The AEW International Championship changed hands at AEW Revolution.
At AEW Revolution, Kenny Omega challenged Konosuke Takeshita for the AEW International Championship. The bout marked Omega’s first match on a standard AEW pay-per-view since AEW Full Gear 2023, as he missed over a year due to diverticulitis.
Omega and Takeshita battled it out in a hard-fought match. Don Callis interfered multiple times, but Omega persevered and scored the win by catching Takeshita with a pin attempt that kept him down for the count. As a result, Omega won the AEW International Championship for the first time.
Takeshita was in his first reign with the gold. He won the title by defeating Will Ospreay and Ricochet at AEW WrestleDream in October 2024. Takeshita had held the title for 148 days.
Match Recap
Here’s how the match broke down, courtesy of our play-by-play:
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. Taekeshita 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.
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