A wild and crazy brawl tops a brilliant episode of Dynamite! Our tag title tournament final
is confirmed! And a babyface wins in her hometown. Shut the front door! And shout out to this
guy for his Support WrestleTalk sign complete with old school Oli Davis! I am Luke Owen,
press the thumbs up button, give us a subscribe, and vote in the poll above my head to let
me know what you thought of the show, as I review AEW Dynamite in the triumphant return
of the “in about 4 minutes” format! We didn’t get an intro to this week’s
show, as Private Party and Lucha Bros were in the ring ready for their tag title tournament
semi-final match - which was awesome. Looking online this match seems to have split opinion,
with some people like me being constantly amazed by what these two teams can do and
buying into all the crazy spots and nearfalls, and others who argue that it was nothing but
a spot fest. What’s great about the match is that neither camp is wrong, but it’s
hard to argue that it didn’t get over with the crowd who lapped up every thing these
four guys did. Pentagon Jr. reversed a Gin & Juice into a Canadian Destroyer - yep that
was a thing that happened - and Lucha Bros hit the Assisted Package Piledriver for the
win. I bloody loved this match. In case you think AEW forgot about his hype
package from All Out, we got a reminder that Statler and Wardlow is coming.
Before the crowd got the chance to catch their breath, we got our second tag tournament semi
final as SCU took on Dark Order. As such, the crowd were less into this, but that also
could be because the AEW crowd just haven’t bought into this Dark Order gimmick. Which
is a shame as this was a good showing for them, showing the spark of their Smash Bros
gimmick of old. They eventually got a This is Awesome chant from the crowd, and Kazarian
and Scorpio Sky hit SCULater for the win. In all of this, AEW Champion Chris Jericho
and his Inner Circle made their way to a private box with tickets that Jericho had bought for
his friends - where they eat popcorn and drank a little bit of the bubbly. Which means they
were there to watch Joey Janela take on Kenny Omega in another really good match. After
showing clips of Omega winning the AAA Championship, he beat Janela with the One Winged Angel in
back and forth match that showed The Bad Boy is more than just blood and guts.
Cody came out for an in-ring interview with Tony Schivaone where he wanted to make a big
announcement, but he was constantly cut off by Inner Circle who got horny with air horns.
Cody said “this isn’t like that wrestling company we came from. This isn’t an invisible
wall. We can fight right here, right now” I’ll be honest, I’ve no idea what company
he’s talking about. Jericho however pointed out that Cody was outnumbered 4-1, which brought
out Cody’s brother Dustin and his Brainstew rip-off, MJF - who Jericho insulted by asking
what sort of person would wear a scarf - and the surprise appearance of Diamond Dallas
Page. I popped huge for DDP. This led to a crazy brawl into the concourse, with Cody
slamming Jericho into the Dip N Dab - which means we’re now apparently getting a new
AEW inspired flavour - and security struggled to break up this wild fight. I loved this
segment from start to end, it was awesome. Young Bucks beat Best Friends in a fun match
which featured some Orange Cassidy superkicks and no-hands dive - so it was clearly match
of the night - and then accepted Santana & Ortiz’s challenge for Full Gear.
We got a hype package for hometown girl Brit Baker - including a photo of her at a sports
game with boyfriend and NXT Champion Adam Cole - Adam Cole to AEW confirmed - and she
then beat Jamie Hayter in front of her hometown crowd. It probably should have been shorter,
but it worked for the live crowd. After the match, Jenn Decker tried to interview Jamie
Hayter - but she was blindsided by Brandi Rhodes who then threatened Decker. So… is
Brandi a heel? And our main event was Pac vs. Jon Moxley.
Oh, I’m sorry. JAAAAAAAHHHNN MOOOX-nope, Pac attacked him on the ramp before the match!
This set-up a great in-ring story of Moxley refusing to give up while also struggling
to stand up. He would have a flurry of offence, but Pac would shut him down. However when
Justin Roberts announced that only a few minutes of TV time were remaining, the crowd figured
out the match was going to a draw and seemed to lose interest. Not fully, however, as they
totally bought into Moxley pinning Pac off the Paradigm Shift only for The Bastard to
kick out before the time expired. I personally really liked the draw, as it protects both
guys, but the crowd live in attendance were less keen - though they did enjoy Moxley laying
the ref out with another Paradigm Shift. Was that about 4 minutes? It’s been a while
since I had to write one of these shorter scripts. But what did you think of the show?
Let me know using the ‘i’ on screen where you can choose from: All Elite, AWE-Some,
Middle of the Rhodes, SC2-out-of-5, and What The Buck?
The in-ring action was fantastic on this packed show, with Lucha Bros and Private Party totally
stealing the show in the opener, Moxley and Pac telling a great story, and Omega and Janela
pulling out some awesome chain wrestling. Not to mention that superb brawl. This week’s
Dynamite is a high AEW-some. Why are fans so angry at WWE2K20? Click the
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playing the game all week long. I’ve been Luke Owen and that was wrestling.