AEW All Out 2022 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Max Caster and Anthony Bowens had a shot to win the AEW tag titles this weekend when they took on Swerve and Keith Lee. The crowd was cheering for both teams, but The Acclaimed seemed to be a bit more over with the Chicago fans.
Bowens and Swerve had a quick exchange to get things going before Lee and Caster took over. The Acclaimed had the upper hand after a few minutes, so the champions took a moment to regroup at ringside.
Lee faked an offer for a handshake and started beating Caster up, so the crowd began to boo him for the first time since he came to AEW.
Traditional tag team matches are much easier to follow than trios bouts, so this was a fun, fast-paced performance that was also easy to follow. The crowd seemed to wake back up after being a little quiet after the previous match's outcome.
Bowens began selling a knee injury, so Swerve focused on that limb with every move he hit. Billy Gunn tried to help him a bit at ringside, but he could only do so much without getting The Acclaimed disqualified.
Caster began to build up a head of steam after getting a hot tag. A miscommunication led to Lee accidentally hitting Swerve out of the ring. Both teams came close to winning several times before Swerve in Our Glory hit a combo powerbomb and double stomp from the top rope for the win.
Lee and Swerve acting more like heels helped get the crowd behind The Acclaimed even more than it already was, but more importantly, it allowed them to tell a better story. This match was outstanding, but the crowd was pretty upset at the outcome.
Winners: Swerve in Our Glory
Notable Moments and Observations
- Caster's pre-match rap was hilarious.
- It's easy to forget how big Caster is until you see him next to a guy like Lee.
- Swerve has unreal precision. He makes difficult moves look easy to pull off. His baseball slide dropkick out of the ring looked awesome.
- The crowd chanting "you can't scissor" at Lee is further proof that pro wrestling has the best fans in the world.
- It's always a little scary when someone sells a fake injury to a part of their body that was legitimately injured because you never quite know for sure if it's real or not.
- Caster picking up Lee for a fireman's carry slam was the most impressive spot of the night up to this point.