The Wrestling Uncensored crew delivered their most scathing review in recent memory following AEW All In 2025, with Dave Simon leading a blistering takedown of what was supposed to be AEW’s biggest show of the year. What should have been a celebration of wrestling excellence instead became a six-hour endurance test that left the hosts questioning their continued coverage of the promotion.
Dave Simon didn’t mince words in his opening assessment: “It was bad. It was too damn long. Too damn long. AEW All In 2025. I want to get this over with because I’ve already spent way too much of my time watching AEW today. Too much time, six hours. It’s ridiculous.”
The frustration was palpable as the hosts struggled to find positives in what they described as a bloated, self-indulgent mess that insulted both talent and fans with its excessive runtime and poor pacing.
The Six-Hour Marathon Nobody Asked For
The most damning criticism centered on the show’s unconscionable length, with Dave expressing genuine anger at AEW’s decision to subject viewers to what he called “six hours of wrestling” when including the pre-show coverage.
“What the hell are you doing. What is that? Who wants to watch six hours of wrestling? Who wants to watch six hours of anything?“ Dave demanded, his exasperation evident throughout the discussion.
Ben Simon, Dave’s brother, who joined the post-show, added his perspective: “I was happier that the show was over than the outcome of the main event. It’s not what you want.”
The hosts compared the experience to other forms of entertainment, with Ben noting: “I went to see it like a few weeks ago, I want to see the newest Mission: Impossible movie. It’s like three hours. The last 20 minutes are amazing. But like at that point, I was struggling to stay awake, and I was kind of like it didn’t really matter much to me at the end.“
Dave’s assessment was even harsher: “This is supposed to be their show of the year. Six on 10.”
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AEW All In 2025 Match-by-Match Breakdown: The Good, Bad, and Terrible
Pre-Show: Setting a Poor Tone
The hosts completely dismissed the pre-show content, with Dave stating bluntly: “I’m not talking about the pre-show because it was stupid.” He quickly ran through the results – FTR defeating The Outrunners, the Texas-themed eight-man tag, and the Conglomeration vs Don Callis Family match – with apparent disinterest.
Dave’s take on FTR’s opening match was particularly harsh: “FTR beat the Outrunners in a match that can only be described as happened fucking 16 minutes of wasted time. Boring ass FTR doing their boring act. No one cares about tag team wrestling from 1982.”
Main Card Opens with a Whimper
The actual AEW All In 2025 pay-per-view opened with The Opps Katsuyori Shibata, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Samoa Joe defeating the Death Riders for the Trios Championship, a match that Dave described as sucking “the air out” of the arena.
“This opened the show, and it totally sucked. Suck the air out,” Dave said, questioning why a 15-minute trios match was chosen to start the biggest show of the year.
Johnny North agreed with the criticism: “I don’t know whose idea was to put the trios match first, but that was not the best idea. Like we talked about last night, you start with a singles like I think one of their main events should have started the show.”
Casino Gauntlet Matches: The Worst Offenders
Both casino gauntlet matches received the harshest criticism from all three hosts, with Dave calling them “terrible” and questioning AEW’s priorities.
The men’s casino gauntlet, won by MJF, lasted “35 minutes” and featured what Dave described as “a bunch of jobbers.” Despite MJF being “the only redeemable character in this whole match,” the excessive length killed any momentum.
Even worse was the women’s casino gauntlet, which Dave described as “27 fucking minutes” of “nobodies” that “absolutely sucked.” The match was won by Athena and featured several wrestlers the hosts didn’t recognize or care about.
“It was horrendous. Horrendous. Who cares about Siori? You know it was a lot of Siori. Yeah, what the fuck is Siori anyway? This is they got some Japanese lady comes out there like yo Siori. I’m not sure who this is. I don’t give a shit who this is,” Dave ranted.
Ben added: “I feel like after the last wrestlers came in, there was still like another 10 more minutes of wrestling. I was just like why is this still going.”
Dustin Rhodes TNT Championship Win: A AEW All In 2025 Bright Spot
One of the few positive moments came when Dustin Rhodes won the vacant TNT Championship in a four-way match, though even this was tempered by the show’s pacing issues.
“Dustin Rhodes then won a four-way to win the AEW TNT championship that Adam Cole vacated, and a promo from Adam Cole, who did a long promo and said Well, this isn’t my retirement promo. I’ll do that another time, but it seemed like a retirement promo,” Dave noted.
The segment featuring Adam Cole giving up the title due to injury concerns was handled well, with Dave speculating that Cole might be dealing with serious health issues.
Tag Team Excellence: Young Bucks vs Ospreay and Swerve
The one match that drew universal praise was the high-stakes tag team encounter between The Young Bucks and the team of Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland.
“This match was good. Swerve and Osprey beat the young Bucks. Surprising finish. I thought the Bucks would have won. They did not. They’re stripped of their EVP titles. The match was very good—a lot of false finishes. Really good stuff,” Dave said.
Johnny North agreed, initially considering this his match of the night, but later changed his opinion.
