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Dynamite 9.9.20

9/9/2020 11:00 PM

I'm gonna start writing reviews for each episode of the show, just because I want to. So here's the first.

The show starts with Jericho/MJF meeting for the first time since Jericho tried to make MJF ask for acceptance into the inner circle way back. They call each other losers and the show starts. I liked this because I feel like these two are destined to fuck with each other at some point. Maybe in the ring maybe not, but it has to happen. Jericho needs some wins first though. He's lost a lot recently.

Lucha Bros. Vs. Jurassic Express -

Continuing the story from pre-all out of Eddie Kingston trying to lead BB & LB to some form of tag team success, they face Jurassic Express in the opener. Jungle Boy does most of the work for the match, Luchasaurus getting a couple of good tags. Jungle Boy is about to eat the pin when the Lucha Bros. end up bamboozled into performing their finisher on themselves. JE takes the win. Eddie does a promo after trying to get a rowdy Pentagon and Fenix to reconcile, which they ultimately do. Eddie tells us he wasn't officially eliminated from the Battle Royale at all out, which may ultimately lead to something in the future with Jake and Lance.

Jake/Lance Promo

Speaking of-- here Lance and Jake stand in the rain and give a promo about how they're gonna fuck Moxley up. They work so well together, and Lance is intelligible now. He was a little too soft before, and now he sounds like a very confident angry macho man. We love this.

Matt Hardy announces time off

He comes out-- and I was initially scared he was gonna announce his retirement. He does officially decree that his feud with Sammy is over because he basically agrees that its cursed. Which it is. He says he's sorry he took such a risk and didn't give us the match he deserved. He gets cheers from a live crowd for the first time. They chant his name forever. It must have felt good for him to finally know the crowd was behind him. He looked okay, but says he's taking some time off to heal. I'm glad you're alright bud.

Orange Cassidy Vs. Angelico

This is the first time any of TH2 has been on Dynamite since February 19th at the tag team battle royale. That was the first time they had ever really gotten any kind of bit in a show, they had that whole thing with Jack Evans on some guys shoulders-- it was good. It's nice to see them back. They've been gone so long that the tag division has changed COMPLETELY. They may as well have been debuting tonight. I'm certain there are a large contingent of post covid fans who have never ever seen these guys do anything. They had a good match with Jimmy Havoc and.. Mox was it? waaaaaaaaaaaaay back. Havoc isn't even a wrestler anymore since speaking out. In any event, OC does his signature crazy town ddt and finishes angelico off. This doesn't seem to set up anything with Jack Evans or more with TH2 but more just there so they can finally re-do that parking lot brawl they were setting up around the time of the shutdown with PnP. I dunno if OC will be involved, seems to be more of a best friends thing. They cut a good promo on santanna and ortiz and say they wont be there to hug next week.

Young Bucks Attack Alex Marvez

Short and sweet. Marvez goes to interview the Bucks, they superkick him. Get fined by Cody, the announcers say. They seem to be going full heel. All on their own.

The BEST Man

Kip comes out rocking a midriif while Penelope is as hot as fucking always, and he says it's time to announce his BEST man for their wedding. Puf comes out first, to great acclaim from me and maybe 14 other people. No one in the audience, apparently. Then Pillman Jr who is needlessly assaulted, then Miro (Rusev). I myself have never seen Miro do anything, because I never ever watched WWE, but I'm aware generally he was unhappy and abused in WWE. He cuts a promo on Vince and his brass rings, and genuinely looks impossibly happy. The crowd chants "MIRO DAY, MIRO DAY", and he looks like he'll cry. It's good. I like him instantly.

No clue where the wedding is going specifically, but I have to imagine it will lead to something with Miro and Kip possibly tag teaming or something.

Tony & Hangman Talk

My man Hangman is dejected as hell. He says it's all his fault they lost. They could have won, but he cost them everything. He says at the end of the day, he knows he's a man like everyone else, but he's also full of poison. This hurts me deeply. I am even now sorrowful. He says he hopes to work with Kenny again to get the belts back.

