[8.0] "Der Opener erfüllte seinen Zweck, bringt die Fehde zwischen OC und Mox voran, das Match selbst haut mich aber nicht vom Hocker. Im Aftermath geht Mox nochmal verbal auf OC los, das war richtig gut. Der Face-Off im Ring zwischen Hangman und Swerve war absolut fantastisch. Hangman hat hier die beste Promo seines bisherigen Lebens gehalten. Dieses Segment war perfekt. Das Backstage Segment mit Strong und Cole hätte ich nicht gebraucht. Skye Blue vs. Red Velvet war ordentlich. Der Sieg von Blue macht absolut Sinn und ist auch verdient. Im Anschluss gab es eine gute Videopromo von Miro, auch wenn ich immer noch nicht weiß, wie ich die Storyline um ihn und seine Frau finden soll. Storm und Mariah May haben ein weirdes, aber unterhaltsames Segment miteinander, das ist schon gut gemacht. Im Anschluss macht Samoa Joe standesgemäß kurzen Prozess mit Jon Cruz. Joe's Promo danach war gut, viel Neues hatte er aber nicht zu sagen. The Young Bucks vs. Penta und Komander war ein starkes Spotfest ohne Pausen, die heelischere Ausrichtung der Bucks gefällt hier gut. Backstage gibt es dann noch ein interessantes Segment mit den Bucks und Omega. Danach dürfen die Gunns zwei Jobber squashen, von mir aus. Ihre kurze Promo im Aftermath war absolut in Ordnung. Die Videopromo von Wardlow in Richtung MJF war ebenfalls unterhaltsam. Dach ich schon lange keinen so bekloppten Street Fight gesehen habe, hatte ich hier total meinen Spaß an diesem Main Event. Hin und wieder kann so etwas sehr unterhaltsam sein. Das Abschließende Segment beginnt mit einer soliden MJF Promo, die mich aber nicht ganz gekriegt hat. White's Antwort war ebenfalls in Ordnung."

[5.0] "Der Opener zwischen Hook & Orange und Moxley & Yuta war OK und bringt eine neue Entwicklung vor dem Match zwischen Orange und Moxley, dass Moxley offenbar den Orange Punch wegstecken kann. Red gegen Blue war wirklich nicht besonders gut. Auch wenn das Publikum einmal This is Awesome ruft, sind hier einige Sachen doch sehr unsauber, inklusive des Code Blue am Ende. Die Bucks gegen Penta und Komander war mal wieder so ein Match, wo ich schon vorher weiß, dass ich da keine Sekunde Spaß dran habe. Moves, Moves, Moves. Da gehe ich lieber in den Zirkus zu den Artisten. Dafür hat der Eight Man Street Fight den perfekten Mix aus Spaß und Hardcore Aktionen geboten und war wirklich stark. Es ist sicherlich auch das Beste, dass Paul Wight für zwei Spots da ist: Ein Chokeslam für Kyle Fletcher durch den Tisch und dann Will Hobbs' Slam auf das Autodach. Das genügt völlig. Ungewöhnlich ist dann, dass wir nicht mit einem großen Match enden, sondern stattdessen mit einem Promo-Segment. Das war dann gar nicht mal so herausragend. Die Kommentatoren machen einen besseren Job als die Performer Jay White und MJF, als sie am Ende sagen, MJFs Vergangenheit holt ihn ein, denn niemand kommt heraus, um ihn vor dem Beatdown von Bullet Club Gold zu retten. Insgesamt muss ich sagen, dass ich diese Show wirklich eher durchschnittlich fand. Die Jobber-Matches nehmen bei AEW überhand und mit Blue-Velvet gibt es leider auch ein ziemlich schwaches Match. Der Street Fight war gut, das Match der Bucks im Grund auch, aber einfach nichts für meinen Geschmack."

