‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 29th 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from Edinburg, Texas, and gave us the fallout from last week’s Wrestledream pay-per-view. With that, let’s get into the review…
Match #1: Trick or Treat Tornado Tag Match – Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy def. The Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia)
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Cassidy and Allin tried to jump-start things, but the Death Riders quickly turned things around and choked Allin and Cassidy, which was completely legal. They both went for piledrivers, but Allin and Cassidy backdropped out. Everyone spilled to the floor, where Yuta went under the ring and pulled out … his middle finger to the crowd! Allin took advantage and cracked Yuta in the back with a chair. He sat Yuta in the chair and returned to the ring to gain a head of steam so that he could fly through Yuta on the floor. On the other side of the ring, Garcia and Cassidy battled it out until Cassidy was whipped into the crowd. He took a casual jog to reset himself, but was totally blindsided by Yuta from the other side! Garcia took a second to laugh at Cassidy’s misfortune before heading into the crowd to help Yuta with Cassidy. Just when OC was in seemingly dire straits, Allin appeared from the mezzanine with a Coffin Drop out of nowhere. Yuta turned things around on Cassidy when he dropped him neck-first across the guardrail at a dangerous angle. Back in the ring, Allin had Garcia down and wanted another Coffin Drop, but Yuta took his legs out from the top rope, which sent Allin crashing to the floor! He became the sole focus of the Death Riders, including a brutal double surfboard launch into the top turnbuckle. Garcia and Yuta went outside for a table, but Cassidy appeared back in the ring with his hands in his pockets. They came after him, so he took them down with a dropkick and sprang to his feet. He turned his attention to Garcia and nailed him with a springboard DDT. Yuta thought he could work his way out of OC’s textbook offense, but Cassidy still managed to lull Yuta into a tornado DDT! Garcia attacked from behind, so OC went for a Stundog Millionaire, which Garcia blocked and transitioned into a sleeper! He transitioned again into a guillotine and rolled to the outside so he could put Cassidy on a table for Yuta to come off the top with a splash. Back in the ring, Allin had a skateboard, and Garcia invited him to use it, so Allin slipped it to Garcia and told him to use it! When Garcia went for it, Allin charged with a Code Red for a nearfall! Allin went to the top for another Coffin Drop, but was once again cut off by Yuta, who trapped him in the tree of woe. Yuta stomped Allin’s lower regions until OC came in to cut him off. That allowed Allin to recover and get some revenge on Yuta with a low blow! Cassidy came off the top with a diving DDT on Yuta, and Allin immediately followed with a Coffin Drop. 1-2-Garcia made the save. Garcia grabbed Allin in a choke from the apron, but OC broke it up with an Orange Punch. Cassidy kept the offense going with a Sole Food to Yuta. Cassidy dove over Yuta on the apron to send Garcia crashing through a table leaned against the guardrail! Back in the ring, Allin snatched Yuta in a Scorpion Death Lock to get the tap out! Allin and Cassidy win!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Fright Night 4-Way Fight No. 1 Contenders Tag Team Match – FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) def. Jet Speed (Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight), Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) and Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus)
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After being on the same winning side of the $400K All-Star 8-Man Tag Match this past Saturday on Collision, Perry and Speedball shook hands as opponents to get this huge match underway. Harwood decided to ruin that and tagged Perry. Harwood lit up Bailey with chops and punches, but Bailey fired back with unrelenting kicks in the ropes that warranted a five-count from referee Rick Knox. Bailey finished Harwood off with a kick to the face, so Perry was able to tag back in, and we were back to the original pairing. Perry and Bailey went back and forth to a stalemate, so Luchasaurus made a blind tag to nail Bailey with a hip toss/dropkick combo. Knight came flying in with a dropkick to Luchasaurus, but Perry fought back with a hurricanrana to Knight. He escaped Speedball’s hurricanrana attempt with a cartwheel, and both went for a dropkick to put all four men on the mat. Both members of