[9.0] "Dynamite beginnt mit Neuzugang Rene Paquette, die auf der Bühne Christian Cage interviewed. Top Neuzugang, tolle Heelpromo von Christian. Luchasaurus vs. Jack Perry fand ich dann richtig stark und war auch genau das, was es sein sollte, und zwar noch nicht das Ende dieser Fehde. Daher gewinnt auch Luchasaurus bei seiner bisher wahrscheinlich besten Singles Match Performance bei Dynamite. Das Segment mit The Firm, Hardy und Private Party war schlecht, diese ganze Vertragsstory ist einfach lahm und stinklangweilig, dazu auch noch vollkommen egal. Dann darf QT eine kurze In-Ring Promo in halten, um dann mit seiner Factory von Warjoe zerlegt zu werden, kann man so machen. Das Aftermath mit Warjoe, The Embassy, FTR und dem Comeback von Shawn Spears war dann in Ordnung, fühlte sich bloß etwas lange an. Die JAS hält dann eine gute Promo in Richtung Garcia und Danielson. Swerve vs. Billy Gunn zeigt, dass ich Billy immer noch gerne in Multimen Matches sehe, aber nicht in Singles Matches, das war nicht mehr als okay und etwas zu lange. Danach eklärt Sterling, das er das Trademark "Scissor me" gekauft hat und The Acclaimed es nicht mehr benutzen darf, das ist so unfassbar schlecht, dass ich schon wieder lachen musste. Dann gibt es eine großartige Backstage Promo von MJF, die wieder einmal ein kleines bisschen einen Faceturn andeutet. Gefolgt wurde das Ganze von einem fantastischen Promoduell zwischen Moxley und Adam Page, vor allem der Hangman hat hier seine beste Promo überhaupt abliefern können. Jericho vs. Danielson war dann natürlich gut, hat mich aber auf hohem Niveau enttäuscht, das man mit Garcia die Rolle rückwärts gemacht hat, gefällt mir nicht. Das Backstage Segment mit Vickie, Rose und Anna Jay war absolut fürchterlich, zum Glück ging das nicht lange. Das Damen Tag Team Match war dann natürlich gut, Storm wirkt aber weiterhin nicht wie die Spitze der Division, und das liegt mehr am Booking als an ihr selbst. Butcher & Blade halten dann ne kurze und passable Promo in Richtung Claudio. Der Main Event war dann mein MotN. Orange konnte endlich PAC besiegen und ist verdienter All-Atlantic Champion. Allein In-RIng technisch war die Show dank Main Event und Opener schon richtig gut, aber der Mittelteil der Show mit den Promos von MJF, Mox und Adam Page war absolut fantastisch und Must-See für mich. Da fällt ein Segment wie das mit Nyla Rose einfach nicht ins Gewicht für mich"
[6.0] "Das Match zwischen Luchasaurus und Jack Perry war solide, hat aber die Story nicht wirklich zu einem Abschluss gebracht, sodass ich vermute, dass sie weitergeht, was ich gar nicht so spannend finde, da sie ja doch eine ganze Weile gegeneinander fehden. Joe & Wardlow waren in ihrem Match und dem anschließenden Segment over und unterhaltsam. Gunn-Swerve war wirklich nicht gut. Keine Ahnung, warum man dieses Match bookt, aber Billy Gunn ist für mich in Six Man Tags vollkommen ausreichend eingesetzt. Bei Jericho gegen Danielson kann man langsam über die Erfindung eines neuen Namens für den Russo-Turn nachdenken. Tony-Turn vielleicht, oder Khan-Turn. Es nimmt wirklich überhand, dass jemand rausrennt - in diesem Fall Daniel Garcia - und einen Face-Turn andeutet, nur um sich dann seinem Anführer doch wieder anzuschließen. Mit Jamie Hayter war es neulich schon ein billiges Klischee, jetzt mit Garcia ist es fast noch wilder, weil man die letzten Wochen mit Garcia ad absurdum führt. Dieser Eindruck bleibt mir von dem Match, auch wenn es bis dahin gut war. Generell brauche ich diese beiden jetzt auch erstmal nicht mehr gemeinsam im Ring. Dreimal ist genug. Zum Abschluss der Show ist Pac gegen Cassidy aber nochmal ein gutes Match. Ich hätte gar nicht gedacht, dass man Cassidy hier den Titel gibt, aber wüsste auch nicht, warum man es nicht tun sollte."