[7.0] "Unterhaltsame Dynamite Ausgabe die natürlich ganz auf den Main Event ausgerichtet war. Das Dark Tag Team Match bekam man bei BTE zu sehen. War der unterhaltsame Quatsch den man erwarten konnte Ich mochte es auf jeden Fall. Der Opener von Dynamite war dann doch ein gutes Tag Team Match. Mox und Yuta war mal eine neue Kombination des BCC. Guter Auftakt für die Show. Blue gegen Velvet war ein ganz nettes Match. Velvet zurück ist erstmal gut. Jetzt braucht sie noch ein wenig mehr Persönlichkeit und dann wird das schon was. Joe gegen Cruz war halt da. Mein MOTN ist das Match der Bucks. Egal in welcher Kombi Bucks und Lucha Brothers sich begegnen, da kommt immer was sehr gutes bei raus. So auch hier. Schönes High Flying Tag Match. Komander kann Fenix natürlich nicht ersetzten aber er fügte sich gut ein und hat auch viel gezeigt. Ich mag so etwas einfach. Schönes Match. Das Match der Gunns war egal. Der Main Event war dann ein gutes Mulitiman Street Fight. Das Motto wurde gut getroffen, das Wrestling war in Ordnung. Da hat einfach viel gepaßt und es hat einfach Spaß gemacht sich das anzusehen. Wight spielte auch keine große Rolle. Guter Abschluß."

[5.0] "A show that felt cobbled together, with only the main event having an real build and tbh that was a bit of a let down. Ibushis short AEW run has been overall a disappointing affair. I'm glad Paul Wight was taken out early because he looked rough. The matches were all fine, but uninspiring."

[8.0] "Gute Ausgabe von Dynamite! Der Opener zwischen dem BCC vs Cassidy & Hook war solide, mehr aber leider auch nicht (**3/4). Skye Blue vs Red Velvet nichts Besonderes (**1/4). Erstes Highlight war der Fight zwischen den Bucks & Penta/Komander --> sehr kurzes, kurzweiliges Match mit einigen innovativen Aktionen (****1/4). Am Main Event werden sich wohl die Geister scheiden, mir hat das Chaos sehr gut gefallen, wobei das Ganze natürlich schon overbooked war (****)."

[5.0] "After a solid show last week, we're back with a weirdly boring episode of Dynamite. Seriously, this felt twice as long as it actually was, probably due to an underwhelming card of overlong matches and middling segments. AEW usually has hot opening matches, but from the get-go, something was clearly not clicking with the crowd. OC doing a repeat of his last storyline almost 1:1 is lazy. Skye Blue wrestled like she's on a 3-second delay. Squash matches aren't believable or even useful in 2023. And The Bucks are inexplicably still present on my TV screen doing the exact same things they've always done. It's just so... samey. But for all of the grime on this show, there were still some redeeming qualities. Swerve/Hangman had a great, believable promo that actually features a modicum of intensity and hatred between the two of them. The Bucks turning heel is somewhat refreshing, since they're barely characters as faces. The goofy Yakuza tie-in match was fun when it wasn't completely laughable, and I'll give it credit for waking the crowd up and having one or two brutal looking spots. It's good that Joe is being featured weekly, though pointless squashes are not a way to build up a world title contender that doesn't even need to be built up in the first place. MJF's generic babyface promo was okay, but Jay White barely has the fire to compete with him on the mic. If this is what a 2023 Dynamite is like when you don't center the entire episode around MJF, I don't know if it has enough steam to keep people invested. I wish I could give this a higher rating, but one entertaining match and segment on a 2 hour show is a tough sell, especially when nothing else grabbed me."

[7.0] "Best part of this show was the Hangman and Swerve promo. MJF also had a good promo. The Kingdom is hilarious right now trying to get Cole to turn of MJF. The matches on this show didn't do much for me. MOTN was the Bucks vs Penta/Komander. Main Event was not what I expected and I think it could have been better."

[4.0] "Der Opener war durchwachsen. Das ganze Cassidy vs. Mox Dingens beginnt zu Nerven und hat überhaupt keine Pace. Gähn Faktor 10. Weiber Wrestling bei AEW skip ich nur noch, dass kannst dir nicht ansehen. Sinnloses Squash Match von Joe. Danach kam das einzige gute Match des Events mit den Bucks, gefolgt vom nächsten Squash Match. Was soll das? ! Ich kann den Sinn hinter immer noch nicht verstehen. Das Eight Man Tag war wie zu erwarten reinstes Chaos, die Kamera wußte gar nicht wohin sie schalten musste und hat damit das meiste verpaßt. Big Show hatte vor 20 Jahren schon im Ring nix drauf und jetzt im Alter noch weniger. Was soll das? ! Bitte geh und bleib in Rente. Dich braucht echt keiner mehr. Was für eine absolute 0 Nummer. Die Promos von Hangman und MJF waren gut, ansonsten eine äußerst schwache Ausgabe von Dynamite."

