13 Ups & 6 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Nov 27)

Le Champion holds court as Dynamite blows through the Windy City.

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Hype is dangerous.

This week's Ups-to-Downs ratio should tell you that last night's AEW Dynamite was a good show, and it was. These were two fun, enjoyable hours of pro-wrestling that passed quickly and yielded enough good content to finish as a comfortable net positive, though its overall quality didn't meet pre-show expectations.

With Scorpio Sky's perfectly-built rise culminating in an AEW World Championship match, Cody's return to television, Kenny Omega out to overturn his All Out loss to PAC, and Chris Jericho's Thanksgiving Celebrashon for Le Champion lined up, Dynamite could have been PPV calibre. It wasn't. It was good, but not great, and that's a shame.

Regardless, most of what went down on this episode made sense. As well as the things listed above, we got Hangman Page vs. MJF for the $45,000 Dynamite Diamond Ring, the next AEW World Title contender's emergence, another sick Dark Order vignette, a new tag teams's debut, and red-hot prospect Kris Statlander's first Dynamite appearance. Plenty to sink one's teeth into, even if it didn't all hit.

It speaks to the brand's quality so far that a 13 Ups/6 Downs show can be labelled anything close to disappointing. Let's find out why...

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. 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.