The common feedback on AEW Revolution was that it was an incredible show with a lackluster ending. Many fans wanted to see Jon Moxley lose the World Heavyweight Title to Cope due to the disappointing Death Riders storyline.
That didn’t happen, as Moxley went over after Christian Cage cashed in his title shot. Swerve Strickland, the #1 contender for the World Title, laid out Moxley after the match. The last four matches were AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm vs. Mariah May in The Hollywood Ending, Kenny Omega winning the International Title from Konosuke Takeshita, Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher in Steel Cage Match, and the main event.
While speaking at the AEW Revolution post-show press conference, the AEW CEO discussed the decision for the main event.
Khan stated, “I thought it was absolutely fantastic. Both are main event quality wrestlers. With AEW Grand Slam Australia, I thought we put together a great show with great moments and for where we were going next, I thought it made a lot of sense, and for where we had been I felt it was a fantastic main event. Tonight, they delivered and it was absolutely fantastic, great match. I really believed in it, and I really believed in the story. Absolutely, that is a match capable of main eventing, just like in Australia. Hindsight is always 20/20, but to me, putting it back together and looking back, [AEW Revolution] is one of my all-time favorite shows. Toni Storm was in no condition to come up here. She lost a lot of blood. I thought it was a great moment to Swerve to have that moment and have the crowd come back and do the “Whose House? Swerve’s House.’ They didn’t know they would see him again. It was a big reaction and the crowd got behind Swerve at end, which is never a surprise. [from] Start to finish, it was a great show. That would be a great main event, and I also thought, in particular, there were a lot of matches that could have been the main event, including any of the last four. That’s why I called it a big closing four. Knowing that Swerve was waiting in the wings and he’s the number one contender, I had a feeling the crowd would get behind seeing Swerve at the end of the show.”
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