AEW Revolution takes place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Featured matches on the card include Jon Moxley defending the AEW World Championship against Cope, Toni Storm defending the AEW Women’s World Championship against Mariah May, and Kenny Omega challenging Konosuke Takeshita for the AEW International Championship.
The AEW Revolution card is as follows:
AEW Revolution Card
The card is as follows:
- Pre-Show: ROH World Championship: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Gravity
- Pre-Show: “Big Boom!” A.J. and The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and Mark Briscoe) (with Big Justice) vs. Johnny TV and MxM Collection (Mansoor and Mason Madden)
- Pre-Show: Daniel Garcia and Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, Lee Moriarty, and Shawn Dean)
- Pre-Show: Lee Johnson & Blake Christian vs. Komander & Hologram
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
- AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Brody King
- TBS Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Momo Watanabe
- Steel Cage Match: Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher
- #1 Contender’s Match for AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland vs. Ricochet
- AEW Women’s World Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Mariah May
- AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Kenny Omega
- MJF vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
- AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Cope
AEW Revolution Results
Zero Hour Pre-Show
Renee Paquette, RJ City, Jeff Jarrett, and Paul Walter Hauser are on the pre-show panel, and they welcome viewers. They run through the card as well.
A video package hypes up the match between Kazuchika Okada and Brody King, and the panel continues to discuss the card. “Queen of the Ring” stars join them and talk about the film.
The panel continues to discuss the card. Harley Cameron joins them to talk about the AEW Women’s World Championship match between Toni Storm and Mariah May. QT Marshall joins the panel and takes a shot at Hauser for getting into wrestling. He says there’s a major difference between wrestling at big arenas and bingo halls. He offers to help train Hauser. Marshall and Hauser lock up, and Hauser gets the upper hand. Marshall throws his drink at Hauser as he leaves.
Lee Johnson & Blake Christian vs. Komander & Hologram (with Alex Abrahantes)
Johnson and Christian take the fight to Komander and Christian. Hologram rallies and takes them both down. Komander sends Christian to the outside. They dive onto their opponents at ringside. Hologram and Komander maintain the advantage and rock Johnson with a double kick. Christian tags in and dives onto Komander while he’s hung up on the ropes.
Christian grounds Komander. He and Johnson isolate the ROH World Television Champion. Komander fires up and kicks Christian. Hologram tags in and clears house with a flurry of offense. Johnson shoves Hologram to the outside and dives onto him. Christian dives onto Komander. Johnson gets a two-count with a Frog Splash. Johnson slams Hologram onto the apron. Komander sends Johnson crashing to the floor with a hurricanrana. Christian dives onto Komander.
Komander goes for a moonsault, but Christian pulls Johnson out of the ring and hits a cutter. Hologram dives onto Christian to break up a submission hold. Komander takes Johnson out with a Destroyer. Hologram hits a 450 splash for the win as Komander dives onto Johnson.
Winners: Komander & Hologram
Grade: B+
Good, fun opener here. The high-flying got the fans fired up. Johnson and Christian had a good showing in defeat. Komander and Hologram make a good team.
Renee Paquette speaks with “Queen of the Ring” director Ash Avildsen, who discusses the movie.
Daniel Garcia and Undisputed Kingdom vs. Shane Taylor Promotions
Strong and Bravo start the match. Strong takes control and double-teams Bravo with Kyle O’Reilly. O’Reilly wrenches Bravo in an arm-bar. Cole tags in and maintains the advantage. Garcia tags in and squares off with Moriarty, and they battle back and forth. STP gains the upper hand and trucks over his opponents at ringside. STP isolates Garcia in the ring. The Opps (Samoa Joe, HOOK, and Katsuyori Shibata) are shown watching in the crowd. Bravo distracts the referee, so Bravo gets in a cheap shot. Taylor crushes Garcia with a leg drop on the apron.
Garcia fires up and dumps Taylor with a back suplex. Strong rallies, and Undisputed Kingdom takes Taylor out. Cole drops Moriarty with a neckbreaker. Garcia tags himself in as Cole goes for Panama Sunrise. Garcia traps Moriarty in a Sharpshooter, and Moriaty taps out while Cole stares the TNT Champion down.
