7 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Dynamite (May 6)

2. Too Much, Too Fast

There's a lot to unpack with Brodie Lee challenging Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship.

That Lee is another ex-WWE guy and therefore shouldn't get the spot is a daft argument perpetuated only by contrarians and those incapable of lateral thinking. It should be discarded. So should any suggestion that this undermines AEW's "wins and losses matter" mantra, as Lee jumped the queue by creating his own challenge rather than the writers engineering it through the rankings system. Besides, what would Moxley have looked like if he'd said "no"?

These arguments suck. The Dark Order one, however, does not, and that's why the booking is a Down.

The Dark Order's stench hasn't been completely washed away yet. Yes, Mr. Brodie has looked dominated and entered nothing but stellar performances in his squash victories, but the stable's history of failure means there's still work to be done before one of their lot is a believable pay-per-view headliner. There's also no way of telling whether or not Lee's character is actually working. How do you judge how over something is with the audience without live crowd reactions? You can't, so this is a big risk.

The Creepers swarming Moxley worked and Lee's promo was solid, though it's still a curious booking choice. The match should bang, at least. That's a positive.