5 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (2 Feb)

3. AHFO Politics

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Failing to build any level of intrigue for whatever's going on in the Andrade/Hardy Family Office is a weekly issue.

Andrade's pursuit of Darby Allin is amusing, primarily on account of the verbiage, but audiences have been given little reason to care about the dealings between him and Matt Hardy. They near near-joint control of a stable of midcarders who rarely win on television. Their presentation is bland, unengaging, and doing nothing to elevate its cast, particularly when there's no more to the content than Hardy deriding Private Party.

Isiah Kassidy will now challenge for Sammy Guevara's TNT Championship. It feels very much like AEW are nudging towards revisiting the disastrous Hardy/Guevara pairing, which is unlikely to lock people into this feud, given their history.

Ultimately, it comes down to "what is this leading to?". At the moment, none of the answers look all that appealing.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.