JetSpeed and Jurassic Express sprang to their feet at the same time, so the Bucks and FTR attacked them from behind. All four tried to gang up on Luchasauraus, but he fought all of them off until goozling both Matt and Nick – but Wheeler and Harwood saved them with superkicks?!? The Bucks swept the legs of Luchasaurus and went back to their corner. Harwood tagged in to square off with Knight, who quickly wound up in the Bucks’ corner for a triple team that included Wheeler. Harwood held Knight across the middle rope so Nick could hit a swanton in yet another example of the long-time rivals using each others’ offense. FTR went for a Shatter Machine on Knight, but he escaped to make a desperation tag to Perry. He fought FTR off with a double hurricanrana to send them to the outside, but when he tried to follow with a somersault dive, Harwood and Wheeler caught him and sent him face-first into the announce desk! Luchasaurus clobbered Harwood and had Wheeler by the throat until Jackson ran down the apron with a kick to stop him, and Matt followed with a dropkick through the ropes. Nick was going to dive over Matt, but just like we saw on Collision, Wheeler stopped them so he could nail the dive instead. So Matt kept the ropes down for Wheeler, but this time he dropkicked the defenseless Jackson to the floor. Nick went running at Wheeler and was backdropped onto his brother. Wheeler turned right into machine gun kicks from Speedball and bailed to the floor, so Bailey followed with a huge dive! Knight climbed to the top, but was stopped by a Dax right hand. Harwood superplexed Knight onto everyone on the floor! Perry settled in as the legal man and did everything he could to fight off the Bucks before making the necessary tag to Luchasaurus, who took out everybody! He took a tour around the ring with heavy shots for Harwood, Wheeler, and both Jacksons in each corner. The Bucks and FTR tried to escape, but he ran through all four men once again! Luchasaurus soaked in the cheers on the second rope and then aided Perry in hitting a hurricanrana over the top to send Speedball crashing from the apron to Knight on the floor. Luchasaurus double-chokeslammed FTR, then chokeslammed Matt, then flipped Nick head-over-heels with another chokeslam onto his brother. Luchasaurus immediately followed with a standing moonsault onto Matt while Perry jumped over him for a Canadian Destroyer on Nick! Luchasaurus finally went for the cover, but Matt kicked out at two! Perry called for Countdown to Extinction, but was knocked from the ring by Harwood. Matt escaped and tried to attack Knight, who low-bridged Matt to the floor. Knight came in to clobber Luchasaurus with forearms, but Luchasaurus put him down with a big headbutt. With Knight on Luchasaurus’ shoulders, Perry was aided to the top rope by his partner, but stopped by Bailey, who put Perry on his shoulders! Knight escaped from Luchasaurus to hit him with a pendulum DDT and then somehow skied high enough to dropkick Perry from Speedball’s shoulders onto FTR and the Bucks on the outside. With each member of JetSpeed ready to springboard from opposite sides of the ring onto Luchasaurus, Speedball called an audible in midair and moonsaulted onto FTR and the Bucks. At the same time, Knight hit a splash on Luchasaurus in the ring! Luchasaurus kicked out at two with no one there to save him. Knight went to the top rope and jumped over the now standing Luchasaurus, who was blind tagged by Nick Jackson, but still managed to flatten Knight. Matt saved Nick from a chokeslam, and they dropped Luchasaurus to his knee with superkicks. Perry tried to launch himself off Luchasaurus, but flew right into another pair of superkicks. Speedball matrixed his way out of another pair of superkicks and nailed Nick with a thrust kick and Matt with a leg sweep. However, he missed shooting star knees and ate superkicks from the Bucks. FTR ran into their own superkicks from the Bucks before they hit the Shatter Machine on Wheeler! Knight came flying off the top into two more superkicks, and the Bucks followed with the BTE Trigger, but Knight kicked out just in time! What resilience by The Jet! As the Bucks tried to figure out what to do next, Harwood tagged Nick just as he was springboarding to the top, but Luchasaurus snatched Nick by the throat and slammed him to the mat. Luchasaurus knocked Matt to the outside and followed him with a moonsault from the apron! Bailey hit one of his own onto Wheeler and Luchasaurus on the floor. Back in the ring, Knight got to the top and nailed Perry with a massive UFO Splash, but FTR slid in to hit the Shatter Machine on Knight for the win, as Stoke squealed in delight on commentary!
