AEW closed out the year with its Worlds End pay-per-view event from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on Saturday night with AEW World Heavyweight Champion MJF vs. Samoa Joe in the main event.
MJF was dealing with a bad shoulder and hip heading into the show with the belief that he would be taking time off coming out of it, something that was confirmed after the event by Fightful.
Adam Cole was at ringside on crutches. Post-match, four of the Devil’s masked men came out and attacked MJF as they held Cole back. The lights went out and back on, and Cole sat in a chair looking at MJF. The masked men were revealed to be Roderick Strong, Wardlow, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett.
Title change
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Joe was always planned to win the title here.
“Just real quick, Joe was always going to, even before Max got hurt. Joe was always going to win the title on this show. So, I mean, in that sense, the title did not change hands because he’s [MJF] hurt. I mean, it was always the plan. So, and then as far as what happens next, my gut is from everything is that they’re probably going to go to Joe and Swerve [Strickland], don’t you think?” Meltzer stated.
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