I thought tonight’s episode of “Dynamite” was peak “nobody was cleared, and this is what we got,” but the one really good thing we did get was the return of one “Aerial Assassin,” Will Ospreay. He returned to the ring tonight against Blake Christian after returning to AEW, following neck fusion surgery just six months ago, at Revolution on Sunday, to confront Jon Moxley and the Death Riders.
Ospreay had a good match against Christian, and good for “Vanilla Baby” to get some time on “Dynamite” against a massive star like Ospreay. I’d imagine that means Ospreay and likely AEW President Tony Khan have a lot of faith in him, which is cool for him. The more important part about it all, however, was that AEW got Ospreay on the show to kick things off, something this show really needed by the end of it. His return was the most exciting thing on the show tonight, which was missing a lot of main players, or at least those main players getting physical, after Revolution.
While the match was good, Ospreay’s promo after it was great. I’m still not entirely sold on him going after Moxley and the Death Riders, since Mox has been leaning more babyface in recent times, but they did take Ospreay out at Forbidden Door, prior to him leaving for neck surgery. Ospreay, of course, still remembers that and is quite furious about it, so at least it all makes sense. And, Ospreay’s fiery promo tonight helped sell me on this all a little more.
Ospreay told Moxley that he didn’t need a weapon to snap someone’s neck. He could do it “with his bare f****** hands,” which was a fire line, despite the obvious need for a censor there. That brought out the Death Riders, and when Ospreay tried to go after Moxley, he got PAC instead, which also made sense. I wouldn’t mind seeing Ospreay work his way through the Death Riders, taking them out one by one until he gets to Moxley. We’ve seen that before with other feuds with Moxley, but with Ospreay, it doesn’t feel like a stale angle.
While I didn’t find this overall episode of “Dynamite” anything special, I sure am glad Ospreay is back. There’s still quite a lot going on around MJF and the AEW World Championship scene, like with Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland vying to be the number one contender right now, so a smaller feud with the Death Riders to get Ospreay back in the swing of things is probably exactly what he needs to be doing right now.
Written by Daisy Ruth
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