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A new era in professional wrestling began this week with the TV debut of AEW Dynamite, and the show will air on TNT each and every week, going in a war with WWE's developmental brand, NXT. There is no doubt that the first episode of Dynamite lived up to the hype, as there were some fantastic matches on the show.
A total of five matches took place in the two-hour show. Cody Rhodes and Sammy Guevara locked horns in the first-ever match on Dynamite while MJF, who is certainly one of the hottest names in professional wrestling today, fought Brandon Cutler.
The first AEW Women's Champion was crowned, as Riho won the belt and in the tag team division, the AEW Champion Chris Jericho teamed up with Santana and Ortiz, beating the team of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. It was a monumental main event, with the return of Jon Moxley and the debut of Jack Hager.
Here we discuss three things AEW made clear on the premiere show.
#3 Cody vs Jericho will be an exciting feud
Cody opened the show against Sammy Guevera, and it was also one of the best matches of the night. Guevera certainly made a good first impression as a heel, pushing Brandi Rhodes in front of Cody, when the latter attempted a suicide dive. After a hard-fought battle, Cody finally pinned Guevera, attaining momentum before the AEW Championship clash at Full Gear in November.
After the completion of the match, the AEW Champion Chris Jericho showed up and attacked Cody from behind. Jericho delivered a vicious Codebreaker, after which Cody was taken outside of the ring, as Jericho dealt a Powerbomb on to Cody through two steel chairs. However, Cody returned the favour, assaulting Jericho in the main event of the night.
Jericho is certainly the biggest star of AEW, and he has been impressive since making his debut for the promotion. The build-up of the feud is expected to be fantastic on Dynamite in the next few weeks. With the two major stars of the promotion involved in this feud, the rivalry could continue after Full Gear.
#2 PAC will be a huge star in AEW
A blockbuster match took place on Dynamite, where PAC wrestled Hangman Page. The anticipation was sky-high from the match, and the two men didn't let down the fans. In my humble opinion, it was the best match of the night, with a number of jaw-dropping manoeuvres from two world-class performers.
PAC had great momentum before heading to this match, as he defeated Kenny Omega at All Out. Page, on the other hand, was the AEW Title challenger, losing to Chris Jericho at All Out. With a victory over Hangman Page, PAC managed to continue his unbeaten run. Given the two AEW matches of PAC, it is clear that the company will book him as one of their top-tier stars, and he will definitely get a title shot soon.
#1 AEW's Tag Team division will be best in the business
Since the inception of AEW earlier this year, the company indicated that tag-team division will get the spotlight, and it was visible on Dynamite this week. A six-man tag team match mainevented the show, involving Chris Jericho. The AEW Champion teamed up with Santana and Ortiz to take on the team of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks.
It was an extraordinary match, but the match had a shocking interference. Jon Moxley showed up in the middle of the match, ambushing Kenny Omega. The two men started to have a colossal brawl in the backstage area, as Moxley delivered a devastating DDT to Omega through a glass table. After the exit of Omega, The Young Bucks continued to fight, but Jericho's team picked up the victory.
AEW's Tag Team division has many talented tag teams. Besides The Young Bucks, the promotion has tag teams like The Lucha Brothers, The Rhodes Brothers, The Dark Order, SCU, Angelico and Jack Evans, Strong Hearts, Private Party, Jurassic Express, and Best Friends.
Every single pay-per-view of AEW has had a number of tag team matches, which suggests that AEW's focus is on the tag team division. In fact, AEW last pay-per-view, All Out, had four tag team matches on the card. The inaugural AEW Tag Team Champions will be crowned within a few weeks on Dynamite.
