‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Feb 19th 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. We’ve got Excalibur, Taz, and Ian Riccaboni on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: The OPPS (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, & Hook) def. The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, & Kip Sabian)
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Shibata and Kip began for their respective teams. Shibata used a back sweep trip to take down Sabian. Kip charged at Sabian for a shoulder tackle, but Shibata shrugged it off. Samoa Joe tagged in, and he and Shibata lit up Sabian’s chest with chops. Samoa Joe, and then Shibata took turns chopping Nick Wayne in the corner. Hook tagged in and he began to punish Nick Wayne with chops. Shibata tagged back in, and Kip Sabian clubbed Shibata with a cheap shot. Nick Wayne nailed Shibata with a snap suplex. Hook tagged in and cleaned house on the Patriarchy with suplexes. Samoa Joe took flight with a tope suicida and wiped out Christian Cage. Nick Wayne stunned Hook with a roundhouse kick. Nick went for the Wayne’s World but Hook countered with the Red Rum, winning via submission.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Street Fight – Powerhouse Hobbs def. Big Bill
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Big Bill booted Hobbs in the head. They brawled around ringside and into the crowd. Hobbs clubbed Bill with a lariat over the barricade. Big Bill smashed a sound mixer into Hobbs’ knee. Big Bill grabbed a wrench from beneath the ring. Hobbs ducked a shot from Big Bill and swung a chair at Big Bill. Big Bill cracked Hobbs in the head with the wrench! Hobbs was busted wide open. Big Bill spiked Hobbs on the steel steps with a choke slam. Hobbs rocked Big Bill with a trash can to the head! Bryan Keith jumped into the ring, but Hobbs choke slammed Keith through a table in the corner! Hobbs picked up Big Bill and drove him down with a slam on the stage! Hobbs hit Big Bill with the loaded backpack. The backpack was full of bricks. Hobbs knocked Big Bill off the steel steps that were set up on the stage, sending Big Bill crashing through tables wrapped in barbed wire. Big Bill couldn’t free himself and lost via not beating the ten count!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: Megan Bayne def. Kris Statlander
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They locked up and Megan backed Kris into the ropes. Stat tried a shoulder tackle and Bayne didn’t budge. Statlander connected with a standing moonsault press for a near fall. Stat chopped Bayne into the corner. Statlander cracked Megan with a high roundhouse kick. Bayne speared Kris Statlander! Stat staggered Bayne with a lariat and then a kick to the back of Bayne’s head. Bayne nailed Statlander with a deadlift German suplex. Statlander planted Bayne on the ring apron! Bayne brought Statlander back into the ring the hard way with a suplex! Penelope Ford ran out of nowhere and shoved Statlander off the top turnbuckle. Bayne seized the opportunity to finish off Stat with an F5, scoring the biggest victory of her short AEW career.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #4: Orange Cassidy def. Roderick Strong
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Roddy hit a shoulder tackle. Orange rocketed out of the ring with a tope suicida. Orange hugged Kyle. Orange jumped off the top turnbuckle and Roddy countered with a dropkick! Strong used a slingshot into a powerslam on Orange Cassidy. Orange spiked Roddy with a DDT! Roddy answered with some chops. Orange hit a dropkick. Orange connected with a cross body press. Orange rocked Roddy with another DDT for a near fall! Cassidy blasted Roddy with the Beach Break, but Roddy kicked out at the two-count! Roddy wrecked Orange with two back breakers, followed by the End of Heartache for a near fall on Orange. Roddy dodged an Orange Punch and applied a Texas Cloverleaf. Orange crawled to the ropes to force the ref to break the hold. Strong hit the sick kick but Orange staggered Roddy with the Stun Dog Millionaire and followed up with the Orange Punch, pinning Roderick Strong!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3/5
Another week, another odd episode of Dynamite. This week we only got four matches – four really good matches – and a shedload of promos which pretty much stopped the flow of the action in its tracks. Not a week for me personally but I felt the need to set up the feuds etc.m in time for the next pay-per-view. Cracking women’s match though… Megan Bayne really has made a HUGE impact on the division in recent weeks!
