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AEW presented REVOLUTION 2025 live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA!
It’s Sunday and you know what that means!
The Zero Hour portion of the show kicked off!
Your announce team for Zero Hour was Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz.
ROH World TV Champion Komander (with Alex Abrahantes) & Hologram
vs.
“Big Shotty” Lee Johnson & Blake Christian!
Johnson and Christian got an early jump on their opponents. Hologram and Komander took flight, rocketing through the ropes and wiping out Big Shotty and Blake. Komander dropkicked Blake who attempted a handspring elbow attack. Hologram tagged in and stung Johnson with a chop.
Blake blasted Hologram with a 450 off the middle rope. Johnson followed up with a frog splash for a near fall on Hologram. Shotty drilled Hologram with a Death Valley Driver on the apron. Christian nailed Komander with a cutter. Hologram dropkicked Christian in the ribs, blindsiding Blake. Hologram dropped a 450 splash on Christian and picked up the pin for his team!
TNT Champion Daniel Garcia & The Undisputed Kingdom—Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, & Roderick Strong
vs.
Shane Taylor Promotions—ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty, Shane Taylor, & The Infantry—Carlie Bravo and Capt. Shawn Dean!
“Daddy Magic” Matt Menard joined the broadcast booth for this match.
Garcia stomped on the back of Moriarty’s legs. Taylor distracted Garcia long enough for Moriarty to kick Danny in the face.
The Opps were watching the match from a luxury box in the arena.
STP ganged up on Garcia in their corner. Shane dropped a leg on Garcia’s upper back. Shane Taylor walloped Garcia with a big right hand. Garcia hoisted up Taylor and dropped him on the mat. The Undisputed Kingdom cleaned house on Shane Taylor Promotions. Cole connected with a neck breaker on Moriarty.
Cole was looking for the Panama Sunrise on Lee, but Garcia tagged himself into the match. Garcia applied the Dragon Tamer on Lee and stared at Cole. Garcia forced Moriarty to tap out, and there was clearly tension between Garcia and Cole.
ROH World Championship Match!
Chris Jericho (c.) (with Big Bill & Bryan Keith)
vs. Gravity!
Jericho hit Gravity in the face with his baseball bat. The ref threw the match out. Bandido sprinted to the ring and wiped out Keith and Jericho. Big Bill booted Bandido in the head and then choke slammed Gravity.
Big Bill held back Bandido. Keith held down Gravity and Jericho ripped off Gravity’s mask. Gravity tried to cover his face and Jericho blasted Gravity with the Judas Effect. Gravity’s mother and sister got into the ring to check on Gravity. Jericho kicked Bandido in the face as his mother and sister watched on in tears.
Trios Battle!
Big Boom AJ, Mark Briscoe, & “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy
vs.
Johnny TV (with Taya Valkyrie) & MxM Collection—Mansoor & Mason Madden!
Orange dropkicked Johnny TV, keeping his hands in his jeans, of course. Briscoe shoulder tackled Johnny. Orange climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Taya grabbed his ankle. Madden drove down Orange and grounded and pounded him.
Briscoe served up redneck Kungfu to Mansoor and Johnny TV. Mason choke slammed Briscoe off the top rope. Johnny TV blasted Briscoe with the Superstation! AJ came in and splashed Johnny and MxM Collection in the corner. AJ power slammed Mason for a near fall!
Taya distracted AJ long enough for him to get kicked by Johnny TV. Harley Cameron ran down and pulled Taya off the apron, whipping her into the barricade. AJ power boom’ed Johnny TV. Big Justice ran into the ring and power boom’ed Mansoor! Mason grabbed Big Justice, but Orange and Briscoe came to rescue him. Mason was triple power boom’ed and Big Boom pinned Mason!
The Murder Machines surrounded the ring, but Powerhouse Hobbs marched to the ring to even up the odds! Hobbs planted Mason with a spinebuster!
The main portion of the pay-per-view kicked off with…
Grudge Match!
MJF vs. “Hangman” Adam Page!
Page and Max slugged it out. Page got the upper hand. Page knocked down MJF and stomped on him. Hangman locked in a sleeper, but MJF countered with a jawbreaker. MJF power bombed Page across his knee.
