Starting with a banger in Fenix/Matt Jackson then addressing the elephant in the room with a Mix/Kingston promo was probably about as well as they could have handled things imo. Remind people why they’re watching this thing in the first place, poke fun at it as much as you can without breaking kayfabe, move on. It’ll do for me.
That said I’ve only watched that bit and later Sting is indeed going to be interviewed by Tony in the ring again so I might quit AEW and take up hard drugs instead.