[7.0] "The problem with this show was the poorly constructed card . I was taken by surprise by the quality of the 6 man tag match and the opening tag match and it delivered luckily for them but miracles don? t always work . The rest of the show kind of collapsed as far as in ring quality is concerned . Ryo/Nyla was the only exception being the MOTN . Other than that , a mediocre main event , a below average ladder match qualifier and a squash that was good but does not do a lot . The extras however were really interesting except for the ending which was very WWE like . Scorpio? s heel turn on commentary was interesting , Sting/Allin vs Taz and co. was very enjoyable and so was the Shida/Ryo confrontation . Caster referencing to Lady Gaga? s dog walker was insensitive and although I was not initially a fan of the Inner circle press conference , it turned out to be pretty fun with Eric B showing up as well. This would then end with YB creating a awesome visual with Matt doing the diving elbow off the stage while Nick does a senton through the table on Snatana off the entrance tunnel. A mixed bag , had it not been for the marvelously executed angle advancements , this show would have been a disaster . It fortunately is not and really hyped for the exploding barbed wire death match and also liked seeing Paul Wight.. Overall , a good show but a poor go home show."

[6.0] "This show stands on its own as a good tv show but I thought its a failure as the go home show for Revolution. No Omega/ Mox appearance. Also I am getting a little tired of Team Taz feud with Allin. Its gone way too long. The only good build tonight would be for the Women's Championship but Mizunami is relatively untested in AEW so I don't think she is gonna pry the Title away from Shida. At least Shida showed her face in Dynamite in God knows how long. Fenix and pac are amazing and should be pushed more than they are. They have never won a Championship in AEW despite their early push and their incredible talents. Mixed feelings about Bucks Vs Inner Circle. I really think Ortiz and Santana would have been a better choice. The mixed tag team match would have been way better in Revolution considering the huge build but kudos to Shaquille O Neal for selflessly putting the other three over just by being in the match and taking a huge dive for the company. Good show but as a go home show, it could have been better."

[2.0] "The only thing good on this card was the six man tag team match. FTR is great and it was awesome to see Tully in the ring again. His fake out when teasing the suicide dive was fantastic. It was also great to see JJ Dillon again and everyone on FTR's side were heels and it was great. They didn't let Marco Stunt or Luchasaurus ruin the match. The opening match was a bad dance routine with three inexperienced wrestlers and Cody. I understand why they did the table spot but they didn't make the effort for us to believe there was a reason it should have been done and the girls couldn't set the tables up. Just a disaster of a match! And Shaq just disappears while Tony Schiavone by himself just opens up a back of an ambulance like that's something he'd be allowed to do. PAC and Fenix don't know how to do a squash match, they hit the jobber team with all these moves before they can put them away. Ryo Mizunami sucks as a wrestler, I'm not a fan of her at all. Max Caster vs. Ten was there and someone had to explain to me why Jack Evens was getting paid by Matt Hardy to interfere in the match. And the main event just made me so sad that Page went from being a main event guy in this promotion to being involved with The Dork Order. And of course the show ended with a giant brawl between guys in a match nobody cares about. This show deserves a lower rating than 2 but I enjoyed the six man tag team match so much I'll give team two points for that."

[7.0] "So the first match was great for a celebrity match. Everyone had a nice showing, not much to say, I think Jade has a future and I loved Velvets Moonsault. ***. Death triangle had a squash. You can? t have a bad squash and you also can? t have a good one, I don? t really have any thoughts on this but I? ll give it *3/4, that seems fair. FTR put on a thrilling match with J Express. That match was really over and had some nice spots, the bit where Tully almost went for a plancha and the bit with the shoe are probably two of my favourite moments of the night. Great good feel tag team action ****. Mizunami and Nyla put on a good showing, she threw some nice forearms and I love the rope hung diving knee from Nyla. There were some great sequences in this match. That superplex felt more like an avalanche brainbuster! I do feel that Nyla could have gotten up from the leg drop but it was still a nice match ***3/4. 10 vs Caster wasn? t anything special, a nice sheer drop brainbuster, that? s all really, ten was pretty slow when running the ropes and a pretty poor match overall *1/2. The main event didn? t feel like a main event, I? d of swapped it round with the Shaq match. It was pretty generic and lacklustre **. Overall it was a good show but had its flaws and I think they should have done a promo with Omega to just cap off the build up, but it was good overall. ****1/4"

