2024-10-30 AEW Dynamite - REVIEW

Commentary: Excalubur, Toni Schiavone, Daddy Magic

Location: Cleveland, OH

Venue: Wolstein Center

Attendance: 3,439 (wrestlenomics)

Live TV Viewers: ~628,000 on avg (wrestling inc)

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The Malapert Smark Podcast Review System:

🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]

🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]

👍👍 - Loved It! [+2]

👍 - Liked It [+1]

OrangeCassidy 1/2 👍- Kinda Liked It [+0.5]

👊 - Indifferent [0]

👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]

👎👎 - Hated It [-2]

🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]

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13 Angles

Totals for this episode of Dynamite:

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark 

👍 4.5

👎 2

👊 4

TOTAL SCORE: +2.5

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert 

👍 4

👎 3

👊 4

TOTAL SCORE: +1.0

Robert TheFrozenAsian 

👍 5.5

👎 0

👊 5

TOTAL SCORE: +5.5

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Angles:

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*1) Orange Cassidy Challenges Moxley For World Title at Full Gear… Moxley’s Crew Try To Jump Orange But Are Sent Running By AEW’s Defenders

THREE SEGMENTS (16:53)

-Video Package: Moxley's Crew ... interrupted by Orange Cassidy

-In-Ring Segment: Orange Cassidy Promo

-In-Ring Segment: Jon Moxley promo w/ Claudio, Pac, Wheeler, Marina... enter Orange Cassidy... enter Uno, Silver, Reynolds... enter Darby Allin... enter Darius, Dante, Action, Garcia, I Kassidy, M Quinn

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “My biggest issue with this lies in the fact that the four of them got ran of so easily tonight. I was also not so fond of using Wheeler the way they did. He is such a cheese. If they were gonna do that then they coulda turned him back babyface and just let him be part of the crew opposing Moxley. Now he just looks like a pansy."

⭐️Vlad: “So many issues with this thing but at least they trying.”

⭐️Robert: ""

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*2) Kris Statlander Defeats Kamille, Much To Mercedes’ Chagrin… Mercedes Attacks Statlander Post Match

THREE SEGMENTS (9:34)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Mercedes, Kamille

-Match: Statlander def. Kamille (w/Mercedes)

-Postmatch Afterbirth: Mercedes attacks Kamille

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - “I SKIPPED THIS”

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I guess I accept the fact that Statlander is AEW's ace so she's gotta go over. But to bury Kamille. Maybe they could just had a DQ ending. Definitive endings like this really bother me. So I would give it a thumbs down just for that but Mercedes' reaction and performance in the afterbirth redeemed this a bit for me."

⭐️Vlad: "I basically skipped this.”

⭐️Robert: ""

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3) Adam Cole Battles Ankle Trouble To Defeat Buddy Matthews and Get One Step Closer To Earning Match With MJF

TWO SEGMENTS (23:13)

-Match: Cole def. Matthews... MJF watched remotely on a monitor

-Backstage Segment: A Cole, Taven, Bennett, Roddy

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I haven't dug the MJF/Adam Colo program since the restart a few weeks ago, but today was the first time I actually enjoyed something out of this. Too bad for Matthews that he's gotta take this sad loss but the story of Cole's ankle was told well. I don't know about MJF constantly being shown on remote. They're obviously pre-taped so they tend to look out of place."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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*4) Private Party Fulfill Their Destiny and Become World Tag Team Champions, Defeating the Young Bucks and Avoiding Being Forced To Split Up

TWO SEGMENTS (24:42)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Daniels, I Kassidy, Quinn

-Match: M Jackson & N Jackson v  I Kassidy & M Quinn... enter Okada. Winners: Kassidy & Quinn by pinfall

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right well I'm giving a half thumbs-up because it finally happened but, damn! Way long overdue. Totally incorrectly utilized. I don't know if this saves Private Party's entire run in AEW. But at least they got the moment."

⭐️Vlad: "Good for them.”

