8 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (18 Oct)
Jon Moxley retains, Hangman Page suffers nasty injury, MJF calls his shot, Riho returns.
The Wednesday Night Wars were briefly reprised on a Tuesday this week, with Warner Bros. Discovery bringing AEW Dynamite forward by 24 hours due to MLB playoff coverage, putting Tony Khan's flagship in direct competition with WWE NXT.
But the night's discourse ultimately revolved around concern for one AEW protagonist's health rather than which brand "won" this one-off ratings tussle. Best wishes to 'Hangman' Adam Page, who suffered a concussion in Dynamite's main event, taking an ugly bump while wrestling Jon Moxley. Fingers crossed his time on the shelf is a matter of weeks rather than months.
Beyond Moxley and Page's World Title match, Women's World Champion Toni Storm defended against her division's greatest title-holder, Hikaru Shida, Dalton Castle challenged for Chris Jericho's ROH belt, and Death Triangle put their World Trio's Titles on the line against Orange Cassidy and Best Friends. Four matches, four belts: all killer, no filler.
How did it go down in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the audience took a while to warm up but were hooked early on, staying with this busy show and its many developments throughout?
Let's light the fuse...