AEW ‘Dynamite’ preview for Jan. 28: Three title defenses highlight card

AEW is giving us, this week on “Dynamite,” a Kris Statlander title defense against Thekla that should have been saved for a pay-per-view, and an FTR tag-title defense against Jake Doyle and Mark Davis that would have been a good fit on the old YouTube shows.

First, Statlander-Thekla: you could put this toward the end of a five-hour AEW PPV, and it would keep people riveted for whatever your main event is.

Next, the tag-title match: Jake Doyle was Jake Something on the indies and in TNA. Jake Something is many times a better name than Jake Doyle.

Mark Davis is in this one because somebody needs to eat the fall.

The rest of the card

• TNT champion Mark Briscoe defends against El Clon: El Clon is listed at 5’9”, 152 pounds. Tiny.
• Swerve Strickland Andrade El Idolo: I assume Strickland is booked to win, which bothers me for Andrade, because he’s back in the company two weeks, and they’re already jobbing him?
• Kenny Omega Rocky Romero: Omega goes over, but this one should be entertaining, because they’ve worked together a lot, and Romero is a good worker.
• Jon Moxley Ace Austin: This is a Continental Championship eliminator match. For the millionth time, have two top contenders wrestle each other for a title shot. Putting a champ in an “eliminator match” is plain dumb.
• AEW world champion MJF appears: Which is all he needs to do. Just give him a mic, and stand clear.