All Elite Wrestling returned to the City of Angels for its second pay-per-view in Southern California on Sunday. AEW Revolution featured company-altering matches, including the AEW Women’s Championship match between Ricochet and Swerve Strickland, Toni Storm and Mariah May’s “Hollywood Ending,” and Jon Moxley vs. Rated R Superstar Cope for the AEW World Championship.
Before the show even started, the zero hour saw some Hollywood stars and “big booms” as Big AJ and the Costco guys were in the ring with Adam DeVine and Tony Cavalero.
Here were the big matchups that took place at Crypto.com Arena over the weekend:
Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
The opening match started off hot with a slugfest from the opening bell. Page took control early, but MJF’s underhanded tactics and relentless taunting turned the tide.
High-impact moves followed, including Page’s moonsault to the outside, but MJF countered a corner-clothesline from Page with a hanging superkick and Alabama Slam. Page nearly sealed the win with a Deadeye and Buckshot Lariat, but MJF saved himself with a foot on the ropes.
A defiant MJF spit in Page’s face provoked the cowboy into charging shoulder-first into the steel steps. Seizing the moment, MJF locked in a series of brutal submissions, but Page barely reached the ropes.
Outside the ring, Page attempted a moonsault off the barricade, but MJF reversed into a tombstone onto a steel chair. Back inside, MJF seemed poised for victory, but a resilient Page countered a Heatseeker into another Deadeye and Buckshot Lariat to secure the win.
Winner: “Hangman” Adam Page
TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Moné (c.) vs. Momo Watanabe
The U.S. and Japan’s brightest stars began in a stalemate, with Moné and Watanabe trading blows and taunts. Watanabe nearly ended it early with a running meteora, but Moné reversed into a crossface and hit a meteora of her own.
Moné took control after a powerbomb off the apron but couldn’t land the Moné Maker as Watanabe countered. Moné then hit the Three Amigos, only to be stopped by Watanabe’s stiff kicks.
After a back-and-forth exchange, Moné went deep into her bag of tricks with a powerbomb, but Watanabe stayed in the fight, delivering a superplex and running knee. Despite Watanabe’s relentless strikes, Moné dodged a Meteora and sealed the win with a crossbody into a Moné Maker.
Winner: Mercedes Moné
Ricochet vs. Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana)
Each man stood in the corner and stared the other down before the incoming violence. Strickland dominated early, forcing Ricochet to retreat, but he couldn’t escape for long. Their heated rivalry was evident in every strike. A miscue sent Prince Nana down, allowing Ricochet to use Strickland’s own move, the house call, against him. An angry Nana then abandoned Strickland.
With Nana gone, Ricochet took control with a moonsault and cutter, but the crowd rallied behind Strickland, who turned the tide with a powerbomb-slam combo. Ricochet countered on the apron with a reverse poison rana, but Strickland answered with a vertebreaker on the announce table and a swerve stomp, only for Ricochet to kick out at 2.9.
Ricochet, after a thumb to the eye, hit a brainbuster and 630 senton, but Strickland wouldn’t stay down. Nana returned to reclaim his stolen robe, leading Ricochet to take him out. However, Strickland was ready this time, hitting two House Calls and Big Pressure to win, reclaim Nana’s robe and become AEW’s number one contender.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
In the media scrum after the show, Strickland revealed he suffered a ruptured eardrum from the match. He also expressed how Revolution has been an important event for him ever since he debuted at the show three years ago.
“Since the first Revolution I’ve been coming for championships,” Strickland said. “This is always the pay per view where I silence doubters.”
AEW Continental Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c.) vs. Brody King
King dominated early with a big slam and thunderous chops, but Okada fought back, slamming the 285-pounder into the corner. King regained control with a superplex and a dive to the outside, crushing Okada against the barricade with a running cross body.
Back in the ring, Okada hit a neckbreaker, but King answered with a Death Valley Driver into the turnbuckles and a seated cannonball. Just as King was rolling, Okada stopped him with a back body drop and a shotgun dropkick into the barricade.
With the ref distracted, Okada struck King with the title, yet King still kicked out. He went for another cannonball but ate a signature dropkick, setting up Okada’s rainmaker lariat to secure the win.
Winner: Kazuchika Okada
AEW Tag Team Championship Match:
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) with MVP vs. the Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd)
Magnum struggled against Benjamin, forcing quick tags and double-team moves from the Outrunners. After an MVP scolding, the Hurt Syndicate dominated, with Lashley punishing Magnum and keeping him isolated.
Magnum managed a running bulldog, tagging in Floyd, who briefly turned the tide. A double elbow drop followed, but Lashley easily took them down, tossing Magnum into the announce table. After that sequence and some punches from Benjamin, Floyd seemed unstoppable until a single big shot dropped him.
A running knee from Benjamin and a spear from Lashley to both Outrunners sealed the Hurt Syndicate’s dominant victory.
Winners: The Outrunners
AEW Women’s Championship Match – “A Hollywood Ending”
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c.) vs. Mariah May
May ambushed Storm on the ramp, drop kicking her butler through a tower of wine glasses. Storm retaliated by slamming May off the stage through a table before taking the fight ringside. May countered a hip attack, smashing Storm’s face into the steel steps, busting her face open.
