‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Sep 18th 2024)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. We’ve got Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Orange Cassidy def. Chris Jericho
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All six men brawled at the start of the match, despite this being a one on one match. Orange and Jericho wrestled in the ring until Cassidy took flight and took out Keith and Bill on the arena floor. Mark Briscoe followed up with a dive onto the pile. Chris Jericho teased a tope but Cassidy clobbered Jericho with an Orange Punch for a near fall! Orange Cassidy flew out of the ring with a tope suicida to The Learning Tree! Jericho chopped at Cassidy’s chest. Orange used the ropes to propel himself back into the ring with a splash on Jericho. Jericho countered a diving hurracanrana with the Walls! Jericho followed up with a running power slam. Jericho charged at Cassidy with a shoulder block, propelling Orange out of the ring and into the barricade. Jericho nailed Orange with a lionsault, but Orange kicked out at the two-count! Orange staggered Jericho with a Stundog Millionaire and then a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Jericho countered an elbow drop by lifting his knees into Orange’s ribs. Orange tried to rally back with a DDT on the floor, but Jericho countered with a catapult, sending Orange into the guardrail! Jericho backdropped Orange through the timekeeper’s table. Jericho and Cassidy exchanged strikes inside the ring. Both men collapsed. They fired off forearms from their knees. Orange connected with a thrust kick. Jericho took Cassidy off his feet with a clothesline. Jericho countered a DDT with the Walls on Cassidy. Orange army crawled to the bottom rope, but Big Bill blasted Orange in the face with a big boot! Jericho covered Orange but Orange kicked out at the two-count. Kyle ran down to even up the odds for Orange. Orange rolled up Jericho in a small package for a near fall. Jericho planted Orange with a Death Valley Driver for a two-count! Cassidy drilled Chris with a desperation DDT, and then spiked Chris with a second DDT. Cassidy connected with a diving DDT from the top rope, but Jericho kicked out! Cassidy sized Jericho up for the Orange Punch but Jericho countered with the Code Breaker for a near fall! Orange ducked the Judas Effect attempt and countered with the Beach Break, but Jericho raised his shoulders before the three-count. Bryan Keith ran down, but Briscoe chased after him. As ref Aubrey Edwards was distracted by Bryan Keith and Briscoe brawling on the apron, Jericho pulled out a roll of quarters. Orange kicked Jericho, knocking the quarters out of Jericho’s hands. Orange caught the roll of quarters and smacked Jericho with a loaded Orange Punch, scoring the pin!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: HOOK def. JD Ink
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Hook clobbered Ink with a lariat and then a suplex. Hook smashed JD with dangerous cross faces. Hook locked on the Red Rum and JD Ink immediately tapped!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #3: Queen Aminata & Yuka Sakazaki def. Mariah May & Serena Deeb (DQ)
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Deeb and Yuka traded a flurry of offense, but it was a stalemate in the early goings. Queen Aminata grabbed a tag and dropkicked Deeb, but Mariah May was busy kissing her championship belt. Deeb caught Queen Aminata with a dragon screw through the ropes. Deeb didn’t get much help from Mariah throughout the match. Yuka took down Mariah with a hurracanrana and then a rising knee strike. Yuka nailed Deeb with a Northern Lights Bomb. Yuka suplexed Mariah onto Deeb, covering Deeb for a near fall. Yuka sent Deeb for a ride with the Merry Go Round! Yuka wiped out the competition with a springboard splash! Yuka followed up with the Magical Girl Splash onto Deeb, but Mariah blindsided Yuka, cracking her on the side of the head with the belt. The ref disqualified Mariah and Deeb.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #4: Ricochet def. The Beast Mortos
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Ricochet went right after the Beast Mortos, coming out of the gates hot. The Beast hoisted up Ricochet and threw Ricochet into the corner. Mortos charged at Ricochet, but Ricochet dodged it. Ricochet followed up with a tope suicida to Mortos. Ricochet grabbed a near fall on Mortos after a running, shooting star press. Mortos and Ricochet went move for move and the fans gave it a standing ovation! Mortos caught Ricochet as Ricochet flipped over the rope to the outside. Mortos power bombed Ricochet onto the ring apron. Mortos rocked Ricochet with a Samoan Drop for a near fall! Mortos cracked Ricochet with a headbutt. Ricochet used Mortos’ momentum against him, sending Mortos out of the ring. Ricochet wrecked Mortos with a Code Red on the arena floor, countering a power bomb. Ricochet hit a 450 splash but somehow Mortos kicked out at the two-count! The Beast Mortos walloped Ricochet with a press slam from the top rope. Ricochet blasted Mortos with a crucifix bomb! Ricochet finished off Mortos with the Vertigo and pinned him!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: Will Ospreay & The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher) def. Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks (Nicholas & Matthew Jackson)
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Nicholas hammered at Flecher with clubbing blows. Fletcher used his size advantage to hit a shoulder tackle. Ospreay tagged in and they used tandem offense on Nicholas. Okada grabbed a tag. Ospreay and Okada had a stare down. Ospreay took down Okada with a hurracanrana. Takeshita tagged himself in. Okada shoved Will into Takeshida. The Elite posed outside the ring, but Ospreay and the Callis Family hit sliding dropkicks and then topes onto the Elite. Fletcher tagged in but Matthew Jackson blindsided him. Fletcher broke through with a double clothesline on the Bucks. Fletcher cracked the Bucks with a running kick in the corner. Fletcher spiked Nicholas with a brain buster for a near fall! Okada came steaming into the ring. Okada battered Fletcher with three consecutive upper cuts and followed up with the Michinoku Driver! Takeshita tagged in and nailed Okada with the Takeshida Line. Takeshita nailed Okada with a brain buster and then a senton off the middle rope. Takeshita planted Okada with a Blue Thunder Bomb and then Okada got his clock cleaned with a triple dropkick. Okada fired back with a shotgun dropkick. Okada rocked Takeshita with a nasty neck breaker! The Bucks doubled teamed Takeshita with Risky Business. Okada followed up with an elbow drop on Takeshita. The Bucks went for an EVP Trigger, but Takeshita avoided it! Takeshita hit both Bucks with a stereo German Suplex. Will Ospreay tagged in and used a standing sky twister press on Matthew. Will ducked a rainmaker clothesline but ate two superkicks from the Bucks. Fletcher jumped in to break up the pin attempt on Ospreay. The Bucks pumped up their sneakers. Will blocked superkicks but the odds were against him, and they broke Ospreay down. Fletcher and Ospreay used combination on Matthew, but Okada jumped in to break it up. Okada got planted by Takeshita’s Blue Thunder Bomb! Nicholas smashed Fletcher with a face buster. The Bucks tried for the TK Driver, but Kyle escaped and nailed Matthew with a twisting tombstone piledriver, but Nicholas broke up the pin attempt. Fletcher and
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
What a great episode of Dynamite! OK, so the individual match scores might not reflect the final score but this week’s show was more than just the matches – this episode built fantastically to the forthcoming Grand Slam pay-per-view, with another terrifying promo from the “new” BCC and a main event that really boody delivered so fast-paced (some might say PWG-esque) action. And I loved it. Nice to see Queen Aminata and Yuka Sakazaki on the main show this week too!
