A special edition of AEW Dynamite: Winter Is Coming will return on Wednesday, December 15, at Garland, Texas. The announcement was made during the November 19 episode of Rampage while the headliner match was confirmed, last week.
“Hangman” Adam Page will defend the AEW World Championship against “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson in the main event. Bryan defeated Miro in the finale of a tournament to become the number-one contender for the title.
AEW Dynamite Diamond ring holder to be determined
Apart from this title match, a singles encounter for AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring will take place for MJF’s diamond ring. Last night’s episode featured a 12-man battle royal to determine the finalist who will challenge MJF for that ring, next week. The battle royal narrowed the field down to two men that will compete next week at the Winter Is Coming episode.
The sequence of elimination from the battle royal match goes as follows:
Lee Moriarty
Jay Lethal
Matt Hardy
Powerhouse Hobbs
Matt Sydal
Lio Rush
Lee Johnson
Wardlow
Kazarian
Ricky Starks
MJF himself was part of that battle royal at AEW Dynamite who was mostly guarded by Wardlow at the corner turnbuckle for the major portion of that match. However, he did pose occasionally to get some pops from the crowd. At one point, Wardlow was attempting to eliminate Lio Rush and Lee Johnson at the same time. This is when MJF turned on Wardlow and pushed all three men over the top rope at once for the big elimination sequence.
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The final three men of the Battle Royal were MJF, Ricky Starks, and Dante Martin, but Dante turned on Ricky and ripped off the “FTW” armband. He eliminated the fellow Team Taz member to go on to AEW Dynamite: Winter Is Coming episode in Garland, Texas next week.
After the battle royal was over, MJF raised Dante’s hand in what appeared to be a sign of respect. Ricky Starks attacked Dante Martin following the latter’s betrayal. MJF stopped at the top of the entrance ramp, ran back to the ring to push back Ricky. However, then Ricky and MJF started attacking Dante together. CM Punk then ran out and made the save for Dante as Ricky ended up getting planted by a GTS.
AEW Dynamite also features a singles contest between Serena Deeb and Hikaru Shida for the Winter is Coming special. These two women previously met at the Round 1 of the AEW TBS Women’s Championship tournament where Shida defeated Deeb but then Nyla Rose defeated Shida to advance to the semi-finale.
