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“Hangman” Adam Page vs. ‘The Painmaker’ Chris Jericho: AEW World Championship

Hangman came out riding a horse, like the cowboy he is. Great intro, with a great reaction from the crowd. Jericho came out with a big pyro display, and he looked like a total star here. Exactly what he should be presented as. Aubrey Edwards was refereeing the match, and this is a huge deal to have her as the senior official for the promotion.

Jericho and Page locked up and went to the corner. Jericho hit an armdrag but Page fired up and hit a series of punches and chops. Page caught Jericho off a crossbody and hit a fallaway slam before clotheslining Jericho to the floor. Page hit a massive chop on Jericho and both men started to brawl at ringside. Jericho ran around ringside, trying to sucker him in, but Page hit a big boot back in the ring.

Jericho kicked out. Jericho managed to hit a missile dropkick, but Page kicked out. Jericho went for the Liontamer, but Page twisted out and Jericho spilled to the floor. Page hit a suicide dive, and drove Jericho into the guardrail. Page sent Jericho back into the ring and hit a flying clothesline of the top rope, but Jericho kicked out. Page sent Jericho to the ropes, but Jericho low bridged him and sent him to the apron. Jericho went for a springboard to the outside, but Page dodged.

Page went for a shooting star press off the apron, but Jericho countered into a Code Breaker on the floor! Page barely made it in, but Jericho sent him flying into the guardrail again. Jericho went to the outside and exposed the railing before wrapping Page’s arm up in it and kicking it right in front of the referee. Jericho grabbed a mic and hit Page right in the head with it.

Back in the ring, Page tried to fight back, but Jericho hit an ARMBAR! Takedown. Jericho posed like 1998 Jericho, and it was great. He then worked over the arm more by wrapping it in the ropes and yanking on it. Jericho then began to target Hangman’s knee. Hangman’s knee was hurt by PAC in the spring, and it’s been a target for all his opponents.

Jericho locks on a keylock, but Page counters and hits two chops, but Jericho absolutely killed him with a dropkick as he came off the ropes. Page kicked out and both men exchanged strikes. Page sent Jericho to the apron, but his leg gave out and Jericho flew off the top rope onto Page. Page rolled through but struggled to get Jericho up with his hurt arm and leg, but he hit a fallaway slam.
Page kicked up and hit a fireman’s carry and a Sliding D Lariat to Jericho. Page hit a standing shooting star press, and Jericho kicked out. Jericho hit the ropes and dropped Page.

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He went for the lionsault, but Page caught him and hit a Russian Legsweep off the middle ropes. Jericho kicked out. Page went for a bodyslam, but Jericho rolled through and locked on the Walls of Jericho!

Page fought out and started to punch Jericho while on the mat. Page twisted out again, and then hit a rolling elbow to the eye of Jericho! Jericho rolled to the floor, and I think he’s bleeding! He’s pouring blood into his eye. Yikes. Page goes right after him and started punching Jericho in the face and sending him into the guardrail.

Page ran at Jericho, who was in the corner, but Jericho sent him onto the apron and then dragged him onto the top rope. Page then grabbed Jericho’s face, pulling on the wound. It seems like they’re slowly turning Jericho face in the match and turning Page heel. Page then hit a swinging neckbreaker off the top rope, but Jericho kicked out.

Page kicked Jericho right in the face and hit another rolling elbow. Jericho refuses to give up as Edwards checked on him. Hangman went for a suplex, but Jericho picked up Page and sent him crashing into the top rope. Jericho went for his springboard dropkick, but Page caught him with a superkick! Page then hit the Buckshot Lariat and called for the Dead Eye!

Jericho rolled through and locked on the Walls of Jericho! Jericho had blood pouring down his face as Page struggled to make the ropes. Page managed to make the ropes, and the ref shoved him off. Jericho shoved the ref, and she threatened to DQ him, but he calmed down. Jericho ran at Page, but Page sent him to the floor. Page hit a moonsault off the top rope to the floor onto Jericho, but his knee crashed onto the ramp!

Page went for the Buckshot Lariat again, but Jericho hit the Code Breaker as he flipped into the ring! Jericho hit some knees to the head of Page and hit the ropes, but Page countered with another rolled elbow! Page went for a running shooting star press, but he got his knees up! Jericho went for the Code Breaker again, but Page countered into a Dead Eye attempt! Jericho rolled through, but Page rolled through onto his feet and hit Dead Eye, but Jericho kicked out!
Page hit another Buckshot Lariat, but Jericho countered the Dead Eye and as page went for another rolling elbow, Page countered into a Judas Effect! Chris Jericho wins!

Result: Chris Jericho

Rating: ****¾ (4.75 stars)

This was an absolutely fantastic main event match, with Jericho doing everything he could to make Page look like an absolute star. Jericho countered the rolling elbow, which Page hit 3 times, but he went to the well one too many times and he outwrestled him. Page had him beat, but Jericho crawled away the winner with one move. The psychology of this was perfect, as Page caused Jericho to bleed with the rolling elbow. He saw success with it and hit it three times, so Jericho, being the veteran, countered the 4th time.

Page walked out looking like a main event star, and Jericho looked like he lost the match with how badly he was beaten, but he walked out the champ. All the right calls, I think.

Show Rating: ***** (5 stars)

That was an excellent show from top to bottom, and I think as far as the booking goes, they have set up their TV very well. Having Jericho as the first champion after a very good main event is the right call. Page will have a long road from here to the title, and that’s okay. He looked good in this match, and Jericho barely won. That puts Page right on his level, as all it took was one mistake from Jericho and it would have gone the other way.

I can’t wait for AEW’s TV show to start on October 2nd, ad this show has set up the first few episodes perfectly. It doesn’t get much better than that.