‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Mar 5th 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Dynamite, which was broadcast from the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, CA. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Ian Riccaboni on commentary, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Will Ospreay, Powerhouse Hobbs, Mark Briscoe, & Orange Cassidy def. Bryan Keith, Mark Davis, and The Murder Machines (Lance Archer & Brian Cage)
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Cage curled Ospreay and then planted him hard on the mat. Cage followed up with lariats in the corner. Ospreay booted Cage and then took him down with a back suplex. Briscoe tagged in and dished out some redneck Kungfu. Cage was staggered into the corner by a kick from Mark. Cage leveled Cassidy with a lariat. Cage drove Cassidy to the mat with a jackhammer, catching Orange midflight. Lance Archer tagged in and slammed “Freshly Squeezed.” Don Callis stomped on Orange behind the ref’s back. Mark Davis walloped Orange with a vertical suplex. Orange rocked Davis with a stun dog millionaire. Hobbs grabbed a tag and slugged it out with Davis! Hobbs shoulder tackled Davis. Hobbs got double teamed by the Murder Machines until Hobbs clubbed them with a double clothesline. Orange dropped an elbow off the shoulders of Hobbs onto Davis. Bryan Keith jumped in to make the save and break the pin attempt. Davis power bombed Hobbs. Keith kicked Hobbs in the head with a full head of steam. Hobbs knocked Keith’s block off with a lariat. Ospreay connected with a springboard elbow. Hobbs planted Davis with a spinebuster. Cage planted Hobbs and then caught Cassidy. Cassidy countered with a DDT! Cassidy spiked Cage with a second DDT, this time on the arena floor. Keith headbutted Cassidy and then hit Cassidy with an avalanche exploder. Briscoe fired up and smashed Keith with an elbow strike. Archer wiped out Briscoe with a lariat. Archer grabbed a steel chair, but Briscoe hit the chair with a palm strike. Briscoe catapulted off the chair and landed onto the Murder Machines outside the ring. Ospreay connected with an Os Cutter on Keith and then finished him off with the Hidden Blade to score the pin!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Cope def. Wheeler Yuta
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Cope blasted Yuta with a clothesline. Yuta grabbed an ankle lock, but Cope transitioned and escaped, taking down Yuta with an arm drag. Yuta connected with a dropkick. Cope pounded on the back of Yuta, looking for a superplex. Yuta fired back with a headbutt. Yuta connected with a diving splash for a near fall on Cope. Cope slipped free of the Cattle Mutilation and applied the Grindhouse cross face. Yuta reversed it into a pinning predicament. Cope spiked Yuta with the Impaler. Cope went to spear Yuta, but Yuta countered with a knee strike. Yuta locked on the Cattle Mutilation! Cope broke free and planted Yuta face-first. Cope speared Yuta and pinned Yuta!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford def. Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa
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Statlander grabbed a side headlock takeover on Ford. Penelope dropkicked Rosa in the back of the head. Thunder Rosa fired back with thunderous elbow strikes and a running dropkick. Bayne booted Statlander. Bayne caught Rosa and tossed Thunder Rosa over the top rope and onto Statlander on the arena floor. Bayne picked up Ford and threw her on top of the opposition! Statlander came in and cleaned house, hitting Penelope with a spinning Michinoku driver! Thunder Rosa catapulted off Stat’s back and dropkicked Ford. Stat cracked Bayne with a scissor kick. Thunder Rosa took flight and dropkicked Bayne through the ropes. Thunder Rosa fought off Bayne and Ford. Bayne planted Thunder Rosa with Fate’s Descent and pinned Thunder Rosa!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: Open Challenge Match – Jay White def. Max Caster
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White blasted Max with the Blade Runner and pinned Max!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #5: Kazuchika Okada & Ricochet def. Swerve Strickland & Brody King
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Ricochet and Okada double teamed Swerve after luring him in. Brody cracked Okada and retaliated. Swerve tossed Ricochet head over heels over the top rope. Brody splashed Okada and Ricochet against the barricade like a runaway freight train. Brody stacked up Okada and Ricochet on his shoulders while Swerve nailed them with a double stomp. Brody squashed Ricochet with a senton while Swerve followed up with a flying European Uppercut. Swerve rocked Okada with a back breaker. Brody and Ricochet tagged in for their teams. Brody staggered Ricochet with a chop. Brody planted Okada with a Death Valley Driver. Brody used his strength to club Okada with a lariat. Swerve tagged in and served up a series of elbows and then a hip toss to Ricochet. Ricochet spiked Swerve with a DDT for a near fall! Swerve rocked Ricochet with a flatliner and then connected with the House Call kick! Swerve delivered the Swerve Stomp and went for the cover, but Okada hit an elbow drop to break up the pin attempt. Brody blocked the rainmaker attempt from Okada and splashed Okada in the corner. Okada dodged a cannonball in the corner. Swerve smashed Okada with the House Call. Ricochet rammed Okada’s title belt into Swerve, unbeknownst to the ref, and stole the pin!
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 another Max Caster squash. Plus we got a shedload of promos which pretty much stopped the flow of the action in its tracks. Though I get it, AEW are really trying to sell the upcoming Revolution pay-per-view. Whilst the opening match and the main event were great we got ANOTHER cracking women’s match this week… I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Megan Bayne really has made a HUGE impact on the women’s division in recent weeks!