My Score: 4.5 out of 5
Match #3: Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly (Double Countout)
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After Moxley got himself disqualified last week, both men wanted this rematch, and so it was made. O’Reilly got Moxley in an armbar within the first minute, but Moxley escaped and flipped O’Reilly off out of anger. The two traded chops and kicks until Moxley stopped it with a bite to the head! O’Reilly came charging, but Moxley sent him to the outside. Moxley threw him back in and got caught in a kneebar, so he took the match back to the outside and dropped O’Reilly with a neckbreaker on the apron. Mox snatched O’Reilly in a full Nelson and then threw O’Reilly face-first into the steel steps. Back in the ring, Moxley missed a charge in the corner, which allowed O’Reilly to wrench Mox with a dragon screw. In what can only be described as a defensive piledriver, Moxley nearly put O’Reilly away. Still, he kicked out at two, and then Moxley rolled it into submission, accentuating it with an eyerake. The two fought back to their feet, and O’Reilly won the striking battle, which sent Mox to the mat desperately trying to fight off an armbar. O’Reilly quickly transitioned into an ankle lock, so Moxley dropped to his knees. O’Reilly answered by stomping on the leg and dropping Mox with a knee strike to the back for a two count. O’Reilly and Mox traded capture knees until Mox went for a Gotch-style piledriver, but O’Reilly caught him in a triangle with nowhere to go in the middle of the ring. O’Reilly let the hold go to deliver a precise PK, and Marina Shafir was beside herself on the outside. O’Reilly charged Mox, but Mox answered with a clothesline, and both men were down. Moxley woke up with a big shot to O’Reilly and tried to powerwalk some energy back into himself, which allowed O’Reilly to snatch him in another ankle lock, very similar to last week. Mox dove to the ropes to force the break and went to the outside, but O’Reilly immediately followed with a dive and captured Mox in another triangle! Moxley stomped his way free, but was leg-whipped into the guardrail after charging O’Reilly. O’Reilly went to the apron for a flying knee, but Shafir stepped in the way, so O’Reilly landed on his feet. Moxley took advantage of the distraction to set up a chair for the Paradigm Shift, but O’Reilly grabbed him in a guillotine choke on the way down! While O’Reilly had the hold locked in, referee Aubrey Edwards counted to 10, and we had a double countout!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: AEW Women’s World Championship Tournament Quarterfinals – Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue & Julia Hart) def. Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata
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Aminata and Hart opened the tournament and this match, but Aminata quickly turned a charging Hart into tandem offense with Hayter. Blue tagged in soon after and wound up eating some Chocolate Kisses. Aminata dropped Blue with a suplex, so Hayter came in and did the same. Aminata tagged back in for another suplex and laughed as Hayter tagged back in for another suplex. This time Hayter covered, but only got a two. Hart tried to stop a double suplex, but wound up getting suplexed as well. Hayter hit an overhead throw on Blue for another two count. Hart made a blind tag, which Hayter missed, allowing Sisters of Sin to gain control with a flapjack. Hart repeatedly slammed Hayter’s head into the mat, and the tide has officially turned in this match. Hart hit her ropewalk arm-wringer strike on Hayter, but when Blue came in for a double suplex, Hayter reversed it and took them both down. She made the tag to a fresh Aminata, who unleashed on Blue with kicks and a meteor, followed by a big boot in the corner. Blue kicked out, so Aminata knocked Hart off the apron while Hayter nailed Blue with a dropkick from the turnbuckles. Aminata hit a snap neckbreaker on Blue, and Hayter followed with a lariat, but Hart was there for the save at one. All four women slugged it out in the middle with Hayter and Aminata initially winning the battle with a pair of German suplexes, but Hart and Blue came back with superkicks. So Aminata and Hart took them down with flying clotheslines. Aminata tagged in and ate some shots from Blue before locking in a submission, which Hart quickly broke up. On the outside of the ring, Theka came from underneath the ring to spear Hayter, which the referee never saw! Back in the ring, Sisters of Sin finished Aminata off with a combo spinebuster/slam to get the victory and advance to the semifinals of the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #5: Fright Night 4-Way Fight No. 1 Contenders Match for the AEW World Championship – Samoa Joe def. HOOK, Bobby Lashley and Ricochet
