I’ve never been a huge fan of eliminator matches on AEW programming, and tonight, that nagging dislike came back into the forefront of my mind, despite “Dynamite” being an overall solid show. Both Brody King and MegaBad deserve the title opportunities they’ve earned, but I don’t exactly know if the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championships really need eliminator matches, especially right at this point in time in the company.
The main AEW men’s title is obviously the main focus of the show right now, which I don’t have any complaints about. The scene is stacked, from Swerve Strickland, to Kenny Omega, Andrade El Idolo, “Hangman” Adam Page, and obviously King, who won his eliminator match in quick fashion tonight. At this point, with the scene so packed with talent raring to challenge MJF, eliminator matches make more sense, in my mind at least. Whoever’s the best can prove it by beating the champion once, then hopefully they can again. But, if that’s going to be the case, I feel like that needs to be the only title scene that has those kinds of matches, or the show starts to get a bit confusing.
While I love the AEW women’s roster and I will always say how I think they deserve more, I don’t think eliminator matches are really doing anything here for the tag titles. Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford just should have gotten a shot at The Babes of Wrath, Willow Nightingale, and Harley Cameron, off their win over the Timeless Love bombs. I don’t think we needed to see them beat Cameron and Nightingale, then go on to a title match to beat them again, or worse, lose after already proving themselves in a non-title match.
Their upcoming title match would have been great, just simply set up via backstage or in-ring promos, beatdowns, or whatever, with MegaBad getting another victory or two as a team or even in singles competition, ahead of Grand Slam: Australia. And, while I doubt this goes on the card for Grand Slam, as that’s filling up quickly, it would have been cool to see those championships defended on a big show, in Cameron’s home country.
That all being said, I feel like Eliminator matches make things a bit redundant, and if AEW is going to run them, they should be limited to one major title at a time.
Written by Daisy Ruth
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