7 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Fyter Fest 2021 Night 2

4. Dynamite Goes Dark

Sting Orange Cassidy
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Darby Allin vs. Wheeler YUTA was a good, solid styles clash match. Selling the damage of last week's coffin match, Allin's taped ribs gave YUTA several believable openings, perhaps more than would usually be expected, which was a nice touch. He used technique and athleticism to stay on top of Darby but found that keeping the former TNT Champion down isn't easy, eventually falling to the Coffin Drop.

But this was a Dark or a Dark: Elevation match, not a Fyter Fest match. A record-padding outing for Darby, it didn't need to exist in this space - and the show suffered for it.

Sting apeing Orange Cassidy's slow-motion spots on the outside was a riot, and the best gif of the night. A supplemental Up for that. The match, however, felt inconsequential.

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