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

Ups...

6. Solid Stick Work All Round

Sammy Guevara
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Yes, that subheading is a joke nod towards Dan Lambert's backwards compliment for Sammy Guevara. The American Top Team mouthpiece said that Sammy doesn't suck on the stick as much as he thought he would - that got a reaction from the fans, which is all one can expect from such barbs.

Everybody did their best with this promo train, and it was better than anything else we've seen from the Top Team vs. Inner Circle story thus far. Men Of The Year came across as smart-arsed jocks, Lambert was an obnoxious a*shole, and Guevara continues to emerge from the shadow of Chris Jericho and his IC buddies.

One could do without the stip that Sammy "must leave The Inner Circle forever" considering the group almost broke up earlier this year, but that's a small gripe. This was solid mic work all-round, and it's another reminder that Guevara is really coming into his own.

Just keep the MMA chat to a minimum and everything will be fine.

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