Happy November! AEW Dynamite is coming tonight to usher in the penultimate month of 2023 and accelerate things toward Full Gear.
As usual, AEW has promoted a mix of matches and other points of interest for this show from Louisville, so let’s bite into what’s good at the KFC Yum! Center (no, that’s really the arena’s name, KFC is big in Louisville).
Is this Orange Cassidy title run about to be a lot shorter than the last?
Orange Cassidy was the very definition of a fighting champion during his initial reign as AEW International Champion (which started even before the title had that name). He took on all comers, tirelessly, to the point where his nonstop grind became a big part of his story and helped elevate both him and the championship.
Maybe that’s why it was so surprising when he recently won the title again. It would be weird if AEW just set him back on another lengthy run, so it wouldn’t be shocking if he dropped it tonight to Claudio Castagnoli, someone who would also bring prestige to the belt. The outcome of this match should give us a better idea of what story the company wants to tell for each man leading into Full Gear.
Will MJF just give in and accept help from The Acclaimed?
Even though MJF has been more than a little weirded out by Max Caster shipping himself with the world champ, he’s also run out of time to find partners to take on the four-man outfit of Bullet Club Gold. And let’s be real: With Adam Cole on the shelf, it’s not like he has a lot of friends.
Everyone still loves The Acclaimed, but they feel as if they might have lost just a tad of their momentum, and putting them in a subplot with MJF can’t hurt them. It’s also possible we might get another appearance from the person in the Devil mask during this match.
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What will Tony Khan’s latest big announcement be?
Tony Khan pushing an “important announcement” hasn’t quite ventured into the realm of self-parody … but let’s just say it’s toeing that line. AEW’s head honcho has indeed dropped some bombshells over the year, but he’s also risked the “boy who cried wolf” thing by promoting these proclamations on a regular basis.
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Will tonight’s reveal be something worth getting worked up over? We’ll admit that we’re always suckers to see if it is.
Also on tonight’s AEW Dynamite:
- Hikaru Shida defends the AEW Women’s World Championship against Willow Nightingale
- Daddy Magic and Cool Hand Ang, apparently trying to impress Don Callis, will take on Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho
AEW Dynamite heads your way at 8 p.m. ET on TBS, but you can always head back here to Wrestling Junkie if you’ve got other post-Halloween plans and need live updates.