Christian Cage fails in World title cash-in at AEW Revolution

The will he/won’t he AEW World title contract cash-in opportunity Christian Cage won last August turned out to be a failure for the former TNT Champion.

Cage made a surprise appearance in the main event of Sunday’s AEW Revolution, signing his contract and inserting himself into the bout between champion Jon Moxley and Adam “Cope” Copeland.

Dressed in a black hoodie to conceal his identity, Cage appeared and pulled referee Bryce Remsburg out of the ring after Cope hit Moxley with a spear and was about to pin him. Cage then nailed Cope with the metal case that held the contract before signing it.

He hit his own spear on Cope for a nearfall and then hit the Killswitch, but Moxley snuck back in and ensnared him in a bulldog choke before he could make the cover. At one point, Cage got his hand on Cope to try and sneak the pin but Moxley pulled him back and eventually, Cage passed out to end the match.

Cage won the title opportunity in the Casino gauntlet match at All In from Wembley Stadium last August.

Match notes:

• Swerve Strickland laid Moxley out with a Swerve Stomp from a high guardrail to end the show, a show of force after he earned the next title shot earlier in the night with his win over Ricochet.
• At one point, both Moxley and Cope were laid out after a double clothesline and Wheeler Yuta came out. After teasing hitting Moxley, he re-aligned with him instead after their fallout last week.
• Yuta tossed in the briefcase holding the World title, but Jay White ran out to even things out. He then swung the case at Moxley, but the champion ducked and Cope was knocked out, barely getting his shoulder up as Moxley tried to pin him. White and Yuta then brawled to the back.
• The match, coming after the Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher cage match spectacle before it and at the end of a five-hour show, took a bit to get the crowd fully invested, especially as Moxley was dominating early in his methodical fashion.