2020 was a weird year to say the least. While pro-wrestling never stopped, most of the great, best of the year type of stuff happened in January and February, before the pandemic shut everything down. Kenny Omega & Adam Page vs. The Young Bucks from AEW's Revolution ppv on February 29th was such a great match, though, that it would probably have still been the best match of the year even without a pandemic and wrestling shows with empty arenas or sparse crowds. I remember listening to the Wrestling Observer Live podcast after the show and Dave Meltzer mentioned that it was the best tag team match in the history of wrestling (he rated it 6 stars on a 5 star scale, which is ridiculous but at least lets you know how awesome it was). And he wasn't the only one that thought that, either. Omega and Page retained the tag team titles in a classic. There was drama, action, story, and, obviously, a packed crowd cheering and yelling and shouting and clapping and creating a highly memorable atmosphere. Omega and The Young Bucks have been three of the best wrestlers in the industry for the last ten years or so, and Adam Page, with his 'Stone Cold' gimmick, was the crowd favorite in this match. That meant that this was the highest level of wrestling you're going to get, with some of the best in the business. Page and Omega eventually broke up and we never got that rematch. Does it matter? They couldn't get any better. This is one of those matches, like Omega/Okada, that will certainly live in infamy.
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