5 Surprising moments from AEW Revolution  2021

# 1 The not-so-explosive ending at AEW Revolution

This image might explain why the explosions didn't work on Sunday night.

Following a good main event at AEW Revolution, a countdown began toward the 30 minute mark where explosions were supposed to ignite in the ring. Kenny Omega, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attacked Jon Moxley post-match, handcuffed him, and left him to stay in the ring while time expired. In another surprising moment, Eddie Kingston, former rival to Moxley, ran out to the ring to attempt a save. He wasn’t able to pull Moxley out in time so he simply covered his friend from the coming explosions. As the clock counted down to zero, it was a noble sacrifice by the Mad King. Or at least it would have been.

In one of the most underwhelming moments in AEW history, the explosive ending to AEW Revolution was just a few sparklers coming out of the ring posts and maybe four smoke bombs. It was an instantly disappointing way to end the AEW Revolution show. It was made worse by Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and the announcers selling it like it was some massive explosion. Poor Eddie risked his safety for that?

You do wonder why AEW didn’t call a quick audible to end AEW Revolution. They could have had Kenny Omega come out and admit he screwed-up the explosives. It likely would have been a better choice then ending AEW Revolution with a really bad Independence Day fireworks display. AEW will recover from this literal dud of an ending, but hopefully they will learn that you don’t promise something that you can’t deliver.