2024-11-13 AEW Dynamite - REVIEW

Commentary: Excalibur, Toni Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness

Location: Bridgeport, CT

Venue: Total Mortgage Arena

Attendance: 2727 (wrestletix)

Live TV Viewers: 666,000 avg (wrestlinginc)

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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

👎 4

👊 3

TOTAL SCORE: 0.0

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert 

👍 2.5

👎 1

👊 7

TOTAL SCORE: +1.5

Robert TheFrozenAsian 

👍 

👎 

👊 

TOTAL SCORE: pending

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Angles:

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1) Interference From Kip Sabian & Mama Wayne Help Christian & Hangman Page Defeat Jay White & Juice Robinson

👉Programs included in this angle:

-Christian fued with Jay White

-Hangman Page feud with Jay White

ONE SEGMENT (15:48)

-Match: Christian (w/Nick, Kip, Mama Wayne) & Hangman Page vs The Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson & Jay White)... interference from Mother Wayne, Kip... winners: Christian & Hangman by pinfall... Page pinned Juice

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “My half Thumbs up rating is mostly for Juice’s performance. Always a pleasure to see Juice out there. Other than that I didn’t dig much out of this. The pairing of Cage and Christian out of no where just because they’re both heels? Idk.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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2) Mercedes Moné & Kris Statlander Go At It Again Backstage in Wild Fight That Ends With Everyone Going Through A Wall

ONE SEGMENT (2:09)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Mercedes (w/ Kamille)... enter Kris Statlander

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Another fantastic Mercedes Moné segment. This is rapidly become one of my favorite feuds of the year. Very interested to see if they can put on a banger at Full Gear…”

⭐️Vlad: "Poor Kamille, though.”

⭐️Robert: ""

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3) Will Ospreay Confronts Kyle Fletcher About Betrayal… Ospreay Counters Fletcher’s Numbers Game Advantage By Aligning With Mark Davis & Powerhouse Hobbs

ONE SEGMENT (11:14)

-In-Ring Toni Schiavone Interview: Will Ospreay... enter Kyle Fletcher... enter B Cage, Lance Archer... enter Powerhouse Hobbs, Mark Davis

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I pretty much liked most of this. I can even get past the Ospreay accent since there’s so much passion. It’s good. But he lost me when he told the story about losing feeling in his hands from taking the tiger driver and that he didn’t know his son was holding his hand.🤨 Dude, if all that really happened then he wouldn’t be cleared to wrestle only a few weeks later. They took it a little too far there.”

⭐️Vlad: "This was ok.”

⭐️Robert: ""

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4) Cole Fails To Earn 3rd Win and Match with MJF as Takeshita uses MJF's Diamond Ring to Defeat Cole... Roderick Strong Succeeds In Picking Up 3rd Win, Will Face MJF At Full Gear... MJF Pleased With Results

👉Programs included in this angle:

-MJF & Don Callis Family feud with Undisputed Kingdom

-NXT’s Undisputed Era

FOUR SEGMENTS (22:11)

-Match: Roderick Strong vs Lance Archer... enter Matt Raven... interference from Taven... MJF watching remotely... winner: Roddy by pinfall

-Postmatch Afterbirth: ... enter Takeshita... enter Adam Cole

-Match: Adam Cole vs Konosuke Takeshita... winner: Takeshita by pinfall

-Post Match: ... MJF on remote... enter Roddy... enter Kyle OReillly… enter Ricochet

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “So it’s gonna be Roddy vs MJF.🤦‍♂️ Man. This torture is never gonna end. I thought MJF and Cole could do their thing at Full Gear and end this damn cursed program. But now it seems like that’s not gonna happen. Roddy vs MJF isn’t a bad wrestling match on paper, but this program! Ugh. The only guess I have as to why Adam Cole got pulled from the match is that he doesn’t seem like he’s ready physically to put on a long banger with MJF.”

⭐️Vlad: "The fuck is going on in this feud?”

⭐️Robert: ""

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5) Ricochet Attacks Takeshita

ONE SEGMENT (0:33)

-In-Arena Segment: During Afterbirth of Cole vs Takeshita, after Takeshita is run off by Kyle O’Reilly, he is attacked by Ricochet on the entrance ramp 

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Well Ricochet’s thing with Takeshita and the Don Callis Family is pretty separate from Don Callis’ feuds with everyone else. This episode didn’t have any cross over so I listed it as a separate angle. I dig this. Not a bad spot for Ricochet. I kinda feel like with all the feuds Don Callis’ Family got going, someone can get in there and f*ck Takeshita. Maybe get Ricochet a little title run. Why not?!”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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6) Swerve Defeats Hurt Syndicate Prospect Lio Rush and Subsequently Calls Out Bobby Lashley… Hurt Syndicate Use Sneak Attack and Numbers Advantage To Put Swerve Down On This Night

THREE SEGMENTS (20:59)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Lashley, MVP, Benjamin

