With several months between every AEW pay-per-view, sometimes it feels like there’s even more riding on them. After all, with the next big card not taking place for a while, if a show doesn’t come off well, the next chance to make a good impression is a ways down the road.
Happily, AEW Revolution was a spectacle that commanded your attention throughout. Say what you want about AEW’s occasionally scattershot approach to storytelling, but when it hits, it hits, and that shined through in several matches on Sunday night.
And if there’s artistry in violence, then a couple of Picassos were painted as well. The Texas Death match and the 60-minute Iron Man main event — that ended up going more than an hour — were both in that category, and there were other memorable moments in other bouts as well.
There’s time for AEW to reload for Double or Nothing in late May, which is the plus side of not having monthly PPVs. But for now, let’s take a look at who came out of Revolution looking even better than they went in.