Wednesday’s version of “AEW Dynamite” noticed the newly-signed Shelton Benjamin’s debut match with AEW. Lio Rush was his opponent, however in the end, Benjamin — with the phrases “Damage Syndicate” on his trunks — stood tall with a profitable debut match beneath his belt.
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Rush tried to floor the enormous determine of Benjamin within the early goings of the match, however after a visit to the skin, Benjamin dominated the smaller Rush. Rush had a short-lived comeback, however the match actually unraveled when he tried to climb to the highest rope. Benjamin shocked the San Jose crowd when he leaped to the highest rope, and dragged Rush down from the heavens. With a red-faced MVP egging him on, Benjamin closed in on Rush with malice, and despatched Rush residence from a loss with an Exploder Powerslam.
After shoving a enterprise card within the downed Rush’s pants, MVP took to the microphone to talk about “The Normal of Excellence’s” dominant win. He known as out Swerve Strickland, and implored him to “rethink his choice,” lest Benjamin flatten the previous AEW champion as nicely. Shortly after, a match between Strickland and Benjamin was confirmed for “AEW Dynamite: Fright Evening,” which might be held in Cleveland on October 30.
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Benjamin first appeared on AEW programming on the October 2 episode of “Dynamite,” the place he was launched as MVP’s President of the Complaints Division. Regardless of swirling stories of Bobby Lashley’s anticipated AEW arrival, Lashley didn’t seem throughout Benjamin’s phase, and not one of the different people MVP had tried to recruit, corresponding to Mercedes Moné or The Acclaimed, interfered or instantly commented on the development of the Damage Syndicate.