Three-Way Tag Team Title Match: More Filler
The Hurt Syndicate successfully defended their tag team championships against JetSpeed and The Patriarchy in what Dave described as “18 minutes 40 seconds of nothing boring, pointless, should have been on collision.”
The only redeeming aspect was Edge’s surprise return to confront Christian Cage, but even this couldn’t save what the hosts saw as another overly long, unnecessary match.
The Big Three: Where Quality Finally Emerged
Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada: Diminished Returns
The highly anticipated AEW All In 2025 unification match between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada for both the AEW World Championship and the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship received mixed reviews from the hosts.
While the match was technically sound, Dave felt it suffered from interference and the show’s bloated runtime: “At that point in the show when we’ve sat through five hours of wrestling, I don’t need to see Kenny and Okada do another 30 minutes.”
Ben compared it to aging baseball stars: “Felt like you know like you know they have their heyday and now they’re kind of you know it’s like a big league stars in the triple A you know like they’re coming back hit his spots like yes to buy like you know it feels good. But like, I didn’t even feel that good.”
Okada ultimately won to unify the championships, but the interference from Don Callis and others hurt the match quality, according to Johnny North.
Toni Storm vs Mercedes Moné: Match of the Night
All three hosts agreed that the Women’s World Championship match between “Timeless” Toni Storm and Mercedes Moné was the highlight of the show.
“Matches in the night were Toni Storm beating Mercedes Moné. That was my favorite match. It was very good. Tony won. It was fine,” Dave said, later expanding: “I thought that match was great.”
Johnny North also praised the match: “Mercedes – Toni is my match of the night.”
The finish, featuring Tony Storm hitting multiple Storm Zeros, including one from the second rope, was executed perfectly and provided genuine excitement after hours of mediocrity.
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Hangman Adam Page vs Jon Moxley: Violent Conclusion
The main event, Texas Death Match for the AEW World Championship, delivered the violence and drama expected, with Hangman Adam Page finally defeating Jon Moxley to reclaim the title.
“Match was very good, very violent, exactly what I was expecting,” Dave noted, describing the brutal contest that featured Hangman stabbing Moxley with a fork and choking him with a chain for the submission victory.
The match included surprise appearances from Bryan Danielson and Darby Allin, though Dave expressed discomfort with Darby’s descent from the rafters: “And then Darby descended from the rafters which I don’t like that they’re doing after all the way up. They do all this stuff about how much they love. Oh and then they’re doing that. And I go really. Are we still doing that. It just makes me uncomfortable.”
AEW All In 2025 Scoring and Final Verdicts
The hosts were unanimous in their disappointing scores:
- Dave Simon: 6/10
- Johnny North: 6.5/10
- Ben Simon: 6/10
All three selected Toni Storm vs Mercedes Moné as match of the night, with Dave ranking his top three as: “Toni and Mercedes, Osprey and Swerve in the Bucks, and then the main event with Hangman and Moxley.”
The Breaking Point: Threats to Stop Coverage
Perhaps most telling was Dave’s threat to potentially stop covering AEW entirely if the promotion continues down this path.
“AEW clearly doesn’t know how to do that. Like Tony Khan has proven time and time again, that the shows are too long and they hurt the quality, they give you too much and it makes you not enjoy the show makes you hate the show,” Dave said.
He continued: “I’m never doing AEW post-shows again. So my watching of these pay-per-views is going to be like hit and miss. I may or may not watch these pay-per-views in the future because I’m not doing post shows for these six-hour marathons anymore, because it’s stupid.”
The frustration reached a crescendo when Dave declared, “I don’t care. I’m sick of it. I’m sick of Goldberg. I’m sick of Gunther. I’m sick of the wrestling business entirely. AEW is supposed to be the alternative to this nonsense, and they give me that.”
Editorial Solutions: What AEW Must Fix
Johnny North offered constructive criticism about how AEW could improve future events: “Main event matches I think those delivered. They should have been as long as they were supposed to be. Gauntlet they got to cut the fat like you said like those got to be 20 minutes or less. Really, those gauntlets.”
Dave’s solution was even simpler: “I think this show would have gotten a whole point extra for me if they had cut both casino gauntlet matches. If they didn’t have a casino gauntlet. Over an hour of content. Yeah. That’s it. I think it would have been a seven on ten.”
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Conclusion: A Wasted Opportunity
What should have been AEW’s crowning achievement became a cautionary tale about excess and poor editing. While the promotion delivered several excellent matches, particularly in the final hour, the overall experience was so bloated and poorly paced that even dedicated wrestling fans reached their breaking point.
The hosts’ frustration reflects a broader concern about AEW’s direction under Tony Khan’s leadership. When your most devoted supporters are threatening to stop coverage due to chronic time management issues, it’s clear that fundamental changes are needed.
As Dave concluded, “You can’t do a six-hour wrestling show. I don’t know what kind of stimulants Tony Khan is on to keep him going. But keep me away from him because I don’t want to think like that, where I put on a show that’s six hours, and I think that’s a good idea.“
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