5 Surprising moments from AEW Revolution  2021

#2 The very violent Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match at AEW Revolution

The very dangerous Exploding Barb Wire match was hard to watch at times.

It was a strange choice to have an exploding barbed wire death match to end the AEW Revolution pay-per-view. This type of match hadn’t been done on a big stage since a series of them happened in FMW during the 1990s. It was uncomfortable to watch back then, so how could AEW pull it off in 2021 at AEW Revolution?

The match between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley was truly crazy to watch. They did an excellent job of playing up the explosions. They were limited but effectively sold by all involved during the AEW Revolution main event. They had lots of blood and some very painful looking falls onto barb wire. The DDT onto the barb wire spot outside the ring was particularly gruesome to watch.

IGallows and Anderson cost Moxley the victory which was disappointing, but the quality of the match itself was very good. If the night ended at that point, it would have been called a major success. But fate had another idea for the ending of AEW Revolution. And it will likely forever overshadow the strong main event.