AEW Wednesday Night Dynamite (June 19th)

Normally I am able to have my run down of AEW the night after, but sadly my husband was under the weather and we did not finish the show until last night. 

Overall, I was pretty impressed with this card. I wasn't sure what to expect, seeing that there is a little more build to the PPV that is coming up on the 30th. But, as always, let's get into it!

-MJF vs Rush:

I already knew that this match was going to be something else. I didn't know that this was actually suppose to be in the card for Forbidden Door, however CMLL would not allow it due to Rush being under their contract. Over the last two weeks, we've had a little build of what was to come and thought.. I wonder how this will play and deliver. Oh, and how it delivered. It was VERY hard hitting and made it seem personal. The chemistry is THERE, my friends. Rush and MJF wasn't on my bingo card this year, but I am sure glad it came to be. I enjoyed it very much. MJF hit Rush with a heatseeker, followed by a brainbuster getting the win.

Swerve and Will Osprey meet face to face. The hype for their match at Forbidden Door is REAL and I am pumped for this. During this face off, both men said they were the best and of course taunted each other back and forth. One of the top moments were when Swerve brought up Will's son, and of course things almost come to blows. Another noted moment is when Will mentioned that he didn't need the Don Callis family. You can tell, there are mixed emotions coming from this statement when makes me believe there could be an issue brought up during the match. 

-Mark Brisco, Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy, Dante Martin vs Kyle Fletcher, Roddy, Takeshita,, Zack Sabre Jr

This match felt all over the place, but in a good way. It was pretty quick pace and I thought it added a great spin to what is to come at Forbidden Door. Also, is it just me or does Takeshita work a little stiff? Or does he do a really good job at making it seem like it. JBL did the same thing. I won't say it isn't bad, don't get me wrong. In the end, Orange hit the orange punch on Roddy getting the win for his team. After the match we then see Jack Perry attacking Dante at the on the stage, and Orange and Zack had a bit of a stand off in the ring. Is anyone else really hype for that match? Because I am READY.

-AEW World Tag Team Champion Eliminator (The Young Bucks vs The Acclaimed)

First off, how funny is Okada?? Oh my goodness, while I wanted to hear Max so bad, he was cut off during his rap. After Okada appeared on the screen, the Bucks attacked the acclaimed on the ramp and the match began. The whole match was a bit crazy to me, I don't recall there being a waiting point nor a boring moment. I did not however, expect there to be someone winning their eliminator match. That's right, while the Bucks did try to cheat, it backfired and Bowen's got the win! 

I cannot simply get over Mariah May. She is such a doll. During this point, we were seeing the contract signing between our Women's champion and her opponent for Forbidden Door Mina Shirakawa. This one brought me by surprise because I was not ready to see what seemed to be the downfall of Mina and Mariah's friendship. The contract was signed on both ends, with some trash talk in between. It was then that was seems like a new faction including Saraya, Harley Cameron and Anna Jay then attacked Toni, Mariah, and Mina. I feel this adds a little more to it in the long run for future reference. By then end, it was Mariah and Mina on stage while Toni was still in the ring being helped by Luther. So  many possibilities for Forbidden Door at this point. 

Kris Statlander vs Nyla Rose

I was pretty excited about this match, but come on... we already knew the outcome. I love seeing Nyla wrestle and really want her to have another push. Maybe that will be happening sooner than later. The match was very hard hitting and gave a sense showing off both their physical strengths. In the end, Statlander hit Nyla with a tombstone piledriver to take the win. 

After the match, Willow was shown on the big screen letting Kris know that she will be finally getting her hands on her when she beats Deeb in her next match. Personally, I cannot wait for this! It's been building in the best way, so I am sure it will deliver.

Once again, we see Daniel Garcia in a match. This time it is with Rhett Titus from Ring of Honor. It was a pretty quick match (which I am still not a fan of), in which of course Danny won! The next part is what got me a little confused, however I might have missed something on Rampage or Collision?

 Cage/Agony and Herhicero attacked Daddy Magic and Danny after the match, and weirdly enough MJF made the save. It didn't make sense at first, then remembered that MJF and Hehicero have a match at Forbidden Door. Once MJF was taken down, Will Osprey made the save. If you'll remember, MJF and Will were both seen watching matches of Daniel in the weeks past. Osprey and MJF did have a bit of a face off, but nothing physically came of it. 

The main event was another first-round Owen match between Pac and Castagnoli.

 Bryan Danielson was on commentary for this match as well. 

I couldn't help but not pick a winner for this match. I love them both, and I feel either way, the winner would go on to really push the competition in the next round. The match was very hard hitting and well paced. I didn't feel like it was rushed or anything. While I did (in a way) feel Castagnoli would win, I was wrong. Pac did pin Castagnoli to go on to the next round. 

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We now have a little over a week until AEW Presents: Forbidden Door and I am pumped. This is one that I wasn't too sure that I would be excited about but as the card as been revealed, I feel it will deliver more than expected. I have a feeling we could be getting a shock out of something, but haven't exactly pin pointed how. After this PPV, it will go hot and heavy into setting up for All In. I have a feeling there will be at least two returns before All In. Could we be seeing a return of Jamie Hayter or Britt Baker? What about Adam Page? Could he be the one that is the wild card for the Owen Hart cup? Only time will tell!

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Tonight is Friday, and you know what that means. It's time for Smackdown!
Will the Wyatt Sicks be making an appearance, and how will Smackdown react to the massacre that occurred on Monday Night Raw? 

You'll be seeing the full run down tomorrow afternoon, so stay tuned! 

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xoxo
Chels