I agree, Bryan Danielson — this match was cool.
Okay, Danielson put his admiration for this match in way more eloquent terms, but “that is cool” is a good summary of his response to this positively electrifying match between The Young Bucks, The Rascalz, and the newly-returned Private Party — and, truthfully, I used to be just as awed as he was. On Wednesday’s episode of “AEW Dynamite,” three of AEW’s finest tag teams brawled for a chance at FTR’s AEW World Tag Team Championships, and while hometown heroes Matthew and Nicholas Jackson got here out with the win, I can confidently say this: after a performance like that, you possibly can’t really say that anyone really lost.
I have never watched AEW in a bit, so tuning in to this incredible match was a fantastic “welcome back” to the promotion. All the things about this match screams AEW, in the easiest way possible. When I believe of AEW, I believe of incredible matches that leave you in utter awe of the human body’s capabilities. I believe of matches that run just somewhat (okay, very) long, simply because no man in that ring is completed showcasing their insane athletic abilities. I believe of matches that push the boundaries of what is feasible in that ring, of what is feasible from these performers. This match was that, in probably the most positive sense. Every team on this match is understood for its high-flying, dangerous moves, and it wasted no time in showing that. From the jump, bodies were flying in all places. Signatures and finishers were being intercepted by more signatures and finishers. Spots that will have been match-enders for anybody else were just passing news for these high-caliber athletes. This match is what AEW is all about, for higher and for worse, and I cannot consider a greater match on Wednesday’s card to point out people after they ask what this wrestling promotion is all about.
Private Party made a shocking return because the night’s Wild Card, and I’d say they held up extremely well. They wrestled like they never left, and were in a position to sustain with each the young Desmond Xavier and Myron Reed and the extremely experienced, lively Jackson brothers. While I understand the frustration behind a loss on the newly-returned Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen’s record, I had form of accepted that The Young Bucks, California’s hometown heroes, were going over. I’m glad Private Party avoided the pin, because, while I do mourn Xavier and Reed’s first loss on AEW programming, a Private Party loss would’ve been plain disrespectful. The Bucks were going over — as they need to, considering their recent work — and someone needed to eat the pin.
That is what AEW, and what wrestling, is all about.
Written by Angeline Phu