Grading All Elite Wrestling's first year as a promotion

PPV shows: A

Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega took each other to the limit.

AEW put the rest of the wrestling world on notice with Double of Nothing, their first official offering as a full-blown wrestling promotion. It gave fans a taste of how things would look regarding presentation, interviews, matches, commentary, and style. The event also had a great card of matches including Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes, the Casino Battle Royale, The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Brothers and Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho. The event was also memorable due to Jon Moxley debuting after the main event and attacking both Jericho and Omega.

All Out had to be a big deal because it was the last PPV before AEW's television debut. It also had the distinction of crowning the first ever AEW Champion. Since they needed to crown champions, it made sense to have many matches with stakes attached to them (Battle Royale, Riho vs. Hikaru Shida). Ortiz and Santana also debuted with AEW after attacking both the Lucha Brothers and the Young Bucks following their grueling ladder match.

Full Gear was the last PPV put on by AEW. It was notable as the first show to be put on after having builds on Dynamite. Cody put his right to ever challenge for the title again on the line against Jericho and Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley had an insane hardcore match. MJF also turned on Cody to stir the pot after the event. Each PPV set the stage for the following weeks and storylines until Dynamite debuted in October. Offering a variety of matches also kept the shows fresh instead of a bunch of one-on-one matches with a tag match added here or there.