Dynasty’s main event will feature the company’s most beloved name, “The Best Bout Machine” Kenny Omega, taking on the company’s foremost villain, “The Devil” MJF, for the company’s top prize. 

Omega is quite literally the reason for AEW existing, and there is a strong argument that MJF will go on to become a legend in AEW revered much in the same way “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is revered by WWE fans. But this bout represents something a little more, potentially the last time Omega could conceivably go for the world title after providing a stark reminder that even the best times must come to an end. 

Wrestling at its very core is heroes and villains, the ring being the battlefield upon which it is determined who must come out on top. In one corner will stand the man who put the Elite in All Elite Wrestling; in the other corner will stand a man known to be one step ahead of all rivals no matter how elite they may be. “Hangman” Adam Page, Bryan Danielson, Will Ospreay, Cody Rhodes, Jon Moxley, CM Punk, and Omega in 2023, all have shown to be the heroes in their story, and still it was not enough when they came face-to-face with MJF – the pillar towering leagues over his contemporaries, and more than willing to go leagues beneath them to get what he wants. 

Billy Butcher vs. Homelander, Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin, Batman vs. Joker, Invincible vs. the Viltrumites — all stories told to say it doesn’t matter how noble the pursuit of the hero, there is a ground they will not fight on that makes it almost impossible for the righteous to prosper. So why tune in? Hope. The hope that the righteous will overcome, the hope that the hero is truly too good to be stopped by underhanded tactics, and the hope that at last the villain will get their comeuppance. 

And then once you zoom out of the story and the characters involved, there is the additional fact that MJF and Omega remain legitimately two of the best wrestlers, not just of their respective generations, but in the pantheon of great wrestlers in history. It’s a dream match. It was when they faced off the first time. It is after so much has gone against both men in this path so far. 

Omega’s defied all expectations to not only return from diverticulitis but continue to be the wrestler fans fell in love with, the man that turns a wrestling match into a work of art. MJF’s resurrected the very best version of himself after some stuttering and stammering towards the end of his initial title reign. Now it’s time to see who wants it more.

Written by Max Everett