All Elite Wrestling is a young promotion, but a number of its storylines harken back to deep-rooted history from across the professional wrestling landscape. At AEW’s inaugural event, AEW Double or Nothing 2019, two of the top-billed matches in Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes and Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho utilized each feud’s storied past in WWE and NJPW, respectively. Omega’s reunion with the Young Bucks and the Good Brothers had direct references to the five men’s time together in Bullet Club. Even recently, Jake Hager’s efforts to recruit Claudio Castagnoli to the Jericho Appreciation Society teased a Real Americans reunion.
Kenny Omega wearing a Kota Ibushi shirt for this falls count anywhere match.#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/mJ9qdmqzMx
Kenny Omega shares his idea for a double knee strike with Kota Ibushi that would later be known as the Golden Trigger. pic.twitter.com/Hq1ekzXbMM
