The no. 1 contender to the AEW World Title will be off TV for two weeks due to a self-admitted positive COVID-19 test.
On Wednesday, Lance Archer took to Twitter to reveal his positive diagnosis and how it came to be:
“When I returned from our last show, a family member was ill when I got home. I found out later a friend who had taken my family member to the Vet for our Dachshund was COVID positive. While at home, now I’ve also gotten sick tested positive. I feel ok, expect to see me in 2 wk”
Archer was scheduled to be in a six-man tag on tonight’s AEW Dynamite, teaming with Ricky Starks and Brian Cage against AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Will Hobbs, and Darby Allin. Moxley tweeted that he will now defend the title on Dynamite instead but didn’t reveal the opponent.
For now, Archer is scheduled to face Moxley for the title at the company’s anniversary edition of Dynamite on Wednesday, October 14th.
Jon Moxley and Lance Archer segments have been announced for Dynamite on Wednesday.
AEW announced in two separateposts that the two will be appearing on Dynamite. Jon Moxley is slated to make an appearance, while Archer (joined by Jake Roberts) will be doing an interview.
At All Out, Archer last eliminated Eddie Kingston to win the Casino Battle Royal, which gives him the chance to face Moxley for the title. The two are scheduled to meet on the October 14 edition of Dynamite, which will be the one year anniversary show.
Also announced for this week’s Dynamite include Best Friends vs. Santana and Ortiz in a parking lot fight, Chris Jericho and Jake Hager vs. Private Party, Thunder Rosa vs. Ivelisse for the NWA Women’s title, Hangman Page vs. Frankie Kazarian, and FTR will face Jurassic Express in a non-title match. If Jurassic Express win, they get a future title match.
Additionally, MJF will be in singles action, and both Miro and Kip Sabian will make an appearance.
After earning an AEW World Title match all All Out, Lance Archer now knows when he will be getting his opportunity.
Archer will face current champion Jon Moxley at the company’s anniversary show, scheduled for the Wednesday, October 14th edition of Dynamite.
Archer earned the shot when he won the Casino Battle Royale at Saturday’s pay-per-view. This will be his second opportunity at AEW gold as he lost to Cody in the finals for the inaugural TNT Championship at May’s Double or Nothing.
Conversely, Moxley will be looking for the sixth defense of the title he won in February over inaugural champion Chris Jericho. He was last in action at All Out, handing MJF his first AEW loss.
AEW Dynamite officially debuted on Wednesday. October 2, 2019 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, headlined by Jericho, Santana and Ortiz vs. The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega. Jake Hager made a surprise appearance and formed The Inner Circle with Jericho, Santana, Ortiz, and Sammy Guevara to close the show.
AEW has revealed their first set of post-All Out roster rankings.
After winning Saturday’s Casino Battle Royale, Lance Archer is officially ranked first in the men’s division. Archer will challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at some point in the future.
Moxley retained his title against MJF in the main event of All Out. MJF is now ranked third in the men’s division.
The women’s division rankings are unchanged from last week. Hikaru Shida retained her AEW Women’s Championship against Thunder Rosa at All Out.
FTR are the new AEW Tag Team Champions after defeating Kenny Omega & Hangman Page at All Out. Omega & Page are now ranked as the top contenders in the division.
The Young Bucks defeated Jurassic Express at All Out. Santana & Ortiz have now taken Jurassic Express’ place at fifth in the tag team rankings.
