austin Creed and Kofi Kingston stacking up enough offense to pin Liona. The win sets the stage for a three-way title match at All Out, with Hangman Adam Page, Brody King and Bandido also throwing their names into the mix after confronting the champions. Page pointedly questioned Swerve’s new alliance, and Swerve fired back by bringing up Page’s own history of discarding partners — a wrinkle that adds real heat to what was already shaping up as one of the stronger trios scrambles on the card.

Jon Moxley reminded everyone he’s still very much part of the Continental Championship conversation, choking out Dezmond Xavier with the Bulldog Choke after a fast-paced back-and-forth. Moments later, Moxley confronted new AEW World Champion Will Ospreay following Ospreay and Speedball Mike Bailey’s win over Claudio Castagnoli and Gabe Kidd. Ospreay praised Moxley’s influence but stood firm when Moxley pressed him on whether he really feels like the champion, shrugging off a Kidd sneak attack before making his answer clear. That exchange is the clearest sign yet that a Moxley-Ospreay collision is coming, even if it isn’t official yet.

Elsewhere, the go-home show leaned heavily into personal stakes. The AEW World Tag Team Championship ladder match got significantly nastier after Adam Copeland and Christian Cage traded barbs with both the Young Bucks and FTR, with Matt Jackson taking shots at the champions’ age and Copeland’s injury history before the whole thing spilled into a tables-ladders-and-chairs brawl that ended with a Conchairto on a security guard. Darby Allin and Steven Borden also accepted Copeland’s challenge to chase the tag titles themselves, giving that division even more depth heading into the fall.

Tommaso Ciampa picked up a win over Jake Doyle to build toward his International Championship shot at Kazuchika Okada, who told Ciampa in no uncertain terms that he’d have to wait for All Out — and that he’d prove Ciampa isn’t on his level. On the women’s side, Persephone retained the TBS Championship over Hyan, who responded by recruiting Thunder Rosa as a tag partner for a showdown with Persephone and Britt Baker. Persephone then opened up an All Out open challenge for the TBS title, specifically excluding Hyan, Rosa and Maya World from answering. Queen Aminata also got past Skye Blue in a match that spilled into more Julia Hart/Mina Shirakawa tension ahead of the Willow Nightingale-Thekla feud at the pay-per-view.

Chris Jericho and Nick Wayne added another dot to the card, agreeing to settle their issues at Grand Slam Paris after Jericho’s attempt to draw parallels between their careers was flatly rejected. The broadcast closed out with PAC and Ace Austin squaring off in the night’s final Collision main event, capping a card that did exactly what a go-home show is supposed to do — leave very little unresolved before Saturday.