Ranking All 20 AEW pay per views (2019-2023)

[Dog Based Gremlin]

20. AEW Out 2020

• Matt hardy falls and hit his head on concrete in street fight and kept fighting
• Tooth & Nail match: Big Swole def. Britt Baker
• Mimosa Mayhem: Orange Cassidy def. Jericho by throwing him in orange pool
• "Moxley vs MJF" main event

19. Revolution 2021

• Exploding ring botch

18. Fight for the Fallen 2019 (Daly's Place)

• Rhodes Brothers vs Young Bucks - 31 min main event (too long)
• 1st ever AEW Title match: Hangman vs Chris Jericho
• Daly's Place

17. Fyter Fest 2019

• Kenny Omega attacks Moxley after beating Joey Janela
• Cody vs Darby ends in time limit draw
• Shawn Spears spits Cody Rhodes head open with stiff steel chairshot!

16. Double or Nothing 2023 (most recent)

• Jade's streak ends at 60-1 to returning Kris Statlander
• Toni Storm wins AEW Women's title from Jamie Hayter
• PIllars 4 way: MJF def. Jungle Boy, Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara
• Anarchy in the Arena main event....Blackface singer!

15. Double or Nothing 2022

• AEW World Title: CM Punk def. Hangman for the AEW World Title
• 12 matches total, 9 matches went over 10 mins, 6 matches went over 15 mins
• Shortest: Jade def. Anna Jay at over 7 mins
• MJF shows up to job to Wardlow with rumors of him not showing up
• Anarchy in the Arena: J.A.S vs B.C.C. Eddie Kingston, Santana/Ortiz
• Trios: House of Black vs Death Triangle
• Owen Hart Finals: Adam Cole & Britt Baker 1st ever winners

14. All Out 2022

• Press Conference from Hell - Most infamous moment
• CM Punk def. Jon Moxley
• Elite vs Dark Order
• The Acclaimed stole the show
• Powerhouse Hobbs squashes Ricky Starks
• Chris Jericho def. Bryan Danielson
• MJF returns with devil mask to win "Casino Ladder Match" and new shytty stable
• WAY TOO LONG PPV!

13. Double or Nothing 2021

• 1st event back with a full crowd at Daly's Place (May 30th)
• Cody Rhodes vs Anthony Gogo
• Kenny Omega def. Cassidy vs PAC - AEW Title
• Moxley/Kingston vs Young Bucks
• Stadium Stampede - Inner Circle vs MJF's crew

12. Full Gear 2022

• AEW World Title: MJF def. Moxley with Regal's heel turn.
• The Elite return from suspension and lose to Death Triangle - 1st match of best of 7
• Saraya aka Paige wrestles for the 1st time since 2017
• Jamie Hayter wins AEW Women's title with help from Britt Baker
• The Acclaimed win the AEW Tag Titles
• Steel Cage: Jungle Boy def. Luchasaurus

11. All Out 2019

• Last PPV Event before "AEW Dynamite" debuts each week on TNT
• Chris Jericho becomes 1st ever AEW World Champion defeating Hangman Page
• PAC debuts and shockingly defeats Kenny Omega
• Santana and Ortiz debut beating down Young Bucks and Lucha Bros.

10. Full Gear 2019

• MJF turns on Cody Rhodes against Jericho; Cody cant compete for AEW Title ever again
• "Moxley def. Kenny" in a violent unsanctioned brawl
• Adam Page def. PAC (only elite member to win that night)
• Proud & Powerful def. Young Bucks

09. Full Gear 2020 (Daly's Place)

• "I Quit match" Eddie Kingston vs Jon Moxley - main event
• Kenny Omega vs Hangman
• "Elite Deletion" cinematic match: Matt Hardy vs Sammy Guevara
• Chris Jericho vs MJF - "heel vs heel"
• Young Bucks vs FTR - Best match

08. Double or Nothing 2020

• 1st PPV of the Covid Era. NO Crowd
• Stadium Stampede: Inner Circle vs Team Elite...Adam Page rides in on a
• Moxley def. Brody Lee - AEW Title
• Shida def. Nyla Rose - Women's Title
• MJF vs Jungle Boy
• Cody Rhodes def. Lance Archer to become 1st ever TNT Champion

