4 Ups & 7 Downs From AEW Dark (Jun 16)

5. Big Swole vs. Dani Jordyn

With Kris Statlander and Britt Baker injured and the Japanese wrestlers unable to travel to the United States thanks to the ongoing global health crisis, there are opportunities for a wrestler like Big Swole to make big advances in AEW's women's division. Watching her progress over the next few weeks will be interesting: can she step up, or will she remain rooted on the midcard?

Her booking wasn't quite there on Dark. Swole needed to run through Dani Jordyn in more convincing fashion rather than spending the majority of the bout on the backfoot before finishing her with Dirty Dancing, with last night's layout diminishing her rub. Not ever jobber needs to look competitive in defeat.

Jordyn's Mean Girls Burn Book remains good patter though and Swole looked energised, so let's see what she does next.

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