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Acero’s AEW Dynamite Review 10.25.23
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Damn, what a week! Another birthday in the books!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means…
We are in Philly, and start off with the beautiful Renee! She introduces our World Champ, MJF! MJF wants to make a quick phone call, and he calls Adam Cole on speaker. Before they can have a full conversation, we hear ADAM! From the halls. Here he comes to tell MJF that he will help MJF take on Bullet Club Gold.
MJF pushes him away, and Roddy goes wheeling backwards. He then shouts for Jay White. He’s got a bullet with his name on it, and live in Philly, he will not miss.
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It’s The Devil!
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And we get the official start to AEW Dynamite!
Dynamite Diamond Ring Match
Juice Robinson vs MJF
Takedown from MJF immediately and the crowd is nuts! Awesome. MJF sends Juice ot the corner and stomps him some. More kicks in the corner send Juice down to the mat and MJF gives him a boot. Juice to the outside. MJF sends Juice into the barricade. He does it again, this time into a chair, too. MJF sends Juice over the timekeeper’s table with a huge toss. The Gunns are standing by, but MJF doesn’t care. He grabs a water bottle and spits some water into Juice’s face. MJF drags Juice over to a chair and drops him face first onto it. MJF breaks the count and continues the onslaught! He sends Juice into the corner and Juice is busted open!
They end up in the ring. Juice has MJF cornered. He attacks with a right, covers, and only gets a 1. The Gunns are on either side of the apron now. Colten has the scarf and tosses it to Juice. Juice chokes MJF up a bit, then tosses it aside and mounts for some punches.
Here comes Jay White, holding the big belt, saying he’ll be on commentary.
We come back, and while the ref is being distracted, MJF uses his scarf for some fairplay turnabout. Ref turns, sees it, tosses the ref over the ropes. MJF ducks a right, hits his own, another, body slam in the center of the ring. MJF grabs the head and sends it into the corner over and over. MJF with mounted right hands as the crowd counts along. Whip from MJF but this time he adds an arm drag, sending Juice into the corner HARD. MJF takes a taste of Juice’s blood. He’s goin wild. MJF calls for the Kangaroo Kick! HE HITS IT! THE CROWD GOES NUTS! Juice is outside the ring. MJF hits the ropes, The Gunns trip MJF up! Juice re-enters. Leg Lariat. Cover for 1..2..NO!!!! Juice kicks MJF a bit. MJF stands. Hard elbow from Juice, but MJF eats it and hits a hard slap. He wants another. Juice grabs the nose. He hits the ropes, MJF ducks, kips up, gets flipped, poke of the eyes! Damn, MJF, get it. MJF hits the ropes, Juice SPITS IN MJF’S EYES!!! Left hand! He tries for a powerbomb, it’s not pretty, but he gets it! Cover for 1..2..NO!!!! MJF pulls himself up. Juice is up. He rushes the corner, and MJF hits an elbow. MJF to the 2nd rope, he stomps the left arm!!! He sends Juice to the apron, big knee. Heatseeke—NO!!! Juice shoots MJF o. MJF hits the ropes, ducks a right hand. Suicide dive to The Gunns on the outside!!! Juice tries for a baseball slide, but MJF uses the apron skirt to trap him! Rake of the eyes from MJF! MJF in, kick from Juice! Underhook! DDT! Cover! 1..2..NO!!!!
The Gunns try and enter rthe ring, but Bryce is kicking the ropes, keeping them out. Juice has the fake ring! But MJF has the real one!!!! Juice swings, MJF ducks! Big right! One for each of The Gunns! Heatseeker to Juice! COVER! 1…2…..3!!!!
Winner: MJF
A very very strong second half, especially from MJF, who looked great. A lot of messiness with the overbooking, but it didn’t overshadow the quality of wrestling.
Total Rating: ***1/2
Match Time: 15:08
MJF is attacked by all of The Gunn Club, but here come The Kingdom and Roderick Strong!!! The Gunns make sohrt work of The Kingdom, sending them out of the ring.
Back in the ring, The Gunns hold up MJF. Jay is nearby. Juice holds the ring up, but here come The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass! THEY clear the ring.
Jay White has a mic at the top of the ramp. He wants MJF to focus. Forget about everything happening right now, about Kenny, Joe, Wardlow. Focus on the only thing that matters, him.
MJF wants a mic. Jay tells MJF he’ll never get his hands on the title ever again, because at Full Gear, MJF will breathe Switchblade.
The Gunns say congrats on getting the ring back, but they don’t have the Triple B. He does have the titles, though, so they want a match at Full Gear.
