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#2 Santana and Ortiz beat the Young Bucks
From out of nowhere, the Inner Circle has risen to become the best faction in professional wrestling today. Santana and Ortiz have risen like a rocket and as such need the win here much more than The Young Bucks do. A loss would only dampen the Inner Circle's momentum.
A win here would put Santana and Ortiz right into title contention, an intention that they signaled when they ambushed the Rock and Roll Express on Dynamite a couple of weeks ago.
SCU vs. Santana and Ortiz is the right direction for the division to go at this point, so AEW would be smart to let that happen starting tonight. The Young Bucks will certainly get their time, but it isn't now.
#3 Chris Jericho must retain the AEW Championship
This might very well be the feud of the year. Cody's promo last night was powerful and the added stipulation - that he won't compete for the AEW title again if he doesn't win tonight, only adds drama to the match.
Yet, as Chris Jericho's hilarious video package showed, it's far too soon for him to drop the title. His age was turned into a joke on Dynamite, but it's no joke to say that he might be having the best title reign of his illustrious career right now.
Somehow, someway, Cody will get the title eventually. I suspect his long journey in 2020 will be one of the most compelling stories in wrestling, where he'll experience a multitude of tragedies (including MJF turning on him), but the first tragedy has to be tonight. Jericho's time as champion is far from done.
