Tag: AEW Dynamite

AEW Wastes No Time In Turning Bryan Danielson Heel During Dynamite

Bryan Danielson got the AEW audience to turn on him in a matter of minutes and will play the heel role while he feuds with Adam Page.

Only a few days after “Hangman” Adam Page was crowned the new AEW World Champion and shortly after Bryan Danielson won the right to be the No.1 contender, Danielson came out on the post-PPV episode of Dynamite and played the heel role while challenging Page.

It was National Cowboy Sh-t Day in Virginia and Page opened the show with the Dark Order to celebrate his win. It didn’t take long for Danielson to interrupt. While The American Dragon congratulated the new champion, he also said he was a bit surprised and disappointed that Kenny Omega wasn’t standing across from him as the titleholder. Page responded that he’s right, Omega isn’t the champion, and that if he wasn’t mistaken, Page was able to beat Omega in under 30 minutes. This of course, was in reference to Danielson and Omega fighting to a time-limit draw a few weeks back.

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Danielson suggested Page be careful and said he wasn’t the kind of competitor to just talk about his wins, he actually wrestles every week. He mentioned that he wrestled one night after WrestleMania and that obviously earned him a chorus of boos from the crowd. Danielson said, “of course Virginia boos hard work.” Danielson said that Page had a reputation for having a long list of excuses and said he wanted to fight Page with no excuses. He had a match with Evil Uno after the commercial break and essentially destroyed him, playing the heel role throughout the match. He even posed while applying his submission sleeper.

After his win over Uno, Danielson addressed the crowd and said he was going to kick the heads in of every member of Dark Order and challenged Colt Cabana for next week in Cabana’s hometown of Chicago.

If there was any question about how AEW was going to sell Danielson and Page as a babyface versus babyface feud, those questions were answered on Wednesday. Danielson will play the heel role and he’s incredibly good at it. Within a matter of 25 minutes, he turned an entire audience against him and cemented himself as the brand’s biggest bad guy with Omega announcing he was taking some time off.

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Source: TheSportster

AEW Dynamite Preview 11/17/21

AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT at the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Fallout from Full Gear.

* Bryan Danielson vs. Evil Uno
* Jay Lethal debuts vs. AEW TNT Champion Sammy Guevara with the title on the line
* Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose in a quarterfinals match for the AEW TBS Title Tournament
* The Butcher and The Blade vs. Orange Cassidy and Tomohiro Ishii in his AEW debut
* The Acclaimed vs. Lio Rush and Dante Martin
* AEW World Champion Hangman Page to celebrate on “National Cowboy S*** Day”

AEW Dynamite Preview 11/10/21

AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the go-home episode for this Saturday’s Full Gear PPV.

* AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and Hangman Page contract signing for their Full Gear title match

* Bryan Danielson vs. Rocky Romero with Orange Cassidy

* Dax Harwood vs. PAC

* AEW Women’s World Champion Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter, and Rebel vs. Tay Conti, Thunder Rosa, and Anna Jay

* Lio Rush and Dante Martin vs. Matt Sydal and Lee Moriarty

CM Punk Shouts Out Jon Moxley During Emotional Promo On Dynamite

An emotional tribute from Punk on Dynamite delivered in tandem with an important message.

CM Punk kicked off his promo on Dynamite this week by discussing how much he admires and respects Jon Moxley.

Tony Khan revealed earlier this week that Jon Moxley has entered himself into an alcohol treatment program. Moxley naturally has the full support of AEW, and well wishes for the former World Champion have been pouring in ever since. That includes a heartfelt message from CM Punk live on Dynamite last night.

Punk kicked off his promo by saying he wanted to talk about two people who weren’t in the building for Dynamite last night. The first of those people was Moxley. Punk got the fans chanting his name and admitted he’d be happy for them to keep chanting Moxley throughout the duration of his segment.

The Second City Saint then moved on and said that despite his and Moxley’s differences, he is very proud of his AEW peer right now. Punk speaks about times in his own life when he needed help but he didn’t ask for it because he thought he needed to show the world he is tougher than that. You can watch all but the very beginning of the promo in the clip below.

