2025-05-07 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…
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STORYLINES:
(1) Hangman Page & Will Ospreay meet ahead of Owen Hart final… Don Callis Family butt in…
Participants:
(B) Don Callis Family long-standing feud w/ Will Ospreay…
Details:
-Replay: Hangman Page defeating Kyle Fletcher last Wednesday…
-Hangman Page cuts IN RING PROMO to open the show…
Enter Will Ospreay… Ospreay cuts promo…
Enter Don Callis Family (Don Callis, Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, Lance Archer, Konosuke Takeshita, Josh Alexander)… Don Callis cuts promo….
Will Ospreay challenges Don Callis Family to tag match but Hangman Page takes exception to Will Ospreay holding him back and possibly for speaking for him. MAJOR TENSION… Don Callis accepts the offer, calling Hangman Page mentally unstable on the way out…
-Backstage Interview w/ Will Ospreay has questions about Hangman Page interrupted by MJF (See Storyline #8)…
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TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark:
(A) i am the biggest Hangman Page fan, so i’m marking out for this final.
(B) ehhhhh ☹️
(2) FTR bully Toni Schiavone, address Daniel Garcia’s challenge…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Stokley offended by Toni Schiavone’s insults…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👎
(B) FTR / Daniel Garcia friendship turned feud…
Details:
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TheMalapertSmark - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: ive thought about it really hard and have decided that Stokely Hathaway has no credibility and this is a bad idea (see my comments on kris statlander’s angle later on)… but this ftr heel turn may have already jumped the shark for me… was king of into it at first but now it’s just another silly thing. thank you stokley…
(3) Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford feud w/ Anna Jay & Harley Cameron spills into world title eliminator 4
Way…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Anna Jay & Harley Cameron feud w/ Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) Anna Jay, Penelope Ford & Thunder Rosa compete for world title shot but instead all are eliminated from title contention in Eliminator 4 Way…
Details:
-4 Way Match: Toni Storm vs Anna Jay vs Penelope Ford vs Thunder Rosa…
Enter Megan Bayne who fights w/ Anna Jay since there is no DQs…
Enter Harley Cameron who fights off w/ Megan Bayne…
Winner: Toni Storm… Anna Jay, Penelope Ford & Thunder Rosa are eliminated from competing for the world title during Toni Storm’s current reign.
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TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Toni Storm kicking Penelope Ford in the 🐱. now that’s timeless!…
(B) they were never perfectly clear w/ the Eliminator rules… are all these women out of title contention of just the one that got pinned? 🤷♂️ sorry for trying to make sense out of this…
(4) MJF hurts Top Flight, leaving Hurt Syndicate looking impressed… will have answer for MJF next week…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Cru (Lio Rush, Action Andretti)
👉Subplots:
(A) AEW world tag title scene… Hurt Syndicate need challengers…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) Did MJF hurt people well enough to impress the Hurt Syndicate?… Top Flight the unfortunate victims…
Details:
Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, MVP) head to the ring… MVP cuts promo calling for challengers for their world tag titles…
Enter Top Flight (Darius Martin, Dante Martin)… Top Flight cut promo…
Enter MJF, who HURTS Top Flight, leavin em bloodied and layin’…
MJF enters the ring to check on the Hurt Syndicate’s approval… Bobby Lashley says he’ll have an answer for MJF next week…
-Backstage Interview w/ Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, MVP) & their legal council Harrison Landau… they will not answer any questions at the legal council’s advisement…
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TheMalapertSmark - ❤️ + 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: When i saw MJF attack Top Flight, i was mad that i didn’t see that coming! 😄… poor guys. but it had to be somebody. this team ain’t going to be top guys man. i’m sorry. do the job for MJF. it’s way more important. loved this, and then some! man, MJF is good! how he looks like he totally belongs. what a top guy…
(5) Rush ruins Kevin Knight’s opportunity at Continental title shot…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Kevin Knight gets Continental title opportunity…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) Fallout to last Wednesday’s match for cash… Rush holds grudge against Kevin Knight…
Details:
-Backstage Segment has Rush cutting promo on Kevin Knight… Rush is pissed that Kevin Knight cost him money and thinks Knight owes him this $$$…
-Pre Match, Rush & Dralistico jump Kevin Knight on his way to the ring for his match…
Enter Mike Bailey to make the save… the ref clears ringside so the match can begin under Continental Rules…
-Continental Rules Match: Kazuchika Okada vs Kevin Knight…
Winner: Kazuchika Okada… Kevin Knight is eliminated from contention for the Continental Title as per Eliminator Match stipulation…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, Kazuchika Okada continued to attack Kevin Knight, who saved once again…
Enter Mike Bailey to run off Okada…
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TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) man Kevin Knight sold that Rainmaker well!…
