9 Lessons AEW Should Learn From Revolution 2021
1. Always Check For Faulty Bombs
Alas, human nature means this decent enough show is only going to remember for one thing. Unfortunately, that thing isn't the incredible effort put in by AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and former champ Jon Moxley to have a compelling match in these circumstances. The fact that, in terms of in-ring storytelling and psychology, they managed to blow most equivalent matches out of the water will not be remembered by time. The violence, the brutality, the sacrifice, they will all be forgotten.
All that will be remembered is the diet-pyro that ended the show. As Eddie Kingston put his life on the line to protect his fallen blood brother, a piss-poor sparkler show sucked every ounce of excitement out of the building. AEW Revolution 2021 will be remembered for a poor imitation of Goldberg's entrance pyro.
Now, there is a lot more to this than people seem to realise. First off, you can't exactly check your explosives to ensure that they make a big bang. Bombs tend to be one and done jobs. Secondly, what did people expect? Sure, they might have expected more this, but did anyone see the clock counting to zero and the entire building going up in smoke? Did people think that Tony Khan was going to green-light blowing people up?
We'll likely never know what was supposed to happen unless the explanation of Kenny Omega being a poor maker of bombs was always the plan. All isn't lost in this, as AEW can take the biggest lesson of all from the shower of silver drizzle that ended the show; always under promise, and always over deliver.