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    "headline": "Chris Jericho apologizes to Nick Wayne on AEW Dynamite in Florida as Ilja Dragunov wins his debut",
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    "articleBody": "Chris Jericho stood in a Florida ring on Wednesday, October 21, and apologized to 21-year-old Nick Wayne on live television, then sent him off with a warning: “Don’t f— it up.” The segment, which closed out a feud Wayne won at WrestleDream four days earlier, was the line fans kept quoting after a busy episode of AEW Dynamite from the Watsco Center in Coral Gables. The apology, and why it worked The deal going into WrestleDream on Saturday, October 17, in Orlando was simple: if Wayne beat Jericho, the veteran had to say sorry. Wayne won, which by his own count made it two wins over Jericho, and he spent the build-up to Wednesday enjoying it. He arrived by limousine wearing a T-shirt that read “Nick Wayne Beat Chris Jericho”, and every time that phrase was said aloud on the broadcast, the arena set off pyro. In the ring, Wayne kept interrupting the apology he had demanded, pointing out that his family and friends were watching. Jericho eventually told him to shut up, admitted Wayne “knew more” than he had assumed, and apologized for underestimating him. He then turned it into a passing of the torch, predicting Wayne could become a multi-time world champion if he keeps listening to people who know more than he does, and name-checking the mentors from his own early career, including Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin. Our read: this is how a long-running veteran gets value out of losing. Jericho finished the feud as the bigger man without taking anything back from Wayne’s win, and Wayne leaves with a catchphrase the crowd already treats as a cue. The rest of the card The show also hosted the first AEW match of Ilja Dragunov, who had been introduced at WrestleDream. He beat “Speedball” Mike Bailey in the main event after a long striking exchange, with Bailey working much of the match on a leg he had banged against the ring steps. The two had first met in Germany about ten years ago, ringside interviewer Renee Paquette noted. Mark Davis and Jake Doyle flattened the Young Bucks in a tag title eliminator, winning a near-squash and earning a title shot. Kyle Fletcher pinned Adam Copeland after Kazuchika Okada’s interference, in a tag match where Fletcher and Kevin Knight beat Copeland and world champion Will Ospreay. Jon Moxley made Roderick Strong tap to a rear naked choke in a Continental title eliminator. Queen Aminata beat Maya World to earn a TBS Championship match against Persephone on the October 28 Dynamite. Jay White and Orange Cassidy beat the Death Riders, and Swerve Strickland beat Tome Filip in seconds. Two angles that reset the roster The biggest shake-up came after the Moxley match. The Dogs attacked Strong, then Moxley, and in the brawl that followed Jay White handed David Finlay his shillelagh to hit Claudio Castagnoli, revealing an alliance between the Dogs and the Bang Bang Gang. In wrestling terms, a whole faction turned heel, meaning it switched from crowd favorites to villains, which pushes the Death Riders toward the fan-favorite side for the first time in a long while. Earlier, Steven Borden returned to help Darby Allin and the Young Bucks run off the Don Callis Family, then challenged them to Blood and Guts. That match is set for two weeks out: Ospreay, Copeland, Allin, Borden and the Bucks against Okada, Fletcher, Knight, Wardlow, Davis and Doyle. Backstage, Strickland demanded a Trios title rematch from “Hangman” Adam Page, Brody King and Bandido at Full Gear on November 14. Page accepted the rematch but refused Strickland’s request to make it a Texas Death match. “We’ll see,” Strickland replied. Dates on the calendar Saturday’s AEW Collision has match two of the best-of-five series between the Motor City Machine Guns and FTR, plus Strickland against Myron Reed. Match three follows on Dynamite on Wednesday, October 28, the same night Persephone defends the TBS title against Aminata. Full Gear is Saturday, November 14. Viewership for the October 21 episode had not been published by Thursday morning. Image: KMcWrestling Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. How we work.",
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