[10.0] "That was the first Dynamite I watched, and I've been watching it ever since. It was spectacular, and it took me back to pro-wrestling after 6 years."
[8.0] "Bei dieser Show bleiben die beiden großen Angles am meisten in Erinnerung. Zum einen der Angle um Moxley, Kingston, Omega und Christian Cage, der sowohl eine einigermaßen überzeugende Erklärung für den Fehlschlag der Explosion bei Revolution bietet als auch mit Christian gegen Omega ein richtiges Fantasy-Dream-Match andeutet. Zudem ist die Chemie, die Moxley und Kingston gemeinsam als Team haben, hervorragend. Zum anderen ist der Angle um The Inner Circle und die nun endlich stattfindende Implosion der Partnerschaft mit MJF und Wardlow zu nennen. Es ist angenehm, dass man hier fast alle Wrestling-Klischees erfolgreich umschifft hat. Der Turn von MJF gegen Jericho als vermeintliche Überraschung wäre ein Klischee gewesen und der Turn der Gruppe gegen MJF ebenso. Stattdessen hat man es geschafft, einen wirklich überraschenden Moment zu kreieren, als MJF sein eigenes Stable präsentiert und ein Beatdown einer Fraktion gegen die andere entsteht, der fast wie einer dieser Stable-Kriege in Japan aussieht. Im Ring fällt nicht so viel bei dieser Show ins Auge. Rey Fenix gegen Matt Jackson ist ein gutes Match, wenn man auf solche Art Matches steht. Darby Allin gegen Scorpio Sky hatte auch was, dürfte aber nur als Prolog in eine größere Storyline fungieren, so dass ich erwarte, dass kommende Matches der beiden noch besser werden."
[6.0] "Eine Ordentliche Dynamite Episode. Opener kann man nur sagen "Stark". Rey Fenix und Matt Jackson sind beided unglaublich gute Spot Monkey's und das haben beide auch hier bei diesem Match nochmal unter Beweis gestellt (****1/2). Cody macht in seinem Match dann kurze Sache und geht weiterhin Over. Ethan Page vs. Lee Johnson und das Women's Tag Team Match waren beide ungefähr gleich Solide. Vorallem QT Marshall lässt es wieder mal in der Nightmare Family bröckeln und geht einfach davon als Ethan Page Johnson nach dem Match weiterhin attackiert. Die Promos und die In-Ring Promos (Grade die wo Omega, Moxley, Kingston, Christian & Co dabei waren) generell sehr gut gewesen. Main Event war sehr Gut. Hatte wirklich in den meisten Situationen gedacht das sich Scorpio Sky den Titel holt. Der Heel Turn dann nach dem Match kam sehr plötzlich und unerwartet (****). Das End-Segment dann mit dem Inner Circle und der neuen Gruppierung rund um MJF extrem gut. Die Fehde zwischen den beiden teams kann nur stark werden. Insgesamt eine Solide Dynamite Episode."
[7.0] "Good episode with the wrestling suffering a bit but the segments delivering . A good contest to open the show but they are holding back for sure or they just did not click this time . Then a Cody squash which was actually shorter than his entrance. I do appreciate Cody giving his belt to the special fan . Penta made the feud personal after a very good promo. Ethan had a good debut and the 6 woman tag match was bad , and Maki's booking even worse . The stupid production guy could not even turn the mic off when Maki was slamming it on Shida's head . As a result , Maki could not hit it in a way that looked impactful nd ended up making Maki look like a goof. A sensible person could infer that if she strikes a mic that is on with higher impact it would severely damage Shida's ear . Scorpio's heel turn was expected but the right thing to do after putting on such a great match . I found Don's reasoning for the botched explosion to be very naïve . Everything after that in that segment was hilarious and awesome especially Cage coming out going face to face with Omega and Omega's 69 me Don . MJF introducing a new faction to decimate Inner Circle was excellently executed . A faction warfare which I will enjoy a lot. Other than that , I like the inclusion of Butcher, Blade and the Bunny in the Big Money Matt Co. 7 it is for me for the flaws mentioned above. I? m still not sold on the QT stuff but it? s a slow build so let? s see where it leads to. The segments were awesome but the matches not too much with the low points being Cody? s squash , the 6 women tag match , Maki? s awful booking ( like they couldn? t show a video package or something to let the fans unaware of her to know the backstory of her character). 7 for me."
[7.0] "Ordentliche Dynamite Ausgabe auch wenn mir das Wrestling ein wenig zu kurz kam. Der Opener war zwar ok, kam aber nicht an das Match zwischen Fenix und Nick ran. Trotzdem ein guter Auftakt zur Show. Cody gegen Gargis war Schwachsinn, hätte man nicht gebraucht. Page gegen Johnson fand ich in Ordnung. Nichts was lange in Erinnerung bleiben wird aber als Etablierung von Page ganz ok. Zudem wurde weiter an der Marshall Story gesponnen. Das Six Man Tag Team Match der Ladies war in Ordnung und hat seinen Zweck auch erfüllt. Im Grunde drehte es sich natürlich um die Baker/Rosa Storyline die nächste Woche wohl ihren Abschluß findet. MOTN war dann definitv der Main Event. Gutes Match zwischen den beiden, super Harmonie im Ring. Sky zeigt weiter seine etwas düstere Seite. Das hat mir sehr gefallen und auf den Heel Sky freue ich mich schon sehr. Zum Abschluß gab es dann noch den großen Angle zwischen dem Inner Circle und MJF. Das war ein gutes Segment und ich finde das auch alles logisch. Auch ansonsten gab es noch einige spannede Storyentwicklungen in der Show aber dafür kam insgesamt halt das Wrestling ein wenig zu kurz nach meinem Geschmack. Schauen wir mal auf die nächste Woche."