(B) nice sweater, Rush… i knew i was in favor of that $100k 4 way. liked this angle…
(6) Young Bucks & Ricochet pick up slightly surprising win over strong babyface team… we also catch small glimpse into possible Death Riders / Elite alliance…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Ricochet / Young Bucks alliance amid Ricochet feud w/ Mike Bailey & other baby faces…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) Young Bucks overture to Death Riders for alliance… finally, some news…
Details:
-6 Man Tag Match: Young Bucks (Nicholas Jackson, Matthew Jackson) & Ricochet vs Mike Bailey, Mark Briscoe, Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana…
Winners: Young Bucks & Ricochet… Matthew Jackson pins Swerve Strickland!…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) weird clean pinfall on swerve… i’m giving this a 👍 because i see some potential for Ricochet working w/ the Elite, if not full on joining…
(B) 🙄🫤 no one wants to see the Death Riders or the Elite anymore!…
(7) Christian Cage enlists Rhino to take on Nick Wayne for ROH TV title… tension in the Patriarchy is palpable…
Participants:
(A) Christian Cage blatant disrespect for his son continues…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👎👎
(B) Rhino debuts in AEW…
Details:
Enter Rhino… Nick Wayne seems upset w/ Christian Cage…
-Match: Nick Wayne w/ Christian Cage, Mama Wayne, Kip Sabian vs Rhino…
Christian Cage & Kip Sabian actually run a 2 man distraction tactic to HELP Nick Wayne…
Winner: Nick Wayne… who retains ROH TV title…
-Post Match, Christian Cage disrespects his son and drops Nick Wayne’s title belt on the floor. Mama Wayne consoles her son on the way out…
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TheMalapertSmark - 👎👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) This company got their own TV title that they do nothing with… as for the angle. i used to love Christian Cage. wth happened?! 😥
(B) nice to see rhino but man this guy looks old for a wrestler. i hope he has some money saved up…
(8) MJF & Will Ospreay have a moment backstage…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Will Ospreay…
Enter MJF… DISCUSSION…
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TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: i like when MJF has these little confrontations backstage… loved this before, would love to see it again!
(9) Mercedes Moné crashes Jamie Hayter sit down jnterview, leading to arena fight which Mercedes beats on this night…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Sit Down Interview w/ Jamie Hayter…
Enter Mercedes Moné who attacks Jamie Hayter…
-The fighting from backstage spills into the arena… Jamie Hayter thinks she’s run off Mercedes Moné but is attacked from behind and put down after she let her guard down…
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TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: man i was so bored out of my mind for the interview. thank god mercedes got in there to make this exciting…. hayter turning her back on the segment made her look weak. but ok, i don’t expect Hayter to get this spot. at least not this year…
(10) Willow Nightingale still holds grudge on apologetic Kris Statlander… wants match instead of apology…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Willow Nightingale, who has question about Death Riders interrupted…
Enter Kris Statlander who wants to continue apologizing to Willow Nightingale, who instead wants to meet her in the ring tomorrow night… Kris Statlander, dejected, agrees to the match…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: I like willow not just accepting the apology. it’s out of character, but hey, it makes sense to me. i just don’t see why FTR would want stokely as their manager when Kris Statlander regrets everything she’s done w/ Stokley as her manager…
(11) Don Callis Family challenge Outrunners to find partners and face them…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Don Callis Family (Don Callis, Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer) has Don Callis cutting a promo, challenging Outrunners to find partners for a 4 on 4 match, as Don Callis Family stand w/ Roppongi Vice…
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TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: this feud w/ the Outrunners started out for the stupidest reason, but sometimes those make for the best feuds. idk if i see that here. i do see a very sullen Kyle Fletcher though. hard to come back after a loss like that. maybe they shoulda let him go away for a while…
(12) Jon Moxley powerless to help as Opps beat down Claudio Castagnoli to end this edition of Dynamite…
Participants:
Details:
-Match: Claudio Castagnoli vs Samoa Joe…
Winner: Samoa Joe…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, enter Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir, Wheeler Yuta) who are cut off…
Enter Powerhouse Hobbs… Hobbs & Joe beat down Claudio while Jon Moxley waits is severely dejected that he is unable to help his comrade…
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➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: mox is definitely not losing the title to joe. he’s been made to look like sh*t this entire fued… as for the angle, no Katsuyori Shibata and the Death Riders still didn’t wanna get in there and save Claudio Castagnoli… i see what they’re going for but more logical plot holes ruin the Death Riders angle. blow it up! it’s not gonna be joe but it HAS to be either Hangman Page or Will Ospreay…
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