13 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Fyter Fest 2019

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13. An Acceptable Car Crash

God bless Michael Nakazawa. God bless that man for not only carrying Alex Jebailey, the non-wrestling CEO head honcho, to an acceptable hardcore mess, but also making it so much fun in the process.

Yes, there were moments that look like sh*t. Jebailey isn't a wrestler. He collaborated with AEW to put this show together, and that's primarily why he was on the card. While he deserves commendation for the hard work he put forth in training for the Nakazawa match, he looked really rough at points, but if anyone's to be criticized for that, it's AEW themselves for putting him on the show.

A weird, weird match here, and if you told your writer that you thought it was complete garbage, he wouldn't necessarily argue with you. Still, Nakazawa rules. He's a grade A comedy wrestler whose oiled-up shortcuts get over, and he and referee Bryce Remsburg successfully navigated Jebailey's glaring weaknesses to craft a bout that won't win any awards for technicality, but still had enough to finish as a net positive.

Jebailey's best moments came with plunder. He battered Nakazawa with a CEO-branded joystick and tried to drown him in the paddling pool, before Michael bludgeoned him with an inflatable Flamengo. A kendo stick, table, and more gaming accessories were used as we headed back towards the ring, with Nakazawa spearing his opponent through said table, before the Japanese comedy act reversed a pin for the 1-2-3. As a leave-your-brain-at-the-door trainwreck, this was fine.