[8.0] "Der Schocker nach dem starken das Main Event war dann die Zerstörung des Inner Circle, der Verrat von MJF und Wardlow sowie des neuen Heel Stabel der sicher bald einen Namen hat. Zu den ganzen Matches im Guide jeweils dort mehr, 8 starke Punkte."
[7.0] "Auf der Matchseite steht definitiv der starke Opener und der gute Main Event. Mochte ich beides sehr. Die anderen Matches waren okay und erfüllten ihren Zweck. Dazu werden, wie es nach einem PPV wichtig ist, viele neue Fehden eingeleitet, Sting/Archer, Cody/Penta und natürlich Inner Circle vs. MJFs neues Stable. Alles in allem ziemlich cool und ich freue mich auf die nächsten Wochen."
[8.0] "I enjoyed very well this one! The opening contest could set the great tag team match it? s gonna be between the Bucks & The Death Triangle! Cage & Omega teased us an amazing storytelling matchup in the making, Sky & Darby stole the show having a great work together and then MJF finally turned on Jericho building now his own faction I can predict we? re going to have the anticipated Blood & Guts playing by these two stables ! I was waiting more for Sting interview and the match between Ethan Page & Johnson didn? t get much of my attention given the NBA noise ruling all through the contest. It was nevertheless still a very great episode I look forward to what? s coming up !"
[5.0] "Die Show beginnt feurig mit einem Match zwischen Matt Jackson & Rey Fenix, welcher dieses Match mit seiner Athletik und seinen Akzenten zu den richtigen Zeitpunkten auf ein gutes Level anhebt. Jackson zeigt fast alles, was er im Repertoire hat und so entsteht ein netter Opener (***½). Dann versuchen Moxley & Kingston alles, um das Pyro-Desaster zu kompensieren. Sie machen das gut, aber es hat bei mir nichts gebracht. Cody Squash. Danach gab es ein zu langes Post-Match Segment mit Pentagon Jr. Auf das Programm der beiden freue ich mich allerdings. Die beiden Matches danach haben mir gar nicht gefallen (* und dud). Dark Order backstage auch nicht und das chaotische Segment mit billigen Countdowns, Kingston, Omega, Moxley, Gallows, Anderson und Christian ebenfalls nicht. Letzterer ist nun scharf auf Omegas Championship und Callis ist der einzige, der in dem Segment gut weg kommt. Dann war ME Time. Zwei solide Worker fangen mit solidem Wrestling an. Skys Arbeit on top gefiel mir weitgehend, Darbys Comebacks von unten ebenfalls. Daraus hätte man noch mehr machen können, wenn man die Phasen pointierter ausgerichtet hätte. Die Sudden Impact Konter von beiden waren super, insbesondere die Powerbomb und der Cutter von Sky. Das Finish war super, auch wenn sie davor noch besser hätten sellen müssen: Einerseits Sky durch eine Diskussion mit dem Ref und Allin die Powerbomb kurz nach dem Brainbuster (***½). Die Prämisse des War Councils war gut. Die Exekution war leider zunächst chaotisch ohne die jeweiligen "Twists" ausreichend vorzubereiten. MJFs Inner Circle (Wardlow, FTR, Tully und Spears) schlägt Jerichos Inner Circle, die nun Babyface geturnt sind, brutal nieder. Der Part des Segments war sehr stark. MJF und FTR ist eine perfekte Paarung. Tully ein super Manager und Wardlow passt da auch perfekt rein. Gegen Spears werden sie bald turnen. Insgesamt somit für mich noch im durchschnittlichen Bereich und 5 Punkte wert."
