While appearing on the This Is Important podcast, actor and comedian Adam DeVine shared his wild experience attending the 2025 AEW Revolution pay-per-view—and he didn’t hold back on the praise or the chaos.
“I didn’t know what an insane event. Those guys throw on a real banger,” DeVine said. “It feels just as insane—in fact, I liked it more than the WWE events. It’s like the WCW in the late ’90s. It’s someone trying to go up against the WWE. It was way more raw.”
DeVine was blown away by the intensity of the show, especially a brutal cage match that left a lasting impression.
“There was this cage match. People were bleeding all over the place. Real blood. I’m sitting ringside. Blood is back. It was crazy. They were pouring thumbtacks all over the ring. From the very top of the cage, they were backflipping guys into the thumbtacks. Insane.”
He went on to describe the aftermath, revealing just how real the pain was:
“Then you go to the back, they were real thumbtacks. He was still picking them out of himself. ‘One is stuck in my heel. I can’t get it out.’”
What surprised DeVine the most was how quickly he became hooked on the action:
“I didn’t think I would have a thirst for it, but now I do. It was awesome. It was crazy.”
DeVine also gave a shoutout to the Toni Storm vs. Mariah May match, calling it a “bloodbath,” and marveled at how intense the men’s cage match was—even down to the use of weapons:
“The men in the cage match were attacking each other with a screwdriver. I’m like, ‘How do you fake that? Oh, it’s rubber.’ Then they stick it in the turnbuckle and it just sticks into it. It was crazy. It was really fun.”
He ended his story by praising AEW President Tony Khan, who hosted DeVine in his Super Bowl box and later took him out to party:
“Tony Khan, the guy who owns it… He’s this totally nice guy who owns AEW. It was fun. It was a blast.”
Clearly, AEW Revolution 2025 made a lasting impression on DeVine—both for its hardcore action and the welcoming atmosphere behind the scenes.
