Surprise AEW Return In Last Night's Dynamite Main Event

LONG standing story finally paid off...sort of.

by Michael Hamflett
Kip Sabian
WWE

Kip Sabian's year spent with his head in a cardboard box at long last came to a surprising end on last night's edition of AEW Dynamite.

The British star assaulted PAC during the Death Triangle/United Empire trios main event. The AEW All-Atlantic Champion had been distracted by the man he thought was Sabian, but removed the mask to reveal an unknown plant with a bruised face and a taped mouth. Before anybody could really process that, Sabian jumped PAC from behind to completely remove him from the remainder of the match. The Lucha Brothers were promptly defeated in his absence.

Sabian had foreshadowed his return earlier in the day, suggesting that viewers "fasten their seatbelts" ahead of Dynamite. He'd previously revealed himself from underneath the "Underrated. Over It" messaging on an British Wrestling Revolution event in July, in what remains his only match of 2022 to date.

His last in-ring appearance for All Elite Wrestling was in the "Arcade Anarchy" main event of the March 25th 2021 edition of Dynamite. Defeat to the Best Friends alongside Miro expedited the subsequent collapse of their team, and the commencement of this finally-concluded chapter.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett