10 Wrestling Matches You Won't Believe Happened In 2020
5. Stadium Stampede (AEW Double Or Nothing)
A blending of live footage with splashes of the cinematic, Stadium Stampede was a sugar rush in concept and execution that confirmed AEW's grasp on the mastery of making this era sort of/kind of make some sense.
It'd be too easy to dismiss the football pitch clash as an easy out just because of the space available. If anything, it could have been limiting - the location and wrestlers involved invited endless fantasy booking - but there's absolutely no chance one single fan stamped every number on their bingo card watching the magic happen.
A match of moments from a company that understands how to make them feel organic rather than store-bought with a (TM) on the end, the goalpost moonsaults, mascot punches and Matt Hardy reincarnations were so delicately placed that they all felt contextually earned. Hangman Page arrived on a f*cking horse The Inner Circle gave themselves all-pro entrances. Wrestling had gone through the looking glass months earlier, but only now had it found Wonderland.