Ranking AEW PPVs

All Elite Wrestling has had seven official PPV events in their history, and for the most part they have all been very good shows. While the quality greatly carries from the very top of this list to the very bottom, I can confidently say that all seven of these shows are well worth the watch, but how do they stack up against each other?

#7: All Out 2020: The worst PPV AEW has had is most remembered for the awful handling of the Matt Hardy injury, but it’s not the only negative. MJF had the most momentum of his young career in his push for the AEW World Championship, MJF 2020 and all that. The time seemed perfect to crown him champion, but they just didn’t and let Moxley’s reign continue at the expense of MJF. There were some strong points however, FTR captured the tag team championships in a great match with Hangman Page & Kenny Omega and Orange Cassidy continued his strong push as a mega baby face by defeating Chris Jericho in the first ever Mimosa Mayhem match, but despite this, after that Matt Hardy injury and MJF’s momentum being stopped dead, it was all of us who needed a big pool of mimosa.

#6: Double or Nothing 2019: You know that AEW has put on incredible PPVs when this one is number six. The inaugural AEW PPV, the two most memorable matches were Cody defeating brother Dustin Rhodes in one of the most emotional and vicious matches in years, and The Young Bucks defeating The Lucha Brothers in a classic tag team match. This show could rank higher of the Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega rematch was as good as the original at WrestleMania Kingdom 12, although that is a ludicrously high standard. Both of the women’s matches seemed like the dreaded WrestleMani style of throwing every women’s wrestler we have in the ring and see what happens, even if both matches were actually good. This show has a lot of good, however the few minor negatives hold it back from the rest of the elite PPVs AEW has had.

#5: Full Gear 2020: This show is when we finally got the dream match of FTR vs The Young Bucks, and it did not disappoint showcasing that these two just very well might be the two best tag teams in the world. MJF had been trying to join the Inner Circle and Chris Jericho made him prove himself in a match. MJF won in sneaky heel fashion, however Jericho appreciates the craft and respected MJF and gladly welcomed him to the Inner Circle. Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara had a rematch from their All Out disaster (those words are unintentionally accurate) while it was better, it just doesn’t appear that these two have much chemistry in the ring. In the main event, Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Championship in a brutal I Quit match with red hot Eddie Kingston. With the lone exception of Hardy vs Guevara, Full Gear 2020 is a very good show.

#4: All Out 2019: Here’s where the AEW PPVs on this list start to become really great. AEW’s second PPV has a lot to love about it. The Escalera De La Muerta match, that’s a ladder match for my Americans, between The Young Bucks and The Lucha Brothers is an absolute marvel of a ladder match stunt show, go back and watch that Canadian Destroyer, isn’t that something. SCU defeated Jurassic Express in a white hot opening six man tag match. Jimmy Havoc defeated Darby Allin and Joey Janela in some hardcore goodness. Pac defeated Kenny Omega in shocking fashion to establish Pac as a big deal right away. The main event sees Chris Jericho become the first ever AEW World Champion defeating Hangman Adam Page in the breakout babyface performance from our anxious millennial cowboy. All Out is a great show that every wrestling fan needs to watch.

#3: Full Gear 2019: This PPV features Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega in a 38 minute deathmatch and every single minute of it is gory and horrific and beautiful. In perhaps AEW’s best story based match, Chris Jericho retained his AEW World Championship against Cody via technical submission after MJF threw in the towel on Cody’s behalf, and later attacked Cody to cement his turn against his mentor. Santana & Ortiz pulled off the surprise victory over The Young Bucks to make themselves a big time tag team in AEW right away. Full Gear features two phenomenal matches in the main event spots and solid matches all throughout the show.

#2: Double or Nothing 2020: Let me start this by saying that I said it after it happened and it still remains true, The Stadium Stampede match is the most fun I’ve ever had watching wrestling. It has comedy, brutality and memorable spot after memorable spot, it is incredible beyond belief. Jon Moxley wrestled Brodie Lee in a match that is somehow tougher than you initially imagined, no seriously. MJF defeated Jungle Boy in the most unexpectedly great match of 2020. The Casino Ladder match had several memorable moments, especially Orange Cassidy being too lazy to actually climb the ladder and instead opting to casually reach for it from the mat. Cody defeated Lance Archer to become the inaugural TNT champion in the first of many instant classics Cody would put on for the TNT championship.

#1: Revolution 2020: AEW Revolution 2020 is my favorite wrestling show ever, and that is something that I would say long before working on this list. The Young Bucks vs Hangman Page & Kenny Omega is the greatest tag team match ever. It features elite level action with the fantastic story of will Hangman Page turn on his fellow Elite members, it’s worth all the hype it gets. Orange Cassidy and Pac wrestled in an instant classic that showcases Cassidy’s gimmick to perfection and the crowd being so into the match makes it so much more enjoyable. Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara had two matches in one with Guevara assaulting Allin before the bell, and it taking a while before the bell to actually ring, and Guevara and Allin taking terrifying bumps one after another. The main event started with Chris Jericho having the most epic entrance in AEW history before Jon Moxley was able to end Jericho’s reign of terror with the AEW World Championship to send the fans home happy after one of the greatest shows in wrestling history.