13 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dynamite (Jun 3)

1. Character Development 101

As far as immediately establishing FTR's characters, personalities, and motivations goes, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler's sitdown interview with Tony Schiavone was a total success.

Though they spent time outlining the fluidity of their name and putting the tag division over, the most important stuff came from FTR's hottest takes. Their old-school approach came to the forefront as they promised to teach the Lucha Brothers tag team wrestling (with an emphasis on tags), called Hangman Page and Kenny Omega "not a real team," and wrote off the idea that them vs. The Young Bucks was a "dream match," saying they don't want to have a good bout with the Jacksons, but punch them in the face and win in three minutes.

Wheeler and Harwood didn't attack the Bucks in their debut because they want there to be zero doubt when they answer the question of who the best tag team in the world is. They want Matt and Nick at 100% and for their victory to be decisive, having grown sick of sitting by as the wrestling world throws lavish praise, awards, and accolades at their rivals.

Our sitdown concluded with The Butcher and the Blade intervening, understandably furious after getting laid out in FTR's last week. There's your debut match.

A serial box-ticker, this was a great, great way to formally introduce the tandem and establish them as traditionalists in a division full of forward-thinkers.