Whoever followed Hangman Page and Jon Moxley was going to have a tough time, and unfortunately for Samoa Joe and Wardlow, their AEW TNT Championship match had to take place in front of a crowd that had almost seen everything already on this night.

The story going into this match was that Joe and Wardlow were tag team partners in the back end of 2022, with the ultra-cool name of WarJoe…yes really. However, Joe would turn heel and take the AEW TNT Championship from Wardlow at Full Gear, and with him already holding the ROH World Television Championship, Joe proclaimed himself as the “King of Television.” Joe had Wardlow’s number at every turn, to the point where Joe cut off Wardlow’s trademark ponytail, something that “Mr. Mayhem” rocked as a tribute to his late father, and with that added motivation, he wanted war at Revolution.

This match was fine, that’s really all you can say to be honest. Much like the women’s three-way earlier in the night, it’s not a bad match, but it would have made much more sense if another match was in its place. That being something involving Powerhouse Hobbs, who won the annual Face of the Revolution Ladder Match on “AEW Dynamite” to earn a shot at Joe’s TNT Title. You would think that the man who won the Face of the Revolution Ladder Match would end up with a match at Revolution wouldn’t you? But no, this WarJoe story had to come to an end, and the blow-off was nothing more than a fairly standard TV match.

If you really wanted, you could have had Hobbs, Joe, and Wardlow run back their three-way match from Full Gear, especially given that Revolution 2023 took place in San Francisco, California and two thirds of the match would have been California natives. Hobbs won the title from Wardlow anyway a few days after this show, why not do that here? Because Wardlow needed revenge on Joe, and that’s another thing, the ending is fairly bad all things considered. Wardlow, the submission specialist that he is, chokes Joe out with his own finishing move. Like seriously? You’re going to choke out Samoa Joe? At least MJF used wrist tape to help him do it at Grand Slam later that year, but just a standard choke? I’m not a fan.

Speaking of MJF, his match literally ends with him forcing Bryan Danielson to tap to his own LeBell Lock, did producers and coaches not talk to each other before this show to make sure none of the finishes were too similar? Clearly not. Easily the lowest point on what had been up to this point one of the best AEW pay-per-views for some time. It didn’t really need to be on the show, the guy who had a shot at it sat in the crowd watching on, and Wardlow should grow his hair back because he just looks like a guy with short hair.