20 Most Revealing AEW Instagram Posts Of The Week (Jan 7)
Behind-the-scenes TBS goodness, New Year's revelations, and more on AEW Instagram this week.
Kicking off both the New Year and TBS era of AEW Dynamite with an almighty Buckshot Lariat (well, one successful attempt, at least), Tony Khan decided to roll out a mouth-watering rematch for the ages as a Cowboy locked horns with a Dragon in match #1 of the night.
A bloody, intelligent war ensued, but there could be only one, with the judges being left well and truly out of the equation thanks to an emphatic Danielson-ending finish. If you're wondering who's next in line for All Elite's resident Hangman, then perhaps look no further than a CM Punk/MJF programme that's adding more and more WWE-murdering fuel and inspired angles/developments by the week. Imagine wins and losses actually mattering, eh?
The first-ever TBS Champion was crowned in a contest better remembered for its significance going forward than for the actual in-ring content itself. Jade Cargill reigns supreme, rounding off a TBS title tournament that may just act as a tantalising prelude to the eventual Owen Hart Cup that's set to take 2022 by storm later down the road.
A botched springboard, a set of equally devastating injuries, with a former NXT sensation and now-former AEW Tag Champion both ruining themselves with awkward landings over the course of this TBS bow and TNT taping, threatened to derail an otherwise memorable first night on the network. But fans will still likely look back on this first evening of TBS goodness fondly, with TNT's Battle of the Belts looking to continue this momentum on Saturday night with a pair of curious rematches.
Match of the Year contenders, Promo of the Year shoe-ins, and more blood than a Rhodes family grapple, and that's without even taking into account Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti's Instagram-breaking New Year's Revelation... what a week.