“The win-loss ranking system is utter bullshit! Championship matches should NOT be based off wins and losses.”
Mike Tyson was here and Britt Baker has taken issue with the win-loss rankings system. Those were the only fun parts and based on the last few months that is strange to me.
The World
Last week’s Dynamite had three great angles: The Nightmare Factory split in two, The Inner Circle got revenge, and both Kris Statlander and Trent (with Sue) saved the day. Last week’s Dynamite also had Kenny & The Bucks’ drama take a backseat, while this week the drama got the main event and all three angles got weak follow-ups. What the heck, man?
Inner Circle followed up their revenge with Jericho cracking wise; Best Friends followed up on theirs recalling a show from five months ago. Both felt less like last week’s renegade cool cats and more just employees going along with the show like those dorks at WWE. Why did the camera have to zoom in on Sammy and Santana force-laughing at Jericho’s jokes? Someone made a choice to do that.
With the Rhodes Family off this week recovering, QT Marshall‘s follow-up promo and intro to his three students was OK but felt more like a marketing pitch package than the violent psychopaths they were last week.
It was just a weird shift in vibes all over, especially glaring when the vibes last week were so good and not much else is really hitting. Like, I really like Darby Allin – does he necessarily need that TNT Title right now?
Then it ended with another edition of Matt Jackson Shows Emotions.
The Wrestling
This week didn’t speak to me in-ring either, though everything besides the Jurassic Express/Bear Country match was Kind Of Good. That tag was as all over the place as that movie!
Hangman Page beat Max Caster to open the show in a match of guys I dig who I wish were still on the trajectories they seemed to be just a few months ago.
JD Drake had a go at Darby Allin‘s TNT Title and got showcased well enough, though was probably on the weaker end of Darby’s title matches. Tay Conti vs. Allie was a fine sprint (plus picture-in-picture); so was Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers vs. Jon Moxley & The Young Bucks.
The Entertainment
What we had planned tonight, folks, was Mike Tyson and EXPLANATORY PROMOS!!!
Promo guys are at least good. Usually. Sting, Jake Roberts, Britt Baker, Red Velvet – legends of this sport.
A Tyson/Jericho forgiveness angle kind of seemed weird to shove into this whole thing with The Pinnacle, but it was a rare moment on this show that maintained a charm in its’ ridiculousness.
I just prefer when I am entertained by the wrestling and not asking questions. Too many questions this week, like: when is Hangman Page going to pull himself together? Why did Jericho’s guys have to look like chumps? Why wasn’t the vaguely true “Cody surrounds himself with vanilla midgets to look like a star” line saved for someone who isn’t QT Marshall, who doesn’t already have such a history with Cody that they don’t need that line?
What is the balance between subtlety and stupidity, and why does The Elite always go with the latter?
I can mess with Christian vs. Team Taz though.
Room for Improvement
- Relax.
- Focus.
- Do better next time.
My Favorite Things
- Santana’s whole look right now
- Jon Moxley does a dive with The Young Bucks
- Dark Order’s -1 hugs Tay Conti
