Live from Las Vegas, AEW Dynamite came through live, and it was the lead show towards the big event on Sunday. Double or Nothing is going to happen live this Sunday and they are having a hard time selling tickets right now. I’ll be surprised if it sells out to be honest. I was there when the first one happened, and it was a packed house with a lot of great action. I loved it. But that was then, this is now, and we are going to be looking at AEW Dynamite from 5/24/23.
Orange Cassidy defeated Kyle Fletcher in the AEW International
title match
I was not familiar with Fletcher at all, and neither did a
lot of the people in the arena. This match was straight fire up front with
Fletcher landing a perfect Brainbuster for a near fall. Then we move forward
with a match that featured some back and forth, but it was Fletcher that seemed
to have a chip on his shoulder as he was putting the bricks to Cassidy. Fletcher
pulled a spinning tombstone, and I was marking out, wow, Orange Cassidy took a
beating, but still managed to pull off a victory with a nice counter and roll
up. Great match, fun times, go out and see this one!
Ricky Stark got beat down by the Bullet Club Gold, from what
I was told. Or is it Ghost? I don’t know, it was a nice backstage segment.
FTR came out and cut a promo, then Mark Briscoe came out and
there were words exchanged. Mark slapped Dax at one point, and that was that.
Then Briscoe slapped the hell out of Jeff Jarrett! Fun stuff.
The House of Black defeated AR Fox, Blake Christian, and
Metalik
The House of Black dominated, even though the new guys did
have some offense. But it was the House of Black that would get the win with
relative ease thanks to their comradery overall. Metalik was great, mind you,
and Black Christian impressed me, meanwhile Fox was meh this im around. A good
match, although it seemed a little shore.
MJF came out and cut a promo about this Sunday. This wasn’t half bad.
Taya Valkyrie defeated Lady Frost
I was falling asleep, so I stood up to watch this match. Not
a great one, it was a little slow, and only about 7 minutes overall. I liked
it, don’t get me wrong, it was just not long enough in my book. An ok
television match, but it was lacking something, I can’t put my finger on.
Chris Jericho and Adam Cole had a contract signing, and well
that was that. But there was one thing, that made this outstanding, and that’s
SABU! SABU came out and will be in Adam Cole’s corner this weekend.
Roderick Strong defeated Daniel Garcia
A slow moving match, with some strong moments. Roderick
Strong is a technician, but so is Daniel Garcia. The two put on some good
moments, don’t get me wrong, it was more of a traditional wrestling match, not
a lot of high flying. A lot of stomps, chops, and hard hits. A good one if you’re
a fan of both men, but it wasn’t super long, so there’s that to say. Strong hit
his finisher back breaker, and wow, it was done with precision.
Lucha Brothers defeated Blackpool Combat Club in the ROH
World Tag Team Match
An outstanding match with both teams getting some fight in,
but it was the Lucha Brothers that were highlights for me. I love seeing them,
and they put on some good moments here, flying across the ring with relative
ease. They were in and out, back and forth, and had a lot of action in just 10
minutes or so. Claudio and Wheeler were not going to be denied their moments,
as they hit hard against the Lucha Brothers. This was a main event caliber
match, which is why they went on last overall. The Lucha Brothers win with a
little help from the Young bucks, interfering on the outside. Good stuff,
superkicks all over for a fun match overall.
Overall Thoughts
A good night of wrestling, don’t get me wrong. I liked it, but it wasn’t without some down points. I thought some of it was too short, but the matches that were given time were fun to see, especially that main event. A good night, and definitely worth checking out for sure. I liked this a little better than RAW for this week so far.