[4.0] "I felt nothing this episode outside of the Hangman/Swerve confrontation. I'd say that Hangman not only shines in this kind of heated rivalry, he needs it. Anything to keep him away from being the soppy drunken anxious guy who falls in and out with his friends. Credit to those guys for betting things back on track after that awful home invasion bit. Now they probably have the hottest angle going into the PPV. Maybe the only angle with any measurable heat at all. I can barely remember what happened at the end with MJF and Bullet Club Gold. I think the poor main event really took me out of things. It already felt like AEW was leaning too hard into Reddit-tier comedy in the past few weeks and then that match happened."

[9.0] "Amazing show to have after a cold streak, this had almost everything. Great storytellings, a lot of progression in the stories, important things and very few random moments. This was what a weekly show should be, focused on stories and making it intriguing for the next chapters."

[5.0] "Another middle ground AEW show. The main highlights of the show were me were the Strickland/Page promo and MJFs promo to close the show. The Bucks/Penta and Komander match was my favorite match of the show and was a solid match to establish the Bucks as heels. First two matches were fine but I expected a bit more."

[7.0] "This was a good episode. We opened with Orange Cassidy and Hook taking on the Blackpool Combat Club in a match that started slow, but became quite good. We then got Skye Blue vs. Red Velvet in a match that was good until the botched finish. After that, Samoa Joe beat Jon Cruz in one of the more entertaining squash matches I've ever seen. We then got the Match of the Night, as the Young Bucks faced Penta El Zero Miedo and Komander. The Gunns then beat Jacoby Watts and Peter Avalon in another squash. Finally, we got the Like a Dragon Gaiden Street Fight as Kota Ibushi, Paul Wight, and the Golden Jets took on Brian Cage and the Don Callis Family in a very fun match."

"A good show this week. The beginning went from less to more between Moxley/Yuta vs Orange/Hook, a great post match promo by Moxley to better warm up the fight for the title. Sky vs Velvet was poor, nothing more to say about this. A great match between Bucks vs Penta/Komander, well moved and without so many errors. Great Street Fight leaving great moments and an outstanding final segment of MJF. The only thing I would criticize is Joe and Gunns' squash, they don't lead anywhere. For that, it is better to make a promo without the need for a short match. 8/10"

"Another very good Dynamite the good thing; - Red Velvet that made good use of his time out of tv and came back with a great level in the ring. - Comander again showing off - Very entertaining match Like a Dragon Gaiden The bad: Jay White being boring as in all the rivalry with MJF."

[9.0] "The show started off slow. Orange Cassidy opening Dynamite is basically a norm at this point. The second half however, oh my. Wild Dynamites are the best Dynamites. The Young Bucks vs Penta/Komander was my personal MOTN. The Bucks work better as heels. But the fun didn't stop there. The eight-man street fight got me on the edge of my seat the whole time. That bodyslam from Hobbs to Paul Wight was easily one of the craziest spot in Dynamite's history. And the piledriver from Fletcher to Ibushi was a holy shit moment. Was weird to see Ibushi get up before Fletcher though. He still looks a tad lost in his AEW matches. I'm sure MJF/White will deliver, but I'm not into their feud as much as I thought I would. Swerve/Hangman could easily be for the world title belt. All in all, very entertaining Dynamite that got me pumped up for Full Gear."