MJF tells The Ass Boys to shut the hell up. He says if they want the match, they got him. He’s not waiting for Full Gear to get his hands on Jay White’s dollar store Jack Sparrow looking ass. He wants a match next week, four v four, and when he wins, he’ll get the Triple B back.
MAAAAX!!! MAXXXXXX!!! MAXXXX!!! He tells MJF he’s going to pick them, right?
MJF tells Mid Mike and Mid Matt to get on Roderick’s wheelchair and roll off a cliff.
Here comes Max Caster who says this means MJF will pick them, right?
MJF says he’s known Max since he was 18, and if you think MJF is tagging with them? He wouldn’t tag with Max if there was a fire, and tagging with him was the only way to get it out.
Max: “SO you’re saying there’s a chance!”
Anthony Bowens shouts that everyone loves The Acclaimed. Max wants one favor….SCISSOR MEEEEEEEEE
MJF closes the scissors and leaves.
Before he can make it all the way up the ramp, Kenny Omega comes out with a mic. This gets a HOLY SHIT chant.
He tells Max that he seems to have a lot going on, so he’ll cut to the chase: MJF has something that he wants, but Kenny has something that MJF wants. Kenny makes mention of the title NOT around MJF’s waist. Even though he has no right to ask, and MJF is a scumbag – so he’ll likely tell Kenny to take a hike, but if MJF is THEIR scumbag, the champion that Kenny thinks MJF wants to be, he’ll hear him out. He wants that belt, and he deseres the right to defend his streak, so if MJF truly is better than Kenny, and he knows it, don’t be afraid to show it.
MJF says ok, The Cleaner vs The Devil, this Saturday night, for the title. May the best man win.
They do their catchphrases, with Kenny taking the final word, pulling MJF and telling him into MJF’s ear: “Three Days, Bitch.”
Wardlow talks about being at home for 4 years and sitting at home watch the main that he beat main event the biggest show in the history of wrestling. He tells Max that there is nothing left for MJF to take, and now he will take everything from him.
John Silver and Alex Reynolds vs Hook and RVD
RVD gets a quick tag in, hits an arm drag. Silver gets a tag. He stomps RVD after a sneak attack. Some more elbows, but RVD is able to corner Silver and hit a monkey flip. Reynolds misses a clothesline and Hook hits him with a T-bone. Hook and RVD send Reynolds and Silver out of the ring with clotheslines!
We are back and RVD gets a hot tag! He hits a leg lariat to Silver, another, a leg drop to the back of the head. Reynolds runs in to attack, whips RVD into the corner, RVD sends him to the apron, springboard kick to the side of the head. He sends Silver into the buckle, then high kicks. Rolling Thunder! Northern Lights to Reynolds. Silver breaks it. Kick to Silver. Tag to Hook. Hook stands over Silver and hits some crossfaces. He goes for Redrum but Reynolds kicks hook in the side of the head. RVD in to check on him, and here comes Evil Uno with a chair! RVD with a kick to the side of the chair into the head! A step over kick to Reynolds. RVD to the top rope.
FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH TO REYNOLDS!!!! Silver misses a kick and runs RIGHT into REDRUM!!! SILVER TAPS!!!
Winners: Hook and RVD
A nice win for Hook and a nice little homecoming for RVD and Philly.
Total Rating: **
Match Time: 7:55
Commentary catches Hook almost marking out with a smirk. Haha. Nice.
Another Toni Storm special is shown during PIP.
We come back to the show where Tony Schiavone introduces Darby Allin and Sting!
Darby is wearing a sling. Tony says Sting’s announcement came from the bottom of his heart, he is sure.
Sting wants to thank a couple of people, two specifically, and he also wants to thank Philly. It’s been a great run.
He also wants to thank Darby Allin. He means this, he could not have come this far without Darby by his side. The best tag team partner he’s ever had. Surprised? Have someone else in mind?
He also wants to thank Tony Khan for making that phone call and giving Sting a chance to grapple a little longer.
Schiavone wants the mic. He wants to speak on behalf of Tony Khan, who should thank Sting for what he has meant to AEW. He arrived early 2021 and now his final match, Revolution 2024, and they are proud to be a part of his great career. It was 35 years ago that on TBS Sting put it on the map, put pro-wrestling put it on the map. He is thrilled to be a part of it. He is an icon. They have talked about it all week – Tony has a special gift, and here it is….
RIC FUCKING FLAIR!!!
