🧨 AEW Dynamite 10/2 Thread: And So, We Begin
Oct 2, 2019 0:23:20 GMT -5
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 2, 2019 0:23:20 GMT -5
That's right, it's Wednesday again and that means ONLY one thing... That you, fine wrestling fans, now have THE CHOICE. On this side of the battlefield is AEW Dynamite, the premiere episode coming to you LIVE from Washington DC! And scheduled for tonight is a packed lineup of action showcasing the wide variety of talent you'll see from this new promotion as they set the stage for their next PPV event, Full Gear.
Our first feature bout tonight will see Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks take on AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and new arrivals Santana and Ortiz in six man competition. Omega and Jericho have had a rivalry dating back to Jericho's return to New Japan, where Omega got the win in a brutal No DQ match at Wrestle Kingdom 12, but the ledger was squared at 1-1 after Jericho got the win in a #1 Contender bout at Double Or Nothing. This, along with a subsequent loss to PAC at All Out, has sent Omega into a bit of a mental tailspin. Then there's the matter of their partners... The Young Bucks, Matt and Nick Jackson, have been longtime allies of Omega, so it's only natural that they'd be teaming here, but there's an incentive for them to get revenge of their own, after being ambushed by Santana and Ortiz after a grueling ladder match with The Lucha Bros at All Out. Who will take the upper hand in this highly-anticipated match?
Our next featured bout will crown a new champion, the first AEW Women's Champion. One contender is the powerhouse Nyla Rose, who advanced to this match after a dominant win in the Casino Battle Royale at All Out. The other is Japanese dynamo Riho, who advanced to this match with a win over Hikaru Shida that same night. Riho already holds a pinfall over Rose in a Triple Threat match back at Fyter Fest, but if Rose can harness her power, overcome Riho's agility and learn from her mistakes, it'll go a long way towards not allowing that to happen again and crowning herself as the first champion.
Also scheduled for tonight are a trio of singles matches... The most anticipated of these will arguably be Hangman Page versus PAC, in the first time they'll be meeting under the AEW banner after an earlier bout was rescheduled. Both are at different ends of the momentum scale after All Out, Page having lost the AEW World Championship match to Chris Jericho, PAC having defeated Kenny Omega. Whoever wins here will almost certainly be a top contender for the main prize sooner rather than later.
Then there's Cody Rhodes taking on Sammy Guevara, in a singles bout that will open the show tonight. Rhodes, one of the driving forces behind the formation of AEW, is more motivated as he's ever been as he sees the next part of this endeavour come to fruition, but he'd also be wise not to take Guevara lightly. Guevara is well-travelled, having honed his craft across several promotions, and on the biggest stage he's been on, he'll be ready to bring it to Rhodes.
Our final pre-announced bout will feature MJF against Brandon Cutler in singles competition. MJF, or Maxwell Jacob Friedman to use his full name, is fast gaining traction as one of the stars to watch in AEW, most of which can be attributed to his nouveau riche aesthetic, gargantuan ego and tendency for trash talk, but he's not all blackheart and bluster, as shown by his uncharacteristic loyalty to Cody Rhodes. Cutler on the other hand, is finally getting his big break in wrestling, and he's not going to let this spoiled punk try and ruin it for him.
Finally, we have on the schedule an appearance from Jon Moxley. Moxley was the biggest story in wrestling having made the jump from WWE to AEW at Double Or Nothing, but after defeating Joey Janela at Fyter Fest, has found himself on the shelf after his troublesome elbow became infected. However, Moxley is known as one of wrestling's great mic men, so it could be compelling viewing all the same.
All that, and the sudden realisation of "Holy shit, this is an actual thing on my TV now", TONIGHT on Dynamite!
Our first feature bout tonight will see Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks take on AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and new arrivals Santana and Ortiz in six man competition. Omega and Jericho have had a rivalry dating back to Jericho's return to New Japan, where Omega got the win in a brutal No DQ match at Wrestle Kingdom 12, but the ledger was squared at 1-1 after Jericho got the win in a #1 Contender bout at Double Or Nothing. This, along with a subsequent loss to PAC at All Out, has sent Omega into a bit of a mental tailspin. Then there's the matter of their partners... The Young Bucks, Matt and Nick Jackson, have been longtime allies of Omega, so it's only natural that they'd be teaming here, but there's an incentive for them to get revenge of their own, after being ambushed by Santana and Ortiz after a grueling ladder match with The Lucha Bros at All Out. Who will take the upper hand in this highly-anticipated match?
Our next featured bout will crown a new champion, the first AEW Women's Champion. One contender is the powerhouse Nyla Rose, who advanced to this match after a dominant win in the Casino Battle Royale at All Out. The other is Japanese dynamo Riho, who advanced to this match with a win over Hikaru Shida that same night. Riho already holds a pinfall over Rose in a Triple Threat match back at Fyter Fest, but if Rose can harness her power, overcome Riho's agility and learn from her mistakes, it'll go a long way towards not allowing that to happen again and crowning herself as the first champion.
Also scheduled for tonight are a trio of singles matches... The most anticipated of these will arguably be Hangman Page versus PAC, in the first time they'll be meeting under the AEW banner after an earlier bout was rescheduled. Both are at different ends of the momentum scale after All Out, Page having lost the AEW World Championship match to Chris Jericho, PAC having defeated Kenny Omega. Whoever wins here will almost certainly be a top contender for the main prize sooner rather than later.
Then there's Cody Rhodes taking on Sammy Guevara, in a singles bout that will open the show tonight. Rhodes, one of the driving forces behind the formation of AEW, is more motivated as he's ever been as he sees the next part of this endeavour come to fruition, but he'd also be wise not to take Guevara lightly. Guevara is well-travelled, having honed his craft across several promotions, and on the biggest stage he's been on, he'll be ready to bring it to Rhodes.
Our final pre-announced bout will feature MJF against Brandon Cutler in singles competition. MJF, or Maxwell Jacob Friedman to use his full name, is fast gaining traction as one of the stars to watch in AEW, most of which can be attributed to his nouveau riche aesthetic, gargantuan ego and tendency for trash talk, but he's not all blackheart and bluster, as shown by his uncharacteristic loyalty to Cody Rhodes. Cutler on the other hand, is finally getting his big break in wrestling, and he's not going to let this spoiled punk try and ruin it for him.
Finally, we have on the schedule an appearance from Jon Moxley. Moxley was the biggest story in wrestling having made the jump from WWE to AEW at Double Or Nothing, but after defeating Joey Janela at Fyter Fest, has found himself on the shelf after his troublesome elbow became infected. However, Moxley is known as one of wrestling's great mic men, so it could be compelling viewing all the same.
All that, and the sudden realisation of "Holy shit, this is an actual thing on my TV now", TONIGHT on Dynamite!