On an early edition of Wrestling Observer Live, I’m here to break down the entire card taking place tonight in Los Angeles including possible outcomes from the men’s World title main event. Will the story shift away from Jon Moxley and the Death Riders or will there be more of the same?
I also plead for a special cameo appearance in the Hollywood ending match between Toni Storm and Mariah May.
Also, I have more thoughts on John Cena’s heel turn from last week, a breakdown of Friday’s WWE SmackDown, and what WWE is planning going into WrestleMania.
The following is an opinion-based preview and reflects that of the author and not our website.
AEW ended 2024 on a down note. The loss of Bryan Danielson into pseudo-retirement left a yawning void. The person who anchored their programming for a full year was gone. In his place was a once promising heel faction that is now milquetoast at best; a group of people who attempted murder multiple times on television somehow became run of the mill heels, their matches full of interference and unsatisfying finishes instead of company-defining violence.
Compounded with the fact that there was no promise of a David to topple this wanna be-Goliath, AEW felt adrift. But then, a funny thing happened. They got back to basics. They remembered what they were built on: killer in-ring action with interesting enough stories to support it. It’s like a lightbulb went off, they realized the wealth of talent on the roster, and leaned into it.
Revolution is, in many ways, the future. There are young wrestlers up and down the card that would be World champions in any company. MJF (28), Hangman Page (33), Swerve Strickland (34), Will Ospreay (31), Kyle Fletcher (26), Konosuke Takeshita (29) and Mercedes Mone (33) represent, frankly, an appalling collection of talent. Any number of them can be the face of the company. Blending this youth with the still valuable experience of the older talents on the roster (Samoa Joe, Cope, Christian Cage, etc.) is how a company grows exponentially. Over-indexing on the veterans is how they stagnate.
Whether it’s Tony Khan taking a heavier role in day-to-day creative, Kenny Omega returning or wrestlers just finding their groove, AEW has emerged from the ashes of 2024 with a promising year ahead. A good year is more important now than ever with WWE being hotter than a Middle Eastern climate. This card is a great start to their PPV year with an on-paper lineup that looks as good as anything they’ve ever run.
Let’s preview Sunday’s show (8 PM Eastern main card from Los Angeles, California on PPV):
MJF vs. Hangman Adam Page
MJF said it himself: Hangman is the main character of AEW. I’d take it a step further and say that they both fill that role: the man the crowd loves to hate and the man the crowd loves to love. Page has proven to be one of the most versatile performers in wrestling, able to coax reactions out of the audience regardless of how his character is aligned. Connection like that is a gift and his happens to be a transcendent one, aided by playing three-dimensional characters.
He does not live in a linear space and is never a bad guy just ‘because.’ There are justifiable reasons for everything he does. Whether we agree with them is a matter of our respective codes of ethics, but nothing he’s done has been unfounded. His descent into madness started because someone broke into his house and threatened his family. That does something to a person. It transforms them. It transformed him into what he is now and what he’s always been at his core: the heart of AEW.
The realism of his performance and the subsequent connection it provides leads to what we always want: immersion. The goal of watching anything performative is not to ignore it or wonder what’s happening on our phones. Rather, it’s the opposite. We yearn to connect to it and feel something. We don’t want to think of anything else other than what we see on screen or in the arena. When Hangman is on that screen, he is the moment and the crowd hangs on every word and action.
His opponent in this match is his opposite as a performer. Where Hangman leans into gray areas and non-traditional wrestling roles, MJF plays the tried and true hits. When engaged and interested, he’s as good a heel as there is. When he indulges in his bad habits (lame insults and over-reliance on ‘the real world’) he becomes much less so.
But one thing is true with MJF: he raises his game to meet his dance partner where they are. With Hangman operating at a top level, MJF has had no choice but to match him and match him he has. This is as invigorated as Max has felt in quite some time. He could sink his teeth into this program and it’s shown in the quality of results. This is a match with nothing on the line, but it’s important because MJF and Page made it that way.
