8 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen (28 July)

3. WWE Stuff

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Ricky Starks' Championship Celebration played out like a bland copy-and-paste Raw segment.

Though Starks cut a good promo in the wake of his FTW Title win, saying he knows what it means to be a star while Brian Cage has been trying to figure it out for 17 years, what happened when he put the microphone down was too goofy to invest in.

Cage cut Starks off, stomped down the ramp, and decked a couple of the New Orleans jazz musicians who had played Starks to the ring. A bass drum and trombone got wrecked while Ricky gawked on, conveniently waiting for Brian to come inside. When Cage did come inside and the heels bailed, AEW borrowed one of the worst in-ring confrontation tropes by having Brian pretend the ring ropes were inescapable prison cell bars. Rather than chasing Team Taz up the ramp, who he should want to destroy after costing him the FTW Title, he just stood there. How p*ssed off can he possibly be if he isn't actually going to go after these guys?

AEW should be looking to close these logic leaps.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. 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.