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| AEW Dynamite 5/17/2023 |
Here we go, the first review of this alternative to WWE, and you’re going to get my thoughts We have Wardlow coming out first and he wants to talk. I wasn’t sure what to expect with AEW or how their shows were, so it was interesting to see that they started things with talking. Not my favorite way to start a show, but I guess it is what it is. Christian and Luchasaurus came out to address Wardlow. This broke down into a brawl, and Christian brought out a ladder!
Cool opening, with a good beatdown, and a nice chokeslam
through a ladder, Wardlow took some hits here, and the champion definitely has
his hands full with Christian and Luchasaurus.
Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin defeated Lee Moriarty and
Big Bill
An overall fast paced match was on hand here, with a showcase
for Orange and Darby. They really put on a show back and forth with Lee and Bill.
While I wasn’t sure what to expect, I was surprised to see the interactions and
smoothness of the two teams. There were great tags and an overall good match
with some nice action. Nice option.
Backstage we get a brawl with the Young Bucks and the Blackpool
Fight Club, in which they beat down the Bucks and then walking away. Not bad.
Sammy Guevara defeated Exodus Prime
All this time I was under the impression that WWE was the
only one doing burials. Well, nope, Exodus Prime just got buried on AEW tv. Not
much of a match, kind of a waste of time. Sammy gets on the mic, I tuned out a
bit.
FTR brawled with Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett. Read that
again…wow Double J with a payday, dude really is still in the game! Don’t piss
him off! Slap Nuts! Oh man. FTR got the better of the duo, and it got wild
overall. I liked it, nice brawl to push the tag team title match for Double or
Nothing. Double J and a large Indian guy came through and put FTR down, Karen
Jarrett showed up too, and well there were FTR guitars in place, and boom!
Double guitar break!
Toni Storm and Ruby Soho defeated Hikaru Shida and Dr.
Britt Baker
A solid back and forth wrestling match, with all women
getting some time to lay in their best work. Shida is awesome, Baker threw down
some good moments but it was Storm and Soho that got the win after cheating. They
used spray paint on their opponents eyes, and boom, scored the pinfall victory.
Overall a good showing, and entertaining women’s match, with some solid action.
Roderick Strong defeated Chris Jericho in a Falls Count
Anywhere Match
I’m a big fan of these type of things. Seeing this go down
was good, with a lot of brawling back and forth. Jericho and Strong spilled to
the outside, and even went into the arena floor and outside of the building.
However after the two went outside, there was Adam Cole! Cole beat up Jericho,
and Strong jumped in to get the pinfall victory outside of the arena. A good
overall brawl, and a match that was like the hardcore title matches of WWE,
without the plunder.
Jungle Boy defeated Rush
I wasn’t familiar with these two, so I can’t comment on their
past. However, I did find this match to be interesting with Rush taking over a
great deal of the match with Lucha style. Jungle Boy would eventually get a
pinfall with a handful of tights, but overall, it was a nice back and forth
match up. I was tired and falling asleep for it though.
Jay White defeated Ricky Starks via DQ
I was admittedly very tired during this match. SO much so
that I couldn’t concentrate a great deal during it. However, I managed to
bounce back and fight the yawning a bit. I fought it long enough to see the
ending, which featured White getting a beatdown from Starks and company. White
would win after Starks and company would introduce a steel chair, and continue
their feud. I think that a major development will come through in the future,
but for now, this match was a DQ finish.
Don Callis was supposed to say a great deal, but instead we
got a Blackpool Combat Club beat down on the Elite and that was enough to get
us through the end, including the return of Hangman Adam Page joining the Elite
and declaring his allegiance. This is going to lead to something down the line I’m
sure.
Overall Thoughts
For my first review, I can only say that the action was
solid. That’s right, solid, or rather good. I am impressed with the amount of
wrestling that was placed in a short span of time, and there was a good amount
of detail given to the matches. I liked them, they were fresh, and we got a
little continuation of the future. Overall, a good overall show that is a
breath of fresh air this week compared to WWE Raw this week.