[4.0] "Der Opener liefert ein Spotfest mit den üblichen Stärken und Schwächen. Wenn das Finish zu den Schwächen gehört, drückt das für mich immer das Gesamtergebnis, aber wie Matt da hochschwingt, um zu kassieren, gefällt mir einfach nicht. Das Ende von Revolution bleibt das Gesprächsthema und Eddie Kingston gibt eine feurig vorgetragene, aber letztendlich nichts mehr rettende Promo. Dass es nun in Richtung Mox & Eddie geht, finde ich hingegen sehr gut. Cody mit seinem 26. Singles Match bei Dynamite. Nun war es wieder sehr kurz und das lazy Booking-Vorporgramm für das kommende Match mit Penta El Zero Miedo, aber unter dem Strich ist mir das weiterhin am Thema vorbei. Gefällt mir gut, wie Penta präsentiert wird. Auch wenn er nächste Woche verliert, könnte das für ihn ein ganz cooler Ansatz sein. Ich möchte es nicht ganz wahrhaben, aber es klang ja wirklich so, dass es bei Miro & Kip vs. OC & Chuck weitergehen soll. Oh Boy! Sting erfüllt weiterhin seine Frequenz und wird von Archer & Roberts konfrontiert. Hätte ich nicht erwartet, aber ist auch nichts, was mich direkt abholt. Mal schauen. QT bleibt ein Storyfaktor, da er sich erst für seinen PPV-Aussetzer rechtfertigt und dann Lee Johnson hängen lässt. Ethan Page kann im Match nicht ganz zeigen, dass es sein Showcase-Match sein sollte. Die Pre-Match-Promo ist okay. Die Dark Order hat mit Adam Page Spaß, aber Five lässt man zurück. Kann man so machen, aber ich hatte etwas mehr erwartet. Wie mache ich einen Save? Natürlich mit Countdown und geplanter Pyro! Cage konfrontiert direkt Omega, nachdem dieser zuvor auch nochmal das Wunderkerzen-Spektakel verarbeiten muss. Viel Mehrwert war nicht dabei. Das gilt dann leider auch für die Damen, die schon vor der ersten Ringglocke ihr Lowlight mit den Mikrofonschlägen von Ito erleben. Das sah irre fake aus. Im Match lief dann nicht viel zusammen, beim Aftermath fängt die Regie nicht ideal ein, warum Shida und Ryo Rosa nicht helfen können, aber das ist dennoch ordentlich so. Matt Hardy erweitert sein Brand um Butcher, Blade & Bunny. Das ist denkbar random, aber schon ganz gut, dass sie nicht gemeinsam mit Kingston turnen. Im Main Event gibt es phasenweise sehenswertes Wrestling, aber Allins Trademark-Action geht hier teilweise irgendwie am Ziel vorbei. Sky hat ein paar coole Konter in petto. Inner Circle und The Pinnacle (? ) schließen dann die Show. MJF möchte also Santana, Ortiz & Swagger von Jericho lösen und gleichzeitig sein Stable einführen. Das fühlt sich für mich nicht richtig rund an und auch wenn bei Extreme Warfare früher immer viel auf Stables gesetzt habe, merke ich doch mittlerweile, dass dieser Zwang, Stables einzuführen, eher Nachteile hat. MJF braucht so eine Gruppierung überhaupt nicht, auch wenn ich ihn, Wardlow und FTR zusammen schon ziemlich lässig finde, aber notwendig? Mal sehen, wie es sich entwickelt. Als Show ist das ausreichend und kommt für mich ohne Highlight daher."
[9.0] "Der Opener war für mich gleich mal das MOTN. Fenix und Matt Jackson zeigen hier unterhaltsame, durchgängige Action mit ihrer gewohnt starken Offensive, ohne das es zu spottig wird. Rhodes gegen Gargis war nur ein Squash, wobei das was danach mit Penta und ihm passierte wirklich interessant war und mich gespannt auf diese Fehde macht. Page feierte danach ein gelungenes Debüt bei AEW mit einem soliden Match gegen Johnson, in welchem dieser trotz Niederlage ein anständiges Showing bekam. Apropos gutes Showing: Das bekam im Match danach vor Allem Maki Ito in einer besseren Variante des Matches aus dem Buy In. Das ME war dann das zweite richtig gute Match. Schöne dynamische Action wurde hier mit Characterwork kombiniert und am Ende gab es dann auch noch den Heelturn von Scorpio Sky. Das war ein Stück weit typisch für diese Ausgabe weil abseits des puren Ringgeschehens wirklich vieles passierte. Ich muss zum Beispiel sagen, dass ich großen Respekt davor habe, was sie aus dem Botch vom Samstag gemacht haben ( ich persönlich glaube ich noch das es einer war, weil dafür die Reaktionen von AEW zu gemischt waren). Eddie Kingston und Jon Moxley zusammen sind pures Gold aber auch das Zusammenspiel von Callis und Omega ist super. Christian scheint darüberhinaus direkt in Richtung Titel zu gehen. Außerdem muss ich auch sagen, dass es mal eines der interessanten Sting Segmente gab. Das interessanteste kam aber zum Abschluss. Der Inner Circle kam raus und nachdem zunächst Sammy Guevara Jericho die Aufnahmen der Verschwörung von MJF mit den anderen gegen ihn zeigte, kam dann raus das MJF ganz alleine war - dachte man. Es kam zur Enthüllung der neuen Heel Faction von MJF und dieses Segment war wirklich richtig gut gemacht. Generell muss man sagen: Im Ring war das schon nicht schlecht mit zwei guten Matches, einem anständigen und einem soliden aber das was abseits des puren In Ring Geschehens passierte machte diese Ausgabe so unterhaltsam, dass ich 9 Punkte für angemessen halte."
[8.0] "AEW hat mit diesem Dynamite sehr vieles richtig gemacht. Der Beatdown des Inner Circle durch den neuen Stable rund um MJF war ebenso gelungen wie die Situation rund um Eddie Kingston und Jon Moxley sowie Kenny Omega, den Good Brothers und den quasi debütierenden Christian Cage. Da fällt es fast nicht ins Gewicht, dass die Matches zwischen Opener und Main Event durchschnittlich bis gar schlecht sind. In Summe ist das aber ein mehr als gelungenes Dynamite."
