7 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Mar 24)

4. Tay Conti Levels Up

Tay Conti vs. Nyla Rose was an underrated match in AEW's Women's World Title Eliminator Tournament and they did it again last night, with the Brazilian up-and-comer scoring comfortably the biggest win of her AEW career thus far.

A couple of stodgy moments aside, this was a good clash of styles that saw Conti break Nyla's housing and bossing with big kicks and sharp transitional work. Using Nyla's weight against her for judo throws and throwing knees like her life depended on it, Conti showed great urgency to sell the match as the most important of her life. Her improvement continues.

Tay getting her knees up for Rose's new flipping senton was a nice call-back to the first match, showing Conti has learned, progressed, and moved forward. She had done her homework on Nyla, and it paid off: her DDTay got the pinfall over the Native Beast.

Enraged, Nyla battered Conti after the bell. Hikaru Shida made the save with a kendo stick but was trucked by The Bunny, who, Matt Hardy explained, felt scorned by not being involved in the tournament. This sets up a tag match between the two parties next week.

A good bit of business all-round, this ticked every box aside from the slightly awkward Hardy promo, where it felt like Matt stopped mid-paragraph and let a pregnant pause hang.