Prediction: Page
Ricochet vs. Swerve Strickland in a World title number one contender’s match
Prince Nana added weight to this. What otherwise could have been a paint-by-numbers program has introduced the ideas of friendship, loss, and legacy. It’s easy to label Nana as a sidecar to Swerve’s incredible act, but he’s much more. He’s so ingrained in the universe of Swerve’s character that we can lose sight of him. But whenever he’s been called upon for more, he has shined. His promo on the February 26th Dynamite has stayed with me. He showed his pain and how deeply he’s hurt by losing his robe.
It’s so important to him that he’s willing to walk away from something that’s brought him such fulfillment and success. This isn’t a cheesy breakup angle; this is about someone who is hurting and seeking help from a friend. They have fought through challenges together, struggled, and reached the peak as a unit. What defines a great friend is the ability to selflessly uplift each other. Nana’s done that for Swerve and now it’s time for Swerve to help him.
Ricochet has been unlocked as a heel. He’s always performed best when he’s cocky, and he’s always been able to do it. The smiling ‘happy to be here’ persona doesn’t resonate, doesn’t work, and hasn’t for years in wrestling. The tried and true heel tactics still work, but the Hulk Hogan/John Cena style of pure good guy rarely does. You can’t just smile and be happy to be there. It’s boring and has been done hundreds of times.
In modern wrestling, a character needs depth to thrive. Ricochet realized the crowd doesn’t love him like they used to and it changed him. As a result, he became so much more interesting. A geek with an edge is a tough thing to sell, but Ricochet has done it and developed into a valuable player for AEW.
As good as the turn has been, it still needs time to marinate. It’s not something that feels like a main event level act just yet. What does? The return of the Most Dangerous Man in AEW. The World title picture needs life, and Swerve is just the man to provide it.
Prediction: Swerve
Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher in a steel cage match
Fletcher’s growth over the last year has been stratospheric. He’s taken to being a heel better than anyone could have expected. Instead of filling the space in matches with more moves and more action — things he is preternaturally gifted at — he is filling them with less. By taking fewer opportunities to show his impressive skill and using the space to pose and preen, he’s denying the crowd something they want.
To temper oneself by suppressing a gift that less than one percent of people have is tremendous restraint for someone raised in the ‘moment making’ era of wrestling. Fletcher can do everything in the ring, but by deciding to do less and focusing on the space between, he is learning a lesson that can sometimes take decades and is positioning himself for a potentially historic career.
In some ways, he is learning the right lessons from Ospreay’s career. The move to AEW has certainly helped curb some of his worst habits. Far less prone to overwhelming bouts of self-indulgence and forgetful selling, Ospreay is an example of someone who too often finds himself trying to create something momentous at the expense of something memorable. For better or for worse, he is a pro wrestling maximalist even when the situation doesn’t require it.
If I come off as consistently critical of such an acclaimed and talented wrestler, it is because there are so few with his physical gifts. Those with the most talent face the most scrutiny. I just want less, and subsequently more, from him.
A loss for Ospreay means nothing, but a win for Fletcher means everything. He gets the biggest one of his career on Sunday.
Prediction: Fletcher
AEW World Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) defend against The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
From day one in AEW, the Hurt Syndicate have been stars. Most ex-WWE acts struggle after an initial push before finding something that works with the aforementioned Ricochet being a perfect example. Not Bobby, Shelton and MVP. They came in with an established act that should never have ended. From presentation to promos to in-ring, the Hurt Syndicate does everything at such a high level while bringing much needed fresh air to the tag team division.
Historically, AEW’s tag division has been full of high work-rate champions. Having a physical, bruising team like the Hurt Business on top changes the dynamic for the better.
The Outrunners are never going to be the best tag team in the world, but they are absolutely going to be someone’s favorite tag team and there is value in that. Acts like this are necessary for a well-rounded company. Not everyone can be a top act, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t try to be fully developed characters that connect with the audience. Low-card, fan-favorite acts round out a roster and The Outrunners are exactly what they should be.
Prediction: The Hurt Syndicate retains
AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita defends against Kenny Omega
The return of a modern god of pro wrestling cannot be wasted. Omega almost transcends description at this point. Being on the shelf for over a year and returning with that match with Gabe Kidd at Wrestle Kingdom? What an absolute freak. A legendary wrestling sicko.
