‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 8th 2024)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which iss a special “Title Tuesday” episode broadcast from the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington. We’ve got Excalibur, Jeff Jarrett, and Tony Schiavone on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Hologram def. Kommander
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Both men showed off incredible lucha skills, hitting a stalemate early on. Hologram drove Komander into the barricade with a big time tope suicida. Hologram hit a snap suplex. Komander kicked Hologram in the head. Komander walked the tight rope and flipped, wiping out Hologram with a hurracanrana. Komander took flight and crashed down onto Hologram on the arena floor. Komander raised his knees, blocking a 450 splash from Komander. Hologram walked the ropes and Komander power bombed Hologram out of midair! Komander spiked Hologram with a poison rana, but Hologram planted Komander with a poison rana of his own! Hologram put Komander in the airplane spin bomb and picked up the pinfall victory!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Willow Nightingale def. Jamie Hayter, Saraya and Nyla Rose
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The winner faces AEW Women’s World Champion “The Glamour” Mariah May this Saturday at WrestleDream live on pay-per-view. AEW Women’s World Champion “The Glamour” Mariah May joined commentary for this match. Nyla slammed Willow. Hayter isolated Nyla in the corner with stomps. Hayter hit a cross body press on Nyla. Saraya blasted Hayter with a thrust kick. Willow nailed Nyla with a spinebuster! Hayter double suplexed Nyla and Willow! Penelope Ford returned and cracked Jamie Hayter in the back with a steel chair! Hayter chased after Penelope, following her to the back. Nyla climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Harley jumped onto the apron and shoved Nyla to the arena floor! This left Saraya and Willow in the ring, with Saraya drilled Willow with a DDT for a near fall! Willow power bombed Harley. Willow picked up Saraya and smashed her through a table, picking up the pin!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: Jay White def. Cody Chhun
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Jay jabbed and chopped at Chhun. Jay White suplexed Cody into the turnbuckles. “Switchblade” Jay White finished off Cody with the Blade Runner and pinned Cody.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #4: TBS Championship & NJPW STRONG Championship – Mercedes Moné def. Emi Sakura
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Mercedes chopped at Emi in the corner. Emi ducked a chop and rocked The CEO with rapid fire chops. Mercedes nailed Emi with a jawbreaker. Emi used a tilt-a-whirl back breaker to neutralize Mercedes. Mercedes planted Emi with a meteora onto the arena floor! Mercedes followed up with a backstabber for a near fall. Emi splashed the champion as she was draped over the guardrail. Emi splashed Mercedes and Kamille against the barricade. Emi nailed Mercedes with a back breaker. Kamille swept out Emi’s legs. Mercedes locked on the Statement Maker and forced Emi Sakura to tap out!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #5: Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta def. Blackpool Combat Club (PAC & Claudio Castagnoli)
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Yuta and Danielson worked in concert to great effect to take down Pac and Claudio. Danielson locked Pac in a surfboard and then Yuta dropkicked Pac. Wheeler Yuta planted Pac with a German Suplex. Yuta applied the Cattle Mutilation on Pac, but Claudio got into the ring and broke up the submission attempt. Danielson jumped at Claudio, but Claudio countered with a neutralizer on the floor. Danielson made a tag and connected with a dropkick to Claudio. Danielson followed up with a running kick in the corner. Danielson reversed a power bomb off the turnbuckles with a hurracanrana on Claudio. Danielson battered Claudio with repeated kicks. Danielson captured Claudio’s wrists and stomped on Claudio. Pac ran in but Danielson sent Pac down to the mat shoulder first. Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir surrounded the ring. Pac hit a 450 splash on a distracted Danielson for a near fall. Pac grabbed a ring hammer, but Yuta disarmed him. Danielson took down Pac, applied the LeBell Lock, and Pac tapped out!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3/5
A good episode of Dynamite that was, IMHO, marred by too many backstage segments, promos etc. Though it WAS great to see Daniel Garcia announce, in the middle of the ring, that he’s re-signed with AEW – he’s a great fit and should, given how he spoke, get a push to the moon! In terms of matches, Hologram versus Kommander was the expected banger, whilst the women’s four-way match outshone the women’s title match! The main event did a LOT to further the BCC/Wheeler/Danielson storyline-come-feud and I hope it’s a sign of things to come – the stuff with the BBC really feels chaotic right now, almost nWo-like. I just hope the payoff doesn’t fall flat because the build has been awesome!
