4 Ups & 6 Downs From AEW Dynamite (22 Feb - Review)
1. MJF Speaks With Bryan Danielson
A segment of two halves, MJF and Bryan Danielson’s verbal sparring left a lot to be desired even if the physicality that followed was god-tier pay-per-view setup stuff. But more on that momentarily.
‘The Salt Of The Earth’ let us in to yet another part of his fractured past (that was, by all accounts, rooted in recent reality) but the sociopathy deep dive - like the gauntlet stipulation - feels like an MJF well that’s been visited once too often lately. It’s a measure of just how great the Champion is; a five out of ten idea was nonetheless delivered like a twenty, but Bryan threatening to “kick the sh*t” out of him for mentioning his kids then simply not doing so as Friedman raged down the lens at them was a weird rare production and blocking flub from AEW. Never mind climbing over an invisible wall, Bryan barely needed to hop an invisible fence and he would have been able to reach him.
Though never threatening to go off the rails, the bit had the air of something we’ve seen better versions of before, and got nowhere close to establishing the challenger as somebody that might actually win when the two fight for the gold.
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