Winners: Daniel Garcia and Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly)
Garcia continues to stare down Undisputed Kingdom after the match, and he walks away. Undisputed Kingdom celebrates by themselves.
Grade: B
Another solid match here with a good mix of talent. The main story was the tension between Garcia and Cole to set up their rematch, and they told it well. Taylor always stands out with his size and strength, and he remains very underrated.
A video package hypes up the title match between The Hurt Syndicate and The Outrunners.
ROH World Championship: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Gravity
Jericho hits Gravity with a bat before the bell. Big Bill and Bryan Keith attack Gravity, and the referee calls for the bell before the match even starts. Bandido, Gravity’s brother, runs in for the save and takes the fight to The Learning Tree. Big Bill overpowers him, and The Learning Tree gangs up on Bandido. Jericho unmasks Gravity.
Jericho hits Gravity with a bat while Bill holds Bandido back. Jericho hits Gravity with the Judas Effect. Gravity’s mother and sister, who were in the first row, check on him. Jericho teases attacking them and kicks Bandido instead. Jericho flips the crowd and stands tall. He leaves while holding Gravity’s mask.
Grade: B
No match here, which is a bit of a disappointing use of the ROH World Championship. This was a good way to add heat to the feud between Bandido and Jericho, so much so that it seems like Bandido is being built up as the one who will dethrone him. The angle here with Gravity and Bandido’s family was old-school wrestling, and it was done well.
Young Gravy joins Renee Paquette and RJ City on the pre-show panel and comments on attending the show.
“Big Boom” AJ, Orange Cassidy, And Mark Briscoe (with Big Justice) vs. Johnny TV And MxM Collection (with Taya Valkyrie)
Orange Cassidy walks out with The Rizzler. Cassidy and TV start the match, and Cassidy catches him with a dropkick. Biscoe punches TV in the corner. AJ tags in and punches him too. Madden tags in and squares off with Cassidy. Mansoor attacks Cassidy from behind. Mansoor and Madden pose, and Cassidy joins them. Cassidy takes a seat next to The Rizzler and takes a bite of his cookie. Mansoor steals the cookie, and Cassidy dives onto him. Cassidy force-feeds him the cookie.
Valkyrie trips up Cassidy and crotches him on the ropes. Madden grounds Cassidy. MxM Collection isolates Cassidy. TV and Valkyrie kiss at ringside. Cassidy tags Briscoe, who fires up with a series of strikes. He rocks Mansoor with a kick. Briscoe drops Mansoor with a neckbreaker on the floor. Madden slams Briscoe off the top rope. TV hits a split-legged moonsault. “Big Boom” AJ makes the hot tag with a barrage of punches as he brings the boom. He keeps rolling.
Madden tries to choke AJ, but he rallies and punches him. AJ slams Madden. Valkyrie distracts AJ. Mansoor hits AJ with a chop block, and TV nails him with a springboard kick. Harley Cameron fights off Valkyrie. AJ powerbombs TV. Mansoor drops him. Big Justice gets in the ring and powerbombs Mansoor.
Madden kicks AJ and sets his sights on Big Justice. Briscoe nails him with a punch. Cassidy hits the Orange Punch, and they hit a triple Power-Boom for the win.
Winners: “Big Boom” AJ, Orange Cassidy, And Mark Briscoe
The Murder Machines (Brian Cage and Lance Archer) come out, but Powerhouse Hobbs makes the save and drops Madden with a spinebuster. Adam Devine and Tony Cavalero hit Mansoor with a chokeslam. All the good guys stand tall together.
Grade: B+
As with Big Boom AJ’s match at AEW Full Gear, this was harmless fun. It was good for what it was, as it wasn’t going to be a five-star match. TV, Mansoor, and Madden helped make AJ look good. The involvement of Big Justice and The Rizzler was a nice touch that maximized the crossover into the mainstream.
Main Card
MJF vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
MJF and Page square off and start trading blows. Page gains the upper hand. MJF grabs the referee and gouges Page’s eye. He takes control and counters a sleeper hold by Page. MJF grounds Page. He hits him with a powerbomb over the knee. MJF evades a Buckshot Lariat and drops Page with a DDT. Page hits the Deadeye. He blocks the Heatseeter and hits the Buckshot Lariat, but MJF gets his foot on the ropes.
