Just youtube japanese exploding deathmatch and imagine american budget with professional riggers. They could've used loud concussion pryo, heavy smoke, cover the ring with powder, and if they wanna go above and beyond, do that brock and big show, ring falling apart gimmick.
My reaction at the time was no matter what it would be anti-climatic, but appreciated them trying to bring the match to the states, followed by extreme second-hand embarrassment post-match and thought boy the iwc is never gonna let aew live this down.
Yes, there were supposed to be significantly larger explosions, like the kind Terry Funk or Atsushi Onita were occasionally involved in.
But something went wrong either during setup or during the match, and wires came loose. The intended pyrotechnics never set off.
AEW quickly had to cover their asses in-storyline, and they did so reasonably well. Here's the two guys in the ring talking about it, and here's then-champion Kenny Omega and manager Don Callis managing to make something funny about it. Both of these aired three days after Revolution. Also note that this was when they were stuck doing shows at an amphitheater only 25% filled due to COVID regulations that were lifted a few months later.
AEW owner Tony Khan was so pissed at the crew he hired to set up this apparatus that he refused to pay them.
They haven't done a match like this since.
A shame. It was a very good show and a great match...and then THIS happened.
I sometimes wonder what some people expected to happen? Did they imagine AEW was going to actually explode the ring inside an arena with people in it?
Just youtube japanese exploding deathmatch and imagine american budget with professional riggers. They could've used loud concussion pryo, heavy smoke, cover the ring with powder, and if they wanna go above and beyond, do that brock and big show, ring falling apart gimmick.
My reaction at the time was no matter what it would be anti-climatic, but appreciated them trying to bring the match to the states, followed by extreme second-hand embarrassment post-match and thought boy the iwc is never gonna let aew live this down.
When it looks like trash, don't do it.
AEW fan here. This show was Revolution 2021.
Yes, there were supposed to be significantly larger explosions, like the kind Terry Funk or Atsushi Onita were occasionally involved in.
But something went wrong either during setup or during the match, and wires came loose. The intended pyrotechnics never set off.
AEW quickly had to cover their asses in-storyline, and they did so reasonably well. Here's the two guys in the ring talking about it, and here's then-champion Kenny Omega and manager Don Callis managing to make something funny about it. Both of these aired three days after Revolution. Also note that this was when they were stuck doing shows at an amphitheater only 25% filled due to COVID regulations that were lifted a few months later.
AEW owner Tony Khan was so pissed at the crew he hired to set up this apparatus that he refused to pay them.
They haven't done a match like this since.
A shame. It was a very good show and a great match...and then THIS happened.