10 Awesome Times Wrestlers Learned From Their Mistakes
8. Kenny Omega Withstands PAC's Brutaliser
In another shock AEW result, PAC defeated Kenny Omega at All Out with the Brutaliser. Omega's crumple to the mat reflected the slow, dawning realisation that he had been bested for the second consecutive pay-per-view. It was a tremendous finish that in peak Elite style arrived seconds after the result was thought to have swung in the opposite direction, deepening the dramatic intensity.
Omega learned the lesson in order to ultimately win their trilogy.
Their Iron Man match on the February 26 Dynamite was an incredible war fought at a deliberate blistering pace designed to enhance the agony of the last three minutes. Omega unloaded everything in crazed, propulsive bursts, knowing that he had the stamina to persevere over a duration he had often raced beyond in New Japan Pro Wrestling. PAC sensed this, took an intentional DQ to gain an unfair advantage, and trapped Omega in the hold that put him down at All Out. That it was a known, effective finisher drove the drama, but Omega learned that there was no reversing it.
He had to simply withstand it, for minutes on end, creating an awesome sequence of suspense with the smallest of movements.