AEW Collision delivered one of its strongest Thursday-night episodes from the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, using the hometown arrival of the Motor City Machine Guns, an excellent Will Ospreay versus Daniel Garcia main event and several meaningful All In developments to maintain the momentum created by Dynamite. The show was not perfect. There were … Read more
AEW Dynamite entered tonight with a difficult assignment. Redemption ended with Will Ospreay refusing to help the Death Riders destroy Kenny Omega, only for Omega to repay him with a One-Winged Angel. It was an ending designed to create intrigue, but it also left the AEW World Championship story buried beneath conflicting motivations, shifting alliances … Read more
AEW Redemption arrived at Montreal’s Bell Centre last night with ten main-card matches, seven championships at stake and 35 days remaining before All In: London, but the inaugural pay-per-view will be remembered less for its overloaded lineup than for the consequences left behind. Kenny Omega successfully defended the AEW World Championship against Kevin Knight, Willow … Read more
AEW arrived in Boston last night needing to accomplish several things at once. Redemption is less than two weeks away, All In is looming at Wembley Stadium next month, several championships suddenly have new challengers, and the growing relationship between Don Callis and Kevin Knight has begun dragging Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay, Jon Moxley and … Read more
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x STARDOM Forbidden Door last night was a strong pay-per-view that gave AEW a clear road to All In: London, even if the “Forbidden Door” concept itself does not feel as fresh or untouchable as it once did. The wrestling delivered, the final stretch gave the show real weight, Will … Read more
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite came into Rio Rancho, New Mexico with the difficult job of being both a loaded television wrestling show and the final Dynamite before AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. On paper, AEW threw almost everything at the wall: Konosuke Takeshita defending the AEW International Championship against Ricochet, Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland taking … Read more
AEW Dynamite rolls into Rio Rancho, New Mexico tonight with one final chance to make AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door feel like a true destination instead of just another stacked AEW pay-per-view wearing an international coat of paint. On paper, tonight’s card is loaded. Konosuke Takeshita defends the AEW International Championship against Ricochet, Swerve Strickland … Read more
Last night’s AEW Dynamite rolled into Sugar Land, Texas, with Forbidden Door only 11 days away and an increasingly complicated collection of stories to organize before the pay-per-view. AEW delivered strong tournament wrestling, one of its best talking segments in weeks and a frantic 12-man main event built around several overlapping rivalries. Last night’s show … Read more
AEW Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster felt less like an ordinary episode of weekly television and more like the first act of a summer action movie with multiple explosions waiting to go off at once. The opening scene gave us Chris Jericho returning to confront Tommaso Ciampa. Jon Moxley and Shane Taylor turned the AEW Continental Championship … Read more
AEW entered last night’s episode of Dynamite with several moving pieces and left Richmond, Virginia with a much clearer road to Forbidden Door. MJF’s third AEW World Championship reign survived its first major test, but RUSH made sure the champion had to bleed, suffer and fight for every inch of the victory. Mercedes Moné returned … Read more