Here are this week’s full rankings:
Men’s division —
Champions: AEW World Champion Jon Moxley (17-0 singles record in 2020, 23-2-1 overall record), TNT Champion Brodie Lee (6-1 singles record in 2020, 9-2 overall record)
Lance Archer (13-1 singles record in 2020, 13-1 overall record)
Brian Cage (7-1 singles record in 2020, 7-2 overall record)
MJF (8-1 singles record in 2020, 13-3 overall record)
Cody (18-2 singles record in 2020, 26-7-1 overall record)
Scorpio Sky (7-2 singles record in 2020, 25-11 overall record)
Women’s division —
Champion: Hikaru Shida (17-1 singles record in 2020, 22-7 overall record)
Nyla Rose (8-2 singles record in 2020, 15-6 overall record)
Big Swole (8-3 singles record in 2020, 10-8 overall record)
Abadon (5-1 singles record in 2020, 5-1 overall record)
Penelope Ford (7-5 singles record in 2020, 9-8 overall record)
Britt Baker (4-6 singles record in 2020, 13-10 overall record)
Tag team division —
Champions: FTR (8-0 tag team record in 2020, 8-2 overall record for Dax Harwood, 8-2 overall record for Cash Wheeler)
Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (12-1 tag team record in 2020, 30-10 overall record for Omega, 21-11 overall record for Page)
Best Friends (14-6 tag team record in 2020, 22-17 overall record for Trent Barreta, 21-15 overall record for Chuck Taylor)
The Young Bucks (7-3 tag team record in 2020, 22-12 overall record for Nick Jackson, 22-12 overall record for Matt Jackson)
The Natural Nightmares (6-2 tag team record in 2020, 16-9 overall record for Dustin Rhodes, 11-12 overall record for QT Marshall)
Santana & Ortiz (7-4 tag team record in 2020, 15-13 overall record for Santana, 15-13 overall record for Ortiz)
Lance Archer will get the next AEW World title shot.
Archer won tonight’s 21 man battle royal, last eliminating Eddie Kingston. The two ended up on the apron, trying to eliminate one another. Jake Roberts, The Butcher, and the Blade were all at ringside trying to help their respective man. Archer finally was able to grab Kingston and chokeslammed him to the floor, with both Butcher and Blade breaking Kingston’s fall.
As a result of tonight’s win, Archer will get a future AEW World title match. The championship is set to be defended later tonight, with champion Jon Moxley defending against MJF.
Archer’s last high profile title match was at Double or Nothing in May, losing to Cody in the TNT title tournament finals.
Matt Sydal, who was the final entrant in the battle royal, made his AEW debut and was among the final four in the match before being eliminated by Kingston after Archer gave Sydal the blackout
Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus, Jungle Boy & Marko Stunt) defeated Jon Cruz & Capital Vices (Sin & Money)
This was the AEW debut for Sin and Money, a great jobber tag team.
They had a 15 minute match crammed into five minutes.
Jungle Boy used two sloppy cradles on Money for near falls. Stunt and Cruz tagged in and Stunt hit Cruz with a senton and a dropkick. Luchasaurus and Money got tags and Luchasaurus used a series of throws on Money.
Cruz broke up a pin attempt on Money. Sin jumped in and hit a low blow on Jungle Boy. Sin hit Jungle Boy with a flatliner. Cruz blind-tagged himself in. Stunt hit Cruz with a tail whip.
Luchasaurus tagged in and ran wild with kicks. He hit a standing moonsault to Cruz but Sin broke it up. Jungle Boy and Cruz got tags again. Jungle Boy hit a tiger suplex for a near fall.
Stunt hit dives to Sin and Money. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus hit the Extinction Level Event on Cruz and pinned him.
This was a good showcase for SCU. Cutler and Avalon are going nowhere. Even the comedy loser duo thing has run its course.
Kazarian hit a series of arm drags and hip tosses on Avalon and Cutler. Daniels tagged in and was cut off. Cutler and Avalon couldn’t stay on the same page and allowed Daniels to make a hot tag to Kazarian. Kazarian hit a leg slice on Cutler.
Kazarian was briefly cut off as Avalon hit a fireman’s carry slam and Cutler hit a springboard elbow for a two count. Everyone jumped in as the match broke down. Kazarian hit a diving cutter on Avalon. Daniels covered and Cutler broke it up.
Daniels and Kazarian hit a powerbomb/neckbreaker combo on Cutler to take him out and followed with Celebrity Rehab on Avalon. Daniels pinned Avalon.
Big Swole defeated Dani Jordyn
This was short.
