6 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite: Beach Break (Feb 3)

1. Cassid & Taylor Spoil Kip & Penelope's Big Day

Historically, wrestling weddings are a draw. This is why promotions keep putting them together. Even if they aren't going to be to every viewer's tastes, the counterpoint is that they can at least be relied upon to pull decent quarter-hour or social media numbers, with the great hope being that those extra eyes will stick around to see what happens to the participants next week.

We'll have to wait until tonight's release to see how Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford's wedding does. Either way, while this tepid Sports Entertainment segment's existence can be forgiven if it pops, this wasn't the kind of content fans were conditioned to expect from All Elite Wrestling - and it wasn't even a particularly dynamic or interesting exploration of the trope.

'Sinister Minister' James Mitchell showing up was a nice touch, admittedly, and AEW subverted the Person Hiding In Gift Box trope by having Chuck Taylor presenting an empty package. The Best Friend then foiled the 'Best Man,' cuffing him to the bottom rope, with Ford going face-first into the cake when Chuck clipped Kip. The payoff? Orange Cassidy popping out of the cake, because of course it was.

Clunky execution marred the closing section, as Kip accidentally struck Miro, fumbled around a bit, then flew into his own beatdown. At least the good guys were the ones sipping champagne by the end.

A plodding execution of a tired format, this was subpar.