How AEW could book Steven Borden after the TNT attack
AEW looks set to push Steven Borden toward All Out after he saved TNT champion Darby Allin on Dynamite, only for returning Josh Alexander to help Mark Davis pile-drive him. Tagging Borden with Allin against Davis and Alexander is the clearest path into the PPV. That Sept. 2 beat answers the top question fast: Borden’s first TV match may wait until All Out, or land sooner against the Don Callis Family. More fallout and angles sit in our True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries hub.
Key Takeaways
- Darby Allin retained the TNT Championship against Mark Davis on the Sept. 2 episode of Dynamite.
- Steven Borden saved Allin from RPG Vice, then Josh Alexander returned and blindsided him.
- Davis piledrove Borden while Alexander trapped Allin in an ankle lock.
- F4W/WON opinion points to Borden and Allin versus Davis and Alexander at All Out.
- AEW could use RPG Vice or other Callis Family members as pre-PPV tune-ups.
What happened on Dynamite with the TNT Championship?
Per Wrestling News Source and Cageside Seats, Allin successfully defended the TNT title against “Dunkzilla” Mark Davis. As Allin celebrated, Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta of RPG Vice launched a post-match attack.
Borden—Sting’s son, who helped Allin beat Kevin Knight for the TNT Championship at All In—raced in and briefly flipped the fight. A bald man in a suit then struck him from behind. The attacker was Josh Alexander, reuniting with the Don Callis Family.
Davis followed with a piledriver on Borden. Alexander locked Allin in an ankle lock. The sequence read as a receipt for Borden’s All In role and a warning shot at the TNT champion.
How could AEW book Steven Borden before All Out?
In a F4W/WON opinion column, the “obvious endgame” is Borden and Allin against Davis and Alexander at All Out. AEW may hold Borden’s in-ring TV debut until that night. Three Dynamite episodes remain before the show, leaving room for a warm-up.
RPG Vice sat front and center in the angle. Beretta and Romero are multi-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions in New Japan, yet often lose in AEW. That makes them a logical team to put over Borden and Allin before a larger All Out bout.
Other Callis Family options include El Clon or Hechicero. Borden already has a dark-match win over Mansoor, so a bout with the MxM Collection is another speculative path. Until he is more established, surrounding the 34-year-old with veterans in tags makes more sense than rushing long singles TV matches.
Will Josh Alexander chase Darby Allin’s TNT title next?
Alexander had been out since a serious knee injury in a March 18 Collision trios match and later had surgery. After nearly six months away, his Dynamite return immediately targeted Borden and left Allin in an ankle lock.
Wrestling News Source noted the attack appeared to send a message that Alexander may already have his sights on the TNT Championship. AEW has not announced when he will wrestle his first match since returning. Cageside Seats framed him as next on Allin’s Callis Family gauntlet during this TNT reign.
Whether All Out becomes Borden’s formal debut tag or Alexander jumps the line for gold, the Dynamite angle made one thing clear: Borden’s bigger TV push is coming sooner, not later—and the TNT title remains the center of the storm.