The inaugural Battle of the Belts contains three tile matches: Sammy Guevara versus Duston Rhodes for the Interim TNT Title, Matt Sydal challenging Ricky Starks for the FTW Title, and Britt Baker trying to retain the AEW Women’s Title by beating Riho for her first time.
AEW Dynamite Episode 97 Fight for the Fallen #AEWDynamite Original Air Date: July 28, 2021 Event Date: July 28, 2021 (aired live on TNT & the FITE app) City: Charlotte, NC Venue: Bojangles Coliseum Commentary: Excalibur, Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Don Callis (1), MJF (6) Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts Intro Video “Dynamite” by …
Adam Page and Kenny Omega team up to take on Sammy Guevara and Chris Jericho in the main event of a good episode of AEW Dynamite that also featured Jamie Hayter and Emi Sakura versus Shanna and RIHO.
Every main roster title is defended (minus the two defended on the kickoff show) on a mostly entertaining Clash of Champions.
The Cruiserweight and United States titles are on the line in a good warm-up for Clash of Champions.
The tournament to determine a contender to challenge Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Title at Wrestlemania starts with two quarter final matches: Tony Nese vs Kalisto, and Drew Gulak vs The Brian Kendrick.
Kevin Owens returns on a night that was very bad for Kofi Kingston. Also, the Hardy Boyz came back together to face The Bar, Aleister Black and Ricochet faced Rusev and Nakaura, and R-Truth issued a US Title open challenge.
Slater and Rhyno face The B-Team and Titus O’Neil takes on Mojo Rawley in a pair of okay matches.
A few very minor surprises didn’t elevate this RAW to much more than average as WWE coasts its way into Crown Jewel this Friday.
A night of unsurprising yet fairly entertaining surprises culminated in an expected brawl before Survivor Series.