10 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Revolution
In which Omega, Page, and The Young Bucks star in a tag team all-timer.
There may never be another All In or Double Or Nothing.
The special feeling those nights captured is nigh impossible to replicate when your promotion becomes a routine part of the weekly pro-wrestling calendar. Yes, AEW's quarterly pay-per-view cycles make these shows feel bigger than if they were going down every month, but the magic of those landmark nights was because they were landmark nights. Revolution, essentially, was a standard supercard on a standard schedule.
It was also the best pay-per-view AEW has ever produced.
Revolution's tremendous build was paid off through four hours of rich, engrossing storytelling, cutting-edge action, and varied themes, motifs, and payoffs. The triple main events of Cody vs. MJF, Hangman Page and Kenny Omega vs. The Young Bucks and Jon Moxley vs. Chris Jericho all delivered in different ways, with one emerging as an easy early Match of the Year candidate. They were propped up by an undercard permeated by shots of adrenaline and dramatic heft and of course, Chicago being Chicago, the crowd were tremendous.
That not everything on Revolution landed is almost scary. As great as this show was, there's still room for improvement from a promotion in the midst of a major creative upswing in 2020. Double Or Nothing II, at this rate, could be an all-timer.
Let's light the fuse...