All In (2018)

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**All In** (stylized as **ALL IN**) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks. It is scheduled to take place on September 1, 2018 at the Sears Centre in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The event will air live on traditional PPV outlets, Fite TV, Honor Club and will later be available on the NJPW World streaming service. The event will include *Zero Hour*, an hour long pre-show airing on WGN America. The event – while independently produced – will feature wrestlers from Ring of Honor (ROH), Impact Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the WWE.

Currently, the event has ten confirmed matches, with two being on the pre-show. The show's main event is scheduled to be a six-man tag team match pitting The Elite against The Resistance. Matches scheduled on the undercard include Nick Aldis defending his NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship against Cody Rhodes, a singles match between Kazuchika Okada and Marty Scurll, a singles match between Joey Janela and Hangman Page, a singles match between Christopher Daniels and actor Stephen Amell, a four-way match between Madison Rayne, Tessa Blanchard, Britt Baker, and Chelsea Green, and a ROH World Championship defense featuring Jay Lethal against the winner of the Over Budget Battle Royale. The Zero Hour pre-show is scheduled to include the 15-person Over Budget Battle Royale and a tag team match pitting The Briscoe Brothers against SoCal Uncensored.

The event marks the first non-WWE or World Championship Wrestling promoted professional wrestling event in the United States to sell 10,000 tickets since 1993.

## Event

### **Pre-Show**

Two matches were contested on the one-hour long pre-show, called Zero Hour, which was shown live on WGN America. Cody and The Young Bucks opened the event and brought out Road Warrior Animal. Afterwards, Cody and The Young Bucks offered those in attendance free Hot Topic and Pro Wrestling Tees merchandise.

The first match of Zero Hour featured a tag team match between SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) and The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe). During the match, Jay performed a Jay-Driller on Kazarian and Mark also performed an Elbow Drop on Kazarian for a near-fall. In the end, The Briscoes tried to execute a springboard doomsday device on Kazarian, but he reversed into a powerslam to win the match.

Next was the Over Budget Battle Royale with the winner facing Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship on the main card. In the climax, Bully Ray eliminated Colt Cabana. Ray thought he won, but Flip Gordon in the guise of Chico El Luchador appeared and eliminated Bully Ray to win the battle royale and the ROH World Championship opportunity.

### **Preliminary matches**

The actual pay-per-view opened with MJF facing Matt Cross in singles match. In the end, Cross executed the shooting star press on MJF to win the match.

Next, Christopher Daniels faced Stephen Amell. After extensive blows with Amell, Daniels pinned Amell with the Best Moonsault Ever to win the match. After the match, the two shook hands.

After this, Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D, Chelsea Green, Madison Rayne and Tessa Blanchard faced off in a four corner survival match. In the climax, Blanchard performed the hammerlock DDT on Green to win the match. After the match, the four embraced.

Next, Nick Aldis defended the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship against Cody. As Aldis went to the top rope to perform a diving elbow drop, Cody's wife Brandi Rhodes tried to plead with Aldis to not do it. However, Aldis did the move and as soon as he jumped Brandi laid across Cody, taking the bulk of the hit. Aldis then pinned Cody, but he kicked out. Cody performed a Beautiful Disaster and then the Cross Rhodes on Aldis for a near-fall. Cody and Aldis attacked each other with punches and then Cody hit a vertebreaker on Aldis, but Aldis reversed it. In the end, Aldis tried to steal Cody's finisher, but Cody reversed and Aldis tried to pin him. However, Cody countered into a sunset flip to win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. With this win, Cody and his father Dusty Rhodes became the first father-son duo to win the championship.

In the next match, Hangman Page faced Joey Janela in a Chicago street fight. In the end, Page performed the Rite of Passage on Janela from the top of a ladder through a table to win the match. After the match, the lights went out. Similar to The Undertaker, druids appeared, but instead of druids it was men in inflatable penis costumes. Joey Ryan, thought to be dead, appeared and Page tried to attack him, but Ryan attacked Page and performed a superkick and Page was carried out of the arena.

Next, Jay Lethal defended the ROH World Championship against the over budget battle royale winner Flip Gordon. Lethal came out in his Black Machismo gimmick. During the match, Gordon performed a Stardust Press on Lethal for a near-fall. Lethal tried to perform a diving powerbomb, but Gordon reversed and Lethal performed a Lethal Injection II on Gordon. In the end, Lethal executed the Lethal Injection on Gordon to win the match and retain the title. After the match, the two showed mutual respect for each other. Bully Ray then came out and attacked both Lethal and Gordon. Chicago's own Colt Cabana appeared to make the save and then the three performed a triple powerbomb on Ray through a table.

In the penultimate match, Kazuchika Okada faced Marty Scurll in a singles match. In the end, Scurll provoked Okada and tried to break his fingers, but Okada reverted into the Rainmaker followed by a second Rainmaker to win the match.

### **Main event**

In the main event, The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) faced The Resistance (James Harrison, Neville and Tyler Breeze in no disqualfication six-man tornado tag team match. Breeze hit Matt Jackson with a *Beauty Shot* for a near fall before Harrison hit Nick Jackson with a superkick for another near fall. In the end Drew McIntyre, who was managing The Resistance in the match, hit Omega with a *Claymore* before Harrison hit Omega with the *Flight of the Phoenix* for the win.