7 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite: St. Patrick's Day Slam (Mar 17)

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4. A Rare, Skippable Rey Fenix Match

Rey Fenix Angelico
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It feels weird to write this, given the insane standards set by Rey Fenix in 2021, but his midcard scrap with Angelico was entirely skippable and felt like a needless inclusion on Dynamite.

This was more YouTube than TNT. A contest that would have set well on an episode of Dark but felt out of place on the A-show, it was largely defined by Angelico's slick-but-unspectacular llave style, with the TH2 grappler stifling Fenix and keeping him grounded for long periods. Fenix's bursts of control came when he was able to work through the gearbox and explode to life, but these were fleeting.

A Crucifix Bomb and sitout reverse Piledriver ended Angelico's night. Ostensibly a way to keep Rey rolling ahead of his and PAC's match with The Young Bucks, this was solid and well-worked but inessential.

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