4 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dark (Feb 25)

by Andy H Murray

1. Exactly What The Exalted One Ordered

The Dark Order
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The dirty little secret about The Dark Order is that Grayson and Evil Uno are very, very good between the ropes, despite their gimmick. This doesn't get pointed out enough. They're a fluid, cohesive, and exciting tag team who look like they belong in a tag division as talent-rich as this one, and they proved it against last night.

The Dark Order vs. #STRONGHEARTS sat somewhere in the ***1/4-***1/2 region. Both sides worked hard with the eight minutes they had and while traditional tag pacing places a clear ceiling on a match this short, there was little to complain about here. Exploratory opening phrases unravelled into fast, explosive sequences like CIMA and T-Hawk tandem diving onto all four Dark Order full-timers, but it was Grayson and Uno who shone the brightest, first downing Hawk when he was thrown into a powerbomb before hitting the Fatality for the W.

CIMA is in an interesting place at the moment, having been handed a Dark Order mask on last week's Dynamite. This defeat should only strengthen the group's desire to recruit him.

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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.