The days of him having classic matches on the regular are likely over. There are still bullets in the chamber, but they aren’t going to fire as frequently. He’s still fully capable of having classic matches, and he gave us proof of concept on January 4th. It was just a different kind of special. The once remarkable athleticism and explosiveness were lessened, but the match remained captivating. Omega has a unique wrestling mind, one that knows how to structure, how to build to an inflection point, and how to take us on a ride home. As his ability to drop jaws with pure physical prowess lessens, his ability to capture minds, and hearts, remains. This is the transition of an all-time great to the next stage of his career.
This match needs to be different than the ones they’ve had before. Omega is not the athlete that Takeshita is at this point in his career, and he knows it. He’s never doubted his capabilities as an all-time performer, but he’s lost to Takeshita twice already and knows what a third loss means. He desperately needs to prove that even in this new season of his career, he’s the better wrestler. Trading bombs and huge moves with Big Soup is the recipe for an unwinnable disaster, but Omega has forgotten more about wrestling than most people will ever know. His path to a win involves using more of his mind and less of his body.
There are still two PPVs to get through, but the money match at All In is with Okada, ideally with belts on the line (hopefully with some kind of unification). The build to that should start at Revolution.
Prediction: Kenny Omega wins the title
AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Brody King
This might sound odd, but I wish this were the main event of a Dynamite rather than here. Top to bottom, this card is loaded, so much so that this runs the risk of being lost. No shade to either of these cats intended. King is long overdue for some singles shine and Okada is Okada — one of the best wrestlers of this century. I worry there will be too much of the same. But then again, if Okada flips the ‘big match’ switch, this could steal the whole show.
Here’s the list of wrestlers who’ve beaten Okada clean, one-on-one in AEW: Bryan Danielson (2x) and Kyle Fletcher. How beautiful would it be to have Brody on that list? In a match with Ricochet, Okada, and Strickland, he was the one getting the chants and biggest reactions. The crowd has loved him forever and he deserves the opportunity to bathe in their appreciation with success and gold. Unfortunately, there are probably bigger plans for Okada that require a title around his waist.
Prediction: Okada retains
TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Momo Watanabe
The doubters have been silenced. The haters continue shouting into the void as they know no other way. Through it all, Mone sits atop the wrestling world. Her matches with Kris Statlander were remarkable. Her match with Hazuki was sensational. She tossed Harley Cameron into her backpack and carried her to a solid match at Grand Slam Australia. Few wrestlers are better at big match wrestling.
She is both a floor lifter and ceiling raiser, and is a talent that will be appreciated far more once she’s done. There isn’t much she hasn’t accomplished in wrestling. One of the few things left is a run towards the AEW Women’s World Championship. Mone vs Toni Storm for both belts at All In sounds like a (no pun intended) money match to me. To get there, she needs to keep her title.
Prediction: Mone retains
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Mariah May in a Hollywood Ending match
This is the real main event and what should be the final chapter in a 12+ month story. Regardless of your feelings about “Timeless,” it’s one of the more impressive character performances in modern wrestling. A gimmick that should have expired long ago, she has somehow kept it fresh and relevant. This would have been fodder for eye rolls and channel changes in the hands of less dedicated and weaker performers. In a sea of expected and flat characters, this continues to stand out as something different and always worth the time.
May’s run up to the title was a combination of great writing and great performance. The same writing that brought her success undermined her time as champion. She was rarely given anything substantial to do, and her character devolved into a stereotypical ‘mean champion’ trope. It often felt, correctly I might add, that she was waiting for Storm to come back around. May needs a soft reset to get away from the only meaningful program she’s been involved with in AEW. Her future as a performer remains as bright as ever. She just needs some time and some tweaks.
A Hollywood Ending match promises finality and even though all signs point to Storm retaining, is this the end of the “Timeless” character? It’s impossible to separate “Timeless” (I am so tired of typing this) Toni and May from each other. Their stories are so intertwined, is it reasonable to expect that one can’t exist without the other? The most interesting outcome sees Storm retain, May get a break, and “Timeless” Toni retires to Sunset Boulevard – this show is in Los Angeles, after all – and Storm reinvents herself once again.