Flair is here! He gives Sting a huge hug. Another one for Schiavone.
HOLY SHIT chant
35 years ago, these two men made wrestling what it was. Tony welcomes Ric Flair to AEW.
Flair with the stick. You know that in life there are moments that are magical. Few and far between, and that’s the magic of the chemistry of whatever you do in life that makes you the best. 35 years ago, Sting and he made history on TBS! First Clash of Champions against Mania, and he’s said this before – to go 55 minutes in a match, back then or tonight is hard. Sting never took a deep breath, lived up to his potential, and he is ont one of the greatest wrestlers, biggest celebrities, but also the nicest guy he’s ever known, so when he got an invitation from Tony to come be a part of this, he wanted to be here all the way till March. If Sting will have him, Ric wants to ride it out with him.
They trade some Woos. Sting wants Ric to give him a chop. RIC CHOPS STING!!!
Christian Cage is here to ruin the fun, and I can’t fucking wait!
Cage, Nick Wayne, and Luchasaurus stand at the top.
Cage says Tony is a billionaire, and this is the gift he gives to Sting? He basically gave Sting a suit, some gold chains, and a black liver. Congrats. Cage sees Ric is wlaking around great, he doesn’t feel like this is Weekend at Bernie’s at all. He tells the crowd to relax, he knows Ric is not dead. He also knows there is no God, because if there was, Ric would be dead 20 years ago.
The real reason why he is out here is because last week, Sting and Darby decided to stick their noses in his business again. How is Darby’s arm? He will give Darby one more chance. It’s obvious that this situation wont go away until he makes it go away, so he has a proposition. He knows Sting has this beautiful dream of making it to Revolution, but Cage wants him gone right now. There’s three of them, and there’s…well, Ric is one Superkick away from his pacemaker giving out, but at Full Gear, Sting and Darby can get themselves a partner and they’ll go. He asks for his music.
Sting tells Cage to hold on. He sneezes. He apologizes. He is allergic to jackasses. He accepts.
We are LIVE but Earlier Today with Renee and Jericho. She wants a medical update from Jericho.
He says as a wreslter for 33 years, he cant remember ever having a beatdown like the one he did under Hobbs. His ribs are still hurting. What hurts the most is his ego.
Renee calls him one of the greatest. So many different versions. But to see what happened, is Jericho hitting a point in his career of what is left?
Jericho says the self-reflecting is constant. One thing he has always had was confidence knowing that he could beat anyone. He didn’t see last week coming. He thought he had hobbs, but he couldn’t get out of the hole. There does come a time when you do question if he still has what it takes to beat a Will Hobbs. Is it time to….get some sort of revenge.
Jericho brings up Don’s family, says he has a lot of guys, a lot of friends. Jericho has friends too, and some of them are even bigger than Will Hobbs. Maybe it’s time to give them a call.
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship
The Hardys and Isaiah Kassidy vs The Young Bucks and Hangman Adam Page
Nick and “Brother ‘Zay’” to start. Short lived as Nick tags in Matt after a neckbreaker. Matt sends both Hardys off the apron. Another ta to Hangman who runs in with a leg drop. Tag to Matt. Matt in to slap Page right in the face. Tag to Matt! Matt v Matt! Matt with rights! Matt ducks under! Side Effect! Cover! 1..2..N!O!! IN comes Zay to fly over the top rope to attack Hangman and Nick! Matt is left alone in the ring as Matt Hardy and Zay mock The Bucks pose.
We are back and Matt tries for a leg drop, but Matt catches him, then Zay, and hits Northern Lights on both.
Hnagman and Zay are the legal men, and Hangman hits a Fallaway Slam, then hop over to land on Matt. He re-enters. DVD to Zay! Cover! 1..2…NO!!! Hangman hits the ropes, holds on, grabs Zay, and tries for Dead Eye, but we get Silly String, this time using Jeff Hardy instead of Quen. Tag to Nick. Tag to Jeff. SUPERKICK TO JEFF! TO MATT! TO ZA-NO! He cathes, misses a roundhouse, SUPERKICK! Tag to Matt. Nick tries, Zay catches, swings the kick into Matt, hits the ropes, dropkick to both men. Jeff kicks mAtt, Twist of Fate to Matt. Holds onto the head, and Zay flies over the back of Matt onto Hangman and Jeff! Matt with a Twist of Fate! Jeff to the to rope! SWANTON BOMB! COVER! 1……2….NO!!!!! Nick in to stop the pin. Matt sends Nick right back out. Matt grabs Hangman. Sends him outside. Matt tags in. Kick to Matt. Twist of F—NO!!! Matt shoves him into a right hand.
