8 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (November 29 - Results & Review)

6. A Better Night For MJF

MJF Promo
AEW

MJF has tried to score volleys from 40 yards over the past few months.

Mystery angles, the most fighting from underneath performance ever, attempting to focus on and build multiple World title challengers: he has strained under the weight of his own ambition. He hadn't hit the target in a while, but on last night's Dynamite, he calmly rolled one in with a strong, basics-forward promo that acted as a reminder that, if all people want him to do is sell a fight, he can do that with the best of them.

He put over Samoa Joe huge as a founding father of modern wrestling and a man better than every promoter he worked for (other than Gabe Sapolsky, you'd imagine). He then put himself over, promising not to win but to fight like hell, which was refreshing. They aren't signposting this like they did the Jay White Full Gear match. He then snapped his walking cane to a huge reaction.

"You're good, I'm better" is the simplest pro wrestling promo, and on a night that mostly seemed aware that crawling can be beautiful, and didn't run away with itself, MJF cut a damn good one. The Devil stuff remains...eurgh.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!