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Jamaal Ellison

This was an extremely weak episode or in my opinion.

Don

Really excited for Omega vs ZSJ. Crowd was amazingly dead for this episode considering I thought most of the matches were pretty good

Brody Allsep

Somehow Jericho showed his best and worst in that promo segment. Worst being the cheap ragebaiting comments, and the best when he was getting serious at the end.

Brody Allsep

I don't know if they would get all the way to a full championship level, but I think Orange Cassidy might be headed to being the "straight man" in a kind of odd couple tag team with Lio Rush. Surprisingly, I don't hate the idea? I can see OC putting hands in pockets, but there is black goo in them, Lio trying to win him over by having his mouth be orange instead one week, stuff like that.

Wheels

I love the Will Ospreay storyline and although it was just a pre-recorded promo the Will segment was my favorite thing on the show. With that being said Zach vs Kenny might be my new most anticipated match at forbidden door

Amomantra94

I genuinely didnt expect Andrade’s “how you know” thing to get as over as it is right now. But for it to have reached the stage of crowds chanting it when he gets a mic, then have him interact with Lio Rush and his “HE knows” back and forth was a stroke of genius!

Brendy

If only Jericho were retiring...

Shae

This was solid episode of dynamite, furthered feuds and storyline. Thekla is the fn coolest, the video package as oli would say was Cookin!. Death riders vs stp is interesting when Briscoe is basically doing a war games match. Although I knew Swerve was going to win, goddamn did they have me on the edge of my seat. Very good episode and the crowd, ooh what a crowd! 3/5 show!

Marcin Saturday

I can not express how much I don't want to see Jericho, especially not in a fued against Tommaso Ciampa. When Ciampa came in he was one of the few stars who I could see in the main event picture, but now that Jericho has pulled him into the vortex and is undressing the Psycho Killer I'm beginning to worry. With the 'Tommy' chants, no-selling Ciampa's presence like he did Ricochet, it's feeling like "Who in the Blue Hell are you'. Usually I trust AEW to have a story for each character and a reason for building up a star, but I can't see where any of this is headed.

Jimmys Stuff

Lio Rush with his "Gollum" like character fascinates me. so many options and possibilites. Is he a good guy at heart? And/or will he be manipulated by the heels IE Don Callis Family? and Maybe Andrade doesn't like it and turns face or whos know. This Blackheart Lio Rush character has not missed a step yet and I'm ready for more.

Joseph Machado

All in all, a solid show to keep the momentum going. However, I am struggling to get behind this Jericho run because I'm unsure what the purpose of it is. Maybe it's just a long term way to show people he can still put on half decent program. Maybe its intentionally putting over more recent WWE transfers like Ricochet and Tommaso as an F-U to Stanford. The current problem is I don't know. The bigger problem is I'm starting to not care.

Brady Murphy

This at first felt like a weaker Dynamite after such a great run of tv episodes and ppvs, but I ended up having a lot to enjoy. Before I break down what I liked I must focus on what’s important. KENNY OMEGA VS ZACK SABRE JR had me screaming in excitement and now it doesn’t matter what else is on the Forbidden Door card, I’m seated. Onto Dynamite: STP is great and this Death Riders feud will give them some great TV time. Briscoe vs Pac was good, but I wish Pac could get some high profile wins soon. (I know the story is Briscoe v MJF so I’m okay with this one). Andrade and Cassidy had a great match and I need Andrade to have a successful babyface push coming soon. I was bummed about Sareee, but I’m a big fan of Maya World and was happy to see her have a great match and a win! (Condolences to her and her family, devastating news). The main event started off on the wrong foot, I genuinely thought Brody got rocked, but they kicked it into another gear and had a great, short and violent match. Despite an overall lower feeling show, almost everything building in AEW has me excited to watch what’s next.

Brody Allsep

As good as the action has been, I kind of hate the shadow that is over the Women's Owen with the injuries and especially the tragedy regarding Maya World's brother. (Omit as you see fit here, as well as rephrase to make it come across better. I saw a news report about the incident, and my heart hurt for her and her family. Check out their GoFundMe and send love and support, either to them or someone you love today.) All that said, from seeing Maya in MPX live and their ROH matches, Athena and Maya are gonna make them regret not having their match next week in Texas!