Jordyn threw her “burn book” at Swole before the opening bell. Swole found her own name in the book.
They traded the upper hand. Jordyn cut Swole off with a kick and used a chinlock. Swole came back with a diving cutter through the middle rope.
Swole hit a knee strike out of a fireman’s carry and followed up with Dirty Dancing for the pin.
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The nameless backstage interviewer spoke with Leva Bates. Bates said she had a plan to turn Cutler and Avalon into winners.
Cutler and Avalon entered and started bickering. They broke up as a team.
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Lance Archer (w/ Jake Roberts) defeated David Ali
This was just a squash. It was Ali’s AEW debut.
Archer attacked a video editor on his way to the ring and almost knocked the guy out of his pants.
Archer dominated with a series of kicks and strikes. Ali tried to come back after escaping a chokeslam but Archer hit a series of kicks to the ribs and face.
Archer hit Blackout. He had Ali pinned but pulled him up after a two count.
Archer then used the EBD Claw to pin Ali.
Archer hit a chokeslam after the bell.
Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss defeated Musa & Shawn Dean
Janela and Kiss are a fun team. This was a showcase for them.
Janela and Kiss hit some tandem offense.
Archer randomly wandered to the stage during the match as if he were going to attack everyone in the ring but Roberts talked him down and escorted him back through the tunnel.
Musa and Dean cut Kiss off. Dean hit some strikes and a shoulder in the corner. Musa hit a neckbreaker for a one count.
Kiss made a hot tag to Janela. Janela hit a senton on both Dean and Musa. Janela tagged Kiss, then hit a frankensteiner on Musa and a tope suicida to Dean.
Kiss then hit the splits leg drop off the top for the pin.
Brandi Rhodes & Allie (w/ Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall) defeated Red Velvet & Kenzie Paige
The worst storyline in AEW continued here, but with a new focus on Allie vs. Brandi rather than the romance between Allie and Marshall.
Red Velvet has the personality piece of this down but she needs work in the ring.
Allie hit Paige with a forearm before the opening bell. Allie used a lot of heelish mannerisms and delivered some aggressive strikes to Paige. Brandi and Allie tagged in and out with no problems between them.
Brandi got sent into Allie. Allie took a bump off the apron to the floor and sold her ankle. Brandi hit some of Dustin’s trademark spots on Velvet before being cut off.
Brandi made her own comeback as Allie refused to get back on the apron. Brandi hit a slingblade and a spear to Paige.
Allie blind tagged herself in after the spear. Brandi covered but she was no longer legal. Allie then sauntered into the ring and stood on Paige’s chest for the pin.
Brandi and Allie got into it after the match. Brandi, the babyface, shoved Allie. QT raised Allie’s hand like she just won the World title.
Dustin has to know this sucks, right? Think of everything Dustin Rhodes has seen and been a part of in wrestling. Think of the angles. He knows this sucks, for sure.
Shawn Spears (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Lee Johnson
Spears is wearing the black glove that Blanchard gave him to get his edge back.
They had a quick back and forth match. Johnson got a fair bit of offense. He went for a tope suicida but Spears blocked it with a forearm strike.
Spears teased a C4 but instead used the sharpshooter and Johnson immediately tapped out.
The Dark Order (Stu Grayson & Evil Uno) defeated Brady Pierce & John Skyler
5 and 10 accompanied Dark Order.
In another squash, Uno pinned Skyler after Grayson hit Fatality off the top rope.
Pierce was positioned as less of a jobber than Skyler as Skyler took the bulk of the beating.
Mr. Brodie Lee came to the stage to celebrate after the win.
Jimmy Havoc defeated Griff Garrison
These two had a nice match.
Havoc hit a series of stiff strikes. They rolled outside. Havoc went for a chop but missed and chopped the post. Havoc responded right away and whipped Garrison into the barricade.
Garrison missed a charge and Havoc twice hit arm drags sending Garrison into the buckle. Havoc gouged Garrison’s eyes.
