AEW turns Orlando’s Universal Studios into a Dark place!

And though it isn’t scary, hearts will be pounding as Orange Cassidy and friends take on the HFO! Will Jora Johl earn his keep as he teams alongside The Hybrid2?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny VS Hunter Knott & Rosario Grillo; The Butcher & The Blade win.
• Anna Jay VS Ashley D’Amboise; Jay wins.
• 2point0 w/ Daniel Garcia VS Erik & Andrew Lockhart; 2point0 wins.
• Jade Cargill w/ Mark Sterling VS Angelica Risk; Cargill wins.
• Fuego Del Sol VS Mysterious Movado; Fuego wins.
• Shawn Spears w/ Tully Blanchard VS Khash; Spears wins.
• Six Man Tag: Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor & Wheeler Yuta w/ Kris Statlander VS Jora Johl and The Hybrid2; Cassidy, Taylor & Yuta win.
• Leyla Hirsch VS KiLynn King; Hirsch wins.

QUICK NOTES

This is the first of a few episodes taped at the Universal Studios studio in Orlando, and that in itself is pretty exciting for AEW. It’s a logical move to have Cargill and Hirsch have tune-up matches here before their match on Dynamite this week. I really feel Hirsch is going to give Cargill the toughest match of her career, but I don’t see her winning with Cargill being built up so strongly. With Shawn Spears being in action after him and Tully punking out Darby Allin and Sting, I feel like Sting and Darby should retaliate before their match on Dynamite. Butcher & Blade are probably winning for the HFO but then Johl & TH2 will lose so Cassidy and friends can close out with a Face feel good moment for the fans.

AFTER WATCHING

We got a really good standoff type promo for Cargill and Hirsch to hype up their showdown even more. And it was pretty big that for even more hyping, Hirsch got to be the main event when I really thought it was going to be the Six Man Tag. But both the Six Man and Hirsch VS King get to have about 10 minutes each of solid competition so it really works for everyone. I think AEW knows the criticism of how they’ve been scheduling their women’s division, and now they’re finding great ways to showcase that very division through all their outlets. We also got good video packages to keep the Swole VS Diamante feud alive, as well as keep things going for Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss. Bad Boy VS Concrete Rose should really build up to headline a Rampage.