Sometimes it’s OK to know all about the destination as long as the journey is plenty of fun, and we’re about to see more evidence of that tonight on AEW Dynamite from Albany.
We’re talking about MJF and Adam Cole, a.k.a. Better Than You, Bay Bay. There was a little bit of eye-rolling when they were paired together in the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament right after Cole wrestled MJF to a draw in an effort to get an AEW World Championship title shot.
Of course, the Devil was going to cozy up to his new partner in order to keep him from the rematch he wanted. That only made sense. And this particular tale is almost certainly going to end with the two men feuding over AEW’s biggest prize.
But in the meantime, MJF and Cole have taken the ball and run with it. Their merch is flying, with a shirt that’s the top seller for the week and the month and another one coming up fast. Audiences can’t get enough of the “double clothesline” battle cry. They’ve been legitimately good TV throughout, and that should continue in Albany.
Alas, they aren’t wrestling tonight, but there’s plenty of that to go around. A three-way tag team bout will see Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley against the Lucha Bros. against Best Friends. Darby Allin will battle Swerve Strickland in a feud that just seems to be heating up. The women’s division will finally start blending some separate storylines as Britt Baker takes on Taya Valkyrie.
Orange Cassidy will defend his title — again — against AR Fox. And Pac will see if Gravity really did forget him or not.
Sounds like a good time, no? We think so too, which is why we’ll be anxiously awaiting 8 p.m. ET, and invite you to either tune in on TBS, join us back here at Wrestling Junkie for our live results post, or both.