How AEW Made Me Love Wrestling Again

5. New Moves

Orange Cassidy Kenny Omega
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This could be the hardest point to verbalise, but there's something about a wrestling company that doesn't just stick to the basics - your collar/elbow tie-ups, irish whips being reversed, big-man-gets-tagged-in-and-clotheslines-everyone etc. - that makes every match worth watching.

AEW know that any one match across Dynamite, Rampage or the likes of All Out is likely to be someone's first taste of what All Elite Wrestling can be, and too often I've revisited WWE to see what's on offer, only to watch the same boring submission holds and pace to matches.

Tag teams like The Young Bucks, Lucha Bros., Santana & Ortiz and more are the reason why, showcasing a level of choreography and risk-taking that's really put AEW's tag-team division on the map.

It's far from just tag matches, though. From marvelling at Luchasaurus springing up off the mat like The Rock, to Orange Cassidy doing an entire match with hands in pockets - complete with climbing the turnbuckle and a forward-flip for the finish - it's another string in AEW's bow that you never know what's coming next.

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