The 2024 AEW All In pay-per-view was
infused with a number of surprises, including the in-ring debuts of
Ricochet and Nigel McGuinness, and the return of former AEW Women's Champion
Jamie Hayter. The latter trend continued in the aftermath of Jack Perry vs. Darby Allin,
in which Perry successfully defended the TNT Championship in what many consider to be
Allin's signature stipulation — the Coffin Match. The closing moments of the match saw
Perry tape Allin's hands together before binding his feet with his own belt. With
Allin's physical movements now limited, Perry seized the opportunity to stuff him inside
a body bag and place him inside the ringside coffin. A resilient Allin kept the fight alive
by poking his head through the top of the bag, but a running knee from Perry took him out
of the fight for good. Perry then closed the coffin for the win, handing Allin his
first-ever Coffin Match loss in the process. In the aftermath, AEW EVPs Matthew and Nicholas
Jackson (aka The Young Bucks) emerged with a gas tank with the intent of setting the coffin
containing Allin on fire. Sting, however, had other ideas. As The Bucks poured gasoline over
Allin and the enveloping container, Perry flipped open a lighter, but before he could connect the
flame to the gasoline, the Wembley Stadium lights flickered off and on, revealing Allin's former
tag team partner equipped with a baseball bat. The Elite retreated to the ring while Sting made
his way towards it to the sounds of Metallica. Desperate, Perry attempted to take down Sting
with a chair, but instead found himself retreating further. With Perry on the outside, Sting
then delivered a double Scorpion Death Drop to the Bucks and freed Allin from the coffin
while the crowd at Wembley Stadium went wild. All In 2024 marks Sting's first on-screen
appearance since his retirement match at AEW Revolution in Greensboro, North Carolina, where
he and Allin successfully defended the AEW Tag Team Championships against The Young Bucks.
Sting retired while holding the tag titles, which were subsequently vacated. The Bucks would
end up winning them anyway (with Perry's help) and successfully defending them against FTR and
The Acclaimed not long before Sting's return. Sting's arrival was a surprise for the London
audience, though it had been reported that he was on his way across the Atlantic and
would attend the event. As of this video, there is no word on whether he will have
any additional roles in the company going forward. After failing to capture the TNT
Championship, Allin will now prepare for an even bigger challenge, as he will be wrestling
for the AEW World Championship at "AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam." The prospect of that match has
perhaps become more daunting for Allin now that the title is held by "The American Dragon" Bryan
Danielson, who seems to be mirroring Sting's final run in AEW by also winning championship gold
as he prepares to wrap up his in-ring career. Sting retired in March 2024, concluding a
career that began 40 years earlier in 1985. He went undefeated over the course of his
final run, winning 29 tag team matches with Allin (and sometimes others) by his side,
with no draws and no losses. He was part of AEW's inaugural Wembley Stadium event
last year as well, teaming with Allin to defeat Christian Cage and Swerve Strickland
in a tag team Coffin Match at All In 2023.