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Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage for the AEW World Championship (AEW All Out 2021)
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The AEW All Out 2021 main event was Kenny Omega defending the AEW World Championship against Number 1 Contender Christian Cage. Christian showed the world that he could be the man to dethrone Omega by defeating him for the IMPACT World Championship on the very first matchup in AEW Rampage history a month ago.
The buildup heading into AEW All Out 2021 centered on Omega's manager Don Callis booking Christian Cage for his first nationally televised contest before firing him right after. Christian has been dismissive of Callis and insisted that he was in the head of Omega after beating him in their first encounter.
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The Chicago crowd at the NOW Arena were not heavily into this AEW All Out 2021 main event from the start after still reeling following CM Punk's in-ring return and now being entirely into Christian as much as they were into Hangman Page. However, Kenny Omega brought his A-game and soon had the fans in the palm of his hand.
Omega brought plenty of his signature stuff and callbacks to his past classics like his double stomp off the apron with a table over his opponent. Christian fought from underneath and made a marvelous comeback. He hit a top rope hurricarana and a reverse DDT for nearfalls. Omega hit his snap dragon suplexes and focused on his opponent's injured neck at AEW All Out 2021.
Eventually, Don Callis called on The Good Brothers to help Kenny Omega walk out of AEW All Out 2021 with the AEW World Championship. However, Christian fought them off and avoided the V-Trigger. He then reversed the One Winged Angel and hit the Killswitch for an outstanding nearfall. Christian then went for a super Killswitch, but Omega reversed into an avalanche One Winged Angel for the win.
After the match, The Elite beat down Christian Cage before Jurassic Express made the save. The Young Bucks and The Good Brothers got control and beat down all three men. Omega got on the mic, which led to the debut of Adam Cole. He allied with The Elite following a superkick to Jungle Boy, but that wasn't the only surprise. Bryan Danielson then made his debut and stood tall with the babyfaces.
This was an excellent main event encounter between Kenny Omega and Christian Cage. The two men showed incredible chemistry and brought a crowd into this bout that wasn't too invested at the beginning. This felt like a fitting closer to AEW All Out 2021 along with the amazing surprises following the match.
Star rating: ****1/2
