On Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite, Megan Bayne took a dangerous-looking bump during a four-way match against Willow Nightingale, Marina Shafir, and Mina Shirakawa.
The match ended with Willow retaining the TBS Championship after pinning Mina with a rollup, but the moment that’s generating a lot of conversation came when Willow hit Bayne with a German suplex from the top rope.
As seen in a replay of the spot, Megan appeared to land hard on her neck. Clips of the scary moment have since begun circulating
on social media, and wrestling fans have started taking sides. Part of the internet wrestling community feels the bump is another example of how AEW stars can be too reckless, while other online fans are defending the spot.
An X (Twitter) user posted that he was “glad Megan Bayne didn’t break her neck” and added: “Why does AEW keep doing these dangerous and reckless spots?”
Some social media users blamed Megan for the spot, while others called Nightingale “unsafe.”
“I was half paying attention but Bayne needs to stop going to the top rope. She’s lucky she walked out of that match,” a person on X wrote.
“Good gawd how dangerous is Willow Nightingale?!? Poor Megan Bayne almost had her neck broken! So incredibly unsafe!” said another X user.
No matter the bump, some fans are now itching for a future one-one-encounter between Nightingale and Bayne.
“Solid action between the four women tonight in that fatal four way for the TBS Championship. Bayne took a nasty ass bump and also It looks like Megan and Willow might have a singles match at Revolution and I’m really looking forward to seeing that,” read one comment on X.
Reddit also saw fans debating the spot, with one person writing: “I’m surprised AEW hasn’t had a death yet.”
That comment resulted in the response: “Because they’re the safest company. Ever. Fed shill.”
The backlash and defense of the spot recalled a similar AEW controversy from December when Jon Moxley suplexed Kyle Fletcher from the top, and the Australian star landed head-first, resulting in his neck bending in a painful-looking angle.
That bump resulted in a flurry of back-and-forth about the safety around AEW wrestlers’ ring work, and WWE’s William Regal—who’s had neck surgery—posted a warning on social media to young wrestlers, although he didn’t mention Fletcher or Moxley by name.
“I’m 57 and become less relevant every day but fame has never been my thing so most of you doing this STUPID stuff are not going to listen to me but hopefully a few do. Stop it now if you want a decent quality of life after Wrestling because that part of your life will be over before you know it and wrestling done right is hard enough but broken necks or death are not something you should think is tough or cool. It’s idiotic thinking,” Regal wrote, in part.
Bayne herself has directly addressed the bump she received from Nightingale. On X, she shared a clip of the move, and wrote: “I’m the Megasus. I don’t feel pain but don’t worry she will pay for her sins.”
What do you think? Was the spot too dangerous? Are AEW wrestlers more unsafe than their WWE counterparts? Sound off in the comments and let us know what you think.
