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Honestly, there was very little to complain about this week. This episode of AEW Dynamite was incredible and the crowd was hot, making it a must-watch show indeed.
If you're going to watch the show based on my review, let me say at the very outset that you should go ahead and check it out. It was a pretty fantastic show overall and I have very little to complain about, truth be told.
Even Jim Ross, who has in the past gotten a few names jumbled up, was on fire this week, and in a lot of respects, he called the show as well he did in his peak. Tony Schiavone and Excalibur were as good as always and it made for great viewing.
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I have to say that All Elite Wrestling is doing everything right at the moment.
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#1 Best: Brand new AEW Women's Champion crowned at long last
With all due respect to Riho, who is absolutely awesome indeed, I really do think that it was time for a change at the top of the AEW Women's Division. Riho is at a disadvantage because of the language barrier and while she is always fantastic in the ring, I think that she had peaked in her current avatar and it was time for a new Champion to shine.
Riho vs. Nyla Rose was a great match too, and 'this is awesome' chants rang out through the arena. I love the fact that Nyla Rose had a bit of an altercation with Kenny Omega as well, who's the Vice President in charge of the women's division. Is an inter-gender match being hinted at?
All in all, I'm curious to see what's next for the division with Rose as the Champion, which brings up a very unique problem.
#1 Worst: No strong babyface to take her on
Well, it's one thing to crown a new Champion and I'm assuming that Nyla Rose's feud with Riho is going to continue for some time. But I'm just a little concerned about the lack of a strong babyface who could potentially step up to challenge Nyla Rose next.
While we can see so many incredibly talented women in the picture linked above, none of them have a storyline going so to speak, that can actually take Nyla Rose on, in a very believable manner. For example, AEW could always bring back Hikaru Shida, but without an ongoing storyline, the audience may not necessarily root for her against the new Champion, Nyla Rose.
Also, while Rose plays a heel on television, she is a real-life babyface. She has been breaking barrier after barrier to be where she is.
Dr. Britt Baker would have been the ideal babyface to take Nyla Rose on, but she's doing fine as a heel at the moment.
#2 Best: A brand new Inner Circle member revealed
I would like to think that because of my job at Sportskeeda, I am aware of all the rumors and the grapevine in the wrestling business. But the arrival of Jeff Cobb on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite came as a real shock to me. I think he's the perfect muscle for The Inner Circle and I'm really looking forward to his match against Jon Moxley on next week's loaded show.
You may recognize Jeff Cobb as Matanza Cueto from Lucha Underground, and I have to say that he is going to be as much of a force even without his mask on. I love the fact that nobody came to Jon Moxley's aid in the final segment of the night because he has a whole lone ranger thing going on, at this point.
AEW is doing a lot of things right at the moment, in particular, everything that has to do with the Inner Circle. How cool is it to see the audience serenade Chris Jericho to the ring?
#2 Worst: Not even beating Jungle Boy clean
One of the things that really irks me about All Elite Wrestling is the fact that there are no squash matches or even matches that don't go back and forth, again and again. With all due respect to Jungle Boy, he doesn't even have a storyline going on at the time, which means that MJF is considerably higher up on the totem pole. And the fact that MJF could not defeat Jungle Boy without Wardlow's help is actually quite a strange decision.
Are we supposed to believe that someone who cannot beat Jungle Boy clean is supposed to be a threat to Cody, a man who took 10 lashes to his back? Do not forget that MJF was thrown into a pool not long ago, and I just think that it's very difficult to take him seriously at this point.
Add the fact that Brandi Rhodes was a babyface for this match having abandoned the whole Nightmare Collective angle was also very confusing with regard to the overall proceedings.
#3 Best/Worst: Omega vs. PAC
I think I speak for everyone when I say that Kenny Omega just seemed like a much bigger deal when he was in NJPW. And this is not a knock on his AEW run, which has been fine, but he was just presented as a 'special attraction' in Japan while he doesn't feel nearly as special in AEW.
And therefore, a 30-minute Iron Man match with PAC, one of the best in the world, is the best way to remedy such a situation. And yet, I wonder, in this day and age, if a 30-minute Iron Match on live television with commercial breaks, is necessarily the best idea.
But more importantly, I've always felt that while a lot is made about the AEW Tag Team division, the fact of the matter is that two singles competitors are in charge of it at the moment. Omega's mind clearly isn't on the division but on PAC, and does that, in a way, bury the entire tag team roster?
I'd much rather have Omega only focus on the Tag Team Division, while he is the Champion.
