6 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Dynamite (November 1 - Results & Review)

5. Elegant Plotting

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Throughout the night, MJF wandered the backstage area in an attempt to resolve his dilemma. He sought partners ahead of his eight-man tag main event against Bullet Club Gold, and his rivals sought him, in a decent enough show-long storyline that was hardly Jerry Jarrett-tier. More of this is welcome without straying too far away from the sporting, fixtures-based framework. Or what's left of it, anyway.

Roderick Strong continued his descent into caricature by offering his services to MJF. The Acclaimed continued to court him. In an intriguing glimpse into a continuing story, MJF knocked on Kenny Omega's locker room door but was rebuffed by Chris Jericho. MJF muttering "as*hole" was a neat nod to their very long past. Wardlow then terrorised MJF by threatening to attack him when he least expected it. Later in the night, MJF picked the Acclaimed following a half-decent sight gag in which, faced with Jeff Jarrett and his cronies luring him back to the dark side, he felt he had no choice.

Good, organic-feeling world-building and continuity, even if the mystery itself wasn't greatly compelling.

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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!