Category: AEW Television Musings

All posts and musings regarding All Elite Wrestling television programming… mostly involving Dynamite, but will sometimes include episodes of other AEW programs such as Rampage or Collision… whenever they air on TSN and not the wretched TSN app.

AEW Dynamite (July 10th, 2024) – Am I Really Supposed To Be Excited About This?

Emanating from the great wrestling city of Calgary, …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Alberta, Canada… it’s AEW Dynamite and the finals of the Owen Hart tournaments, which will feature Bryan Danielson and ??? going at it in the mens tournament, while Willow Nightingale and ??? will battle it out in the bussoms tournament… what’s that? It’s not the…? Oh… well, okay, then… never mind…

On with the show, I guess…

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AEW Dynamite (July 3rd, 2024) – I Guess Chicago Is Not Swerve’s House

It’s the Forbidden Door post-show edition of Dynamite and it also happens to be the first episode of Dynamite (or any semblance of AEW – TV or PPV) I’ve watched since May. And yes, we’re sticking with the TK Neckbrace banner for now… because it amuses me.

But did this show amuse me?

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AEW Dynamite (May 15th, 2024) – Jumping Off Point

The saga of All Elite Wrestling being run by the Elite continues with this week’s episode of Dynamite and apparently, news broke that Eddie Kingston may have suffered an injury during a New Japan show last week and his status for the show is as questionable as my waning interest in the current direction of this promotion. This show continues to confound me and… well, you know what? I’ll save my thoughts for after the break, because there’s also a bit of an announcement regarding future content as it relates to the wrestling side of things.

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AEW Dynamite (May 1st, 2024) – Canadian Content Breeds Canadian Contempt

Before anyone asks… yes, that is the new AEW Dynamite Musings banner for the foreseeable future. Take it in however context you wish, but that headshot is about as synonymous as that Anthem owl that Reby Hardy wanted to fuck all those years ago… and also, it amuses me greatly, so therefore, it stays… for now, at least.

Unfortunately, while a headshot of a blank-eyed Tony Khan in a neck brace brings some mild amusement, the same cannot be said for this Dynamite show, which… I will admit to watching for the explicit purpose of seeing where they go with this Tony Khan thing.

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AEW Dynamite (April 24th, 2024): Good Grief…

Saw bits and pieces of Wednesday’s Dynamite show, which was the post-PPV edition of the program following what I heard was a tremendous Dynasty PPV. Maybe somewhere along the way I’ll get back to watching that, but in the meantime, I watched this AEW Dynamite show and, well, random thoughts after the break…

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AEW Dynamite (Jan. 31st, 2024): Undisputed Boredom

This is going to be short because I’ve got very little to say about this show. Not even gonna bother with a banner.

Jon Moxley beat Jeff Hardy in the opening match… I’d want to say that this is a big deal, but when was the last time Jeff Hardy was used in any meaningful way? I do like that Mox went for a handshake after the match and Jeff flipped him off… I laughed. This followed by Hangman Page getting a win over some guy I’ve never heard of, but this is supposed to be Swerve Strickland’s chosen opponent for Page to continue that feud. The match was okay in a vacuum, but clearly nobody figured Hangman was losing this one.

The Young Bucks – sporting goatees to get away from the creep mustaches – fine an intern for getting their names wrong… I wonder if they’re going to extend that to special favors backstage to really push this tired joke further. And speaking of tired jokes, Wardlow almost kills the Kommander with a power bomb that even I could tell looked a bit. I know they signed this big Kommander guy so he could lose a lot, but that doesn’t mean kill him outright.

And speaking of killing things… the Undisputed Kingdom of jobbers come out to beat up on poor Kommander until Orange and Friends come along to save the day. By the way, I know it’s been a while since I last watched an episode of AEW, but weren’t these Kingdom guys doing comedy bits the last time I saw them on TV or something? And now I’m supposed to buy them as the next big super heel group? Seriously, guys?

Chris Jericho, fresh off the Jericruise and looking somewhat “out of it” as a result, defeated some guy. Former TNA wrestler Deonna Purrazzo defeated Taya Valkyrie while Timeless Toni was on commentary talking about titties or something, so clearly that was the thing you’re supposed to be paying attention to… I can at least say that for the moment, this gimmick is still somewhat likeable. And then in the main event, Swerve beat RVD in a hardcore match. And then we have a confrontation between Swerve, Hangman, and Joe.

