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Frado_C

No AEW thoughts but just finished the first book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and wanted to give Luke a shoutout for the great recommendation, already onto book 2!

Shae

Ok now correction as Oli would say, " Just let AEW cook" - mnw Great show this week, love the pacing of the show. Felt like almost every segment/match bled into one another. Thought the BCC & Osprey opening was hilarious. & Holy shit the sound of that hidden blade from will Honestly an ok ppv card only really looking forward to Will/Swerve & ZSJ/Omega. But PLS stop giving Kenny the mic, lessens my excitement lol. Not sure what direction Marina is going in but seems they don't either. But 2 women matches tonight is improvement ,& would love to see them push Aminata. 3/5 show not the blow away go home show but def built to the ppv matches.

Joey Spade

Too much wrestling. Needs more entrances.

Martin L.

How the hell did Brodie King do that

Amomantra94

As ever, excellent progression with the Ospreay/Death Riders story. Daniel Garcia used a Styles Clash, Strickland with the Hidden Blade, then Will saved Garcia from Swerve after the match. Will you better win Sunday, I have to be in attendance for your crowning moment!

Ilan Woll

The audiobooks are amazing. The first three books also have a radio drama treatment on Soundbooth Theatre

Brandon

just to give a point about overruns. you posted this before the episode ended.

Ilan Woll

I always love getting to watch ZSJ wrestle. No one has done submission nearly as well going back to Angle and he who must not be named. Also Harley dressed as Supergirl…yes please

Jamaal Ellison

Make Takeshita AEW world champion already.

Don

It's summer and you know what that means! WWE counterprogramming everybody, even their business partners, and their legends giving the worst takes of the year! Seriously though, I thought this was a fun episode. I know Forbidden Door doesn't matter, but I like it because it lets me watch ElP and ZSJ wrestle more on American television. I'm thinking Bandido beats Mox for the CC. That gives Bandido a better reason to be on tv more and frees up Mox to go after the world title after Will wins it. Also, TK needs to give the women more time to cook. I thought both matches were good and Red Velvet needs to be on tv more

Brandon

alright episode ended now after an 18 minute overrun. that main event promo and segment did not warrant an 18 minute overrun

Danny B

I agree got the first book for father's day and haven't put it down. Massive shout out to Luke for the recommendation. Plus this week's dynamite was a solid show a lot of good wrestling

Sam Sullivan

That was a great Dynamite, but I can't help but feel like I'm losing interest in the TV style of presenting a wrestling show. I went to my first Attack! Pro show recently because it was advertised a Pete Dunne's return to the promotion (incredible show, you guys should give it a go) and I'm enjoying the indie presentation wayyyyy more right now

Dukect

This was a fun and exciting episode of dynamite. Also the Don Calls and MJF t-shirt i'll say this shirt is better than the raw and smackdown t-shirts the wrestlers wore for brand supremacy back in the 2010s

carlos cervantes

has swerve been building up the cop killer all year in a lead up to his match against will ospreay who is returning from neck surgery? very well done if so

Jeremiah Culver

Maybe Tony saw Oli’s video and they’re trying to get those wrestling percentages up, having a match with a faction so the next opponents are already at the ring and not needing an entrance made it seem like there was constant action all night. What were the percentages? Pure cacao?

Kitty Kat

I think Tony Khan has been watching you guys because holy crap that was a lot of wrestling for a tv show! I loved almost all of stories going in. Will/Swerve has been my favorite personally. Their story has been so personal and in a way heartbreaking. The way Will left the arena not through the entrance way but through the crowd like the death riders do was a fantastic bit of visual storytelling. It's the little details that I've been recently really loving about AEW. I will say I wasn't the biggest fan of Mark Brisco's promo. Not that it was bad but it just felt like a weird place to put it after an amazing match with Takeshita and Ricochet. However the beat down between everyone was great and I'm super excited for Forbidden Door.

Lawson Douvier

Thekla is the coolest and far, far better than Billy Gunn. As are eight other people this week.