Page drops MJF with a lariat. He goes for the Buckshot, but MJF falls out of the ring. MJF gets back in the ring and counters a Buckshot Lariat into the Salt of the Earth arm-bar. He transitions into a crossface. MJF transitions back into an arm-bar, but Page reaches the ropes. MJF gets the commentary headset and talks some trash about Page. He spikes Page with a piledriver onto a chair at ringside.
The doctor checks on Page, who narrowly avoids getting counted out. Page drops MJF with a Deadeye and hits the Angel’s Wings. Page hits the Buckshot for the win.
Winner: “Hangman” Adam Page
Grade: A
Great opener here. This match easily would have main-evented practically any episode of AEW Dynamite. There was a lot of buzz around the match between the former world champions, as they have largely been kept apart until their feud over the past few weeks. They delivered, and both guys went all out. The Piledriver on the chair and the Angel’s Wings were nasty. Page winning was the right call, as he is on track to challenge for the world title again sooner rather than later.
A video package hypes up the next match.
TBS Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Momo Watanabe
Moné and Watanabe lock up. Moné backs up and dances. They square off again. Watanabe mocks Moné. They shove each other. Moné dances again. Watanabe counters a head-scissors. They trade counters, and Watanabe kicks Moné’s arm. Moné locks in a crossface, but Watanabe reaches the ropes. “The CEO” drills Watanabe with double knees. Moné powerbombs Watanabe onto the floor.
Moné maintains the advantage. Billie Starkz is shown watching in the crowd. Watanabe plants Moné and gets a two-count. Moné catches Watanabe with a boot and goes for three Amigos, but Watanabe counters two suplexes. Watanabe hangs Moné upside-down in the corner and kicks her. Watanabe hits a dropkick and follows it up with another dropkick in the corner. She locks in the Crossface Chicken Wing, but Moné escapes and hits a Backstabber.
Moné gets a two-count with a Meteora. Watanabe kicks Moné and gets a two-count after a diving knee attack. Moné catches Watanabe with a kick. She rolls through and locks in the Statement Maker. Watanabe escapes and goes for the Crossface Chicken Wing. Moné powerbombs Watanabe. Watanabe slams Moné off the top rope for a two-count. She rocks Moné with some kicks. Moné hits a diving crossbody and floors Watanabe with the Moné Maker. She makes Watanabe tap out to the Statement Maker.
Winner and still TBS Champion: Mercedes Moné
Moné celebrates, and Billie Starkz is again shown watching in the crowd.
Grade: B
Good, solid match here. The outcome was never in doubt, but Watanabe got a lot of offense in. The teases with having Billie Starkz in the crowd continued to plant the seeds for an eventual match with Athena. Moné has been on a very strong run lately.
#1 Contender’s Match for AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) vs. Ricochet
To add to the big fight feel, a lie drummer was part of Strickland’s entrance. Ricochet and Strickland trade counters early on. Strickland catches Strickland with a rib-breaker. He slaps Ricochet’s head in the corner. Ricochet drops him with a back suplex. Strickland takes the fight to Ricochet at ringside, and Strickland accidentally shoves Nana. Ricochet nails Strickland with a kick to the face. Nana walks out and flips off Strickland. Ricochet hits a springboard moonsault. He dops Strickland with a cutter.
Ricochet continues to control the action. Strickland rallies with a kick. Swerve keeps rolling with a Brainbuster. Ricochet catches Strickland with a kick. Strickland plants him with a powerbomb and hits a pop-up slam. They battle on the apron. Swerve drills Ricochet with a kick. Ricochet spikes Swerve with a hurricanrana onto the apron. He shoves Strickland onto the commentary table. Strickland slams Ricochet with a Vertebreaker onto the broadcast table. He hits the Swerve Stomp for a near fall.
Ricochet goes for a low blow, but Swerve blocks it. Ricochet hits him with a Brainbuster. He gets a two-count with a 630 Senton. Prince Nana comes back and takes the Embassy Robe. Strickland rolls Ricochet up for a two-count. Ricochet takes out Nana with a dive to the outside and slams Strickland onto the floor. Ricochet hits the Vertigo for a near fall. Nana grabs the Embassy Rope from Ricochet. Ricochet shoves Strickland into Nana and rolls him up for a two-count. Strickland hits two House Calls for a two-count. He hits Big Pressure for the win.
