Cobra Commander Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 stuff I remember from this episode of Dynamite: Ricky Starks has things to say, but he's now trapped in a feud with Chris Jericho. Action Andretti makes a save and shows some fire to end the beatdown. Sucks for Starks that he's now in the quicksand trap that is a feud with Chris Jericho. Elite and Death Triangle have a garbagefest with a nice-sized blade job at the end. Hook bodied some dude in a few minutes only for heel group #75 to throw Jack Perry into a dumpster. Some non-MJF heels almost exist as a way to keep top babyfaces away from MJF. Ethan Page's gimmick is essentially MJF's Dominic DeNucci. Samoa Joe gives us a Christmas message. Moxley had a pretty solid match with one of the Martins. Gunns/FTR seemed good. Gunns had lots of pink and black. Jeff Jarrett and friends are now parodying the Acclaimed. I look away from the screen for a moment and random dudes are beating up Keith Lee. Also Rick Ross is just cashing a check out there. Women were in the main event, it's a Christmas miracle. There was a real sprint to the end as they avoid the match accidentally going past the top of the hour. The Britt group is just one Ric Flair away from being female Evolution. People tuning in at exactly 9pm eastern for Young Sheldon have to be confused now. Friday there'll be a three kings $300K trios battle royal. You can buy a lot of myrrh with $300K 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamal Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 That main event was everything. I knew Shida and Hayter would kill it but they demolished. Nice to see the return of Toni Storm as well. Too bad Thunder Rosa isn't ready as she would have been a nice surprise assist too but Saraya will do as well. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: Action Andretti makes a save and shows some fire to end the beatdown. That’s one way to phrase that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 Ricky Starks is on the STICK! JAS beats him to death for coining the term JASSholes! Action Andretti makes the save! Kenny Omega got a haircut! OR DID HE? The crowd is split yet MOLTEN! Death Triangle starts off with a Triple Tope Con Hilo! What is Brandon Cutler wearing? Alex was trained in the Hart Dungeon! PENTA crushes Omega's testicles! In picture in picture, PENTA grabs a Christmas tree while PAC and Fenix assemble a few tables! Omega with the TRASHCAN MOONSAULT! DOUBLE TABLE CRUSHING! GREAT nearfall on Rey countering the V Trigger! Omega kicks out of HAMMER TIME! Spike Piledriver by the Bucks on a CHAIR! FOR THE WIN! Well, that was fun. POSTMATCH! Buck coated in BLOOD! Awesome! FIREBALL BY JERICHO ON ACTION! Bryan Danielson is on the STICK! Awesome! ETHAN PAGE! Page is a HEAT MACHINE! Well, Ethan Page versus Bryan Danielson will be good. Oh no! Another Battle Royal. Hook wrestles! AWESOME! Exodus Prime! What kind of weird selling will he do? Jack Perry gets thrown into a dumpster by Big Bill! MOX/ Darius Martin overachieves. Darius is definitely the Matt Hardy/Booker T of his brother tagteam. Dante is DEFINITELY the Jeff Hardy and not the Stevie Ray. That was good. Not great, but good. AWWWESOME! The Ass Boys are wearing Bret Hart gear! And they bump all over the ring for Cash Wheeler! Cash Wheeler becomes our face in peril! Dax Harwood is selling his crushed butt! Ass Boys CHEAT to win! I assume this will set up a dog collar match. That was good. Not as good as I was expecting. Rick Ross isn't ready for primetime! It's Parker Boudreaux! It's a dude with face tattoos! Shane Strickland comes off the tope onto a cinder block onto Keith Lee! Will Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida save this episode's bacon? We'll see. They are fucking LAYING IT IN! During picture in picture, Hayter runs Shida into the guardrail! Kobashi Suplex off the Apron! I love this match. It's stiff striking to set up giant moves. You know, like a big time main event. Toprope Meterora while in picture in picture! SHINING WIZARD by SHIDA for TWO! SLIDING LARIAT FOR TWO! BACKBREAKER FOR TWO! HIJINX BY BRITT BAKER! POWERBOMB BY HAYTER FOR TWO! LARIAT BY HAYTER FOR TWO! SHORT LARIAT BY HAYTER FOR THE WIN! That was fucking GREAT. Postmatch! Toni Storm! Saraya! A very much one match show but it was a GREAT fucking match. That was fucking great. AEW RULES THE MOTHERFUCKING WORLD! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 So more often than not you're going to want to get a match in the ring to kick off a Dynamite, but this was an instance where a talking segment was called for and useful. Of all the midcarders who've gotten the call for a TV title defense against the world champion, it's been clear that Starks has captured real momentum more than any of the other people placed in that position. I saw some people worried about that momentum being stopped or stifled. Fear not. There are few people trusted to open up a Dynamite with a promo segment. Ricky Starks is now one of those people. Seeing him come out to start the A-show fully clothed subliminally bumped him up a level. And what a talker. Has there been a better homegrown AEW live babyface promo than Starks? There may be a case for the Acclaimed, but a lot of that is off the rap and catch phrase and gimmick. Starks might be the MJF of the babyface side of the ledger. Jericho showed enough ass to let it play right. Good segment. Speaking of MJF, do people still use the word "hipster"? The ideal version of MJF sounds like the internet from at least half a decade ago (the further back the better), so I approve. Holy shit, Cash knows just how to take on the Ass Boys -- Ass-based offense! Repeated atomic drops! Sit one in the corner and whip the other ass first into his face! Hauling off and just kicking an Ass Boy straight between the cheeks! Cash understood the assignment. And then he hit a freight train tope, what a king. Dax's ass injury kills FTR's momentum, and a Gunn sits on him for the huge win. Ass-tounding match. Sonjay Dutt should drop an entire album. Is it too soon to put the Mogul and the Affiliates in the $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Royale? Maybe, gotta let this breathe a little? Fine, just make sure they have the trios belts by February. The cinderblock stomp is one of the more fun crazy-looking non-Darby moves in a while. Really good main event. Hayter holding down the division and clubbering for a while is obviously good stuff. And main event rather than 15ish minutes into the second hour death slot treats the division right, which is gonna be necessary if there are any big free agents AEW might be trying to court... Speaking of which, if Saraya's partner is gonna be Toni or Shida, they'd be wise to make that clear ASAP just to avoid people expectations getting carried away. Let's continue establishing new names on Rampage: Preston Vance for $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Royale winner. