Tonight certainly wasn’t my favorite episode of “Dynamite” in recent memory, though it wasn’t anything terrible. One thing really stood out to me, and maybe it’s because I’m still more used to “Hangman” Adam Page’s loner character. Now, suddenly, he’s an AEW World Trios Champion alongside “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight. Both Bailey and Knight had big matches tonight, albeit very different ones, and Page didn’t exactly support them fully, which I thought was kind of strange, especially in “Speedball’s” case.

Bailey had it worse out of either member of JetSpeed, as he had to take on Samoa Joe and had to deal with the other members of The Opps while doing so. Katsuyori Shibata came out and laid waste to Bailey, and while he was getting his a** handed to him, Page was nowhere to be found. I didn’t need Page interfering to help Bailey win the match, but I thought it would have made a lot of sense for him to come out and run off Shibata and HOOK. Sure, Knight could have done it, since he’s Bailey’s tag team partner, but “Speedball” seems like the guy who would tell him to stay in the back, since he had a big match later on in the night. There was just no real reason for Page not come out and chase off The Opps on behalf of his trio’s partner, especially as Page is still kind of feuding with Joe over the AEW World Championship.

While Knight didn’t necessarily have it easier, as he was in the main event against Swerve Strickland, Page’s once-sworn enemy, Page didn’t offer him good, solid advice for beating his rival when Knight asked for it during a backstage segment. At this point in their careers, Page knows Strickland better than anyone on the roster, and he only had a few words of encouragement to Knight rather than any sage advice.

Despite their losses, Bailey and Knight had incredible showings in their matches, and maybe that’s why AEW didn’t want Page interfering or being too much of a factor in either match by even showing up for Bailey. For someone like Page, who is still after MJF and the AEW World Championship, the Trios Championship win still feels a bit weird to me, though AEW hasn’t exactly handled the trios titles well at any point in the past. Right now, JetSpeed and Page’s win really just seems like a way to get the titles off The Opps prior to Powerhouse Hobbs leaving the company.

Written by Daisy Ruth