[8.0] "Dynamite Debut in Canada mit einer wirklich guten Show. Dazu wurde mit Rene Parquette auch jemand neues für Interviews eingstellt. Mox's Frau war da eine sehr gute Wahl wie ich finde. Die Show wurde dann mit dem Match zwischen Luchasaurus und Jungle Boy eröffnet. Tolles Match der beiden ehemaligen Freunde. Die ganze Fehde rund um Jungle, Cage und Lucha weiß eh zu gefallen auch wenn sie anders verlaufen ist wegen Cage's Verletzung. Trotzdem war das ein guter Start in die Show hier und Jungle Boy muss weiter auf seine Revanche warten. Das Tag Team Match danach war kurz und nichts besonderes. Strickland gegen Gunn war wrestlerisch in Ordnung aber natürlich nichts an was man sich lange erinnert. Dafür wurde die Story aber gut weitergeführt. Jericho gegen Danielson war ganz nett aber das können beide natürlich besser. Im Zuge der Storyline aber auch passend. Das Tag Team Match der Frauen war dafür wirklich stark. Richtig gute Action sogar von Baker. Hat mir sehr gut gefallen, so gerne mehr davon. MOTN ist dann der Main Event. PAC und Cassidy haben einfach eine unfassbare Chemie miteinander und liefern sich ein richtig starks Matches hier. Der Titelwechsel war auch passend. Tolles Wrestling beendet ein gutes Dynamite."
[9.0] "The show started with a surprise addition of Renee Paquette & she changes the dynamic of AEW's broadcast team with a big boost. The ring equipped with a started between two former friends who are bitter rivals & the action was wild as heck throughout. WarJoe did their work short & sweet and bridged FTR & the returning Shawn Spears towards The Embassy to end the enmity. The elder, experienced Gunn still got it against Strickland who enacted as a tremendous villain showing a bright chance of sticking to it & reaping perks. Moxley & Page looked right in their eyes, delivered what's in their heart and flawlessly elevated the tension between them with ease. Jericho & Bryan completed the trilogy with a super solid contest that felt a bit short of their superior ones but still presented great & on point. Garcia's dramatic turn added value to his arc moving forward while possibly extinguishing the fire. The women handled business effectively in a fiery sprint thereby bringing the next challenge for Storm in her partner, Shida. The main event was another straight fire sprint bringing a different path of action from both men with a finish that's well earned by Cassidy. AEW made their Canadian debut in supremacy giving a lot of action to enjoy & carving different yet interesting paths for future stories. 8.5 out of 10 points!"
[8.0] "A pretty great Dynamite for the time in Canada, as the local fans was red hot for it. The card was stacked and delivered for most of it. Kudos to Luchasaurus vs. Perry as well as PAC vs. Cassidy. The third of Danielson and Jericho's trilogy was a good ride too."
[8.0] "8/10 Really good show over all there's a couple petty reviews in here. The recent progression of how the women are being presented had been great to see and the Hangman/Moxkey segment was awesome."
[9.0] "Das war eine sehr gute TV Show! Es gab tolle Entwicklungen, zwei echte Überraschungen, kein unterdurchschnittliches Match, gute Matches im Opener und Main Event, ein nettes Debüt und zwei starke Promos!"
[10.0] "This was a fantastic dynamite. Moxley and Hangman delivered top tier promos, Hangman's promo even had me tear up some. Luchasaurus showed he can compete at a high level and Jack Perry did great. Swerve has all the makings of a top level heel and it's insane how Billy Gunn is so over right now. There was plenty of story progression and high level wrestling. Orange Cassidy and PAC had an alltime great Dynamite match."
[8.0] "Canada meet pro wrestling! And immediately the appearance of the favorite of all fans Renee Paquette and this is a strong addition to the cohort of interviewers! Then they didn't give us any rest and immediately showed us a dynamic Jack Perry/Luchasaurus match. Canada greeted Christian and then the intensity of passions only went forward because Daniel Garcia chose the entertainment side and as a result remained on the side of Jericho, and Bryan was another big defeat. Hangman/Mox promo was phenomenal, Adam just smashed his forehead and verbally and charisma rebuffed Jon. MJF interestingly began to resemble a good guy, but I think it's a bluff or... And the cherry on the cake was the triumph of Orange Cassidy and his first trophy in 3 years at the company. A big show filled with all possible events and giving away the spirit of wrestling!"
