AEW Dynamite Outcomes: Winners, Dwell Grades, Response, Highlights After WrestleDream
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Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
On the heels of a WrestleDream pay-per-view that promised a brand new period and delivered within the type of Adam Copeland’s shock debut, AEW Dynamite emanated from Stockton, California and featured the primary TBS look of the WWE Corridor of Famer.
What did the newcomer must say in his first deal with to All Elite Wrestling followers, and the way did Christian Cage contain himself?
Discover out with this recap of Wednesday’s present, which additionally featured an AEW Worldwide Championship protection by Rey Fenix and a blockbuster tag workforce foremost occasion.
Match Card
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- Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Sammy Guevara
- AEW Worldwide Championship: Rey Fenix vs. Nick Jackson
- Adam Copeland promo
- Bullet Membership Gold promo
- Skye Blue vs. Toni Storm
Introduced forward of Wednesday’s present:
AEW Worldwide Championship: Rey Fenix vs. Nick Jackson
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- Backstage, Adam Copeland interrupted an interview by Renee Paquette with Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega. He launched himself to the latter and was fired up concerning the fourth anniversary of Dynamite.
- Not a ton of promoting occurring right here, which minimizes the impact of something. Then once more, it was a Jackson vs. Fenix match, so it isn’t terribly stunning.
- Fenix has the perfect frog splash within the enterprise and it isn’t even shut.
- A vignette involving Adam Cole, Roderick Robust and The Kingdom aired, however manufacturing points made it tough to listen to.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Rey Fenix and Nick Jackson kicked off Wednesday’s present with an action-packed match that was nice for those who’re a fan of one thing like The Quick and The Livid.
There have been a ton of strikes, some intelligent and athletic transitions and counters, however little substance proper up till Fenix scored the win and retained his title in a hard-fought contest.
It was an brisk opener with the precise tempo to get the followers into the present. Nothing extra, nothing much less.
The best man went over, although, even when he gave the impression to be slowed at instances by what appeared to be a hip damage.
End result
Fenix defeated Jackson to retain
Grade
C+
High Moments and Takeaways
Wardlow Returns
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- It looks like the group ought to have been extra excited to see Wardlow again in motion than it was.
- Excalibur threw to the Adam Cole video for the second time of the night time, this time with audio intact.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Wardlow returned to the squared circle Wednesday night time, obliterating younger Griff Garrison in a match that was by no means shut.
The massive man overpowered the previous Varsity Blond and delivered a walk-off powerbomb for the win.
This was an important reintroduction to The Struggle Canine, if the corporate is critical about pushing him once more. Far too usually, he’s heated up solely to be ineffectively booked.
This looks like an acceptable occasion to take a “wait and see” strategy.
End result
Wardlow defeated Garrison
Grade
C+
High Moments and Takeaways
The Acclaimed vs. Butcher, Blade and Kip Sabian
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- How has AEW nonetheless not discovered tips on how to maximize The Butcher and The Blade on this present?
- The Acclaimed are nonetheless tremendous well-liked, however they really feel like they’ve cooled off considerably in comparison with the place they had been a 12 months in the past. Maybe a feud of actual that means would reverse that pattern.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
AEW world trios champions The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass battled Kip Sabian, The Butcher and The Blade within the subsequent match.
The babyfaces scored the hard-fought victory over the heels in a contest that will have been higher acquired had the challengers been constructed up on any current episode of Dynamite or Collision.
This was extra of an prolonged squash, because the champions picked up a win and superior to no matter is subsequent for them in a division that lacks credible threats to their titles.
End result
The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass defeated Sabian, Butcher, and Blade to retain
Grade
C
High Moments and Takeaways
Bullet Membership Gold Promo
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- “Who’s prepared for storytime with the Bang Bang Membership?” Austin Gunn requested, mocking the injured Cole.
- “I am sincere about every little thing I’ve performed in my previous as a result of I am not simply a scumbag, I am their scumbag!” MJF stated after operating down a listing of his biggest sins.
- It was good to see somebody lastly use MJF’s feelings in opposition to him to their profit. Bullet Membership outsmarted him, suckered him in and left him mendacity.
- “We’d like a champion that lives as much as the identify ‘elite’ and also you, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, aren’t him,” White stated earlier than issuing his problem for a match at Full Gear.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
AEW world champion MJF continued to be the perfect factor on the present with a section that superior his feud with Jay White excessive prize within the firm.
What began as back-and-forth between MJF, Juice Robinson and The Gunns intensified with a sneak assault by White on The Satan that left him mendacity.
Switchblade issued a problem for the world title, which MJF accepted. And AEW abruptly has a foremost occasion in place for Full Gear on November 18.
This was a brief however red-hot section that continued MJF’s unbelievable run as the highest babyface in AEW and additional intensified a feud with White that had followers salivating upon its origin per week in the past.
The construct to Full Gear abruptly received extra enjoyable.
