AEW Dynamite 6/21/23 Results and Review

Another Dynamite comes through from Chicago and the crowd was wild for the opening, and throughout. Let’s see how it all went down and my thoughts on the matter.

The Gunns defeated The Hardys

A fun fast paced tag team match. The Gunns were getting rocked a great deal at one point, and there was a lot of fighting to be had. The Hardys threw down a great deal of offense, and it was a fun time, with the crowd all over it. The end came with Bullet Club Gold interfering and ended up getting beat down by the crew, and after a 3:10 to Yuma, the Hardys were put down. After the match they got beat down until Ricky Starks came threw and he got beat down too. Out came FTR as well and there was a wild brawl. Fun stuff to begin Dynamite.

Mark Briscoe defeated Jeff Jarrett in a concession stand brawl

What a wild match! It started in the concession stands and went down to the ring, and it was a lot of fun. Jarrett can still go! Wow, this was a highlight for me, a great deal of brawling, some good wrestling, and just a fun time with the crowd going absolutely nuts. Jarrett would get his friends to run in but they couldn’t finish off Briscoe as he had his own friends come through and help. Briscoe would get the win, and eventually would roll up Jarrett and what a nice matchup. Great overall fun match, check it out.

Minoru Suzuki and The Jericho Appreciation Society defeated Action Andretti, AR Fox, and Darius Martin

A solid six man match. A lot of back and forth happened here, with every guy getting some time to shine. Suzuki is awesome, and was great to see him in this match. He is just strong and bold, loved it. This was a good overall modern style wrestling match with frenetic pacing toward the end. The Lion Tamer came out at one point, and was just a great thing to see, a great matchup with a lot of fun back and forth, I liked it a lot.

Adam Cole called out MJF and he obliged! He came down to the ring to talk with Cole. They were interrupted and were informed that they would have to team up! They would be a tag team for the upcoming tournament to see who would win a shot at the AEW tag titles.

Daniel Garcia and Zack Sabre Jr defeated Katsuyori Shibata and Orange Cassidy

Slow and steady this match wasn’t much to write home about at first glance. However, there were some nice moments between Zack Sabre Jr and Orange Cassidy to be specific. Garcia was great too, and this was a harder hitting match than I had originally expected. If you were expecting a frenetic pace, you didn’t get it here. It was more methodical than anything, and it was a fun match overall. Zack Sabre Jr is my favorite wrestler right now, just impressive to say the least.

Kris Statlander defeated Taya Valkyrie in the AEW TBS Title Match

Taya did a lot of the damage in this match, it was slow and methodical. However, Statlander did manage to reverse some elements, and eventually got the Tombstone piledriver, and got the win. It was a test, however, Statlander stood tall overall, which was a lot of fun.

Overall Thoughts

A great deal of wrestling was found on this show, and I didn’t dislike any of it. I was impressed with how packed the show was, and how much fun I had with it. I loved it overall, and will be watching Rampage, Collision, and Forbidden Door. So much good stuff is coming from AEW.

AEW Double or Nothing 2023 Results and Review

Alright, enough was enough, I saw he memes and saw hat so many people were posting that the arena wasn’t even full, so what? I went ahead into watching AEW with open eyes, and no judgments, because I love wrestling and just wanted to see what would happen overall. So here we go, my thoughts on AEW Double or Nothing 2023, from Las Vegas, Nevada. I was at the first AEW, by the way, and hat was a great time, so I was expecting big things.

Orange Cassidy wins a 21 Man Blackjack Battle Royal

A great overall opener, and the crowd was into it. I like a good Battle Royal and well, Orange Cassidy survived, more than got a lot of offense in this one. He outlasted a ton of wrestlers, some more famous than others. I don’t want to write out the list, so I won’t. But there was a great showing from all, including the luchadors, which were fun to watch. Big Bill was interesting, I thought he was going to win to be honest. Brian Cage, Dusting Rhodes, Swerve Strickland, and Penta El Zero Miedo was great to see in the end. Orange won, and wow, good overall fun match if you ask me, which you didn’t.

Adam Cole defeated Chris Jericho in an unsanctioned match w/ Sabu as enforcer

So this was your street fight, which wasn’t terrible, but the naming convention was a little weird. Jericho got the bricks beat off of him at one point by Dr. Baker, and Adam Cole got hit hard a few times too, this was back and forth, no one had an edge for too long, and there was a great deal of damage done, including a table at ringside that Cole fell through. The match had a lame ending with Adam Cole winning after hitting Jericho in the face with punches. He just hit him a bunch until the ref stopped it. Meh. I didn’t like that ending, and I thought they could’ve thought of something more creative to end the match.

