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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
| Date | July 12, 2025 | ||
| City | Arlington, Texas | ||
| Venue | Globe Life Field | ||
| Attendance | 21,973[Note 1][1] | ||
| Buy rate | 175,000[2] | ||
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The 2025All In, also promoted asAll In: Texas, was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byAll Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was AEW's third annualAll In, and the fourth overall. The event took place on Saturday, July 12, 2025, atGlobe Life Field inArlington, Texas. It marked AEW's first PPV in theU.S. state ofTexas, its first at aMajor League Baseball stadium, and the first All In to belivestreamed onAmazon Prime Video. The event was also the first professional wrestling event held at Globe Life Field. Additionally, All In was AEW's first afternoon PPV, with a special start time of 2:00 p.m.Central Time (3:00 p.m.Eastern Time), preceded by theZero Hourpre-show at 12:00 p.m. CT (1:00 p.m. ET).
Twelve matches were contested at the event, including three on theZero Hour pre-show. In the event's final match, which was promoted as part of a triple main event,"Hangman" Adam Page defeatedJon Moxley in aTexas Death match to win theAEW World Championship. The second main event, which was the penultimate match, sawAEW Continental ChampionKazuchika Okada defeatAEW International ChampionKenny Omega in aWinner Takes AllChampionship Unification match to win the inauguralAEW Unified Championship. The first main event saw"Timeless" Toni Storm defeatMercedes Moné to retain theAEW Women's World Championship. In another prominent match,Swerve Strickland andWill Ospreay defeatedThe Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson andNicholas Jackson) in a "High Stakes"tag team match and as a result, The Young Bucks were stripped of theirExecutive Vice President titles. Prior to the match for theAEW TNT Championship,Adam Cole was forced to vacate the title due to injury, implying the possibility of retirement, scrapping the planned bout between him andKyle Fletcher in favour of a four-way match between Fletcher,Daniel Garcia,Sammy Guevara, andDustin Rhodes. The latter won the match, marking his first singles title win in his tenure at AEW.
The event also featured the returns ofJuice Robinson,The Gunns (Austin Gunn andColten Gunn),Cope,Bryan Danielson, andDarby Allin, the latter of whom had taken a hiatus to successfully climbMount Everest.
All In: Texas received generally positive reviews, with highly positive reviews in particular directed towards the AEW Women's World Championship match, the Unified Championship bout and the "High Stakes" tag match. The Texas Death Match for the AEW World Championship received high acclaim as a feel-good ending to the PPV and to Moxley's reign as AEW World Champion, though the overall length of the event — eight hours when including the pre-show — was criticised by many reviewers.
All In was first held as anindependentprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event in September 2018, and was produced by members ofThe Elite in association withRing of Honor (ROH), which retained the rights to All In.[3][4] The event inspired the formation of the American promotionAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) in January 2019,[5] and after AEW presidentTony Khan purchased ROH in March 2022,[6] AEW revivedAll In as their first-everPPV event held in the United Kingdom, with both the2023 and2024 events taking place during the United Kingdom'sAugust Bank Holiday weekend atWembley Stadium inLondon, England.[7][8] All In would become AEW's biggest annual event, subsequently regarded as one of the "big five", along withDouble or Nothing,All Out,Full Gear, andRevolution, the company's five biggest annual events.[9]
On August 15, 2024, the third All In by AEW, and fourth overall, was announced to be held atGlobe Life Field inArlington, Texas, on Saturday, July 12, 2025, marking AEW's first PPV event held in an Americanbaseball stadium and in theU.S. state ofTexas. All In: Texas was also AEW's first PPV event held in July and subsequently the first professional wrestling event held at Globe Life Field.[10] During an appearance on theRich Eisen Show just a week before the event, Tony Khan stated that they were not at Wembley Stadium for 2025 as the bandColdplay had booked the venue years in advance for a tour that ran through the August Bank Holiday weekend.[11]
Tickets for All In: Texas went on sale on December 9, 2024. Additionally, AEW hosted a free kickoff party at the Texas Live! sports bar adjacent to Globe Life Field on November 20, which included a meet-and-greet with wrestlers from AEW and ROH, as well as early access to purchase tickets for All In: Texas.[12]
All In: Texas was originally set to take place during the evening of July 12, but on April 2, 2025, it was announced that All In would instead have a special start time of 2:00 p.m.Central Time (3:00 p.m.Eastern Time) to prevent a direct counterprogramming attempt byWWE'sSaturday Night's Main Event XL.[13] However, WWE later scheduledThe Great American Bash, alivestreaming event for theirNXTbrand, to run against All In.[14] Despite the earlier start time, All In's six-hour duration resulted in the last hour overlapping with the first hour of Saturday Night's Main Event XL.[15]
Immediately following the July 10 episode ofCollision,TNT andMaxsimulcast a television special previewing the event titledCountdown to All In.
