7 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (22 Mar - Review)

2. Kenny Omega Vs El Hijo del Vikingo

Spectacular from the moment Vikingo flew at Kenny Omega in the first few seconds, a match too impossibly great to fail set about exceeding sky high expectations with the greatest of ease and - with the exception of one ad break - never ever stopped.

"Breathtaking exhibition of spots" is knocked out a minimum of once per show. "Innovative high risk exchanges" are as good as expected when dives are used to help shows crash into commercials. "He landed on his friggin' head" is a call Taz has to make too often in truth, as the mutual rush of adrenaline between performers and punters is chased on a weekly basis.

Kenny Omega Vs El Hijo del Vikingo found the next futuristic base beyond all of those common themes, and for 16 minutes escalated them to such an extent that the rest of wrestling may still be catching up ten years from now. This article doesn't exist for play-by-play but it'd be futile to offer some anyway because does seeing "Super Dragnonrana" "Outside-In Springboard Phoenix Splash" or "Step-Up 630" in writing really communicate how stunning those spots were in execution?

Not completely without psychology, this mind-bending spotfest instead used the chaotic ideas of the men as the story. How can Kenny Omega beat this opponent when his opponent cannot possibly be 100% human? How can Vikingo survive some of the most wicked offence in wrestling turned up to eleven because a "Best Bout Machine" is feeling like he might not be able to live up to his name across from someone just as worthy of the tag.

A mesmerising spectacle of perpetual motion, beautiful aerials and convincing killshots, this wasn't just the perfect ideal of what these men could do but the blueprint of what hundreds of others will now try. Wrestling history is manifested in many different ways, and it felt like some was playing out live right in front of all of us.