Why Tony Khan Isn’t Doing Specific Match At AEW Revolution
Tony Khan has explained why he isn’t doing a match that used to be a regular thing at AEW Revolution PPV events.
The 2025 edition of AEW Revolution from Los Angeles will be the sixth time that the company used the Revolution name. In past years, Tony Khan has put “Face of the Revolution” Ladder Matches on the Revolution PPV match card.
A “Face of the Revolution” Ladder Match is a way to get six or more wrestlers in the same match while retrieving an object above the ring. The reward is a title shot at the TNT Title. Past winners of “Face of the Revolution” Ladder Matches include Wardlow and Scorpio Sky. Powerhouse Hobbs won one of those Revolution Ladder Matches on the final Dynamite before Revolution in 2023.
Tony Khan is AEW’s CEO, GM, and Head of Creative and he recently spoke at the Revolution pre-show media call where he explained why there isn’t a Face of the Revolution Ladder Match this year.
“There are so many great matches around the company right now, and we’ve had some great ladder matches, and it’s really about placing matches at the right time.
I don’t want to do too many ladder matches, or too many of the same kind of stipulation matches and become repetitive. You will see great ladder matches in AEW, I think we’ve had some real classics over the years, and the Face of the Revolution ladder match we’ve had some excellent matches. But it’s about putting the right people in the right situations at the right times.”
Tony Khan Changed His Mind Regarding AEW Releases
Over the past month, several disgruntled AEW wrestlers have been freed from their contracts including Ricky Starks (now Ricky Saints in WWE), Miro, Malakai Black and Rey Fenix. All of them are likely going to be in WWE soon.
In the past, Tony Khan didn’t like letting people out of their deal just because they were unhappy, but he explained at the Revolution pre-show media call that he’ll look at it on a case by case basis in the future.
“I do think it’s a case-by-case basis. I think everything is a case-by-case basis, and so much of life is a case-by-case basis. Philosophically, there is a change in what I’ve been doing. It felt like the right thing for the company and everyone involved at this point. That’s the thinking behind that.
It’s on a case by case basis and they are all different situations. In this case, they did have similar outcomes. It’s fair to ask why now and why I wouldn’t have done that before. I just decided that’s what I thought was the right thing to do at this point.”
AEW Revolution takes place on Sunday, March 9th in Los Angeles with the following matches announced for the show.
- AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Adam Copeland aka Cope
- AEW Women’s World Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Mariah May
- Steel Cage Match: Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher
- AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Brody King
- AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Kenny Omega
- Maxwell Jacob Friedman vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Momo Watanabe
- AEW World Title #1 Contender’s Match: Ricochet vs. Swerve Strickland
- The Hurt Syndicate – Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin (c) vs. The Outrunners Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum
- “Big Boom!” A.J. and The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and Mark Briscoe) (with Big Justice) vs. Johnny TV and MxM Collection (Mansoor and Mason Madden) – PRE-SHOW
Fans can watch AEW Revolution on pay-per-view, which now includes Amazon Prime Video and several other options.