11 Times Wrestlers Were Pissed Off For Real In The Ring

In terms of sheer anticipation alone, few matches in recent memory have held a candle to the undeniably mouth-watering concept of AEW’s Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch at Revolution 2021.

The idea of Jon Moxley finally getting his hands on the despicable Kenny Omega after being screwed out of his AEW World Championship at Winter is Coming was already worth the price of admission alone, but the promise of some of the most brutal and devastating in-ring action you’re ever likely to see in the Western world of wrasslin’ understandably meant that expectations were at an all-time coming in.

And for the most part, Mox and ‘The Cleaner' delivered on the big stage, putting together a truly savage contest that was ultimately set to finish off with a very literal bang. However, instead of celebrating an acclaimed moment in the turning of the tide, Omega was left absolutely infuriated as a set of backyard sparklers put a limp exclamation point on the war.

Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer later confirmed the star’s understandable anger at the botched blast on the night, with the image of the pair’s flesh being sliced and bodies being exploded heartbreakingly dwarfed by one of the most underwhelming PPV conclusions ever.