Yeah, so this was playing a less-than-full crowd and it sort of explains while AEW has been playing to less-than-full crowds as of late. Tony probably should’ve gotten pointers from TNA on how to make a near-empty arena look full because they used to be really good at that. Not the worst show I’ve seen, but I was bored through most of it, so…

Next week, Tony Khan has a big announcement.

To quote a great man, “that’ll put butts in them seats.”

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So I was going to sit down and watch the latest edition of Dynamite that I have recorded on PVR; the episode was supposed to be really good and I wanted to support new AEW World Champion Samoa Joe on his long-deserved World title run on a major wrestling show. I like to be able to enjoy the Hangman Page/Claudio match, which was a tremendous bit of action. I want to be able to enjoy the Brodie Lee Tribute 8-Man match, which was loads of fun. There’s stuff I want to enjoy that I thought were pretty good and I wanted to write about all of that.

But I really don’t want to reward bad behavior.

Tony Khan is a madman on Twitter, bitching about people complaining about Hook getting a title shot at Samoa Joe’s world title while no one is batting an eye over perennial loser Jinder Mahal getting a World title shot out of the blue. I say madman because from what I’ve seen, NOBODY is complaining about Hook getting a title shot and a great MAJORITY of people are wondering why a guy who hasn’t won a match in over a year is getting a World title opportunity on RAW, even if it is the consolation prize World title held by Seth Rollins. I would very much like to see this part of the world where nobody is hindering Jinder and everyone is shitting on Hook.

TK thinks he’s being clever by bitching about something online that the other guys are doing and then he sneaks in a tweet hyping up his big show. The problem with that strategy – and something that is EASILY verifiable by even the most inept social media user – is that the end result is everyone making fun of TK and calling him a fucking tool because he let one bad tweet get to him. He thinks that every bit of social media that doesn’t immediately praise him or his booking as what the cool kids call “god tier” is an attack on his very being. Is this his way of fearing for his online life or is this more of those anti-AEW bots that he likes to bring up every so often?

I wanted to give Dynamite another run. I was actually looking forward to it. But then TK had to go and be a fucking Twitter fool and now that’s all I’m thinking about. AEW has some issues that need fixing and one of them involves the guy on top. Keep him off Twitter or on a tight leash where he’s doing nothing but promoting matches on his shows and I might give this another try. I’m done with backstage drama tainting the wrestling shows I watch. I would very much like to enjoy these shows unhindered.

No pun intended.

AEW Dynamite (Dec. 27th, 2023): The Devil Is This Poop?

Tuned into AEW for the first time in what seems like months and what do I get for my efforts?

– The finals of the Continental Classic is going to be another match between Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston at AEW’s New Year’s Eve Eve PPV this Saturday, which I’m sure will be a nice bloody affair and those guys will absolutely maim each other for the opportunity of carrying three shiny belts that mean absolutely fuck all. (Seriously, why do we need more belts?)

– With Swerve out of any title picture, we’ll finally getting that Swerve vs. Keith Lee match that every one of YOU (not me – I don’t care either way) have been clamoring for. Hey, no knock of Swerve; the guy’s got a great main event feature if anyone is willing to pull the trigger on him, but him and Keith Lee going at it seemingly years after their deal mattered means nothing at this point. But hey, a payoff long past its due date isn’t completely alien to AEW these days.

– This Devil storyline is still going on? Does anybody really give a shit at this point? There were a couple points beforehand where the devil should have been revealed and we’re STILL doing this shit?

– By the way, speaking of belts that don’t matter, your new ROH tag titles are the masked mystery men that nobody cares about.

I don’t want to rail on this show entirely; you had good matches in Mox/Swerve/White and Danielson/Kingston. Statlander/Blue was also pretty good even with the hokey finish and the fact that your TBS title program is the battle of the scary ladies (I’d do a Cornette Face, but that’d be feeding the Cult Of Corntards, so I’ll refrain), and Le Sex Gods reuniting so we’d have SOME title match for Starks and Big Bill is a nice, wholesome Boxing Day moment… but fuck me, this Devil shit needs to die in 2023. It’s already occupied a spot in the Losers Of 2023 listing and I’ve only watched ONE show involving this shit.