MJF spat in Page’s face and then thumbed him in the eye. Page fired back with a fallaway slam. Page clubbed MJF with a lariat to the back of the head. MJF rolled out of the ring, getting out of harm’s way as Page was thinking about a Buckshot Lariat.
Page connected with a moonsault off the post, crashing onto MJF and landing on his own two feet. Page charged at MJF, but MJF countered with a waterwheel drop and then a DDT for a near fall.
The fans chanted “A-E-W! A-E-W!”
Hangman spiked MJF with a Dead Eye for a two-count! Page blocked a Heat Seeker and then scored with a Buckshot Lariat. Page went for the cover, but MJF put his boot on the ropes.
“You have to give the Devil his due,” said Excalibur.
Page nailed MJF with a short arm lariat. Page charged at MJF outside the ring. MJF moved and Page crashed into the steel ring steps. MJF countered a Buckshot Lariat with the Salt of the Earth arm bar. MJF transitioned to the cross face. Page managed to get to the ropes, touching them with his cowboy boot and forcing the ref to break the hold.
Hangman moonsaulted off the barricade but MJF caught him and countered with a tombstone piledriver onto a steel chair! Page got back into the ring just before the 10-count. MJF went for the Heat Seeker, but Page countered with a Dead Eye in the center of the ring. Page planted MJF with the Angel’s Wings! Hangman finished off MJF with the Buckshot Lariat, scoring the victory in a tremendous opening match!
TBS Championship Match!
“The CEO” Mercedes Moné vs. Momo Watanabe!
Nigel McGuinness joined the broadcast booth for this match.
Momo kicked Mercedes in the arm, focusing on punishing the champ’s left arm. Mercedes connected with a meteora. Mercedes power bombed Watanabe off the apron and onto the arena floor!
Billie Starkz was watching the match, taking notes.
Mercedes went for the three amigos, but Momo stopped her after two and hit two snap suplexes of her own. Momo hooked Mercedes into the Tree of Woe and began to wallop Mercedes with kicks. Momo dropkicked Mercedes in the corner, looking for a knockout. Mercedes got caught in a cross face chicken wing. Mercedes countered with a pin attempt, but Momo kicked out at two. Mercedes rocked Momo with a backstabber.
Mercedes connected with a meteora for a near fall on Momo. Momo baited in the champion and began to kick her. Momo squashed Mercedes with a meteora on the apron. Mercedes retaliated with a power bomb. Momo connected with a high roundhouse kick. Momo released the Peach Sunrise for a near fall on Mercedes! Momo kicked Mercedes in the jaw. Mercedes landed a cross body press. Mercedes smashed Momo with the Mone Maker and then forced her to tap after the Statement!
“This is why Mercedes is a great champion! Because she took a beating in this and showed her resiliency,” said Schiavone.
AEW World Title Number One Contender’s Match!
Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana)
vs.
Ricochet!
Swerve rocked Ricochet with a rib breaker. Swerve knocked Ricochet over the top rope with a lariat. Swerve stomped on Ricochet outside the ring. Prince Nana tried to get Swerve back in the ring and Swerve shoved Prince Nana away. Prince Nana walked off, flipping off Swerve.
Ricochet used his speed and agility and caught Swerve with a cutter. Swerve answered with a back breaker and a dropkick. Swerve blasted Ricochet with a stalling brain buster. Ricochet leveled Swerve with a running lariat.
Ricochet hit a dragon rana. Swerve power bombed Ricochet and then planted him with a slam.
“That was superhuman effort by Swerve, and Ricochet still got out of it,” said a shocked Tony Schiavone.
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Ricochet folded up Swerve with a reverse hurracanrana on the apron. Swerve planted Ricochet on the Spanish announce table. Back in the ring, Swerve hit the Swerve Stomp and went for the cover, but Ricochet kicked out at the two-count!
Ricochet connected with a brain buster and then crushed Swerve with a 630 senton for a near fall! Prince Nana ran back down and grabbed the Embassy robe and put it on. Ricochet wiped out Nana with a tope. Ricochet put the robe on. Swerve went for a tope, but Ricochet caught him and countered with a Death Valley Driver!
