AEW FYTER FEST 2020 - NIGHT 1
Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus vs. MJF & Wardlow
A rock-solid tag match w/ a solid FIP segment, a solid hot tag, and then a very solid last third where they kicked the action up into another gear. Everyone involved came out of it looking very, very good. ***
Hikaru Shida vs. Penelope Ford
Didn't care too much for large portions of this, but there were some genuinely good bits here n' there. I thought that the beginning minutes with Shida opening the match up hot and heavy was the best stuff, and after that was done & we fully got into that Penelope Ford heat seg, things got quite a bit less interesting. Also must be said that I usually don't care about interference stuff, but that Kip Sabian one here was executed in an extremely silly fashion with him throwing that kendo stick straight up in the air. OK match at best. **
Cody vs. Jake Hager
Hager got to be on top for most of this one, and I thought he delivered a pretty solid performance doing that. Much of that is thanks to Cody's awesome overall underdog performance, as he truly sold greatly throughout & busted out some really nice comebacks. Good match. ***
Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen vs. Ortiz & Santana
A very run-of-the-mill tag match. Served its purpose as the breather between the two big title matches, and while it wasn't bad, it certainly wasn't anything to write home about either. Just solid, yet extremely forgettable work between the two teams. **
Adam Page & Kenny Omega vs. Chuck Taylor & Trent
Sadly the whole little post-match scene w/ the FTR ended up being more interesting than this match itself. It's good seeing Chuckie T & Trent in a kind of big main event spot like this, but I would be lying if I said I liked this match at all. Felt like a pretty generic workrate tag match by the end of it -- I can appreciate a few of the bombs they busted out, especially by Trent & Hangman who both had some really good looking offense, but all in all, the structure of the thing didn't grab me in any way, and I do feel like it was the kind of match that didn't translate well into this environment that is the current pro-wrestling world w/ there not being fans and all -- sure I know that AEW have their other wrestlers in the crowd, but it's not the same. Not saying I would've necessarily liked this more with a packed house of real fans, but at least it would've gave it something, ya know. *3/4
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