Coming up, the real reason WWE is pushing Big E. A huge WWE heel turn and NXT title
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A wrestler passes away and my review of last night’s AEW Dynamite.
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While this year’s WWE Draft has faced criticism for not making any sense - like Raw only drafting
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, when they could’ve used that same pick to get all
the New Day - there has been a brightly coloured blue and pink lining: the long-awaited singles
push of Big E. And in an interview with Gorilla Position, Big E himself revealed the real
reason for it happening: “I have to credit Daniel Bryan.
Because the run - the idea for the solo run was from him.
Like Bryan is the reason.
He’s, not just like ‘Hey, Big E!’
But he’s actually a part of the process and he’s the one who said, ‘Hey, this
is what we should do with Big E.’” Bryan recently admitted he’s winding down
his in-ring career, and he’s reportedly been behind creative for Drew Gulak earlier
this year, and Chad Gable, who’s finally dropped his Shorty G name.
Because that might be the only WWE name worse than SlapJack.
Last night’s Halloween Havoc special episode of NXT also saw some significant creative
changes - with the return of Pete Dunne to the brand, where he turned heel and joined
Pat McAfee’s new stable of Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch.
Much like the main roster’s brand warfare theme, November is also the month random 4
person teams get thrown together to face the Undisputed Era in NXT too.
While WarGames isn’t happening on Survivor Series weekend this year, NXT does have a
TakeOver booked in for December 6th.
Also at Halloween Havoc, Johnny Gargano became the first ever two-time NXT North American
Champion, defeating Damian Priest, and Io Shirai and Candice LeRae had an incredible
Tables Ladders and Scares main event.
Alex McCarthy and Stephanie Chase will be covering Halloween Havoc on Wrestling Daily
today, so subscribe to Wrestle2 to know when that goes live!
Following on from yesterday’s story of AEW and NWA star Thunder Rosa potentially being
on her way to WWE after dropping the NWA Women’s Championship, NWA President Billy Corgan revealed
on Instagram Rosa is actually contracted to NWA through 2021, meaning she couldn’t be
signed to AEW or WWE even if she wanted to be.
It was reported earlier this year though that Corgan was letting people out of their contracts
if they requested it while NWA wasn’t running any shows during the pandemic.
And Rosa has continued to tease her next move, writing the names of the three companies on...the
side of her bottom with the caption of ‘what’s next?’
I suppose we’re the butt of the joke.
Pro wrestling veteran Tracy Smothers passed away earlier this week aged 58.
Smothers wrestled for promotions such as WCW, ECW, WWE and TNA, holding the ECW Tag Titles
and the WCW United States Tag Titles.
He had announced last November that he was battling lymphoma in his second battle with
cancer.
Tributes were made my WWE, AEW, the NWA and others on social media.
Rest in power, Tracy.
Now it’s time for my review of last night’s AEW Dynamite in about 5 minutes!
MJF talked up Wardlow for his show opening World Title Tournament semi-final - you like
that nipple?
That’s Wardlow’s nipple. - which Hangman Page started off super hot.
But Wardlow’s nipples give him extra damage resistance, and nothing was very effective.
Wardlow looked incredible working with Page, with them both striking the perfect balance
of Wardlow no-selling and Page babyface desperation.
Wardlow kicked out at 1 after Page’s top rope moonsault outside to hit an F10, but
two Buckshot Lariats gave Hangman the win, after the first just bounced off Wardlow’s
chest.
NIPPLE POWER Yes, Nipple of Wardlow…
I can beat Luke Warm Luke Owen at Full Gear…
HA HA Moxley cut another terrific promo on Eddie
Kingston, putting over AEW as a company, and his own ability to both crush windpipes and
egos.
Which Kingston replied to by beating Matt Sydal in a much more technical, submission
based style instead of his usual brawling, making him tap in Moxley’s Bulldog Choke
move and forcing him to say I Quit afterwards.
Brilliantly, Kingston then entered a trance, muttering “I’m sorry Mox” as though
he’d just beaten his former friend.
Eddie’s character and performance is terrifically multi-layered.
Excalibur interviewed both the Young Bucks and FTR from separate locations - where FTR
said they care more about being the AEW Champions than any kind of dream match, and Matt Jackson
revealed if they don’t win the tag titles at Full Gear, they’ll never challenge for
them again.
