What AEW's Second Show MUST Look Like

And even when the show isn't top-to-bottom great, individual greatness emerges. Dynamite must be preserved. Khan has perfected something very challenging in the streaming age - those who love the show face an agonising wait for the next one - and this appeal cannot be diluted nor overexposed.

The third hour must also barely resemble Dark. Dark is useful for stat-padding, but is it really? Often, when a new contender emerges through the ranking system, it resonates as a surprise. A run of wins lacks gravity and credibility, when it's on the lesser show and comes at the expense of some flown-in ham-and-eggers. It's nice that AEW goes to the trouble, but there's a certain dissonance that comes with, for example, Scorpio Sky's win/loss record and his visibility. Dark in name literally cannot be a TV show. It's a nice little earner on the side that doubles as an exercise in grading new talent and appeasing those who don't get much in the way of premium TV time.

AEW might have already piloted this third hour for a long, long time in the form of its superb 'Road To' series.

An ad hoc YouTube exclusive, it is phenomenal in how it deepens the heft of the matches it profiles. The Road To Saturday Night Dynamite very gently foreshadowed Cody's fall to Mr. Brodie Lee. Cody, who excels in the intimate sit-down environment as much as he does screaming fire down the lens, was all too eager to put himself over as the hardest-working member of the roster. He developed a hubris that made the events of August 22 that bit more coherent - for those who watched it.

The Lucha Bros., who don't get much time on the mic, were fabulous on the Road To Fight For The Fallen.

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