9 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (27 Oct)

Downs...

2. A Minor Plot Hole...Maybe

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More on the show-closing angle later, but as deftly-plotted as it was, a certain logic was amiss: where were Eddie Kingston and Ortiz?

Both men have aligned with the Blackpool Combat Club throughout this long-term story, and Kingston in particular is very close to Mox onscreen and in reality. It's not as if they'd have equalised the numbers game, either, ruining the heft of the beat-down. In that situation, the badass gang of babyfaces should always come out on top - but that wasn't the situation here.

Eddie Kingston was interviewed by Renee Pacquette moments earlier, and was clearly not in the mood. He actively said the words "I don't need help", which might indicate that he doesn't want to help anybody else. He might be in a solitary headspace, one in which he deserts his friends because he doesn't think he can do anything of value for them. He's been there before.

Critiquing an episodic TV show that literally never ends is difficult. This 'Down' may well reveal itself to be a 'Up', but his absence from the Firm's beat-down of Jon Moxley scanned as a narrative convenience.

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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!