{"id":67864,"date":"2020-05-05T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=67864"},"modified":"2020-05-05T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:21:11","slug":"preview-aew-dynamite-5-6-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/05\/05\/preview-aew-dynamite-5-6-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Dynamite (5\/6\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is that time again.\u00a0 Another week has passed, another episode of <strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong> has arrived.\u00a0 This week&#8217;s show is LIVE and whereas there won&#8217;t be a crowd in attendance, just being live should help freshen the show up.\u00a0 An <strong>MJF<\/strong> return, a <strong>Jon Moxley<\/strong> match and <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> returns to action.\u00a0 Without further ado, let&#8217;s dive right in.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1257326821563142145<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MJF Returns<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MJF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MJF<\/a> Injury update<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_MJF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@the_mjf<\/a> gives us an update on the current state of his \u201csevere injury\u201d to then tell us about a new \u201csevere injury.\u201d<br \/>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> NOW on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TNTDrama<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GdI7QAsxEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/GdI7QAsxEP<\/a> for our International fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWonTNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AEWonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y83Q7YWt5Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/y83Q7YWt5Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1255657584880766977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>First up, we have the return of the &#8220;Salt of the Earth&#8221;.\u00a0 <strong>Maxwell Jacob Friedman<\/strong> has been &#8220;injured&#8221; as of late.\u00a0 Indeed, since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, MJF has been missing from our screens.\u00a0 He admitted that he suffered a career-threatening injury; an injury which left him &#8220;on death&#8217;s door&#8221;.\u00a0 A hangnail.\u00a0 Now that he has recovered from this nasty injury and has made a resounding recovery, MJF has promised to return to our screens.\u00a0 However, a neck injury &#8211; caused by shaving &#8211; might just keep him off our screens for another week.\u00a0 Will he make an appearance on Dynamite this week? We will have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cody vs Joey Janela<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67865\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Cody-vs-Joey-Janela.jpg\" alt=\"AEW\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Cody-vs-Joey-Janela.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Cody-vs-Joey-Janela-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joey Janela<\/strong> hasn&#8217;t wrestled on AEW Dynamite since March 11.\u00a0 In that match, he teamed with the<strong> Private Party<\/strong> (<strong>Isiah Kassidy<\/strong> and <strong>Marq Quen<\/strong>) and was defeated by the <strong>Death Triangle<\/strong> (<strong>Pentagon Jr<\/strong>, <strong>Rey Fenix<\/strong> and<strong> PAC<\/strong>).\u00a0 Additionally, Janela has never won a match on an episode of Dynamite.\u00a0 In contrast, <strong>Cody<\/strong> is one of the faces of the company&#8230; and an executive.\u00a0 Can Janela pull off what would be a huge upset against Cody? Unlikely.\u00a0 However, this should still be an entertaining match and one not to be missed.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jon Moxley vs Frankie Kazarian<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67866\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Jon-Moxley-vs-Frankie-Kazarian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Jon-Moxley-vs-Frankie-Kazarian.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Jon-Moxley-vs-Frankie-Kazarian-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frankie Kazarian<\/strong> will square off with current AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley.\u00a0 In what is an actual first time ever match, this should be a good showing.\u00a0 A showcase of two worthy students of the game with much left to offer.\u00a0 Kazarian has mostly been in tag action as of late &#8211; alongside<strong> SCU<\/strong> comrade and fellow wrestling vet, <strong>Christopher Daniels<\/strong>.\u00a0 Moxley is, of course, the reigning champion &#8211; on a long winning streak and unlikely to lose here.\u00a0 Does anyone really believe Kazarian can pull off the upset here? Expect a brawl&#8230; and a Moxley victory.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Street Fight: Broken Matt Hardy &amp; Kenny Omega vs Le Spanish Sex Gods (Chris Jericho &amp; Sammy Guevara)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67867\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Chris-Jericho-Sammy-Guevara-vs-Matt-Hardy-Kenny-Omega.jpg\" alt=\"AEW Dynamite\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Chris-Jericho-Sammy-Guevara-vs-Matt-Hardy-Kenny-Omega.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/Chris-Jericho-Sammy-Guevara-vs-Matt-Hardy-Kenny-Omega-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The billed main event of the evening sees <strong>Le Sex Gods<\/strong> (Chris Jericho and<strong> Sammy Guevara<\/strong>) squaring off with the team of <strong>Kenny Omega<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Broken&#8221; Matt Hardy<\/strong>.\u00a0 Mark my words, this is going to be a fun match.\u00a0 Mixing the experience of guys like Hardy and Jericho with the sheer talent of Omega and the youth of Guevara means this is going to be nothing short of quality pro-wrestling entertainment.\u00a0 Additionally, this match is a street fight; meaning anything goes.\u00a0 Who wins is anyone&#8217;s guess, as this one is too tough to call.\u00a0 Will it be a bit of the bubbleh for Le Sex Gods? Or will it be a broken bottle of 17th century champagne for &#8220;Broken&#8221; Matt and Kenny Omega? Tune into AEW Dynamite this Wednesday, May 6 to find out!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch AEW Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and weekly on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is that time again.\u00a0 Another week has passed, another episode of AEW Dynamite has arrived.\u00a0 This week&#8217;s show is LIVE and whereas there won&#8217;t be a crowd in attendance, just being live should help freshen the show up.\u00a0 An MJF return, a Jon Moxley match and Chris Jericho returns to action.\u00a0 Without further ado, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2482,"featured_media":67867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,2,6],"tags":[4133,5730,107,1362,98,607,4395,386,123,2546,1602,4132],"class_list":["post-67864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-featured","category-north-america","tag-aew","tag-aew-dynamite","tag-chris-jericho","tag-cody","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-frankie-kazarian","tag-jon-moxley","tag-kenny-omega","tag-matt-hardy","tag-mjf","tag-sammy-guevara","tag-tony-khan"],"modified_by":"Niklas George","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}