All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: July 31, 2024

July 31, 2024 4:36 PM - Season 5, Episode 44

The Willow Nightingale/Kris Statlander rivalry reaches a new level, Bryan Danielson discusses his future, the company's most reckless lunatics pound away at each other, and Will Ospreay fights The Murderhawk.

The announced card for tonight:

-Darby Allin vs. Hangman Page

-CMLL Women’s Championship Eliminator Match: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Kris Statlander

-Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer

-Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy and Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Beast Mortos, Roderick Strong, and Rush

-TBS and NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone and Kamille appear

-Bryan Danielson’s in-person promo

-Renee Paquette conducts a sit-down interview with Mariah May

posted by The Pluto Gangsta (4 comments total)

Only a portion of last week's sit-down between old colleagues Reneé Paquette and Danielson aired last week. The first 6 minutes or so are warm and friendly enough, but his appearance tonight will probably focus on those last two minutes, where Jeff Jarrett implies that he's going soft and isn't in the right headspace for All In, less than a month away.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 4:41 PM on July 31

Ospreay vs. Lance Archer have a match with all big moves, hardly anything transitional -- bringing back memories of Osaka-Jo Hall in June last year when Will beat him for the #1 Contendership for the IWGP United States Heavyweight title. (If I recall correctly, not only did Will win that title, he rechristened it the "UK Championship" in a mirror image of what MJF has done.)
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 5:33 PM on July 31

A challenger actually won an eliminator match! That's notable in and of itself. I suppose Willow will be defending her CMLL title at All In with that company's permission... will she ever defend it in Mexico?
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 5:56 PM on July 31

Danielson makes a career vs. title stipulation.... so he's definitely winning in London, right? I mean, I'm positive that Danielson has enough old-school respect for stip matches that he'd put Swerve over in retirement, but does Tony Khan have the guts to book it?
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 6:15 PM on July 31