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From another contract signing segment between Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega to Cody Rhodes and Taz's heated exchange, this week's edition of AEW Dynamite featured many contrasting moments.
AEW did a good job in building towards their special episode for next week's Dynamite, titled Winter Is Coming. Both the men's and women's World Title scenarios also included some major plot developments last night.
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Here are the five biggest news stories from this week's episode of AEW Dynamite (November 25, 2020).
#5: Will Hangman Page join the Dark Order in AEW?
AEW Dynamite kicked-off with a great back-and-forth match between Hangman Page and The Dark Order's John Silver this week.
As expected, Page won with a Buckshot Lariat against Silver. The main conflict surrounding this match was whether or not Hangman Page would become a member of the Dark Order.
Although he isn't a part of The Elite anymore, Page isn't a nefarious heel by any means. After the match, Evil Uno compared The Elite to a cult. The reasoning behind this comparison was that The Elite didn't let Page leave their group no matter how many times he tried to distance himself from them.
This was ironic because it's the Dark Order, which seems more like a dangerous cult from the outside, even though most of their lower-ranking members act like buffoons.
Evil Uno invited Hangman Page to join the Dark Order. This storyline could play out in the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal next week, as Page will be participating in that match along with Dark Order's Alex Reynolds and John Silver.
Hangman Page fares better as a lone cowboy character, so it's unlikely that he will become a part of a huge faction once again.
#4: Lance Archer returned after this week's AEW main event to gain some revenge against Eddie Kingston
Before this week, Lance Archer last appeared during the AEW Dynamite anniversary show in October. Archer lost against Jon Moxley in the main event of that episode. And it was Eddie Kingston and his former family - Penta El Zero M and Rey Fenix - who made the save when Archer attacked Moxley in a post-match ambush.
The main event of this week's AEW Dynamite saw PAC and Rey Fenix teaming up against Butcher and The Blade. Distractions from The Bunny and Eddie Kingston allowed Butcher and The Blade to pick up a victory last night.
The Death Triangle faction was attacked by Eddie Kingston and his remaining AEW family after the match was over. Lance Archer returned to make the save, mostly out of spite against Eddie Kingston for the aforementioned reason.
Kingston escaped before Archer could get his hands on him at the end of this week's AEW Dynamite. In the relatively short time that Eddie Kingston has been with AEW, he has managed to trigger returning stars like PAC and Lance Archer.
Expect a lot of shenanigans in the weeks moving forward because, on paper, Kingston is outmatched against Archer inside the squared circle.
#3: Jon Moxley attacked Kenny Omega and cut a defiant promo before their AEW World Championship match next week
An unidentified person ambushed Jon Moxley before he could sign the contract on last week's AEW Dynamite, which is why another contract signing segment was booked between Moxley and Kenny Omega this week.
Before this segment, Omega advised Moxley to keep 'garbage wrestling' out of their upcoming clash. He also took a shot at the AEW World Champion's father in one of the most comical and childish ways possible.
Later in the night, it was Moxley who attacked Omega when the latter was about to make his entrance. The silhouette setting was a great touch in terms of production.
Moxley ended his attack on Omega inside the ring, after which the AEW World Champion went on to cut a great promo. In Moxley's mind, it is definitely Omega, or someone Omega hired to lay him out in the backstage area last week.
While that conclusion might be a little too obvious, it can't be denied that Omega is slowly transforming into his heel persona on AEW Dynamite.
Before signing the contract, Moxley said that the only way Omega can become AEW World Champion is to dig deep and bring out the best version of Kenny Omega from the past. Overall, Moxley's promo did a great job in hyping up their world title match on next week's special AEW episode.
#2: Hikaru Shida successfully defended the AEW Women's Championship against Anna Jay, after which she got spooked by a returning Abadon
The Dark Order's Anna Jay earned a well-deserved shot against the AEW Women's World Champion, Hikaru Shida, this week. Jay's recent victories had been the catalyst behind this match, but most AEW fans knew that Shida wouldn't be losing her title last night.
Tay Conti's presence near ringside to support Anna Jay was an interesting subplot. Conti is a babyface, and she was a bit hesitant to support Jay's heelish tendencies during this bout. The Dark Order ended up being an important factor in this match, but Shida still prevailed as the victor.
After the match, Abadon returned to AEW as droplets of blood dripped in her trail. She freaked out Hikaru Shida and made it clear that the AEW Women's Champion will be Abadon's next target.
Abadon was set to be pushed before this week, but she suffered a potentially serious injury against Tay Conti recently. Abadon has won all of her AEW matches so far - not including the draw - except the one occasion where she lost against Hikaru Shida. Abadon might be the most intimidating feud for Hikaru Shida in AEW, so it will be interesting to see what happens next.
#1: Cody got personal and brought up Taz's son in a fantastic promo exchange on AEW Dynamite
Powerhouse Hobbs of Team Taz defeated Lee Johnson on this week's AEW Dynamite.
After the match was over, things amped up in terms of intensity. Taz was sick and tired of the FTW Championship being disrespected in AEW. He wouldn't leave until someone from AEW management would explain to him why that was the case.
Cody came out and tried to make a truce for the time being. But Taz wasn't satisfied and took some shots at WWE by saying, “What are you gonna tell me next, Cody? Are you gonna tell me creative has nothing for me? Are you gonna wish me luck in my future endeavors?”
After this, Cody got intensely personal and brought up the fact that Taz's son, Hook, was training with Cody and not Taz himself. Taz applied a Tazmission to choke out Cody when the latter's back was turned to him.
The segment ended with Taz walking off with his son, Hook, by his side.
As a whole, this was an excellent segment that increased the stakes for the Winter Is Coming special AEW episode next week, where Cody and Darby Allin will take on Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs of Team Taz in a tag team match.
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