Luther Black

I like how the first hour of dynamite was heels telling us we were on their time. We were on Ciampa’s time, then we were on Kevin Knight time, and then we were on MJF’s time. What a crowd (derogatory), Andrade vs. OC was so much fun and I really can’t wait to see where they go with Lio Rush’s new gimmick

Mohammed Albanai

This might be weird to say but my favorite part of the show was the Alex Windsor and will osprey backstage segment. The acting was really good, it felt real

Versek

Omega vs ZSJ ? I'm gonna be deadass with you brother, I'm erect.

Martin L.

Hi oli and Luke. I will be attending Forbidden Door. It's be my second AEW ppv this year (first being revolution) and lemme just say, Kenny Omega vs Zack Sabre Jr. Just that one match alone and I am beyond excited. I think swerve and ospreay is going to be great as well. Thank you guys

Austin Tackett

I was at the show! Honestly really fun show, and the crowd was very hot for everything except the Woman's match, and the crowds sustained pop for Orange Cassidy taking off his pants was ridiculous. Had a great time

JonoabboFE

Using a "wildcard" to hide the appearance of a signed AEW talent who's been fit and healthy to wrestle, and not on an injured japan-based freelance wrestler who was not guaranteed to be clear by the time the match went ahead is a bizarre decision to me.

JonoabboFE

ZSJ is a fantastic wrestler and I am never going to complain about him getting on an AEW card, the Omega match will undoubtedly be great, but it does feel odd that we aren't getting somebody who's been a bit more relevant to the top end of NJPW at the minute, feels like this is a dream match from a few years ago. Still time for more talent to make the card though, hoping we get some inclusions in the 6v6 and maybe a Knock Out Brother tag affair.

Bobo Jacobo

Solid episode with fun matches through and through. I still don’t care for Jericho but I admit I was captivated by him when he lowered his voice and showed a bit more badass-ery. Heel Kevin Knight isn’t hitting yet, so hopefully he finds his bad guy persona beyond cheap hometown heat with this Darby feud. Coked up Khan interacting with Briscoe was a treat, I’m EXTREMELY excited for ZSJ v Kenny Omega, and Andrade continues to be the sexiest man in wrestling.

Sam Sullivan

I was convinced that the women's Owen finals would be Mercedes/Athena, but a small part of me really hopes it's Maya/Athena now that she's in the tournament and has beaten Skye. RoH plays into Maya being a former student of Athena's a lot, bringing that into AEW could be really interesting

cc

I don't really understand why we're running back MJF v Briscoe. Aren't their other faces we could be giving the rub to? ZSJ v Omega is proof AEW isn't beating the heatless banger allegations.

RLT Sandwich

I have a fear that "Tommy" is about to have any and all of his momentum halted by being in the Jericho vortex. As that opening segment went on and Jericho kept saying his "joke insults" I found mself rolling my eyes. Before Jericho went on his hiatus, I skipped through his segments and matches. I have reached that point with him again. He just doesn't work for me, brother.

Dominic Smith

The joy of watching Dynamite at the moment is that its just an easy watch. The different arenas, making it look different each week, means it feels less cookie cutter than other shows.

Victor Oceguera

Unfortunately I was not able to watch this show live like I do every week however I saw AEWs instagram and saw the matches that got announced for forbidden door which I will be attending WTF HAPPENED ON THIS SHOW WHY IS THE CARD SO STACKED IM GETTING TO SEE ZSJ VS KENNY???? FORBIDDEN DOOR 10 MAN CAGE LIKE LAST YEARS???I CANT WAIT FOR THE WRESTLETALK PODCAST!!!

Vic Cutting

Ok so this episode wasn’t incredible, but holy s word ZSJ vs Kenny omega will make the entire card worth it. Ospreay continues to make me feel bad for ever disliking him, that backstage promo with Windsor was great, jam that jam

Diarmuid Burke

It really only took Jericho two minutes to completely undermine Ciampa's presentation and make him feel lame. I really don't see the point of this feud, and I genuinely hate Jericho coopting the bald stuff and trying to put it on other wrestlers (in solidarity with my less folicled brothers out there).