In the week leading up to All In, AEW hosted several events. BothDynamite andCollision were heldlive at theCurtis Culwell Center in nearbyGarland, Texas, on Wednesday, July 9, and Thursday, July 10, respectively.Collision was preempted from its usual Saturday night time slot due to All In taking place on Saturday.[16] Immediately afterCollision, AEW hosted akaraoke show in the Champions Ballroom of the Sheraton Arlington Hotel, where fans could sing karaoke with various AEW wrestlers.[17] The hotel also hosted the fan conventionStarrcast on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12. AEW's sister promotionRing of Honor (ROH) hosted their biggest annual pay-per-view,Supercard of Honor, at theEsports Stadium Arlington on July 11.[16] On Saturday morning before All In, AEW kicked off the event with a "Texas Tailgate" inside Texas Live!'s Shift4 Arena. Immediately after All In, there was an "After Party" in The Arlington Backyard of Texas Live!. Both events allowed fans to meet various AEW wrestlers and win prizes.[18]
| Role | Name |
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| Commentators | Excalibur(Pre-show and PPV) |
| Tony Schiavone(Pre-show and PPV) | |
| Nigel McGuinness(Pre-show and PPV) | |
| Taz(PPV) | |
| MVP(Men's Casino Gauntlet match) | |
| Matt Menard(TNT Championship match) | |
| FTR (Cash Wheeler andDax Harwood)(World Tag Team Championship match) | |
| Don Callis(Okada vs. Omega) | |
| Jim Ross(last two matches) | |
| Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
| Alvaro Riojas | |
| Ariel Levy | |
| Ring announcer | Bobby Cruise(Pre-show) |
| Arkady Aura(Pre-show+PPV) | |
| Justin Roberts(PPV) | |
| Referees | Aubrey Edwards |
| Bryce Remsburg | |
| Mike Posey | |
| Paul Turner | |
| Rick Knox | |
| Stephon Smith | |
| Interviewer | Josh Mathews |
| Pre-show hosts | Renee Paquette |
| RJ City | |
| Jeff Jarrett | |
| Paul Wight |
All In: Texas featured 12professional wrestling matches, including three on theZero Hour pre-show, that were the result of pre-existing feuds andstorylines, with results being predetermined by AEW's writers. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs,Dynamite andCollision.[19]
TheOwen Hart Cup is an annualprofessional wrestling tournament held by AEW in partnership withThe Owen Hart Foundation in honor ofOwen Hart. It consists of twosingle-elimination tournaments, one each for men and women. The respective winners receive a trophy called "The Owen", a commemorative championship belt, and aworld championship match at All In. Both tournament finals occurred atDouble or Nothing on May 25, 2025. The women's tournament was won byAEW TBS ChampionMercedes Moné, who defeatedJamie Hayter and earned anAEW Women's World Championship match against reigning champion"Timeless" Toni Storm. Meanwhile, the men's tournament was won by"Hangman" Adam Page, who defeatedWill Ospreay and earned anAEW World Championship match against reigning championJon Moxley.[20] AtDynamite 300 on July 2, it was confirmed that the bout between Moxley and Hangman would be contested as aTexas Death match.[21]
Upon winning the2024 Continental Classic atWorlds End on December 28 and retaining theAEW Continental Championship,Kazuchika Okada was confronted by returning long-time rivalKenny Omega, who had been out of action for over a year due to legitimately being diagnosed withdiverticulitis which (inkayfabe) had recently been aggravated following an attack by The Elite (Omega's former stable whom Okada had joined by that time).[22] Omega would go on to win theAEW International Championship atRevolution on March 9, 2025.[23] Following a successful title defense atDynamite: Fyter Fest on June 4, Omega was confronted by Okada. AWinner Takes All match for both the International Championship and the Continental Championship was then subsequently scheduled for All In.[24] During the contract signing the following week atDynamite: Summer Blockbuster,Tony Schiavone confirmed that the bout would be achampionship unification match to unify the titles as theAEW Unified Championship.[25][26]
