Speak about making the most effective out of a nasty situation.
The injury to Kyle Fletcher was a chunk of reports that was a gut punch to many AEW fans as “The Protostar” was back because the AEW TNT Champion, and once more putting together a case for being the fastest rising star within the business. He will definitely be within the primary event scene when he returns, or perhaps he’ll come back for the TNT Championship since the man who now holds it’s none apart from “The Jet” Kevin Knight.
Knight was victorious in tonight’s Casino Gauntlet Match, a stipulation that a variety of people love, some individuals are starting to get sick of, and other people still wish to see a version of it where 21 entrants actually make it to the ring. This edition of the match was very fun, and really Lucha-coded with Bandido, El Clon, and Rush all being involved, PAC, “Speedball” Mike Bailey were in a position to join them within the high-flying and hard-hitting offense, Tommaso Ciampa carried himself as if he was the favourite, and the Death Riders’ young boys, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia, also had nice cameos too. Anthony Bowens was also there. AEW really needs to seek out something substantial for him outside of “remember when he was once in The Acclaimed” because I am unable to imagine him taking orders from Hook of all people.
A number of motion throughout, with PAC being a specific MVP as he busted out a Sky Twister Press and a Black Arrow throughout. Bandido managed to hit a 21-Plex on Ciampa, who was literally lying on the ground, and Knight hit a UFO Splash on Garcia, who was leaning back within the Dragon Tamer that he had locked in on “Speedball,” which should have killed the pair of them.
Knight getting the victory was such move. It’s fairly obvious that the guy is about for giant things in AEW, particularly after his high-profile matches against MJF, Swerve Strickland, and his entire Continental Classic run. Nonetheless, I didn’t know if or when AEW would pull the trigger on him, but with Fletcher out of motion, why not take a risk and see what happens with Knight as a singles champion?
Hopefully, this run as the brand new TNT Champion can really boost Knight’s stock to the purpose that when Fletcher does come back, you’ll be able to arrange that match, which shall be great, but he shall be featured on TV enough to the purpose where he could make a late-year charge to the primary event scene. An inspired booking decision, and I’m excited to see “The Jet” fly high as TNT Champion this Spring.
Written by Sam Palmer.