10 Creeping Problems AEW MUST Fix

10. The Dark Winning Streak

The secret Dark winning streak is ironic. In the wins and losses matter promotion, sometimes the wins don't matter.

No other promotion goes to this much commendable effort to make everything make sense. With Dark and Elevation, Tony Khan is accomplishing several goals. He's growing an all-important content library, preserving what remained of the indie scene mid-pandemic, giving his greener talent reps, and reinforcing the wins and losses matter mentality. It's crucial, well thought-out booking, but it's rarely articulated. One might even label it pointless.

A win on Dark is equivalent to a win on Dynamite. SCU ascended to the top spot of the tag team division ahead of their heartbreaking loss to the Young Bucks by only winning a single match on the flagship - after they had already been established as number one contenders. The blowoff was great, but it could have been even greater, had this emotionally-charged storyline played out across Dynamite. A certain heft was missing because it never felt like Christopher Daniels was agonisingly close to saving his career. SCU's position atop the rankings just made the majority of fans ask when that happened.

Elite Hunter Kazarian rules. He is a blunt as f*ck badass who can go. But all of this would have worked that bit better had AEW introduced some sort of minute-long 'Ones To Watch' video recap on Dynamite that highlighted what is meant to truly matter on Dark.

The ticker tape isn't enough.