Ricochet spiked Swerve with the Vertigo but Swerve kicked out at the two-count! Prince Nana tugged at the robe that Ricochet had on. Swerve served up the House Call kick and followed up with a second House Call. Somehow Ricochet kicked out of the pin! Swerve finished off Ricochet with Big Pressure and pinned Ricochet.
“Swerve is the top contender for the AEW World championship,” said Excalibur.
After the match, Swerve gave the Embassy robe back to Prince Nana and they hugged.
AEW Continental Championship Match!
“The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada (c.)
vs.
The Hounds of Hell’s Brody King!
Brody elbowed the champion in the jaw. Brody whipped Okada into the barricade. Okada spiked Brody King with a DDT on the floor. Brody retaliated with an elbow suicida! Brody charged and splashed Okada against the guardrail.
Okada countered a piledriver with a neck breaker. Okada landed an elbow drop from the top rope. Brody smashed Okada with a Death Valley Driver against the turnbuckles. Brody followed up quickly with a cannonball in the corner.
Okada dropkicked Brody King into the barricade, using Brody’s size against him. Okada cracked Brody with the championship belt as the ref had his back turned. Okada covered Brody but Brody kicked out at the two-count. Okada went for the rainmaker clothesline, but Brody countered with a lariat of his own. Brody staggered Okada with a headbutt. Okada pulled out the rainmaker clothesline out of nowhere and pinned Brody, remaining the champion!
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match!
The Hurt Syndicate—Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin (with MVP)
vs.
The Outrunners—Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd!
Lashley bulldozed Truth with a lariat. Shelton grabbed Truth and bounced him back and forth between the ring apron and the barricade. Bobby Lashley planted Truth with a Stampede Slam.
Turbo tagged in and slammed Shelton. The Outrunners dropped the double biceps elbow on Shelton. Shelton nearly decapitated Turbo with a thrust kick. Bobby spiked Truth with a choke slam. Lashley speared Truth. Bobby speared Turbo and Shelton pinned Turbo!
“They’re a juggernaut. Who can stop this team?” asked Schiavone.
Lio Rush and Action Andretti were watching the match from the front row.
AEW Women’s World Championship Hollywood Ending Match!
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c.) (with Luther the Butler)
vs. “The Woman from Hell” Mariah May!
Jim Ross joined the broadcast booth for this match.
Mariah charged up the ramp, taking the fight to Toni as Toni was making her entrance. Mariah drilled Toni with a DDT on the stage! Mariah had a taser. Luther tried to grab it away, but Mariah dropkicked Luther. Toni grabbed Mariah and dropped her off the stage through a production table with the Sky High!
Mariah dodged a hip attack. Mariah nailed Toni with a Storm Zero on the steel steps! Mariah grabbed a steel chain and chairs from beneath the ring. Toni was busted wide open from the forehead. Mariah rammed Toni with a hip attack, smashing a steel chair against Storm’s forehead.
Toni Storm pulled out a champagne bucket with a broken bottle inside of it. They wrapped their knuckles in tape and then covered them in broken glass. Toni punched Mariah in the face. Toni took the broken neck of the bottle and dug it in the forehead of Mariah.
“The third match in the trilogy rapidly becoming a horror film,” said Excalibur.
Mariah used a hurracanrana and sent Toni crashing into broken glass on the mat. Toni grabbed Mariah and planted her with a Storm Zero on top of a chair for a near fall. Toni curb stomped Mariah onto the championship title. Toni whipped Mariah with the belt. Toni grabbed a high heel shoe, but Mariah countered with the May Day on the stage!
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Toni punished Mariah, pummeling her with the shoe, and then used the Code Zero to plant her through a table! Toni covered Mariah and pinned her!
AEW International Championship Match!
“The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita (c.) (with Don Callis)
vs.
“The Cleaner” Kenny Omega!
“A big fight feel for this one!” said Excalibur.
“This crowd wants to see Takeshita win the third in the trilogy,” replied Callis.
Omega and Takeshita traded forearms. Takeshita jumped at Omega and clocked Omega with a Takeshita-line! Omega answered with a vertical suplex. Omega jumped over the top rope and wiped out Takeshita on the arena floor.