[8.0] "I thought that was a great episode of Dynamite. The match quality was good, and the promos and story in between also worked really well. The Moxley and Hangman promo was excellent, and the Jack Perry v. Luchasaurus match was my match of the night. 8/10"
[8.0] "It seems like if you just yell during a promo anyone will call it a good promo, compare Hangman's promo to MJF and it's night and day I did appreciate him bleeding out of nowhere like Flair tho. There was strong wrestling on this show all throughout with the only matches not being good being the 3 minute tag match and Gunn/Swerve. The only issue with this show is continuing to spin the wheels with the Jericho/Garcia stuff and Bryan once again not being able to beat a high profile star, otherwise a good show"
"Overall a solid show; the ending of Swerve and Gunn left some to be desired (Billy can lose clean); Jericho vs Danielson was really great up until the finish which was predictable but fine. OC vs PAC was a solid conclusion to their feud and the All Atlantic is a level of title that Orange can have, hopefully he defends in places other than AEW"
[7.0] "Good show overall. The main event had both high action & high drama. The ROH Title Match and Swerve/Gunn served their purposes. The women got to shine and a good opener to get the crowd going."
[7.0] "Ordentliche Dynamite Ausgabe. Mochte den Opener, den Co Main Event, den Main Event sowie die Promo mit Moxley und Hangman sehr. Das Segment im Wardlow und Samoa Joe war ganz nett und auch Danielson vs. Jericho hatte seine Momente aber ich war nicht vollends drin. Danielson als Heel war aber erneut fantastisch. Swerve hätte sein Match auch gerne clean gewinnen können, da es nur gegen Billy war und Match war auch höchstens solide. Ein großer Pluspunkt war natürlich noch die Crowd, die super drauf war."
"Only thing I want to comment on is the fact that TK's favorite Hometown Hero trope has officially been murdered and its corpse has been desecrated with the idea that I'm suddenly expected to give half a shit about *Shawn Spears* and buy him as a top-level babyface who deserves to be fucking around with FTR and Warjoe just because he came back from his all-too-short sabbatical in his home province (not even town lmao) and he's back to using his meme gimmick from like six years ago. What a joke."
[7.0] "This was an okay show. OC vs PAC was best match of the evening and Jungle Boy vs Luchasaurus and womens matches were pretty good too. Mox/Hangman face-off was great and (color me shocked) MJF cut a good promo."
[7.0] "This show was done to appease Canada where matches were pretty predictable of the winner: Jericho and Cage due to them being Canadian. Warjoe vs the Factory really shouldn't have happened on Dynamite in fact the factory should never show up on television. It was nice seeing Cassidy not do his comedy gimmick during the main event. This was an alright show but there wasn't any big matches in it."
[8.0] "There were a lot of little things that bothered me about this show that will likely linger going forward - weak officiating, the inscrutable logic of the Garcia heel turn, the Jungle Boy loss, the idea that Mark Sterling owns a copyright on scissoring. But judging this purely as one episode of a wrestling show, I thought it was pretty strong, with constantly exciting in-ring action, no real lulls, and a badly needed strong crowd. AEW remains in a very weird place, but just as a collection of matches and promos I enjoyed the vast majority of the two hours."
[10.0] "Overall this was a great Dynamite episode here. Crowd was hot. Hangman's promo was incredible - cannot wait until his match with Mox next week. The Acclaimed/Billy Gunn are so over with the crowd. Again, Shida, Toni & Jamie showed why they are the best woman in the company."
[6.0] "Highlight was the Page promo, had some amazing moments, and him acknowledging the Elite's absence when apparently nobody else is going to. Orange/PAC match was good and Orange finally gets a belt, even tho he really doesn't need it to be over. Nyla was also fun. The not good: everything else. Toni is overshadowed in another multiperson match. WarJoe is a nothing squash that feels like an unimportant ROH feud. The Jericho storyline is circling and seems to have no end in sight."
