6 Ups & 6 Downs From AEW Dynamite (23 Oct)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. An Elite Beatdown

Adam Cole Jungle Boy
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Jungle Boy vs. Brandon Cutler was the quick fire squash it needed to be, and it wasn't the main course for JB anyway. Post-match, he showed more of that killer badass streak AEW are developing by calling out anybody from The Elite who wanted some of the same medicine.

Adam Cole answered, but it was a ruse. The Young Bucks ambushed Jungle, then they and Cole chucked JB off the entrance ramp through a table. Meanwhile, commentary explained that Luchasaurus couldn't make the save due to injury. Everything came together nicely during this segment.

It was a tidy bit of build towards the inevitable Boy vs. Cole match at Full Gear.

Something else stood out. Adam Cole looked like more of a leader - The Bucks did his bidding here, and it was very Undisputed Era. Cole nails that role, and he should do special things with Jungle Boy on pay-per-view when push comes to the shove.

What did you think of this week's AEW Dynamite? For more like this, check out 6 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Rampage (Oct 22) and WWE Crown Jewel 2021: 35 Things You Probably Missed!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.