AEW Revolution Review

Nothing like a super timely review of a pay per view six days after the event happened. But I wanted to write about the show so here we go.

Dustin Rhodes vs. Jake Hagar

I did not care for this match. I hate Jake Hagar and his style isn't made exciting by fighting another big guy so he can't manhandle his opponent. This match also went longer than it really felt justified in happening. Dustin tries, but it just wasn't an interesting match going in.

3/10

Sammy Gueverra vs. Darby Allin

Love that the match started off fast and with lots of brawling ringside. Sammy hits a 630 splash from the top to the outside through a table before the match even started and it looked awesome. A fun fast paced match that told its story and did it in a short time.

6/10

Young Bucks vs. Page & Omega

This match was fucking awesome. So many great false finishes that were built up and so believable for every one of them. I was reacting out loud watching it by myself on my computer. It was a great match, but it was also paired with a great story about the Elite breaking apart. It makes sense that Matt would be the Buck to go too far as he has his injured back and Omega and Page went to town on that injury early in the match. Tons of twists and turns, action on the ramp was great and it was just great to watch. I would like to write more eloquently about this, but I can't do it justice, just watch it. After the match Hangman does the most perfect tease of a betrayal on Omega.

10/10

Nyla Rose vs. Kris Statlander

The match was a little awkward, apparently because Statlander was getting over the flu and it showed. Still a pretty good match between the two even though they almost messed up the superplex, but they both got over safely. The finish of the avalanche powerbomb was impressive by Rose, as she basically did it off one leg as she stepped over the ropes.

5/10

MJF vs. Cody

Cody was never that impressive in the ring, but he knows how to compensate for that by telling the best stories in the ring and being good enough at wrestling to have great matches. I haven't really seen MJF wrestle a ton so I don't know how good he is at that, but he plays his role very well here. There is a ton of shenanigans and fuckery from MJF and Wardlow, Brandi and Arn do a good job of trying to counter it. Cody gets a good run to build up his near win, before outside action distracts the ref to allow MJF to punch Cody with the ring. MJF attacking the broken toe of Cody really helps highlight why he made him wrestle a cage match before facing him one on one and was a perfect touch to the match. On rewatch this probably won't be as cathartic and fun to watch, but at the time it was great.

8/10

PAC vs. Orange Cassidy

A great juxtaposition with Pac's intensity and Cassidy's shenanigans. This went pretty much how I expected and it was great. Cassidy surprised Pac by being an actual wrestler at first, but still mixing in his I'm not trying that hard stuff. Pac destroyed Cassidy for a bit then got a comeback and it was just a good back and forth match between the two. Cassidy got distracted and beat, but fun stuff while it lasted. Looking forward to seeing more of this Cassidy on AEW and this version of Pac has been fantastic.

9/10

Moxley vs. Jericho

A great brawl between two guys who are great at that. A lot of fun stuff in the crowd and ringside before they get into the ring and have a good match there as well. Jericho evolving his style as he's gotten older has been great. He can still pull off his lionsault, but he can't do the fast paced sprints anymore and has gone from a chicken shit heel to a cheating son of a bitch heel. Moxley lives for these kind of wild brawls so it worked great. Moxley revealing he could see from the injured eye before getting the win was very over the top and well done. Just a fun, cathartic match between these two.

8/10

From the second match to the top of the card this was really good stuff. The women's title match was a little rough, but I'd rather the real knockdown fight between Statlander and Rose happen later in her run anyway so I'm fine with that. Just great matches everywhere on the card and they were all different styles and kinds of matches and that's what makes AEW so fun to me. There are pure work rate matches like the tag match and then great sports entertainment stuff like MJF vs. Cody. Darby and Sammy provided a great spotfest, Cassidy vs. Pac gave us some good comedy and damn good wrestling, and the main event was an epic brawl. No matter what you're looking for in a wrestling show you're going to be able to find some of that on AEW. If you haven't already you should find a way to see this show.