The 7th annual AEW Revolution. 7 years. Back-to-back years getting 10,000+ fans packed into the Los Angeles Lakers arena to watch people kick each other in the face. What a time to be alive.
MJF and Hangman competed in one of the greatest Texas Death Matches in company history. Will Ospreay returned to chase off The Death Riders. Swerve Strickland and Brody King had a most dangerous man-off.
Let’s run through The Good, The Bad and The Ugly for AEW Revolution 2026:
The Good
MJF and Hangman Page not dying in explosives
When MJF arrived in the Terry Funk gear, I knew hell’s gate were opening.
46 minutes of legacy-defining blood-letting, both men aware of their place in wrestling history as the main event stars who helped build this wrestling start-up into one of the longest-running professional wrestling TV shows ever, but most importantly, they’re aware of how much they need each other as adversaries.
At one point, Hangman hits a belly-to-belly suplex, off the entrance ramp, into an exploding table where they layed still, for an extended length that made me think this was the final death match in AEW as they just Owen Hart-ed MJF.
HANGMAN PAGE BELLY TO BELLY MJF THROUGH EXPLODING TABLE. 💥
pic.twitter.com/Ptt7b6Bh67— Drainmaker (@TheDrainmaker) March 16, 2026
Sicko shit.
From the syringe through Hangman’s mouth to MJF and Hangman destroying their knees sending each other through tables to the barbed wire in MJF’s mouth, a Saw movie masquerading as a wrestling match.
FTR vs. The Young Bucks
I will never grow tired of watching these juggernauts go to war.
Jon Moxley vs. Takeshita
The match of the night, a false finish masterpiece. Another win for those of us who believe Jon Moxley is the greatest of his generation.
Megan Bayne finally holding gold
Every week, Megan Bayne shows up to work and wrecks chicks. She spent Blood and Guts throwing hays, laying bricks, dominating. I’m ready for her and Lena Kross to crush jobbers until their inevitable war with Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor.
Thekla domination
Thekla is my favorite TV character right now, right above Dr. Robby and Will Trent.
I understand Thekla completely. A disruptor, a self-interested chaos agent, when she says she wants to make AEW “toxic”, I feel her. The world champion should establish the vibes going forward, warping the promotion in their image.
Whether it’s Toni Storm or Mercedes Mone or even Ronda Rousey, Thekla, born with the gift of gab, will sell the fight like it’s the most important match in history.
We are witnessing one of the best world title runs in company history.
Shout out to Kris Statlander, but start working on your hot tag, girl. Time to lose to Megan Bayne now.
Andrade vs. Bandido
Andrade El Idolo may be a terrible husband and an unreliable employee but the man can hoop with the best of them. I love AEW’s quiet little World Championship round robin tournament happening.
Swerve vs. Andrade will be a match that alters the history of professional wrestling, some kid in Nebraska is about to hit the weight room and become the next GOAT off this match.
Making me care about Mistico
I have no relationship with Sin Cara or Mistico. And that’s not some brag about how cool I am for being uninformed, I just had no idea how beloved this man was.
Mistico treated winning the AEW trios championship like he witnessed the birth of his firstborn.
I am 1000% in on Mistico. Cody Rhodes could never.
The Bad
Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong vs. The Dogs in the semi-main
Tony Khan pulled the e-brake on the momentum, saving the least interesting match for last. We must all hope to one day have a boss who believes in us as much as Tony believes in Darby Allin and anyone who’s ever wrestled in New Japan.
The Ugly
The inevitable recreation of the legendary Wrestlemania TLC Tag Match with The Bucks, FTR and E&C
Over the weekend, I stayed up to watch the Lakers beat the Warriors in the final minutes, thanks to the late-game heroics of Austin Reeves and Luka with a sick-ass game-winner.
But my biggest takeaway was how slow and old and unnecessary LeBron looked.
He got a layup blocked by the rim because he couldn’t jump high enough anymore.
Christian will be fine in the TLC.
Adam Copeland???
Eh.
The Ronda Rousey reaction
Having watched Ronda Rousey’s sole Ring of Honor match a few years ago with Marina Shafir against Athena and Billie Starkz, no doubt in my mind Ronda’s matches in AEW will look a lot better than in WWE.
Plus, these moves don’t happen over a quick phone call.
This is vetted.
If Ronda will be around The Death Riders, you can assume Jon Moxley signed off on it and I trust Mox’s vision.
Look what he’s created over the last few years. Let the artist work with a new color of paint and watch Picasso create another Guernica.
But it sucks opening up my phone this morning to pitchforks at the gate—demanding accountability from AEW for adding Ronda.
I understand fans frustrated in the celebration of a former WWE superstar who wasn’t that good over there—with an internet search history full of conspiracy bullshit and MAGA propaganda.
I, too, would rather see Emi Sakura grapple Hikaru Shida for 25 minutes than a Sandy Hook denier half-assing it for a quick check she desperately needs in between phony, carny Paul brother-hosted Netflix fights in Qatar.
But I imagine Ronda won’t be around until it’s time to get some extra PPV buys for All In this summer.
We will survive Ronda Rousey, I promise.
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