David Maltby

I wish Jericho had gone to WWE and not re-signed with AEW. I'm already sick of seeing him on the TV and after the initial pop it feels like diminishing returns with the live crowds too. His gimmick feels like it's 20 years out of date and poor Tommaso Ciampa deserves better than this.

Kevin Fleuriot

Kenny Omega vs ZSJ and Thekla vs the whole existence of Stardom is what Forbidden Door should be. I think the big multiman cage match, while really appealing, feels a bit out of place (even if you include NJPW and CMLL wrestlers, I don't think it would fit the story). Otherwise, very good in ring quality on this show, loved seeing STP involved, hopefully they're not just villains of the week.

Morgan Leggett

Jericho just seems to make everything worse and I say this as a guy who loved Jericho. Tommaso Ciampa made this rivalry feel hot with the attack, the follow up promo on Collision and then the angle last weekend, all without Jericho. This week Jericho turns up and its bad comedy, "bald", "Tommy", "Tommy mommy" and the sudden switch to "Lets be serious now" was cheese and the huge brawl didn't feel earned. He feels so out of place.

Sir Fudds Pennyworth

Not as strong an episode as the last 2 or 3 weeks, but still really good. I am very very excited for Swerve vs Ospreay at Forbidden Door. Their match at Forbidden Door 2024 for Swerve's title is one of my all time favorite AEW matches. They're rematch last year that went to a time limit draw was also excellent. Will picking up the win will make them 1-1 with each other, so the rubber match for the title later on should be an instant classic!

Jamie Brown

So we’re just doing bald jokes every week now? Jericho is done, he is now a catchy song and nothing more

Ph7

First of, I gotta say: What a... bad crowd that was. Which is a real shame, as we've had a run of great crowds in both WWE and AEW. As for the show itself: It was definitely one of the weaker Dynamites of (partly due to how good AEW has been this year), but some great announcements for Forbidden Door and a great Main Event kept it from being a bad show. Still, here's to hoping they get back on track next week.

Irving Sanchez

Hey guys, couldn’t see this week’s episode because tomorrow is my wedding day!!!! So yeah, super anxious but really excited. Specially since I’m gonna share a what some people say “June wedding” with the one Oli Davis. Which I raise this question, we finished withe the runtime of the wedding and all the protocols and some fun stuff. But you mentioned you’re gonna have karaoke in your wedding. Is your wedding gonna be a wedding or a “wedding flavor” event? Just kidding, my best wishes to you Oli and I hope you have the most fun possible in your wedding PipeBomb>Math

Team HAMMA FIST

This whole “Jericho speaking with parenthesis” bit has got to go (lame). It doesn’t make for an effective babyface (douchebag), but objectively I think Chris’ days of being an effective babyface are long behind him (vampire).

Brent

The Women Owen has been a disaster. Replacing two women and almost a 3rd isn't a good look. Mone coming back as a wild card is good and all but announcing her ahead of time is the smarter move. No offense to Maya World (sorry for the loss of her brother) but having either Jamie or Kris replacing Saraee would given the Owen more star power. I continue to love how Don Callis can't manage the egos of his guys very well. He definitely is the guy who gets bored of the old toy when a new shiny toy appears with Andrade being the old toy and Kevin Knight being the new shiny toy. It's hard to predict which 4 members of the Don Callis Family besides Kevin Knight is going to be with MJF but clearly Mark's team is Orange, Kyle O'Reilly, Roddy Strong, Ishii, and Speedball.

Bonzo

"One of Three main events at forbidden door" Shut up excalibur that's not a thing. Omega Vs ZSJ should be awesome, but looking more like a MJF Ospreay Wembley Main Event now.

Sir Fudds Pennyworth

I am loving the budding relationship between Lio Rush and OC. They could give me a segment of them two every week and I'd never get bored

The UndiesTaker

Going to my first AEW event at All In, and I don't know what I'm looking forward to more: Ospreay bringing the house down by inevitably beating MJF for the title or the shock return of CM Punk!!