At the tip of a really eventful night in Los Angeles, California, AEW Revolution ended with Jon Moxley getting the higher of Cope within the fundamental event to stay because the AEW World Champion. Nonetheless, there was a degree within the match where Moxley could have lost his title without getting pinned due to Christian Cage.
Moxley was flying solo during his entrance, but that did not stop him from taking control of the match early on, despite a lengthy strike exchange and a crossbody to the surface from Cope. The champion told Jim Ross on commentary that he was going to see Cope’s profession come full circle, and methodically broke him down within the ring for an prolonged heat segment where he focused on the neck. Cope almost got a glimmer of hope before Moxley hit him with a cutter, but found a breakthrough with an Impaler DDT and a lariat. The challenger built some momentum through a series of clotheslines which led to a Superplex, in addition to a Crossface from Cope that saw Moxley get to the ropes.
After the champion pulled himself up, Cope speared Moxley through the ropes, however the challenger went to the well one time too often and bumped into the steel steps. Moxley then ripped up the protective padding on the ground and promised to place Cope in a wheelchair, however the “Rated-R Superstar” countered a piledriver right into a backdrop. Nonetheless, Moxley got right back up and hit a stomp on the concrete and pulled Cope back within the ring for the Bulldog Choke, with the challenger barely attending to the ropes. Out of frustration, Moxley grabbed a chair, causing referee Bryce Remsburg to miss Cope rolling up the champion, before Remsburg was thrown from the ring after Moxley kicked out. Moxley then hit the Paradigm Shift before grabbing two more chairs to attempt to hit a Conchairto, but Cope kicked the chair and after a clothesline, each men were down.
Christian Cage Cashes In
Wheeler Yuta made his option to ringside, and despite looking like he would activate Moxley, he hit the Busaiku Knee on Cope, before sliding the championship briefcase into the ring. Jay White got here right down to put a stop to every thing, but unintentionally hit Address the briefcase before brawling with Yuta to the back. Moxley crawled to the quilt and Remsburg counted to 2, but Cope kicked out on the last second, causing the champion to get in his face. This led to a few spears from Cope which just about ended the match, but before the referee could count to a few, Christian Cage pulled him out of the ring and signed his contract he won back at All In London to enter himself into the match.
Cage hit a spear and a Killswitch on Cope, but it surely only earned him a near fall, with Moxley jumping on the latest member of the match and snatching a Bulldog Choke out of desperation. While within the choke, Cage almost pinned Cope by placing a hand on him but only got a two count, causing Moxley to maneuver away from Cope’s prone body, cranking up the pressure, and choking Cage out to retain his championship.
Moxley left through the gang, but as he was about to go away the world, he was confronted by Prince Nana who told him that Swerve Strickland, who became the primary contender earlier on within the night, was coming for him. The champion put his briefcase down and squared as much as Nana, resulting in security separating them. While all of this was happening, Strickland emerged from the gang, and hit an enormous Swerve Stomp from the balcony, taking out Moxley and the safety guards, before screaming into the camera that AEW was his house because the show faded to black.
