8 AEW Teases Hidden In Plain Sight
1. Lee Johnson Caused The QT Heel Turn
Lee Johnson made his AEW debut back on the 1 April 2020 episode of AEW Dark, yet it was only this February that the impressive 23-year-old officially became #AllElite.
Delving into Johnson's win and loss record, while he picked up sporadic victories on AEW Dark, it wasn't until this 4 February that Big Shotty finally nabbed his first Dynamite win. That win found Johnson teaming with Nightmare Family cohort Cody Rhodes to best Peter Avalon and Cezar Bononi.
It was that tag victory, though, which first teased the QT Marshall heel turn we now find ourselves in the early midst of.
Post-match, Johnson cut a promo to celebrate his first ever TV win. There, he gave heartfelt thanks to Cody, to Dustin Rhodes, to Arn Anderson and even to Brandi Rhodes. The one person he made no mention of, was the onlooking QT Marshall.
This was an easy one to miss, for neither the commentary team or the talent made a big deal of it. For QT - Johnson's very real trainer - there was a brief glimpse of confusion, but he perfectly underplayed the moment. Jump ahead a couple of weeks, of course, and Marshall would skip out on his partner Dustin, before then leaving Johnson to take a beating at the hands of Ethan Page.
Oh, and who was Lee Johnson's first ever AEW match against? Why, that AEW Dark debut saw Shotty Lee come up short against none other than QT Marshall.