AEW kicked off it\u2019s pay-per-view quality, two week Fyter Fest card in week 39 of AEW Dynamite. NXT won in the ratings last week, and was counter programming with a two week Great American Bash edition of NXT. So the stakes were high, and Chris Jericho gave his voice to commentary for most of the show. His energetic quips added a lot to the booth, and he has a career in commentary once his wrestling days are over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
MJF\/Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy\/Luchasaurus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MJF started the night with a promo, saying they\u2019ve beaten the Jurassic Express over and over. He says they\u2019re in a \u201cratings war\u201d and that\u2019s why he\u2019s featured. MJF is heel money at it\u2019s finest. The two teams delivered on a match that was even better than anticipated. Jungle Boy was isolated for a bit, and he really shines when he sells on the defensive. Luchasaurus is spry and fun to watch, but relies way too much on leg-slaps in his kick heavy offense. There were several good false finishes here in this well paced affair. MJF inadvertently hits Wardlow, and Luchasaurus gets the win with a moonsault. This is the signature win this team needed, and starts to plant the seed for an MJF\/Wardlow split. There is money in all four of these guys down the road as singles. Very good opener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s an advertisement for an \u201cAEW Puppy Bowl\u201d after Dynamite next week. I wonder if Pharaoh (The Rhodes\u2019 dog) makes a run-in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lance Archer and Joey Janela brawl a bit at ringside to hype their match for next week. It would better serve that match to be No DQ to highlight Janela\u2019s strengths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hikaru Shida vs. Penelope Ford<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This women\u2019s title match was kicked off hot, as Kip Sabian was kicked out before the bell even rang. I must say, this was by FAR the best women\u2019s match in AEW history. Ford has always had the agility, but the timing and the bumping was really spot-on here. Having someone to sell her high-flying offense really helped her deliver in prime-time. Ford reminds me a lot of Lita and oozes charisma. Shida relies a lot on knees, and aside from a few toward the end, she hit them with accuracy. Ford kicked out of two Falcon Arrows and really sold the false finishes well. The selling was great here, and Shida retained with a running knee. Both ladies should be commended here for an excellent performance, as this stole the entire show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We had a Taz Techniques segment, where he broke down Jon Moxley\u2019s Paradigm Shift, saying it\u2019ll be harder for Mox to hook his hands and get full impact on Cage. Nice technical breakdown by the heel manager here, using a weekly segment to make his client seem superior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cody vs. Jake Hager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This was a more technical style match from two true veterans. Cody used his speed, while Hager relied on close proximity and submission work. They started slow and built the match up, as it seemed every strike and counter meant something. Hager\u2019s wife being at ringside didn\u2019t make logical sense, as she\u2019s not an AEW employee, nor does she have a manager\u2019s license. Arn also got involved for Cody a few times, hinting at a possible heel turn. Dustin ran out and punched Hager, but Hager locked in his head-and-arm choke. While the choke was on, Cody pinned Hager\u2019s shoulders and retained the TNT Title. While Cody was the right winner, the finish took away from the match for me. There was no reason to have Dustin run out and do heel cheating tactics, if they were just going to have Hager flash-pinned anyway. It made the good guys feel like bad guys, and made it overbooked. After the match, Hager punched a referee. I\u2019m guessing that\u2019s to suspend Hager (in storyline) so he can go fight for Bellator. In spite of the weak finish, it was still a high quality match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We get a black and white vignette of Darby Allin. He\u2019s still not cleared to wrestle, so he\u2019s doing skating tricks. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s still being kept on TV, but at this point, it would be better to get some dark promos about his next feud or more of his real-life story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Private Party vs. Santana and Ortiz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Orange Cassidy came out to sit at ringside to antagonize Jericho. This was another really fun match. Santana and Ortiz pulled out a lot of good isolation and submission work to balance out the high flying of Private Party. This was the sharpest that Party has looked since their return from social distancing. Marq Quen had a great hot tag, followed by a Santana Ortiz double-submission spot that was wasted on picture-in-picture. After a few good false finishes, Private Party gets the win with Gin and Juice. With some card changes next week (more on that in a second), Private Party now gets a tag title shot next week. Nice touch to add more stakes to this match, even though they should\u2019ve announced it beforehand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam Page and Kenny Omega have a quick promo backstage, saying they\u2019re the best and they\u2019ll retain their titles. For as good as Omega is hyped to be, his promos always seem to lack energy or conviction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Taz and Brian Cage come out, and Taz cuts a promo. It turns out, due to Moxley\u2019s exposure to Covid-19 from his infected wife Renee Young (GET WELL SOON, Renee!), the Cage\/Moxley title match is moved to two weeks from now, at Fight For The Fallen. Taz says Moxley is only infected with fear, and is staying home to avoid losing the title. Taz is the absolute perfect fit for Cage, and is being used with wonderful intensity in AEW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Friends vs. Kenny Omega\/Adam Page<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The tag team title match is your main event tonight. Best Friends pull up to the arena, being driven by Trent\u2019s mother. Trent\u2019s mother calls her son back for a kiss. As if you couldn\u2019t make the top contenders for your tag titles any more lame. This came off so uncool and childish. I\u2019ve never gotten the hype behind Best Friends in PWG\/ROH, and I dislike it even more in AEW. Objectively, this was a decent tag team match with some good double-team work. I wasn\u2019t invested in the match, and it probably shouldn\u2019t have closed this stacked show, but it wasn\u2019t bad by any means. Adam Page gets the win for his team. He and Omega have gelled very well as a unit. FTR comes down after the match with beer, to \u201ccheers\u201d the champions. Omega dumps the beer, so the Young Bucks come down before a fight breaks out. I\u2019m guessing we get a three-way for the titles at some point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, I\u2019d say this was the best episode of AEW Dynamite to date. Every single match was good to great, everything had stakes, and the show was paced very well. I\u2019d have switched one of the other two title matches into the main event personally, but the roster worked its butt off tonight. Even with the postponement of Moxley\/Cage, next week\u2019s show is stacked and should be a must-watch event. Go out of your way to see this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AEW kicked off it\u2019s pay-per-view quality, two week Fyter Fest card in week 39 of AEW Dynamite. 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