5 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (April 3 - Results & Review)

2. What The Hell Was That?

How much merchandise do the Acclaimed sell?

They must sell an absolute warehouse load, or at least sell out the allocation of the market stall that they call a stock room, because they aren't on TV because they're good anymore, surely. They aren't hot, and at some point, the amount of t-shirts sold shouldn't matter. Billy Gunn going over Jay White via disqualification in front of barely 3,000 fans after taking literally 90% of a dire plodding effort is at least two versions of LOLTNA.

AEW capitalised on the brilliant Darby Allin write-off by booking something not too dissimilar to Rob Van Dam's TNA debut here, and Billy Gunn, at 60 years old, is the epitome of the "ex-WWE guy". He's massive, but so what: so are Powerhouse Hobbs and Lance Archer, and they were still cleanly defeated elsewhere on the night.

The match was so tedious, the ultimate test of your ability to avoid going on your phone. It was wrestled like a picture-and-picture break for virtually the entire run-time before the hapless interference of the Gunns led to a desperate Jay voluntarily taking a DQ by hitting Gunn low. So Jay White is weak and stupid, and Daddy Ass must be protected at all costs.

Great.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!