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Lawson Douvier

Andrade looks like he’s having the time of his life. A great example of not burning bridges when you leave a company.

EJ Stephens

Fun dynamite, always love the dynamics of all the challengers for the world title... I live in Tampa and will be going to dynamite beach break! Really excited for the show.

Christian Baltimore

Really enjoyed the show! Lio Rush rules! Kenny needs to win the title right?

Don

Tonight's card was Ok. Happy Stat didn't win, but definitely felt this card was just finding healthy bodies after a ppv like MyGM mode. I feel it's going to be Kenny vs Ospreay at All In, with the set up being Kenny being the light and Mox being the dark for control of Will's soul. I expect Will to bludgeon Kenny like he did Swerve, but hesitate to pull the trigger on his friend when Mox tells him to finish it and he does the Tiger Driver without thinking, knocking Kenny out for a while. Will starts to question the DR training because he injured his friend and struggles with inner conflict, which angers the DR, so they kick him out of the group leading to Mox and Ospreay at Full Gear in November

Brady Murphy

Tonight was a fantastic episode that now requires some new fantasy booking. Next week at Beach Break, Kenny Omega should beat MJF for the AEW world title with the help of a returning Hangman Adam Page. Hangman doesn’t want his friend to befall the same fate as him to the same man, so he helps him defeat MJF. This should then lead to the biggest match possible, Will Ospreay v Kenny Omega III at Wembley Stadium for the AEW World Title. This gives Kenny a 2-month reign instead of a 1-month reign and gives us back our babyface cowboy.

Wheels

In my opinion Ospreay and Mox once again had the best segments this week. Adding Kenny more prominently into this storyline is interesting because you don’t know who’s the devil on Ospreay’s shoulder and who’s the angel. All while MJF is waiting in the wings. They is my favorite wrestlers in my favorite story in all of wrestling. Perfection

Jerrod Hazelwood

I wonder if Will is going to reject the Death Riders, go for the Continental title at Redemption. And then unify it with the world title at All In? That way at the C2, we can just make it a proper G1 style tournament for a title shot at Revolution or something

Martin L.

I enjoyed the show. I wasn't familiar with Hikaru Shida before her return but I have been really enjoying her work and I'm happy to see her as the TBS champion and hope she has a good run. Also I NEED OMEGA VS OSPREAY AT ALL IN!!!!

Brady Murphy

Tonight’s opening pre-tape was one of the best openings to a show I’ve seen in a long time. It has me so excited for the next 2 months of AEW.

Marcin Saturday

I've been wondering what Jericho's new Gimmick was and I think I figured it out. Finding the heel to take the fight to them, interrupting his opponents during promos in order to say something he thinks is cool, overcoming multiple opponents even though he swears he's trying to put over the talent he comes up against? He's Cope, or at least he wishes he had the love and grace fans have given Cope. What has Tommaso done in this fued? It's had weeks of build and every time Jericho has overcome everything or made Ciampa look like a chump. I feel like Jericho would do this to anyone in front of him and Ciampa is just the monster of the week in this latest run. Please pull Tommaso from this fued with Jericho. He is a 'Psycho Killer' being put off my 'Tommy' chants, and Jericho saying "Nuh Uh, I'm better." Better at what? Having hair? Because that's the only people Chris has been fueding with. There just doesn't seem to be a point other than for Jericho to mend his bruised ego after WWE said no thanks.

Marc Joosten

This is the first time in months I’ve had any doubt that the All In main event is Omega vs Ospreay in a singles. Because Kenny straight up said he wants that match before he even beat MJF. I still think he wins the belt next week…but I’m starting to think it might be a 3 way. Just don’t know for sure how we viably get there since Ospreay had to win a whole ass tournament

Colin Piper

Welp, this may have been the best episode of wrestling I've ever seen. Except the Jericho/Ciampa brawl I started watching wrestling with WWE in march last year and it was fun for the most part, but none of the top guys ever clicked with me. My first aew show was World's End last year, and it seemed like a perfect starting point. Now I have trouble deciding my favorite guys between all this top level talent. Will Ospreay just feels like THE guy right now, and it's cool being so invested in the main storyline of the show P.S. hope Dan is having a good day

Brady Murphy

Hell of a promo from Jay White! But, if I’m not in the building when Jay White and Will Ospreay wrestle in AEW, I’m just gonna give up on this hobby all together.