On the June 21 episode ofCollision, it was announced that aCasino Gauntlet match would be held at All In;[27] it was subsequently revealed that there would be both a men's and women's version of the match with the respective winners receiving a future world championship match.[28] Twofour-way matches, one each for the men and women, occurred on the June 25 episode ofDynamite to determine the number one entrants respectively, whereMark Briscoe defeatedBandido,Konosuke Takeshita, andRoderick Strong, and thenKris Statlander defeatedAthena,Thunder Rosa, andWillow Nightingale.[29] On July 2 atDynamite 300,The Hurt Syndicate'sMJF defeatedAnthony Bowens,AR Fox, andBrody King in a four-way match to become the number two entrant in the men's Gauntlet.[21] On the July 9 episode ofDynamite,Megan Bayne defeatedQueen Aminata,Tay Melo, andThekla in a four-way match to become the number two entrant in the women's Gauntlet.[30]
AtDynasty on April 6,The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson andNicholas Jackson) returned after a hiatus since October, and interfered in the main event, assisting Jon Moxley in defeatingSwerve Strickland, with Moxley retaining his AEW World Championship.[31] Strickland would feud with both Moxley and hisDeath Riders stable, and The Young Bucks, culminating in anAnarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing on May 25, which Strickland's team won.[32] AtDynamite: Summer Blockbuster on June 11, The Young Bucks renewed their rivalry with Strickland, and attempted to superkick him with shoes that had thumbtacks encrusted on the soles following Strickland's match withWill Ospreay, but Ospreay purposefully moved in front of Strickland and was superkicked instead.[25] On the June 25 episode ofDynamite, Ospreay and Strickland challenged The Young Bucks to a tag team match at All In, but The Young Bucks refused.[29] AtDynamite 300 on July 2, Ospreay and Strickland again challenged The Young Bucks to a match, this time with the added stipulation that if The Young Bucks lost, they would be stripped of their Executive Vice President titles, but if Strickland and Ospreay lost, neither would be able to challenge for the AEW World Championship for one year, and The Young Bucks accepted.[21][33]
At Dynasty in April,Adam Cole defeatedDaniel Garcia to win theAEW TNT Championship.[31] After Double or Nothing in May, Cole began a feud withKyle Fletcher over the title, with Cole defeating Fletcher via disqualification on the May 28 episode ofDynamite.[34] AtCollision 100 on July 5, Fletcher defeated Garcia to become the #1 contender for the AEW TNT Championship at All In.[35] However, during the All InZero Hour pre-show, it was confirmed by AEW president Tony Khan that Cole was legitimately injured and could not be cleared for his TNT Championship defense. The match was subsequently changed to a four-way match for the vacant title between Fletcher, Garcia,Dustin Rhodes, andSammy Guevara.[36]
On the June 25 episode ofDynamite, the newly formed tag team of JetSpeed ("Speedball" Mike Bailey andKevin Knight) defeatedRicochet andAR Fox.[37] After the match, JetSpeed called out theAEW World Tag Team Champions,The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley andShelton Benjamin) and challenged them to a match at All In, before being ambushed from behind by them.[37] The match was subsequently made official for All In.[38] On the July 5 episode ofCollision, it was confirmed thatThe Patriarchy (Christian Cage andNick Wayne) would also be in the match, making it athree-way tag team match.[39]
