10 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Jan 22)

9. More Seeds Planted

Kenny Omega and Hangman Page met with Tony Schiavone after capturing the AEW Tag Team Championships, pushing multiple storylines at once.

The first was Omega vs. PAC, with 'The Best Bout Machine' promising that yes, 'The Bastard' was going to get his rubber match, even if the belts were his immediate priority. He probably isn't going to get away with calling the gruff Geordie "human excrement," though.

The second and most important was the slow-burning Page saga, with Hangman putting himself over above all else, saying that he whooped both Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian. The Young Bucks walked in to congratulate their boys. When they did, Page proclaimed he was surprised him and Omega won the belts before the brothers Jackson, giving Matt and Nick another reason to be salty.

This is just really solid storytelling, and long may it continue.

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