[7.0] "Gute Dynamite Ausgabe nach dem PPV. Es fängt an mit Fenix gegen Matt Jackson, gutes Spotfest, wo Fenix einfach zeigen kann, warum er der beste Highfyler der Welt ist. Keine allzu große Spannung dabei, aber unterhaltsam. Was genau ich von Fenix und PAC als Team halten soll, weiß ich noch nicht, besonders, nachdem Pentagon Jr. nach dem Cody Squash Match diesen als Heel herausfordert. Für mich haben alle drei des Death Trianbles main event potential und auch wenn es komplett random ist, war die Pentagon Promo super gemacht, er kann ja sprechen und ist einfach super charismatisch. Wenn man ihm ob der Sprachbarriere permanent einen Manager zur Seite stellen würde, hätte ich da nichts dagegen. Mal wieder ein Interview mit Sting. Diesmal unterbricht ihn überraschenderweise Lance Archer und Jake Roberts. Keine Ahnung, was man damit vorhat, aber ich hoffe man geht es mit Sting erstmal langsam an. Auch Ethan Page bekommt einen kleinen Sieg und QT geht weiter die Heel Route, welche Rolle Page nun bekommt wird sich zeigen. Moxley und Eddie Kingston sind wieder Drinking Buddies und liefern eine ganz gute Promo. Wenig überraschend tauchen sie dann auch im Segment mit Kenny Omega auf. Die Ansetzung gegen Gallows und Anderson hat Charme, vielleicht kommt es dann ja auch zu einer Impact Tag Titel Verteidigung bei Dynamite. Die Promo von Omega und Callis war aber absolut großartig. Inhaltlich sicherlich sehr bemüht und nicht immer überzeugend die Farce bei Revolution wett zu machen, aber wie sie es rübergebracht haben war doch genial. Die beste Omega Promo bei AEW bislang. Christian Cage kommt danach raus und bietet sich mit Omega einen Staredown. Bin zwiegespalten, ob es gut ist ihm jetzt gleich schon ein Titelmatch zu geben und ich hätte ihn auch lieber am Mic gesehen, aber trotzdem hat das absolut mein Interesse. Das Women's Match war nichts besonderes und endet dann recht plötzlich, aber an sich gut, dass man mal mehrere Frauen bei Dynamite zusammenbringt. Dazu dann das Announcement für den ersten Women's Main Event nächste Woche. Schade, dass Shida da nicht dabei ist, aber das war mehr als überfällig. Darby Allin vs Scorpio Sky war gut und bot die Action, wie ich sie erwartet habe. Trotzdem wäre es wohl besser gewesen noch etwas mit dem Match zu warten und Sky richtig als Heel zu etablieren, so weiß ich auch nicht wo das Aftermath dann hinführen soll. Beim Inner Circle Segment bin ich noch unschlüssig. Ja gut, dass die MJF Sache nun auch durch ist, aber Schade für Sammy Guevara, den ich lieber als Face abseits des Inner Circles gesehen hätte. So ist der Original Inner Circle wieder zusammen nur halt als Face, aber richtig neu ist das dann auch nicht. Das Stable von MJF ist natürlich trotzdem gut und Tully und seine Boys haben sich in den letzten Wochen ja sehr gut etablieren können."
[7.0] "Nach dem Gefühl der Enttäuschung nach dem Finish des Main Events vom PPV und den lächerlichen Storyline Erklärungen von Tony Khan von wegen Omega sei halt 'ne Lusche im Bomben bauen hatte ich echt keine große Lust auf Dynamite diese Woche. Mit etwas Fantasy-Booking im Kopf und der Line Up für diese Show war dann aber halt doch Interesse da. Die Richtung wie man jetzt nach dem Piff-Puff Death Match agiert finde ich hundsdämlich. Einfach sagen: ups, tut uns leid, war anders geplant, kommt nicht wieder vor, lass uns das vergessen. Das wäre besser finde ich. Und nun kommt das ABER: die Promos zu diesem Thema waren das beste, was man daraus machen konnte. Eddie Kingstons Erklärung fand ich überzeugend genug. Jon Moxleys Enttäuschung ist echt, aber auch er sagt: lass uns das vergessen. Don Callis ist so ein gottverdammter Hustensohn, das ist so ein geiler Scheiß, wie er das alles unterbuttert, einfach fantastisch. Omega geht auch diesen Trend mit und am Ende war ich damit dann auch zufrieden und bin gespannt, was als nächstes kommt. Gute Matches auf der Show. Ich mochte sogar das zu lange Squash von Ethan Page und das Six Woman Tag Match war auch OK. Ich hab das erste Mal über Maki Ito gegrinst, ganz langsam verstehe ich, wo da der Fan-Zuspruch her kommt. Matt Jackson vs. Fenix und Scorpio Sky vs. Darby Allin waren genau das, was man erwarten konnte. Ich weiß, dass diese Spot-Matches nicht den Geschmack eines jeden treffen und ich glaube, Fans im meinem Alter tun sich da auch immer noch schwer mit. Ja, mir sind psysische Matches mit Headlocks, Chops und Psychologie lieber, aber irgendwie haben eben auch diese beiden Matches schon 'nen ganz anderen Coolness-Faktor. Von wegen coolness und Charisma des Hasses: Penta im Anzug mit Maske und sogar diesmal etwas Englisch war ja mal mega geil. Der Übersetzer hatte allerdings auch seinen Spaß und machte was her. Die Story für das Match gegen Cody ist vielleicht billig aber es passt doch halt auch ganz gut finde ich. MJF pullt den Doppel-Swerve was ein bischen komisch ist, aber funktioniert und wenn man eine volle Halle für diesen Angle gehabt hätte, wäre da glaube ich schon die Luzie abgegangen. Also ja, doch, gute Show, unterhaltsam, mit einigen interessanten Dingen für die Zukunft für mich. Ach ja: ein 2, 10 Meter großer, 140 Kilo schwerer Ex-Basketball Star kann sich komplett in Luft auflösen und wird damit vergessen. Aber was soll's."
