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

5. The Bracket

AEW TNT Championship tournament bracket
AEW

The TNT Championship Tournament announcement led to expectations of a bracket comprised largely of undercard wrestlers, though AEW stacked the first side as much as they possibly could last night, throwing their ace in there alongside three well-known names.

Cody has history with all three of these guys, having defeated each one of them. Guevara and Allin, meanwhile, still have beef following their electric Revolution clash. This makes Spears almost look like the odd one out, though perhaps AEW will use this tourney as an opportunity to rebuild him.

It's encouraging stuff, though it's hard to see how the other half will compare with the likes of Rey Fenix, Pentagon, and PAC seemingly all unable to travel for various reasons. Kenny Omega, anyone?

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