4 Ups & 6 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Sept 28)
2. Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Maybe Saraya's promo might have scanned differently if the bulk of it had taken place after Toni Storm and Serena Deeb finished beating the sh*t out of each other?
What a fantastic wrestling match this was. Fought initially in the face of indifference from the crowd and against the needlessly busy backdrop of a lumberjack stipulation, the two - like Bryan Danielson and Matt Menard - were tasked with more than they should have been. Unlike the opening match, they got the crowd back huge by the end.
Deeb's one of the best wrestlers in the world and continues to be crucial to whatever success can be made of this division. Meanwhile, Toni Storm grows in self-confidence every week, and it's being reflected in how hard she goes to get herself, her opponent, and the interim Championship over. The elevated piledriver was a heart-in-mouth conclusion after Deeb survived the first brutal one, with audible gasps surely as prevalent in front of all screens as they were in the building.
Whole thing ruled in spite of accidental efforts to impede it.