The rules may have been made a mockery of, but there's no denying the in-ring work of Alex Reynolds, John Silver, Action Andretti and Darius Martin impressed on AEW Collision.
Here, the action was extremely fluid, was worked at a fast paced, and did not overstay its welcome by the time Reynolds got the jacknife pin on Martin for the 1-2-3. The biggest takeaway here, though, was how much bigger a deal this Dark Order duo feel when presented in a serious light.
There was no hamming it up here, no laugh and joking; this was Reynolds and Silver working as a no-nonsense serious tag team, and they were much the better for it.
Now, if only this sort of action took place in a setting where the referee isn't made to look like a total idiot.
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As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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