[8.0] "Good go-home show for me ! A bit to not have Omega nor Moxley on the show though Top 3 of the Night 3. Jade Cargill 2. The Young Bucks 1. Ryo Mizunami"

[8.0] "Very good show. The segment with Inner Circle was great. That short preview of upcoming Omega vs Moxley match was great. Miro cut a 60 second incredible promo. The Match of The Night was the show opener Cody Rhodes, Red Velvet vs Jade Cargill, Shaquille O'Neal."

[4.0] "Mediocre go home show. Opening tag was poor based on usual standards, but still reached the low bar it was set, based on Shaq's performance. Squash match. Press conference didn't hit the mark, but Bucks promo was good. Cool getting remarks from deathmatch legend, Onita, but doesn't make up for no appearance from Omega or Mox on a go home show. 6 man tag shows nostalgia only goes so far. Womens match was ok. For a Tournament Final, it was nothing special, Ryo Mizunami a fitting winner, although think her ceiling in the US is fairly low. Nyla has improved a decent amount and deserves credit. Sting/Darby vs Team Taz a bore again. Caster vs 10 was average. Main event acceptable, but expect more days away from a big ppv."

[4.0] "You know when you're watching a bad match and the commentators try extra hard to sell you on the idea that it's actually great? You watch thinking, "Come on. I'm not that much of a mark. " That's how I feel when every episode of Dynamite is flooded with 10/10 scores as soon as it enters the database here, especially an episode like this which took me three sittings to get through. At least we got our weekly segment of Sting getting interrupted. I'm going to miss this feud when it's over. Sting has shown that he can still move and bump a bit but it's all for nothing if the street fight is cinematic. We'll see how it goes. Jericho segment was long and boring. If Papa Buck is in any way involved at Revolution that match loses about 5 points instantly. Why would I not be surpised to see Papa Buck get into a fight with Jericho's dad? That's my level of expectation with current AEW. This episode is currently the 5th ranked show of the past four weeks. The ratings don't differentiate between PPVs and television shows, so it's my opinion that it's up to reviewers to judge those things accordingly. I don't feel that these two hours of bad TV and constant ad breaks were better than Castle Attack day 2, for example, but the ratings disagree. Highlight of the night, surprisingly, was the Shaq match."

[7.0] "An episode with not very much starpower, expecially in the matches, but with a good dose of hype stuff beign this a go home show. Sting, Paul Wight and the new signed, Tully, Inner Circle... everything was good."

[9.0] "I thought this was one the best episodes of Dynamite ever. The whole show had amazing energy, surprises, great commentary for a change and everyone worked really hard and visibly had a lot of fun. Shaw was great and honored the business by taking it seriously. I love FTR and their storyline. Paul Wight, man, crazy. The Tournament Final was great, Ryo Mizunami made a fan out of me today. Everything flowed so well and most of their top guys were not even active. It shows how deep the roster is and how over everyone is that the show still worked great and I was invested from top to bottom. Looking forward to Monday, when I can watch Sunday's show. Like last year, AEW is hitting their stride ahead of Evolution."

[7.0] "This episode was built more around novelty than in-ring excellence, to mixed degrees. Shaq is at least a big enough personality to make his appearance funny and worthwhile, but Tully's re-emergence was less effective, a needless and ineffective addition that actively detracted from a great feud. The women's tournament finals were nicely physical, Page & Hardy continued their superlative storytelling, and it was nice to see Caster and 10 get such a spotlight on them. Not a great episode in its biggest moments, but the surrounding elements were strong enough when standing on their own."

