8 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dynamite (29 March - Review)

5. Kenny Omega Continues His Roll

Kenny Omega Vs. Jeff Cobb was very, very, very good without quite reaching the great Dynamite match level. That bar is so high now that not even Omega, the best professional wrestler ever, can clear it every time.

The match was more intelligent than incredible: Omega, such an attentive storyteller focused on week-to-week continuity, taped up his abdomen after El Hijo del Vikingo exacerbated his chronic hernia pain with that 630 senton through a table. Omega either selected the order of his opponents carefully, or was smart enough to tell his story in reaction to his schedule for maximum drama. He could barely budge Cobb for much of the match, selling the strain of gaining an advantage to superb, believable effect. He couldn't maintain it for long. This was a more understated Omega match than last week, but the fans did go ballistic when each men eventually traded bombs.

As ever, Omega mastered the spaces between moves, not merely with his selling but the way he registered his peril. The wait between Cobb holding Omega up for the stalling superplex, and the actual execution of it, was nerve-shredding. Omega flailed and sold what is a commonplace spot so well that it felt terrifying again. That's what elevates him above everybody else. His selling didn't just immerse fans into his plight in a predictable TV match; it put over his resolve and strength when he somehow got Cobb up for the One-Winged Angel. Cobb looked great physically, but did seemed to get lost at one point.

Omega entering to Devil's Sky was another reminder that he has the wrestling world on strings. He can turn his star power on and off like a faucet.