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#3. Jimmy Korderas feels AEW tends to rush its storylines

Malakai Black and Cody Rhodes had an explosive brawl this past week on AEW TV, and while many fans reacted positively to the segment, former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas highlighted a potential booking mistake from AEW.

Korderas felt it was too soon for Black and Rhodes to have a physical segment and added that the company should have been a little more patient with the storytelling.

Korderas loved several segments from last week's show, but he wasn't a fan of Malakai Black's brief fight with Cody Rhodes. The veteran referee explained the ideal situation would have been for Black to continue with mind games for a little longer before engaging in a pull-apart altercation.

Korderas said that AEW angles do feel rushed at times, and he cited Tommy End's segment with the American Nightmare as an example.

"Last night on Dynamite, I loved the atmosphere, loved the crowd. It was so exciting. The show had some great moments, and it had some fun stuff. But the interaction between Black and Cody Rhodes kind of got to me because they got physical with each other far too soon," Korderas explained.

"Yes, last week, Black took out Arn Anderson. Then he took out Cody Rhodes, and then last night Cody Rhodes calls him out, and then the lights go out. He (Malakai) appears, and then they get in a brawl-for-all and a pull-apart at that. Too soon for that! Let Black still cause havoc. Have the lights go off, come back on, he takes out Cody again; this happens for several weeks before they have this kind go contact. That's the one problem I have with AEW; they tend to rush things a little too much at times.

In today's #ReffinRant I don't get what rush is sometimes. Slow & steady storytelling wins the race. #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/eekWpnzna2

— Jimmy Korderas (@jimmykorderas) July 15, 2021

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