[6.0] "Decent little show bookended with an awesome opening match and a shocking, satisfying conclusion to MJF's run with the Inner Circle. The rest of the show was pretty meh, obviously a transitional episode with lots of new feuds being set up in the wake of Revolution, most of them being pretty lazy. Penta just randomly starts talking shit to Cody because they were both in the ladder match at the pay per view. Lance Archer just randomly interrupts Sting's 1876345345th interview with Schiavone. Kingston's a babyface so now we have to pretend he wasn't best buds with Butcher and Blade who are now just randomly signed by Big Money Matt even though that really makes no sense for those characters. The Dark Order just randomly starts being kind of a dick to Five. Kenny Omega just randomly barges in on Christian's promo slot. By the way, AEW signing Christian and immediately thrusting him into a future title match just a couple months after Edge won the Rumble is the most LOLTNA thing the company has done so far, which is saying a lot. Excalibur shitting his pants with laughter at a tiny Japanese girl singing was by the far the most obnoxious thing on the show, and that includes Omega and Don Callis 69ing in the middle of the ring. This QT Marshall heel turn is surely going to rock the pro wrestling landscape to its core, there's no denying. Allin vs. Sky was the only match worth watching aside from the legit barnburner opening match, and I'm glad that AEW has finally decided to actually do something with Scorpio Sky. The big thing everyone will remember from this show was the main event promo, where they managed to turn the entire OG Inner Circle face by creating yet another stable, which hopefully will not have a shape in its name. I think FTR deserve more than being MJF's henchmen but that's neither here nor there I guess. I'm assuming this will lead to AEW finally doing Blood and Guts, so that should be a lot of fun."
[7.0] "This was a good episode, but mostly due to its storyline developments. The in-ring action was not the highlight, even though we had a pretty solid match in the opener and an absolutely killer main event. But it semms like even the show itself acknowledged that this episode was meant to focus on storylines, with the Inner Circle segment taking up the spot where traditionally the main event would be. The show was absolutely packed with storyline developments, with new and exciting rivalries being born, and I love that. In fact, I think it is exactly what AEW needed, since it has been a little bit lacking in the storyline department the past few months. Their explanation for the botched ending at Revolution from Kingston's part was as logical as it could be, but it still made his character look bad. This guy who is supposed to be this rugged badass from the streets just crumbled under pressure? Then again, I don't know how else they could've explained it. From Kenny & co. the explanation was way more believeble and in-characte, and they actually managed to make some grade A heel work out of the situation. As far as matches goes, Matt Jackson vs Fenix and Darby Allen vs Scorpio Sky were really the only ones worth watching, with the first being decent and the last being spectacular. Apart from these we get another boring squash with Cody, a watchable but kind of bland match between Ethan Page and Lee Johnson and a terribly sloppy Six Women Tag match, that had so many botches and awkward moments it was actually hard to watch. Maki Itoh singing her song all the way to the end, even though the fight had already started was funny though. All in all, good show, lots of storyline developments and two solid matches. AEW need to pick up their pace after the embarassing conclusion at Revolution and they seem to know it."
[8.0] "I thought this was a really good show. The Matt Jackson vs. Fenix match and the Sky vs. Allin match were both very good. The Women's Tag match was interesting even if it wasn't a technical masterpiece. The segments with Omega & Friends and Kingston and Christian was good. The promo with Kingston and Mox by the fire was good. The ending angle with the double swerve and the "six horsemen" stable with MJF was a great segment that I totally didn't see coming. I thought this was a really strong episode. The only downsides was the pointless jobber squash for Cody other than an excuse for them to build a match between him and Penta and the somewhat predictable Ethan Page vs. Lee Johnson match that had the terrible audio issues (to AEW's credit, they put a version with fixed audio for free on Youtube)."
