4 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (12 April - Review)

3. Bullet Club Gold?

Jay White
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Desperately adding the 'Gold' suffix to this new AEW contingent of Bullet Club is literally one degree away from nWo Silver.

There is not one single solitary soul who could convincingly argue that this is the best version of the stable yet, and this includes its members Jay White and Juice Robinson. There is such a thing as a deluded heel, yes, but this was much, much too far. White and Juice felt like small-time players in their brief backstage segment; much like QTV and the original Mogul Affiliates, this feels like a non-starter immediately.

Jay White Vs. Ricky Starks is an atypically bold Tony Khan move. He's pitting a babyface with serious momentum and upside against a debuting heel with main event credentials. The match itself will be hugely dramatic as a result, but the ancient and irrelevant Bullet Club trappings are weighing it down.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!