7 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite: Quake By The Lake (10 Aug)

4. Rush & Andrade Triumph In Absurd Spotfest

An insane, out-of-control spotfest befitting Dynamite's chaotic overall feel, Andrade El Idolo and Rush vs. the Lucha Brothers was joyous.

A runaway train that often threatened to careen off the tracks, but never quite did that, this was a pure adrenaline rush. Spots layered on spots layered on spots was the name of the game. It perhaps wasn't the most intricate Lucha Brothers popcorn-grabber AEW has ever seen, but Andrade and Rush brought a different level of hard-hitting intensity, starching the hard-flipping duo with every shot in a bout that settled into a frantic rhythm from the first bell.

Ostensibly a blank canvas for tough dudes to do cool things, at no moment did it feel like the wrestlers even considered slowing things down. Instead, this was about escalating the pops with every sequence. Bombs were dropped with near-concussive impact, as expected by the participants in this Tornado format.

AEW played with the mask removal trope with the finish. While recent months have seen Rush and Andrade snatch the Lucha Brothers' masks several times, here, Penta willingly sacrificed his to save a pinfall. Rush and Andrade tying him with the ropes left him with no choice. His face exposed, he leapt onto Rush as he covered Fenix following a sitout piledriver, sending the match into its next big peak.

Rush killed Fenix with the Bull's Horns soon after, allowing Andrade to pin Rey to huge heat from the Minneapolis crowd.