10 AEW Full Gear 2020 Impulse Reactions
9. Hangman Adam Page Vs. Kenny Omega
Opening Full Gear proper with the final to the AEW World Heavyweight Title tournament was one of several early-show shocks that gave the start of the event an immediate spark.
Kenny Omega NJPW cheerleader, fellow Winnipeg resident and Impact Wrestling EVP Don Callis took a seat at the commentary desk, drawing immediate buzz before 'The Cleaner's elaborate entrance summoned a little more.
For a programme that's been crafted so magnificently with melodrama, this had rock bottom levels of am-dram from the off. It'd have been jarringly low on frills had Hangman Page not been wearing them on the long tights that first appeared at All Out. Such explosiveness from the opening bell had been a surprise, but also meant that they had to heighten the violence in the final third. Page willingly obliged with a powerbomb on the ramp.
An absolutely scintillating New Japan-style shared flurry exhausted the pair of them before Omega ducked a Buckshot Lariat and V-Triggered his former partner's face into oblivion. After a desperate clutch for Page's hair, he smashed him with the One Winged Angle for a win that was so clean it was box-fresh.
Two former tag team Champions fighting earnestly for a shot at singles glory. Simplicity unexpected from the complex story that set it up, this kicked f*cking *ss.