[8.0] "A good episode of Dynamite this week, could have been better without the 2 squash matches, the segments were good as well, a good go home episode towards Full Gear . Hook & Orange Cassidy vs Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta: A good preview of Moxley and Cassidy at Full Gear, it was chaotic before the bell even rang when Hook and Cassidy jumped Moxley and Yuta, Moxley gaining momentum heading into the Full Gear match was good to see [***1/4]. Skye Blue vs Red Velvet: Good back and forth match, Blue winning was okay but would like to have seen Velvet win, but Blue winning was obvious choice to win as her involvement with Julia Hart will continue into the title match at Full Gear [***1/4]. Samoa Joe vs Jon Cruz: A dominant victory for Samoa Joe [*]. Komander & Penta El Zero Miedo vs The Young Bucks: Great match, paced rightly throughout the match with some great action throughout, YB resorting to underhanded tactics did ruin the match slightly but still worth watching [***3/4]. The Gunns vs Jacoby Watts & Peter Avalon: A really quick victory for The Gunns ahead of them challenging for the ROH Tag Titles at Full Gear [DUD]. Brian Cage, Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher & Powerhouse Hobbs vs Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Paul Wight: This street fight was as wild if not wilder than expected, all involved gave their best within the match and it showed with quite a few brutal spots like Powerhouse Hobbs hitting a bodyslam on Paul Wight on the car or Kyle Fletcher hitting Kota Ibushi with a tombstone piledriver through the sign through the chairs just to name a few. Jericho, Omega, Ibushi and Wight winning was the right choice [****1/2]"

[8.0] "Strong ultimate Dynamite before Full Gear overall. Things that I liked included Hangman's fantastic promo on Swerve, the surprisingly strong women's match between Blue and Velvet, Miro's promo, Toni Storm's backstage segment, the Bucks versus Penta/Komander (first Komander match I really liked, to be honest), the Bucks fully turning heel (as Matt said, it's their best version) and even the Street Fight was really good. Although, honestly, I hated the bumps in that match for their danger: the Tombstone on Ibushi through the stacked-up chairs, the Suplex on Omega through the tables, Paul Wight who can barely walk being recklessly tossed half-way unto a car windshield and who knows what broke inside him when he slid to the floor. Guys, I really admire your work ethic, but some of this stuff is way too extreme. Commentary was excellent again."

[7.0] "Eine ordentliche go-home Show vor Full Gear. MJF vs. Jay White bekommt nochmal ein letztes Segment ohne den Devil, was hier sehr gut ist, um den Fokus auf den Main Event des PPVs zu lenken. Der Street Fight war ganz nett, vielleicht bisschen lang aber sehr hilfreich, dass man Paul Wight früh aus dem Match genommen hat mit einem doch heftigen Bump. Gut war auch alles, was man mit den Young Bucks gemacht hat, die sich hier wieder heelisch aber auch frustriert zeigen, was deren PPV Match nochmal hyped. Opener fand ich noch ganz cool und auch Red Velvet vs. Sky Blue war in Ordnung."

[3.0] "Dynamite has been desperately missing that cant miss feel to it lately, and this show epitomized it for me. The only highlights were the continuation of Samoa Joes chase of MJF, the continued tease of the Devil (thought the Roderick Strong shtick is long overplayed), and the hangman/swerve angle. Honestly was one of the best promos of Hangmans career. Dynamite needs to go back to Hangman being one of the MOST featured main eventers."

[7.0] "AEW is following the trend of good shows as of late with a very solid go-home show for Full Gear. The opener was decent but extremely dissapointing considering tha talents involved. It lacked of heat and energy to be really enjoyable. Blue vs. Velvet was soild. They tried hard to make it work and altough they didn't succeded most of the time, I apprecitate the effort. Really hyped for Full Gear's three way, though and Velvet has been on a roll since her return. Hangman's promo was awesome, one of his best promos in a long time. He just reminded all of us what he's capable of. They really got back on track with his feud, that after WrestleDream wasn't inspiring that much. Samoa Joe had a fun squash. Young Bucks vs. Penta and Komander was the best match of the night. Very fun, fast-paced and intense with lots of cool moments. The best the Bucks have looked in quite some time and the possibility of seeing them as heels again makes me really happy as I think the heel version is the Bucks from 2020 to 2021 is the peak of Young Bucks and in general they work much better as heels. The Gunns has a useless squash. The "Like A Dragon" street fight was a fun main event, far from being perfcet but very fun to watch. Some hilarious moments like Ibushi riding a bike and a couple of really good spots like Cage's superplex on the tables or Fletcher's tombstone on the chairs. A nice ending to what could've been a much better feud. MJF's promo was good, nothing outstanding but an enjoyable final segment between him and White before Full Gear. Overall: a good show, a couple of really good matches and a great storylines progession. Like last week's show it kinda left a sour taste in my mouth because it could've been a bit better but I can't complain too much. Very hyped for Full Gear, one of the best build-ups AEW has ever done for a Pay-Per-View."

