Bryan Alvarez: Darby Allin is the ‘Wile E Coyote of wrestling’
Bryan Alvarez believes Darby Allin takes too much punishment.
On AEW Dynamite this week, Allin was shown being dragged by a car in the desert by Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors.
On the post-AEW Dynamite edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Alvarez said that similar situations happening to Allin on a regular basis makes it harder for fans to feel concern for him.
Alvarez said:
“I love Darby but this guy takes such a beating on every last single show that when this was over it was like, ‘is one person concerned about Darby Allin?’ This happens to him every week. He’s like a Wile E Coyote or something. The boulder is going to fall on him next week but you know he’s going to be back the week after.”
“I think he takes way too much of a beating. Not just in real life but in storyline as well. Something like this happens to this guy on every single show. At this point, how are we supposed to be concerned about Darby? What are they going to do next? Shoot him? Throw him off a cliff? Drop the boulder on him?”
The full episode of Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is available here for subscribers. A clip of Alvarez and Meltzer talking about Darby’s segment from AEW Dynamite is available below:
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