7 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (January 10 - Results & Review)

6. Short And To The Brutal Point

Roderick Strong went over Bryan Keith in just over four minutes. There wasn't much to a match that was principally designed to disassociate fans from the clown that Roddy became last year ahead of an International title show-down with Orange Cassidy. They took turns hitting each other really, really hard before Roddy lulled Keith into a chop exchange before dropping him with End of Heartache. For how long it lasted, though, it was a small plate of "real graps" in the AEW buffet. The physicality was beautifully gnarly.

As mentioned though, the post-match promo did little to elevate the Undisputed Kingdom as a game-changing force.

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