[5.0] "This largely felt like an episode of Dark. Despite that, it was still an easier watch than many recent Dynamites have been. Sting got interrupted again and it felt like half of the episode was an embarrassing attempt to explain away the embarrassing ending to Revolution. Cut your losses and stop reminding us, especially if you're simultaneously trying to sell replays. You don't sell it by telling everyone it was shit and Eddie still looks like a clown anyway for saying that a sparkler gave him a panic attack. Also, good luck having Omega sell any kind of gimmick in the future if his character is now someone who will take your money and intentionally not deliver. The truth is, Khan fucked up, which is why they didn' thave those huge exploding barrels around the ring like FMW did, and now he's burying his wrestlers to protect himself. Other than that, decent opener and a pretty good main event. Dynamite tends to be more watchable when there are more squashes as multiple long matches in AEW tend to drag. The Inner Circle stuff was okay too even if I feel like factions in AEW are kind of boring and don't really amount to anything (see Kingston + B&B for a recent example), but this is the most interesting the Inner Circle have been in maybe about a year. A middle of the road episode for me but not in a bad way. It was still pretty watchable. The middle three matches being what they were made the episode more watchable but also unremarkable, but watchable is still not bad."
[9.0] "An absolutely enormous feeling Dynamite that had some of the best angles I've seen on the show and good matches with heat. Point deducted for the audio issues that hurt the Ethan Page match. Dynamite is feeling red hot right now."
[10.0] "I had a blast with this show, two extremely good matches and some really wonderful promos. The Moxley/Kingston promo is the best I have seen in quite a long time, some brilliant work there to quickly bounce back from the PPV botch and then add increased heat to the ongoing feud with Omega and his men. The Omega/Callis promo wasn't nearly as strong but had it's moments. I popped big for the final reveal with MJF!"
[7.0] "A strong episode on the whole, with a few major highlights (the Moxley/Kingston promo segment, unsurprisingly, as well as the final match of the night), but a few moments where storytelling felt a little bit laboured. The setting up of Christian Cage & Sting's next feuds both felt a little contrived, and jury's out on the new faction formation until we see how well they gel together. Fenix-Jackson was excellent, as you would expect, although it admittedly doesn't do much in the way of developing that feud. I was initially a fan of Penta's taunting of Cody, because that seems like an interesting feud - however, getting the match straight away next week makes me fear that it might be a 'one and done' type situation. Page-Johnson was a good little match, with Johnson playing the underdog role a little better than most, and Page seemingly like a fine new addition to the roster. Hangman's segment was silly but fun, and its nice to see his character have something go right for him for once. The six-woman tag was completely forgettable in terms of in-ring action, but Itoh stood out as a potential star and the opening brawl was well done. The TNT title match was excellent - better than basically everything on the PPV a few days before, and it's great to see Sky have something to sink his teeth into again. The final angle of the night is mixed - there's too many 'swerves' packed into a ten minute segment, and a lot of these acts feel like they'd be better off on their own instead of merging together, but it's still a very dramatic way to close the show, and promises some good match-ups in the near future. Not the strongest Dynamite, but a solid one that helps to provide clear direction moving out of Revolution."
[6.0] "this was a decent episode of Dynamite with storyline development, but pretty weak in ring with the exception of the opener which was pretty good, Darby vs Sky was ok and nothing more. the middle of the show was abysmal, a one minute cody match, an Ethan Page singles debut which had NBA commentary all over it, and a average at best womens 3v3 match, there was a bit of story developement in all three but this wasn't a good period of the show As for the storys being developed, Cody and Penta start feuding and a match is booked for next week, the Thunder vs Britt feud carries on and is booked for next week, Scorpio turned fully heel on Darby, and MJF left the inner circle and started his own faction with Wardlow, Spears and FTR, my real criticism of this is that everything for some reason seemed to be getting hot-shotted, why do Cody/Penta have to face of straight away, why not give it a few segments to build? why is Rosa and Britt a lights out match next week and why is it the main event, its a long running feud I get that, but it's been on the back burner until recently and now its an anything goes match, also it's not been featured anywhere near enough the top of the card to be considered a main event feud, and although everyone knew MJF was turning on Jericho at some point this felt completely out of left field, and was without any doubt rushed, normally AEW do a good job with long term storytelling but this felt completely rushed for no reason at all other than trying to pop a rating"
[10.0] "Well well well, it is the triggered Jim cornette worshipers giving this from a 0-5. I find it amusing reading their comment and seeing how brainwashed they are. It is hilarious. This was a great episode of dynamite. Penta and Cody should be really interesting as penta made it personal. Matt vs fenix was MOTN. And then the maki itoh bit was funny. The inner circle segment was crazy! Everything was enjoyable accept for those poor cornette marks who think it? is still 1980."
[7.0] "Really weird episode, how can you have a high as high as Jackson/Fénix and a low as low as Page/Johnson How can you start extremely promising storylines Inner Circle/MJF's faction or Omega/Cage and continue average feuds like Cassidy/Miro or Rosa/Baker What was Sting's point ? Why Maki Hito ? Top 3 of the Night 3. Rey Fénix 2. Eddie Kingston 1. MJF"
[6.0] "Opening was good and the closing segment was great. Also I liked how AEW spin the ending of Revolution 2021 but it seems they are planning to sweep it under the rug by using Christian Cage. An above average episode of Dynamite with some good storytelling and a very interesting and powerful finish but it overall felt a little flat."