Keeping with the yearly Full Gear tradition of an AEW co-executive Vice President putting
their future championship wins on the line, just like Cody did against Jericho.
It’s almost an overcompensation for their lacklustre match build so far.
Hopefully they’ve got a satisfying plan for how to get around this.
How do you top MJF and Chris Jericho’s musical number from last week?
Bring out a Mr Eric B of Wyoming.
Eric Bischoff, Luchasaurus, Britt Baker and Peter Avalon all questioned how MJF would
fit in with the Inner Circle in a Town Hall format, which he answered in a genuinely convincing
way.
MJF is amazing, but the one thing he lacks is how to be a team player.
And that’s what he wants to learn from the Inner Circle.
Chris Jericho said a place is his, if he can beat him at Full Gear - which MJF threatened
to do anything to win.
Fantasy booking time: MJF brutally injures Jericho and then the rest of the Inner Circle
have to serve him Tribal Chief style.
The Dark Order and assorted babyfaces surrounded the ring for Cody and Orange Cassidy’s TNT
title lumberjack rematch next, which worked good for Cassidy at first, with the Best Friends
catching him, and the Dark Order getting cheap shots at Cody.
But then it massively turned in Cody’s favour, when John Silver pump kicked Cassidy’s head
off behind the referee’s back, and Arn Anderson sucker punched Orange to help Cody win - further
playing into a more heelish Rhodes persona.
Darby Allin watched on throughout this, annoyed he wasn’t on his Gameboy.
Miro and Kip Sabian jumped the Best Friends backstage afterwards.
After winning the NWA women’s title from Thunder Rosa the night before, Serena Deeb
had a title defence against Leyla Hirsch.
Deeb is great, but it was Hirsch who stood out as a Russian armbreaking machine.
As cool as she was, though, this was still the same 5 minutes of TV time in the slot
before the main event - showcasing another promotion’s championship.
Remembering they actually have a women’s title of their own, Shida then challenged
Nyla Rose for a match at Full Gear, which is in just over a week’s time.
Shawn Spears squashed VSK with a Death Valley driver, and then beat up Mantaur in the crowd
afterwards.
How dare he challenge the Mantaur movemen-oh, right it’s Scorpio Sky in disguise, furthering
their feud.
They’ll have a match next week.
And the main event was the other Championship Eliminator semi-final between Kenny Omega
vs Pentagon.
Because, firstly, Eddie Kingston subbed in Pentagon because of Rey Fenix’s unfortunate
injury last week.
And, secondly, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS SHOULD BE PENTAGON.
This, the fully heel Cleaner version of Omega, taking on Pentagon Jr, is what AEW’s main
event scene should’ve been from the very start of Dynamite.
Omega vs Pentagon was the best match at the original All In, and Pentagon could easily
become a huge draw for the latino audience - just like how Rey Mysterio boosted SmackDown
viewership in the mid-00s.
Instead, Pentagon has been bumped from faction to faction, and Kenny did Spiderman 3 for
a year.
It took a year to figure it out, but I really hope AEW realises what they have here.
This match not only oozed wrestling action, it was absolutely dripping with charisma.
If this was in front of a full capacity crowd, it would’ve been electric.
From Omega’s new entrance, which had his Cleaner Girls wearing Lucha Bros masks, to
him wearing the AAA Mega Championship for the opening few minutes, the belt he won from
Rey Fenix.
To the chop battle with Pentagon, this immediately had immeasurably grabbing starpower.
Hopefully Tony Khan will see the big viewership for last week’s Pentagon vs Fenix match,
and this, and finally start pushing the Lucha Bros in the main event scene.
Pentagon worked babyface throughout, fighting back against Omega working him over, but eventually
fell to the One Winged Angel.
Making it official - Full Gear will see Kenny Omega vs Hangman Page to become the No. 1
contender.
And we’re also getting the Phantom Menace up next, which JR awkwardly threw to at the
end of the show.
What did you think of Dynamite?
Let me know in the comments!
This was one of those incredibly solid episodes that effectively advanced all the major storylines,
complete with a fun cameo from Bischoff, and two fantastic semi final matches.
This week’s Dynamite is four out of five.
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