Winner and #1 Contender For The AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland
Strickland gives the Embassy Robe nack to Nana, and they embrace.
Grade: B+
This was one of the best matches on the card. Ricochet and Strickland really brought it. Adding Prince Nana into the story in multiple ways was executed successfully, as the sight of him walking out was a potential twist, but he came back to get the robe. Ricochet has been shining in his heel run, so the loss doesn’t hurt him too much, and Strickland is seemingly ready to challenge for the title again.
AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Brody King
Okada and King feel each other out early on. King overpowers Okada and takes control. He slams Okada into the barricade. Okada dodges a charging King, sending him into the barricade, and drops him with a DDT on the floor. King drills Okada with some stiff strikes, and Okada slams him. He hits some more stiff strikes. King crushes Okada with a running splash. They trade blows.
King gains the upper hand. Okada responds with a dropkick. He hits King with the title when the referee isn’t looking. King levels Okada with the Rainmaker. Okada catches King with another dropkick and hits the Rainmaker for the win.
Winner and still AEW Continental Champion: Kazuchika Okada
Grade: B
Okada and King had a solid match. This was a good showing for King against Okada, someone who has a lot of star power. The match wasn’t much to write home about; it felt more fitting of a pay-per-view. It would have lined up more if this came right after King’s run in the Continental Classic, which helped solidify him. Instead, he hasn’t been built up enough lately. It also feels like we’re just biding time until we get to the Okada vs. Omega match down the road, maybe at All In.
AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate (c) vs. The Outrunners
Lio Rush and Action Andretti are shown watching in the crowd. Shelton Benjamin and Truth Magnum begin the match. Benjamin gains the upper hand. Turbo Floyd tags in. Floyd and Magnum clothesline Benjamin over the ropes and knock Lashley off the apron.
Benjamin and Lashley take control. Benjamin slams Magnum into the barricade and suplexes him in the ring. Lashley continues to powerpower him. Magnum rallies and tags Floyd, who clears house. The Outrunners hit a double-team elbow drop.
Lashley drops them both with a double clothesline. Magnum hits an arm drag, but Benjamin rocks him with a kick. Lashley slams Floyd. Lashley takes out Floyd with a Spear and hits Magnum with a Spear as well. Benjamin pins him for the win.
Winners and still AEW World Tag Team Champions: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin)
Grade: B-
This missed the mark. No offense to The Outrunners, but the outcome was never really in doubt, as they haven’t built up so much that the viewer felt like they could actually pull off the upset. Lashey and Benjamin remain impressive, but they need some true competition. Right now, it’s hard to see anyone but The Young Bucks filling that role unless other teams get built up in a big way.
A video package hypes up AEW All In: Texas.
Hollywood Ending Match For AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Mariah May
The match has a Falls Count Anywhere stipulation, and there will be no disqualifications. May is dressed like a bride. She comes out carrying flowers and puts them down in front of a picture of her and Storm. May charges up the ramp during Storm’s entrance, and they brawl. Mayslams Storm on the floor. She kicks Luther below the belt and sends him through a table with a dropkick. Storm slams May off the stage and through a table below with a Sky High.
Storm sends May into the steps. She trips May up on the barricade and hits her with a DDT on the floor. May takes control and spikes Storm with a piledriver on the steps. Storm is busted open. May gets her in the ring and hits her with a hip attack while a chair is placed in front of her face. Storm and May both bring out buckets full of broken champagne bottles and tape the shards. Storm hits May in the mouth. The champion dumps glass shards onto the canvas.
Storm gouges May with a shard of glass, busting her open in the process. May shatters a bottle between Storm’s legs. May sends Storm onto the glass with a hurricanrana and slams her onto it with the Mayday.
Storm hits Storm Zero onto a chair. Storm gets the she that May once brutally attacked her with. She stomps May onto the title and whips her with it. She raises the show, and May begs for mercy, May fires up and hits Mayday for a near fall.
May goes to use the shoe on Storm. Storm counters and hits her with the shoe. Storm hits the Storm Zero through a Hollywood Ending sign for the win.
