Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay win at AEW All In, Young Bucks lose EVP positions
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The Young Bucks are no longer executive vice presidents in storyline, losing their positions at AEW All In after being defeated by Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay.
The end came when Matthew Jackson was pinned following a combo House Call/Hidden Blade from Strickland and Ospreay who had put up a year’s eligibility for World title shots if they had lost.
After a first half that saw the Jackson brothers rolling thanks to their experience as a team, Ospreay and Strickland picked things up in the second half which saw a dizzying array of combo movies and nearfalls from both teams.
One particular sequence (seen below) saw the Bucks superkick their opponents, followed by Ospreay getting countered into a facebuster followed by a Strickland kick, superkicks to Strickland, stereo Canadian Destroyers by the Bucks, followed by a Hidden Blade and House Call.
The Bucks emptied out their offensive tank, but were unable to pin Ospreay or Strickland. Moves included a Meltzer Driver on the floor to Strickland, a Nicholas Jackson Hidden Blade on Ospreay followed by More Bang For Your Buck, and an EVP Trigger that Strickland broke up the pin attempt for.
Later, the Bucks hit a Meltzer Driver on Ospreay in the ring and got him in the ropes, leading to several superkicks. Strickland then shielded Ospreay in a callback to Summer Blockbuster before getting hit with superkicks himself. He blocked an EVP trigger, Ospreay recovered, and he and Strickland combined on a Hidden Blade into a tombstone/Swerve Stomp for a nearfall.