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

1. A Gotten-To Show Opening

Adam Copeland Worcester
AEW

In the opening segment, Adam Copeland cut a babyface rah-rah speech clearly designed as a response to CM Punk's criticism of the promotion. In it, he listed theoretical dream matches he'd like to work, put over the roster as one of the best of all-time, and thanked Tony Khan for creating an alternative. It felt desperate and pointless, to be frank.

You could readily believe that Copeland is in fact having a grand old time in AEW, but this segment proved Punk right. This sold no tickets. This built no interest in an ongoing storyline. This was just Copeland putting over AEW in a defensive way in front of a small, damning crowd that needed no persuading whatsoever.

This, in short, was a complete waste of time.

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