Ranking the AEW PPVS of 2019

#4 Fyter Fest

Not pictured: thumbtacks stuck in bare feet.

I will simply ignore the so-called Michael Nakazawa versus Alex Jebailey "Hardcore Match". It was brutal. It was comedy wrestling at its very worst.

After we got through the difficult-to-swallow pre-show, Fyter Fest was a fun and fast-paced two and a half hours of professional wrestling. CIMA beat Christopher Daniels in a fun opener, Riho pulled off a surprising upset victory, and Hangman Page won a fast-paced Fatal Four Way match.

Once again, it was the top three matches that really sold the show. The match between Darby Allin and Cody was an impressive debut for Allin. He quickly showed off his personality with a brutal Coffin Drop onto the ring apron. That still really hurts to think about it. The time limit draw worked to get Darby Allin over as future star. While the chair spot after the match sold Shawn Spears as a big heel, it was still a really stupid spot for Cody to do, especially since it didn't go as planned and caused a lot of negative attention for the company.

The six-man tag with the Young Bucks & Kenny Omega versus Lucha Bros and Laredo Kid was some more fast-paced fun in the impressive rivalry of the Young Bucks and Lucha Bros. It would lead to something even more special later in the year.

The main event between Jon Moxley and Joey Janela was fun. It was never in doubt that Moxley would win, but he definitely made Janela look good in their brutal twenty minute hardcore match. We had tables, barbed wire, and lots of thumb tracks. It truly seemed like Moxley enjoyed having a match like this again. I cannot say I would enjoy spitting out thumb tacks the way he seemed to, but to each their own. It was fun to seeing such a big star having a that great of a time again in 2019.