10 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dynamite: Road Rager (7 July)

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10. Statlander Spotlighted

Kris Statlander
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That AEW's labouring women's division was represented only by a mixed tag frustrated some heading into last night's show, but The Blade and The Bunner vs. Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander was calibrated solely to give Statlander a rub as she mounts what looks like a run up the rankings.

Bunny and Blade played their roles well, working to deny the crowd the gratification of the big babyface pops guaranteed when the permanently over Cassidy does literally anything. They cut the faces down as they were gathering steam, controlled long periods, and did a good job of preventing the audience were deprived of what they wanted for just long enough.

Then, Cassidy and Statlander struck. Willing the building behind them, they overcame Blade's use of knuckledusters and cocky pin, with Stat making the difference. Still the legal woman, she pinned Bunny with Big Bang Theory after knocking her and Blade's heads together.

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