⭐️Robert: ""

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5) Mark Davis Mad at Kyle Fletcher For Turning on Will Ospreay and Breaking Up United Empire… Fletcher Offers Davis a Place in Don Callis’ Family, Which Davis Appears To Spurn

ONE SEGMENT (4:48)

-In-Arena Segment: Fletcher & Callis promos... enter Mark Davis

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This was solid. Very logical. Tense. Surprising. Not bad."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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6) Hangman Page Promises To Leave Jay White With Less Than He Had Before

ONE SEGMENTS (2:37)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Hangman Page

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right well I've hated this program since the inception but this was the first good thing that came out of it for me. I like how Hangman gets himself over no matter what from now on because it's not about winning. I think this was great."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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7) Jamie Hayter & Penelope Ford Have Testy Exchange But Honor Toni Khan’s Wishes of No Physicality on this Night…To Do Battle Next Wednesday

ONE SEGMENT (1:10)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Jamie, Penelope

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - “I SKIPPED THIS”

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This whole feud has been mid for me so far. This segment was no different. No violence. Uneventful..."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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*8) Swerve Picks Up Strong Victory Over Shelton Benjamin But Is Confronted By Bobby Lashley Post Match… Lashley and his Crew Beat Down Swerve and Nana To Close the Show, Fighting Off Swarm of Security Guards in the Process

FOUR SEGMENTS (23:47)

-Announcers give Tale of the Tape for Swerve v Shelton

-Video Package: MPV & Prince Nana promos

-Match: Swerve (w/Nana) def. Shelton (w/MVP)

-Postmatch Afterbirth: …enter Bobby Lashley

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “If they went through all that trouble to have Shelton look strong beating Sami Guevara just to have him lose here. Lashley could have come out to prevent the pinfall. I'm giving a half-thumbs up just for bringing in Lashley. Yeah. It's nice. But I had issues with how they did it."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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9) Mark Briscoe’s Battle With Chris Jericho and the Learning Tree To Continue As Jericho Will Not Keep Mark’s Late Brother’s Name Out His F*n Mouth… Briscoe To Enlist Help From Conglomeration Stablemates To Even Odds

THREE SEGMENTS (5:21)

-Replay: Jericho beating M Briscoe for ROH Title last Wednesday

-In-Arena Segment: Jericho, Bill, Keith

-Backstage Rene Interview: Mark Briscoe, OReilly, Ishii

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right well now that we're resigned to the fact that this is continuing between Briscoe & Jericho, I liked Mark Briscoe's promo, as I do so many of them. Very unique compared to the rest of wrestling,"

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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10) Anna Jay & Mariah May Cut Promos Ahead of World Title Clash on Saturday’s Collision

ONE SEGMENT (0:45)

-Video Package: Anna Jay & Mariah May promos

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Nothing too exciting. At least they got some promotion in for Collision."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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11) Daniel Garcia Roughs Up Jack Perry Backstage, Shaming Him For Not Standing Up For AEW

ONE SEGMENT (0:36)

-Backstage Segment: Marvez, Perry, Garcia

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I'll say I didn't like this because Jesus! Can they make Jack Perry look like any more of a pipsqueak."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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*12) Not Wanting To Be Involved In Any of the Chaos, the Young Bucks Bail On AEW, Announce They’ll Be Working From Home For Foreseeable Future… Bucks Leave Without Brandon Cutler, Who Subsequently Got His Hand Broken By Moxley’s Crew

TWO SEGMENTS (2:38)

-Backstage Segment: Perry, N Jackson, M Jackson, Cutler, Okada

-Backstage Segment: M Jackson, N Jackson... enter Daniels... enter Cutler... enter Moxley, Pac, Claudio, Wheeler, Marina

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This is actually an interesting plot twist. I liked Daniels' reaction. But I'm taking points off for this crew still trying to pass themselves off as bad asses after they just ran away from a fight, AND they're bullying Brandon Cutler!"

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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13) Christian Offers To Meet With Hook

TWO SEGMENTS (1:38)

-Video Package: Review of Kip Sabian/Patriarchy Saga + Last Wednesday's events involving the Patriarchy & Hook

-Backstage Segment: Christian promo w/ Nick, Nick's mom, Kip

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Just a heel promo. Of course Hook don't want to talk after all that's happened. Just a segment to get us to the next week's angle(s). Not bad. But not eventful either."

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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