All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: AEW Revolution 2024

March 3, 2024 3:59 PM - Season 5 (Specials)

Tonight the wrestling world sends off an Icon, as Sting -- through a history that encompasses almost 40 years in the business, matches across the world, championships in three companies -- has his final match in the same venue where he faced Ric Flair in 1988. With nearly every title being defended, will the greatest match of the night be Sting and Darby defending their tag belts, Samoa Joe defending against the fire and ice of Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland, or the non-title AEW debut of Will By-God Ospreay?

The full card for Revolution:

ZERO HOUR - free pre-show

12-Man Tag Match: The Bang Bang Scissor Gang (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, Billy Gunn, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, and Jay White) vs. Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, Jay Lethal, Willie Mack, and Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) (with Sonjay Dutt and Karen Jarrett)

Non-title tag match: Julia Hart and Skye Blue vs. Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale (with Stokely Hathaway)

MAIN CARD

All-Star Scramble: Chris Jericho vs. Wardlow vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Lance Archer vs. Hook vs. Brian Cage vs. Magnus vs. Dante Martin

The winner receives a future AEW World Championship match.

FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli)

TNT Championship Match: Christian Cage (c) (with Killswitch, Mother Wayne, and "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne) vs. Daniel Garcia

AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Roderick Strong (with Matt Taven and Mike Bennett)

Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Continental Crown Championship: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Bryan Danielson

Kingston is defending the AEW Continental Championship, ROH World Championship, and the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship simultaneously. If he wins, Danielson has to shake Kingston's hand.

AEW Women's World Championship Match: "Timeless" Toni Storm (c) (with Mariah May and Luther) vs. "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo

AEW World Championship (Triple Threat) Match: Samoa Joe (c) vs. "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana)

AEW World Tag Team Championship: Sting and Darby Allin (c) (with Ric Flair) vs. The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson)

Tornado match means no need to tag in or out. This will be Sting's retirement match.

posted by The Pluto Gangsta (6 comments total)

For historical reference:

Sting’s final opponent in WCW -- Ric Flair
Final opponent in TNA -- (EC3) Ethan Carter the 3rd
In WWE -- Seth Rollins
And now in AEW -- The Young Bucks
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 4:24 PM on March 3

Holy shit Takeshita we just bought this bruv, can you avoid killing him on his first night?
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 7:46 PM on March 3 [1 favorite]

He did it, Tony Khan actually flexed his big buy-ceps and paid the $$$ for Sting to come out to “Seek and Destroy” one last time. Fuckin’ legend.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 8:37 PM on March 3

The hard thing about being an AEW fan is that every single PPV I wind up thinking well, that’s Match of the Year at least once and then that thought is proven hopelessly shortsighted when the next PPV comes along.

But good gracious is Osprey/Takeshita going to be hard to top.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:12 PM on March 3 [1 favorite]

He did it, Tony Khan actually flexed his big buy-ceps and paid the $$$ for Sting to come out to “Seek and Destroy” one last time. Fuckin’ legend.

LOL as five elder millennials in a bar full of wrestling bébés, ours was the only table that completely exploded at that.

Mariah May coming out as rock n roll Toni Storm was (deservedly) overshadowed by Sting's entrance in the same vein, but what a quality moment.

Honestly my only complaint is that Willow/Stat/Skye/Julia should have been on the main card instead of the scramble, but I didn't hate the scramble itself either.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:31 AM on March 5 [1 favorite]

also is it even possible to be hotter, both physically and in wrestling terms, than Swerve Goddamn Strickland? And yet! Not a man in that match was less hot. Truly, an absolute unquestioned top to bottom banger of a PPV.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 1:44 PM on March 5