Takeshita whipped Omega into the guardrail. Takeshita spiked Omega with a DDT in the ring. The champ targeted the abdomen of Kenny with a well placed knee strike. Takeshita pulled a table out from beneath the ring. Takeshita set up the table on the arena floor. Takeshita was thinking Blue Thunder Bomb off the apron. Kenny chopped back. Omega palmed Takeshita’s head like a basketball and planted Takeshita on the apron.
Omega jumped onto the barricade, but Takeshita shoved him off it. Omega crashed into the guardrail, smacking his ribs. Takeshita staggered Omega with a brain buster back in the ring. Takeshita applied the body scissors on Omega, trying to squeeze the life out of him.
Omega jabbed at Takeshita, back into the fight. Omega nailed Takeshita with a fireman’s carry into a moonsault combination for a near fall. Kenny took down Takeshita with a hurracanrana. Takeshita’s momentum carried him out to the floor. Don Callis grabbed Omega’s ankle. Takeshita used the distraction to knock Kenny over the top rope with a lariat.
Takeshita hurled Omega with a release German Suplex on the arena floor. Takeshita picked up Omega and planted him across a table that was set on its side, continuing to work on Omega’s midsection!
“I think that’s worse than going through a table,” said Schiavone.
Takeshita went for a senton, but Omega countered by lifting his knees. Kenny was still clutching his ribs. Takeshita went for a senton off the top rope, but Omega rolled inward, preventing the impact from Takeshita.
Omega anticipated the Takeshita-line and countered with a snap dragon suplex. Omega power bombed Takeshita and rocked Takeshita with a knee strike!
“Omega amazes me how much he has taken in this match and can still come up with those knee strikes,” said Schiavone.
Takeshita blasted Omega with a Blue Thunder Bomb out of nowhere for a near fall! Takeshita placed Omega on the top turnbuckle. Takeshita knocked Omega out of the ring with a lariat. Omega jumped with a springboard into a power bomb, but Takeshita kicked out at the two-count! Omega followed up with a V-Trigger! Omega was looking for the One-Winged Angel but collapsed, the damage to the midsection was too much. Takeshita countered a pile driver with a tombstone piledriver, but somehow Omega kicked out of the pin attempt. Takeshita struck Omega with a powerdrive knee, and then a second knee, but Omega kicked out at the one-count!
“This place is going nuts!” said Taz.
The fans chanted “Kenny! Kenny! Kenny!”
Takeshita crumbled Omega with a forearm strike. Omega landed a ripcord knee and then a stuffed piledriver, but Takeshita escaped the pin attempt!
The fans erupted with chants of “Fight forever! Fight forever!”
Takeshita absorbed kicks from Omega, defiant against the challenger. Takeshita intercepted a knee strike, but Omega fired back with a poison rana! Omega smashed Takeshita with the V-Trigger. Takeshita escaped a One-Winged Angel, but Kenny pinned Takeshita with a crucifix and became the new AEW International champion!
“From top to bottom, this is a message to everyone to never give up if you have a goal in mind. And that’s exactly what Omega did,” said Tony Schiavone.
“Kenny Omega has returned to the ring and can once again call himself champion,” replied Excalibur.
Steel Cage Match!
“The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay
vs.
“The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (with Don Callis)!
Ospreay used the cage as a weapon on the fingers of Fletcher. Ospreay grabbed Kyle in a stun dog millionaire. Kyle blocked an Os-Cutter and drove Kyle into the cage face-first. Ospreay was busted wide open. Fletcher licked the blood off the cage.
Will whipped Kyle into the cage and then hit Kyle with a standing sky twister press. Fletcher fired back with a snap half and half suplex. Fletcher ripped off the top turnbuckle pad to expose the steel underneath. Fletcher booted Will in the face. Will catapulted Fletcher into the cage.
Will cracked Kyle with Kawada style kicks. Kyle punted Ospreay in the head. Will spiked Fletcher with a DDT! Fletcher planted Will with a brain buster!
