Every Major AEW Show RANKED From Worst To Best
1. Revolution
Where Full Gear invited scrutiny - come on, let's see what you've got - Revolution arrived on such a crest of euphoria that its reception obscured some ill-advised moments.
AEW somehow conspired to get us hyped for Goldust Vs. Jack Swagger. But then they delivered it. Nyla Rose Vs. Kris Statlander fell apart. Cody, I love you, but that neck tattoo was distracting.
AEW, the most scrutinised wrestling promotion ever, practically escaped it because the feeling surrounding the product was so overwhelmingly positive. That month of February - from angles to matches to promos, all deftly arranged to peak just before the pay-per-view - was the greatest run of episodic TV any promotion has ever mounted.
AEW has promoted better top-to-bottom PPV shows in terms of match quality, but emotion, vibe, and momentum are often more important than that. This period of AEW was an holistic smash success highlighted by a true ascendant Ace figure in Jon Moxley, who captured the AEW World Title after a cracking bells-and-whistles brawl.
It was a night on which everything came together to culminate so much hard work: Darby Allin's first major win; Orange Cassidy's white-hot first AEW match; the full, delivered promise of tag team wrestling as something that could once more be considered the beautiful centrepiece of a major promotion. That Kenny Omega and Hangman Page Vs. the Young Bucks was the greatest ever match of its kind obviously helped the show's now mythical standing.
It was something more than special. It was what it said it was: a Revolution.