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

9. Liquid Courage

Hangman Page SCU
AEW

Hangman Page drunkenly stumbling into SoCal Uncensored's backstage promo may seem like a minor segment, but AEW accomplished plenty here.

Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky were obviously p*ssed off at the interruption. This gives the bout a nice slice to heat to jazz it up a little. On top of this, it furthers the slow-burning Page heel turn by having him behave like a booze-addled *sshole, and Kenny Omega coming in to play peacekeeper, talk Hangman out of trouble, and insist the two teams have a "gentlemen's contest" gives him another legitimate reason to be peeved with Page's recent behaviour.

When a segment this short can further so many plot points at once, it's an easy Up. This thing was economical as hell

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