7 Hidden Meanings Behind AEW Revolution Attires

AEW Revolution was another characteristically colourful show from the Jacksonville upstarts, and rather fittingly, given the date, a number of the company's biggest stars took a leap on brand new ring gear.

Sadly, Lanny Poffo didn't make a calendar-appropriate cameo, though the tassels of his mortarboard did, as part of an utterly jaw-dropping new effort, courtesy of one of the groups's finest tandems and their seamstress extraordinaire. As ever, the usual suspects indulged their own interests; whether it made sense of not, the results were nevertheless interesting.

But perhaps most intriguingly of all, one veteran, edging ever closer to an outside-the-ring role, dropped a possible huge hint about his future direction. That said, this is AEW. Red herrings are one of the most common dishes on the menu.

Just to get the disappointment out of the way: Jon Moxley didn't complete the Big Boss look with a demon horn and a ludicrous bionic arm. That isn't to say Metal Gear Solid went without reference throughout the entire evening, mind.

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The meaning behind Dustin Rhodes' vulgar t-shirt needs no explaining, though its language did set the tone of misogyny which followed.

As for Dustin's new facepaint: that was less obvious. The Joker-esque stitched smile looked something like a cross between TNA alumni Shark Boy and Suicide, but it more clearly echoed their former colleague and Rhodes' fellow born-again Christian, Sting. Is there something more to this however? That particular expression looks mightily similar to the visage on the Dark Order's masks, and we dunno if you've heard, but they are about to unveil an exalted one.

Is Black Reign's reign over the Dark Order about to begin?

Admittedly, probably not. In any event, it looked a lot better on Dustin's face than it did on Jake Hager's wife's.