{"id":95795,"date":"2020-04-08T15:22:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=95795"},"modified":"2020-04-08T18:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T23:21:00","slug":"aew-dynamite-primer-4-8-cody-vs-shawn-spears-in-round-one-of-tnt-championship-tournament-omega-nakazawa-vs-best-friends-trent-predicts-hell-lose-jericho-comments-on-being-on-color-brodie-le","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/04\/08\/aew-dynamite-primer-4-8-cody-vs-shawn-spears-in-round-one-of-tnt-championship-tournament-omega-nakazawa-vs-best-friends-trent-predicts-hell-lose-jericho-comments-on-being-on-color-brodie-le\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/8 AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER: Cody vs. Shawn Spears in round one of TNT Championship tournament, Omega &#038; Nakazawa vs. Best Friends, Trent predicts he&#8217;ll lose, Jericho comments on being on color, Brodie Lee, Archer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-861179230\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER<br \/>\nAPRIL 8, 2020<br \/>\nAIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST<br \/>\nBY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@josh_chambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<h3>ROAD TO TNT CHAMPIONSHIP<\/h3>\n<p>This week\u2019s &#8220;Road to&#8221; featured Jake Roberts cutting a promo about Lance Archer and Cody looking ahead to his match with Shawn Spears. Jake said after beating addiction to drugs and alcohol, no one should underestimate his ability to lead Lance Archer to the TNT Title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROAD TO TNT CHAMPIONSHIP | 4\/06\/20\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uhrp_q4E1QE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>AEW DARK RESULTS<\/h3>\n<p>QT Marshall defeated Lee Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Wardlow defeated Ryan Piles<\/p>\n<p>Kip Sabian defeated Tony Donati<\/p>\n<h3>AEW DYNAMITE MATCHES AND SEGMENTS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lance Archer will be in action<\/li>\n<li>Brodie Lee will be in action<\/li>\n<li>Britt Baker vs. Hikaru Shida<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Omega &amp; Michael Nakazawa vs. The Best Friends<\/li>\n<li>Cody Rhodes vs. Shawn Spears (First-Round TNT Championship Tournament Match)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Jericho will be on color commentary with Tony Schiavone the entire show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chucky T is predicting he will lose his tag match tonight.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SexyChuckieT\/status\/1247969766767280128<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Brodie Lee has issued his ominous Twitter statement about Dynamite tonight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s Wednesday.  You know what that means.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brodie Lee (@ThisBrodieLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisBrodieLee\/status\/1247831117539037185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jericho is predicting &#8220;awesome&#8221; tonight with him and Tony Schiavone on commentary.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2174229554\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is gonna be awesome! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbWLpmJDim\">https:\/\/t.co\/RbWLpmJDim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAmJericho\/status\/1247636510628814849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>FINAL THOUGHTS<\/h3>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/2020\/04\/02\/aew-completes-tv-tapings-now-has-weeks-if-not-months-of-original-matches-to-help-fill-dynamite-on-tnt\/\">reported by Wade Keller on PWTorch.com<\/a> last week, AEW has completed tapings for Dynamite that will carry them through the next several weeks, if not months, and relieve them of the need to continue putting the health and lives of their workers at risk. The upcoming episodes will include matches taped both at Daily\u2019s Place, as well Norcross, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>This week we\u2019ll see the first round TNT Championship bout between Cody and Shawn Spears. You\u2019ll remember that Shawn Spears turned in June of last year at Fyter Fest, delivering an unprotected chairshot to Cody\u2019s head, leaving a nasty gash that required 12 staples to close. Spears has spent the last nine months strutting around AEW Dark with Tully Blanchard, pummeling jobbers and participating in random tag-teams. I would be astonished if he won here.<\/p>\n<p>Both Brodie Lee and Lance Archer are in a good spot for these episodes, as most of their character and storyline work can be done via pre-taped promos and vignettes. I\u2019ve enjoyed Lee\u2019s Vince McMahon based \u201cExalted One\u201d character so far, and hope that AEW is able to maintain the character without running it into the ground. If they end up tanking the Exalted one, where does Lee go from there? As much as I\u2019d like to see the American Badass version of Brodie Lee, I don\u2019t think he could pull off abandoning an over-the-top gimmick like that and just show up on TV as a regular guy vying for the World Championship.<br \/>\nHikaru Shida vs Britt Baker should be an okay match. Shida is, in my estimation, the best worker on the women\u2019s roster and I\u2019ve been enjoying her rise to the top of the rankings. 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