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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Monday, March 8, 2021.

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Let’s get right into last night’s AEW Revolution pay per view.

Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley delivered a brutal and bloody main event in their Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match for the AEW Championship - but the final moments of the show underwhelmed at least some fans.

Omega got the win after the Good Brothers delivered an exploding baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire to the ring. Omega hit Moxley with it and then delivered a One Winged Angel onto an open and upright steel chair.

The pinfall came just minutes before the 30-minute countdown to the ring exploding was set to run out. Omega and the Good Brothers handcuffed and beat down Mox for a bit. Then, made a run for it.

Mox was left alone in the ring, but as the final seconds ticked away...Eddie Kingston ran to the ring and threw himself on top of Moxley to protect him from the final blast - which may be a bit of an overstatement. The live crowd was not impressed by the final burst of sparks and smoke. Some booed...even as Kingston and Moxley were lying motionless.

After the pay per view went off the air, Mox went into “damage control” mode as he addressed the live crowd.

(Moxley Revolution Post Show)

That clip from a video posted on AEW’s Twitter.

During the post-show media call, Tony Khan basically admitted the final explosion was a “dud”, while also shifting the blame, in storyline, to Omega.

(Khan On Explosion)

The “huge” signing revealed at Revolution was...Christian Cage. Khan said he reached out to him personally...and Khan said he had no idea Christian was NOT under contract with WWE. Christian returned from retirement at the Royal Rumble just weeks ago.

The surprise 6th participant in last night’s ladder match for a TNT Championship match...was former Impact Tag Team Champion Ethan Page. He didn’t get the win. Instead, it was Scorpio Sky. He’s set to get his title shot against Darby Allin on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

There was a THIRD surprise during the Buy-In pre-show. Maki Itoh was a late substitute as Dr. Britt Baker’s tag team partner...and they defeated the team of Thunder Rosa and Riho.

Khan said we’ll see more of Maki Itoh going forward.

Hikaru Shida beat Ryo Mizunami to retain the AEW Women’s Championship.

The Street Fight between Sting & Darby and Brian Cage & Ricky Starks was a purely cinematic presentation...with Sting pinning Starks to get the win. During the post-show media call, Darby Allin said he handled the bulk of producing the Street Fight. As for Sting’s future, Khan said we “might” see Sting wrestle again.

The Young Bucks beat Chris Jericho and MJF to retain the AEW Tag Titles. Jericho was pinned with the Meltzer Driver.

Pac and Rey Fenix won the Casino Tag Team Royale and a shot at the Tag Titles. It’s not known when that match will happen, but AEW did announce a one-on-one match between Fenix and Matt Jackson for Wednesday’s Dynamite.

QT Marshall abandoned his tag partner Dustin Rhodes by eliminating himself during the Tag Team Royale.

Hangman Page beat Matt Hardy in their Big Money Match. Page got an assist from the Dark Order, and celebrated with them after the match. But during the post-show media call, Page was very clear that this does NOT mean he’s joining the Dark Order.

Miro and Kip Sabian beat Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor when Miro submitted Taylor.

AEW’s next pay per view will be another Sunday night show - Double Or Nothing was announced for March 30th.

(STINGER: WWE)

As of Sunday night, there’s virtually nothing announced for tonight’s Raw - aside from Braun Strowman seeking an apology from Shane McMahon.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Two matches in the New Japan Cup were held Sunday. Will Ospreay beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gabriel Kidd. Ospreay and Sabre will meet in the second round.

Monday is a day off for the tour.

Tuesday’s show has Tomohiro Ishii vs. SANADA...and Yuji Nagata vs. Yota Tsuji.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Monday, March 8. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

I’m Matt Carlins. Thank YOU for listening.

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