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We began things with Samoa Joe and HOOK trying to attack Lashley, but Joe pushed HOOK away, which allowed Lashley to recover and take Joe out on the floor. Ricochet tried to pair off with HOOK, but backed right into Lashley. Lashley and Hook bounced Ricochet around the ring, but Lashley had to pull HOOK off a pin attempt. Those two faced off, and while Lashley tried to keep his concentration on Ricochet, HOOK went right after Lashley, so Lashley sent HOOK to the floor and followed with an ura-nge on the apron. Ricochet immediately dove onto Lashley, but Joe was right behind and took everyone out. Joe isolated HOOK in the ring and fought off Lashley from interfering, so he could drop HOOK with a huge powerslam, but Ricochet was there to break up the pin. Joe walked away from a Ricochet leap from the top and peppered the Demand member with shots until Lashley got back in the ring. The crowd came alive when Joe and Lashley faced off, as they traded shots until Lashley put Joe down with a spinebuster! Ricochet tried to attack, but Lashley caught him in midair and hit a Dominator, but HOOK was in to break that pin up. Lashley caught HOOK on his shoulder, but HOOK sent Lashley into a waiting lariat from Samoa Joe. HOOK followed by clotheslining Lashley over the top, leaving him alone with Joe again. HOOK hit a big throw on Joe to send him to the outside, and celebrated too long, leaving Ricochet to strike with a springboard. Ricochet flipped onto Lashley on the floor, but landed on his feet, so he got right back in the ring and dove onto Joe on the other side! Ricochet scaled the ropes and hit a shooting star press onto HOOK, but HOOK kicked out. HOOK turned a Spirit Gun attempt into REDRUM on Ricochet, but Joe broke it up with a senton. Joe had HOOK up for a muscle-buster, but never saw Lashley, who cut Joe down with a spear! Lashley went for the cover on Joe, but Ricochet broke it up with a 450 splash from the top! Ricochet tried for Vertigo on HOOK, but he reversed it into a small package for a two count. HOOK clotheslined Ricochet over the top and sent Lashley over with a low bridge. When Lashley tried to get back in, Ricochet hit him in the back with a chair! Back in the ring, Joe captured HOOK in the Coquina Clutch with HOOK tapping just as Lashley got on the apron to break it up! Joe gets “Hangman” Adam Page for the AEW World Title at Full Gear!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
This week’s Dynamite was a strong and well-balanced episode that blended story progression with solid in-ring action. The main event saw a thrilling four-way number one contender’s match between Samoa Joe, Hook, Bobby Lashley, and Ricochet. The hard-hitting clash ended with Joe asserting his dominance and earning another shot at championship gold – a fitting choice that felt both earned and logical. Elsewhere, the Halloween-themed Tornado Tag “Trick or Treat” Match between Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin and Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia delivered high-energy chaos, with Cassidy and Allin standing tall after some creative tandem offence. In the women’s division, the opening round of the Women’s Tag Team Title Tournament featured Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata falling to The Sisters of Sin, marking a fresh start for AEW’s growing women’s tag scene. While some backstage segments felt predictable, the overall pacing and match quality made this a fun, engaging Dynamite. Another fantastic themed episode of AEW, as usual!
