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I genuinely think that AEW is getting more right than wrong every week, and they've been putting on better shows than the week prior every single week too. With that said, while they're inching close to 'perfect', they are not quite there yet and I will focus on what I still cannot connect with on the show right here.
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As you may have already guessed, we will be covering AEW Revolution live, as it happens this weekend. Be sure to tune in and join us for a show that our team is very excited about.
On a scale of 1-10, how kicked are you guys about Revolution?
#1 Best: The AEW Championship weigh-ins
I genuinely loved the fact that there was a 'sports' presentation to AEW Dynamite this week and I also dug that they brought Gary Michael Capetta back from WCW for the weigh-ins. There was a distinct MMA flavor to the proceedings with AEW's version of the octagon girls and with how both Champion and Challenger got into a face-off before their big fight.
Of course, the pro wrestling element would take over the whole thing in due course of time as a scuffle broke out and the night ended with Chris Jericho delivering Jon Moxley's finisher on him. There were also run-ins from Dustin Rhodes and Darby Allin, something that you would not necessarily see during an MMA bout. But it was a great way to get us all excited about a match that many of us were already excited about.
Do you think Jon Moxley is ready to become the AEW Champion?
#1 Worst: PAC vs. Orange Cassidy
Even though I've been watching pro wrestling for over twenty-five years now, I would like to believe that I keep an open mind about how everything has evolved. I think that Orange Cassidy has as much of a place in the world of wrestling as PAC.
And yet, I can't help but feel that a match between these two men is a massive step down for PAC, who has been presented as someone who is almost Kenny Omega's equal in the ring. I just don't think that for him to be presented as someone who goes one-on-one with a comedy character on pay-per-view is necessarily a very good idea.
Of course, if this match lasts under a minute and PAC is able to defeat Orange Cassidy with the greatest of ease, I would have no problem at all with the match-up. But we all know that Cassidy will get his spots in, to the delight of the crowd.
Of course, you may feel differently about this. Let me know your thoughts and your opinions in the comments, AEW fans.
#2 Best: The opening thirty minutes (and then some)
When you have two of the best in the world slugging it out in the ring, the result is guaranteed to be great. Kenny Omega and PAC put on a match for the ages and the 30-minute duration felt like 10. I could have easily watched 30 more minutes of them just going to war and not been bored.
Of course, there wasn't a clear winner after 30 minutes had elapsed and the two men would exceed the time limit to ensure that one of the two came out victorious in the contest. And the Young Bucks by the ring also advanced the Tag Team Championship storyline in a sense, because they were out to support their best friend Kenny Omega when Hangman Page was nowhere to be seen. Everything just seemed to fit and it was a great story that was told by the talented men.
I've generally felt that Kenny Omega has been a little lackluster as compared to how he was booked in NJPW, but this match changed all that.
#2 Worst: Some top stars missing
There was a great video package for Cody Rhodes and MJF this week that I thought got us pumped. However, I just think that the company missed a trick by not having the two men in the hottest feud of the company on the go-home show before the upcoming pay-per-view.
The same is true for Nyla Rose, who is the AEW Women's Champion and Dr. Britt Baker who should have been on the show to cut a promo and advance the heel character that she has been portraying on TV recently. I like the fact that Hikaru Shida got a chance to showcase just how gifted and how talented she is, thanks to her big victory, but it helps when you see familiar faces on your television screen every week.
I get that Cody Rhodes may be selling the effects of the moonsault from the top of the cage but MJF could have cut a promo on Brandi Rhodes. The modern wrestling fan has a short attention span and needs to constantly be reminded why she/he should order a pay-per-view.
#3 Best/Worst: Referencing Matt Hardy
Unlike the super-gifted Tom Colohue who writes and does a weekly podcast for Sportskeeda Wrestling, I have no inside sources. And hence, I do not know whether the fact that The Dark Order referenced Matt Hardy on AEW Dynamite was a tease of the future or just AEW trolling the fans.
And this is why I have neither called it a 'best' or a 'worst' considering that I do not know whether Matt Hardy will come to All Elite Wrestling once his contract is up. What I do know is that chances are that he will get to be his 'Broken' self in the company and having interviewed him on multiple occasions while in WWE, this is something that he would like.
And yet, if AEW were to tease Matt Hardy and instead present someone less exciting as The Exalted One, the results would be disappointing. So let's hope that Matt Hardy is indeed arriving soon.
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