6 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (May 29 - Results & Review)
1. Swerve Vs Ospreay...NOW?!
The sort of bold booking both men - and the company - needed, Swerve Strickland defending his AEW World Heavyweight Championship against Will Ospreay made everything that matters about All Elite Wrestling feel alive in one fell swoop.
Strickland's been dogged with accusations that he's on borrowed time as Champion and simply keeping it warm for 'The Aerial Assassin', and Forbidden Door's main event can utilise the conversation happening in reality to enhance what should be some gripping fiction. The polar opposite of 75% (more?) or AEW's matches, it is unpredictable with two awesome outcomes.
The Champion retains and he sits firmly atop the mountain having pushed back his most obvious and dangerous challenger. Ospreay lifts the gold, and the consensus best wrestler on the planet is holding the top title in the company "where the best wrestle" and knocking together a belt collector run in the process. That it will be the main event and should be the match of the night doubles down on the benefits for both men.
This was a pleasing masterstroke, and sets up a potentially spectacular summer.