11 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Fyter Fest 2021 Night 1

Miro unveils a glorious new TNT Title as AEW ushers in a glorious new era of noise.

by Michael Sidgwick
Miro AEW TNT Championship
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Last week's AEW Dynamite underscored the stratospheric standards against which this show is generally judged.

It boasted an excellent main event, no less than four promos that ranged from very good to exceptional, a shock debut made by an enormously talented ex-WWE star two full months before anybody expected it, and a white-hot angle building to a match so anticipated that nobody is truly prepared for it.

Matches; promos; angles: Road Rager, layered with the details-rich storytelling that makes obsessives out of fans, delivered everything one could reasonably expect from an episodic wrestling TV show.

And yet, it was merely very good, and in some cases flawed.

The Cody Rhodes Vs. QT Marshall South Beach Strap Match delivered a quality, fired-up finish that did not f*ck around to a match that could not transcend its genre trappings. The Inner Circle Vs. Pinnacle trios match was certainly good, but not good enough to build unbearable anticipation ahead of the traditional FTR Vs. Santana and Ortiz tag team war. Andrade El Idolo has inexplicably transformed into a methodical body guy, and his laboured debut opposite Matt Sydal was dispiriting.

As for this week's Dynamite...?

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!