Matt grabs Matt, Matt falls back, big kick from Zay, he flies over Matt, Buckshot to Zay! Superkick to both Hardys! BTE TRIGGER! Cover! 1..2….3!!
Winners: The Elite
About 85% of that was slow, uninteresting, and plodding. Some potential action was there, but The Hardys are just too slow.
Total Rating: *
Match Time: 9:56
WE see the tron. Prince Nana is at Hangman’s house. Swerve Strickland walks in asking who’s house? Haha. Nice.
Swerve walks around saying the family owns him something. Prince Nana finds some chocolate covered berries. Lol.
Swerve removes some art from the fridge, looks like a kid did it, says they have no taste, and rips apart the painting. He hops over the couch and takes a seat, grabbing a children’s book. Swerve hears a noise and asks for the camera. He walks down the hallway as Prince says he doesn’t like this idea.
Swerve sets the camera up and he is near a crib. He tells Page that last week he said it’s not Page that pays for his actions, it’s the ones he loves. Hangman needs to pay his debt. Will it be Hangman Jr? No, not today. He’ll leave this here as a reminder, though. This kid is forever indebted to him, and it’s his father’s fault. He’ll never forget. Neither will Page’s kid.
Edge is asked about what he just saw, but not the home invasion, the Christian thing.
Shit, I said Edge didn’t I? Anyway, Copeland says his friendship with Cage is stronger than his position in AEW. He will not fight him.
Here comes Darby to tell Adam that it is Kill or be Killed in this company. You think he wanted to break Nick’s face last week?
Sting interjects, tells Copeland that Ric Flair is the dirtiest player of all time, and he learned from him. He learned how to spot them. Adam needs to open his eyes up. Is he hearing Sting? Listen to what he is saying before it’s too late. They go way back. Don’t mess it all up now. Get with it.
AEW Women’s World Championship Match
Hikaru Shida vs Ruby Soho
LOCKUP! Shida backs Ruby into the ropes, breaks the hold, Ruby reverses. She tries for an STO. Shida tries for a backslide. Ruby tries for one, too. They both kick. Ruby misses a right, Shida whips tries to attack the back, Ruby with a back elbow, Shida kicks the stomach. Shida swings, misses, Shida flies off the top rope and hits a sloppy crossbody. Shida grabs Ruby and hits a body slam. Mojunt from Shida but Ruby pulls her out, hits the back of the head. Heel trip from Ruby! Cover for 1..2.NO!!! Shida with a crucifix counter for 1..2..NO!!!! They roll around the ring a bit for no real reason. Shida gets a pin out of it all for 1..2..NO!!! Shida with right hands to the head over and over. Shida kicks Ruby away and hits a missile dropkick off the 2nd rope. Ruby rolls outside. Shida follows and pulls Ruby by the hair. No Future from Ruby, but it hardly hits.
We come back and the girls are exchanging blows in the center of the ring. Hikaru with a torture rack for a bit. She drops Ruby to her knees then hits a sliding elbow off the ropes. Cover for 1..2…NO!!! Ruby rips apart the middle buckle. Aubrey takes the pad away and Ruby has the spray paint. She tosses it and Shida catches it. Aubrey argues with Shida. Ruby goes and grabs the title. She goes for a title shot, but Shida sprays it…? Ok. Ruby uses the title to block the stream. Ruby with Destination Unknown. Cover. 1..2….NO!!!! No Future! Shida with a Kitana! Both women down! Cover from Shida! 1..2…NO!!!! Shida up first. She grabs Ruby, locks the head, pulls up, Ruby tries no Future, Shida rolls her out, KNEE STRIKE! FALCON ARROW! COVER! 1..2….N!O!! Ruby reverses for 1..2.>N!O!!!
Shida kicks her off, and Ruby hits the middle buckle face first. Kitana and a cover for 1..2..3!!!
Winner: Hikaru Shida
The first half was pretty weak, all things considered. They tried to recover with some good stuff, but they lost the crowd and lost me.
Total Rating: **
Match Time: 9:13
After the match, Toni Storm comes down to spin.
We are backstage with MJF and Renee has a question, but Samoa Joe comes down to tell MJF that he needs some friends, and he will be that friend. MJF says sounds good to him, but Joe says it’s on one condition – a rematch. MJF doesn’t need to answer now, but the way things are going, Joe is sure he’ll get his answer soon enough.
