‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 16th 2024)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which iss a special “Title Tuesday” episode broadcast from the SAP Center in San Jose, California. We’ve got Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) def. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
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Keith took down Dax with a lariat. Dax fired back with a snap suplex. Cash jumped over with a shoulder tackle on the Bad Apple for a near fall. Keith tagged out to Big Bill, who sauntered into the ring. Big Bill blasted Cash with chops. Cash staggered Big Bill with a dropkick and an uppercut. Big Bill planted Cash with a Bossman slam! Dax tagged in but was greeted with a lariat from Big Bill. The Redwood blocked the Shatter Machine attempt and power bombed Dax Harwood! FTR rallied back, showing off their synergy, and planted Bryan Keith with the Shatter Machine and scored the pin!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: TBS Championship Match – Mercedes Moné def. Queen Aminata
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Aminata captured the champion midair and countered with a fallaway slam. Queen Aminata headbutted Kamille, who tried to assist Mercedes. The champion smashed Queen Aminata with a running knee strike as Queen Aminata was distracted by Kamille. Queen Aminata drove the champion down with an air raid crash for a near fall. Queen Aminata followed up with a violent snapping neck breaker, but Mercedes kicked out at the two-count. Mercedes was dazed by a snapping suplex. Mercedes lured in the challenger and clocked her with a knee strike. Mercedes applied the Statement Maker in the center of the ring and forced Queen Aminata to tap out!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Rocky Romero) vs. The Elite (Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks — Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) – No Contest
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Okada rocked Cassidy and Kyle with an elbow strike. Rocky jumped in and wiped out Okada with a shot. Kyle cracked Okada with combination strikes. Matthew jumped into the ring, but Kyle took down both Bucks. Kyle countered a rainmaker attempt with a guillotine, but Matthew Jackson dropped an elbow from the top turnbuckle. Okada covered Kyle for a near fall. Okada nailed O’Reilly with a neck breaker. Rocky came in and cleaned house on the Elite. Okada spiked Rocky with a tombstone piledriver. The Bucks pumped their Reeboks. Orange used a double hurracanrana on the Bucks and then a stun dog millionaire on Okada. Orange pumped Matthew with a DDT. Wheeler Yuta jumped in the ring and blindsided Orange Cassidy. Claudio Castagnoli and PAC ambushed the Conglomeration while the Elite looked on in confusion. New AEW World Champion Jon Moxley joined the beating of Orange. Dante Martin and the rest of Top Flight sprinted to the ring but Moxley and his crew were too much. Okada and the Bucks stood on the ramp and watched things unfold. More members of the locker room, including the Dark Order, tried to stop Moxley and his cohorts, but Mox, Marina, Claudio, Pac, and Wheeler couldn’t be stopped.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #4: Shelton Benjamin def. Lio Rush
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Rush got rocked by a massive knee strike from Benjamin. Shelton Benjamin hurled Lio with a belly to belly suplex on the floor! Lio Rush dodged a splash. Lio staggered Shelton with a stunner. Lio connected with two tope suicidas. Lio climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Shelton avoided a frog splash and fired back with a kick. Lio Rush spiked Shelton with a DDT but Shelton kicked out at the two-count. Shelton Benjamin suplexed Lio from the top rope. Shelton hurled Lio with a German Suplex. Shelton drilled Lio with a thrust kick. Shelton planted Rush with an exploder power slam and then scored the pin.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: Christian Cage def. Jay White
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Jay White clobbered Christian Cage with a European Uppercut. Jay White tied up Cage in an Indian Death lock. Christian reached the ropes, forcing the ref to break the hold. After being lured in by the Patriarchy, the Bang Bang Gang were ejected from ringside. Jay White spiked Christian Cage with a DDT, but Christian Cage kicked out at the two-count. Cage cracked Jay with a reverse DDT on the apron. Kip Sabian jumped on the apron out of nowhere, but Christian told him to get down. Jay catapulted Christian into the bottom rope. Switchblade planted Christian with a uranage for a near fall. Adam Page was hiding outside the ring. Cage rocked Jay White with the Killswitch, but Jay White managed to kick out! Christian Cage connected with a diving headbutt. Kip Sabian tried to interfere again. The ref prevented Sabian, but as the ref was distracted by Kip, Jay White set up Christian for the Blade Runner. Hangman Adam Page blasted Switchblade with the Buckshot Lariat as the referee had his back turned. Christian crawled onto Jay White, picking up the pieces, and picking up the victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3/5
A good episode of Dynamite that was, IMHO, which was – once again – marred by too many backstage segments, promos etc. As usual in recent months, the BCC stuff was easily the highlight of the show and not just because of their actions, but also the response from the AEW roster – like Dark Order (who I would REALLY hope get back to relevancy with this stuff), and Top Flight. In terms of matches, it was GREAT to see Shelton benjamin in action, seemingly not missing a beat – my only quibble would be that he should have demolished Rush more, and quicker. But hey, beggars can’t be choosers!
