IMO, Swerve should have had the last match on Dynamite. Whenever you have your top champion wrestling in the middle of the card, the importance of their reign kinda loses its lustre - and doing it right in their first title defense is weird. The last 15 minutes of the show should usually be focused on the champ, and the storyline they're in. He's the top dog after all. AEW needs to start leaning into the 'final boss' aura for their champs. They need to make them look like killers/wordbeaters better, with longer stories and more teasing of anticipated matches. WWE did this extremely well with Roman Reigns, and are currently doing it with Cody; they did it really well with Rhea Ripley really before her injury too.
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