Orange Cassidy and Kazuchika Okada vs Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli
Bryan and OC to start! Bryan works the left arm with tenacity. He stomps the elbow then kicks the back. Bryan controls the wrist and drops it onto his own shoulder. OC spins out and lays flat on his back. Kip up. Arm drag. Bryan with a leg scissors to the head. Bryan tries to kip out, and instead bounces out. He stands and Bryan is annoyed. He extends the hand then kicks the back of the leg out. Tag to Claudio. Kick into the corner. He then lifts OC like nothing and drops him down on his back. Kicks from Claudio. He lifts OC and high presses then body slams again!! Good God. OC tries for pockets, but Claudio with a kick to OC. Okada wants in. Tag and Claudio and Okada lock uP!!! To the ropes and Claudio breaks it. Okada reverses, fakes a chop, and gives Claudio some space. Drop toe hold. Elbow to the back. He goes for a Bryan, but Danielson drops to the floor. He turns and Claudio with an elbow. They go back and forth. From elbows to uppercuts. Body slam! Tag to OC! Top rope and he falls onto Claudio! Cover for 1..2.NO!!! Claudio whips OC up the corner to the apron. He misses a right and Claudio sends his head into the buckle. Suplex into the ring with a long walk. Tag to Bryan and hangs OC over the ropes! Bryan to the top rope! He drives a knee to the back of the haed! Cover! 1..2..N!O!!
We are back and OC is tossing Claudio over the top rope to the outside! OC crawls towards Okada. He reaches, but Claudio cuts him off and shouylders him towards the heel corner. OC tries to roll him up, but hits a DDT instead. Tag to Okada! Tag to Bryan!
Both men pause, the crowd is ready, they enter the ring slowly, and HERE! WE! GO! Chop from Bryan! Elbow from Okada! Chop! Elbow! Chop! Elbow! Kicks from Bryan now! Whip and a missed right hand, another miss, and Okada hits a shoulder to the chest! He corners Bryan. Whip and Okada with a back elbow. DDT! Cover for 1..2.NO!!! Bryan runs out of the corner, but he’s hit with a single man flapjack! Cover for 1..2NO!!! Bryan drops the fingers to the mat and kicks the back of the shoulder. Bryan kicks the arm. Another. Another. Kick after kick! He misses the final blow, though, and Okada rolls up for 1..NO!!! Bryan turns this into a LaBell Lock! Okada turns this into a pin for 1..2NO!!! Bryan reverses, Okada reverses, both men up. Bryan tries for the knee! Okada tries for a Rainmaker! They both fail, and start in with some chops! Rope work and we get a lariat from each men, dropping them both.
OKda kicks out of the corner as Claudio gets the tag. OC gets a tag and flies but Claudio catches him. Okada with a big boot drops Claudio down and OC gets a pin for 1..2…N!O!!! OC tries for the Danielson kicks, but as only OC does. H then ups the aggression and gets ready for the OC Punch, only for Claudio to catch him and drop OC down hard! He tries for a big swing, but OC just climbs up the body of Claudio and hits aStundog Millionaire! SICK!!! OC SPINS WITH A DDT! Cover! 1..2..N!O!! Bryan stops it! Okada in, gets sent right back out. OC back in the ring after a suicide dive. Claudio up. OC calls for it. ORANGE PU—-NO!!! Claudio catches him and WE GET A GIANT SWING!!! Holy shit haha. SHARPSHOOTER! Okada in with a kick to the side of the head! Claudio lets go, corners Okada. Okada with an Alabama Slam setup, hooks the head, drops Claudio on the knee. Slam to Claudio. He sends Bryan off the corner. Okada to the top. ELBOW DROP! OC in the ring. Okada holds his hands open for the finish, and OC thinks it’s for a hug! Hahahahaha. Bryan dropkicks them from the top rope.
Bryan hooks the arm, Okada tries for Rainmaker, Bryan hits the ropes, Dropkick!
BRYAN WITH ORANGE PUNCH TO BRYAN! RAINMAKER TO BRYAN!!! Claudio in! Spin, Claudio with a flying uppercut! OC in!!! ORANGE PUN—-NO!!! Huge pushup and an uppercut! COVER! 1….2….3!!!
Winners: Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli
Fucking beautiful.
Total Rating: *****
Match Time: 16:35
After the match, Bryan complains that his face hurts. Claudio and ringside check on him. Here comes Yuta to check as well. Moxley is ringside now. They are all checking on Bryan, who is holding his cheek.
Yuta goes face to face for a bit. Claudio and Okada go face to face too. We end the show like this.
End Show
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