8 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dynamite (March 20 - Results & Review)
Downs...
1. So...This Rankings System
![Rankings Samoa Joe](https://cdn4.whatculture.com/images//2024/03/563b9605e379d55269eef0707c023fbf.jpg)
It should be noted that, to set up a very promising match next week, Don Callis mentioned that Konosuke Takeshita has scored as many wins as Swerve Strickland in 2024. It's not Swerve's house, he said, but the Don Callis Family's house. This indicates that wins and losses still matter, and that wrestlers will orbit the title picture if they rack up enough of the former.
Still, this was the first time in weeks that the much-hyped return of the rankings system has even alluded to. Also, while the system has never been thoroughly nor satisfactorily explained, Tony Khan tweeted in 2022 that Jon Moxley was ranked above Anthony Ogogo based on the quality of opponents he had put away. Using that logic, isn't Will Ospreay a more worthy contender than Takeshita?
Ospreay defeated Takeshita at Revolution.
Everybody knows what the deal is, or they should. The rankings system exists to lend AEW a veneer of sporting values and is a loose way of building the credibility of talent. It can't be applied too strictly - AEW would just burn through big title matches, were that the case - but it still feels like there is a way of making it work a bit better. Khan has expressed little interest in committing to figuring it out.
Along similar lines: why are Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli not in the World Tag Team title tournament at FTR's expense?