AEW Sign Makes Bold Claim About Kefka and Sephiroth

An All Elite Wrestling fan escalates the JRPG signal wars with a comparability between Ultimate Fantasy villains Kefka and Sephiroth.

All Elite Wrestling is well-known to have reignited the wrestling wars that followers recall fondly from Monday Nights through the 90s, making for a few of the most compelling pro-wrestling programming in years, if not a long time. However it appears that evidently AEW has additionally reignited a unique form of battle, a battle of video game-related indicators held within the viewers. The newest instance, taken from AEW’s Dynamite this previous Wednesday, was made to begin a battle between followers of Ultimate Fantasy 6 and Ultimate Fantasy 7.

The sign up query popped up throughout a phase through which reigning AEW champion Kenny Omega and his faction The Elite have been beating up Omega’s subsequent opponent, Christian. It was a enjoyable, hilarious phase, however watchful viewers observed an indication held up by the viewers behind the motion. The signal learn “KEFKA > SEPHIROTH,” a comparability between Ultimate Fantasy 6‘s cackling God of Magic and Ultimate Fantasy 7‘s sword-wielding summoner of Meteor.

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Relating to the context of the signal, there’s not a lot to it. It is develop into an inside joke amongst wrestling audiences, and AEW’s specifically, for “sizzling takes” to be shared through indicators. The signal alleging that Kefka is a better villain than Sephiroth is meant to be all in good enjoyable, but additionally to fire up some warmth amongst online game nerds at dwelling who really feel like arguing the purpose. “KEFKA > SEPHIROTH” is genuinely one of many tamer indicators of the previous a number of months.

There may be some additional context to the signal that will or could not have been the AEW fan‘s intent, nonetheless. Kenny Omega is maybe finest identified for a heel run within the Japanese pro wrestling promotion NJPW through which his character was based mostly on Sephiroth. Now Omega is doing a brand new heel run at AEW, a run the place he is way more of a comical madman. Due to Omega’s Sephiroth character earlier than, some are calling this Omega’s Kefka run. It is maybe unrelated, nonetheless.

AEW has develop into floor zero for indicators concerning JRPGs, retro online game, and different hilarious gaming arguments they usually solely appear to be rising an increasing number of heated. Different indicators at this week’s present embody “The Worst Fireplace Emblem Sport Is Higher Than The Finest Paper Mario,” “#FREEMVC2” in effort to get Capcom to re-release Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and “NERF Sol Badguy” in reference to the Guilty Gear Strive character’s current strength.

On tonight’s episode of AEW Rampage, the hugely popular wrestler CM Punk is anticipated to debut. However there will likely be a portion of the viewers whose consideration will likely be centered elsewhere. As a substitute of watching the motion, they’re going to be watching the viewers for brand new online game indicators. AEW‘s develop into a vacation spot for online game nerds.

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