{"id":192784,"date":"2026-07-02T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=192784"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:39:00","slug":"pruetts-pause-10-thoughts-on-aew-dynamite-mjf-defends-the-aew-mens-world-championship-against-mark-briscoe-kenny-omega-puts-his-future-on-the-line-and-more-in-person-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/02\/pruetts-pause-10-thoughts-on-aew-dynamite-mjf-defends-the-aew-mens-world-championship-against-mark-briscoe-kenny-omega-puts-his-future-on-the-line-and-more-in-person-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pruett\u2019s Pause: 10 Thoughts on AEW Dynamite &#8211; MJF defends the AEW Men\u2019s World Championship against Mark Briscoe, Kenny Omega puts his future on the line, and more in-person thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2596922410\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>By Will Pruett<\/strong>, ProWrestling.net Co-Senior Staffer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itswilltime?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==&amp;utm_source=qr\">@itswilltime<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Another week, another wrestling show I attended and photographed (I promise I don\u2019t do this weekly, just when they\u2019re around me and my schedule fits theirs). Here are my in-person thoughts from San Diego &#8211; a city that is entirely too far from Orange County for a Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Every post-pay-per-view Dynamite episode since AEW Dynasty has opened with a backstage segment featuring Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega. All of these segments have been very good and very interesting. They are not classic wrestling promos with big bold statements, but quiet moments between these two men sharing doubts and encouraging each other. As a storytelling device, these have felt different than what we usually see on wrestling TV. This month\u2019s segment also featured MJF and Jon Moxley prominently and built directly to next week\u2019s television main event. I believe that after next week, we will look at that first segment after Dynasty as the beginning of AEW\u2019s Road to All In.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Will Ospreay is in a battle over who will be his real dad &#8211; longtime friend, mentor, and enemy Kenny Omega or Jon Moxley, his newer gruffer dad with a stronger neck. Ospreay being pulled between these two AEW originals (and AEW\u2019s original major feud) is a compelling story. I expect Ospreay\u2019s answer to be declining to have a wrestling dad at all and for it to upset both men. There is some great potential for matches coming out of Ospreay\u2019s Dad Drama &#8211; including revisiting Moxley vs. Omega with Omega as the babyface in the feud again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; MJF vs. Mark Briscoe was a great television AEW Men\u2019s World Championship match. I never bought into Briscoe winning the title, but I did buy into the action here and Briscoe\u2019s motivation to win. The prior Darby Allin title change after a pay-per-view did set this one up with at least a glimmer of hope for Briscoe. The match was brutal, and one of Briscoe\u2019s best singles matches in AEW to date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kenny Omega\u2019s show-long story from the opening post-pay-per-view video to his show-closing promo was excellent. Kenny shed a lot of his unserious nature and gave us some of the best performances we\u2019ve seen on the mic since he was in New Japan. This was the \u201cBest Bout Machine\u201d actually stopping to tell a story and tell it well. While his decision about next week should have never been in doubt, mentioning the other \u201cElite brothers\u201d who have fallen to this stipulation (including a rare AEW mention of Cody Rhodes) added weight and meaning to the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I find myself wondering again if Kenny Omega can manage to turn it on at the level he could in 2023. I know his body has been through a lot in three years, and perhaps my expectations should not be this high, but for the AEW World Championship and for a shot at Wembley Stadium, will we see some version of Classic Kenny Omega?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Lio Rush vs. Kevin Knight for the TNT Championship was a fine match, but I still find myself feeling mostly \u201cmeh\u201d about Lio\u2019s character. Knight selling a ton for him did not delight me either. The post-match, where Rush was quickly forgotten in favor of Darby Allin, was better. If I am correct, Darby Allin is threatening to blow Knight up (or attempt to) a bunch of times to get a title shot, right? That\u2019s new in wrestling storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hikaru Shida is the new TBS Champion, which seems right for that title and Shida\u2019s current role in AEW. I assumed she would be the human to beat Willow for that title as Willow came to the end of her \u201ccomeback killer\u201d gimmick. Sadly, that gimmick had to end too early. I did not love the Survival of the Fittest match, and building this one up for the last month did not help it feel better. The entrances and early eliminations felt rushed. I would have also enjoyed seeing Harley Cameron stick around this one longer because of her long-term story with Shida.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Persephone\u2019s heel turn did not stop this live crowd from loving her. In Southern California during World Cup season, you are going to have a hard time turning a Mexican wrestler heel.<\/p><div id=\"prowr-3210458468\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; Jay White\u2019s return to AEW Dynamite was really well done. Jay had some electricity to his in-ring promo that is often missing from Dynamite. White is a wrestler who always seems like a main event player, even surrounded by goofs (complimentary, I think). I would really love to see White included in some post-All In main event plans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay vs. The Swirl was too long. The two wrestlers presented as the toughest in AEW should not need nine minutes to dispose of The Swirl. This is a long-term problem in AEW where a match that should be a squash or squash-adjacent ends up being long and oddly competitive (see Swerve vs. Garcia last week). It\u2019s a major issue when you\u2019re doing this with a wrestler of the caliber of Will Ospreay going into the match of his life in Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Another week and more thoughts to think! I\u2019ll be recording an audio review of AEW Collision after the show airs tonight for Dot Net Members with more than 10 Thoughts on the week of AEW Wrestling I attended live!<\/p>\n<p><i>Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. To see his video content, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\"><i>subscribe to his YouTube channel<\/i><\/a><i>. 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