5 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Dynamite (June 28 - Review)

3. Ruby Soho Vs Alexia Nicole

Ruby Soho
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A make good for Britt Baker's illness-related absence, Ruby Soho's easy win over Alexia Nicole was a really fun bit of character-driven business. Soho was cynical and vicious in her destruction of the overmatched Nicole, sending a message to Baker throughout.

Her LockJaw win put a finer point on it, as was the quality promo she cut drawing lines between her start in the company and exactly why her Outcasts turn was entirely justified.

An ultimate negative-into-a-positive situation, the rearranged Owen Hart Tournament match is hotter than it already was, and the justified anger of the heels remains an underrated element of an underrated story.

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