Welcome to Chicago, or nearby Chicago, anyway, for the kickoff to an entire week of AEW live shows that culminates at All Out. As per usual, there is business to attend to before we can get to the pay-per-view, and some of that will be settled tonight on TBS on AEW Dynamite.
Let’s begin with the World Trios Championship tournament, which is down to just four remaining teams. On the Dynamite side, the reinvigorated Elite, consisting of the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega, will take on the United Empire threesome of Will Ospreay and Aussie Open. Not only can all six men in this matchup really go, but Omega and Ospreay have a rivalry dating back to their time in NJPW that has turned pretty personal pretty quickly since Omega returned.
Want another pick for great in-ring action? A four-way battle between Wheeler Yuta, Rey Fenix, Dante Martin and Rush definitely fits the bill. AEW is hyping this as a preview of Sunday’s Casino Ladder match, which already looks like a barnburner even before all eight contestants have been revealed.
Bryan Danielson, a pretty darn good wrestler himself who you might have heard of, will also be in action on Dynamite. He’ll face Jake Hager, who is kind of a stand-in for the moment for Chris Jericho, Danielson’s All Out opponent.
Last but certainly not least, we’ll hear from AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, who is conspicuously without a title match on one of the biggest cards of the year. Some reports have hinted that he may run it back with CM Punk, which would be … unusual booking, to say the least, but we’ll know soon enough.
That’s a properly loaded card, or so it would appear. Here’s hoping you’re by a big old flatscreen and can watch everything as it goes down, but just in case, we’ll be in this very post updating it with the latest AEW Dynamite results in close to real time throughout the night.