8 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Dynamite (4 October - Results & Review)
1. Lazy, Lazy House Show Fare
Everybody loves the Acclaimed, which is rather unfortunate, since that enables Tony Khan to book them in random, nothing matches just to nab a decent quarter hour and make a building loud.
There was no substance whatsoever to their win over the Butcher, the Blade and Kip Sabian, a forgettable match, one of countless this year that functioned as an excuse to get a popular act on telly. The Acclaimed are low-stakes. A living, working merchandise advert. A box to tick on a format sheet.
The Trios division barely exists, having turned now into an excuse to justify a popular act winning matches, but the matches are rarely good. They just exist. That is a bit reductive. Anthony Bowens is excellent on the hot tag, blowing the daft heels away with his fiery and creative strike combinations, and wrestles every single time as though he has one eye on a huge singles run. The Acclaimed as a unit work dark matches on TV - and this was the night that Khan should have at least teased a Full Gear trajectory for one of his star acts.
No real quality, no episodic hook.
Great if you were in Stockton, but if you in Gateshead or anywhere else, it was a waste of time.