‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Sep 11th 2024)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. We’ve got Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: TNT Championship Match – Jack Perry def. Lio Rush
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Jack Perry started the match very aggressively, keeping Lio on his toes. Jack Perry walked out of the ring and shoved Action Andretti. Rush countered a DDT from Perry and shoved Perry back against the edge of the ring. Perry planted Rush face first on the edge of the ring. Rush rocked Perry with a big elbow strike. Rush wiped out Jack with a Spanish Fly for a near fall. Perry regained momentum driving Rush face first into the second turnbuckle with the snake eyes move. Perry used a snap dragon, perhaps sending a mocking message to Kenny Omega. Lio landed a reverse rana, but Perry fired back with a blind side knee strike. Perry caught Lio Rush flush with a knee shot and pinned Lio Rush!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #2: Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) and Komander vs. Jon Cruz & Two Partners
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Before the match began, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, and Marina Shafir ambushed everyone in the ring and assaulted them!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #3: Ricochet def. Sammy Guevara
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Both men went move for move and reached a stale mate at the start of the match. Ricochet connected with a dropkick, sending Sammy spilling to the outside. Ricochet flipped over the top rope with a somersault and wiped out Sammy and then landed on his feet. Sammy rocked Ricochet with a thrust kick on the ramp. Sammy moonsaulted off the top of the tunnel and took out Ricochet! Sammy flew over the top rope with a tornillo, making it look easy. Ricochet nailed a double jump senton off the barricade and landed onto Sammy! Ricochet rocked Sammy with round kicks. Sammy absorbed the kicks and rolled up Ricochet for a near fall. Sammy countered Ricochet with a Destroyer! Sammy blasted Ricochet with a cutter from the top rope for a near fall! Sammy scored with a knee strike. Ricochet countered a GTH with a knee strike and then an ax kick. Ricochet hit the Vertigo and pinned Sammy!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Match – Mariah May def. Queen Aminata
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Queen Aminata shoved Mariah and Mariah fired back with a forearm. Aminata put her whole body into a lariat and then a running PK and the champion was in trouble. Mariah moved out of the way of a running hip attack. Mariah May dropkicked Queen Aminata as she was tied up in the ropes. Mariah cracked Queen Aminata with a running knee as Aminata was draped over the edge of the ring. Aminata connected with a pump kick and a snap suplex. Queen Aminata followed up with a German Suplex. Mariah May drilled Queen Aminata with a draping DDT out of nowhere. Queen Aminata scoop slammed the champion and covered her, but Mariah kicked out at the two-count. Mariah moved out of the way of a diving foot stomp and connected with a dropkick and then the Glamour knee strike. Mariah smashed Queen Aminata with the Storm Zero and picked up the pinfall victory.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Bryan Keith def. The Iron Savages (Boulder and Bronson) & Jacked Jameson
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Boulder slapped Jericho and dropped him with a thunderous right hand. Big Bill tagged in, and he splashed Boulder in the corner. Big Bill blasted Boulder with a big boot to the face. Bryan Keith tagged in and headbutted Jacked Jameson, following up with the Diamond Dust! Jericho tagged in, put his boot on Jameson while flexing, and scored the pin for his team.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #6: Tag Team Casino Gauntlet Match – Winners: Will Ospreay & Kyle Fletcher
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The winners of the inaugural Tag Team Casino Gauntlet Match will wrestle The Young Bucks for the World Tag Team Title at AEW Grand Slam. FTR—Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler were the first team out to the ring. Kyle Fletcher and AEW International Champion the “Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay were the second team to enter. Fletcher knocked Dax over the top rope with a lariat. Ospreay tried for an Os-Cutter, but Cash countered, throwing Will into Dax’s arms. Dax hit a slingshot power bomb on Will for a two-count. Ospreay moonsaulted off Kyle’s back and landed on Dax. FTR connected with the power plex on Will for a near fall. Vincent and Dutch—the Righteous, entered the fray. Vincent landed on Cash with a senton atomico for a two-count. The Undisputed Kingdom—Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, were the next competitors. The Undisputed Kingdom cleaned house on Fletcher and Ospreay. The Acclaimed—Max Caster and Anthony Bowens, came out next with a chip on their shoulders. Stokely Hathaway was watching the match from the front row. FTR smashed Dax with two fame assers! MxM Collection—Masen Madden and Mansoor, confronted the Acclaimed in the ring. The Undisputed Kingdom ambushed them but MxM showed off effective combination offense on the Kingdom. Top Flight—Dante and Darius Martin were the next entrants. Darius spiked Dutch with a DDT. Ospreay and Dante squared off, going move for move, until Taven poked Dante in the eyes. Bowens smashed Fletcher with a knee strike. FTR hit the Shatter Machine on Bowens, but all the other teams ran in to make the save! The Outrunners—Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd, came out to a huge ovation from the fans! The Outrunners cleaned house with body slams for everyone. The Grizzled Young Veterans came out, but FTR sprinted up the ring! Both teams brawled up the ramp and backstage. Bennett spiked Darius with a piledriver. Fletcher grabbed Bennett and blasted him with a brain buster. Dante and Kyle paired off. Dante went for the cross over splash, but Fletcher raised his knee and Ospreay cracked Dante with the Hidden Blade! Fletcher covered Dante and pinned him!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
A great follow-up to All Out, which continued some of the shocking fallout and lined up some new feuds and storylines. it was nice to see Ricochet BE Ricochet and do all the high-flying “flippy” moves that he did for years before his WWE sojourn and Sammy Guevara was a great opponent for that too! OK, so we got a total non-starter of a match, which gave the “new” BCC more screen time and they wasted time on a squash match – and one that saw Chris Jericho win no less (for shame); but we also got a great women’s match, with Queen Aminata given a chance to shine against the champ Mariah May AND we got a good, if manic, main event – which set up the next title defence for the Young Bucks (who need to drop the titles ASAP) at Grand Slam… and to top all THAT off, Nigel McGuiness threw his hat in the proverbial ring to face Bryan Danielson at Grand Slam too!
