WOR Video: Fallout from AEW All Out

Notes from AEW All Out on Wrestling Observer Radio.

Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer on Monday morning discussed the main event of the show, which saw Jon Moxley defeat Orange Cassidy to win the AEW International Championship. Despite that, the show ended with Orange Cassidy making it up back on his feet to a big ovation from the crowd.

“It didn’t feel like a sad ending to the pay-per-view. You knew the day was coming, you saw history, it went to a guy that’s a big star, and you got to give Orange his moment,” Alvarez said.

In the post-show press conference, there wasn’t much news. Khan did not talk about the situation with CM Punk. Christian Cage noted he had signed a new contract with the company. The gate for the show stands around $800,000, less than the $1 million Khan predicted last week.

“It’s okay,” Meltzer said. “US business is soft. Not that $800,000 is a bad gate. Again, in Chicago, you’d expect it at over a million.”

Bryan Danielson noted during the conference that he was cleared by both AEW’s medical staff and an outside surgeon, saying there was a lot of “smoke and mirrors” in his strap match against Ricky Starks.

Regarding Jack Perry, Khan said that he was “suspended indefinitely”.

Meltzer also brought up Ace Steel’s name, saying that “he’s in the same position that he was in three days ago”.