10 Things AEW Are Getting Absolutely Right At The Moment
8. The Dark Order
On December 18, 2019, Dynamite ended with a ring full of Dark Order creepers putting the boots to various members of The Elite, in a segment that was widely lambasted and ridiculed. Dave Meltzer said that it could have been a tipping point, a booking decision that the fledgeling company might come to regret in the long term.
It hasn't all been plain sailing since, but 2020 has seen The Dark Order establish itself as a wildly entertaining faction, as capable of slapstick comedy as they are violence and brutality. The group has grown in numbers throughout the year, adding various different elements before the unveiling of Brodie Lee as The Exalted One, the group's leader. Lee is great, Evil Uno and Stu Grayson could quite easily win the tag titles at any moment, and the antics of Silver and Reynolds are a weekly BTE highlight.
The Dark Order is here to stay, and AEW TV is all the better for that fact. It remains to be seen what the end game for the faction is, but those early missteps have been swept away in a wave of good matches, great promos and John Silver's hunky muscles.