AEW Revolution 2023 Spoilers

AEW Revolution 2023 Spoilers AEW

A look at the card for the upcoming AEW Revolution 2023 pay-per-view set for March 5, with predictions and potential spoilers.

There’s just one Dynamite and on Rampage before Revolution, so let’s take a look…

As of this writing on March 1 before tonight’s episode of Dynamite, there are seven matches announced for AEW Revolution including one that’s guaranteed to last an hour, so at most there might be a couple more added, but probably (and hopefully) not as many as previous AEW pay-per-views.

AEW Face Of The Revolution Ladder Match (Dynamite)

This year, likely due to the time constraints I just alluded to – and perhaps lack of ‘over’ talent due to recent booking – the annual ladder match is on the pre-Revolution edition of Dynamite, rather than the pay-per-view itself.

With the winner earning a future TNT Championship match, it would be smart to think who out of this lineup would be most likely to face Samoa Joe or Wardlow – leaning more towards Wardlow because he really should win the title back at the pay-per-view.

If we’re going with an opponent for Wardlow, the only two logical options really are Sammy Guevara or Powerhouse Hobbs – and if we’re just talking someone Wardlow can retain against, it should be Guevara.

However, AEW booking doesn’t always work like that and often future implications of things aren’t considered, so if you were to pick a favorite just from the lineup without thinking ahead, the nod would probably go to Konosuke Takeshita.

The problem then is, if Wardlow wins at Revolution, which again, he should, you’re putting two popular babyfaces against each other. Which is something that’s happened plenty of times in AEW, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

There is a chance of Action Andretti winning and then turning heel and joining Chris Jericho’s group at the pay-per-view, which would then make him a heel against Wardlow which would make sense. Or, if Samoa Joe retains against Wardlow, Andretti would be a good babyface opponent for Joe.

Really it’s impossible to pick a winner so I’ll rank the participants by how likely they are to win instead:

  • Konosuke Takeshita
  • Powerhouse Hobbs
  • Sammy Guevara
  • Action Andretti
  • Eddie Kingston
  • Ortiz, Kommander, AR Fox

Chris Jericho vs. Ricky Starks

This is a Chris Jericho feud, and Ricky Starks already has a win over Jericho, so we could be in store for a Jericho win here.

Another thing that looks to point in that direction is the recent change in verbiage used for the added stipulation.

Originally, it was billed as everyone being banned from ringside, but it’s been changed to just Jericho Appreciation Society members banned from ringside.

That specific alteration seems to indicate someone that isn’t technically an official JAS member yet could help Jericho, with the most rumored names being an Action Andretti heel turn, or Paul Wight to reunite Jeri-Show which Jericho recently filed to trademark.

Either way, all things seem to point to Jericho winning, and if he doesn’t, well, it’ll be a pleasant surprise.

Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley – Texas Death Match

Could this finally be the last outing for Jon Moxley before he takes some time off?

That would probably be the best option for all involved at this point.

Page could do with a big win if the idea is to still use him at the top of the card, and Moxley taking time off afterwards would just make him more popular when he does return.

Kenny Omega & Young Bucks (c) vs. Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black – AEW World Trios Championship

There has been very little build for this, and it seems like it exists solely to get Omega and the Bucks on the card.

There’s an argument that a title change could be smart because ratings have been down for them when they’ve been on TV recently, but the question is would the ratings be any better for House of Black at this point?

The Elite probably retain here and then when they do lose the title at some point, it’ll be in a properly built match.

Austin & Colten Gunn (c) vs. The Acclaimed vs. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett vs. TBD – AEW World Tag Team Championship

The Gunns only won the tag title a couple of weeks ago, so switching it again so soon might look a bit silly, but the Acclaimed should never have lost it to begin with, so you could make the argument for them winning it back.

There’s also a TBD team to factor in which is the winner of the Casino Tag Team Royale on Dynamite.

If that ends up being one of the already-announced teams, none of them should win the title, but if it’s a Joker (it hasn’t officially been said that there is a Joker this time), and it’s a returning FTR who are happy to stay with the company, then you could argue for FTR winning the title because really they should have been champions for the whole time since they joined AEW.

As of now though, Gunns and Acclaimed are the only sensible options.

Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Ruby Soho vs. Saraya – AEW Women’s World Championship

There’s not much to say here other than anything other than Jamie Hayter winning would be a bad decision for the women’s division at this point – a division that has already been marred by plenty of bad decisions, so let’s not add another to the list.

Samoa Joe (c) vs. Wardlow – TNT Championship

This is definitely one of the most intriguing matches of the card, even with a recent booking slip.

That slip was the short-sighted decision of having Darby Allin win the TNT Championship from Samoa Joe at the start of the year, just because that show was in Allin’s hometown.

Allin dropped the title back to Joe a couple of weeks later, but now we know Joe can be beaten.

So now, the issue is, no matter what Wardlow does, it won’t come off as well. Either he beats Samoa Joe, in which case it’s not a big deal because Darby Allin just did that, or he loses, which is even worse.

But nothing can be done about that now – with the heartfelt story Wardlow told about his father, and the fact Joe got the one-up on him last time, means Wardlow should absolutely walk out of Revolution the winner, because the trajectory whenever the time comes should be him beating MJF for the world title.

Speaking of which..

MJF (c) vs. Bryan Danielson – AEW World Championship 60-Minute Iron-Man Match

Even though this is the main event, there’s not really much to say other than MJF should retain.

There’s not really a reason for this to be an hour iron-man match other than Danielson probably legitimately wants it to be.

The build on TV has been disjointed and it just feels like a cold world title match. The individual segments might have been good, but they haven’t really made sense and progressed week-to-week.

It feels like – and this might not be the case, but it feels like – MJF has had things he’s wanted to say and tried to shoehorn them into this situation even if they don’t really fit, rather than saying things specifically about this situation and saving the other stuff for another time.

Will it be good on the day? Obviously. But that alone doesn’t mean there’s excitement going into it.

But yeah, MJF’s reign shouldn’t end here, and hopefully his future with the title will be brighter than this feud has been so far.

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1 year ago by Liam Winnard

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