AEW - All Elite Wrestling (*Spoilers for Latest Show*)

Apparently that was the 100th episode of Dynamite. So you got Punk debuting on Dynamite, the 100th episode of your TV show and a PPV in two weeks and you put on that slop? Why?

Also, the Black Mass is supposed to a be lethal finisher but 62 year old Arn Anderson can stand there and put a forearm up and not budge. Makes sense.

Also I **** hate if I loose I retire matches

It automatically for me means Jericho wins but god I hope I'm wrong

I suppose the reason for having QT on Dynamite is due to the match being on All Out. Don't want it staying on Dark. Unless they had it on the preshow

Wasn't a great show, but one thing it did have was a recognisable former WWE face in just about every piece of it, bar the Hayter/Velvet fight. Maybe that was part of the goal to ease some new fans in with some stuff they can immediately connect with, even if some of the matches themselves weren't great?

I'm sorry but anyone defending that show as the best way for them to capitalise on the momentum of Punk's debut is ridiculous.

No one is saying this needed to be PPV quality but this was an absolute fumble after spiking the ball last week. I think AEW has an issue with drawing the line with talent, some people belong on Dark for now. I know they want to give everyone an opportunity and not be accused of keeping people down but I think they need to manage that better.

Orange Cassidy vs Matt Hardy is hardly a way to get people invested in the programme to start off with. As much as some of the schtick was good, crossbody was unfortunate. Tag match was decent and Lucha Bros and Jurassic Express should be outstanding. In fact it would have been so good, you probably should have started the tournament a week earlier and had that on this show. I know they want to make Rampage a big deal but still.

Red Velvet/Jamie Hayter. Yikes, just not a great match. Red Velvet nearly creamed herself and was just sloppy aside from that. Hayter looked decent but the match was a mess. Nightmare Factory/Gunn Club is barely Dark worthy, what an absolute snore and in the year of our lord 2021, they had Big Show shouting all the way from commentary be the distraction for a finish. Horrendous.

Didn't like the Malakai black segment for a few reasons. Firstly, this was hardly main event worthy. Secondly, shocked Brock got that much offense. Thirdly, Arn Anderson blocking the Black Mass deosn't sit right with me. Finally, I don't know why a Lee Johnson run-in was given any reverence. Black should have murdered him too.

I think the general running order for the show was off in general, if they had moved things around it would have been less noticeable but the show really fell off a cliff quick this week IMO. The promo segments were okay, Punk's Bryan tease was great but hoping they do something to spice the feud up next week. We've had our moments to revel in his return, now give us a reminder of why we missed him in the first place. I did like the Elite/Christian segments, Callis is amazing and Cutler spraying his suit made me burst out laughing, intentional or not. I really hope the FTR stuff isn't as dire as it looks. Be a shame if they had to step-away. I think the Lambert promos are kinda cringe personally, just a really obvious way of getting heat, I'm not worked by it, I'm just indifferent to it. Also Moxley's opponent being Kojima is really underwhelming, would love if it was a swerve but it kinda feels like the 'Forbidden Door' rarely delivers something spectacular as far as talent showing up in AEW, at least in my opinion. Jericho and MJF needs to end already, as far as the stipulation. I don't think Jericho loses but even if he does, I doubt it would be his last match so that stipulation feels pointless to me.

They couldn't have kept Lucha Bros Varsity Blondes to the end. Rampage was being taped directly after so Lucha Bros were doubling up. Had to be at the start cos of that. It was the only match there that was an actual main event worthy match but wasnt really possible. That second hour just needed to be a different card. You can still have the same story beats (QT - Big Show, Black, Darby) but Black needed to be earlier and the others just needed to be different with better opponents. You can't have that many low card guys on any show never mind the one that likely has the most casual viewers they've had in a long time.

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They could easily have worked the main event of Dynamite and came back half hour later to main event Rampage. Wrestlers have been doing multiple matches across a night forever, often back to back.

Anyway, I thought the episode was ok. I enjoy Dynamite every week because the context and energy feel right, but as others have said, this wasn't much. I have voiced this concern before but there is just too much talent at times. I can barely pick Garcia or Brock Anderson out of a lineup but they are in big spots. It's just too much. Roster is really bloated.

I get that Kojima isn't the biggest name to people not familiar with Puroresu but some of the reactions I've seen online to the announcement seem a bit ignorant really, the man held the IWGP Heavyweight championship and the AJPW Triple Crown at the same time. Don't sleep on Bread Club! Loved Sean Waltman's reply in that tweet, I'm looking forward to him and Mox at All Out.

I see Wednesday’s live edition of AEW Dynamite reportedly drew 1.172 million viewers on TNT, according to Showbuzz Daily

Makes it worse that they put on a show like that.

AEW isnt perfect, they can have bad show every so often but they knew eyes were going to be on this Dynamite show and they really put out a lackluster show where they should've went all out and show the curious fans just tuning into see Punk that they've got unreal wrestlers to see as well each week too.

If AEW does sign Adam Cole they need to sign Wyatt so he resurrect him from the dead on BTE after killing him off on it four years ago and bring him in as a member of The Super Elite to begin with.

Dave is reporting that changes were made to Dynamite due to two wrestlers testing positive with Covid and those changes were made to the show on shortly before the show went live.

Also Gangrel is saying he was also due to guest appear on Dynamite however that was nixed when Edge came out at Summerslam using the Brood gimmick again.