Winner and still AEW Women’s World Champion: Toni Storm
“The End” appears on the video screen. Storm is still down and laying on top of May, and she hugs her.
Grade: A+
Absolutely excellent. This was a fantastic way to conclude their rivalry, which is one of the best stories AEW has done. The violence won’t be for everyone, as it was bloody and brutal, but May and Storm absolutely delivered in a big spot. This should have been the main event because of the weight of the feud and the stipulation.
AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Kenny Omega
Takeshita and Omega square off and trade blows. Takeshota drills Omega with a stiff shot. Omega dives onto him. Don Callis hits Omega when the referee isn’t looking and helps Takeshita maintain the advantage. Takeshita continues to control the action, and he targets Omega’s abdomen.
Omega rallies and spikes Takeshita on the apron. Takeshita dives Omega off the barricade, and he lands on the guardrail. Omega rallies with a crossbody. He keeps rolling with a hurricanrana and goes to dive onto Takeshita, but Callis stops him. Takeshita clotheslines Omega over the ropes. Takeshita suplexes Omega on the floor. He slams Omega abdomen-first onto the underside of a table and slams him again onto the edge of a table. Takeshita keeps Omega grounded. Omega dodges a senton.
Omega hits a snap Dragon suplex and a V-trigger. He hits a knee strike. Takeshita hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a two-count. Omega rallies again and hits a sunset flip powerbomb. Omega hits a V-trigger again. He goes for a Tombstone, but Takeshita counters into one of his own. He hits a knee strike for a two-count. Takeshita hits another stiff shot. Omega nails him with a ripcord V-trigger and a piledriver. Omega nails him with another V-trigger. Takeshita rallies but eats a nasty knee strike. Callis grabs Takeshita’s hand. Omega catches Takeshita in a pin attempt and pins him for the win.
Winner and new AEW International Champion: Kenny Omega
Callis scolds Takeshita, and Omega celebrates.
Grade: B+
Omega and Takeshita followed up their previous matches with another very good one. Omega is still one of the best, even after he missed over a year with diverticulitis. Don Callis got involved too much, and it took away from the match a bit. Still, Omega being a champion in AEW again is special, and this was one of the better matches on a stacked show.
Steel Cage Match: Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher
They charge each other and trade blows. Ospreay hits a hurricanrana. Fletcher takes control. Ospreay catches him with a Stun-dog Millionaire. Fletcher sends Ospreay face-first into the steel wall, busting him open in the process. Fletcher licks the part of the wall where Ospreay bled. He grounds Ospreay.
Ospreay rallies with a springboard forearm. He sends Fletcher into the wall. Ospreay chops Fletcher repeatedly. Fletcher drops Ospreay with a snap Dragon suplex. Ospreay launches Fletcher into the cage wall. He slams Fletcher’s head into the cage wall, and Fletcher is busted open. Ospreay hits a corkscrew dive for a two-count. Fletcher nails Ospreay with a kick and drops him with a powerbomb. Fletcher kicks Ospreay again. Ospreay nails him with a stiff shot.
Ospreay hits another stiff blow. Fletcher counters the Hidden Blade. Ospreay counters Fletcher and hits him with a DDT. Fletcher spikes Ospreay with a Brainbuster. Mark Davis comes down, and he’s carrying a bag. He rings out bolt-cutters and opens the cage door. Davis gives Fletcher a chair. Ospreay kicks the door into his face. Ospreay brings out a barbed-wire bat and hits Fletcher with it. He grinds the barbed wire into Fletcher’s face. Fletcher puts on a United Empire armband, and Ospreay flips him off. Fletcher hits him below the belt.
He goes to hit Ospreay with the bat, but Ospreay hits him with the Hidden Blade. Ospreay hits the Stormbreakrer, and Mark Davis breaks up the pin. Davis attacks Ospreay. Ospreay rallies and sends a chair into Davis’ face. He climbs up the cage wall and jumps off to hit an Os-cutter. Ospreay wraps barbed fire around his arm. He stops Fletcher from escaping, but Fletcher jabs him with a screwdriver. Fletcher hits Ospreay with the screwdriver again. He floors Ospreay with a brainbuster. He hits a brainbuster onto a chair.