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hell of a main event. I liked how the finish was relatively clean, in that while there was interference, it didn't lead directly to the finish. Keeps Hayter much stronger. Who was that other dude with Parker, Swerve and Rick Ross. (and however much they paid Ross to appear was too much.) I found Sonjay's "rap" amusing. Give us 10-15 minutes of Wardlow and Joe haymakers and I'll be a happy man (although Coach Tony, my desire for the Four Hossmen of Hobbs, Joe, Lee etcetera would be a good post-XMas gift. I have to admit, when I realized the Gunns vs FTR match was happening, I was dreading the Gunns winning, thinking they shouldn't be on FTR's level yet, but they did a good job of pulling the Gunns UP to that level rather than dragging FTR down to theirs. BTW, that was more atomic drops (rear and front) then I'd seen in all of 2022 to this point in one match. I approve. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 What a match. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 I'm gonna assume the other dude in the Keith Lee/Swerve segment is the guy who had a really good cinderblock hookup for Swerve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 Jamie Hayter is fucking AWESOME. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 The Gunns are the fucking best. "...you raggedy bitch" got me to cackle. That main was fuckin GREAT. Not super psyched to see that crowd during Rampage but what can ya do? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, SirFozzie said: I have to admit, when I realized the Gunns vs FTR match was happening, I was dreading the Gunns winning, thinking they shouldn't be on FTR's level yet, but they did a good job of pulling the Gunns UP to that level rather than dragging FTR down to theirs. Gunns rule. What is this slander? Anyway, they're not on FTR's level. They cheated and Dax's ass is broken. Edited December 22, 2022 by John from Cincinnati 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 minute ago, John from Cincinnati said: Sonjay Dutt should drop an entire album. Was waiting for the Satnam verse. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Y'all crazy, Rick Ross was hilarious. He had me cackling, just random repeating the same line throughout the beatdown. I mean I dunno if he was trying to be funny but I enjoyed it nonetheless. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 POWERBOMB! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porksweats Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 I for one hope we get Starks vs Hager out of this feud. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 I want to see Hook take on Big Bill! FTR putting the Gunns over on the way out of the territory? Rare Bucks blade job in the Holiday Superkick Party? I hope AA continues to have Jericho's number! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphman 3000 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Has Nick Jackson ever bladed before? I remember a few years ago the Bucks were vocally against gigging and I can't remember them ever doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 OH! Rebel was awesome AGAIN running up to Toni Storm to get busted up AND THEN running out to the ramp to get busted up by Saraya! Rebel is a CHAMP. EDIT: REBEL! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 There was enough blood that I wasn't sure if the mistake of "cut me open bro" was made there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) On 12/21/2022 at 10:45 AM, ka-to said: Nooooo! Gordi. When Japanese people ask me about what Japanese food I can't eat they are expecting me to say fish eggs or fish sperm sack or something like that, but I always say iranai (not needed) mayo. You live in takoyaki land. I always have to strongly say mayo nashi! Yeah, to be honest, "Mayo nashi" was one of the first phrases I learned after moving here and it has proven very useful. What a GREAT main event title match! Tough choice between that and Kenny vs Shinno for DEAN's poll! It set a high bar indeed when Hayter brought up 90s AJW. They lived up to the hype. Awesome. Hayter is a main event wrestler for sure. One of my wrestling buddies watched this show with his dad, in town for the holidays,who hadn't watched wrestling in YEARS. Imagine how absurd that trios opening match must have seemed to him, with Christmas tree spots, barbed wire brooms, Brandon's costume, dudes flipping through tables... Of course, to people like us it all makes sense, (maybe?) but it must have seemed surrealistically absurd to my friend's father. I got a real kick out of imagining it through dad's eyes. Was this the first time AEW had someone come out to interrupt a promo? I can't recall it ever happening before... Nice job on holding out on the appearance of Jake Hager's hat! I hope Starks and Andretti run through 2.0 -> Hager's hat & Garcia -> Les Sex Gods THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS! Bryan vs Ethan should be pretty great. LOVED that promo from Joe. Exodus Prime is a good name for a Transformer, but an even better name for a Christian streaming service. During Mox's entrance, did anyone else think the dude holding two cups of beer looked a little like Shane McMahon? Gunns coming out in Hart Foundation gear was A++ trolling! That Rick Ross segment bombed badly with the live crowd, but I am looking forward to seeing who teams with Keith Lee vs Boudreaux and White Umaga. Edited December 22, 2022 by Gordlow 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 And still the AEW Women's World Champion, Jamie Hayter. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Gordlow said: THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS! This is like when Dr Evil tried to hold the world hostage for a million dollars. It's THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS! MUAHAHAHAHAH Edit: Oh, you edited the gif in, sneaky! Edited December 22, 2022 by John from Cincinnati 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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