4 Ups & 6 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Sept 28)

1. THE OCHO-ly Sh*t He's Only Gone And Done It Again

More was working against this match than the graphic initially made it seem.

The Ring Of Honor World Championship has yet to mean much under the stewardship of Tony Khan and without - in real terms - a company to represent. Bandido, meanwhile, amazes in flourishes but could he find chemistry with a slowing down Chris Jericho working a gimmick as much to do with cheating as wrestling? And what of Jericho himself? The bangers have been in high supply, but you can't win them all.

Or can you? This absolutely ruled.

Keeping pace with Bandido as he did Claudio last week, Danielson the week before that and Moxley and Kingston earlier this year, Jericho's improbable run continued with a ripper of a main event that was almost too good for the Champion to convincingly say he was trying to disgrace the belt. The stalling suplex was a joy, the moonsault fallaway slam was another mind-blowing high spot for a 50+ year old man to add to his collection this year, the 21-plex was an electrifying near-fall and blood underneath the white mask was a nice bit of heart-on-sleeve earnestness before the challenger was put away by his more experienced foe.

Chris Jericho's 2022 will feature prominently in end-of-year discussions, and in much the same way Triple H's 2000 is sometimes reappraised through the lens of his top bracket of opponents rather than his own greatness, the ROH World Champion's own slate boasts an awesome array of talents. But he was once again on here, and in the spirit of great work being great for the workers, might have earned Bandido far more AEW work in the process.