Havoc hit a death valley driver and an uppercut. Garrison ducked an Acid Rainmaker and hit a rolling elbow for a surprise near fall.
Havoc then hit a high kick and the Acid Rainmaker. He followed with the implant DDT for the pin.
Penelope Ford (w/ Kip Sabian and Oscar the Papillon) defeated Skyler Moore
Moore is not ready for prime time.
Moore hit an arm drag. Ford rammed Moore into the buckle and hit some strikes. Ford choked Moore with the middle rope while kissing Kip and Oscar.
Moore countered a flip into the corner with a cradle for a near fall. Moore hit a series of strikes and used a gutwrench suplex for a two count.
Ford hit a back handspring into a stunner but the timing was off.
Ford then hit the fisherman buster into a bridge for the pin.
Scorpio Sky defeated Robert Anthony
Anthony is the dreaded “good hand” who is too good at doing jobs. At least he is a main event job guy on this show filled with job guys.
The opening tie-up ended in a stalemate. They traded hammerlocks. Sky hit a tackle and used an armbar. Sky hit a dropkick. Anthony countered with a tilt-a-whirl slam.
Anthony used a modified cobra clutch. Sky elbowed out and hit a pop-up double stomp. Sky hit another dropkick for a near fall.
Anthony blocked a TKO and hit a DVD for a two count. Sky blocked a suplex and used an inside cradle for a near fall.
The finish saw Sky hit a high kick and the TKO for the pin.
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After tonight’s show, according to the match graphics, the combined AEW record of the losers of this week’s matches is 0-85.
Cody is the first-ever TNT Champion, defeating Lance Archer tonight at Double or Nothing.
Towards the end of the match, Cody’s coach Arn Anderson was ejected to the back after a second referee came out and told the referee that Anderson had crotched Lance Archer on the top turnbuckle. After Anderson was ejected, Archer’s manager Jake Roberts brought out a snake.
However, the snake was never brought to the ring as Mike Tyson, who was set to present the TNT Championship to the winner, took off his shirt and stared down Roberts. As this was going on, Cody hit two Cross Rhodes to Archer and pinned him to win the title. Tyson then presented the title to Cody.
It was noted prior to the match that the AEW TNT Championship belt hasn’t been fully completed due to COVID-19.
Cody’s first championship defense will take place on June 3. The winner of a battle royal scheduled for Dynamite this Wednesday will be the first challenger.
A battle royal has been announced for next week’s AEW Dynamite.
It was announced prior to the main event of tonight’s show that a battle royal will take place on next week’s show with the winner receiving a TNT title match in two weeks on the June 3rd Dynamite.
The first TNT champion will be crowned at Saturday’s Double or Nothing and Mike Tyson will present the winner of Cody vs. Lance Archer with the championship. The two had a brawl on last week’s Dynamite as Cody attacked Archer after Archer’s manager, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, put a snake on Brandi Rhodes.
Archer ended up laying out Cody, but was stopped by Roberts before any more damage was taken.
Roberts, as well as Cody’s head coach Arn Anderson, appeared this week on Dynamite and exchanged words regarding the match. The segment ended when Anderson threatened to give Roberts a spinebuster at Double or Nothing.
A number of matches and one segment has been announced for next week’s episode of Dynamite.
Orange Cassidy will face Fenix in a singles match. The latter attacked Orange Cassidy tonight with a flying kick during a Best Friends vs. Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy match. Meanwhile, MJF will face Marko Stunt in a singles match. After defeating Lee Johnson on tonight’s show, MJF said Stunt had an open match contract, and he signed it. Wardlow and MJF also interfered in the Best Friends/Jurassic Express match, with Wardlow laying out Stunt and MJF attacking Jungle Boy.
Matt Hardy will face Sammy Guevara in a battle of The Elite vs. The Inner Circle. Hardy laid out Guevara, who was wearing a neckbrace, with a twist of fate on tonight’s show.
Jon Moxley will battle The Dark Order’s 10, who in recent weeks has been seen by the side of Mr. Brodie Lee.
