Biggest Takeaways from AEW Revolution 2022 Results
All Elite Wrestling only has a few pay-per-views per year, but Revolution 2022 showed that what it lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality.
This event was packed to the brim with a lineup of matches and an abundance of talent.
With nearly all the AEW belts on the line, a dog collar match and a Face of the Revolution ladder contest, there was enormous potential for this to be a standout event in more ways than one.
Now that the event has concluded, let's look back on the results and break down some of the biggest takeaways from the PPV.
Full Match Results
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- Buy-In match: Leyla Hirsch defeated Kris Statlander by pinfall.
- Buy-In match: Hook defeated QT Marshall by submission.
- Buy-In match: The House of Black defeated Death Triangle and Erick Redbeard by pinfall.
- Eddie Kingston defeated Chris Jericho by submission.
- Three-Way Tag Team match: Jurassic Express (c) defeated reDRagon and The Young Bucks to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship.
- Face of the Revolution ladder match: Wardlow defeated Christian Cage, Keith Lee, Orange Cassidy, Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks.
- Jade Cargill (c) defeated Tay Conti by pinfall to retain the TBS Championship.
- Dog Collar match: CM Punk defeated MJF by pinfall.
- Britt Baker (c) defeated Thunder Rosa by pinfall to retain the AEW Women's World Championship.
- Jon Moxley defeated Bryan Danielson by pinfall.
- Tornado Trios Tag Team match: Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara and Sting defeated The Andrade-Hardy Family Office (Andrade El Idolo, Matt Hardy and Isiah Kassidy) by pinfall.
- "Hangman" Adam Page (c) defeated Adam Cole by pinfall to retain the AEW World Championship.
TNT Champion Wardlow Is the Future Unless MJF Gets in the Way
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Among some great competitors, Wardlow was able to grab the brass ring and win the Face of the Revolution ladder match.
This proves MJF wrong, as he had said Wardlow wasn't going to win. Perhaps now that the belt is within his grasp and Wardlow turned on the heel by giving CM Punk the Dynamite diamond ring, The Salt of the Earth will back out on his promise to let Mr. Mayhem keep the belt.
That appears to be the next feud for Wardlow. The only question is whether he'll be champion for it.
Assuming he can retain the TNT Championship over Scorpio Sky, Sammy Guevara is going to have his work cut out for him. Wardlow has been on a tear and has the size advantage and momentum on his side.
It makes more sense for Wardlow to become the new champion at St. Patrick's Day Slam to give that event something significant, rather than for Guevara to score the upset.
Then, MJF can either invoke the clause in his contract and steal the championship, or at least grant himself a title match and try to command Wardlow to lay down for him.
If that's not the case and the belt is going to stay on Guevara, it will likely be due to MJF interfering and costing Wardlow the win out of spite.
AEW Is Now Swerve's House
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Last year at Revolution, Christian Cage was signed. This year, AEW welcomed Shane "Swerve" Strickland to the roster.
AEW can't sign everyone, but if a wrestler has something to offer, they should be snatched up.
Strickland is only 31 but is already very experienced. That means he can fulfill two roles of working with the rookies while still having room to grow into a more prominent member of the roster in his own right.
It was great to see he can keep his "Swerve" nickname. Over the past few years, he's built up some value in that moniker and should capitalize on it as much as he can.
There will be plenty opportunities for Swerve to have great matches with numerous wrestlers. He may even be able to form a different version of Hit Row and succeed in a way WWE never gave him a proper opportunity to do.
This is a great new home for Strickland, and he'll be a name to keep an eye on.
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AEW Women's World Championship Match Underwhelmed
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Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa were in a tough spot following the dog collar match between CM Punk and MJF. The crowd had spent all their energy and needed a break, only for these two to have the unfortunate honor of filling that time.
Along with an audience that couldn't quite get hyped, this bout was plagued by not being able to match the level of violence of what came before it both in the Punk vs. MJF fight, as well as the Lights Out contest these two had nearly a year ago.
That was one of the best matches of the year, but this bout had all the handcuffs of a normal contest with no added benefit of being something we hadn't seen before.
Instead of being an epic follow-up with two of the top women in AEW battling it out in a classic, it was a slog and should have ended several interference attempts before its inevitable conclusion.
Everything was predictable, the moves didn't have much impact and it didn't quite do anything for anyone involved. Baker doesn't look stronger and Rosa is stuck as a could-be champion hoping for another shot down the road.
The only truly positive talking point to come out of this was that the new championship belt looks great.
Wherever Regal, Moxley and Danielson Are Going, Sign Me Up!
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It was already intriguing enough that Bryan Danielson was so interested in teaming with Jon Moxley, rather than feuding with him. They are fantastic wrestlers, and the idea of them as a duo could be very dangerous for all the other teams on the roster.
But after beating the life out of each other and bleeding profusely, an even better wrinkle was added to the mix with William Regal's appearance.
As a mentor to both previously, the former NXT general manager acting as a peacemaker was a buzzworthy moment if there ever was one. This appears to be the start of not just a tag team but also a potential faction, with one of wrestling's greatest minds at the helm.
It's great enough to have Regal in AEW, but if he's going to be associated with Danielson and Moxley, the sky's the limit for this group.
Two of AEW's Biggest Factions Are Doomed
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Over the past few weeks, the writing has been on the wall that The Elite and The Andrade-Hardy Family Office were heading toward disaster. Now, some of the biggest cracks have formed that make it a certainty they are doomed to split sooner rather than later.
In the case of The Elite, Don Callis said Adam Cole would only be a transitional champion until Kenny Omega returns to win the AEW World Championship. Later, communication between The Young Bucks and reDRagon broke down and resulted in both teams fighting each other and neither winning the tag team titles.
The AHFO didn't have a great night, either. Andrade El Idolo, Matt Hardy and Isiah Kassidy came up short against Guevara, Sting and Darby Allin. This isn't anything they can be happy with. Considering Hardy took the loss, watch out for Andrade to take the H out of that stable's acronym.
The Dark Order doesn't have the best win-loss record, but they have the fewest problems at the moment. They may soon be the largest faction in AEW after The Elite and The AHFO break up.
Other Takeaways
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To round things out, here are some other smaller takeaways from the night:
- Jade Cargill is steadily improving and carried herself like a star even more than normal.
- Orange Cassidy is a treasure. Any time he's in a multi-man match, he always finds more ways than one to stand out and shine.
- Three matches may be too much for the buy-in. While it's good to give fans more action, putting those fights on weekly television might be a better strategy, as it's doubtful they would have led to anyone ordering the event.
- Blood really does help sell a match. The dog collar match wouldn't have been the same without it, nor would Moxley vs. Danielson have appeared as brutal.
- MJF is the most reliable storyteller in AEW. He's never not playing into his character perfectly, even in a loss by spitting in Punk's face.
- Sting crashing through tables at almost 63 years of age was amazing.
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