Sunday night’s Revolution pay-per-view followed the AEW blueprint.
AEW owner Tony Khan is using the WCW financial structure to acquire the best talent possible while also appealing to hardcore fans in an ECW-like fashion to provide an extremely compelling product. Yet there is another element that makes AEW stand out, and that was front and center during a superb main event that saw “Hangman” Adam Page defeat Adam Cole.
On a night when CM Punk, Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson all played starring roles, the man with his hand raised at the end of the night was “Hangman.” He is steadily becoming the signature star of Khan’s brand, and two key signings—Cole and Danielson—have already been used to help elevate Page. Now Punk, who won a gory dog collar match earlier in the night against MJF, should be next on that list—capitalizing on his star power to help cement Page as the face of AEW.
