Revolution (2020)

2020 All Elite Wrestling event

Revolution (2022) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was held on February 29, 2020 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first Revolution event to take place.

Revolution
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PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateFebruary 29, 2020
Attendance7,000
VenueWintrust Arena
CityChicago, Illinois
Pay-per-view chronology
Full Gear Revolution Double or Nothing
Revolution chronology
Revolution 2021

The main event saw Jon Moxley defeat Chris Jericho to win the AEW World Championship. Moxley would hit Jericho with his finisher the Paradigm Shift and get the pinfall victory to become the new champion.[1]

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter said that the tag team championship match was "the greatest tag team match in history" and have the match 6 out of 5 stars. He would also go on to award the match as the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Pro Wrestling Match of the Year and Best Major Wrestling Show of 2020. The match would also win the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year and Voices of Wrestling Match of the Year awards.[2][3]

Matches

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# Matches[4] Stipulations Times
1AD Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Penelope Ford (with Kip Sabian) defeated Riho and Yuka Sakazaki Tag team match 8:10
2P The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) (with Alex Reynolds and John Silver) defeated SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) Tag team match 9:25
3 Jake Hager defeated Dustin Rhodes Singles match 14:40
4 Darby Allin defeated Sammy Guevara Singles match 5:00
5 Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page (c) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) Tag team match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship 30:05
6 Nyla Rose (c) defeated Kris Statlander Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship 12:45
7 MJF (with Wardlow) defeated Cody (with Arn Anderson and Brandi Rhodes) Singles match 24:40
8 Pac defeated Orange Cassidy (with Chuck Taylor and Trent) Singles match 13:00
9 Jon Moxley defeated Chris Jericho (c) (with Santana and Ortiz) Singles match for the AEW World Championship 22:20
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
AD – means that the match was recorded for Dark.
P – means the match happened on the pre-show

References

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  1. "Jon Moxley Defeats Chris Jericho To Win AEW World Title At AEW Revolution". Fightful. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  2. "March 1, 2021, Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2020 awards issue, Elimination Chamber". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  3. "Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega & AEW Win Big In 41st Annual Observer Awards". 411Mania. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  4. "AEW Revolution results: Powell's live review of Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW Championship, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Titles, Cody vs. MJF, Nyla Rose vs. Kris Statlander for the AEW Women's Championship, Pac vs. Orange Cassidy". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved November 4, 2023.