Remember what I said about AEW PPVs being too damn long if you've read my previous reviews?
Well, the elite brand did it again.
Besides what happened at the end, AEW once again, delivered a decent show. Oh, and I haven't seen the tag team match with Thunder Rosa, Riho vs Britt Baker and Maki Itoh at the pre-show so I can't speak on it
The Young Bucks vs Chris Jericho And MJF For The AEW World Tag Team Championship
The heels were dominant throughout most of the match.
Like, when MJF pulled off certain submissions to slow Nick Jackson down for a bit.
Matt Jackson finally tagged his brother and he nailed the comeback with a bulldog while he showed Chris Jericho the middle finger.
MJF pinned Nick Jackson with a quick roll up to a near fall.
The Jackson brothers grabbed Chris Jericho and delivered the Meltzer driver to retain the AEW tag belts.
Not the most mind-blowing match but it did have its fun moments. Overall, it was a solid opening bout.
Casino Battle Royal Match.
Aka a decent spin at the battle royal match stipulation.
I'm not going to write about everything that happened but rather some of the highlights.
Santana delivered a devastating looking kick to Evil Uno.
One of the nightmare family members, QT Marshall, eliminated himself due to some miscommunications with his partner, Dustin Rhodes.
Ever since the Death Triangle in Rey Fenix and Pac showed up, they became the highlight of the match and lasted till the end where they had to deal with Jungle.
A hard back and forth between all 3 men later and the Death Triangle eliminated Jungle Boy to win the casino battle royal.
Appreciated the uniqueness of said battle royal match. However, this as a whole, was aight other than the end sequence.
Hikaru Shida vs Ryo Mizunami For The AEW World Women's Championship.
Those two women beat the holy HELL out of each other. It was so brutal that when Shida nailed the shining wizard, Ryo kicked out.
But, Ryo didn't kick out of the corkscrew knee strike which is how Hikaru retained the women's championship.
After the match, Britt Baker, Maki Itoh and Nyla Rose attacked Shida and Mizunami to which Thunder Rosa came to the rescue.
That title encounter kicked all sorts of a***** bruh. By far, the best match of the night.
The AEW women's division is looking good, to be honest. I love seeing the improvements from that department.
Miro And Kip Sabian vs Best Friends In Orange County And Chuck Taylor.
This was pretty much a showcase of Miro's in-ring dominance. And he ended the match with the camel clutch on Chuck Taylor.
The match was fine. Didn't do much for me to be honest.
In a backstage interview with Alex Marvez, Chris Jericho and MJF weren't happy regarding the L they took earlier in the night.
Cool.
Hangman Page vs "Big Money" Matt Hardy.
Another middle of the road match that happened on this show.
The only cool thing about this is when Page did his signature clothesline, Hardy reversed it into a side effect.
Page successfully delivered his finisher to win this match thanks to a bit of an assist from the Dark Order.
Hangman embraced the Dark Order which was a wholesome moment.
Max Caster vs Lance Archer vs Cody Rhodes vs Scorpio Sky vs A Mystery Opponent vs Penta Le Zero Miedo. A "Face The Revolution Ladder Match" With The Winner Getting A TNT Title Shot.
The gold ring above the squared-circle definitely does look like the ring that Sonic and other characters in that universe are chasing.
Also, Max Caster's promo was too damn spicy and the funny part about Caster's promo is, the commentators didn't know how to react.
The mystery opponent in this ladder match is none other than Impact Wrestling's own, Ethan Page (a good pick up by the elite guys).
Penta killed Cody's shoulder with that Canadian destroyer on the ladder that was set up between the barricade and the ring.
Scorpio Sky, somehow, snuck into the ring and grabbed the golden doughnut to win the ladder match.
I'll be shocked if Cody Rhodes came out of this match okay. He took some of the brutal spots.
Overall, this ladder match was good that had its moments, to say the least.
CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN!
Yes. The person that is the "hall of fame worthy" talent is Christian and the best part?
THEY BROUGHT BACK HIS TNA THEME (at least the modified version of it).
Sting And Darby Allin vs Brian Cage And Ricky Starks In A Street Fight.
Out of all of the cinematic matches that I've seen from WWE and AEW, this by far, has the best cinematography.
The tone, the colouring and the camera angles, blended so well together.
As far as the action itself, it was brutal just like the ladder match and the women's championship match and I love it.
I'm glad they gave the cinematic treatment for obvious reasons.
Darby Allin delivered an elbow drop on Brian Cage from the roof window all the way to the second floor through a wooden object (how are these guys even alive?).
The match ended in the ring with a scorpion death drop on Ricky Starks. I don't mind Ricky taking the pin.
I'm hoping this the blowoff of this feud because Darby has been feuding with Taz's FTW Crew for almost a year now.
Kenny Omega vs Jon Moxley For The AEW World Championship In A Barbed Wire Death Match.
Moxley took the first explosion of the match after he was pushed onto the barbed wire rope by Omega and man, I felt my back watching this.
Within minutes, Moxley's face showed some colour and somewhere in this arena, Cody Rhodes is proud.
Omega gained some help from The Good Bros and because of it, Omega retained the championship with a brutal looking one-winged angel on the edge of the chair.
Eddie Kingston showed up and tried to drag Moxley out of the ring because the ring was about to explode.
But, as soon as Eddie covered Moxley, the ring "exploded" and Kingston was knocked out.
That ending was f'ing funny at best and corny at worst. The selling from Kingston wasn't worth it.
It's a damn shame because I liked the main event a TON.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos.
Like: Kenny Omega vs Jon Moxley, Hikaru Shida vs Ryo Mizunami, Face The Revolution ladder match, the cinematic street fight match.
Didn't like: The ending, the overall pacing.
Sound off in the comments below on what do you think about AEW's Revolution 2021 show? Follow me on the tweets @omartheplayaguy and follow this very blog for honest pro wrestling opinions. Anyways, stay safe smarks.
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