The Dogs belong in AEW, without a doubt, but it feels like the group is stuck in second gear. They haven’t quite had the success that one would suspect a former Bullet Club faction would have in a promotion run by former Bullet Club members. The team won the AEW World Tag Team Titles, just to lose the titles days later to the  Conglomeration, and now Gabe Kidd is on the shelf indefinitely with a shoulder injury. It’s made them feel like they’re going to need to regroup sometime down the line, maybe in time for Forbidden Door.

Much like MJF, this is far from their fault, and they’re doing their best with the cards they’ve been dealt, but when you’re playing poker, and your cards are bad, you either have to bluff real hard or else there’s only one way it’s gonna turn out: loser.