MJF retains AEW World Championship with beautiful win over Bryan Danielson at Revolution

MJF battled Bryan Danielson in an epic 60-minute ironman match to place a cap on All Elite Wrestling’s first pay-per-view of the 12 months, Revolution, for the AEW World Championship.

After 60 minutes and the rating tied a 3 apiece, AEW CEO Tony Khan refused to let the match finish in a draw and made it in order that the subsequent fall would win.

MJF would outlast Danielson and make him faucet to retain the AEW World Championship in one of many promotion’s most epic matches of the 12 months.

The match began with MJF enjoying his thoughts video games. He would go away the ring to waste a while after participating with Danielson briefly. He would do it once more and go into the gang to blow off some steam with a number of the followers. He then took a cup of water and threw it into the face of a younger fan.

The two then went forwards and backwards placing on maneuver after maneuver attempting to get some form of benefit on each other. MJF missed a backflip on Danielson and the “American Dragon” would return into the ring after which dive by the ropes at him.

Through the primary 20 minutes of the match, there have been no falls. The two have been determined to select up the primary fall and spent about 2 minutes rolling across the ring placing one another in several pin maneuvers and wore one another out a lot the 2 practically reached a ten depend because the lay on their backs catching their breaths.

Danielson would rise up and rating the primary fall after hitting the Psycho Knee. But MJF countered with a low blow and picked up two straight pinfalls. MJF was technically disqualified on the low blow, consuming the autumn after which pinned Danielson twice to tie the match 2-2 with half-hour remaining.

Danielson and MJF continued the struggle exterior the ring. MJF landed in a chair within the nook and was hit with 10 leg strikes from Danielson after which one other bounce into the champion’s physique.

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On the failed flip, MJF appeared to tweak one thing in his leg and was seen hobbling across the exterior of the ring. With just a little over 23 minutes left to go, he obtained Danielson to a ringside desk and set him up for an enormous elbow drop from the highest turnbuckle. He hit it completely.

The referee was checking on Danielson earlier than MJF took him again to the ring. The referee began the ten depend and made it again to the ring simply because the depend was going to hit 10 – let’s say he was at 9.6 seconds. He got here again out to what was left of the desk and hit a tombstone pile driver on Danielson. MJF was left holding his knee in ache and Danielson began to bleed.

MJF obtained Danielson again into the ring and hit the Heatseeker to take a 3-2 lead with about 19 minutes to go within the match.

“You’re the most effective on the earth? You f—ing suck!” MJF screamed at Danielson on the 42-minute mark.

For a superb 5 minutes, it appeared MJF was within the driver’s seat however it appeared Danielson was simply biding his time and amassing his power down one pinfall. With 14 minutes left, Danielson went to the highest rope after sending MJF flying exterior the ring. He hit a flying knee completely on MJF earlier than the 2 rivals obtained again into the ring.

Two minutes later, Danielson hit a flying headbutt and brutally minimize personal MJF. The blood was pouring from the champion’s head – extra blood than was seen within the Texas Death Match between Jon Moxley and Adam Page earlier within the evening.

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At the ten:41 mark, Danielson submitted MJF and the match was tied 3-3.

Danielson tried the Labelle Lock however MJF would roll by and check out the Salt of the Earth. He would drag him again from the ropes and put an arm bar on Danielson with 8 minutes to go. MJF would have three of Danielson’s 4 limbs in a lock however it might be the “American Dragon’s” proper leg that might get to the ropes and break the maintain.

“This is superior,” followers on the Chase Center in San Francisco would scream with about 7 minutes to go.

MJF in some way managed to push Danielson by the ropes and hit one other Heatseeker with about 3:45 to go and attempt to pin Danielson. But Danielson would kick out.

The two obtained to the highest ropes and MJF obtained Danielson right into a place to hit a tombstone piledriver off the center rope. Danielson can be knocked however MJF landed on his bum left knee and writhed in ache. With 1:22 to go, he tried to cowl him up however solely obtained to 2.

Danielson put MJF right into a single-leg crab with 60 seconds left. Danielson had the champion within the middle of the ring and he practically tapped. The time would expire after which MJF would faucet.

The match led to a draw. and followers wouldn’t be blissful. They yelled “bulls—t” loudly as trainers checked on Danielson and MJF.

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Lead announcer Tony Schiavone walked right down to the ring and instructed the referee and in-ring announcer Justin Roberts that the subsequent pinfall would win the match, per Khan’s decree. 

It’s sudden demise.

Danielson practically picked up the fast pin as did MJF after a low blow. MJF tried to make use of a hoop to hit Danielson and missed. Danielson hit one other Psycho Knee however solely obtained the 2 depend on MJF.

Danielson obtained MJF again into the single-leg crab however this time the champion obtained to the rope. MJF pretended to faucet to make Danielson assume he had tapped out. MJF would go to the ground and hit an unsuspecting Danielson with an oxygen tank. MJF would put the Labelle Lock on Danielson however didn’t get him to faucet out both.

Danielson tried to garner some momentum however MJF would make him faucet.

MJF would have his arm raised in victory and retain the AEW World Championship.