Mark Davis walked to the ring with a black bag. Davis pulled out a pair of bolt cutters and cut open the cage. Davis opened the door and slid the bag into the ring. Will shoved the door shut against Davis’ head. Will opened the bag and pulled out a barbed wire baseball bat, grinding it against Kyle’s forehead. Fletcher struck Will with a low blow. Kyle swung the bat, but Will ducked it and nailed Fletcher with the Hidden Blade and the Storm Breaker. Will went for the cover, but Mark Davis ran in and broke up the pin!
Ospreay defended himself against Davis and Fletcher! Ospreay struck Davis with a Hidden Blade against a steel chair. Ospreay rocked Fletcher with an Os-Cutter off the cage for a near fall!
Fletcher climbed the cage. Will followed him. Fletcher found a screw driver up there and jabbed it into Will’s forehead. Fletcher planted Will with a brain buster on a steel chair! Kyle poured open a black bag, pouring out thumbtacks onto the mat. Ospreay grabbed Fletcher and dumped him on the tacks with a Styles Clash!
Ospreay and Fletcher slugged it out on top of the cage. Ospreay hit a Spanish Fly on Fletcher from the top of the cage! Will smacked Fletcher with the Hidden Blade and then dumped Fletcher on his head with the Tiger Driver ’91, scoring the pin on Fletcher!
AEW World Championship Match!
Jon Moxley (c.) vs. “The Rated R Superstar” Cope!
Jim Ross joined the commentary team again for this match.
“Jon Moxley is walking to the ring by himself,” said Schiavone.
“Cope was smart in how systematically he got rid of the Death Riders,” replied Taz.
Mox flipped off Cope, but Cope answered with an elbow strike. They exchanged forearm strikes. Cope jumped off the top rope and knocked down Moxley on the arena floor. Mox grabbed Cope and bashed his head against the guardrail.
Moxley nailed Cope with a neck breaker on the apron. Mox rocked Cope with a cutter.
The Opps were watching from a luxury box in the arena.
Cope spiked Moxley with an Impaler. Cope lunged at Moxley with a lariat. Cope superplexed Moxley. Cope locked on the Grindhouse submission. Moxley reached the ropes, forcing the ref to break the hold. Cope speared Mox through the ropes, sending Mox crashing to the floor!
Moxley reversed Cope and sent Cope into the steel ring steps. Mox peeled back the padding on the arena floor. Mox went for a piledriver, but Cope countered with a back drop. Cope went for a spear, but Mox struck Cope with a knee to the face and then curb stomped Cope!
Moxley applied a bulldog choke. Cope escaped but Mox stunned Cope with a piledriver. Mox brought a chair into the ring. Cope pushed at Mox with his boot and inadvertently knocked the referee out of the ring. Mox planted Cope with a Paradigm Shift. Mox grabbed two steel chairs and was looking for a con-chair-to but Cope up-kicked a chair into Mox’s face.
Wheeler Yuta walked down the ramp and got into the ring. Yuta smashed Cope with the Busaiku knee! Yuta handed Mox the briefcase. “Switchblade” Jay White ran down and knocked down Yuta. White pulled the briefcase from Mox, went to smash it against Mox’s head, but Mox ducked! White accidentally struck Cope with the briefcase!
Cope was able to get to his feet and speared Mox, but Mox kicked out at the two-count! Cope speared Mox again! Cope speared Mox a third time! Cope went for the cover but Christian Cage, out of nowhere, pulled Cope out of the ring! Christian Cage was cashing in his contract!
“That works! Very smart of Christian!” said Taz.
It was now a three-way match! Christian speared Cope and went for the cover but Cope kicked out! Christian nailed Cope with the Kill Switch! Mox ran into the ring and locked Christian in the bulldog choke. Christian was put to sleep and the ref stopped the match, with Mox retaining!
“That backfired on Christian!” said Taz.
“The moment belongs to the AEW World champion Jon Moxley,” replied Excalibur.
“What a turn of events! This is a night none of us will soon forget,” added Jim Ross.
“Mox dodged a bullet, I promise you,” said Taz.
As Mox was walking to the back, Prince Nana was there, to remind Moxley who was next. Swerve jumped from the stands with a double stomp to Mox, wiping out Moxley and the security guards!
“We are poised to see if Swerve can ascend to the top of All Elite Wrestling once again,” said Excalibur.
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