With blood pouring, May crushed Storm with a hip attack against a chair. Both wrapped their fists in glass shards, but Storm struck first by raking May’s forehead with the glass. May answered with a MayDay onto the shards, only for Storm to land a Storm Zero on the same shards.
She then revealed the original bloody heel that started this entire violent saga seven months ago. Before she could use it, she repeatedly slammed the championship into May. However, Storm took too long to capitalize, allowing May to hit another MayDay on the stage.
But Storm refused to quit.
May attempted to write the final scene by standing on a bin and putting Storm through a table, but Storm prevented it and crafted a poetic ending. “Timeless” hit May with the original heel and then drove her through a table with a Storm Zero. Following the pinfall, the jumbotron displayed a symbolic “The End.”
Winner: Toni Storm
AEW International Championship Match
Konosuke Takeshita (c.) with Don Callis vs. Kenny Omega
The match began with both men circling each other as the crowd gave them a standing ovation. They opened with a stiff strike exchange before Callis interfered, giving Takeshita control. Omega struggled until a table setup at ringside forced him into action. A failed More Bang for Your Buck attempt saw Takeshita target Omega’s hurt midsection, an injured area from his recent battle with diverticulitis.
Omega rallied with a roll-through crossbody and landed a More Bang for Your Buck, but Callis tripped him, leading to a clothesline and brutal table slams. Omega dodged a top-rope senton, then hit a powerbomb–V-Trigger combo, but Takeshita kicked out.
Omega’s core gave out on a One-Winged Angel attempt, allowing Takeshita to land a tombstone. After a fierce back-and-forth, Omega hit a V-Trigger, but Callis distracted the ref. In the chaos, Omega secured a crucifix pin to steal the victory and win the international championship.
Winner: Kenny Omega
Steel Cage Match
Kyle Fletcher vs. Will Ospreay
Ospreay and Fletcher locked eyes atop the cage before brawling. Ospreay’s high-flying offense was stifled by the structure, and Fletcher took control by launching Ospreay into the steel and grinding his forehead against it. Fletcher exposed the turnbuckles but fell victim to his own tactic, meeting the exposed steel.
Ospreay countered with a corkscrew moonsault, only for Fletcher to regain momentum with a Last Ride powerbomb. Fletcher’s old tag team partner, Mark Davis, attempted to intervene by throwing a chair and a mysterious bag into the cafe, but Ospreay fought him off. Inside the bag, Osprey found a bat covered in barbed wire to shred Fletcher’s face.
Fletcher faked an ask for forgiveness by showing the arm sleeve of their old team, but used it as a distraction to land a low blow. Fletcher tried to use the bat, but Ospreay countered with a Hidden Blade and a StormBreaker. Despite another interference from Davis, Ospreay overcame the odds, sending Davis crashing outside.
Ospreay’s Os-cutter off the cage wasn’t enough, leading to a desperate struggle at the top. Fletcher used a screwdriver to hit Ospreay and nearly end his career with a brainbuster onto a chair, but Ospreay survived.
Fletcher found a screwdriver from the cage and used it repeatedly on Ospreay. He continued to try and end Ospreay’s career with a brainbuster onto a chair, but Ospreay miraculously kicked out.
Fletcher scattered thumbtacks across the ring. However, Ospreay countered into a Styles Clash onto the thumbtacks.The bloodied and thumbtack-covered men fought to the top of the cage, where Ospreay retaliated with the same screwdriver
With Fletcher dazed, Ospreay hit a spanish fly from 20 feet in the air off the top of the cage, followed by a brutal Hidden Blade and a Tiger Driver ‘91 to finally secure the victory.
Winner: Will Ospreay
AEW Championship Match: Jon Moxley (c.) vs Rated R Superstar Cope
Cope and Moxley opened with a slugfest before Moxley slowed the pace. Cope fought back with a lariat, flatliner and a spear through the ropes, but Moxley regained control, stomping his opponent onto exposed concrete.
In the ring, Cope escaped a bulldog choke, but chaos erupted when the referee was taken out. Moxley attempted a con-chair-to, only for Cope to counter by kicking the chair in his face. A double clothesline left both men down.
Wheeler Yuta interfered against Cope, while Jay White’s attempted save accidentally backfired and he ended up whacking Cope in the head with the briefcase containing the AEW Championship. Moxley capitalized, pinning Cope, who kicked out just in time.
While Moxley argued with the referee, he didn’t see Cope charging at him with a spear. Not stopping there, Cope followed up with two more spears. He went for the pin, but Christian Cage intervened, cashing in his championship contract and officially turning the match into a triple threat.
Christian looked to steal the victory with a Killswitch, but Moxley broke it up and locked him in the bulldog choke. Despite just entering the match, Christian passed out in the hold, allowing Moxley to retain the title over both Christian and Cope.
Winner: Jon Moxley
Post-match, the champion walked through the crowd but was confronted by Prince Nana. This distraction allowed new No. 1 contender Swerve Strickland to land a sneak attack, hitting a Swerve Stomp from the stands.
AEW Revolution was the company’s first show held in Crypto.com arena. In the post-show media scrum President and CEO Tony Khan reflected on the success of the show and how it was at Crypto.com Arena for the first time.
“This was our debut in a very historic building, one of the most significant sports arenas in the world and it was a big success for the company,” Khan said. “It was one of our biggest crowds and certainly one of our best pay-per-views start to finish.”