AEW Fight for the Fallen: Results, Grades, and Analysis
Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian
Page and Sabian exchanged some great chain wrestling to open the match, with Sabian managing to stay ahead. Sabian and Page exchanged elbows but Page was able to come out on top with a series of hard strikes and a clothesline that sent Sabian to the floor.
Page limped to the floor, selling his hurt knee. Page picked Sabian up and then hit a bridging pumphandle suplex, but Sabian kicked out.Sabian was playing the line between heel and babyface in this one, to make sure the fans are on the side of page, but still having a relative positive reaction to Sabian.
Sabian got the heat on Page for a bit here, and you have to think that if he gets the pin here, he will be first in line to challenge the winner of Chris Jericho vs. Hangman Page after All Out.Hangman managed to hit a belly-to-belly sending Sabian into the turnbuckles. Sabian continued to target the knee, but Page hit a fireman’s carry and a standing shooting star press. He’s limping, but still managing to pull these moves off in impressive fashion while selling.
Sabian kicked out.Both men hit some hard strikes and started to exchange in the middle of the ring. Sabian hit the ropes but Hangman Page hit a huge discus lariat sending Sabian to the mat. Sabian made it to the apron to avoid a pinfall attempt and Page struggled to his feet. Page dragged Sabian to the middle rope and tried to suplex him off the middle rope onto the apron.Sabian headbutt Page and sent him crashing to the apron.
He went for a flying double stomp, but Page dodged and hit a huge back suplex on the apron. Page climbed the top rope and hit a flying moonsault to the floor, taking out Sabian but hurting his knee in the process! Page managed to roll Sabian in the ring, but only got a 2 count,.Page went for a powerbomb and ran towards the corner and powerbombed Sabian over the top rope onto the entrance ramp! Holy crap! Sabian somehow managed to drag himself into the ring, but Page brought him onto the corner and hit a swinging neck breaker off the top rope! Sabian kicked out.
There are 3 minutes left in the match, as the 20 minute time limit is getting close. Page went for the Deadeye, but Sabian floated to the apron and grabbed Page’s leg and hit a dragon screw over the ropes!
Excalibur explained how it’s more dangerous in the ropes than in the ring as the ropes don’t allow the wrestler to roll through. Page and Sabian exchanged a series of near falls, but Page rolled through and hit Deadeye and got the pinfall!
Result: Hangman Page
Rating ***3/4 (3.75 out of 5 stars)
One of the Creepers of the Dark Order came into the ring and attacked Hangman Page before hitting the Code Breaker! Jericho has done it again. Page was bleeding everywhere after the Code Breaker, and Jericho hit the Judas Effect to send page crashing to the mat. The fans chanted “A-E-Jericho” as he left the building.