Cero Reviews AEW Dark 11.19: Young Bucks vs #Stronghearts

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AEW Dark
November 19, 2019
Nashville, TN

Best Friends w/Orange Cassidy vs Private Party - 7.5/10
Really good and fun match, but it went on waay too long that by the time the finish came, second gear had gone down to first. Best Friends won with Strong Zero after dodging Gin & Tonic. Commentary sold that PP keep pushing veteran teams to the limit, but it's still a loss heading into their match with Proud and Powerful.

Big Swole & Kris Statlander vs Dr. Britt Baker, DMD & Riho - 7.5/10
KRIS MOTHER F'N STATLANDER! I saw a tweet yesterday that brought up now AEW always manages to get Baker into matches where she is the least memorable participant, which, I mean, I get it, no one likes Baker, but I think it's also a reflection of the good eye to pick women to book. At the end of the day, it was true, Baker was the worst in the match.

The match was kinda weird, Swole ended up being the babyface in peril, and hot tagged Statlander against Riho. There was a short story that Baker was fighting this match like a singles, not taking advantage of Riho being there. I don't think that'll go anywhere, and more like the commentary pointing out things for themselves.

Statlander was a beast out there, it took a lot to defeat her, she came close to taking out Baker, and if not for miscommunication with Swole, Statlander realistically had the match. Baker won with the Lockjaw. I really hope we get Statlander vs Riho feud before Riho loses the title.

Undesirable to Undeniable w/Justin Roberts - His 'undesirableness' came from being fired from one company and thinking that he is gone from the industry. Fuck off dude.

MJF/Cody Recap - Good. MJF is awesome even in recaps.

Tomorrow, we get Fenix vs Nick Jackson, Jon Moxley vs Darby Allin, and PnP vs Private Party.

Young Bucks vs #Stronghearts (El Lindaman & T-Hawk) - 8/10
For reference, this was taped BEFORE the PnP brawl and beatdown, hence why The Bucks are healthy and not selling either leg or back that hard. The match was awesome, Lindaman is godsend and T-Hawk is pure class in the ring. Bucks won with the Meltzer Driver.

OVERALL THOUGHTS
Good show, it got better as it went on. Statlander and Lindaman stole the show.

Dustin Rhodes was on commentary, he seemed fine there, like he was having more fun than trying to act like a commentator. Yet another old timer that is surprised by how many move names Excalibur knows.