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AEW All Out 2022: AEW Tag Title Match - Swerve In Our Glory vs. The Acclaimed Match Result

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Robert DeFelice Sep 4, 2022 10:15PM

Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland retain in an absolute banger.

The Acclaimed gave it everything they had in their first Tag Team Championship match at AEW All Out 2022. However, between the teamwork of the champions and lingering knee issues for Anthony Bowens, Swerve in our Glory were able to retain in Chicago.

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AEW World Tag Team Championship.

Swerve In Our Glory (Shane "Swerve" Strickland & Keith Lee) (c) vs. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) (w/ Billy Gunn).

Swerve and Bowens began the match, with Bowens locking in a waist lock takedown on Swerve. Swerve broke the hold and went for an arm bar on Bowens, but the two stood up. Bowens went for a small package but instead got a pin for near fall. Bowens got Swerve in La Casita for a near fall. Swerve hit a Tijeras on Bowens grabbing his leg and tagging in Lee, but Bowens backed up and tagged in Caster. Caster got Lee in a side headlock, but Lee tossed him into the ropes. The two tried to hit each other with shoulder tackles, but the two remained standing. Lee leapfrogged over Caster, but Caster stopped his tracks on the ropes. Billy Gunn was impressed with Lee in the apron. Caster hit a series of strikes on Lee before hitting a Hurricanrana on Lee from the middle rope. Caster went for a sunset flip, but Lee evaded. Bowens hit a dropkick on Swerve before he and Caster hit a double dropkick on Lee before the two scissored in the middle of the ring. Lee laid in the punches on Bowens before hitting a running crossbody to his back for a kickout. Swerve tagged in and hit a diving elbow strike on Caster for a near fall. Lee tagged in and hit a double hand chop on Caster's chest. Lee targeted Caster's back before placing him in the top corner. Caster hit a diving cutter on Lee before tagging in Bowens. Bowens hit two lariats & a ripcord neck breaker on Swerve. Bowens hit a forearm strike before hitting an elevated DDT on Swerve for a near fall. Swerve hit a dropkick on Bowens knee. Bowens hit a superkick, a knee strike, and a famouser on Swerve before he got to Billy Gunn to talk strategy. Swerve tossed Bowens over the top rope, landing on his left knee. Swerve hit a sliding single kick on Bowens before focusing on his injured left. Back in the ring, Swerve got a near fall on Bowens before focusing his offense on Bowens' knee. Swerve & Lee hit an assisted knee-breaker on Bowens before hitting a standing splash on Bowens' knee for a near fall. Lee hit a running corner splash on Bowens before hitting a double-hand chop and a big veal on Bowes. Bowens fired up and hit multiple forearm strikes Lee before climbing. to the middle rope and hit a blockbuster on Lee. Vaster tagged in and hit a back drop on Swerve, a forearm strike on Lee, a crossbody on Swerve to the outside, and a crossbody on Lee for a near fall. Bowens and Caster hit multiple elbow strikes on Lee. Lee accidentally pounced Swerve, which led to Caster hitting a chop block on Lee before Bowens hit a running knee on Lee for a near fall. Lee hit a headbutt on Bowens and tossed Caster out of the ring. Bowens hit multiple strikes, but his knee gave out which allowed Lee to kick Bowens in the leg. Lee climbed to the top rope, but Caster and Bowens climbed with him and hit a superplex on Lee, but Swerve tagged from behind and hit a Swerve Stomp on Bowens for a near fall. Swerve stomped Bowens' leg and locked in a Single Leg Crab on Bowens, but Caster broke the hold by kicking Swerve in the head. Caster tagged in, but Swerve hit the Swerve Kick on Caster for a near fall. Swerve went for a move, but Bowens pulled Swerve from his leg to the outside of the ring. Bowens and Caster hit an assisted Mic Drop on Swerve. Back in the ring, Lee double-teamed on Caster and Bowens before Billy Gunn confronted Lee. Gunn got off the apron but was met him a superkick from Caster. Caster hit an Attitude Adjustment on Lee before Bowens hit a twisting slam on Swerve, followed Caster hitting a Mic Drop on Swerve for a near fall. Swerve got Caster in the apron and hit a Death Valley Driver on Caster on the apron. Swerve hit a backbreaker on Bowens. Swerve accidentally hit a kick on Lee, which led to Bowens getting a roll up on Lee for a near fall. Bowens went for a Poison Rana, but Lee turned it into a Powerbomb position to allow himself and Swerve to hit the Swerve In Our Glory for the pinfall win. Swerve In Our Glory, Billy Gunn & The Acclaimed scissored in the ring after the match

Winners & Still AEW Tag Team Champions: Swerve In Our Glory (Shane "Swerve" Strickland & Keith Lee).

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