‘Bizarre’ Situation At Last Night’s AEW Dynamite

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For AEW fans in Nashville, Tennessee, it was long night on August 16 thanks to AEW Dynamite, Rampage, and ROH matches all being taped.

Typically, Ring of Honor matches are taped on the same day as Collision but this time there were some taped on Wednesday evening.

The ROH tapings were notable as they featured a number of people who have come up recently as names who are essentially not allowed to be present at AEW Collision tapings due to issues with CM Punk, including Ryan Nemeth, Christopher Daniels, Brandon Cutler and Colt Cabana.

Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the rationale behind the decision on Wrestling Observer Radio.

Meltzer: “This is bizarre. I don’t know what’s going on, because Ring of Honor is usually taped on Saturdays with Collision. They taped Ring of Honor tonight (after Dynamite), I don’t know why, we have a (Collision) taping this Saturday. I guess maybe it’s to get ahead because the next week there’s not gonna be any time because there’s no Saturday taping. So maybe they were just trying to get ahead. I get that.

“On the taping, Ryan Nemeth wrestled, the main event was Zack Sabre Jr against Christopher Daniels. Colt Cabana appeared as a second for Brandon Cutler, he’s doing a thing where him and Brandon Cutler are together as a unit. All of these guys are never gonna be on Ring of Honor again. They’re introducing all of these guys, Colt Cabana ain’t going on…

“I guess they could do that (tape some ROH stuff on Wednesdays regularly), but that makes it even more bizarre. All of those guys, wasn’t there somebody else too – it was Brandon Cutler, Christopher Daniels, Colt Cabana, Zack Sabre – just weird. Just really weird. Especially Ryan Nemeth.

“Blake Christian beat Brandon Cutler, but Colt Cabana was out with Brandon Cutler, which is the first time Colt Cabana has been… Colt Cabana had been an agent for Ring of Honor, and then he was pulled from (being) an agent (for) Ring of Honor on June 17 because of… everyone knew it was going to happen. So he had been an agent for Dynamite. So they’re taping Ring of Honor and he’s on the taping doing a comedy bit with Brandon Cutler.

“So, it is weird to say the least, because again, none of these people are allowed to work Saturdays, so why are they being on Ring of Honor when they’re not gonna be back.”

Alvarez: “Maybe their matches will always be taped on Wednesdays (the people who have had issues with Punk/have been ‘banned’ from Collision), and the rest of Ring of Honor will be taped on Saturday.”

Meltzer: “That makes for a long night (on Wednesdays), because they’re already taping Rampage and two hours of Dynamite, so adding… I get adding Ring of Honor this week because, again, there’s no (Collision taping next Saturday because of All In), so they do have to tape ahead. But the idea of taping Ring of Honor on a Wednesday as a regular rule, that doesn’t make sense. That’s what Saturday’s for, is to tape Ring of Honor because there’s no other third hour of production there, where there already is on Wednesday.

“So I guess we’ll have to wait and see after England how this all plays out. Everything before England is obviously to get as much content (as possible) because they don’t have that one taping. Because next week, there’s gonna be no Ring of Honor tapings at all, in theory, because they’re taping, next week in Duluth, Georgia, they’re gonna go live with Dynamite, and then they’re gonna be taping Rampage, and then Collision. So it’s a five-hour show. So there’s gonna be no time for Ring of Honor next week, so I get them taping Ring of Honor this week.

“But anyway, we’ll have to watch and see how this all plays out, but this was so weird.”

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Other ROH matches taped were John Silver, Alex Reynolds and Evil Uno vs Dalton Castle and The Boys, and Emi Sakura vs Alice Crowley.

Curiously, no matches were announced for this Friday’s episode of AEW Rampage during the broadcast of Dynamite.

However, spoilers for Rampage on August 18 can be found here.

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