It’s no secret that while Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage all enjoyed positive buzz when they debuted on Netflix, the fourth installment in the Defenders franchise, Iron Fist, was not so lucky. But despite the poor (and controversy-tinged) reaction to Danny Rand, Netflix was already locked into Finn Jones’s embattled martial artist appearing in this summer’s all-star team-up event titled, what else, The Defenders. It was too late to write Rand out—but as this first trailer proves, it’s not too late to have fun with him.

When Rand shows up in the trailer, he’s quickly slammed to the ground by Mike Colter’s Luke Cage. And while the other Defenders are each given a moment to crack wise and play it cool, Danny is only given three rather bland lines of dialogue. His self-important declaration of “I’m the immortal Iron Fist” is met with an incredulous “you’re what??” from Cage. And, sure, Danny gets to land a solid punch on Cage’s face that plays out a little differently than it does for your average goon. . .

. . .but when Scott Glenn’s Stick lists off the various heroic monikers of the show’s four leads, poor Danny is stuck with the least impressive one. “The kid with the glowing fist” doesn’t have quite the same ring as “the devil of Hell’s Kitchen, the smart-ass detective, and the righteous ex-con,” does it? Just wait until the sardonic Jessica Jones gets ahold of Danny. He’s going to need a lot of ice for those burns.

Of course, this trailer—scored to a crunchy version of Nirvana’s “Come as You Are”—has a lot more than Danny Rand jokes going for it. Sigourney Weaver makes her debut as the arch-villain poised to take Jessica, Matt, Luke, and Danny down, while Élodie Yung’s Elektra is back from the dead and, presumably, evil. Or does she have a good reasons for throwing Matt Murdock through plate glass?

But chiefly, the trailer teases some potential future pairings for Netflix’s popular Marvel installment. Krysten Ritter and Charlie Cox have some brief fizz-pop banter that might promise more Jessica/Matt collaborations in the future. Meanwhile, if anyone can make more Danny Rand look appealing, it’s Luke Cage—and the trailer hints that a “heroes for hire” team-up might be coming soon. But before we play mix and match with these heroes, perhaps we should see if they all survive this brand-new battle for New York. The Defenders premieres on August 18.