Finally, a face-to-face confrontation will take place between Lance Archer’s manager Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Cody’s “head coach” Arn Anderson. The feud between their clients has heated up in recent weeks, with Cody and Archer coming to blows in the opening segment of tonight’s Dynamite.
Lance Archer will look to continue his run through the Nightmare Family as he will face QT Marshall on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite.
The match was teased during this week’s “Road To Double Or Nothing” video and officially announced in AEW’s Dynamite preview on their website Tuesday.
Archer (pictured) earned a spot in the TNT Championship finals against Cody at Double Or Nothing following his semifinal win over Dustin Rhodes on last week’s show. Since making his in-ring debut on the April 1st Dynamite, Archer is 4-0.
While Marshall has seen success in the tag team division, he is just 1-3 in AEW singles competition but is coming off a win over Lee Johnson on the April 7th Dark.
The live edition of Dynamite from Jacksonville, Florida, will also feature AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. Frankie Kazarian in a non-title match, Cody vs. Joey Janela, the return of MJF, and Kenny Omega teaming with Matt Hardy against Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara in a street fight. This will be Hardy’s AEW in-ring debut.
Cody and Lance Archer have both advanced to the finals of the tournament that will crown the first AEW TNT champion. Cody was the first to advance, defeating Darby Allin in the first semifinal match that took place tonight on Dynamite. Darby connected with a coffin drop off the top rope, but Cody shifted Darby’s shoulders to the mat and pinned him to advance.
The main event featured the second semifinal match between Lance Archer and Dustin Rhodes. After a back and forth match, Archer rammed Dustin’s head into an exposed turnbuckle. QT Marshall came out to throw in the towel, but Cody stopped him before he could. Archer then finished off Dustin with the EBD claw.
Cody and Lance Archer have previously confronted one another before. Jake Roberts, who has been managing Archer, issued a challenge to Cody several weeks ago. Cody noted that Archer had success in Japan, but had not proven himself in America, eventually rejecting the offer.
The TNT Championship tournament semifinals take place tonight on AEW Dynamite.
One semifinal bout will see Lance Archer face off with Dustin Rhodes. Rhodes earned his spot in the semis with a win over Kip Sabian on last week’s episode. Archer secured his place by winning against Colt Cabana.
The other semifinal will see Cody take on Darby Allin. These two have faced off twice before in AEW. They wrestled to a time limit draw at Fyter Fest last June, and Cody defeated Allin in their second matchup on the January 1, 2020 edition of Dynamite.
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley has been advertised as delivering a promo on tonight’s show. Moxley retained the championship with a win over Jake Hager two weeks ago. With no card yet announced for next month’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view, this promo could be about establishing a contender for Moxley’s title.
“The Exalted One” Mr. Brodie Lee will be in action tonight against Marko Stunt in a match that was set up on Dynamite last week. Also announced is a Best Friends vs. Kip Sabian and Jimmy Havoc no countout/no DQ match. Penelope Ford will be in Sabian and Havoc’s corner, while Orange Cassidy will accompany Best Friends.
Chris Jericho and Tony Schiavone will once again be on commentary for tonight’s show.
Our coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Schiavone and Jericho previewed the card. A Wardlow squash match was added to everything that had already been announced.
These guys had a hell of a match. This took up nearly the first 30 minutes of the show.
The story of this match was Allin working over Cody’s left knee.
They began with some chain wrestling. Allin targeted the knee with kicks.
They brawled outside where Allin dodged a charge from Cody. Cody accidentally took out Brandi. Cody briefly got the upper hand until Allin went back after the left knee. Back in the ring, Allin used a heel hook, a kneebar and an Indian deathlock variation.
As Cody rolled outside to collect himself, Britt Baker hit him with her shoe from the audience.
After a commercial break, Cody made a comeback. He landed a lariat, an x-plex and a disaster kick. Allin cut Cody off and hit Cross Rhodes for a near fall.
