2025-04-16 AEW Dynamite - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
Blog Note: This is not meant to be an in depth summary, but a “bare bones” description of which segments I am reviewing. I will assume you’ve seen this episode before reading my review, but if you’re looking for more detailed in-depth summaries, i would direct you to search for this episode by date on Google.com …
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This episode was dubbed “Spring Breakthrough” …
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🌪️OVERALL SHOW REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️OVERALL SHOW COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I actually thought this was a very solid show top to bottom. 3 high profile matches. Athena vs Mercedes. Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita. And an important trios title change. WrestleMania week and Toni Khan brought it!!…
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STORYLINES:
(1) Women's Owen Hart Tournament: Mercedes defeats Athena, advances to final...
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Luther
Details:
-Match: Mercedes Moné vs Athena…
Winner: Mercedes Moné… who advances to final of Owen Hart Tournament…
-Post Match, Toni Storm & Luther appear in the stands…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Big time booking. Was curious what the booking would be the entire time i was watching it. this has been a common booking for aew for 50/50 bookings. happened again later too… i guess it’s fine🤷♂️. it was a good match up til then too.
⭐️Vlad: This was ok I guess. Some of the spots were pretty stupid but these girls can work if produced properly. I also didn't really care so 1/2 point from me…
⭐️Robert:
(2) WE GOT NEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONS!... Death Riders attack and put out Hook off air, but Powerhouse Hobbs takes his spot and dethrone the HATED DEATH RIDERS!!!... wild celebration ensues...
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Prince Nana, Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno), Tomohiro Ishii, Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, AR Fox, Will Ospreay
👉Subplots:
(A) Opps vs Death Riders…
TMS: 👍
(B) Young Bucks overture to Death Riders and their feud w/ Swerve...
Details:
-Trios Match: Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta) w/ Marina Shafir vs Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata), Powerhouse Hobbs…
Enter Willow Nightingale…
Enter Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson…
Enter Swerve Strickland…
Winners: Opps & Powerhouse Hobbs… who win TRIOS WORLD TITLES…
-Post Match, AEW babyfaces celebrate in the ring… (Prince Nana, Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno), Tomohiro Ishii, Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, AR Fox, Will Ospreay)
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎👎
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
(A) well. it wasn’t really the most exciting end to the Death Riders reign as trios champions. after all this time, it was the OPPS that did them in! who woulda guessed?… interesting that joe choked out moxley to win. that could be a world title feud…
(B) Looks like it could be headed for some type of Blood and Guts / Anarchy in the Arena type of match with everyone invovled….
(OVERALL) as for the weak as celebration to end the show, so funny who was out there for this wild party. i guess dark order was involved in this feud with Death Riders. but AR Fox? Kevin Knight? alr. well. such a movement out occasion. i’m just glad this is over. hopefully Jon Moxley’s next…
⭐️Vlad: The fuck were they celebrating like that? I laughed at the stupidity.
⭐️Robert:
(3) Men's Owen Hart Tournament... MAJOR FEUD brewing between Hangman & Don Callis Family' Kyle Fletcher for spot in the final... Josh Alexander debuts and gets involved in this... Also, Will Ospreay advances defeating Konosuke Takeshita in SUPERSTAR SHOWDOWN!...
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Josh Alexander is ALL ELITE!, loses in debut but wastes no time getting into drama...
TMS: 👍
(B) Don Callis Family's bid for all Family Owen Hart Final fails as Takeshita loses, Ospreay wins...
Details:
Winner: Hangman Page…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, Enter Kyle Fletcher & Don Callis… SCUFFLE between Fletcher & Hangman ends w/ Don Callis convincing Josh Alexander to help beat down Hangman Page… Fletcher then leaves Hangman layin...
-Video Package reviews long history between Will Ospreay & Konosuke Takeshita…
-Match: Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis… Don Callis joins commentary…
Winner: Will Ospreay … who advances to final of Owen Hart Tournament…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
(A) well i’m happy to see Josh Alexander but no so happy to see him lose on his debut. but the Post Match angle was solid and i could see that going somewhere…
(B) Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita was a high level exhibition of moves and i’ll say a really solid match also. yet another high profile match on this night!!
⭐️Vlad: They debut this guy just to beat him?
⭐️Robert:
(4) Christian returns to take reigns of the Patriarchy...
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Patriarchy have a DISCUSSION…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: man. i can believe i’m giving Christian Cage angles 👎s, but i’m having trouble supporting this storyline. Christian Cage is dead and buried in AEW, unfortunately. he can have his Edge & Christian reunion and maybe they can call it a day…
⭐️Vlad: I agree. only one thing left to do. reunite Edge and Christian and have a few matches and have both guys go away.
⭐️Robert:
(5) Toni Schiavone announces 1 Week Suspension for FTR and cuts a promo...
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package dramatically reviews events from this past Saturday…
-Announcers announce FTR suspension…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I gave the Collison storyline some sparkling reviews. nice video package here for the people who didn’t see it. let’s keep it goin!, but wait. one week suspension. dang. ok. take wrestlemania week off then. while everyone’s paying attention, send one of your top angles home. 😒
⭐️Vlad: No one's paying attention to AEW, Kayhan.
⭐️Robert:
(6) Hurt Syndicate defend WORLD TAG TITLES and once again vote on MJF joining them, as MJF puts on the full court press...
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Gates of Agony step up to Hurt Syndicate…
TMS: 1/2
(B) MJF quest to join Hurt Syndicate…
Details:
Winners: Hurt Syndicate … who retain world tag titles…
-Post Match, Enter MJF… MJF tries to convince Hurt Syndicate to let him join with women, and even gives Shelton Benjamin his expensive watch, but Shelton Benjamin still votes no, although he thought about it. MJF gives them the women anyway…
-Backstage, Hurt Syndicate discuss MJF…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
(A) I mentioned on my Collision review, not a fan of how they threw this together. although they did make them look someone strong, it was a glorified job. i don’t know if this elevates them in some way, but i’m still not a huge fan of how this came about…
(B) This is by far my favorite thing going in AEW right now. There were some high profile matches on this card but these are the segments that make a wrestling show for me… Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley must have had a great night…
⭐️Vlad: This was tremendous piece of business here.
⭐️Robert:
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