8 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Dynamite: New Year's Smash (Jan 6)

by Andy H Murray

1. The Band Gets Back Together

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The first big AEW angle of 2021 went down as an old version of Bullet Club seemingly reformed, with The Young Bucks feigning reluctance before joining Kenny Omega and the invading Good Brothers in an in-ring Too Sweet, closing New Year's Smash.

Jon Moxley was the most notable casualty here. He assaulted Omega with a barbed wire bat when Kenny tried to beat Fenix up after the bell, only to be felled by Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, making their AEW debuts. Hordes of ringside AEW wrestlers were felled as they tried to interfere. The Bucks were peacekeepers at first, trying to talk their old allies down, before blasting Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison with Superkicks, cementing the apparent turn.

This fits together nicely, as Omega is set to team with The Good Brothers on next week's Impact Wrestling pay-per-view. It's a natural progression of the Impact/AEW storyline that has been bubbling away on AXS. Then, of course, is their vast shared history, with these five wrestlers spending over a year together in NJPW before Gallows and Anderson departed for WWE, which is a nice platform to build on.

That the announcers had to talk around the Too Sweet gesture means this group won't get the Bullet Club branding, though this matters little. An exciting new faction formed on Dynamite last night. Elite or otherwise, they're about to have AEW in a stranglehold.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.