5 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Dark (Nov 8)
4. Shida Shines
Shida's fiery defeat of Big Swole, making her first singles appearance within the company, was a big improvement on the women's tag match in which the latter featured last week.
Whereas the current Phoenix of RISE was misrepresented as a brute last week, Arn Anderson was keen to put over her technical strength and tenacity this week, a smart contrast to Shida's indefatigable offence.
The pairing seemed to work wonders, as the Charlotte crowd - though possibly symptomatic of their general high investment throughout all of AEW this week - reacted big time to both competitors. Shida, unquestionably a future AEW Women's Champion, provided a necessary transition between Riho, eventually picked up the win, but both women picked up enormous credit. Based on this showing, it won't be long before Swole makes her Dynamite debut.