‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Mar 19th 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Liberty First Credit Union Arena in Omaha, NE. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: No.1 Contenders 4-Way Match – “Speedball” Mike Bailey AND Ricochet def. Orange Cassidy and Mark Davis
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The winner faces AEW International Champion Kenny Omega at Dynasty 2025. Bailey blasted Ricochet with rapid fire kicks. Orange avoided kicks from Bailey and wiped out “Speedball” with a dropkick. Bailey jumped out of the ring with a hurracanrana and took down Ricochet. Dunkzilla caught Bailey and power bombed him on the apron. Bailey avoided a German suplex from Davis and chopped at him. Davis didn’t budge and nailed Bailey, and then Cassidy, with chops of his own. Davis splashed Bailey with a standing senton. Davis blocked a Stun dog millionaire from Orange. Bailey charged at Davis with a pump kick, followed up by a missile dropkick. Orange snap suplexed Mark Davis. Ricochet blindsided Cassidy. Orange took down Ricochet with the déjà vu. Cassidy clobbered Ricochet with a stun dog millionaire. Bailey connected with a thrust kick on Orange. Bailey hit a short falcon arrow on Orange. Bailey served up a shooting star press on Orange but Dunkzilla yanked Bailey out of the ring. Ricochet landed a shooting star press for a near fall on Cassidy. Ricochet planted Bailey with a Death Valley Driver, but Bailey kicked out at the two-count. Orange spiked Ricochet with a DDT. Orange smashed Davis with the Orange Punch for a near fall! Davis power bombed Ricochet. Davis hit a spinebuster on Cassidy. Davis spiked Orange with a piledriver, but Bailey broke up the pin attempt. Bailey connected with a backflipping knee drop onto Davis. Bailey went for the backslide on Davis, but Ricochet came in out of nowhere and put himself on top of Bailey, stealing the pin. The ref declared that “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Ricochet would both challenge Kenny Omega at Dynasty!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #2: TBS Championship Match – Mercedes Mone def. Billie Starkz
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Mercedes grounded and pounded Billie. The challenger rallied back with a tope through the second rope. Billie jumped off the turnbuckles and crashed onto Mercedes outside the ring. Starkz followed up with a senton for a near fall! The champ blasted Billie with a backstabber and then began to pummel Billie with strikes. Mercedes superplexed Billie. Billie countered the three amigos with a brain buster on the knee! Billie planted the champion with a beautiful bridging suplex. Mercedes smashed Billie with a knee strike. Billie fired back with a kick, but Mercedes walloped Billie with a lariat. Billie nailed the champion with a John Woo style dropkick. Billie went for a senton, but Mercedes moved! Mercedes locked on the Statement Maker and forced Starkz to tap out!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: AEW World Championship Street Fight – Jon Moxley def. Cope
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Cope ambushed Mox as Mox was making his entrance from the alley. They brawled into an AEW production truck. The brawl spilled into the arena. Mox smashed the briefcase into Cope’s skull. Cope whacked Mox with the microphone. Cope suplexed Moxley onto the arena floor! Mox rammed Cope’s head into the barricade. Mox pulled out at kendo stick and cracked Mox in the spine with it. The challenger whipped Mox into the guardrail. Cope hurled a trash can at Moxley. They traded forearms. Moxley spiked Cope with a Paradigm Shift on the announcers’ desk. Moxley whacked Cope with a steel chair to the back. Cope got to his feet and hurled the steel chair into Mox’s face! Cope dug his fingernails into the back of Mox. Cope superplexed Moxley for good measure. Cope pulled out Spike from beneath the ring. Cope came at Mox, but Mox countered with a cutter! Mox pulled out a table and slid it into the ring. Mox set up a table and turned around, right into Cope, who walloped Mox with Spike in the midsection. Cope suplexed Mox onto Spike and it stuck in his back. Wheeler Yuta jumped into the ring and rocked Cope with the busaiku knee. Cope rallied back by power bombing Wheeler through a table. PAC and Claudio came out of nowhere and double teamed Cope, wearing him out with an onslaught. FTR sprinted to the ring to even up the odds for Cope! Dax spiked Mox with a piledriver! Cope speared Mox through a table that was set up against the turnbuckles. Cope covered Mox but Marina Shafir jumped in to make the save. Willow Nightingale ran down and wiped out Marina! Willow cannonballed Marina. Nick Wayne smashed Cope with Wayne’s World! Mox locked on the bulldog choke and the ref stopped the match as Cope’s lights went out!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: Will Ospreay def. AR Fox
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Ospreay blocked a cutter and then Fox blocked a cutter attempt from Ospreay! Fox went for a suplex, but Will countered with a stundog millionaire. Ospreay jumped over the top rope and connected with a crossbody press on Fox outside the ring. Ospreay dropped Fox with a standing Spanish fly! Will followed up with a hook kick. Fox dodged the Hidden Blade and charged into Will with a pump kick. AR Fox smashed Will with the Lo Mein Pain for a near fall. Will avoided a 450 splash and then rocked Fox with the Hidden Blade, scoring the pin!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: Megan Bayne def. Kris Statlander
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Bayne battered Kris with a lariat, knocking Stat over the top rope and to the floor. Statlander returned fire with a shotgun dropkick. Statlander took Bayne down with a back elbow off the turnbuckles. After a distraction from Penelope, Bayne back suplexed Statlander. Bayne nailed Kris with a running Liger Bomb. They traded slaps and Stat connected with a kick. Penelope got involved again and this time, ref Aubrey Edwards ejected her. Stat power bombed Bayne. Bayne staggered Stat with a German suplex. Bayne rocked Statlander with a second suplex. Bayne connected with a tope suicida. Bayne planted Kris with a falcon arrow for a near fall. Bayne threw Kris into Toni Storm! Bayne drove down Kris with Fate’s Descent on the arena floor! Back inside the ring, Bayne finished off Stat with a second Fate’s Decent and picked up the victory!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
Yes! This week’s show – which if you’ve seen anything online was ALL about that grisly spot with the spikes – was a WRESTLING-filled show that focused more on the in-ring action than the promos (though we did get a few backstage segments with Renee) and for that reason alone, I absolutely LOVEd this week’s show! From the cracking 4-way match that opened the show, to the women’s main event that closed it, everything hit the mark splendidly. Hell, even Mercedes Mone delivered on a non-PPV show! An absolutely cracking episode.
