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AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER
APRIL 15, 2020
AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST
BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
Road to TNT Championship
This week’s “Road to…” featured a voicemail from Dustin Rhodes, QT Marshall and Tony Schiavone video chatting Nyla Rose, a vignette promoting Sammy Guevara vs Darby Allin, a skit with Tony, Brandi and Britt Baker, a Dark Order vignette, and a promo from Cody.
AEW Dark Results
- Penelope Ford defeated Anna Jay
- Cody defeated Joe Alonzo
AEW Dynamite Matches and Segments
- Kenny Omega in action
- Brodie Lee in action
- Matt Hardy w/updates from the Hardy Compound
- Wardlow in action
- Jimmy Havoc vs. Orange Cassidy
- Dustin Rhodes vs. Kip Sabian – TNT Championship Tournament Quarterfinal
- Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin – TNT Championship Tournament Quarterfinal
Spoiler Alert: Darby eats a skateboard !! TOMMOROW#LFGsexgod @aew_dynamite @IAmJericho @santana_proud @ortiz_powerful #bubblybunch #painmakerposse #innercircle pic.twitter.com/6a5l8jwbxP
— Jake Hager (@RealJakeHager) April 22, 2020
Final Thoughts…
Like the long days resulting from adherence to social distancing guidelines, AEW’s pandemic content is beginning to blur together for me. In the same way that I love two year olds, but I’m beyond ready for them to go back to daycare, I enjoy the ways that AEW has tried to keep Dynamite fresh, but I’m ready to watch wrestling with an audience again.
On this week’s episode of “Road to TNT Championship,” Dustin Rhodes promised to retire if he doesn’t defeat Kip Sabian in tonight’s quarterfinal matchup. I’m happy they are trying to add stakes to a low level match like this, but I hate this particular stipulation. Dustin Rhodes’s retirement match isn’t going to happen in an empty arena, so either this completely spoils that Dustin is going over (accomplishing the opposite of adding stakes and drama) or he loses and we get a classic wrestling backpedal of some kind that makes me roll my eyes.
“I received a call from my brother……”
The #AmericanNightmare @CodyRhodes gives his thoughts on the possibility of #TheNatural @dustinrhodes retiring during, in what many are saying, a resurgence in his career.Watch #AEWDynamite every Wednesday night on @TNTDrama 8e/7c. pic.twitter.com/A9eq2VvV5z
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) April 21, 2020
The other big matchup tonight is Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin, two future superstars (in a real way, not the way WWE uses the word) and two guys who can absolutely GO. Darby came out of their match at Revolution with the pin and I expect that he’ll do the same here, setting up a semifinal match against Cody. Both he and Cody are babyfaces, but there were signs of frustration and conflict during and after their tag match a few weeks back that could be fleshed out a bit.
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