07. Double or Nothing 2019

• 1st official AEW PPV (All-in was year before unofficially)
• Cody Rhodes def. Dustin Rhodes - "Brother vs Brother".... classic
• Awesome Kong, Dark Order, and Jon Moxley debut
• Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros. - Classic
• Chris Jericho vs Kenny Omega - main event

06. Revolution 2020

• Jon Moxley def. Chris Jericho for the AEW Title - main event
• Omega/Hangman vs Young Bucks - 30 min classic
• PAC def. Orange Cassidy

05. Revolution 2022

• CM Punk vs MJF - Dog Collar Match
• Eddie Kingston def. Chris Jericho...didnt shake Eddie's hand when he promised he would
• Sting jumps off balcony!
• Jade def. Tay Conti in Jade's best match to that point
• Regal debuts and slaps MOX & Danielson
• Crowd was sleep for "Adam Page vs Adam Cole" main event

04. Full Gear 2021

• Adam Page def. heel Kenny Omega for the AEW Title - great storyline
• MJF vs Darby Allin
• Danielson def. Miro
• CM Punk vs Eddie Kingston - 11 min classic
• Inner Circle vs American Top Team

03. Revolution 2023 "Very Bloody event"

• Texas Deathmatch: Page and Mox barbed wire was brutal!
• 60 min ironmatch: MJF def. Danielson - AEW Title
• Jungle Boy throws Christian Cage in the casket bushes
• Trios: Elite vs House of Black
• Ruby Soho turns heel and forms Outkasts
• Ricky Starks def. Chris Jericho

02. Forbidden Door 2022 (AEW x NJPW)

• Jon Moxley def. Tanahashi
• Jay White def. Okada, Cole, & Hangman
• Will Ospreay vs Orange Cassidy
• Claudio debut as mystery opponent for Zack Sabre Jr.

01. AEW All Out 2021 - CM Punk's 1st match back

• Adam Cole & Bryan Danielson shocking debuts at the end - Best moment in AEW
• CM Punk's 1st match back in wrestling def. Darby Allin
• Steel Cage: Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros - 6 star classic
• AEW champion Kenny Omega def. IMPACT Champion Christian Cage
• Ruby Soho & Suzuki debut

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Honestly, I have a hard time remembering what happened when at AEW PPVs. They are usually very good shows but there's not enough to differentiate them from one another aesthetically or thematically for me to have a good memory on them. The closest is Forbidden Door because it's a co-branded event or even ALL IN because that's going to be a stadium show. I actually remember more about the Grand Slam TV events because of the setting or the Blood and Guts specials.

With WWE it's easy for their major shows because WrestleMania is the spectacle, Royal Rumble has the Rumble match and SummerSlam is well in the Summer Lol.

AEW should make the PPVs have more of a theme. WCW had Starrcade as the end of the year big event and Halloween Havoc and The Great American Bash.

 

[StatUS]

Honestly, I have a hard time remembering what happened when at AEW PPVs. They are usually very good shows but there's not enough to differentiate them from one another aesthetically or thematically for me to have a good memory on them. The closest is Forbidden Door because it's a co-branded event or even ALL IN because that's going to be a stadium show. I actually remember more about the Grand Slam TV events because of the setting or the Blood and Guts specials.

With WWE it's easy for their major shows because WrestleMania is the spectacle, Royal Rumble has the Rumble match and SummerSlam is well in the Summer Lol.

AEW should make the PPVs have more of a theme. WCW had Starrcade as the end of the year big event and Halloween Havoc and The Great American Bash.

You remember what happened at SumerSlam 3-4 years ago?

 

[thaKEAF]

I just realized I’ve never watched an AEW ppv in full.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

I just realized I’ve never watched an AEW ppv in full.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

GOAT PPV Theme

 

[Metal Face]

the buzz of All Out 2021 was some shyt I ain't felt in wrestling in a LONG time

hard to tell if AEW will reach that again

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

the buzz of All Out 2021 was some shyt I ain't felt in wrestling in a LONG time

hard to tell if AEW will reach that again

That's a near unprecedented situation that creates a buzz that's almost impossible to manufacture.

