25 Best Wrestling Shows EVER

The promotion has presented better pay-per-views since, but as a world in which fans happily resided, Revolution ‘22 was the last time AEW felt whole. The pay-per-view wasn't just fantastic on the night. It was promoted during and elevated by a time when it felt like the best nights were still to come. 

Eddie Kingston dumped Chris Jericho on his head in a fantastic match, pitched somewhere between a traditional pay-per-view opener and an epic King’s Road main event. While some people feel that Eddie leans too heavily into his AJPW tributes, this was the perfect love letter. 

The teased feud between the Elite and the Undisputed Era never went anywhere - remember the ‘Paragon’?! - but Kyle O’Reilly was on sensational playing-dumb form when he “forgot” to co-exist with the Young Bucks against Jurassic Express in a fantastic three-way World Tag Team title match.  

CM Punk Vs. MJF was a classic Dog Collar match and fitting end to their seminal rivalry. In a hate-fuelled gloopy bloodbath that earned its excess, MJF attempted to prove that he was the new CM Punk, the real snake, when he attempted the knee-to-the-corner/bulldog combo. He was punished when he took a flat-back into a smattering of thumbtacks, registering the spot, brilliantly, by teetering over them like he was trying to avoid explosion in a death match. 

Jon Moxley Vs. Bryan Danielson was a gory attritional war of a different but no less compelling stripe. They kicked each other flush in the face and tried to break each other’s bones in gruesome-looking holds. It was outstanding. 

The Hangman Page Vs. Adam Cole main event was predictable, but very good - that superkick counter to the Asai moonsault was absolutely on the money - and the show was also elevated by some rare, inspired sequencing. Too often, AEW pay-per-views suffer slightly through excess. A lull is inevitable. 

The Sting party match, positioned in the semi-main, felt like the shot the audience needed to restart the party.