5 Ups & 8 Downs From AEW Dark (Aug 25)
3. Best Friends vs. Demetri Jackson & Storm Thomas
![Best Friends](https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2020/08/f8e9ea8cd493df50-600x338.jpg)
Solid action, as Best Friends defeated newcomers Storm Thomas and Demetri Jackson to open the show, though the layout made little sense.
Best Friends are gearing up for a Tag Team Title contendership gauntlet match on Dynamite. Giving them a win ahead of that was a smart move, but they are second only to FTR in the rankings and will enter the gauntlet in a privileged position as a result of this. Also, they competed for the belts a few weeks ago. They're one of the top teams in the company, and yet they swung momentum back and forth with a couple of jobbers, who enjoyed an even share of the offense.
That shouldn't be the case. There should be tiers. AEW's rankings system exists to create these, so it's frustrating when the framework is ignored.