Jeremiah Culver

Amazing. The whole first 30-40 minutes had me glued to my TV. My only sigh was the never challenge for the title again stip. Really not a fan of it by now. Really not sure Wembley’s main event. Triple threat? MJF vs Will is the bigger match. But Kenny vs Will makes my heart feel good. Either way would be great.

Marc Joosten

Well I hope Dan is having a GREAT day.

Mohammed Albanai

Has AEW done the "if you lose you can never challenge again" thing too many times. Maybe it just feels like that because hangman was so recent and this is a stipulation that I believe should be used very rarely

Luther Black

I am so happy that Lio Rush is getting a chance to shine. He’s always been really talented but he’s really found something with this character. Also if I had a dime for every Cody Rhodes reference on this episode of dynamite, I’d have three dimes, which I’ll admit isn’t a lot, but it is strange that it happened three times.

Thevivalajady

Well, now I'm even more torn. Ever since the rumours started about doing Omega vs. Ospreay at All In, I've been on the fence. On one hand, it seems cleaner to just do MJF vs. Ospreay. On the other hand, I really want to see another Omega vs. Ospreay match, and the two of them at Wembley would be Match of the Year, hands down. However, now with the stipulation, and with this not happening at Redemption and instead happening next week, I've got no clue what's about to happen. One last thing before I get out of here. Luke, have you heard of a band called DED? If not, check them out. They're probably right up your alley.

Lamar Holmes

Lord i hope they push Jay White to the moon like he deserves

Brandon

serviceable show. loved the Kenny Omega stuff but besides that it felt like we needed people to heal up post ppv.

Peter Brantuas

Very good show following such a sleeper hit of a PPV. Kenny Bi-God Omega is amazing and Jay White on the mic was missed.

Vault-Tec Doormamu

MJF trying to ruin another top babyface’s future with the no further challenges stip is getting old. And if he somehow does win next week so BOTH of AEW’s top faces can’t have the belt anymore I may be legitimately done for a while. Kenny doesn’t have long left and not giving 1/2 of the reason your company exists one more proper run as face of the company is a shit way to book your top babyface.

Alex Frye

I have no clue where this story is going with Kenny. And I love that! Does he win and prove he’s still got it? Does a certain cowboy come back to ensure it doesn’t happen again? Or does Kenny lose and do what we all wanted from Cody, turn heel and use his EVP powers to say “screw that” and win the title at a later date? So many options and that makes it so exciting

jake

I'm very invested in the war for Ospreys soul.

Victor Oceguera

My prediction for the Mjf vs Kenny match next week is that hangman returns and helps Kenny because he doesn’t want Kenny to have the same fate as him what an incredible episode!

Pogo is here

jey white is 1 promo in and i want him to win the world title already.

robin l.

Tonight’s card was a good show to showing us a direction for the coming weeks The pre tape at the start of the Show felt like having 2 friends from different friend groups at the same place but they don’t vibe with each other Love what they are doing with Lio Rush Btw by carrying the backpack to the match and „hanging out“ with the Conglomeration is he a part of them? and does it mean we get a silly ,creepy Yearbook shirt of him? Now THE Question of the week is Billy Gunn Better than ilja dragunov

Ethan

After Will’s speech to Kenny and Kenny’s promo, I’m getting worried that Kenny will beat MJF for the title, face Will at All In and retire at Wembley. I really hope I’m wrong because I am not ready for Kenny’s retirement in the slightest

Gavin Leonard

I'm really curious if this ends up leading to ospreay snatching the death riders away from Mox now that he's gotten quite soft with Ospreay. They can put Mox out until next year's revolution or double or nothing. Have him win the Owen and beat a Heel Ospreay at All In. I don't think Ospreay will turn at All in this year but maybe Wrestledream to replicate the Danielson ending but Mox being on the losing side.

