5 Ups & 6 Downs From AEW Dark (May 26)

1. Peter Avalon vs. Jungle Boy

Can we please remove the "fan favourite male forces a kiss on heel woman" trope from AEW canon, please? It is 2020. We saw it at Revolution with Jake Hager's wife and Dustin Rhodes and got another example last night, with Marko Stunt smooching Leva Bates without consent. There's a lot to be said for good taste and this shj*t belongs in the bin.

This dopy finish undid an otherwise solid bout between an effective, annoying heel jobber and one of AEW's brighter up-and-comers. They meshed well together though it meant little as things got dumb towards the end, starting with Bates trying to hand Avalon a book right in front of Aubrey Edwards, before Luchasaurus put her on his shoulders, and Stunt became a sex pest.

Blergh.

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