‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Aug 31st 2022)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from the NOW Arena in Chicago, Illinois and is a pet of the massive All Out week of programming from AEW. We’ve Excalibur, JR and Taz on commentary, so let’s get to the review!
Match #1: Bryan Danielson def. Jake Hager
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Danielson and Hager sized each other up. Bryan connected with a low kick on Hager. Jake Hager pummeled Danielson in the corner with jabs and uppercuts. Bryan applied a guillotine to Hager but Hager muscled him off. Bryan wasted no time and nailed Hager with a tope suicida! Hager grabbed Bryan and muscled him right through the time keeper’s table! Hager rammed Bryan’s back into the steel ring post and then blasted Bryan with a suplex on the arena floor. Back in the ring, Hager mounted Bryan and began to ground and pound him. Bryan locked on an arm bar but Hager rolled free. Hager lifted up Danielson and powerbombed him. Bryan grabbed for the Le Bell Lock but Hager managed to grab the bottom rope. Bryan kicked and chopped at Hager in the corner. Danielson clobbered Hager with the running knee and then pinned Hager!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida def. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. & Jamie Hayter
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Hayter hit Shida with a shoulder tackle. Shida spiked Hayter with a hurracanrana. Toni Storm tagged in and she and Shida used tandem offense on Hayter. Baker tagged in and then from the outside Hayter tripped up Storm. Baker and Hayter double teamed Storm with clubbing forearms and boots. Shida tagged in and hit Hayter with haymakers! Shida connected with a delayed vertical suplex and followed up with a meteora for a near fall! Hayter fired back with a double suplex on Shida and Storm. Baker tagged in and nailed Shida with a corkscrew neck breaker for a near fall. Baker blasted Shida with a thrust kick. Shida dodged the curb stomp but ate the rip cord from Baker. Storm used the hip attack on Baker and then Shida finished off Baker with a katana kick and the pin!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) & Wardlow def. Silas Young, Red Jones & Icepick Vic Capri
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Wardlow blasted Red with a head butt and then tagged in Cash. Cash used a snap suplex and tagged in Dax Harwood! They smashed Vic with the Big Rig and then tagged Wardlow who finished things off with the Powerbomb Symphony!
My Score: 1 out of 5
Match #4: Four-Way Match – Wheeler Yuta def. Dante Martin, Rey Fenix, Rush
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This is a preview of this Sunday’s ALL OUT event as these are four of the eight wrestlers who will be competing in the Casino Ladder Match. Yuta applied the flying octopus on Rush but Rush countered with a back drop and then a powerslam! Dante smashed Fenix with a destroyer! Fenix fired back with a tope con hilo on Rush. Yuta rocketed out with a tope suicida on Fenix. Dante leaped with a tornillo to the outside! Rush headbutted Dante and then went over the top on the other wrestlers. Dante nailed Rey Fenix with a poison rana! Wheeler shoved Dante off the top turnbuckle. Rey Fenix stopped Yuta with an uppercut! Rey Fenix jumped out of the ring with a splash onto Rush! Wheeler Yuta trapped Dante Martin with the seatbelt and pinned him!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: AEW Trios Tournament Dynamite Final – Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) def. Will Ospreay & Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)
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Don Callis joined the commentary team for this match. Will nailed Kenny with a kick, wasting no time. Kenny shoved Will back and rammed him with a shoulder tackle. They began to brawl with forearms and chops. The Bucks and Aussie Open entered the ring and things broke down as both teams slugged it out! Will used a sky twister press to the Elite on the outside of the ring. Davis hit a double lariat on the Bucks! He bodyslammed both Bucks at once! Fletcher tagged in with a cutter on Matt Jackson! Omega broke up the pin attempt. Matt Jackson flattened Ospreay and then tagged in Kenny Omega. Omega dropkicked Davis’ knee. Omega smashed Aussie Open with snap dragon suplexes! Kenny and Will traded offensive strikes! Will went for a Space Flying Tiger Drop but Omega set up Will and then caught him with a snap dragon suplex on the arena floor. Aussie Open used a delayed double vertical suplex to bring Omega back into the ring! Will ripped Kenny’s compression shirt off and dropped him with a back breaker for a near fall! Will and Kenny went toe-to-toe with forearms and chops in the center of the ring. Will hit a Liger Bomb on Kenny! Aussie Open held up Nick but Nick countered on Will with a cutter! The Elite clocked Fletcher with a superkick party. Omega went for the V-Trigger but Will caught Omega off at the pass! The Elite spiked Will with the indie-taker! Kenny finished off Fletcher with the One-Winged Angel and pinned him!
My Score: 4 out of 5
News of the Night:
- W. Morrisey attacked the Wingmen before being given a business card by Stokely Hathaway – is he now signed to AEW?
- Hangman Page will be the third man in Dark Order’s trios match against the Best Friends on Rampage.
Final Verdict: 4/5
Well, that folks is how you do a go-home show… AEW told two great stories in the space of two hours, both of which will have a big impact on this weekend’s pay-per-view. CM Punk and Jon Moxley will have a rematch, 10 and Evil Uno are out of action so Hangman Page has to step in… good god, what has Tony Khan got planned for the finales of both of these tales? Will CM Punk regain the title in front of a Chicago crowd, Rocky-style? Or are we going to get interference from someone NOT currently appearing in AEW (no APPEARING, not not-signed) and will Hangman’s allegiance to Dark Order be tested when he undoubtedly has to face the Elite in the Trios championship final? I hope to god his loyalties lie with Dark Order and he finally and whole-heartedly embraces them as HIS team! All in all this was a brilliant teaser for All-Out!
