Hangman Page wins World title at AEW All In, Bryan Danielson & Darby Allin return

For the first time since May 2022, Hangman Page can call himself AEW World Champion.

Page defeated Jon Moxley in the main event of Saturday’s AEW All In to reclaim the title under Texas Death Match rules — an incredibly violent match which featured a slew of the main players in the story that began last October at WrestleDream.

The final stages began when Moxley called for a plastic bag to suffocate Page. A video from Darby Allin played, filmed atop Mount Everest where Allin said he was coming to take everything from Moxley. Bryan Danielson then ran into the ring with a Blue Panther mask on, revealed himself, and delivered a running knee to Wheeler Yuta, taking out he and Gabe Kidd. He then took out Claudio Castagnoli to boot as Allin descended from the top of the stadium.

Page then hit the Buckshot lariat on Moxley as he was distracted by Allin who then hit a Coffin Drop on the heels on the outside of the ring. As Danielson and Allin dispatched the Death Riders, Page then hit a Deadeye on Moxley on a table outside of the ring. Moxley nearly couldn’t answer the ten count and had to be assisted by Marina Shafir.

The Young Bucks then appeared, superkicked Page, and hit an EVP trigger. Moxley and Shafir brought out a bed of nails from the outside of the ring, hitting a curb stomp on it followed by a Paradigm Shift. Page was able to stand up at the count of nine and Moxley demanded Shafir grab the briefcase and leave. She then got handcuffed by a hidden Prince Nana and out came Swerve Strickland with a chain to take out the Bucks, assisting his old rival.

Strickland then tossed the chain, given to him by Page on Thursday’s Collision, back into the ring. Page then used it on Moxley, wrapping it around his neck. Page hit a Buckshot lariat on Moxley who landed on the bed of nails. Page then tossed Moxley over the top and hung him with the chain in a callback to their previous Texas Death Match. After struggling, Moxley tapped out to a thunderous ovation.

An emotional Page then got the key to the briefcase and revealed the World title belt that had been hidden since last October. Fireworks went off and an exhausted Page celebrated, closing a pay-per-view main card that began at 3 PM Eastern and finished six hours later.

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As expected, the blood began in the first few minutes when Page pulled out a fork and stabbed Moxley in the head repeatedly. That was followed by Page getting busted open when Moxley used barbed wire across his forehead. The violence continued throughout with more barbed wire usage, a bucket of broken bottles, as well as tables: both with barbed wire and without.

Chairs were also used as Moxley got powerbombed from the corner onto the top of two put back-to-back. Later, Moxley suplexed Page from the ring apron through two tables covered in barbed wire.

Shortly after, the first run-in happened when Yuta hit Page with a chair and then was taken out himself. Shafir, at ringside for the entire match, then jumped on Page’s back only to get driven through a ringside table with a death valley driver.

Castagnoli then ran into attack Page, joined by Yuta. That brought out Will Ospreay who was followed by Kidd. Kidd then piledrivered Ospreay on the floor and Castagnoli put his head through a chair, delivering a running stomp similar to what he did to Samoa Joe in the night’s opening match. Like Joe, Ospreay was then stretchered out.

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It’s Page’s second win over Moxley in a Texas Death Match with the first coming at March 2023’s Revolution. Page is now 5-1 under the rules all-time.

The loss ends Moxley’s fourth World title run that began at WrestleDream when he defeated Danielson to end his full-time in-ring career.