Allin used a figure four. Brandi returned to the ring with a bottle of water. Cody took a swig. Allin connected with a forearm and Cody did a spit take.
Allin went for a second rope Coffin Drop. Cody caught him coming in and hit Cross Rhodes. Allin kicked out. Cody went for a top rope Coffin Drop. Allin got his knees up.
The finish saw Allin go up top for a Coffin Drop. He landed it, but Cody pulled him over into a backslide and pinned him. This was the Triple H/Jeff Hardy finish from No Mercy 2007.
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We got another Scorpio Sky personality profile.
Sky said Kazarian and Daniels had been looking for a third guy for SCU. They picked him.
He said he really started to get over with the “worst town” spots in Being The Elite.
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MJF gave an injury update from “his rat’s mansion” in Massapequa, NY.
He said he’s made a miraculous recovery from his life-threatening hangnail.
He said he nicked his neck while shaving and put on a neck brace.
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Wardlow defeated Musa
Wardlow won a quick squash with a knee to the face and an F-10.
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A Bubbly Bunch episode aired. They spoofed the stunt performer video that went viral this week.
This featured a ton of celebrity cameos, including Kevin Smith, Lou Ferrigno, Jericho’s dad Ted Irvine, Virgil and Vickie Guerrero.
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Best Friends (w/Orange Cassidy) defeated Jimmy Havoc & Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford) in a no DQ/no countout match
This was chaos. Everyone worked hard but this went nearly fifteen minutes which was just too long.
Trent and Sabian hit topes early on. Havoc threw a chair at Cassidy’s head and took him out. Cassidy went backstage.
Havoc suplexed Taylor on a pile of chairs on the floor. Trent speared Havoc on the floor. Havoc used a ladder and hit a slingshot on Trent into the ladder. This ladder didn’t appear to be a gimmicked ladder and it didn’t break until late in the match.
Trent and Taylor threw chairs at Havoc’s head and did their hug spot. Havoc pulled Trent off the top rope onto the ladder. Taylor hit a piledriver on Sabian onto a pile of chairs. Taylor went for a cover but Ford pulled him out of the cover.
Cassidy ran back down to the ring and topped Havoc from sending Taylor through a ladder. Ford accidentally hit a knee strike and a spear to Sabian as she tried to hit Cassidy. Cassidy hit a dive off the post to Ford and Sabian.
The finish saw Taylor hit an Awful Waffle on Havoc on a pile of chairs for the pin.
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A tremendous Britt Baker “role model” video package aired.
This co-starred Rebel, formerly of TNA, who is one of AEW’s makeup artists. Baker referred to her as “Reba.”
Baker said not everyone can be a role model. People who wear glasses can’t unless they’re a doctor. Fat people can’t be role models. People with snaggle teeth can’t. Baker used a photo of Schiavone to illustrate these points.
This was a comedy home run.
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Shawn Spears defeated Baron Black
Spears won a squash with a sharpshooter.
Earlier in the match, Spears hit a vertical suplex, a C4 and also tried to twerk.
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Taz broke down Lance Archer’s Blackout in a video package.
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Mr. Brodie Lee defeated Marko Stunt
Lee hit a big boot, a series of throws, then pinned Stunt with a sit-out powerbomb.
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Jon Moxley cut a promo. This was excellent.
He said he’s thankful for Jack Daniels, his wife, and steel chairs. He said DDTs are always better on steel chairs than not. He said they didn’t teach Jake Hager that at Oklahoma.
He said he’ll be back swearing and bleeding in front of a crowd again soon and we’ll all be together again soon.
Moxley said Dynamite is live next week. He’s throwing some Metallica cds in his truck and driving east. He knows he has a target on his back with Double or Nothing coming up.
Moxley ended the promo by telling us to support local businesses by ordering takeout, and most importantly, not to forget to call our grandmothers.
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Jon Moxley vs. Frankie Kazarian and MJF returning were advertised for next week’s show.
Also announced was Kenny Omega and Matt Hardy vs. “Le Sex Gods” Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara in a street fight.