-Match: Swerve (w/Nana) vs Lio Rush... winner: Swerve by pinfall

-Post Match: Swerve promo... enter Lashley, MVP... enter Shelton Benjamin

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Schiavone gushing over Lashley's strength even though they were gang beating Swerve. God sometimes these commentators just stink. I don’t know. I really didn’t like this that much. They sneak attacked Swerve with Benjamin from behind. The commentators even mentioned that he’s in the building and should look out for him. So that made Swerve look awful. And I don’t think it was that creative. I don’t know why I even give this a half-thumbs up. It’s a high profile feud and it’s heading to a big match at the PPV, I guess. It was at least something that was must-watch on this show.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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7) Death Riders Take Over TBS, Rough Up Poor Innocent Cameraman… Conglomeration & Darby Allin Take Fight to the Death Riders Who Are ONCE AGAIN Forced To Retreat

TWO SEGMENTS (10:58)

-In-Ring Segment: JD Drake... enter Claudio, Wheeler... enter Moxley, Marina... enter Orange Cassidy... enter Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero.. enter Darby Allin

-Backstage Segment: Mox, Marina, Claudio... enter Darby... enter Wheeler, Romero, O Cassidy, M Briscoe

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎👎

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This was a god awful embarrassment. First of all, the desperate ploy for ratings, teasing an NWO-style takeover episode that consisted of Death Riders pushing around a camera man, bullying him to get into the ring and shoot the shot he was probably going to shoot anyway! And then they get chased off again!! Omg. I have to give this 👎👎 for that in spite of anything good that might have came from this. And all that was good was Darby Allin.”

⭐️Vlad: "Not giving 👎👎 only cause Darby took some crazy shots and spots.”

⭐️Robert: ""

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8) Learning Tree Promo: Jericho Accepts Ishii's Challenge

THREE SEGMENTS (3:06)

-Replay: Conglomeration defeating Learning Tree in 6-man harcdcore match last Wednesday on Dynamite

-Replay Jericho vs Ishii (11/23) 2022

-Backstage Rene Interview: Jericho, Big Bill, Brian Keith

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I have to push back against any push for Ishii. The work hasn’t been there. I’m sorry. Cool looking guy. Funny looking guy. But him being on the air wrestling hurts this show. Plain and simple. I’m sorry. I’m sure he’s a great guy.😬”

⭐️Vlad: "Stop apologizing, Kayhan everyone knows Ishi is the absolute shits.”

⭐️Robert: ""

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9) Britt Baker Takes Care of Penelope Ford In Singles Action and Is Immediately Confronted By Serena Deeb

TWO SEGMENTS (11:31)

-Match: Britt Baker D.M.D. vs Penelope Ford... winner: Britt by submission

-Post Match: ... enter Serena Deeb

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I think they’re just feeding Britt some familiar faces to make her look strong again after the long layoff. Toni Khan seems to try to do that too quickly sometimes just to get to a program he wants to do. Same situation with Adam Cole. Maybe these two have been out for so long, they could have taken some more time slipping them back into the show.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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10) Mina Shirakawa & Harley Cameron To Have HUGE SHOWDOWN This Saturday On Collision!!

ONE SEGMENT (1:18)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Mina Shirakawa... enter Harley Cameron

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Im very surprised im giving anything Harley Cameron any positive rating. This probably mostly all about Mina. In my recent reviews of Harley’s segments I’ve mentioned that I think she tries too hard to be funny. But she’s got a great attitude and fun personality as seen here.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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11) Jamie Hayter Promo Seemingly Cut Off By Julia Hart Video Package Right When Hayter Was About To Give Her Mission Statement

ONE SEGMENT (0:48)

-Backstage Rene Interview: Jamie Hayter

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I didn’t know if the Julia Hart video cutting off Hayter had any meaning or it was just coincidental. Will Hayter have a fit about being disrespected like that? All questions that could be answered. But as for Hayter’s promo before it got cut off… Nothing worth listening to.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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12) Video Package on Julia Hart’s Mental Struggles

ONE SEGMENT (1:07)

-Video Package: Julia Hart

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “As far as artisitic video packages in wrestling go, I can’t say I think this one was that great. I guess it’s supposed to show her mental struggles on the comeback trail. She was pretty high on the card when she left. A feud with Jamie Hayter, who this promo interterrupted, kinda makes sense.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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13) Kings of the Black Throne Defeat FTR To Earn Spot in 4-Way Tag Title Match At Full Gear

ONE SEGMENT (18:14)

-Match: FTR (Dax & Cash) vs House of Black's Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai & Brodie King)... Private Party (Zeh & Quinn) watched from entrance ramp... winners: Kings of the Black Throne by submission... King choked out Dax

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Solid match. Shoutout to the sleeper hold finish. At least it wasn’t done like a Moxley match when after they’ve already hit 5 finishers and finish with a choke out. I don’t know about FTR jobbing. FTR never looks like a consistently strong team. I think I’d pick them to go over Black and King, just based on the work. So idk what’s gonna happen with FTR. Seems like they’re content with having a job.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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Other:

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A) Continental Classic To Begin Two Weeks From Tonight on Dynamite

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Hellll… to the yes…. B*tch!”