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#1 Chris Jericho Wins the AEW World Heavyweight Championship Clean
Thank you, Chris Jericho.
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It is amazing to see the 48-year-old Jericho become the first champion of this new promotion. It is an interesting booking choice. It likely makes sense for the established star to lead the beginnings of the brand on a major American television network. But if AEW truly wants to be an alternative to WWE it might have made sense to showcase the younger star, Adam Page, instead. But that isn’t the route the AEW bookers wanted to go.
The title match itself was fine but quite slow-paced. It was a bit long and the crowd seemed to be tired at the end of a long night. Chris Jericho put a lot of effort and blood into the match. As Adam Page went for his finisher, Chris Jericho hit his Judas Effect for the sudden victory.
I guess it makes sense to have Adam Page begin chasing the World Champion for a while. Chris Jericho is the confident heel and he has backed it up so far in the company. Who knows where the title picture goes from here.
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