12 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dynamite (November 8 - Results & Review)
3. The Devil Strikes Again
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After a shaky start, AEW have done a tremendous job of establishing that the Devil drama actually matters. And not just because it matters to the World Champion, the man for which the show revolves around.
There's not a laundry list of subjects yet, but it feels increasingly like the point of the story where bigger and more focussed questions will start being asked. This week, the masked figure and his goon mates decked The Acclaimed just seven days removed from MJF accepting the Trios Champions into his complex life.
The original attack on Jay White by the group existed to frame the AEW Champion for the crime, and it's likely Max Caster, Anthony Bowens and Daddy Ass will want their own evidence that MJF's hands were clean on this too. He's not The Devil, we know this and we always did. But somebody is, and the more the walls close in on the 'Salt Of The Earth', the more we'll get to see if he's the chief instigator or chief target.
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