AEW All Out Preview: First World Champion to be crowned, PAC vs Omega, CM Punk?

We're just hours away from AEW All Out. It will be a massive night for All Elite Wrestling ahead of this television debut in October. We take a look at every match on tonight's card an including what we think of the possibility of CM Punk showing up tonight.

Will CM Punk show up?

We’ll get the question that’s on everybody's mind out of the way first. Will CM Punk be the big surprise at All Out? Despite the rumors, we don’t think Punk will be there but we’d love to be wrong.

The Buy-In

Women’s Casino Battle Royal

Who will earn a shot at the AEW Women's Champinship?

We start off with The Buy In and the first match we’ll take a look at will the Women’s Casino Battle Royale. The winner of the match will be one of the first women to get a shot at the AEW Women’s Championship at a later date. A number of names have already been revealed for the match and they include Britt Baker, Jazz, Ivelisse, Brandi Rhodes, Teal Piper, Sadie Gibbs, former MYC competitor Ariel Monroe and Nyla Rose. We will also get a number of surprise entrants and the biggest amongst these could be Awesome Kong and Aja Kong.

Moving onto the predictions for this match it looks it could be Britt Baker who earns her first title shot in AEW when this is over.

PREDICTED WINNER: Britt Baker

Private Party vs Angelico and Jack Evans

Also on The Buy In will be a fantastic tag-team match. We have Private Party in one corner and they face the team of Jack Evans and Angelico. Expectations for Private Party are high and we fancy them to pick up the win which should give them some good momentum ahead of their match against The Young Bucks in the AEW Tag-Team title tournament.

PREDICTED WINNER: Private Party

Luchasaurus, Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt vs SCU

Which team will pick up the win in this massive 6-man tag-team match up?

Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy are one of the most exciting duos in AEW’s tag-team division. They will team up with Marko Stunt for the first time at AEW All Out as the trio face the seasoned team of SCU – Kazarian, Christopher Daniels and Scorpio Sky. Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy have already shown that they have great chemistry and if Stunt gels well with the duo, it could be a successful night.

This match is a little harder to predict that the last tag-team match but I’ll take a shot and go with Luchasaurus, Jungle Boy and Stunt.

PREDICTED WINNER: Luchasaurus, Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt

Riho vs Hikaru Shida

Riho and Shida have another chance to impress in front of a packed arena

Both Riho and Hikaru Shida have already impressed for All Elite Wrestling and have teamed up in the past to good effect. The two Joshi’s face each other at All Out and it will be a chance to impress with another spot in the AEW Women’s Championship match is still undecided.

Riho has already impressed with her babyface fire and she could be the one to win this.

PREDICTED WINNER: Riho

Best Friends vs. The Dark Order (Winners get a first-round pass in the AEW Tag-Team Title tournament)

The Dark Order could pick up another massive win at AEW All Out

Trent Beretta and Chuckie T are already fan favorites amongst the nascent AEW faithful. However, they face the stiffest opposition of their short AEW careers at All Out as the face the formidable Dark Order. The winners of this match get a first-round pass in the upcoming AEW Tag-Team Title tournament.

Although I expect the Best Friends to hold their own at All Out, the power advantage of the Dark Order may be too much for them to overcome.

PREDICTED WINNER: The Dark Order

Jimmy Havoc vs Joey Janela vs Darby Allin

Regardless of who wins, this match is bound to be insane

We have a triple threat match next with Jimmy Havoc, Joey Janela and Darby Allin. This one is bound to get nuts pretty quick, especially with triple threat rules being in force, which means no DQ. This is one of the hardest matches on the card to predict. However, after his performance against Cody, we’ll go with Darby Allin pulling off a pretty big upset.

PREDICTED WINNER: Darby Allin

Cody vs Shawn Spears

One of the biggest matches on the AEW All Out card, and definitely the one that’s bound to be the most heated, has Cody facing the man who smashed his head with a steel chair – Shawn Spears. Spears has former Horseman Tully Blanchard in his corner while Cody will have his brother Dustin Rhodes.

Cody will be the favourite heading into the match but I’ll have to go for a big upset here. I see Shawn Spears somehow pulling off the win to keep the storyline continuing.

PREDICTED WINNER: Shawn Spears

Lucha Bros (c) vs The Young Bucks (for the AAA Tag-Team Championships)

Which team will leave Chicago with gold around their waists?

We’re really at the business end of the card now. Next up is what should be an insane ladder match between The Lucha Bros and The Young Bucks with the AAA titles on the line. Both these teams know each other really well this will be a hard fought war. Despite Fenix’s injury scare in the lead up to the match he should be close to full fitness according to reports.

This is another incredibly tough match to predict. It will come down to whoever’s better on the night we’ll have to go with the Lucha Bros.

PREDICTED WINNERS: Lucha Bros

Kenny Omega vs PAC

Former Dragon Gate Champion PAC will replace the injured Jon Moxley

The biggest story ahead of AEW All Out has been regarding Jon Moxley’s injury. Moxley has been forced to pull out of his match against Kenny Omega after picking up a staph infection in his elbow. Omega will now face former Dragon Gate Champion and former WWE Superstar PAC fka Neville.

Omega and PAC are both incredible performers inside the ring and there’s no way this will disappoint. Even though it isn’t the Moxley vs Omega match we were all waiting to see, it’s still an adequate replacement with it being a last minute change.

With Kenny Omega being positioned as one of AEW’s top stars, we think that he’s probably winning this.

PREDICTED WINNER: Kenny Omega

Chris Jericho vs Hangman Page (to crown the first AEW World Champion)

Who will become the first AEW World Champion?

The main even will see history being made with the first AEW World Champion being crowned. We will see the evergreen Chris Jericho, who is as determined as ever, facing Hangman Adam Page. Even though Jericho will be physically outmatched by his younger opponent, the grizzled veteran will use all his experience to even the odds.

This is another match that will be difficult to call. It was a tough one but we’re going with Chris Jericho.

PREDICTED WINNER: Chris Jericho

Edited by Rahul Arun