FTR defeated Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett w/ special guest referee Mark Briscoe in the AEW Tag Team Title Match

Not exactly a classic, but definitely not a bad match either. I found this to be a good overall match with a lot of action. There was back and forth, and lots of brawling, with some moves from FTR being tandem. Lethal and Jarrett are a good team, and they work well together. At one point, however, Jarrett hit Briscoe with a guitar and knocked him out, making this very exciting. But then Karen Jarrett hit the second ref with a guitar! This was a fun match, and went nuts at one point. After Briscoe woke up, a bit of back and forth and a shatter machine to get the victory. This wasn’t too bad, it ended up being a fun match, and FTR wins again.

Wardlow defeated Christian in a ladder match for the TNT Championship

As far as ladder matches go, this was ok at best. I liked it, fair enough, with Christian taking some major hits. Wardlow is young, and the announce team mentioned that several times. I didn’t hate this, but it was at half speed sometimes. Wardlow is good, and he meshes well with Christian’s offense. Wardlow really showed off his strength, and threw Christian around a bit, which was interesting to see. The two didn’t immediately go for the ladders, mind you, they took a little time before introducing the ladder inside the right, although they did get a few throws outside. Some major moments occurred including one hell of a dive off the top of a ladder through a table, and just splat. Wardlow wins this one, but it wasn’t without some punishment, and even Arn Anderson showing up.

Toni Storm defeated Jamie Hayter for the AEW Women’s Championship

Jamie Hayter caught a beat down from Ruby Soho and Saraya before coming out, and got beat up on the way to the ring. Storm would try to focus on Hayter’s arm as a result, and was dominant initially. A short match, with Toni Storm getting the win, and that was that. She’s pretty cool, and she won the match, fun stuff. Hayter couldn’t compete with 3 on one, and her arm was just wrecked. Dang.

The House of Black defeated Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed in the AEW Trios Open House Match

Not a terrible match, with some great back and forth action in this one. I liked the way things moved through quickly, and notably with Gunn and the Acclaimed doing some great tandem things. House of Black is awesome, I liked how they work. In the end House of Black would get the win, and it was a fun match.

Jade Cargill defeated Taya Valkyrie in the TBS Championship match

This was a good overall women’s match, with lots of back and forth. I liked it a lot, with Jade getting a good deal of offense against Taya. Taya is impressive too, and I liked to see her wrestle. The two put on a good showcase, and it was only about 9 minutes, but still had some hard hits and reversals. Fun stuff here.

Kris Statlander defeated Jade Cargill for the TBS Championship

Well, this got the crowd going, it was a squash basically, with just 50 seconds of action. Statlander basically went in and conquered with a tombstone piledriver and wins the TBS title. Fun stuff here, bu not a whole lot of action to write about.

MJF defeated Darby Allin, Jack Perry, and Sammy Guevara in the AEW World Title Match

Alright, so 3 out of the 4 guys in this match were flying around the ring. I mean flying, with dives, frog splashes, and a lot more. It was intense, and just amazing to see. All participants got a bit of offense in, and MJF would get the win at the end. However, if there is a weak link it’s MJF in terms of extremes, not to say he isn’t a good wrestler, but the acrobatics of the other 3 really outshined traditional wrestling at times. I liked the flying a lot, although the lucha themed elements leave a little to be desired in terms of psychology. This was a lot of fun, and MJF survives an onslaught of offense from all corners. This was plain fun, and just about 30 minutes of pure offense, not a lot of rest holds, although there were some great submission moments.

Blackpool Combat Club defeated The Elite in an anarchy in the arena match

So this was a wreck of a match. It was a brawl across the arena, and a hardcore match from the 2000s. It’s an interesting concept, but the execution is a little weird. It had a lot of guys fighting in different areas, all of them just brawling. There wasn’t a lot of great moves here, just a lot of brawling, and what not. Well, at least for the first majority of the match, lots of back and forth around the arena. There is a lot to explore on this one, but the end came with an outsider coming in, and well this was just a fun match overall.

Overall Thoughts

There’s a lot of great wrestling going on with Double or Nothing. I found that each match had a little charm, and the whole ppv was good. Nearly 4 hours of action, so it was a lot, but it was fun. The main event delivered, but it was every match that added a little bit to the overall event. I liked it. I had fun, hope you did too, and I’m slowly caching up to all the wrestling possible. 

AEW Dynamite 5/24/23 Results and Review

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.

AEW Dynamite 5/17/23 Results and Review

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.