[4.0] "Basically, the whole story of this episode was explaining the firework incident from the Revolution. It would be better, if they just forget it and stop making excuses. They screwed it up and let's move on. All tonight's promos were awkward and not funny. However, there was one funny moment during that Dynamite - Callis and Omega doing a parody of Kingston's epic save. I will remember the sentence "69 me Don" for a long time for sure. Also, too bad MJF was kicked out of The Inner Circle. Him and Jericho were my favourite duet in AEW. To sum up, really bad episode..."
[5.0] "An episode of really high highs and really low lows. The segments were mostly good, but in some instances repetitive. Get ready for another 2 months of Sting Speaks segments, this time accompanied by Christian Cage Speaks segments. Both the Kenny-Kingston-Christian segment and the Kingston-Moxley promo were very well executed and managed to salvage Sunday's debacle to an extend. The wrestling in this was bad (with the exception of the main event), with the women's match and the Ethan Page debut being absolutely atrocious. Ethan Page's match might actually be the 10 worst minutes of wrestling TV time I've seen in a long time. It's his singles debut and he wrestles a jobber for minutes in a semi-competitve match, while an NBA audio feed is blasting all over the actual AEW audio. And all of this just to officially turn another jobber heel. Closing segment was great, even though I dislike the idea of another stable I believe MJF can pull it off."
[4.0] "The length of bad segments outweighed matches. They need to get past revolving angles around a certain core of people. You're not actually getting people over, just giving support to existing stars. I hope they can wrap up angles that are just spinning towards nothing in the next week or two. This episode made it next day viewing for me."
[9.0] "The opener and the main event were good matches, the others were fine for what they were supposed to be. This Dynamite set up/continued a lot of storylines, some expected ones (Moxley+Kingston, Baker vs. Rosa/II, QT vs. Nightmare Family... ), some surprising ones (Sting vs. Archer? , MJF and his new group, Kenny vs. Christian, Cody vs. Penta). The only one I wish wouldn't continue is the Miro storyline. He should just turn on Kip and destroy everybody."
[2.0] "This was another below par show, with nothing outstanding at all. A very weak card which unfortunately did not overdeliver. Not the blow-away show you'd hope for after a very underwhelming PPV to inject fresh hope for the promotion. Promos to try to salvage the end of the PPV mess were convoluted and inconsistent, would have been better off drawing a line under it. Angle at the end at least made it not feel like 2 hours completely wasted."
[6.0] "Leicht schwächere Folge im Gegensatz zu den vorherigen Folgen. Christian jetzt schon ins Titelrennen zu werfen finde ich verfrüht und macht den Win/Loss Count wieder sinnlos. Desweiteren sollten Titelmatches in der Wochenshow immer Main Event sein."
[6.0] "Well, a very good episode with no really good match. Every bouts can be satisfactory rated but they are booked in a bad way since nobody was able to shine for a good storytelling but just for some random flips. I appreciated a lot the Christian stuff anyway, and Inner Circle stuff too."
[7.0] "The first AEW show of the year that I genuinely liked. Only 2 of the matches were anything of note, with the opener being a solid ***1/4 match that could've been better, and a good TNT title match that was maybe worthy of a ***1/2. That's why the show doesn't deserve an 8+ like what most AEW fans like to praise their shows as being. What made this show stand out were the segments. The Mox/Kingston segment was perfect. The ending segment was very good, although JR was a bit insufferable in the booth for it and I still don't care for Spears. Sky turning heel was cool too. The Maki Itoh stuff was fine and Hangman was hilarious. Even Christian's appearance was pretty good. AEW has not connected with me for 90% of the first two months of the year and I didn't enjoy most of Revolution, but this show was reminiscent of the type of show that made me like AEW in the first place. Not the best show, but the best of the year from them so far. Credit where it's due, this was a good show. 7 1/2 out of 10 from me. Definitely not worthy of all the praise it's getting, but still quite good."
[7.0] "In terms of matches this show was average. I seemed to like the TNT match more than most. Darby's having one of my favourite title reigns today. Both the Fenix and Ethan Page matches underdelivered for me, but they'll lead to better things. The women's match was also more about potential than about quality. In terms of segments, the show ranged from average to great. As expected, there was a lot of focus on the Revolution main event botch, most of which was funny. Christian going straight for Kenny having not actually spoken a word will divide people. I'm worried they might fumble Christian's intro if he doesn't start to connect with the audience soon. Best Friends, Sting, Dark Order, Matt Hardy and Penta all had basic stuff. Also three matches featured a post-match heel beat down which was too much. The closing segment was terrific. It neatly ties together some elements of the roster and gives Inner Circle something meaningful to do, now as babyfaces. All in all, a good reset after Revolution with more, better stuff on the way."
[9.0] "Great rebound show to bounce back after a somewhat lacklustre PPV. AEW has been struggling for a while now but this show gives me hope. Penta killed it in his segment with Cody. Everyone killed it in the Inner Circle segment. Solid matches."
[4.0] "Another week, another Dynamite that gets 9s and 10s without any reason. The thing with Christian was disappointing, another squash match for Cody, Maki was pretty entertaining and main event was nice. I didn? t find anything that special about this show, it was just average for me personally."
[7.0] "It had many ups & some downs. First of all, they explained the botch very well. Kingston & Callis did a great job. The matches were all solid. Maki Itoh singing while the other fighting makes sense (To get the spotlight is her character). But I disliked some booking decisions which made no sense at all as of now."
