Last night was big night for Every Time I Die guitarist Andy Williams. After years of paying his dues on the independent wrestling scene, Andy had his biggest match yet, and his national television wrestling debut on All Elite Wrestling's weekly TNT show, Dynamite.
Williams, known in AEW as The Butcher, teamed up with his partner The Blade, also known as Pepper Parks/Braxton Sutter, and accompanied by the brains of the operation, The Bunny, aka Allie. Their debut match was against Cody Rhodes and a partner of their choosing, and they picked the relatively unknown and unproved Q.T. Marshall, as a way to hinder Cody.
Prior to the match starting, we learned that the team of BBB (The Butcher, The Blade, and The Bunny) was actually hired by Cody's arch nemesis, MJF, to take out Cody so MJF doesn't have to. This all lead to BBB making their entrance with a killer entrance theme.
Williams' ring presence was that of a grizzled veteran. I mean look at this:
https://twitter.com/GIFSkull/status/1204934836709818368
Williams was definitely "protected" in the match and made to look strong. He had some great power moves, and he and The Blade work seamlessly together, dishing out punishment:
The Butcher & the Blade are just dismantling QT Marshall!
Watch #AEWDynamite NOW on @TNTDrama 8e/7c #AEWonTNT @AEWonTNT pic.twitter.com/kiHTrPqo1G— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) December 12, 2019
Everybody shined in the match, including Q.T. Marshall, who offered the most unique space flying tiger drop you've ever seen:
.@realmmarshall1 running on pure adrenaline!
Watch #AEWDynamite NOW on @TNTDrama 8e/7c #AEWonTNT @AEWonTNT pic.twitter.com/UcwYDUkqo9— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) December 12, 2019
Kudos to Marshall for being shocked himself that he was even able to pull it off. For reference, here is the move done by the acrobatic Ricochet.
Picture perfect Space Flying Tiger Drop by @KingRicochet pic.twitter.com/7sxdNt0LSx
— Allan (@allan_cheapshot) October 22, 2016
The Butcher and the Blade got Cody to the outside and it was enough time for them to double team Q.T. and get their first win on AEW:
The Butcher & the Blade showed their power last night on #AEWDynamite
Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE every Wednesday on @TNTDrama 8e/7c #AEWonTNT @AEWonTNT pic.twitter.com/gg8zCH0Cym
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) December 12, 2019
It doesn't look like Cody's beef with BBB is done yet, as after the match, Darby Allin came out and said he would be Cody's partner in a match against BBB if Cody agreed to give Darby a rematch from their draw a few weeks back on Dynamite.
Here are some more highlights AEW uploaded:
The best part of the match was after it was over, and legendary commentator Jim Ross noted that Andy reminds him of wrestling legend Ole Anderson. I can't imagine a bigger compliment for Andy, who is celebrating his birthday today.
https://twitter.com/RoboDinoProf/status/1205119288878784512
Ultimately, we want to send a huge congrats to Andy, and everybody who worked the match, because it came out awesome. We look forward to seeing Andy on more episodes of Dynamite, which airs every Wednesday in the U.S. at 8pm eastern time.
