6 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Dec 23)

5. The Acclaimed Go On A Buck Hunt

Worthy of an Up by itself, The Acclaimed's music video for "Buck Hunt" made up for them getting carved up by SCU last week and their middling work elsewhere on Dynamite thus far.

Cute lines about Twitter and Dave Meltzer went some way to sharpening Anthony Bowens and Max Caster's edge, which was vital ahead of their main event match later in the show.

For the first time since stepping to the Tag Team Champions, they felt like big deals and actual threats. And funny, too - it was total package stuff from an act that have only thus far told rather than shown. More of this later, too.

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