7 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest (13 July)

1. Swerve & Lee Earn Their Glory

It's hard not to feel great for Keith Lee. After a hellish couple of years that have seen him fight death during a particularly nasty COVID-19 battle, get released by the biggest wrestling promotion on the planet after a ridiculous rebranding, and more (peppered with moments of brightness like his marriage to Mia Yim), he truly basked last night. Becoming an AEW World Tag Team Champion was an earned moment for a guy served several bad hands by the universe in recent times.

Swerve In Our Glory's victory over The Young Bucks and Team Taz was a genuine surprise, too. The predictable choice is often the right choice in professional wrestling. AEW is perhaps guilty of leaning on this a little too often, so it was refreshing to see a genuine shock. Most would have predicted a Young Bucks victory to precede a third FTR showdown here, or Team Taz getting their big moment following Ricky Starks' excellent Control Center promo. On top of this, Swerve and Lee appeared to be in the middle of a break-up angle, which was even teased during the match.

Instead, AEW strapped them up. It was a big, satisfying conclusion to a big, satisfying show, and came following an excellent all-action bout.

Everybody felt well-served here, but particularly Hobbs and Starks. The former's Spinebuster spree and impossibly far Frog Splash was a reminder that while his partner absolutely deserves the plaudits coming his way, Hobbs, too, is on the rise. Close to mastering his role, he will soon be due a big triumph of his own.

But this one belonged to Strickland and Lee, who have done nothing but soar since arriving in AEW. It is gratifying to see these two ultra-talented men finally being used to their potential on a mainstream wrestling show.