[8.0] "I could go higher on this but I simply have to dock points for the part where they're still trying to make Shawn Spears a thing and Scorpio Sky's atrocious commentary."

[6.0] "I feel like the ratings for this show prove how some AEW fanboys will rate anything a 10. Tony Khan could take a shit in the middle of the ring reading the phone book backwards for two hours and some of y'all would throw a ten at it. This was an incredibly OK show. The Shaq match was fun and put a smile on my face more than once, and it was probably the best thing about tonight's episode for the sheer novelty of it and how well it was executed all things considered. The six-man was nice for the nostalgia factor of a 67 year old man wrestle and a 30-year-old stable ostensibly reforming. Speaking of which, we got the exact same Sting/Team Taz promo we've gotten for the last, what, ten weeks? and I cannot wait for them to move on from this shit. The Onita cameo was neat if you're into that but I think AEW keeps forgetting they're on national cable television and the vast majority of people aren't going to know who he is. Please just give us a slice of context. Speaking of which, Ryo Mizunami, whose entire screentime on AEW television has been the same still image of her for the last few weeks, is now going on to the pay-per-view for a women's title match after a decent match with Nyla Rose, because AEW still has absolutely no idea how to make a meaningful storyline with the belt. God forbid we get literally any actual exposure to her on TV prior to this rather than, say, Taz having another myocardial infarction over Darby Allin. Literally nothing to say about the Death Triangle squash match, as if 17 matches a week on Dark isn't enough squash matches for AEW. Last two matches were also barely worth mentioning, completely inoffensive yet unremarkable wrestling. Choosing to end your go-home show hyping up a tag team battle royal instead of, I dunno, the EXPLODING BARBED WIRE DEATHMATCH is an interesting choice. 10/10 is supposed to mean that a show is perfect, that there are so few, if any, flaws that they're completely overshadowed by the overwhelming majority of the show being amazing. How can you possibly sit there and tell the world that ten minutes of Max Caster versus Ten is part of a perfect show?"

[8.0] "Good show overall, I loved the six man tag and the women's match was great as well. Enjoyed the main event too, though it was a bit of an odd choice for the slot. I was not into the Shaq match but can appreciate that others were. Interested in Revolution, though not as hyped as I have been for other AEW PPVs."

[10.0] "I thought this show was a home run. The Shaq match was much better than it had any right to be. This is the first PPV I am really looking forward to in a long time. They did an excellent job of building up the matches tonight."

[5.0] "This Dynamite had a fair share of high and low points, and I honestly don't know which outnumbered the other. The opener was extremely fun and unironically my match of the night (***1/2), Shaq disappearing was dumb but can lead to interesting outcomes, the squash was ok and then things started going sour. MJF & Jericho's Press Conference was extremely bad. Especially after The Young Bucks came out. The whole segment made no fucking sense. The Inner Circle left their dad for dead the week prior, and instead of rushing down the ring to kick some ass, the Bucks came down after like 5 minutes, insulted their enemies and THEN THEY FIGHT? Wtf. Why not start brawling from the start. It would have saved us from a trashcan segment. And then we had a "kid" wrestle someone that retired in 1994. The match could have been watchable, but I couldn't take it seriously. Women's match, I'm sorry, I didn't watch the qualifiers so I don't really know who Mizunami is so I couldn't get invested. It was an ok match tho. Caster vs Ten was bad, but the diss was great. Main event was ok-ish, the ending brawl was fun. Edit: Also, were the fuck were Kenny and Mox lol."

[5.0] "Average show. Nice to see JJ Dillon and Tully. The match was correct. Same thing for the women's tournament final. But the other things was boring or useless. The opener was... embarrassing. The main event was the worst Dynamite main event since a long time. Max Caster vs Alan Angels and Death Triangle vs D3 and Skyler were useless. A filler episode."

