The Dogs — David Finlay and Clark Connors — have looked back on their double chain match against the Bang Bang Gang (Jay White and Juice Robinson) at AEW Redemption, admitting they did not have a long time to put it together and that, with hindsight, parts of it could have been done differently. The Dogs won the match, but it was not well-received by fans — and the duo were refreshingly honest about why on What Happened When with Tony Schiavone and Conrad Thompson.
The Dogs (Credits: Fightful)
The Dogs reflect on chain match against Bang Bang Gang
Thompson kicked off the conversation by calling the match “brutal” for its physicality, and Schiavone suggested the team had a long time to work on it. Connors answered sarcastically: “Oh yeah, absolutely, Tony.” The joke landed because the reality was the opposite — a violent, complicated match put together under time pressure.
Schiavone said he thought it was a good match, while acknowledging the wrestlers themselves were probably thinking about what they should have done differently. Thompson called it “a car crash of violence, for sure” — and Finlay embraced the description. “If you want violence, we’re your guys. We’re good at violence,” he said.
Connors explained the thinking behind their approach. “It’s one of those things where a match like that, sometimes you want to do it differently. You look where you are on the card, you see what else is on the show. We’re old school like that. We don’t want to take away from a deathmatch later on in the show. We wanted to do it our way. We were happy with what we did with it.”
Clark Connors’ missed bump and old-school approach
One moment still rankles Connors — not because it went wrong, but because almost nobody saw it. “I took the best bump anyone has ever seen, but no one saw it because they missed the camera cut,” he said. “I fell off the top rope onto the steel steps. It made Darby look like some jabroni. Beautiful bump.”
Schiavone praised that old-school instinct: not wanting to take away from another match on the card. Finlay agreed, explaining their mindset: “We kind of approached it with, ‘Let’s use the tools we’ve been given and stick within those parameters. Sometimes that works out, sometimes it makes it a little more difficult or doesn’t feel as rewarding after. ‘Ah, we should’ve been selfish.'”
Connors also addressed expectations. “It’s also about setting expectations. It’s a double chain match. It’s a blood feud. People come in and they are expecting something. I still feel happy with the product we put out there, but you also think back on stuff, ‘That could’ve been better.’ It’s a learning experience. All fun. Getting hit with a chain is not fun. It sucks, actually. It’s miserable.”
The story has since moved on in an unexpected direction: The Dogs and Bang Bang Gang are now aligned and using the name The Cut. From blood feud to alliance, the rivalry that produced a divisive chain match has evolved into something new — and the honest reflection from Finlay and Connors makes that next chapter easier to invest in.
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Source: Fightful — read the full story there.
