6 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (March 27 - Results & Review)

5. Decent Four-Way Women's Match

Willow Skye Blue
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It was a good, not great night for the women's division after some promising storyline developments and high-calibre action in recent weeks.

Willow Nightingale won a four-way women's match (also involving Kris Statlander and Skye Blue) by putting Anna Jay away with the Doctor bomb. In construction, it was indistinguishable to most other four-way matches you've seen, The genre absolutely does not boast an illustrious history, no matter how much AEW tries to spin cramming several women into a token match. The audience did react to the big spots, like Willow Nightingale's wicked Death Valley Driver to Blue on the apron. Everybody worked really hard, the match was laid out to highlight Willow's awesome power game, and the action wasn't too contrived. It was decent.

Mercedes Moné provided commentary duties, but it wasn't a great night for her in truth. She didn't seem all that engaged, so much so that it was almost a surprise when called the Code Blue. The idea was to pay attention to who she wasn't putting over - Willow Nightingale - but as far as great commentary cameos go, this wasn't one of them.

Willow is now drifting away from that match in storylines, which is interesting. The sense of mystery surrounding Monés first match is...something.

This is all still locked in let-it-play-out mode.

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