[7.0] "AEW is not in its best days anymore, especially when we talk about their weekly shows. This one was good, nothing special, but very solid. It started very well and ended with a good Street Fight match. The promo between Adam Page and Swerve was a very good moment on this show, one of my favorites. Full Gear has a good card, but the majority of the matches were not booked well, in my opinion. I'm pretty sure that they will do a great PPV, but I think they should focus more on weekly shows, even more so now that they have three shows a week."

[7.0] "This was solid. Opener was good, starts with OC and Hook trying to get the jump on the BCC. Commentary does a good job recapping the dynamics of the guys involved. Mox and Orange certainly sold their animosity towards each other. Red Velvet continues to look great even though I think Skye is being pushed too quickly. Couple of squash matches and a fun tag match where the Bucks cement their heel turn. The Luchas are really running the tag division right now in terms of refreshing, quality performances. Main event was scattered but fun insanity, and probably the most on-point sponsorship match I've ever seen. The promos were all great, with Hangman just going off the rails, the Bucks turning heel against Jericho and Kenny, and Toni having a fun segment with Mariah May. The weakest was probably between MJF and White, just because I feel this feud has lost much of its heat going into Full Gear."

[8.0] "Es war eine Grundsolide Wochenshow. Ein wirklich, wirklich toller Opener mit BCC vs Hook & Cassidy - wenn das Match beim PPV noch mal ne Steigerung erfährt... alleine dafür dürfte sich dann schon der PPV lohnen. Auch heute mit Abstand das qualitativ beste Match. Skye Blue besiegt Red Velvet in einem soliden Match aber viel länger hätte es auch nicht mehr dauern dürfen und der Platz auf der Card war absolut in Ordnung. Samoa Joe besiegt auf unterhaltsame Weise Jon Cruz in einem Squash und The Young Bucks deuten einen Heel Turn mMn nicht mehr nur an, bei ihrem Sieg gegen Komander & Penta El Zero Miedo. Das es ein unterhaltsames, qualitativ hochwertiges Match war brauch man bei den Teilnehmern eigentlich gar nicht erwähnen. Das nächste Match ist ein Squash der Gunns gegen die armen Jacoby Watts & Peter Avalon - aber ich persönlich kann den Gunns einfach absolut nichts abgewinnen. Das "Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Street Fight" war wirklich verrückt im besten Sinne. Paul Wight hatte wenige Auftritte (Rampe und draußen) und das war mMn gut so, wirklich gut hat er beide Male nicht ausgeschaut. Ich persönlich hoffe das es die Einleitung zu einem Cinematic-Match wird und er damit dann seine Karriere als Wrestler offiziell beendet. Der Rest der Teilnehmer wusste sehr gut zu unterhalten und auch wenn ich solche Art von Matches nicht so mag - hier hatte es Spaß gemacht zu zu schauen. Die Show wurde dann mit einem Redesegment von MJF und Golden Bullet Club beendet - welches für die Story wohl nötig und nicht nur von meinem Geschmack grad okay war. Wir werdens beim PPV dann wissen. Unterm Strich für mich eine richtig gute Weekly, ohne Wenn und Aber und deswegen eine glatte 8. PS: Kurz nach der Show wurde dann Kota Ibushi als #AllElite erklärt, das aber nur am Rande."

[9.0] "It is about damn time AEW felt like this again, holy moly what a fun show, the only negative is that to me Jay White still isn't believable as someone who can beat MJF, needed more clean wins over top guys, but other than that, some fantastic in ring action from the Bucks vs Penta/Komander, great fun squashes and promos, shockingly good womens match, and my god that Like a Dragon street fight, the most bat shit insane crazy match you'll see on TV, made Hobbs look like a killer, but most of all the promo between Hangman and Swerve made me absolutely go wild, it's about DAMN TIME Hangman gave a shit again, and he did tonight, a fantastic show building to one of the best AEW PPVs of all time (I hope)"