Grade
A
High Moments and Takeaways
Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher
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- The trading-blows spot would have meant extra when Fletcher momentarily received the higher of Omega had we not simply seen Takeshita and Omega do the identical factor moments earlier throughout the break.
- “That child screwed me,” Callis stated of Fletcher after he took the pin. Paradoxically, nobody has been screwed by reserving fairly as a lot because the younger Australian not too long ago.
- Hobbs becoming a member of The Don Callis Household is a superb artistic transfer on the floor in that it offers him one thing of substance to do…so long as he is not simply the man who fills tag workforce spots and eats pinfalls. He’s too proficient to not be higher utilized.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
*Kyle Fletcher changed Sammy Guevara, who was unable to compete within the marketed match, in keeping with Don Callis earlier within the night time.
Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega gained a battle within the warfare with The Don Callis Household by defeating Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita in an excellent tag workforce match.
Nonetheless, their momentum was halted instantly by Powerhouse Hobbs, who was revealed as the most recent member of the faction.
The heels then laid out Jericho and Omega and stood tall to shut out a section that propels issues ahead and creates questions on how the 2 can fight a man who seemingly has younger stars popping out of the woodwork to align themselves with him.
If the feud is booked as strongly as this was, and the matches proceed to be nearly as good as this, there will probably be a lot to love about it.
End result
Jericho and Omega defeated Fletcher and Takeshita
Grade
B+
High Moments and Takeaways
‘Timeless’ Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue
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- Storm made her strategy to the ring along with her hair and make-up matted as she debuted her new persona in its seemingly ultimate type.
- Storm leveled Blue with a operating hip assault, then regarded into the digital camera and threw to the business break in an important spot that just about earned your entire section an ‘A’ by itself.
- Blue is growing right into a enjoyable babyface employee. She’s filled with power, and is a lot smoother than she was earlier in her profession. She has the potential to be the face of this division.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Toni Storm is timeless, a revelation that led to the finalization of her new persona.
The Aussie defeated Skye Blue in a aggressive match, regardless of the result by no means actually being in query.
Storm was nice right here, showcasing the physique language, facial language and verbal expertise which have helped make this new character as sturdy as it’s.
Blue was equally sturdy and continued to focus on why she might be the longer term face of this division.
End result
Storm defeated Blue
Grade
C+
High Moments and Takeaways
Adam Copeland Promo
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- Copeland ran down the variety of first-time matches he can have with the likes of Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, Miro, Powerhouse Hobbs, Jay White, Juice Robinson and extra.
- The Rated R Celebrity recalled a dialog together with his nine-year-old daughter who advised him to “go have enjoyable with uncle Jay” in reference to Cage.
- “Despite the fact that I do know that about you, I nonetheless love you. That is by no means going to go away,” Copeland advised his closest good friend earlier than taking him to activity for his actions towards Sting Sunday at WrestleDream.
- “Luchasaurus and Nick Wayne are going to drop you want a nasty behavior the second they’ve sucked all the info out of your mind,” Copeland warned Cage.
- “It is time,” Copeland advised Cage in regard to teaming with him to face the likes of FTR and The Younger Bucks and show they’re the perfect tag workforce ever.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
“Rated R Celebrity” Adam Copeland hit the ring for the show-closing promo. After excitedly letting the followers learn about a number of the extraordinary first-time matches that await each of them, he known as out Christian Cage.
The TNT champion joined him, listened to his pitch for a reunion tour via the AEW tag workforce division after which advised him to go do one thing unsavory to himself. He then launched Luchasaurus and Nick Wayne, who joined Cage in staring down Copeland to finish the present.
This was a very sturdy section that constructed on the joy of Copeland’s debut, laid out the story at play, constructed on the established historical past between him and Cage and knowledgeable followers that the long-awaited comeback from the previous Edge and Christian shouldn’t be occurring any time quickly.
Copeland was nice because the newcomer filled with power and clearly completely satisfied to be there, whereas Cage was the smarmy villain he has all the time been.
The concept of them matching up at this level of their careers is probably not thrilling to some, however for individuals who have adopted each males via their earlier locations, the concept they could create extra magic in AEW is vastly interesting and this was the right teaser.
Grade
A
High Moments and Takeaways
General Grade
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- Adam Copeland vs. Luchasaurus
- Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
- AEW Girls’s Championship: Saraya vs. Hikaru Shida
- “Hangman” Adam Web page vs. “Switchblade” Jay White
- Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland
There was so much to like about this episode of Dynamite.
The angle between Copeland and Cage on the shut of the present was unbelievable, as was the stuff with MJF and Jay White. Throw in some excellent Toni Storm work and the standard shock in Powerhouse Hobbs becoming a member of the Don Callis Household, and also you had a bit for everybody to get pleasure from.
The match between Fenix and Jackson didn’t hit fairly like some hoped and The Acclaimed really feel so chilly proper now, however these are minor gripes on a two-hour present that was extra good than unhealthy.
Subsequent week’s Title Tuesday version of Dynamite will see:
General Grade: B
