Crowds are back, baby!
AEW beat everyone else to the punch, hitting the road for a live show before a packed house in Miami’s James L Knight Center tonight (July 7). The difference was immediately noticeable. Hey look, it’s not Daily’s Place, ThunderDome, or the CWC!
And away we go! #AEWDynamite #AEWonTNT pic.twitter.com/tFlyenLA7J
— TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif) July 8, 2021
Cody Rhodes kicked things off (cosplaying as Homelander from The Boys, for some reason), as his South Beach Strap Match against QT Marshall was up first. Before we even got to the promised ass whoopin’, we got something else we haven’t seen in a while... famous fans!
Dan Lambert, Jorge Masvidal and Amanda Nunes are in attendance at #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/eOYjDT7g51
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 8, 2021
Left to right, that’s American Top Team’s founder (an Impact Wrestling veteran), BMF titleholder (kind of the UFC equivalent of the FTW belt), and the greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all-time & current UFC Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion.
We also got a brawl into the stands, where there were people! Lots of them! Aaron Solow tried to get involved, and Dustin Rhodes showed up to chase him off! And don’t forget, we’re live, pal... there was also a lighting issue that caused the arena to go dark for a moment.
I was expecting Sabu to be in the ring...#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/acouffaMBh
— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) July 8, 2021
Oh yeah, Cody touched all four corners and beat Marshall. But wait until you hear the Hangman chants!
The crowds are back and they know who they want to see take on @kennyomegamanx.... #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/8IjZrjDYXz
— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) July 8, 2021
The “Cowboy Shit” ones when Page ran in to save Evil Uno from Omega & Good Brothers was even louder. But I’ll probably mark out about that more later.
Right now... wrestling in front of fans in different buildings is back!
Get complete Dynamite results and coverage here.