At theAEW Spring BreakThru special episode ofDynamite on April 16, The Opps (Samoa Joe,Katsuyori Shibata, andPowerhouse Hobbs) defeatedDeath Riders (Claudio Castagnoli,Jon Moxley, andWheeler Yuta) to win theAEW World Trios Championship (Moxley was filling in for a legitimately injuredPac). On May 14 atDynamite: Beach Break, Moxley successfully defended the AEW World Championship against Joe in aSteel Cage match after interference from the Death Riders andGabe Kidd.[40] This led to an Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing between The Opps' team and the Death Rider's team, where the former team won despite Kidd's interference.[32] On July 5 atCollision 100, Castagnoli and Yuta challenged The Opps for their AEW World Trios Championships at All In.[41] On the July 9 episode ofDynamite, Kidd returned,[42] and it was subsequently confirmed on the same episode that the title match was official and that Kidd would take Pac's place.[41]
The event as a whole received generally positive reviews, with particularly positive reactions directed towards each of the three main events, along with the High Stakes tag team bout. Reviewing the event forTJRwrestling, John Canton gave the event an overall score of 8 out of 10. He referred to the entire suite of matches as "good", with the quality increasing to culminate in the final three matches which he deemed "excellent", though noted that he didn't find any of the matches between then Page and Ospreay's bout at Double or Nothing, which he ranked as AEW's best match of the year thus far.[43] Writing for411Mania, Kevin Pantoja also gave the show a score of 8 out of 10. He overall described All In as "a hell of a show that ended with a barrage of bangers", but criticised the quality of matches that ran too long, specifically naming the TNT and Tag Team Championship bouts, along with the Men's Casino Gauntlet match.[44] Chris Mueller, reviewing forBleacher Report, gave the show a score of an "A".[45]
The final main event of Jon Moxley vs. "Hangman" Adam Page for the AEW World Championship received acclaim as a feel-good ending to the show, and finale of Moxley's reign as champion. Canton praised the decisive finish of the match, with Page utilizing a chain to hang so "Moxley had to tap out" underlined Page's victory.[42] Pantoja described the match as "incredible", positively noting it as "overbooked in the best possible way with the right outcome in the end." He specifically noted that he was not fond of the Death Riders storyline, but found it "beautiful" that such a wonderful ending could come from it.[44]Dave Meltzer, reviewing the match for theWrestling Observer Newsletter, gave thematch 5.5 stars, tying it as his best match of the night. Mueller praised the match, stating that Moxley and Page "stole the show", whilst noting the violence may be off-putting to some.
The event as a whole received criticism for its extended length. Coupled with the two hour pre-show, All In: Texas ran more than eight hours. Canton noted that the crowd was "dead" for several matches due to the length,[43] which Pantoja echoed as causing several matches to suffer in quality from extended length.[44]
For the other matches, Dave Meltzer rated the opening eight-man tag team match 2.25 stars, the eight-man tag team match featuring "Big Boom!" A.J. 3 stars, FTR vs. Outrunners 3 stars, the AEW World Trios Championship match 3.75 stars, the men's and women's Casino Gauntlet matches both 4 stars, the vacant TNT Championship four-way match 3 stars, the AEW World Tag Team Championship three-way match 4 stars, Ospreay & Strickland vs. Young Bucks 5.5 stars, the AEW Women's World Championship match 4.75 stars, and the AEW Unified Championship match 4.75 stars.