Prediction: Storm retains
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Cope
An unfortunate truth about this match is that a clean outcome isn’t satisfying. Not a ringing endorsement of the main event scene! The Death Riders are an unsuccessful experiment. Extending Moxley’s run with the title is just kicking the can down the road. A 51-year-old Cope being the one to overcome the heel champion is equally empty. The intrigue lies in the gray. Credit to AEW for having multiple outside options that impact the main event’s outcome.
I rarely do in-depth fantasy booking in this space, but indulge my thinking for a moment. This week’s Dynamite introduced both Jay White and Wheeler Yuta as additional ingredients in the de facto main event. A White heel turn could not have been telegraphed any harder, to the point it feels like a red herring. We’ve also been hit over the head with the idea that Moxley is truly all alone. The heel all alone, but the face with someone in their corner for support? I wonder what could happen there.
Imagine a world where Cope is close to winning, White tries to cost him the match, Yuta stops him, but Moxley retains. This gives everyone something more interesting to do. White is properly aligned as a heel and can have a serious program with Cope. Yuta splinters The Death Riders while Strickland can be the one to take down Moxley at April’s Dynasty. I don’t know how likely this is, but I’d leave Revolution feeling better about where the top title is.
AEW’s first pay-per-view of 2024 is loaded. Momentum is building around both this card and the future of the company. By honoring a retiring legend 10 days before debuting two S-tier wrestlers (Kazuchika Okada and Mercedes Mone), AEW is positioning itself for a tremendous year. That doesn’t even consider a likely increase in media rights (money is good) or the return of big-name wrestlers currently out injured – Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, Britt Baker, and MJF to name a few. The last time the stars seemed to align like this was around The First Dance. We all know how that ended, but for a brief period, nothing was hotter. Here’s hoping this year is more of that without the heartbreak.
These PPVs always deliver. Even if they are plagued with questionable builds and hastily booked matches, the in-ring quality tends to be top-notch. This card promises more of the same in terms of match quality, but this time the builds and stories are strong. This is the most cohesive build a major AEW event has had…ever? They booked a major tentpole match months ago – Sting’s last match – and worked backward to fill in the rest of it. It gave the show structure and stability to work around. More of this!
Others on the internet, and this site, will offer far more eloquent and thoughtful reflections on Sting’s career and his impact on the business than I ever could. This piece from 2022 by Cameron Hawkins at The Ringer is my personal favorite. My job is to preview the matches. Let’s do it.
Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. FTR
Just a good, solid pro wrestling build to this one. Nothing sexy, nothing fancy, just four dudes who want to beat the crap out of each other. Sometimes it’s just that simple. The first tag match was a delicious appetizer, and the six-man tag this past Wednesday only made me hungrier for something more on a PPV stage. Give this 15 minutes to open the show and let it rip.
This program just started to heat up and should keep going. FTR rarely loses standard tag team matches, but I get the feeling that changes on Sunday. Mox and Claudio stay hot leading into their feud with the entirety of CMLL, and hopefully more with FTR.
Prediction: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli
All-Star scramble: Wardlow vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Lance Archer vs. Chris Jericho vs. Hook vs. Brian Cage vs. Magnus vs. Dante Martin
My reaction to the sadly postponed Meat Madness match was “hell yeah dudes rock.” Now it’s a more tepid “heck yeah some of these dudes rock.” To be clear, Lance Archer and Powerhouse Hobbs still get a full-throated hell yeah, but the rest of the dudes are kind of just there. Lord knows, Wardlow went out and tried his absolute best a couple of weeks ago on Dynamite. It’s the best promo he’s cut in AEW, but it still wasn’t enough. The bloom is all the way off that rose. It doesn’t look like it’s ever fully coming back, either.
Whoever wins this has no shot against Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, or Adam Page, so it’s all about figuring out who can give them the best match. That’s probably Lance Archer – which means oh my god Chris Jericho is winning this, isn’t he?
Prediction: Sigh, Chris Jericho
Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Rarely has a wrestler this talented been so divisive. By any objective measure, Will Ospreay is almost unimaginably talented. There is truly nothing he can’t do physically. But there’s still a bit of a disconnect for me. My main criticism of Ospreay is that he tries to be everything in the same match. I’ll rip off the great Dr. Ian Malcolm and say that young William is so preoccupied with whether he could, that he doesn’t stop to think if he should. He does not need to always go out and try and have the best match of the week/month/year/all time. Not every match demands that level of performance. If everything is the greatest or the best, isn’t it all the same?