FelKat

There's a tiny part of me that wants Kenny to lose and return in a mask as Mr. Canada. If anyone can pull that off its Kenny.

Dev King

We are one desperate Kenny Belt shot away from Adam Corona being correct. Also good to see Tony’s comments to you guys at the presser about title shots still holds true

Jake Miller

Agreed, though I think Kenny beats MJF clean here. Or MJF gets DQed, and they run it back at Redemption with a returning Hangman helping Kenny get the win

RLT Sandwich

...what if Kenny turns heel...at All In? Desperate to keep the title reign (and his career) going, he cheats Ospreay out of his dream so Kenny can keep living his. Terrible idea, right? ...right?

Isaac hansel

I don’t feel like Kenny should win the belt yet because there still feels like there’s a lot on the table for Max’s run. The natural conclusion of his title rein is All In and not in the every story must end at the biggest show reason but because there are still plenty of story’s to run with mjf as champ. If mjf looses next week that kills the Andrade story and it kills the Kevin knight story. Kenny should have another title reign but I feel like he needs to turn heel and become an evolved version of himself. This whole old man Kenny story doesn’t feel compelling to me. He just beat ZSJ and has been on a really good in ring run but so often the promo’s and conversations surrounding him are about how broken he is. Which I get, the man lost whatever amount of feet of intestines but that’s not being told in ring anymore. He’s performing so well that a heel best bout machine Kenny would be a fantastic character. Then he can win the championship from Will at some Canada show next year. This summer and fall should be all about MJF and Osprey.

Ripper3112

It was great seeing Lio on dynamite despite the loss but honestly my stand out for the night is Persephone I cant wait to see her again and wouldnt hurt to see the survival of the fittest stip again

COMPANY NETWORK

Weird, I had the same sinking feeling in my stomach while he was hyping up...

“Champ Mark” Adam Corona

Kenny is 100% winning the belt on dynamite. Luke, when Oli’s back from running from the grind please let him know, that I wanted him to know, I told him so. Love you Dan!

Vic Cutting

Ok so, omega is winning next week, and I am excited for ospreay omega 3 However I can’t help but feel like this is a huge injustice to max. If you look at aew television for the last 7 months, who’s the no 1 star? It’s MJF. Him not getting the Wembley main event would be a huge slap in the face in my opinion, even if omega ospreay would probably be a better match, I wish MJF got his big moment. Also good for shida, I don’t care about the tbs title but that’s cool Jam that ham

David Maltby

Mark Briscoe is a modern day Mick Foley and I say that meaning the highest praise possible. The eloquent mad man brawler with a heart of gold. I really hope that he get's a run with the AEW Championship at some point, his long on-off feud with MJF has been amazing and it might have been overshadowed by other things going on but it's been brilliant. Very Foley/HHH from the early 2000's for all you old men and women like me.

Misha Sumra

Surprised they're going with the title match this early, which tells me there'll be shenanigans (or a Time Limit Draw) and a run-back at Royal Redemption. My pet theory is that Kenny realises he can't quite put Max away on his own, so he asks for help from Don Callis (no quicker route to a Heel Turn in AEW than siding with Don). Don, of course, jumps at the chance to get his one, true Golden Boy back, and through negligence accelerate ls the Don Callis Family collapse (which will be the arc between RR and All In, leading to a bunch of inter-family matches like Okada/Takeshita and Knight/Fletcher at Wembley). The important part is that, by the end of August, the DCF is so broken that nobody interferes in the main event - Cleaner!Kenny with Don Callis v Will Ospreay

Cameron

I can’t believe i’m saying this as someone who hates triple threats…but I almost want a triple threat at Wembley. If I had to guess; it’d be Will vs Omega and MJF vs Hangman at Wembley Buttt As fun as it will be to see Omega vs Ospreay again, having them live up to their classics seems like a huge ask, and Max has the ability to always add in another layer that makes everything feel so much more interesting.

