10 Things That Didn't Go The Way AEW Wanted
6. The Dark Order Arrives To Crickets
The AEW fanbase is typically a smart one, with the vast majority of those fans having plentiful knowledge of grapplers who aren't necessarily mainstream stars. So, when the Super Smash Bros. arrived at Double or Nothing 2019 to crickets, that tells you all you need to know.
That initial silence was followed by a "befuddled" Alex Marvez questioning who this pair was, a disinterested Jim Ross wondering what the f**k was going on, and Excalibur doing his best to talk up this new threat whilst steering clear of outright identifying Player Uno/Evil Uno and Player Dos/Stu Grayson.
Even more telling was that the silence of those in attendance at the MGM Grand on that night was only broken when a "Who are you?" chant started up.
Despite Excalibur doing his best to make the arrival of the Super Smash Bros. feel like a big deal, and despite AEW clearly wanting the duo and their goofy minions to be perceived as a major force, this all fell as flat as a fart in church. Then again, that's something that could be said about a good chunk of those first few months of what would soon become the Dark Order.