It’s clear that Ospreay loves wrestling, but too often it feels like he’s trying to break an arbitrary rating scale for a particular website. A website you happen to be reading right now. If his matches were a bit less self-indulgent and more purposeful, they would resonate so much more. They would stay with you.
The sooner our beautiful, massive, adult son Konosuke Takeshita disentangles himself from the Don Callis Family the better. Diamond Don had his moments earlier in AEW, but now it’s more of the same, tired stuff. This grouping does not serve Takeshita at all. This is someone the crowd wants to get behind because of what he can do in the ring. He is a special, special talent.
I hope that the fallout from this match leads to Takeshita splitting from the Callis Family and doing his own thing, and a loss to Ospreay sets that up. Sometimes you have to go back to move forward.
Prediction: Will Ospreay
Orange Cassidy vs. Roderick Strong for the AEW International Championship
To avoid turning the Undisputed Kingdom boys into even bigger geeks, they need some non-Ring of Honor gold. ROH titles do not count unless they are held by Eddie Kingston or Athena. Those are champions giving the titles meaning, not the other way around. The gold they seek must be legitimate. That’s what Orange Cassidy has spent more than a year doing; making the International title a meaningful secondary title. No one has worked harder or more often than the guy who doesn’t want to work at all. But the time has come for a change. Would it be nice if the change didn’t involve a dead-on-arrival faction? Certainly, but Strong can continue making this title the workhorse title Cassidy turned it into.
Few are better at wrestling similar-sized or smaller wrestlers than Rod Strong – the best wrestler in the Undisputed Kingdom, Adam Cole included – and I’m already wincing at what Strong is going to do to OC’s chest and back. This should be a whole bunch of fun.
Prediction: Roderick Strong
Christian Cage vs. Daniel Garcia for the TNT Championship
Pull the trigger, and make the guy. If any of you are selling your Daniel Garcia stock let me know, because I’ll buy it all. Finally, mercifully, free from the Chris Jericho vortex, Garcia can fully show what he’s capable of in the ring and on the microphone. The dancing has become a nice complement to his act rather than the sole focus. That focus is now sharply on what he can do in the ring and on the microphone. It’s clear to anyone who’s watched AEW that Daniel Garcia is already a star. Sunday is the time to etch that in stone by giving him his signature moment.
This version of Christian Cage is an asset to any company. It’s almost impossible to properly value him. His segments remain must-see. His war on Dads continues, unceasing like the ocean waves. He constantly elevates his competitors and is hated enough that when someone finally gets to pay him his comeuppance, they are a made guy. Who better to deliver that comeuppance than Garcia? It’s his time.
Prediction: Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Danielson for the Continental Crown Championship
Claudio may be Kingston’s forever rival, but Bryan Danielson is his one true person. Much like the far ends of the political spectrum are closer than each side would realize or admit, so are Danielson and Kingston. They both live for this, and they LOVE this with every cell in their body. The two approaches, while different, both come from similar places. They come from a deep love of the history and art of the sport. Borrowing from the past and paying tribute to it is foundational to their essence as performers. Both wrestle with such passion – Kingston’s born from a seething desire to prove that yes, he can do this, and Bryan with a passion only the purest love can evoke. That’s why Kingston’s wasted potential infuriates him. He sees someone that could have been one of the all-time greats. One of the people who is paid tribute to by future generations. Instead, he’s “just” Eddie Kingston, which isn’t enough for Danielson.
Beating Danielson in a major PPV match is the last BCC infinity stone for Kingston to collect. Winning the ROH title from Claudio Castagnoli and beating Jon Moxley in the finals of the Continental Classic were tremendous accomplishments. Beating the greatest wrestler of all time on a major show? That’s something else entirely.
Prediction: Eddie Kingston
“Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the AEW Women’s World Championship
The Timeless Toni character is on its last legs. This was a fairly ambitious gimmick, and they did some interesting things with it. The slow descent into madness and the black-and-white camera both worked well. It might be generous to call it a success, but it was ambitious and different, and things like this are worth trying out. Absurd gimmicks like this have a definite shelf life, and it’s hard to see this having much more.