[10.0] "OC won a championship finally! Women's match was strong. Strong promos from Hangman, Mox, and MJF. Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy was much better than I expected."
[6.0] "The MJF promo, the Mox/Hangman face off, and Pac/Cassidy were very good, but the rest of the show was just kind of there. So many of the storylines (Britt/Hayder, WarJoe, Jungle Boy/Christian, JAS/Garcia/BCC, and even SIOG/Acclaimed) have stalled out, or even over stayed their welcome that I'm losing interest in the product writ large. I get that there's a huge CM Punk/Elite shaped hole in their booking, but they have a talented enough roster to kick off any number of compelling angles to fill time without over-doing ones already in process."
[3.0] "Es wird wohl Zeit für die nächste AEW-Pause, da mich das akutelle Produkt nicht mehr einfängt und hier bei #158 nichts dabei war, was mich irgendwie nachhaltig unterhalten hat. Das In-Ring-Produkt war für mich ja schon immer hit & miss, aber hier kommen meines Erachtens nur Jericho und Danielson irgendwie in den soliden Bereich, dahinter ist es grün, mit Plausibiltiätslücken, schwachem Selling oder Effekthascherei. Pack mich in der Form gar nicht. Die Segmente können die Show dann auch nicht retten und die anstehenden Matches interessieren mich schlichtweg überhaupt nicht. Page hält eine Promo, um statt als Boy als Mann wahrgenommen zu werden und das eine Woche vor dem Titelmatch. Mal gucken, wann der Aufbau zum möglichen World Champ erfolgt. Mau, einfach nur mau. Die ganze WardJoe-Sache ist absolut uninteressant und geht mit Joe, Wardlow und FTR einfach unwürdig um. Da stehen vier Champs zusammen, aber das Gefühl hat man nicht. Garcia spielt eine Nein-Doch-Oh-Story, die mir spätestens jetzt total egal ist. Garcia mit seinem limitierten Charisma ist kein Sports-Entertainer, sondern schon der Pro-Wrestler, aber hier spielt er nun sonstwas. Lahm und das auf Kosten von Bryan Danielson. Falsche Prioritäten, lahme Stories, zu viele Titel und Champions, die nichts mehr zählen und insgesamt eine Ausrichtung, die mich absolut kaltlässt. Maue Show."
[7.0] "This was a good, not great, Dynamite. A few very good matches like the ROH World title match and the All-Atlantic title match and a great promo segment from Hangman and Moxley. Not a fan of multiple tainted finishes on the show and haven't been a fan of this trope for the last couple of months. I think the pacing of the show is a bit weird too. Just when the show starts rocking, they cut to a cold-as-ice Matt Hardy/Vickie Guerrero/Smart Mark/insert undercard wrestler here segment that kills the momentum. All in all, a good Dynamite that doesn't come across as exciting as it should because this company has consistently delivered great shows for almost three years."
[10.0] "Huge Dynamite, huge matches, huge promos. Everything that a TV Wrestling show needs. I'm very happy for Orange Cassidy, and the Hangman promo was legendary!"
[9.0] "Gute Dynamite Ausgabe insgesamt. Toronto ist auf seine Kosten gekommen. Einziger Wermutstropfen, keine Elite. Erste Show in Kanada und dann ohne Omega ist mehr als schade. Verdienter Titelerfolg für OC. Nach 3 Jahren hat er sich einen Gürtel mal verdient. Das Match war sehr unterhaltsam und herrlich wie PAC die Orange Punches gesellt hat. Bei Gracia läuft es wohl darauf hinaus, dass er selbst Jericho irgendwann besiegen möchte und er deswegen so gehandelt hat. Hangmans Promo fand ich gut. War intensiv. Freut mich auch für Spears, der in seiner Heimat zurückkehrt. FTR haben die Bogen gut hinbekommen mit der 10."
[7.0] "Very good edition of Dynamite with excellent bookend matches and an eventful ROH world title match in between. Hot crowd helped, excellent energy throughout."
