12 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite: Bash At The Beach (Jan 15)

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12. What A Beauty

AEW Bash at the Beach
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Jim Ross tweeted a video of Miami's Watsco Center looking very bare and very ordinary on Tuesday evening, giving the impression that Dynamite's Bash at the Beach special would go down without a cool set design. Fortunately, those concerns were premature, as while AEW didn't quite go all-in on the concept, they at least put significant effort into playing to the theme and making the episode look and feel distinct.

Wrestling is an aesthetic business as much as a lot of other things, and Bash at the Beach looked lovely. The neon colour palette, Miami Vice-style logo, prop-laden stage, and Justin Roberts decked out in a cream shirt and trousers like a dad on holiday provided the window dressing. The entrance tunnels were flanked by sand, too. It was class.

Perhaps the show itself could've played to the aesthetic a little more, though this may have provoked criticism for being too gimmicky. A gentle Up here regardless.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.