6 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (17 Aug)

4. A Good Match, Despite All Things

Toni Storm KiLynn King
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Let down by suboptimal presentation and placement, KiLynn King vs. Toni Storm was nonetheless a good television match performed by two very good wrestlers.

King has come a long way since her early Dark days. A refined worker who uses her size advantage well, she felt like an able, realistic match for Storm in these few minutes, countering her way into roll-up opportunities early on then using her tall frame and the leverage it grants her in a beneficial way.

A springboard knee from the corner to Storm, who then tumbled to the outside, was followed by King catching Toni when the Women's World Title contender attempted a swinging DDT on the outside. Her fight was extinguished shortly after the picture-in-picture break, however. Toni put King within an inch of defeat with the running hip attack, hit a flurry of DDTs, then pinned KiLynn, trapping the arm in a nice touch before she could reach the ropes.

Good, solid work across the board.

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