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Make no mistake about it, if you missed out on AEW Dynamite this week, you missed out on a stellar show from start to finish. This reviewer had a difficult time sitting through a drab episode of WWE RAW earlier this week, but AEW Dynamite more than made up for it with a spectacular show.
If you're going to watch or skip this week's edition of AEW Dynamite based on this review, then I totally recommend that you go ahead and catch it. There's very little to complain about from across the two hours of AEW Dynamite, but we'd love to hear what you have to say, honestly.
Please feel free to agree or disagree with this AEW Dynamite review by posting your thoughts in the comments.
#1 Best: Two of the best on the microphone on AEW Dynamite have a verbal sparring session
The AEW Dynamite roster is comprised of seasoned veterans as well as some upcoming talents and so great promos such as Taz and Cody Rhodes don't often get to joust with people in the same league as themselves. But this week, Taz called out someone from management to recognize the FTW Championship on AEW Dynamite and Cody Rhodes appeared for probably the most intense segment of the entire night.
Taz even broke the fourth wall by asking Cody Rhodes if creative had nothing for him, which one has to assume was a shot at WWE. Cody Rhodes fired a salvo by saying that Taz's son was not training with him, but instead, with Cody himself. One could cut the tension with a knife.
Let's hope that these sparring sessions on the microphone continue for a very long time between the two masters of the craft currently active in the AEW Dynamite roster.
#1 Worst: Matt Hardy's new AEW Dynamite promo seems off?
Why would Matt Hardy, someone who commands such respect in the AEW Dynamite roster suddenly turn heel without any kind of provocation? He concluded his feud with Sammy Guevara in an Elite Deletion Match at Full Gear but brandished a new persona on AEW Dynamite this week that seems to be a throwback to what Bo Dallas used to do.
Make no mistake about it, ladies, and gentlemen. Matt Hardy, one of the greatest ever in the pro wrestling business has turned heel with his new persona based on all his social media posts and judging from the fact that he commented on the issues of those who watch AEW Dynamite by calling their lives 'pedestrian'.
But as we saw with Bo Dallas, a motivational speaker gimmick does not really work in the current era, unless it stems into something interesting.
One hates to write off a gimmick before it even takes shape, but one has to bo-lieve that this particular gimmick will not work.
#2 Best: AEW Dynamite has a good old fashioned whodunit starring Jon Moxley
It would be far too obvious to reveal Kenny Omega as the man that attacked Jon Moxley on AEW Dynamite and to the company's credit, it does seem that it won't be the route that they will go down with this angle. We have a good old fashioned mystery at hand here, and the following weeks on AEW Dynamite should be very interesting. One does hope that this storyline is handled better on AEW Dynamite than the question of who attacked Roman Reigns was handled by WWE some time ago.
Also, can we have a round of applause for Jon Moxley, who has been one of the more underrated promos in AEW, someone who always gets his point across in a fantastic manner?
Even the backstage Kenny Omega segment was awesome, and one has to be pleased with the 'No garbage wrestling' stipulation. Just a good old fashioned slugfest at 'Winter is Coming' between two of the best ever in the wrestling business.
#2 Worst: Miro continues to feud over video games on AEW Dynamite in a rather underwhelming feud
While Miro seems on top of the world in his current AEW Dynamite avatar, somehow he has just become one of the guys in the roster and not the breakout star that everyone wants him to be, from the time that he made his debut.
In fact, this was the case with Kenny Omega as well until recently when his singles run began, and it almost seems like everyone has to pay their dues on AEW Dynamite for a while before they are launched into the main event picture.
The issue with waiting too long with Miro is that a lot of the sheen may be lost and one may just forget that he was Rusev, one of the best heels in the entire pro wrestling fraternity at one point in time, but he has to be presented in a better manner on AEW Dynamite, to be very honest.
As badly as he was used in WWE, it's still better than his current situation.
#3 Best/Worst: Perhaps the biggest upset on AEW Dynamite thus far
The Butcher and The Blade picked up the biggest win of their entire pro wrestling career in the main event of AEW Dynamite this past week, but somehow a lot of matches that preceded this one felt more like 'main event material' than this one did.
Yes, we all went into the Women's Championship match on AEW Dynamite knowing that there was absolutely no way that Anna Jay was going to defeat Hikaru Shida but it still felt like a much bigger match than this one. Also, should PAC be losing matches so soon after returning to the roster?
Speaking of the women's division, do check out Thunder Rosa's appearance on AEW from some time ago.
The main event of AEW Dynamite was great, as is to be expected from the four participants of the match, but it wasn't main event material at all.
Even the Chris Jericho and Jake Hager vs. SCU match would have been a better main event, had this match been in the AEW Dynamite undercard.