[6.0] "Show was a bit of a mess but in a mostly entertaining way. Fenix vs Matt Jackson was the best match by a lot. Eddie Kingston saving face for himself and AEW after the embarrassing ending to Revolution was great. Cody had a match... then came an unexpected promo from Penta to set a match with Cody next episode. I really liked this segment. Audio issues ruined Ethan Pages Dynamite debut. Sting gets interrupted yet again. Seriously how many times are they gonna do this? Kenny and the Impact squad segment was objectively hilarious. I liked it. The women? s trios match was really bad but I liked the finish and Maki Itohs singing bit was funny. Darby vs Scorpio was okay. The Inner Circle ending, without spoiling, was interesting I guess."
[2.0] "First match was alright and Cody got to squash a dude. For some reason a theme of wrestlers interrupting each other during promos happened several times tonight. I guess that's Tony Khan's way of transitioning wrestlers between feuds. Geez what a lazy booker! There was a production issue during Ethan Page's match for whatever reason we were getting audio from a basketball game playing along with Dynamite. Christian Cage was supposed to get interviewed but Kenny Omega interrupted and he cut one instead and of course it was terrible and for whatever reason he has to do some funny voice like he's in a Frankenstein movie. And Omega and Callas pretended to 69 each other... I have to take a point away remembering that. The women's match sucked, Maki Ito is the worst wrestler in a major American promotion. The main event was a decent match with Sky turning heel. I wonder if AEW is going to actually do anything to build him back up for a title match or just ignore that he just lost clean. I don't understand everything that happened with The Inner Circle but I'm very happy MJF is no longer teaming with Chris Jericho."
[10.0] "I wonder if it's ever occurred to the people thinking fans giving this show 8's, 9's and 10's means the scoring is rigged that maybe, just maybe, people actually really like the show! I guess not. In any event I thought this was another great Dynamite, especially so since the ending of Revolution disappointed. The opener was sensational. Rey Fenix continues to be the best wrestler alive in 2021 and Matt Jackson had an impressive solo performance. Eddie Kingston, Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega and Don Callis all did as great a job as one could steering into the skid to explain the Revolution finish. The dud will forever be a dud, but I thought their respective segments did as well as possible in salvaging what happened and also building an exciting story for the future. Cody squash was what it needed to be and Pentagon's promo afterwards to set up their match next week ruled. Lance Archer confronting Sting was interesting (does Sting have a death wish or something? ). Ethan Page and Lee Johnson was hampered by TNT's weird technical issues but the match and post match angle itself were good. The women's six man was clunky but a ton of fun overall; Maki Itoh's singing during the brawl slayed me. Darby Allin vs. Scorpio Sky was a tour de force. Allin is second only to Fenix right now in delivering week in and out for AEW, and Scorp delivered a performance his matches with Jericho and Cody lacked. Happy to see him come through and the heel turn was well done. Finally the main event angle was spectacular; great twists and turns and the new stable of MJF, Wardlow, FTR, Tully and Spears is promising. Aside from the technical issues and setting up Christian-Omega a tad too early for my liking this was a knockout show. Exactly what was needed after the Explosion that wasn't."
[9.0] "I see mixed ratings. Fenix vs. Matt was good. A great opener. 3. 50 stars. Rhodes was a squash and the segment with Pentagon was indeed, good. Sting segment with Lance Archer helped hype up a possible new feud. Ethan Page had a strong debut. 3. 00 stars. I see mixed opinions in Maki Itoh, yet I can tell her segment of singing was entretaining. The female match had lots of botches, yes. 2. 50 stars. Lowest point in the show. Kingston promo and Christian vs. Omega was good. I despise Christian getting a chance so fast, apart from him being a part time. Darby had a great defense, 3. 75 stars. The last segment was completely fire. So all matches were above average except the womens one. All segments were good. I can't understand the 2 4 point ratings, make no sense. This show was at minimum a 7. Im giving it a 8. 5."
[9.0] "Surpassed my expectations for this show for sure. I thought this show would be pretty average but the promos and storylines on this episode was great. Oh, and you can? t forget the stellar opener and tnt title match"
[9.0] "I thought overall this was a pretty damn good show. Great opening match with Matt Jackson vs. Fenix, the TNT title match was great as well. Great promo with Kingston/Moxley and the segment later on with Omega and Callis was really good as well, I think AEW did a great job trying to rebound from that disastrous end to that PPV on Sunday. The real highlight however was the final segment with MJF and The Inner Circle. Absolutely tremendous stuff from everyone involved. If nothing else on this show interests you I highly recommend you go out of your way to watch that segment. Great storytelling and a fantastic swerve that you don't see coming, but instead of detracting or taking away this swerve adds to the story and makes it all that much better!"
[8.0] "I too am very annoyed when people like things I don't like. Terrific opener, very good main event, fantastic Kingston/Mox promo and the developments in the Inner Circle were very unexpected, it'll be interesting to see what happens going forward with them."
[9.0] "I'm just speaking by myself but this got to be the best episode of Dynamite so far in 2021. Matches were decent to really good, specially the opener and the title match. The final segment... beautiful. Simply beaufiful."
