5 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dark (Sep 29)

2. Penelope Ford vs. Alex Gracia

Alex Gracia
AEW

Wrestling Penelope Ford may have been seen as something of a tryout for Alex Gracia, who wrestles out of Texas but has experience working in Mexico and Japan. If it was, it wasn't a particularly successful one, as Gracia was given little opportunity to show what she can do.

This was a mechanical squash with a few clunky moments. It looked like the wrestlers' timing was off by a few milliseconds on several occasions, so they struggled for cohesion. A shame, really, as moments like Ford snapping Gracia's throat up into the top rope looks great. The individual pieces just didn't come together.

Ford was in complete control throughout, eventually putting Gracia away with her Fisherman Suplex.

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