Tommy Dreamer Praises Last Night’s AEW Dynamite, Says They’re Doing Great Work With Stories

Tommy Dreamer was a big fan of last night’s episode of AEW Dynamite, saying that the show felt different to him. The former TNA creative heard reviewed last night’s show on Busted Open After Dark and spoke about how the episode stood out from a standard AEW Dynamite show.

Dreamer used the Tag Team Championship post-match and more as examples of how it seemed to be doing something different. You can see the highlights below (per WrestlingNews.co).

On Last Night’s Show:

“What drew me in tonight was something way different for AEW, and that was a lot of the aftermaths and a lot of the promos, and I gotta say I feel AEW is very, very hot right now… By hot, because you listen to these crowds, and when the wrestlers are walking out, some are getting very, very big reactions, and I hate to say this, for AEW, superstar reactions. I say that because superstar is a WWE term, but the AEW audience really loves a lot of their performers, and then their next level people, that when they show up, you’re like, those are our people.”

On AEW’s Storytelling As Of Late:

“They have done an amazing job telling stories without really telling the story on a microphone,” Dreamer said. “It’s storytelling. It’s body language. It’s the fans chanting, hug it out. We all want to see you all together, and Christian not trusting the guy [Jay White] when, by the way, none of us ever want to trust Christian.

“They’re telling a wonderful story through the chaos. The bad guys beat up the good guys, and then here come the good guys to even the odds. And now we have turmoil, and we’re waiting to see what happens next. And when nothing happens next, we’re gonna wait till next week, and that’s how you tell stories.”

On None Of It Feeling Like Typical Wrestling Content:

“They didn’t feel like backstage vignettes. They didn’t feel like backstage interviews. They didn’t feel like another run-in. It felt like different chapters of a book that I have to continue to watch. I feel like tonight AEW is in the movie making business…

“This is a great mix for AEW, because this is what they need to continue this momentum and to continue to have people wanting to see this product. You know you’re going to see great wrestling, but when you have all these intertwined things, and they also gave them time.”