Jerrod Hazelwood

I get most fans are over the gimmick of Forbidden Door, but the build for this show has been great. Every episode leading up to this has been solid at worst and brilliant at best. Looking forward to Sunday

Brady Murphy

Great episode of Dynamite. Not a bad match in the bunch with the standouts being Ospreay v Phantasmo, ZSJ v Perry, Aminata v Velvet, and Takeshita v Ricochet. For the wrestling company that doesn’t do stories (I know, old talking point), AEW has so many stories I’m invested in. Maya World’s shocking ascension, The Don Callis Family schism, Andrade’s imminent face turn, MJF’s line of challengers, Kenny’s redemption (wink wink), and, of course, the interwoven story of the Death Riders/Jon Moxley/Will Ospreay. My favorite storyline in wrestling today got some interesting updates this week. Will feels more at home in the group, Daniel Garcia used a Styles Clash seemingly learned from new teammate Ospreay, Will Ospreay saved Garcia, and Garcia took a Vertebreaker for Will. However, something happened this week that had me scratching my head instead of praising this story. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta won their match with flagrant cheating by hitting Brody King in the back of the head with the Continental Title. I have been under the impression that the evolution of the Death Riders has been, not a babyface turn, but a tweener/less heel turn. They still relish in violence and take advantage of some dirty tricks in the wrestling playbook, but I haven’t seen them truly cheat or jump someone in a long time. So, this brazen cheating that felt only heelish (and not a rebuttal or admissible in any way) left me disappointed. Still loved the episode though, jam that jam!

Q. Raymond Fisk

I loved how the whole first hour flowed so well. When I heard Kenny's music to make the save on the Young Bucks I almost thought he was having a match himself! Also shout out to like for the audiobook recommendation the other week. I started Dungeon Crawler Carl on a roadtrip and I am now on the fourth book. I got together with friends for DND a week ago and it turns out we all started the series recently so it was perfect timing. Hope you all are doing well!

Marlo Ramirez

On the Tuesday podcast you guys responded to a question saying you didn't think Maya was likely to win over Mercedes. I am curious as to which scenario you think is most likely at All In, Maya vs Thekla, Mercedes vs Starlight Kid, Mercedes vs Thekla but turn one of them face, or do you think they would just run it heel vs heel? How would you book it?

Victor Oceguera

Can’t wait for this pay per view I’ve always wanted to go to a forbidden door show and me and my partner are making a trip to go there for our anniversary can’t wait to tell you guys on Sunday how the show was live!!!

RagingM0ng00se

Recent subscriber and first time commenter here, I thought this was a really fun show. The lead up to Forbidden Door has left the shows feeling a little bit directionless at times but I also think it's maybe a bit overblown due to the hyper-focus we had leading into DoN. Really appreciated having multiple women's matches on the show, particularly when they're that quality. That plus the upcoming Maya/Mercedes match has me really excited for the potential direction of the division over the next few months. As an aside, since there has been a little bit of talk this week about AEW being a dead topic for discussion with podcasters I thought I'd maybe ask you guys. It's been a bit over a year since you were at that crossroads of maybe not covering AEW in long-form reviews, so how have the analytics for your AEW stuff been (however you measure them), both over the year and in recent times?

Russell M Triton

Mox: "we might go down sometimes; but we don't stay down" One minute later... Ospreay falls down and gets back up Brilliant!!

RLT Sandwich

Does anybody else feel like through all her...toxicity...Thekla is actually hurt that she was fired from Japan? I feel like in her last couple of promos, through both her tone and some facial expressions, she's implemented a hint of sadness to underline her motivation. If it wasn't for the fact that I know this story will end after Sunday, I'd be much more invested in that potential character, especially with a show called "Redemption" on the horizon. I feel there could be legs to this if TK wanted.