[5.0] "Dynamite returns to being pretty average. Luchasaurus vs Perry was quite a good powerhouse-vs-agile-guy match with mostly good chemistry and some nice exchanges. The arm-targeting story was decent but not explored enough. A bit too spot-centric towards the end but still quite fun. ***1/4. Joe & Wardlow vs Comoroto & QT was a fine squash, but the post-match angle with The Embassy and FTR was pretty underwhelming. Cage's promo was awkward, and Shawn Spears's reveal was very underwhelming. Billy vs Swerve was fine for what it was. Billy had good charisma and pretty decent in-ring work. Swerve's boastful heel character work was really good, though his in-ring was a bit stale with how 'methodical' and slow it was. **1/2. I wish Sterling and all his lawyer-based storylines would stop. They're repetitive and way too disconnected from actual wrestling to be remotely interesting. MJF's backstage promo standing up to Hathaway and calling out Regal was really good, as was Moxley's in-ring promo. I'm maybe on an island, but I thought Page's promo was average. He had a few good lines but then some really stupid moments too, like his aggressive compliments towards Moxley, or melodramatically bashing his head while screaming "BECAUSE I AM A MANNNN... DAMMIT! " . Jericho vs Danielson was very forgettable. At least Danielson worked hard and was technically sound, but Jericho looked very washed-up with offence and selling/bumping that was sub-par at best (which was a shame because he was quite good in their last match). They also had a lame finish with Garcia again teasing turning on Jericho only to turn on Danielson. Great. I'm really glad we wasted so many months on this guy just to arrive back at the start with him still in the JAS and still the same arrogant, fake tough guy he already was. That definitely wasn't at all a bunch of completely mediocre drama that is now deemed totally worthless and which could've been totally cut out while altering nothing. Anyways, a middling match. **1/2. Shida & Toni vs Britt & Jamie was alright. Everyone gave very expected performances: Shida was mediocre to decent, Britt was all-around mediocre, Jamie was good, and Toni was decent. Their chemistry was mostly okay, with no distinct botches or awkward moments I can immediately recall. There was no real story, just both teams trading control before hitting their big moves towards the end. Nothing too impressive but acceptable by AEW women's roster standards. **3/4. Pac vs Cassidy was poorly structured but I thought the work itself was quite good. Pac's vicious offence and heel character work were both really good, and he took some great bumps. Cassidy's energetic offence was good too, though I didn't like how forced his comeback was. I still couldn't deny that their chemistry and their individual technique was really strong, and they definitely had quite a few cool spots/exchanges. Danhausen's reveal was dumb-fun, too. ***1/4"
[9.0] "Great show, crowd was very hot and pretty much every segment hit and every match was at least decent, with many being very good and the main event was fantastic."
[7.0] "The best and worst of AEW could be seen in just one segment, you had an amazing promo from Adam Page in which much of the focus and crowds attention was distracted by MJF in the crowd who added nothing . You had a high level tv main event alongside genuine talents still in their prime wasting away wrestling people who were washed up many years ago."
[7.0] "This was AEW's international debut, so I was a little bemused by how many rematches and little hype this had, but even when things are cold with booking AEW wrestlers still deliver, and the crowd was great."
[7.0] "Thought it was a really solid, return to form for Dynamite. First show in Canada was a success, and with Canada, you'll always get some interesting reactions. Loved WarJoe beating the hell out of the jobbers, and thought the main event was one of AEW's best recently. ROH World Title was a bit of a slog to get though. This show missed Kenny, it would've been cool to see him in Canada. Maybe next time. Highlight of the show was the excellent MJF interview and the Moxley/Hangman segment."
[8.0] "Solid show with good matches all around. Not really any bad matches. The crowd put this show over BIG time, they were hot for tonight? s show. I miss Kenny and the Elite though and would have loved to see them here but hopefully they won? t be out much longer. Hangman had an incredible promo segment with Mox, even though he got busted open hard way from his own punch lol. Overall solid show, only real complaint was the end of Jericho vs Danielson. Did not understand the Garcia part of it but probably they are saving the full turn for the PPV? Also congrats to OC!"
[8.0] "Good episode of Dynamite. The Toronto crowd made this show even better. Fantastic crowd. Matches were all pretty good, I particularly loved the main event and the women's tag. A lot of heel HEAT tonight, but the segments were still a lot of fun. Really enjoyed these two hours."
[10.0] "Great episode of Dynamite. I enjoyed every second of it. Great opener, very good promo from MJF, great promo from Moxley and Page and I'm happy for the return of Shawn Spears in Canada. Great crowd that was."