Sir Fudds Pennyworth

Interesting choice to have Kenny go for the title next week instead of Redemption. The stipulation also makes me think Kenny is definitely winning. Whether they'll be any shenanigans I'm not sure. However Redemption definitely seems more fascinating now. If Redemption is not being built around Kenny winning the title one more time, then what could it really be about? A returning Hangman? Various former heels like Andrade looking to redeem themselves for their actions? Or maybe Kenny loses and we do see one more attempt at Redemption, but with an even more intense stip like his career? This little wrinkle has made me very interested to see Redemption even more. Even without a card announced yet!

Jimic

MJF simply is the best wrestler. He is the complete package. That is all.

Ph7

First of all: Holy crap, what a great Dynamite! Regarding Kenny vs MJF already happening next week: While the logical part of my brain thinks that they should have saved it for the PPV, I have to admit that the Fan in me- and especially the Kenny Fan in me- hasn't been this excited for a TV match in years. Now I just hope for two things: 1. It has a definitive finish and 2. If MJF loses, he still has a big Match at All In.

Lando

I'm really enjoying the poetry of the story telling mirroring/echoing without feeling like rinse and repeat or being too repetitive, especially when it comes to MJF. Using the same stipulations again and again is risky but because of Hangman and Cody's loss (and not going back on their word), the stip has real weight and makes sense as to why MJF would make the match. "You want what I don't want to lose, you put something on the line that you don't want to lose". I'm loving it. Makes the title feel that much more important

Kevin Fleuriot

I was trying to piece the card for All In but after this episode and seeing next week's card, I'm just gonna sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Will and Mox's story continues to be the best thing around. I loved the tiny details like Alex Windsor walking away the second she saw Mox, the tag chemistry between Will and Mox and Ospreay almost walking out with the Death Riders after the match through the crowd. This is brilliant.

Morgan Leggett

AEW has the best problem right now. Too many people could be world champion. MJF is doing amazing work, I wouldn't have hated giving Mark a run, Ospreay is destined, Omega feels like he's going to take it from Max but then you have people like Andrade who I'd love to see beat MJF. I've missed Switchblade so much I don't want to waste time, get the belt on him. Mox could win the belt at any moment. Has Okada even had a shot? Takeshita and Fletcher are both primed for that spot at any time. Swerve is at a level where he could take it any time. Then you bring it down a bit and look at all the guys you could build into that spot easily like the Jet, Ciampa, Claudio, Gabe Kidd. I don't think we've ever had anything close to this level of a main event scene since the Attitude Era.

Morgan Leggett

I think they should have had a pre-tape from after Forbidden Door with Maya World follow Mercedes promo. Let Maya cut an emotional, in the moment, beaten promo to keep that momentum going.

Reece Hatfield

My favourite part of AEW PPVs is getting to see the Osprey segments on Dynamite afterwards. This whole show was excellent but every week the Osprey/Death riders/Omega stuff continues to get better every week

Isabella

Finally finished the episode and first reaction was "damn I think 'Chump Mark' Adam Corona was fucking right"

RagingM0ng00se

Thought this was an excellent show, and just about everything I want from a post-PPV episode. It followed up on Kenny and his redemption journey, Will and his deepening association with the death riders, MJF and Briscoe, Jay White's return, the TBS title match they've been building for weeks, Mercedes, Kevin Knight and Darby, and it even had Lio Rush! Only things I wish would've been there was maybe a video promo from Maya and more from Thekla, but this was all killer no filler regardless (except Jericho of course, but even that isn't killing me tbh).

Sir Fudds Pennyworth

Maybe it was just hbo max on my end, but did it feel like the ad breaks were longer then usual? Cause I missed the Queen Aminata elimination from the TBS title match later in the night. They had like 3 ad breaks during that match and they felt really long. Don't know if it was just me though

brolly

can I ask how on earth you like the death riders jon moxley is a terrible wrestler and is he a heel or baby face you guys ask the same question of thr bloodline but dear god dont question aew

Orchestructive

@Dan Layton AEW: Hard Way Both a craps term and a wrestling term.

Brent

I felt like they should had the match commercial free since Harley's elimination wasn't on screen either. It probably could have been better produced so the eliminations aren't happening during the ad breaks.

Noah Fortner

God damn pal I’m so excited for Willow Mercedes after that also Persephone should be on tv every week