Some Random AEW Thoughts

This is what happens when I start going for walks again.  In no order.

• This week on Dynamite, you had two Impact wrestlers, an advertisement for a DDT Pro wrestler, multiple Ring of Honor wrestlers, and a Ring of Honor title match in the main event, plus advertisements for the AEW vs. New Japan show.

  Tony, slow down man.

• If Khan insists on having ROH content on AEW programming, is there any reason he can’t make one of the Darks the ROH show? You have all the time you need/want and it doesn’t take away from Rampage/Dynamite. I know we might need to find another way to build up the midcard challenger of the month’s ten straight wins over Shawn Dean or whoever Dean’s female equivalent is, meaning it might put a dent in the “10 straight wins? Where?” questions, but that might be an acceptable loss.

• Ways to make the House of Black better:

  1. Have them wrestle a match in the last month (last match: March 30).

  2. Don’t have them spend a month talking about taking out Fuego del Sol.

  3. Let it go with the Death Triangle feud. You had your six man against most of them at Revolution. It’s over.

  4. Let it go with the Julia Hart thing, as it made them look like they couldn’t beat a cheerleader.

• I would be willing to buy my first wrestling shirt in over 25 years if AEW could go two weeks without the big forearm exchange. Yes, I know it’s Japanese tradition. Yes, I know it’s required in modern wrestling because the Japanese style is everything these days. Yes, I know I’m absolutely sick of it because it feels like they’re checking a box off of a list by having one.

• I’d still like to know how qualifying matches in the Owen Hart Tournaments are different than first round matches. Bobby Fish vs. Jeff Hardy isn’t good enough to be called a first round match?

• The qualifying matches for the Owen Hart Foundation tournaments began back in March, five weeks ago.  The tournaments themselves are going to run two and a half weeks.  How does that make sense?