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AEW Revolution 2025
AEW World Tag Team Championship
The Outrunners versus The Hurt Syndicate (c)
I’m conflicted on this one.
Anyone who reads GrapPro knows I’m a major fan of The Outrunners. When the tag team division was in shambles I made a call to action for AEW to look into pushing them to the top of the division against the Young Bucks just to see what they were made of. AEW instead chose Private Party, which was fine, but I had hoped to see Outrunners at least build a program with FTR.
Instead, FTR immediately took off to joining Cope against the Death Riders and dropped the FTRunners as quick as they could. No heel turn from FTR. They just decided to go after the Death Riders until it was clear Cope was going after the AEW Men’s World Championship and not the Trios Championship. FTR may still get a Trios Championship shot at Revolution, we’ll have to see if something gets announced, but they certainly haven’t tried going after Hurt Syndicate for the titles.
The Outrunners have, and in doing so, they pulled off a surprise victory against the Murder Machines of the Don Callis Family. That victory came when the Hurt Syndicate music distracted Lance Archer enough to get rolled up. This is why I’m conflicted. The match everyone was expecting was the heel Murder Machines against the tweener Hurt Syndicate. Basically four powerful men going strike for strike in a big meaty match.
Instead we get Outrunners, a popular undercard babyface tag team that straddles the line of comedy and old school tag wrestling, who don’t look like they got any shot of beating the Hurt Syndicate, and won this shot due to the Syndicate, going up against a dominate tag team that already wiped out the former tag team champions like it was nothing. This doesn’t feel like a pay per view calibre match at all.
The Outrunners have insisted they just want this opportunity to prove they are better than anyone gives them credit for. This is exactly what I wanted for them. A chance at the tag titles, even if they don’t win, just to prove themselves.
I just feel like it coming at the expense of the Murder Machines, who were feeling far more like an actual credible tag threat for the Hurt Syndicate, felt like the better match.
I honestly hope that by Dynamite we find out the Murder Machines get added to make this a three way. For once, that would be the right decision to make here.