One of the most well-liked and popular wrestlers in history (or at least of his era) that left the industry in his prime at age 33 for nearly 8 years returns for his first match after fans have begged for years for him to come back.

 

[Hey_zeus]

I don't remember these. Might be easier to list best matches for me

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

I probably didn't see like half these, or at least don't remember seeing them. I was a pretty sporadic ROH/NXT/AEW viewer around the time AEW debuted. I'd watch it every week for a little bit then go months on end not watching any at all. Haven't been what I would call a regular viewer of AEW since CM Punk returned. I was such a casual viewer before CM Punk's return that it would take something pretty unique for me to remember it.

So of the ones I can actually remember watching....

1. All Out 2021 - Had high quality matches up and down the card AND massive moment
2. Forbidden Door 2022 - Only thing it was missing was the massive moments All Out 2021 had
3. Revolution 2023 - Three matches that will be on the list of AEW Match of the YEar contenders. Lacked the depth of quality wrestling that the above two had though.
4. Revolution 2022 - I feel like the average match quality here was much higher than Full Gear 2021
5. Full Gear 2021 - I think this one gets overrated a bit, there were three pretty mid matches
6. Full Gear 2022 - Women's matches were mid to bad like usual (other than Hayter vs. Storm, which was great); but everything else is good to great.
7. Double or Nothing 2023 - I thought this was better than what the average consensus seems to be. Not at the level we've come to expect out of AEW though
8. Double or Nothing 2022 -This one REALLY dragged. Like first 8 matches were skippable, last 4 were good to great
9. All Out 2022 - Show peaked midway through with Swerve in Our Glory vs. The Acclaimed and there were more average or below matches than good matches. CM Punk's tirade and the brawl overshadowed what was a good show

Remember watching but can't remember enough to rank it

• Double or Nothing 2019 - I definitely remember watching Cody vs. Dustin, but everything else I am drawing blanks on from the card
• All Out 2019 - somehow I remember that Crackle Barrel sponsored a match lol

Other comments

• Fight for the Fallen 2019 - holy shyt this card is complete ass. Shawn Spears, Jimmy HAvoc, Joey Janela, Brandi Rhodes, The Bunny, Dark Order, Angelico, Jack Evans, Kip Sabian, and CIMA on a PPV card??
• All Out 2020 - JFC and here I thought Fight for the Fallen was a bad card. They held a match in a dental office and that somehow was apparently a good bit better than the worst match of the night, which looks like one of the worst PPV matches ever??

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Accurate list for me. All Out III was Dub's "Starrcade 85", "WM17", and "Barely Legal 97". Probably the most cohesive Khan booked event ever. Dude did that shyt

Looking back, even though 2019 Dub was a national treasure, it was a fukking mess and a half. Weirdly booked and undercooked. 2020 era Dub events were miss and hit, but 2021 hit wayyyy different from the rest.

Khan had me convinced that it was pure Columbian and not Kenzo Fentanyl garbage.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

13. Double or Nothing 2021

• 1st event back with a full crowd at Daly's Place (May 30th)
• Cody Rhodes vs Anthony Gogo
• Kenny Omega def. Cassidy vs PAC - AEW Title
• Moxley/Kingston vs Young Bucks
• Stadium Stampede - Inner Circle vs MJF's crew

20. AEW Out 2020

• Matt hardy falls and hit his head on concrete in street fight and kept fighting
• Tooth & Nail match: Big Swole def. Britt Baker
• Mimosa Mayhem: Orange Cassidy def. Jericho by throwing him in orange pool
• "Moxley vs MJF" main event

These were fukking abysmal

 

[Him]

I’ve never watched a full AEW PPV

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

I’ve never watched a full AEW PPV

They're always too long

 

[CM_Burns]

Full Gear 19 was a strong first PPV of the Dynamite era. All Out 21 was easily their most memorable show between Punk, Bucks vs Lucha Bros, MJF/Jericho, and all the returns. Most AEW PPVS have been good, with good match quality, but not really memorable.

I skipped the last 2 AEW PPVs. Last one I ordered was Full Gear 22. It was a decent show too, the storylines/feuds have just been so boring lately. BCC and JAS have both been terrible stables.