8 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dark (Oct 15)

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8. Kenny Is Upset

Tony Schiavone The Young Bucks Kenny Omega
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Dark opened with a backstage segment in which Kenny Omega approached The Young Bucks and host Tony Schiavone. 'The Best Bout Machine' was upset about not being booked for Dynamite. Matt and Nick Jackson explained that they were concerned about him after the previous week's glass table bump, but Omega was having none of it, announcing his Lights Out unsanctioned scrap with Joey Janela.

That was that. Schiavone confirmed the match was one.

While short and nothing out of this word, the segment worked in that it justified the Omega/Janela match and furthered Kenny's increasingly unhinged character, with Omega booking himself in an insanely violent match with an insanely violent man against anyone's better judgment. The man claims he's alright when he clearly isn't, and this extended into the bout.

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