[9.0] "This show was super fun. What a great job of both getting you excited for Revolution while also putting on a big tv show that totally delivered in all aspects. The Shaq match was way better than expected, with a few memorable spots and a mystery angle coming out of it. The Jericho/MJF segment was both hilarious and intense. Felt like one of the best promos of the Young Bucks career. The Woman? s match was very good. Ryo showed great personality in a nice reintroduction to the AEW audience. The Tully match was all sorts of nostalgia fun mixed in with future stars. Max Caster continued to show his superstar potential on the mic. And the main event was very good action leading into the matches on Sunday. Overall something exciting was always happening. Such a step up from what anyone else is doing right now."

[6.0] "Fine show, I didn? t find this episode that good. The brawl at the end was really good but aside from it, nothing very special for me personally."

[9.0] "Hoping my reviewing one of the only wrestling shows I watch doesn? t rub Cagematch the wrong way and get all my ratings deleted. Apparently if you only review the shows you watch and enjoy - it? s a no-no. Incredible system tbh... Anyhow this Dynamite was fun as hell. The Shaq match way over-delivered and Jade looks like a friggin star. Tully? s return to the ring was an incredibly fun thing to witness. And the main event ruled, someone strap a rocket to John Silver pls. Hope my enjoyment of AEW doesn? t stifle Cagematch? s algorithm or whatever, here? s to hoping my ratings from this point on can remain on the site. I won? t be reviewing shows I dislike, so not entirely sure how this site? s ? bias? detection works, but I? ll be wary from now on. ;-)"

[8.0] "I liked most of the show - 2-3 points like the brawl at the end. It had great matches with the Opener, the Womens final & 4HW vs JE. The angles were also awesome and I'm even more hyped for Revolution"

[6.0] "Feels like I watched a different show than the consensus. This was a perfectly fine go home show but I thought it was a 6, maybe a 7 out of 10. The promos and segments were fine. The matches were decent, and I can't give any of them more than a ***. A show with zero great matches is not a 10, 9 or 8/10 caliber show. The were some cool moments and fun things here and there, but the grade makes it seem like this was a Show of the Year contender when it really wasn't at least not in my opinion."

[10.0] "How can one not give a 10 to a show that featured Shaq, Tully Blanchard wrestling, JJ Dillon managing, an Eric Bischoff cameo and an appearance from Atsushi Onita? ! The opening tag was miraculous; Shaq was so much better than anyone would've thought possible (and took a table bump for the ages), Cody cemented himself as one of the best in the industry and Red Velvet and Jade Cargill made themselves with two legitimately great performances. I thought this match was going to suck and it instead it worked out better than even AEW could've dreamed. The Fenix-PAC squash was sweet. The Inner Circle-Bucks segment was hot with some great spots. The Exploding Barbed Wire Death match video featured ONITA SELLING US ON THE MATCH! Amazing stuff. Jurassic Express vs. FTR and Tully was awesome; Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus, Marko, Cash and Dax all looked great and Tully was superb for what he could do. AND JJ WAS AT RINGSIDE! The only downside was the ending, and that's only because Shawn Spears is so-so to me. Funny promo from Paul Wight to set up a potential big debt. Ryo Mizunami vs. Nyla Rose ruled; best match of the night, great work from both women and a strong close to an excellent tournament. Max Caster's rap stole the show prior to his match with Ten, which was good. And the main event was solid stuff, albeit overshadowed by a massive brawl and everything that came before. A knock out of a show. Aside from one show in the past two months, AEW has been on fire."

[10.0] "What a great show! Easily the best AEW Dynamite episode in months. I was really surprised at Shaq's performance tonight."

[10.0] "Very beast show, loved it. the Shaq match, Big Show's funny promo where he said evolution instead of revolution and said he had the biggest scoop ever, ftr vs jurassic express and nyla vs ryo mizunami being great..."