This program with Deonna Purrazzo has been clear and made sense. Drawing on their shared history was great, the tattoos were a nice reference, and Toni covering hers up was a unique story beat. We love it all! Normally this is where a title change makes perfect sense – a fresh debuting star beating a champion that’s been at the top for a while – but there is another debut looming that hangs over the result of this match.
Mercedes Mone is coming, and she will immediately be the top star in the women’s division by orders of magnitude. There is, frankly, no one else like her. A one-of-one. A star with so much presence that she can block the light from anyone else. That’s what happens with a star of that caliber, sometimes. How much purpose would it serve for Purrazzo to have a major win on her first AEW PPV and then immediately be overshadowed 10 days later? Purrazzo is in the right place, she’s just showing up at the wrong time. This makes me think Toni keeps the title for just a bit longer.
Prediction: Toni Storm
Samoa Joe vs. Swerve Strickland vs. “Hangman” Adam Page for the AEW World Championship
Wrestling Samoa Joe is like getting into a knife fight in a phone booth. There is no path for retreat. You’re in there with him until he decides you aren’t. If someone is going to get past, over, or even through him, they will have earned it. They will be fully deserving of the gold and accolades that go with it. The physical toll will linger – their bodies aching at even a mention of him. He is Samoa Joe, the rightful king of AEW and a real-ass world champion.
His opponents in this match have built a literal blood feud in under four months. It took exactly two matches for people to begin salivating at what could be the beginning of a years-long rivalry. All it took was drinking blood. Happy marriages are built on far less. The alignment between Swerve and Page is fascinating. The guy who broke into the other’s house and implicitly threatened an infant is somehow the good guy here. And it works! Swerve has so much charisma, so much presence, and so, so much talent, that we are willing to overlook legitimate psycho behavior. It also speaks to Page’s versatility that the audience bought into him as a heel. The guy just wanted to protect his family! For years he has been one of the most loved wrestlers on the roster. Now he’s doing fake injury angles and rocking a devastating mustache.
These three should put together something special on Sunday, but I’m a bit puzzled as to where things end up when the show goes off the air. Rarely does AEW do transitional champions with the big belts, and Samoa Joe is only a few months into his reign. But Swerve remains hotter than a Middle Eastern climate. No one would second-guess a title change here. There’s just something in the back of my mind that says it won’t happen. I can’t shake the notion that Page will do whatever it takes to prevent Swerve from winning, even at his own cost. I can see Page willingly sacrificing his own success just to prevent someone else from achieving their dreams. We love a petty king.
Prediction: Samoa Joe
Sting’s retirement match: Sting & Darby Allin vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team titles
Surfer, Crow, Joker, Icon. However you know him, this is Sting. Sting’s significance transcends athleticism or what he can do in the ring. His magnetic presence – the face paint, the black baseball bat – became symbols of resilience and defiance in the 90s. Crow Sting had the wrestling world in a chokehold from 1996-1997. It was the first time I knew something was cool even though I couldn’t explain it. I don’t even think I knew what cool was back then – surely it was not me – but I knew enough to beg my parents to let me stay up and watch Nitro just so I could see what I called “the guy on the roof.” He captivated the world in different decades, in different promotions, and different ways. His journey from the vibrant arenas of WCW, to an injury-shortened stint in WWE, and now to AEW is appropriate for someone who epitomized evolution in wrestling. Flowery prose aside, Sting has always been the dude.
His retirement, like the last chord of your favorite song, rings bittersweet. Beginnings are fun, but the end always comes, and the end is always hard. We always want more; a selfishness born out of love. How wonderful for Sting to be able to go out fully on his terms; something sadly few wrestlers get to do. How wonderful to do it in historic Greensboro. And how wonderful to have it be a celebration of what he is, and what he meant to an entire industry, rather than a sad reminder of what he couldn’t do. The outcome of this match is secondary, even tertiary, to the larger spectacle that this will be. This is the rare occasion in this silly sport where who wins doesn’t matter. All that matters are the feelings and the moment. And what a moment on Wednesday when Sting descended from the rafters one last time. The child in my heart was bursting with a happiness I did not expect. A legend like Sting getting to experience a fulfilling final chapter is something that should bring a smile to all wrestling fans, regardless of which company they support.