Jake Hager/Jericho Vs. Sonny Kiss/Joey Janela

No DQ match but REALLY CLEAR TAGS. Oddly enough, some of the best, clearest, well defined tags in weeks in AEW tbh. Ironic but-- whatever. The match is fine. Sonny does some good work here and nearly pins Hager until Jericho blasts him with the fire extinguisher. He gets rolled up and they lose. Jericho says that he and Hager are gonna go after the tag belts since Sammy is recovering from being blown up at All Out.

Ultimately they will not succeed at this, or at least it's hard to imagine them winning right now. They might make it to the title match but Jericho is in such horrible shape right now. He's blown out so quickly during matches. He looks like he's dying every week. I'm sure the humidity and heat there don't help but. No way they get the belts.

MJF fires his campaign staff

MJF tells his staff they failed him, and fires them all. Jordan gets the fuck out, he screams at Nina and calls her ugly, which is just, oofh I can't believe she didn't smack the shit out of him. lol, he does let gum guy go gently, but then turns to Wardlow. He shits all over Wardlow because hey, he's not signed with AEW. MJF pays him. Wardlow can't do a fucking thing. So he takes it. But it's clear Wardlow no longer has any appreciation for MJF as a person. He is going, someday, to throw that man through a wall and it's going to be WONDERFUL. MJF basically says he's gotta figure out how to be top contender again, which means he's gonna kind of drop out of storyline for a little while.

Moxley on the Murderhawk

Mox says Lance is a scary competitor, but he's the best man for the job. Basically just accepting the challenge Lance presents and talking him up as a good contender.

FTR Celebration

FTR comes out and does a roast on all their tag teams, paying special attenting to Jurassic Express who end up tossing them out of the ring. They tell JE that they can fight them next week, but not for the belts. Just for a chance to fight late for the championship. Surprisingly, everyone eats the cake instead of throwing it on someone or someone through it. Marko does dump some ice on them, but it basically just sets this feud up and gets some heat for next week

Ricky on Darby

Ricky comes out doing his hilarious Darby getup again, still continuing this thing he has with him. He says it's Darby's fault he loses and no one likes him, because he's careless and crazy. He'll be alone, no one will tag with him, and Ricky will fuck him up the next time he sees him.

Tay Vs. Nyla

Welcome to AEW Tay! Nyla kills Tay here as a thank you for signing. Nyla and Vickie (now the Violent Vixens) tell us they're pissed and aren't leaving, continue beating on Tay until Shida shows up to tell them to fuck off with her kendo stick-- which is what Shida used to beat Nyla's skull in last time when she won the belt from her. Shida saves Tay Conti here but she's basically already sold her soul to the Dark Order. An unexpected storyline developing in the women's division. A rarity post-covid. This is to be treasured.

Ross talks to Omega

Omega says the tag belt gave him purpose in AEW since he failed to be the big man he was expected to be when he debuted with AEW. Says he enjoyed his run with Hangman but times up-- he's done with the tag division. It's time for him to buckle up and become the champ he was destined to be. This is awful and sad and I'm sorry Hangman.

Brodie Vs. Dustin

Dustin is just too good. The dude is 51 years old and just is on top of his game like no one else his age could dream of. He and Brodie put on a hell of a fight despite weird interference from John Silver which does nothing. I assume this was fucked up because I don't know what the hell was supposed to happen. I think the ref saw him when he wasn't supposed to. Whatever-- Dustin takes the reigns of the middle third of the match and just about clenches it multiple times, even once piledriving Brodie. Brodie manages to grab the rope out of sheer instinct. Eventually, after a failed cross-rhodes, Brodie gets the upper hand again and fucks Dustin up, bringing to a close the blood feud Dustin has for now. This may continue into the future, but maybe not. Hard to say. Dustin lost pretty unequivocally here though either way.

Overall: Typically AEW's post-PPV shows are a lot of setup for the next "season" of story telling. They tend to do cycles of PPV to PPV, with those tending to cap off major feuds and belt fights. This is no different. A LOT of story telling and set up here, but good looks at where the Elite are following All Out. The Full Gear stories look very exciting, and I look forward to seeing where things like the Dark Order go next.

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