In between all the surprises and big moments at AEW Revolution, the show managed to produce two feel good moments as well. The first was “Jungle” Jack Perry becoming new AEW National Champion to kick off the show. The second was Mistico, alongside Kevin Knight and Speedball Mike Bailey, winning the AEW World Trios Championships, followed by the announcement that Mistico was now “All Elite,” marking his first contract with a US promotion since he wrestled as Sin Cara for WWE in the early 2010s.

At the post-Revolution media scrum, Mistico and AEW owner Tony Khan took questions regarding Mistico’s future with AEW and his home promotion CMLL. Both seemed very happy with the situation, which Khan said was a “dream come true” for him. He also made clear that the AEW deal would have no effect on Mistico’s CMLL status.

“I think we will be splitting time,” Khan said. “Obviously, CMLL is an amazing partnership for AEW. And what a sign of trust between the two promotions to have one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time now as a dual signee, joining us in AEW as champion, somebody who I have admired for decades, somebody who’s a personal hero of mine in the wrestling business. 

“To be able to sit here with Mistico, next to Kevin and Mike, to be able to sit here with JetSpeed and say they’re World Champions along with Mistico, who again, to reiterate, one of my all-time heroes in this business, someone who has accomplished so much. And it’s an honor to be able to sit on the stage with him and say that he’s part of AEW and now a world champion here. It’s so cool…And we’ll be working with Salvador [Lutteroth III]. Now that he’s a champion in AEW, I’ll work with Salvador really closely to make sure we see Mistico in both AEW and CMLL as much as possible.”

When fellow Hall of Famer Bully Ray asked “Stone Cold” if he got the “itch” for one final match, Austin was blunt in his answer. While he ruled out a match, due to a knee replacement a little over a year ago, he didn’t rule out anything else, and said he would do something if WWE contacted him with the right scenario.

“No, it’d be to go back for one of those moments, not a match itch, right?” he said. “But, I get the itch for certain moments, but to try and do a match, no.”

He joked that WWE could “line everyone up,” including the guys selling the tickets now for him to hit with a “Stone Cold” Stunner. He said he wasn’t sure who he would want to share the ring with for one final big moment, however.

“It’s not something that I think about. Maybe I’m so far gone,” Austin said. “I’m happy that 3:16 Day is here and it lasts with wrestling fans. I’m happy for the career I had, but I don’t, in my current life, I don’t think about me as [‘Stone Cold…’] I’m doing the Steve Austin thing, and I’m not really doing the ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin [thing.]”

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For the most part, the focus on AEW in 2026 has been on their onscreen product. But that changed briefly in February, when anti-ICE chants sprouted up during matches involving AEW star and anti-ICE activist Brody King, leading to some mainstream attention towards the promotion. Even a month later, the chants have continued sporadically on AEW shows, while higher ups within the company have remained silent on the matter overall.

That changed during the post-Revolution media scrum, when AEW owner Tony Khan was asked about wrestlers expressing their political views and whether he feared that could alienate fans of AEW. Khan didn’t seem worried about it at all, and though he made clear that AEW itself was an apolitical entity, he had no issue with his wrestlers expressing themselves politically in any way they saw fit.

“I have said that the wrestlers, when they come out and express their opinions and their personal viewpoints, that’s the wrestlers,” Khan said. “That’s who they are, and AEW has people that express their authentic selves, and that’s what’s great about the wrestling show. These are real people. And when you have ‘Hangman’ Page or Brody King expressing their views, that’s their individual views. The wrestling company is a sport. I don’t have any views other than the sport itself. 

“So that’s where it’s great for the wrestlers to be able to express their own individual viewpoints, and then the league just puts out the best wrestlers, puts out the best wrestling product. And a wrestling organization is not a political league. So I do think that it’s been awesome to be able to see how many fans have gotten behind AEW and all the momentum we have as a wrestling league, but also, the individual wrestlers have their own individual fans. And I think it’s one of the really great things about AEW is the wrestlers have the ability to express themselves.”

Friday’s edition of “WWE SmackDown” saw the heel turn of Elimination Chamber winner Randy Orton on his now-former friend and Legacy stablemate, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, ahead of their title match at WrestleMania 42. During the turn, which saw Orton viciously beat down Rhodes, causing him to bleed, fans cheered “The Viper.” According to Dave Meltzer on the most recent edition of “Wrestling Observer Radio,” that’s something that officials in WWE imaged would happen.

“I still expect Randy Orton to get cheered at WrestleMania… Everyone’s expecting it,” Meltzer said. “Including WWE, don’t kid yourself. They want Randy to be the heel. It’s tough, when you’ve got a guy who’s in his mid-40s and has been around for 25 years on top… You have that thing where people don’t really want to boo you because they’ve seen you for too long and they appreciate you.”

Orton is headed into his 21st WrestleMania match, in search of his 15th world championship of his career. While his contract signing with Rhodes at the end of “SmackDown” started out respectful, things took a turn and Orton bloodied the champion with the steel steps.

At one point, Orton’s SummerSlam 2025 tag team partner, Jelly Roll, jumped the barricade to attempt to calm down “The Viper,” but was shoved to the ground for his troubles. Orton sat in the ring, the Undisputed WWE Championship belt in his hands, to end the segment as the show went off air.

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