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Here’s a rundown of the latest edition of AEW Dynamite, a show that could have been used way better to lead into All Out, but ultimately failed to deliver massively.
What Happened On AEW Dynamite?
Not much really. That’s the long and short of it.
Will Ospreay, instead of building his feud with Jon Moxley was in action in a tag match with Speedball Mike Bailey with the latter being the newest member of AEW’s version of The United Empire. Jon Moxley was in the most random match possible against the former Wes Lee.
None of the other big players such MJF Kenny Omega, or Andrade were anywhere to be seen. Andrade who carries the contract for a title shot after winning the Casino Gauntlet has been left out of the picture completely.
What’s worse is that Tony Khan never bothered to build up to the PPV in the earlier weeks and was now running from pillar to post to book a show that would at least add a semblance of logic to All Out.
Andrade even has a match against PAC at the PPV, but can’t even get one minute on TV to cut three sentences of a promo. The women’s tag team championship is about as relevant as the floppy disk at this point, and was shifted to Collision in a tea party segment.
Persephone vs Hyan was a good match that was ruined by Britt Baker on commentary while Thekla, the most entertaining part of the show, cut a backstage promo. The tag teams also had a segment where of course AEW tried to get another cheap pop by naming a WWE legend. This time it was Bubba Ray Dudley and the Dudley Boys’ turn.
Swerve Strickland, The New Level and Brodido plus Hangman Page had a moderately good promo segment after a decent Trios Title match that The New Level and Swerve won against The Demand.
Overall this entire three hour saga of Dynamite and Collision had very little in terms of meaningful action and even less of meaningful storytelling.
What Went Wrong & Right?
For starters very little was right on the show, but there were some segments that stood out. For what it was worth it seems that AEW is finally digging into the Hangman vs Swerve storyline with some of the facets of their characters and past being explored.
Along with this, the men’s tag team division is finally getting the long awaited FTR vs Young Bucks vs Edge and Christian match, a bout that could alter the landscape of that division forever. All teams will likely meet for the last time in a ring and Tony Khan has done a great job of booking it.
That being said, the positives from the episode end there.
The random matches on AEW Dynamite are very hard to deal with. They serve absolutely no purpose in any storyline whatsoever. Are they good matches? Yes, most of the time. Are they needed? No.
Listen, I understand AEW wants to stand out and focus on in-ring action more than the storylines and the plots. But then if you’re building to a PPV you need a healthy mix of both. Storytelling and wrestling when balanced out can become complementary top each other and enhance a show. The lack of which leads to 18, YES!! 18!! segments being cramped up into three hours of television.
This has become the biggest talking point about this company. You can have all the talent in the world but where’s the usage? Where’s the utility?
This week has been worse than most weeks. The wrestling, which AEW banks on so heavily, wasn’t that good either. As a matter of fact, most of the matches were very ordinary and the show somehow passed by.
AEW does not need this PPV at all after All In, mostly because everybody feels like they are still in vacation mode. Sometimes the weekly show feels like a waste of time, given you’re never really told why two people are fighting. There has been no reason given to the fans as to why Andrade and Pac are fighting on the show. Sometime perhaps two weeks ago, but it has not been rehashed.
Ciampa vs Okada feels the same. Apart from the promo segment this week, what is the real reason these two are getting a PPV match.
Most of the matches either feel random or terribly told in terms of stories and progression. It’s a below average build to what is already a B PPV.
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