5 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Dynamite (June 28 - Review)
4. Orange Cassidy, Keith Lee & Vikingo Vs The Jericho Appreciation Society
One of those cute AEW television matches where the arrangement is less about the contest and more to do with all the narrative moving pieces, this was unforgivably dull and heatless considering the diversity and dynamism talent involved.
If you happened not to see this match, a friend who's also a fan might point you in the direction of the awesome moment Daniel Garcia attempted to do his dance on Keith Lee's back. They won't sit you down for the entire 15 minutes wrapped around it. Not if they're a real friend anyway.
Miscommunications here and there on the babyface side could actually be waved away as part of the lack of chemistry between them - Orange Cassidy picked his partners because they happened to be stood next to him in the locker room - but by the end, a poor advert for the trios division in general was only really beneficial for keeping Cassidy and Garcia together and revealing that Keith Lee had reverted back to black hair ahead of his Blind Eliminator reunion with Swerve Strickland against the International Champion and Darby Allin.
It's admirable to seek to achieve all of that from a single semi-impromptu match, but when the bell-to-bell is lost or neglected, the failure feels less noble.