Vic Cutting

Amazing episode, I think omega vs ospreay is definitely happening this year, maybe at redemption ? Ospreay gives omega the chance to beat him for the all in title shot, g1 style. Then ospreay can win and omega can maybe end the year in the c2 if he can? Jam that jam

Mohammed Albanai

I finished the entire series in 2 weeks. Just couldn't stop, it took over my life

Pogo is here

Everytime i watch aew i sit here and think why isn't people like queen aminata, DG, brody king etc. not bigger deals yet i feel like they have 15 + wrestler who have flirted with being upper mid cards to main eventers for years but TK just hasn't pulled the trigger or did but let them cool off.

Dashing Dan

Brody showed Mistico true lucha libre

Tariq Ali

Realised while watching the Harley-Marina match, that AEW is doing a really good job developing talent. Considering where both woman were 2 years ago they put on a good and fun match now, with Marina showing off more character and Harley improving in-ring. Both seemingly learned a lot from their on screen pairings. However, they now also need to book and profile those talents properly if they want to capitalise on this. Love the show and as a connoisseur of dark chocolate I look forward to a stuffed Forbidden door card.

Morgan Leggett

Tony got paranoid about Oli's video and decided to give us a PPVs worth of wrestling before the PPV and I'm smiling ear to ear.

Diarmuid Burke

When Harley came out in the brand synergistic Supergirl gear I knew she was winning. Feels like a mistake imo, Marina deserved the title opportunity. Need Aminata to win now.

Ph7

While I agree that the "forbidden" door isn't as novel as it was in its first few years, I still think this was a fun crossover season. We got Thekla reigniting her feud with Stardom as well as maybe the best womens match on american soil this year, and this sunday we'll get Starlight Kid on a major american show, a super fun sounding tag team three-way, Pac vs Shota and Kenny Omega vs Zack Sabre Jr. I know that's not as impressive as the earlier years, but if we still get fun stuff like that I don't want them to get rid of Forbidden Door. Also Dynamite was great this week, but that pretty much goes without saying this year.

Jamie Brown

Two opinions to share Brody King should be a world champion, Will Ospreay shows that an entrance doesn’t have to be longer than the match to be good.

Neweyes66

A insanely good episode. Love the pacing for the show, didn't feel like it dragged on at any point. I'm looking forward to Forbidden Door but I wish we got more ZSJ promos.

KidCutty

Yeah its the same thing over and over again. Get pushed for a couple weeks on Collision then whooped on dynamite smh or pushed on dynamite and dropped after a month or so. Surprised u caught it too cause WT have never mentioned this on the podcast reviews the way they just accepted one womens matcha week. This week their was two and people are celebrating it in the comments 🤦🏿‍♂️

Brent

Thelka vs Starlight Kid is what Forbidden Door should be like. From last week to now, there have been more interpromtion matches on the card. I love Don Callis and MJF being the ultimate narcissists with T-shirts of themselves being super jacked while the shirts themselves are very cheap looking. Also poor Rocky and Trent being asked to leave since they weren't part of the team while looking their best cosplay of Miami Vice.

KidCutty

The amount of people celebrating 2 womens matches tonight in these comments is disturbing. That should be the normal people! Not the exception 🤦🏿‍♂️ and I STILL say the Ospreay/Deathriders story only makes sense if u do mental gymnastics that u normally wouldn't do. Kinda like how Darby can get beat up, beat himself up trying to beat the other guy, and still have energy to hit about 4 coffin drops which also does him damage 😂 its all about what your willing to accept 🤷🏿‍♂️

Morgan Leggett

One of my favourite things about AEWs presentation is how seamlessly they flow from one match or segment to the next. Ospreay wins, Swerve comes out so they can have a face to face, Swerve then has his match. Tito and Haste come out with Zack and then as Zack is celebrating out come the Bucks. You're just always ready for the next thing. Constant momentum to the show. Its linear

Rob Steedley

The Will falling bit was not planned but I am so glad they kept it in

Matthew Warren

Cool fun show like usual. Twitter had a mixed reaction for reasons I still havent figured out besides they dont like Harley I think, which is weird for people who also want more women's wrestling and longer matches. And I dont just mean the usual chuds, like typically AEW and women's wrestling fans too.