‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 30th 2024)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ve got Excalibur, Matt Menard, and Tony Schiavone on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Adam Cole def. Buddy Matthews
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Buddy took Cole off his feet with a shoulder tackle. Cole jumped off the apron and appeared to tweak his surgically repaired ankle. Kyle O’Reilly was watching on a monitor backstage. Matthews didn’t give Cole any respite and punted Cole in the face. Buddy superplexed Adam Cole but Cole retaliated with a neck breaker! Cole drilled Buddy with a DDT on the apron! Adam Cole spiked Matthews with a piledriver for a near fall! Buddy countered the Panama Sunrise by working over Cole’s leg and ankle. Buddy stomped on Cole’s left ankle. Doc Sampson rushed over to check on Cole. The doctor helped Cole to his feet, and they began to walk to the back. Buddy taunted Cole and Cole shoved the doctor away. Cole limped back to the ring as Buddy awakened the killer instinct inside Cole. Cole lured in Buddy and blasted Buddy with two consecutive thrust kicks. Cole’s leg gave out under the weight. Buddy curb stomped Cole but Cole kicked out at the two-count! Cole cracked Buddy with a running knee strike for a near fall! Buddy blocked the Panama Sunrise with a knee strike and a power bomb into the turnbuckles. Buddy hit another curb stomp, but Cole had a surge of energy and kicked out at the one-count. MJF was shown watching the match on a monitor. Cole stuck Buddy with the Panama Sunrise but the momentum knocked Buddy out of the ring. Cole rocked Matthews with a Panama Sunrise on the arena floor. Cole lowered the boom with a knee strike and pinned Buddy!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: AEW World Tag Team Championship Match – Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) def. The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson)
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If Private Party lose, they must split up. Nicholas and Zay traded quick pinfall attempts. Matthew grabbed a blind tag. With an assist, Matthew dropkicked Zay. The Bucks isolated Zay in the Bucks’ corner. Quen got a blind tag himself and he wiped out both Bucks with a double hurracanrana. Matthew grabbed a time keeper’s bell. Quen pulled it away and inadvertently clocked Zay in the head with it! Nicholas punted Quen in the head. Matthew superplexed Quen into the ring for a near fall! Nicholas spiked Zay from the apron with a falcon arrow. Zay was fired up, though, and double dropkicked the Bucks. Zay grounded and pounded Matthew Jackson. Private Party served up thrust kicks to the Bucks! Private Party landed stereo 450s for a near fall on the Bucks! Nicholas smashed Quen with a destroyer. The Bucks picked up the pace and Matthew and Nicholas used the foot stomp-pendulum combo for a near fall! The Bucks rocked Zay with Risky Business, but Quen jumped in to make the save. Quen moonsaulted to Matthew outside the ring and followed up with a tope suicida to Nicholas! The Bucks pulled Quen back to the entrance tunnel. Okada snuck out and stuck Quen with a tombstone piledriver on the floor! The Bucks had the ref distracted so the interference went undetected. The Bucks served up their version of the Gin & Juice but Zay kicked out! The Bucks pumped their Reeboks and invited him to a superkick party! Zay wouldn’t stay down! Matthew and Nicholas were looking for the EVP Trigger, but they inadvertently hit each other after Kassidy ducked. The Bucks went for another EVP Trigger and hit it this time, but Kassidy kicked out of the pin attempt. Matthew planted Zay with a One-Winged Angel, but Quen jumped in to break up the pin attempt. Kassidy crushed Nicholas with a poison rana. Private Party nailed Matthew with Gin & Juice and pinned Nicholas!
My Score: 4.5 out of 5
Match #3: Kris Statlander def. Kamille
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Kamille nailed Kris with a shoulder tackle. Statlander fired back with a dropkick. Kamille clobbered Kris with a lariat. Statlander planted Kamille face first. Kris climbed to the top and went for a 450 but she crashed and burned as Kamille dodged it. Kamille followed up with a guillotine leg drop but Kris kicked out. Kamille landed a torture rack power bomb, but Statlander kicked out in the nick of time. Statlander reversed a tombstone piledriver and countered with Wednesday Night Fever, picking up the pin!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: Swerve Strickland def. Shelton Benjamin
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Shelton threw Swerve over the top rope with a belly to belly suplex. Shelton swept out Swerve’s legs and bounced him off the barricade. Shelton tossed Swerve with a high crotch suplex. Shelton scored with a massive knee strike! Shelton hurled Swerve with another suplex. Swerve got to his feet and connected with a spinning kick to Shelton. Swerve stunned Shelton with a missile dropkick. Swerve rocked Shelton with the House Call kick. Swerve followed up with a 450 splash for a near fall! Swerve planted Shelton with a flatliner. Swerve power bombed Shelton out of the corner. Swerve finished off Shelton with the Swerve foot stomp and scored the pinfall victory!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
A great episode of Dynamite that was, IMHO, which was – once again – marred by too many backstage segments, promos etc. However, this week’s show was also marked by four great matches too! Those more than made up for all the promos etc., though – speaking of promos and segments – I’m loving ANYTHING that’s related to Moxley and the “new” BCC. Overall it was a great week for Dynamite. And a greater week for Private Party who finally fulfilled all that promise we all thought they had when they were working the indies and first signed with AEW.