Fletcher dumps out a bag of thumbtacks. Ospreay counters him and hits the Styles Clash onto the tacks for a near fall. They climb to the top and battle it out. Ospreay hits Fletcher with the screwdriver. Ospreay hits a Spanish Fly off the top of the cage.
Fletcher yells that he hates Ospreay, who hits him with the Hidden Blade. Ospreay scores the win with the Tiger Driver ’91.
Winner: Will Ospreay
Officials check on Fletcher, and Ospreay celebrates.
Grade: A+
For what Ospreay and Fletcher set out to do, they absolutely delivered. This was violent, brutal, and bloody, but it also mixed in their athleticism in a way that you don’t see in a lot of cage matches. There were some brutal spots, especially the Styles Clash onto the tacks. The Spanish Fly off the cage was a scary spot, maybe even reckless, as the match didn’t need it. Nonetheless, this should rank as one of the best Steel Cage matches in AEW history for some time to come.
Tony Schiavone speaks with “Queen of the Ring” director Ash Avildsen, who is in the crowd with Damaris Lewis and Kelli Berglund.
AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Cope
Cope and Moxle trade blows after they stare each other down. They go back and forth and continue to trade strikes. Cope clotheslines Moxley over the ropes. He drops Moxley with a clothesline at ringside. Moxley pulls Cope into the ring post. He slams Cope into the barricade. Moxley drops Cope with a neckbreaker on the apron. He continues to ground Cope, and he maintains the advantage. Moxley drops Cope with a cutter. Cope answers with an Impaler DDT.
Cope drops Moxley with a flapjack. He catches Moxley in a crossface, but Moxley reaches the ropes. Cope hits a Spear while Moxley is on the apron, sending them both down to the floor. Moxley sends Cope into the steps. He exposes the bare floor. Cope counters him with a back body drop. Moxley stomps him onto the floor. Back in the ring, he grounds Cope. Moxley drops him with a piledriver. He locks in a chokehold. Moxley gets in the referee’s face. He goes to ringside and gets a chair.
The referee stops him. Cope rolls Moxley up, but the referee is distracted. Moxley shoves Cope into the referee, knocking the official down. Mozley hits the Paradigm Shift. He gets two chairs and goes for a Con-Chair-To, but Cope counters. Wheeler Yuta comes out and hits Cope with a running knee. He gives Moxley his briefcase. Jay White runs in and attacks Yuta. He grabs the briefcase and swings, but Moxley ducks, so he accidentally hits Cope. White and Yuta brawl to the back. Cope fires up with a Spear for a two-count. He hits another Spear and rops Moxley with a third. A hooded man pulls the referee out of the ring and reveals himself to be Christian Cage.
Christian Cage hits Cope with his contract. He cashes in his contract, making this a three-way match. Cage hits a Spear and a Killswitch for a near fall. Moxley chokes Cage out to win.
Winner and still AEW World Champion: Jon Moxley
Moxley walks through the crowd. Prince Nana confronts Moxley. Swerve Strickland dives off the balcony with a Swerve Stomp to Mox. Swerve says this is his house, and he stands tall.
Grade: C+
This was a miss, and in a big way. On a night when AEW Women’s World Championship match deserved to main-event, this closed the show instead, leading some to think there would be a big angle. Instead, Moxley and Cope had an underwhelming match that featured the usual Death Riders interference, this time in the form of Wheeler Yuta. A Jay White heel turn would have spied it up, but even that would have been a bit predictable.
Christian Cage getting involved and cashing in a least added some life to it, and Cage no longer having the contract is a relief, as that has been dragging on for months. Even then, the idea of Cope and Cage returning to their feud after they already had a lengthy rivalry isn’t thrilling. Moxley’s title reign has really lost its spark. The closing angle with Swerve Strickland left us with some hope that he could take the title off of Moxley as soon as AEW Dynasty next month.
AEW Revolution Review
Grade: A
It’s tempting to knock the show for the lackluster main event, and that is a factor here. But the AEW Women’s World Championship match was excellent, as was the Steel Cage match. Omega vs. Takeshita was very good as well. The tag title match missed the mark, but Strickland vs. Ricochet was great, so on the whole, the superb matches made up for the disappointing ones.
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