25th Oct2024

‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 23rd 2024)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. We’ve got Excalibur, Matt Menard, and Tony Schiavone on commentary, so let’s get into the review!

Match #1: Shelton Benjamin def. Sammy Guevara

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Shelton grabbed Sammy around the waist and sent him flying. Shelton whipped Sammy into the turnbuckles. Shelton hit a snap suplex. Sammy served up a corkscrew dropkick. Shelton blocked a cutter attempt. Sammy followed up with a springboard moonsault to the outside. Shelton blocked a tope and countered with a belly to belly suplex on the ramp. Shelton nailed Sammy with a German Suplex in the ring. Sammy was clutching the back of his head. Sammy slipped behind with a roll-up for a near fall. Sammy blasted Benjamin with a thrust kick and then hit a jumping knee strike. Sammy flew over the top with a tope con hiro. Back in the ring, Sammy connected with a cutter, but Benjamin kicked out at the one-count! Sammy jumped off the top turnbuckle, but Benjamin cracked Sammy with a thrust kick! Benjamin knocked down Sammy with a second thrust kick! Shelton finished Sammy with an exploder into a powerslam for the pin!

My Score: 3.5 out of 5

Match #2: Lance Archer & Brian Cage def. Two Local Jobbers

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Archer chopped one of the members of the opposing team. Cage planted the other competitor with a spinebuster and then a German Suplex. Archer and Cage finished things off with a power bomb-choke slam combo and Archer picked up the easy pin!

My Score: 0 out of 5

Match #3: ROH World Championship Ladder War Match – Chris Jericho def. Mark Briscoe

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Briscoe tossed a ladder into the ring. Briscoe grounded and pounded Jericho, going right at Jericho, first with the ladder, and then with the fists. Briscoe shoulder tackled Jericho off the apron, sending Jericho crashing down through two tables at ringside. Briscoe chopped at Jericho, taking all his anger out on the “Learning Tree.” Jericho blocked a suplex attempt and countered with a snap suplex onto the arena floor. Mark rallied back but Jericho gouged Mark in the eyes. Mark Briscoe knocked Jericho back down, propping Jericho onto a ladder outside the ring. Briscoe threw his body at Jericho, but Jericho jumped out of the way. Jericho went to climb a ladder in the center of the ring, but Mark was undeterred, pulling Jericho down the rungs. Jericho bashed Briscoe into the face of Mark Briscoe. Mark was busted wide open. Jericho began to climb the ladder again. A bloodied and battered Mark Briscoe wasn’t done yet. Briscoe planted Jericho with a Death Valley Driver onto a ladder that was propped against the corner turnbuckles. Mark climbed the turnbuckles but Jericho blindsided Mark with a ladder shot! Mark shoved Jericho to the mat and followed up with a senton onto Jericho! Both men traded strikes atop the ladder. Mark Briscoe pushed the ladder with perhaps his last surge of energy, knocking Jericho and the ladder down! The ROH World title dangled high in the air while Mark and Chris brawled beneath it. Jericho tried a running bulldog on a ladder, but Mark countered, shoving Jericho onto the rungs. Mark climbed to the top of the ladder, looking down at Jericho, who was knocked across a table. “The Bad Apple” Bryan Keith ran down to interfere, but The Conglomeration’s Rocky Romero sprinted to the ring to even up the odds. Mark Briscoe jumped off the top of the ladder with the froggy bow elbow drop! Mark decimated Jericho with the Jay Driller! Mark climbed to the top of the ladder, on the verge of retaining, but “the Redwood” Big Bill got into the ring and choke slammed Briscoe off the ladder and over the top rope, through tables on the arena floor! Big Bill put Jericho on his shoulders, assisting Jericho, and Jericho grabbed the ROH World title!

My Score: 3.5 out of 5

Match #4: The House of Black (Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews, & Brody King) def. Kevin Koa, Jaden Monroe, & Pirata De La Muerte

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Black blasted Pirata De La Muerte with The End early. Black swept out Kevin’s legs. Buddy tagged in and stomped on Kevin Koa’s arm. Black punted Monroe and then Brody smashed Monroe with a senton. The three heads converged on Koa all at once in the corner! Matthews curb stomped Monroe face first and scored the pinfall!

My Score: 0 out of 5

Match #5: Kamille def. Queen Aminata

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Kamille cracked the Queen with a short arm lariat. Queen Aminata rocked Kamille with a knee strike and covered Kamille, but Kamille kicked out at the one-count. Kamille drove down Queen Aminata with a back breaker. Queen Aminata smashed Kamille with a running elbow strike and then a snap neck breaker for a near fall! Mercedes watched on from ringside, very concerned. Aminata reversed a power bomb attempt for another near fall. Kamille hoisted up Queen Aminata in a back breaker and then planted Aminata. Kamille drove down Aminata and then pinned her!

My Score: 3.5 out of 5

Match #6: Daniel Garcia & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) def. Jack Perry & The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson)

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The Bucks battled Private Party inside the ring while Jack Perry and Daniel Garcia duked it out on the arena floor. Garcia stomped on Jack Perry. The Scapegoat gouged the eyes of Garcia and tagged to Matthew Jackson. Zay tagged in and both teams had a stand off! Garcia swarmed Perry! Quen and Zay splashed Nicholas and Jack in the turnbuckles. The Bucks blasted Zay and Garcia with superkicks. The Elite were working in concert, in the driver’s seat. Nicholas inadvertently kicked Matthew while aiming for Zay. Jack Perry power bombed Daniel Garcia through the timekeeper’s table! Inside the ring, Zay was at the mercy of the Bucks. The Bucks hit Zay with the Risky Business for a near fall! Marq Quen got the hot tag and cleaned house on the Elite, taking them on three on one! The Bucks clobbered Quen with a pair of superkicks. Perry planted Zay with a poison rana and Nicholas covered Zay for a near fall! The Bucks hit Zay with a stomp-power bomb combination! Garcia swept the leg of Perry and sent him hard into the barricade. Private Party used the Silly String on Matthew with Zay cradling Matthew and picking up the win!

My Score: 3.5 out of 5

Final Verdict: 3.5/5

A good episode of Dynamite that was, IMHO, which was – once again – marred by too many backstage segments, promos etc. However, this week’s show was also marked by four great matches too! Those more than made up for the squash matches and all the promos etc., though I’m loving ANYTHING that’s related to Moxley and the “new” BCC – including seemingly the formation of a babyface faction (well, most of the more prominent stars on the roster). It feels all a bit nWo but given how much I enjoyed that angle all those years ago in WCW, I cannot complain. It was a great week for Dynamite.

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