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Punk closes the first half of his promo by telling fans that if they need help, talk to someone. Whether it be a phone call or a text, they don’t need to tough it out. Punk and Moxley are evidence of that. Renee Paquette, Moxley’s wife formerly known as Renee Young when under WWE’s employ, has also reached out since the news broke and thanked everyone for their messages over the past 24 hours.

Moxley will obviously be out of action for an indefinite amount of time, and we wish him all the best in his recovery. On the wrestling side of things, the former AEW Champion was replaced by Miro on Dynamite last night in the World Title Eliminator Tournament. Miro beat Orange Cassidy in the semi-final match and will face Bryan Danielson in the final at Full Gear.

Source: TheSportster

AEW Dynamite Preview 11/3/21

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT at the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri.

The AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament semis will likely continue with Orange Cassidy facing a yet to be determined opponent. As noted, Jon Moxley entered an inpatient alcohol treatment program. The winner of this match takes on Bryan Danielson in the finals at Full Gear on November 13.

Below is the current lineup:

* Cody Rhodes vs. Andrade El Idolo

* Anna Jay vs. Jamie Hayter (AEW TBS Title Tournament First Round Match)

* Orange Cassidy vs. TBA (AEW World Title Eliminator Semifinal Match)

* FTR Open Challenge for the AAA World Tag Team Titles

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/27/21

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

* CM Punk vs. Bobby Fish

* Dark Order (Colt Cabana, Evil Uno, John Silver, and Stu Grayson) vs. The Elite (AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, and The Young Bucks)

* Jon Moxley vs. 10 (AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament)

* Serena Deeb vs. Hikaru Shida (AEW TBS Title Tournament)

* Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Ethan Page (AEW TNT Title)

* MJF in action

Lance Archer Gives Update After Injury Scare On AEW Dynamite

On Saturday night’s AEW Dynamite, Lance Archer wrestled Eddie Kingston in a Title Eliminator Tournament Match.

During the match, Archer went for a moonsault off the top rope and landed on his head. He was checked on at ringside by the referee and Dr. Sampson, got back in the ring, and Kingston rolled him up for the win.

Archer commented afterwards, thanking AEW for taking care of him and letting the fans know he’ll be back.

“Listen. We choose to do this and take our health n lives in our hands every night,” Archer wrote. “I’ve done that move hundreds of times over my career. Just under rotated. Coulda been MUCH worse. Thank you to ALL at @AEW for taking AMAZING care of me and protecting me. I’ll BE BACK!”

This morning, Archer joked “Ice for the MiniHawk, too!” showing an action figure of himself laying on an ice pack.

On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio it was reported he passed all of his tests backstage. AEW even did a concussion check during the match and wouldn’t have bothered with a finish if it was any worse. Archer apparently wanted to keep wrestling, but was “upset backstage” that they couldn’t give the match a proper ending.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/23/21

Saturday night’s AEW Dynamite will be at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida.

Below is the current announced card as of this writing:

* World Title Eliminator Tournament: Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston

* World Title Eliminator Tournament: Dustin Rhodes vs. Bryan Danielson

* Malakai Black vs. Cody Rhodes

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/16/21

Saturday night’s AEW Dynamite from the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida.

Below is the card as of this posting:

* Bryan Danielson vs. Bobby Fish

* Malakai Black vs. Daunte Martin

* The Lucha Brothers (Fénix & Pentagon Jr.) (c) vs. TBA (AEW World Tag Team Championship)

* World Title Eliminator Tournament Bracket: AEW will reveal the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament. The final of this tournament will take place at Full Gear PPV

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/6/21

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite: Second Anniversary episode airs on TNT at The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

* The Elite (AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Adam Cole and The Young Bucks) vs. Bryan Danielson, Christian Cage, and Jurassic Express

* Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb

* Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Bobby Fish (AEW TNT Championship)

* Jon Moxley vs. PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo vs. Lance Archer vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Hardy vs. “The Joker” (Casino Ladder Match – Winner receives future AEW World Championship shot)