4 Ups & 7 Downs From AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen (August 17 - Review)
1. A Small But Potentially Awful And Wonderful Thing
Hangman Page's relationship with alcohol was a fascinating detail during the original elegant building up (and knocking down and building back up) of his character in AEW. Very much used as the Homer Simpson "cause-of-and-solution-to" element of his personality during the various highs and lows between 2019 and 2021, booze was necked, thrown in his face and eventually placed gracefully to one side as the 'Anxious Millennial Cowboy' finally found himself.
Now, back with The Elite and back helping Kenny Omega fight his battles, Page has a can in his hand. The message was one of strength and determination on behalf of 'The Best Bout Machine', but did the beer reveal weakness or a new kind of confidence?
And who specifically might get extremely offended and pious about that that choice of beverage, not least as he carries around a "Real" World Championship with the symbol for Straight Edge sprayed through the middle?
It could all be nothing right now, but All Elite Wrestling was once the place where NOTHING was ever simply nothing. It'd be fantastic if this relatively lowkey moment marked the end of a frustratingly slapdash era and take us all back to those times.