7 Ups & 0 Downs From AEW Dark (Mar 31)

Total Nonstop (Squash) Action.

by Andy H Murray
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Another week, another squash-heavy episode of AEW Dark, as we headed to an empty Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida for what could be the last time in a long time.

This week saw AEW move their tapings to an undisclosed location after continuing at Daily's Place was rendered untenable by hotels closing and a temporary treatment centre setting up in an adjacent car park. Here's to next week's episode emanating from Matt Hardy's compound, or wherever

Cody joined Tony Schiavone in the studio and on commentary, calling the action on a night of TNT Championship Tournament warmups. 'The American Nightmare' was the only tourney participant not wrestling, with Darby Allin, Shawn Spears, and Sammy Guevara all meeting overmatched opposition. Jon Moxley joined in on the fun in the main event, furthering his latest AEW World Championship feud in the process.

Nothing on this show was spectacular, but everything worked. What more could one want from Dark?

DISCLAIMER: "0 Downs" doesn't make this a brilliant, earth-shattering episode of television. It means that nothing on it was a net negative. That's all. To use a different numerical scale, this was a 6/10 show, it's just that nothing on it was outright bad. Got it? Good.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.