5 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dark (Mar 24)

4. Rising Nightmares

Natural Nightmares Dustin Rhodes QT Marshall
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QT Marshall and Dustin Rhodes united under the Natural Nightmares banner for the first time, overcoming Jon Cruz and Matt Sells with relative ease. It was exactly what it needed to be. This clash was all about establishing the new tandem as an act, with Brandi as the manager and the unseen Arn Anderson as the coach, and the Nightmares came out looking good.

A mostly one-sided affair began with Rhodes and Marshall in complete control, as Excalibur pointed out that Dustin has more in-ring experience than Cruz has years on this earth. From there, the babyfaces just ground the ringers down, enduring only the most fleeting of comebacks before putting them away, with QT getting the pin.

The Natural Nightmares are about to become AEW's sentimental tag division favourites. It's hard not to get behind a union between Dustin and QT, and Brandi is good in this role too.

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