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Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega and Adam Page

AEW Revolution February 29: Tag Team Championship Match.

Kenny and Nick started the match with a good amount of chain wrestling. They both tagged out to Page and Matt Jackson. Matt requested a handshake, but Page spit in his face. After a double leg takedown, Matt Jackson rained down with a number of fists to Hangman Page. Nick Jackson had to pull Matt off Page. They double teamed Page and knocked Kenny off the apron with a dropkick.

Page slipped out of a move from Matt Jackson and went straight for Matt’s lower back. Omega tagged in to hit a back breaker. Hangman dumped Matt to the outside and tossed Jackson into the barricade. When Page went to continue the outside offense, Omega broke it up and threw Matt back in the ring. Page and Omega continued to focus on the back of Matt Jackson, but Matt eventually got a double northern lights suplex.

Nick Jackson got the tag in, and he hit the combo bulldog clothesline on both champions. Nick put Hangman in the sharp shooter, but Omega broke it up with the Kitaro Crusher. When Omega went for a tope con hilo, Matt Jackson kicked him in the head allowing Nick to cinch in a front face lock in the center of the ring. Omega evaded the offense from Matt Jackson and nearly got the tag to Hangman Page, but Nick Jackson pulled Page off the apron. Matt followed up by hitting Omega with a pile driver.

Omega managed to hit a pop-up power bomb, and both men tagged out. After a fall way slam to Matt Jackson, Page hit a diving cross body to the floor on Nick Jackson. With both Bucks on the floor, Page hit a top rope moonsault to the floor. Back in the ring, Page ran the ropes and hit Nick with a vicious clothesline. Page tossed Nick into the corner allowing Matt to tag in.

The Young Bucks hit a powerbomb assisted sliced bread for a near fall on Page. After Page kicked Matt Jackson in the shin, he locked in Marty Scurll’s chicken wing. Nick Jackson came off the top with a 450 splash to break up the hold. Omega came in and hit Matt Jackson with the You Can’t Escape plus a shooting star press from Page.

Omega hit a V-Trigger on Matt Jackson and a pair of V-Triggers on Nick Jackson. Omega followed up with a Tiger Driver ’98 for a near fall. With Jackson set up in the corner, Omega hit him in the back of the head with a V-Trigger. Kenny had Nick an electric chair position as he climbed the ropes. Nick escaped with a poison-rana as Matt Jackson hit Hangman Page with a number of Northern Lights Suplexes on the ramp. The Bucks then hit a spike tombstone to Adam Page on the ramp.

Back in the ring, the Bucks hit Omega with four super kicks before hitting Omega with the Golden Trigger. Kenny kicked out at one. They double super kicked Omega, and he still kicked out. Matt Jackson then went to work on Omega’s shoulder. The Bucks set up for the Meltzer Driver, but Page grabbed Nick off the apron and power bombed him through a table on the outside. Omega and Page then hit the combination buckshot lariat and v-trigger on Nick for a two count. When Omega went for the one-winged angel, Matt fought free and Page tagged in. Page then hit Matt with the one-winged angel, but Nick broke up the pinfall.

Page tossed Nick out of the ring onto ramp and connected with a buckshot lariat. Page turned around and hit Matt with the buckshot lariat for the pinfall victory.

Match Ratings

Six dimensions combine to make up the overall rating. Matches score ratings of 1-10 only if the match lasts for a minimum of 5 minutes.

  1. Match Quality– Was the match well wrestled or sloppy?
  2. Audience Engagement– Did the live audience care about the match?
  3. Competitiveness– Was the match competitive or one-sided?
  4. Stakes – Did the match matter?
  5. Finish– Did the match end in a satisfying manner?
  6. Performance: (1) Poor (2) Below Average (3) Average (4) Above Average (5) Excellent
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