This picked up in the last segment, but they had to go through two commercial breaks and worked at a lethargic pace in the first two segments.
Archer sent Rhodes rolling outside with a pounce. Archer grabbed a chair from under the ring. Rhodes grabbed the chair away. Archer kicked the the chair into Rhodes’s face. Rhodes bladed.
Archer continued to work on the cut after a commercial break. The idea was to let the blood provide drama and tell the story. They worked very, very slowly.
Rhodes fired up and hit a series of strikes. He hit a last shot in the corner, which was not worthy of a DQ. Rhodes missed a knee drop and Archer used a chinlock before another ad break.
Rhodes hit a destroyer. They traded strikes. Rhodes ducked two lariats and hit his own lariat. Archer ducked a bulldog but Rhodes hit a powerslam.
Rhodes went for ten punches in the corner. He hit five punches before Archer cut him off. Rhodes hit Cross Rhodes but Archer kicked out at one.
Rhodes came off the top rope into a chokeslam by Archer for a two count.
Archer walked the top rope and hit a moonsault for a near fall. That was nuts.
Archer went for Blackout but Rhodes blocked. Archer hit a chokeslam for a two count. Rhodes used a backslide for a quick two count.
Archer exposed a turnbuckle, then rammed Rhodes face-first into it.
QT Marshall came to ringside with a towel. He threatened to throw in the towel. Cody ran out and stopped him.
Cody asked Dustin if he wanted him to throw in the towel. Dustin refused.
Archer pulled Rhodes to the center of the ring and used the EBD Claw to pin him.
More matches have been announced for this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
AEW President Tony Khan announced on Twitter this afternoon that Hikaru Shida will face Britt Baker in a singles match. This stems from what happened this past week on Dynamite when Baker got into it with Shida during Shida’s match against Anna Jayy. Baker exchanged more words with Shida after the match.
Lance Archer will also be in action. He defeated Marko Stunt this past week in his debut match.
Additionally, Chris Jericho will be on commentary this week with Tony Schiavone.
Already announced for the show is the start of the TNT title tournament, where Cody will face Shawn Spears in the opening round. This will be the first time the two have met since All Out last August, when Cody defeated Spears.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, AEW this past week taped a number of matches in an undisclosed area in Georgia that will air on Dynamite in the coming weeks.
The TNT Championship tournament will kick off next week and will keep going the week afterward with Lance Archer vs. Colt Cabana on the Wednesday, April 15th AEW Dynamite in a quarterfinal matchup.
This will be Archer’s second AEW match as he dominated Marko Stunt in his Wednesday debut. Since making his promotional in-ring debut a month ago, Cabana (pictured above) has gone 2-0 in singles competition with wins over Peter Avalan and Brandon Cutler in two AEW Dark matches.
Cabana and Archer have had just one singles match in 2015 for NOAH, a DQ win for Cabana that went under two minutes. They have worked against each other frequently in various tag teams.
Cody will face Shawn Spears on next week’s Dynamite while dates for Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes vs. Kip Sabian have yet to be announced. The eight man tournament will culminate at the currently scheduled May 23rd Double or Nothing pay per view in Las Vegas.
Teased on last week’s AEW Dynamite, Cody Rhodes confirmed Saturday that Lance Archer will make his promotional debut on this week’s edition of the show.
Following a Jake Roberts promo in which they reiterated he and Archer’s desire to face him, Rhodes said that it was fine for Archer to debut but not against him, something he also reiterated on Twitter:
I appreciate Lance & his skillset. AEW is glad to have him. I’m not interested in social media angles though. He will debut this week, but not against me. He has zero record with AEW, me wrestling him does a disservice to others climbing into the Top-5. Maybe down the road.
Archer was supposed to debut earlier this month after signing a multi-year deal with AEW, but he didn’t appear as advertised. Several weeks later, he came out with Roberts as his new project.
As of now, his debut is the only thing official for Dynamite which is expected to again be live this week from the empty Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
