Preview: AEW Dynamite Card Tonight (5/3/23) – Roderick Strong’s AEW In-Ring Debut

After an eventful episode and a shocking debut, All Elite Wrestling welcomes May with another crazy AEW Dynamite card. On this latest instalment of the premier Wednesday night wrestling program, the present and future of AEW collide in a monumental tag team match, with the main event of Double or Nothing at stake.

Plus, the Jericho Appreciation Society has its hands full as they take on four of the best the wrestling has to offer in 8-Man tag action. If you thought last week was insane, wait until you see this one. With all that said, let’s get right into it. It’s almost Wednesday night after, and we all know what that means! It’s time to preview

Full AEW Dynamite Card Tonight:

#AEW International Champ @orangecassidy, @bandidowrestler, @roderickstrong & @adamcolepro take on #JerichoAppreciationSociety in a massive 8-man tag match set for #AEWDynamite LIVE from the @CFGBankArena in Baltimore THIS WEDNESDAY 8pm ET/7pm CT on TBS

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 29, 2023

• “Four Pillars” Tag Team Match: MJF & Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin & “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry
• 8-Man Tag Team Match: Orange Cassidy, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, & Bandido vs. Jericho Appreciation Society
• “Tres De Mayo” Trios Battle Royale
• Saraya vs. Willow Nightingale
• Ricky Starks vs. Juice Robinson

Making a Strong Impression

To quote Excalibur, what an arrival for Roderick Strong. The “Messiah of the Backbreaker” made his presence felt in a big way as he came to the aid of his long-time friend and running mate Adam Cole, as well as Orange Cassidy and Bandido.

Now, he is officially #AllElite. Strong joins Cole’s battle against Chris Jericho and his appreciation society. And, this week, all eight of the competitors mentioned will meet in the ring as they square off in an 8-Man Tag Team affair. If last week was anything to go by, this war between Adam Cole and Chris Jericho has become much bigger and more personal, and this match Wednesday night is the first of many battles fans will witness.

It’s a tag team match for the ages and marks Roderick Strong’s in-ring AEW debut. Don’t miss it this Wednesday night!

A Wrench in the Plans of the “Salt of the Earth”

As everyone knows, MJF will stop at nothing to remain the holder of the AEW World Championship. Unfortunately, his insistence on main eventing Double or Nothing with Sammy Guevara may have backfired. Last week’s episode saw a fast and furious back and forth between Guevara and Darby Allin, with Sammy performing one of the most amazing 630 Sentons anyone would ever see, to determine the number one contender.

Everything was going smoothly until MJF inserted himself into the match, employing his nefarious tactics to get Allin disqualified. Sammy thought it was all done, and he and the World Champion celebrated the success of their plan to manipulate things to their favor. However, they had another thing coming.

Tony Schiavone announced that due to the dubious circumstances in which Guevara won, AEW higher-ups are giving Darby and “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry another chance to make the main event at the huge May pay-per-view a “Pillar Four-Way” match. All they have to do is co-exist next week as a team, as they take on both Guevara and MJF in a tag team match.

With tensions running high on both ends, who will come out on top? Everything goes down this Wednesday, AEW Dynamite, only on TBS!