Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus (Jurrasic Express) brought an end to the 123-day AEW World Tag Team Championship reign of Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix (The Lucha Bros) on this week's edition of AEW Dynamite on TBS.
It all went down at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on the very first Dynamite of 2022 which also happened to be the very first Dynamite on TBS since the show officially said goodbye to TNT. Jurassic Express and The Lucha Bros battled it in the main event which culminated with Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy getting their first taste of AEW title glory.
The match itself was a thrilling tag team spot fest which totally delivered. It featured two of the most exciting tag teams in the world and ended with a big payoff. At one point, a botched spot caused Fenix to suffer a nasty-looking injury to his arm, but he still finished the match because he's an absolute beast of a professional wrestler.
It's unfortunate that Penta and Fenix didn't get a lengthy run with the straps, but one would struggle to make a full-proof argument against Jurrasic Express deserving a run of their own.
Luchasaurus (Austin Matelson) and Jungle Boy (Jack Perry) both signed for AEW in 2019, the same year the company launched. At that year's All Out pay-per-view, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus, and Marko Stunt formed a three-way stable known as Jurrasic Express.
In recent months, WWE Hall of Famer Christian Cage has served as a mentor to Jurrasic Express and has been championing the tag team at every opportunity. It was Cage who encouraged Jurrasic Express to challenge for the tag titles, and the match was booked after he led his proteges in a backstage confrontation on last week's Dynamite.
As you might recall, Penta and Fenix won the AEW World Tag Team Championship when they defeated The Young Bucks in a grueling match at All Out last September. The Bucks had held the gold for 302 days.