7 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Dark (Jul 28)

4. Lance Archer vs. Frankie Thomas

Lance Archer
AEW

Props to Lance Archer for always finding a way to keep his goober-abusing ring entrances creative. Here, 'The Murderhawk Monster' walked down the tunnel carrying some noodle-armed doofus by this belt (!) then splattered him on the floor, starting the match on the right footing.

Frankie Thomas made the mistake of getting in Archer's face. Thus, Lance killed him. He toyed with the dude throughout, no-sold most of his stuff, trucked a random audience member for good measure, then put his puke opponent down with the EBD Claw. Easy game.

Perhaps there'll come a time when Archer's squashes start running out of steam, but that time is not now.

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