‘All In: Texas’ was the reset AEW desperately needed

All in: Texas was more than a salary in sight for the entire elite struggle, it was the most important spectacle that they had in more than two years. The six -hour program on the Marathon stadium was not the best show in the company, and certainly not the most concise – but it was essential to solve the problems of history that had arisen inside AEW. In this way, it was not the best show, but the best reserve Show that the company has had … maybe ever.

Everything in the show on Saturday was to serve the future. It was a confident card and focused on the stars that exploited what made AEW a viable WWE alternative: raising alternative wrestlers. Instead of leaning too many talents that have taken importance to WWE, it focused mainly on the wrestlers who cut the teeth in AW, building the future for the company.

To this end, we really have to look at the show in different buckets, and this is where the brightness of All in: Texas“The reservation really shines.

Scene of the main male event

Obviously, the big element here was to remove the Jon Moxley world championship. It is not that Mox was a bad champion, in fact, he is undoubtedly one of the best most versatile wrestlers on the list. The central problem is that all the runners of death the angle never Really work.

The vision was clear, having this group being the eminent threat of the heel in the company was supposed to be similar to the NWO, but it never worked really well. Instead of having the real “US against them” element of Sting, DDP and CO. Against the NWO in the glory days of the WCW, it was rather a question of locking the belt in a case to know where it looked like a reflection afterwards.

Puting the strap on the Hangman concerns the right movement right now. We are late for a Babyface world champion. In addition, the group of challengers is now fascinating. MJF winning the male casino glove makes sense, and it is the obvious heel challenger then – but there is also the opportunity here to reintroduce Swerve Strickland in hunting in a fascinating way.

On Swerve, another big booking movement was that he and Will Ospreay take the EVP titles for young Bucks. This dollar race was so confusing, I don’t know if someone really understands where they come from. Were they trying to use their power in the company, but by supporting Moxley to make it fall? He never clicked. This opens the bucks to do something interesting again without being salted with a role of leadership on the screen that has limited their careers.

Kazuchika Okada legitimization was absolutely critical. Okada has been firmly reserved since his arrival in AEW, but he needed this signature PPV victory to put everything together. Overcoming Kenny Omega does this. Now Okada is in a position where he can be the player of the legitimate main event he is, with the CV to save him.

Scene of the main event of women

One of the biggest surprises of the night was the conservation of Toni Storm against Mercedes Mone. Especially after Ethena won the Casino Gauntlet women’s match, I felt like we were going to be intended for a “belt collector” with Mercedes against Athena for the Forever championship against Aew Women’s Championship.

The storm is so incredibly finished at the moment that keeping the belt on it is the right decision. There are infinitely more interesting ways that it can go now with it by holding the title, especially when Jamie Hayter is back in the photo.

Maybe no one struggling at the moment has a better race, promotions or character than Toni Storm. Everything they need to keep it on television is the best possible decision for the female division.

UNDERCARD FOR MEN

This includes a lot of different talents, including the AEW Trios championship and the TNT championship. The fact that the OPPs keep the titles of the trios above the death runners were the right decision, with a fascinating decision at the end of Have Samoa Joe took the injury.

It was a decision which not only released the future of the trios to concentrate on an angle of the death runners, but opens a ton of potential for these titles. The Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata both looked like stars in the match, but now they are in a situation of two against three until Joe is back. Will they find a third member to raise (read: hook)? Or put the belts in another hungry group? Anyway, he kept the rivalry between the OPPs and the runners of death, while opening the future.

The fact that Dustin Rhodes wins the TNT title is a short -term reservation, but it was a good decision. More importantly: he opens the way to Sammy Guevara to have beef with his team partner Ring of Honor Tag, which could allow Guevara to return to a heel role in which he is better, while allowing him to take a step towards a necessary singer.

Hurt Syndicate Retaining The Tag Titles is a good deal that we will discuss more. Not only did the match highlighted the other artists of the match, but desperately opens the door of the Porte Edge and Christian Final Run.

UNDERCARD FOR Women

The female match of the Gauntlet casino was essential to better establish the female Undercard in AEW, and the victory of Athena was undoubtedly the right decision.

If something that this match showed how ridiculous and deep and how many wrestlers are extremely popular in the division. Willow Nightingale, Julia Hart, Kris Statlander, Harley Cameron – The list is long.

What is necessary now is for AEW to develop deeper scenarios for the Undercard of women beyond occasional affairs. There must be better long -term programming with someone to raise and hunt the title, and Willow looks like the right adjustment here by considering his body or work and popularity with fans. Nevertheless, this is the first time in a while that the division has felt very good health and that it could go anywhere.

There is still so much to explore

Among the criticisms of the AEW stimulation, tends to be the slowness after a PPV, then a crazy sprint to the next. Often, the reservation shows the whole hand of the company at the same time, then we have a month or two left.

This time feels so much more different. All in: Texas left me more questions than answers on the future scenarios of the company, and by not pushing each return to rumors, she leaves the company room for surprises Dynamite AEW.

COPE, Darby Allin, Eddie Kingston, Jack Perry, Orange Cassidy – So many stars overwhelmed by an injury or a story are about to make their return that he opens dozens of avenues for the company to explore.

It seems quite likely that the immediate future revolves around the injured union pushing MJF to obtain the belt, and Athena trying to take the title of Toni Storm, but even inside these two stories, new interesting angles involving stars that society has made, rather than rolling WWE tails for a cheap pop.

This is what we have been missing for a better part of two years. It amounts to having the confidence necessary to run your own race and not be also concerned about WWE. The struggle is the best when each company shoots all cylinders. Now AEW is back on the photo, and All in: Texas achieved everything he needed.