9 Match Star Ratings For AEW Revolution 2021

8. The Young Bucks Vs. Chris Jericho & MJF - AEW World Tag Team Championship Match

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This was a fantastic professional wrestling match that lovingly restored the core of what all of this is while at the same time delivering the complex sequencing necessary to outwit the discerning fan that comprises AEW's base.

A perfect opener, the Young Bucks swarmed MJF and Chris Jericho with punches before the bell in a hot early brawling sequence. MJF is a legitimate prodigy, and after a short run is already a superb tag team wrestler. His creative cut-offs were timed to perfection; these were fiendishly clever, given how prolific the Bucks are at working long matches. His partner meanwhile once again scoffed at the idea that he has declined - after nearly a decade of such flexing, you'd think the naysayers would put some respect on his damn name - by hurling himself into the unparalleled energy of the full Bucks experience. A superb fusion of old school babyface versus heel dynamic and state-of-the-art new school content, this match was so great that it almost undermined a very, very good match that followed it. The amount of near-falls was measured to absolute to-the-letter perfection. The drama intensified to a cathartic crescendo without ever exhausting the peak.

In the end, the ar*ehole heel who beat up the babyfaces' dad ate a concussive superkick party and showed ass by drooling all over himself like a disgusting animal. What an incredible heel MJF is.

AEW has very much realised its "buffet" approach. Shaq! Tully Blanchard! Exploding Barbed Wire Death!

In 2021, AEW is indeed the something-for-everyone promotion. This incredible and fun happy ending was that vision distilled: a something-for-everyone match. If you came for the celebrity on the go-home show, you can't not stick around for this.

Star Rating: ★★★★½

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and surefire Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!