The crowd in Globe Life Field, and the AEW announcers and wrestlers on our screen, were still processing Adam Cole’s possible retirement announcement from moments before. But the show must go on, and a new TNT champion needed to be crowned after Cole vacated.
Cole’s originally scheduled opponent Kyle Fletcher was a part of the 4-way for the vacant belt, as was previous champ Daniel Garcia. Both Garcia and his mentor Matt “Daddy Magic” Menard shared a moment with Cole during their entrance.
Three-time TNT titleholder Sammy Guevara was also in the match, along with the man he holds the ROH Tag titles with, Dustin Rhodes. That duo was in their second match of the night, after winning an 8-man on the pre-show.
Rhodes and Guevara, together known as Sons of Texas, worked together on occasion, and didn’t work against each other, including during a bit of fun where all three babyfaces hit Dustin’s Unnatural Kick/Shattered Dreams on the favorite Fletcher.
But their alliance broke down after Sammy inadvertently hit a corner drop kick on his partner. Garcia tried to take advantage of that, setting off a sequence that would end when Guevara took out Fletcher with a cutter as Garcia locked his partner in a Dragontamer. But Dustin was able to reverse the hold and roll the younger man up for a win, taking his first AEW gold in his home state at 56-years-old.
The Texans in attendance loved it, as did the ones who came into celebrate with Rhodes, his nephews Wayne & Wyatt Rhodes and his trios partners Ross & Marshall Von Erich.
A call that will be debated online, but felt right given what it followed. Fletcher will be champ soon, but All In Texas was Dustin Rhodes time.
Get complete results from All In Texas and coverage of the entire show here.
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