Why Toni Storm Didn’t Main Event AEW Revolution

“Timeless” Toni Storm was forced to miss out on the main event.

At AEW Revolution, “Timeless” Toni Storm finally got her Hollywood ending as she defeated Mariah May in a blood-soaked battle for the Women’s World Championship.

Tables, chains, chairs, and glass were all used, but in true Hollywood fashion, Storm was able to use the bloody shoe that May had attacked with her months ago to nail the challenger in the head before driving May through a table with Storm Zero for the win.

Prior to the match, many fans questioned why it wasn’t in the main event, and those questions only became louder when the bloody spectacle was over.

Instead, the World Championship between Jon Moxley and Cope topped the card. During the match, Christian Cage cashed in his contract for a World Title shot, but he was ultimately defeated as Moxley walked out with the gold.

After the match, Prince Nana taunted Moxley before they were separated by security. After watching from a balcony, Swerve Strickland dived onto the mass of humanity and promised to become the next World Champion. Earlier in the night, Strickland had defeated Ricochet to become the number one contender.

Tony Khan Defends Toni Storm Decision

During the post-show press conference, Tony Khan was asked why the grudge match between Storm and May wasn’t in the main event. The AEW boss said that while the match was capable of closing the show, he thought it would be a great moment for Strickland to end the night standing tall.

“I thought it was absolutely fantastic. Both are main event quality wrestlers. With AEW Grand Slam Australia, I thought we put together a great show with great moments and for where we were going next, I thought it made a lot of sense, and for where we had been I felt it was a fantastic main event.

Tonight, they delivered and it was absolutely fantastic, great match. I really believed in it and I really believed in the story. Absolutely, that is a match capable of main eventing, just like in Australia.

Hindsight is always 20/20, but to me, putting it back together and looking back, [AEW Revolution] is one of my all time favorite shows. Toni Storm was in no condition to come up here, she lost a lot of blood.

I thought it was a great moment to Swerve to have that moment and have the crowd come back and do the “Whose House? Swerve’s House.’ They didn’t know they would see him again. It was a big reaction and the crowd got behind Swerve at end, which is never a surprise.

Start to finish, it was a great show. That would be a great main event and I also thought, in particular, there were a lot of matches that could have been the main event, including any of the last four.

That’s why I called it a big closing four. Knowing that Swerve was waiting in the wings and he’s the number one contender, I had a feeling the crowd would get behind seeing Swerve at the end of the show,”

Elsewhere on the show, Kenny Omega defeated Konosuke Takeshita to win the International Championship, while Mercedes Mone retained the TBS Title with a victory over Momo Watanabe.
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