In the battle of best friends at Wembley in front of over 81,000 people, MJF retained his AEW World Championship against his tag team partner, Adam Cole.

The pair started off the match by getting their tag team t-shirts on, doing friendly chain wrestling and even shaking hands. However, after an MJF eye-poke, all bets were off. 

The match originally ended a draw after a double closeline – ironically – floored both men and saw them pin each other. Cole demanded MJF go another five minutes, to which the champion replied ‘five minutes isn’t enough, Adam. We’re going until we have a winner in f*****g Wembley.’ 

When Cole rejected the chance to use a belt handed to him by Roddy Strong, MJF seized the opportunity to roll up the challenger and retain his world title.

MJF and Cole also opened the show they were always bound to finish and they raised the stakes of All In in the process. 

MJF (right) topped tag-team partner Adam Cole to retain the AEW Championship belt

MJF (right) topped tag-team partner Adam Cole to retain the AEW Championship belt

MJF (right) topped tag-team partner Adam Cole to retain the AEW Championship belt

Wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman, also known as 'MJF', retained his title in London on Sunday

Wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman, also known as 'MJF', retained his title in London on Sunday

Wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman, also known as ‘MJF’, retained his title in London on Sunday

A fabled double closeline from the pair was enough to see off Aussie Open for the Ring of Honor tag team titles, but a tense staredown at the end sowed the seeds for later on in the night. 

Shortly before Hook and Jack Perry made their way to the ring, former WWE star Mercedes Mone was shown in the stands to a rapturous ovation. If there is a deal on the table for Mone to come to AEW, they need to get that over the line and fast. 

CM Punk opened the show with Samoa Joe, but he was met with loud boos as he entered a jam-packed Wembley Stadium. Joe intimated Punk was a w****r after missing a dive from the turnbuckle and had nearly all of the early going, but it was only a matter of time before the ‘real’ world champion turned the tide.

CM Punk imitated John Cena and Hulk Hogan in one foul sweep, but his victory would come when delivering the Pepsi plunge for the one, two, three. 

Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi and Hangman Adam Page were next out to face The Golden Elite; Jay White and Juice Robinson with Kanosuke Takeshita. 

It was the Japanese sensation Takeshita who managed to roll up a super-over Omega to steal a victory after 20 minutes of action, setting the table for a singles match between the two next week at All Out. 

As if the card couldn’t start any hotter, we then saw FTR and the Young Bucks face off for the final time in their trilogy. 

Jack Perry failed to retain the FTW Championship in his match with Hook (pictured)

Jack Perry failed to retain the FTW Championship in his match with Hook (pictured)

Jack Perry failed to retain the FTW Championship in his match with Hook (pictured) 

The two generational teams put on a thorough clinic with the final 10 minutes a mixture of pulsating near-falls and the emptying of their vast arsenals. 

FTR picked up the win with a vaulted Shatter Machine that was certainly cool enough to get the job done. FTR emerge as the better team, but there were no real losers in such a legendary feud. 

Next up, The Blackpool Combat Club led by Jon Moxley took on the Best Friends, Eddie Kingstonand Penta in a Stadium Stampede match that had a lot to live up to and even more ground to cover across Wembley’s vast space. 

Trent’s mum, Sue, made an appearance during all of the chaos and she provided weapons for her son’s team. It sounds every bit as crazy as you’d imagine. Moxley had skewers drilled into his head among other moments of pure violence but somehow the former AEW champion remained prominent as the match entered the home stretch.

Hometown hero Saraya won the AEW Women’s title for the first-time after defeating Toni Storm, Britt Baker and champion Hikaru Shida in a fatal-four-way match. 

Adam Cole is pictured ahead of his championship match with tag-team partner MJF

Adam Cole is pictured ahead of his championship match with tag-team partner MJF

Adam Cole is pictured ahead of his championship match with tag-team partner MJF 

Storm accidentally hitting Saraya’s mum in the front row laid the groundwork for The Outcast’s implosion in the match and it was Storm who fell to the Ram-Paige that ended the match. 

If there already hadn’t been enough insanity, Darby Allin and living legend Sting took on Christian Cage and Swerve Strickland in a coffin match. Yes, a coffin match! 

Sting defied father time (he’s 64!) to hit a dive through a table while Allin’s reputation as the most insane wrestler working today grew stronger. A coffin drop – diving backwards from the top rope – to the floor and onto a coffin with no one on it looked like it hurt a great deal. 

Strickland tried his best to avoid being shut in the coffin, but Allin slamming the lid on his back from the top rope with the Coffin Drop seemed poetic. 

Jack Perry performs allegedly engaging in an off-screen altercation with CM Punk

Jack Perry performs allegedly engaging in an off-screen altercation with CM Punk

Jack Perry performs allegedly engaging in an off-screen altercation with CM Punk

Will Ospreay defeated the legendary Chris Jericho to give Britain’s its second victor of the night. 

The first-time ever matchup went 15 minutes with Jericho controlling the first-half of the affair, but down the home straight Ospreay electrified Wembley as only he can to grab the victory. 

Before the main event, The Acclaimed won the Trios titles from the House of Black. Billy Gunn left his boots in the ring a couple of months ago to signal his retirement, but the WWE Hall of Famer found gold upon his return.

The announced attendance was 81,035, which would be the largest paid gate in professional wrestling history. The show is no doubt a momentous triumph for AEW, and it seems like just the beginning.

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