The Normies at HBO MAX AEW All Out event!!

Navi, Marketa, Spencer and Suraj attended this year's All Out event in Chicago last Saturday. It was absolutely surreal. Here's what all went down!

Beer Garden Pre-Party

We arrived at around 3 pm and went straight to find sustenance. Did you know that a happy meal wouldn't be enough for a grown adult? Well, Ketty did not. Her excuse was "I am too European and too fancy to know this! I don't buy fast food," but we said "Girl, it's in the name. It's called KIDS MEAL!" Once we arrived at the official pre-party, Ketty proceeded to hoover three veggie tacos, Suraj ordered wings and beer. Everything was delicious!

AEW had multiple scheduled photo opportunities with wrestling stars and refs. Navi and Ketty were stopped at every 5 steps by fans who recognized us from our videos! So far, the entire event was off to an amazing start. If you ever go to an AEW event that has a pre-party, we 100% recommend that you take the time to come early and hang out at the pre-party. The worst thing that would happen is that you'd get some delicious food. The best thing? You could meet wrestlers, content creators, and other fans and make new friends!

Going Into the NOW Arena

After a little bit of waiting and getting schooled on proper chest-slapping by @ambernicophoto (IG), we all made it through the press entrance and down into the stadium's backrooms. To our complete and utter disbelief, we were walked right into the catering room where all of the larger-than-life wrestling personalities were just casually hanging out. And yes - this included Mick Foley!!! As we were trying to stay cool, @refaubrey approached us, hugged us and told us how much she loves our videos. This was an absolute twilight zone experience. After a little bit of awkward standing in the corner, @rjcity (IG) and @reneepaquette (IG) came to introduce themselves to us (like we didn't know who they were!!!) and escorted us to the pre-show recording area at the top floor of the arena.

Navi and Ketty were on the AEW LIVE SHOW!

The word "escrorted" is doing a lot of work here. We were in fact chasing after RJ as that was the only tall body towering over the crowds. As soon as we left the elevator, we entered a public hall which was filled with AEW fans. Not even Don Callis was able to keep up with the pace of RJ and his bodyguard! Navi and Ketty ran after RJ along with @speedballmikebailey (YT), who was vlogging the entire experience. Meanwhile, Suraj and Spencer followed Don Callis, who got lost. Eventually we all got reunited at the pre-show taping location.

To our surprise, we were once again in the same room with the legendary Mick Foley, and felt so out of place. More and more wrestlers came by, introducing themselves - "Hi, I am Orange Cassidy," "I am Britt, by the way," - UM, WE KNOW! What an surreal experience! Marketa's head popped right open when Britt Baker started speaking Czech, and we came to find out her grandmother immigrated from the Czechoslovakia.

Eventually, it was time to be on camera. They told us it might be hard to hear since we did not have ear pieces. They did not tell us we wouldn't be able to hear anything at all! It was a truly spectacular way to find out we don't know how to read lips, either. Despite that and despite our stage fright, we were told we did really well. I am not sure if that was a white lie, but we'll take it! If you want to judge for yourselves, the pay-per-view is available on HBO MAX.

All of the All Out programming was excellent. Every wrestler seemed to be perfectly evenly-matched with their opponent, so it was impossible to tell how anything would turn out to be. The storylines were so compelling and we had the best time.

During one of those very intense match-ups, Steven Borden unfortunately suffered a real injury. This was Borden's first pay-per-view appearance, and while it is unfortunate that the match was called off over the injury, some good news were later released by Tony Khan during the following press conference. The Normies attended the scrum and we were able to ask two questions! First, Spencer's excellent question (8:50 timestamp) led to Will Ospreay challenging Kazuchika Okada to a match, and second question, posed by Suraj (32:05 timestamp), involved the creative process behind collaborative works, such as the one between Ospreay's epic entrance and the team behind Assasin's Creed franchise.

We were gutted when we found out about Pac's passing. Pac was an extremely talented wrestler with impeccable physique and unique aerial style. He had a long career as a pro-wrestler with multiple promotions and found his home at AEW in 2019. We just watched Pac on Saturday, and we are at a loss for words. Multiple tributes have been posted by his colleagues and friends, including a word from Marina Shafir, a fellow Death Rider.