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Jamaal Ellison

If I were Oli I'd call out of work for i bit longer.

Noah Fortner

Is a Jack Perry signing worth a video package or am I understanding people’s enjoyment of him?

Marcin Saturday

I haven't watched the Deathriders previously to All-In Texas, only heard from the internet about how bad it was, and how it was part of the reason AEW was a cold product. I decided to go back and watch from the Mox/Danielson fued onward. It shocked me that fans weren't reveling in Moxley's character coming in and taking control with the Deathriders. Moxley's promos as this force of "Responsibility" kept me hanging on his every word and the Deathriders ending Danielson's career made the storyline so impactful that I can't picture a better way for Bryan to have lost the Championship. I would go so far to say that The Deathriders story, with hindsight, was perfect. Around this point while watching, I had to run to the bathroom and vomit because of how violently high I had gotten from a mystery edible I had taken two hours prior. Ended up on the floor while the Deathriders storyline echoed from my computer. At one point I was on my back while Mox was trying to pin Orange Cassidy. The ref counted "1, 2-" and I instinctually kicked out. I was so high. My intoxicated antics aside, with hindsight is there some grace we can give to the Deathrider's start in AEW or was it just bad? It has led to must watch Television with Hangman, the Continental title, Osprey, and I'm assuming alot more down the road. It is worthy of a Wresteltalk extra series, but what are your gut feelings?

Victor Oceguera

What a main event 2 title changes on the same episode of dynamite both of which I did not see coming and honestly I wouldn’t have done either or them but I trust that AEW have a plan in place especially for the main event of wembley I am shocked more by the fact takeshitas title reign didn’t end in the triple threat at ALL IN can’t wait for next weeks show

Wyatt Ready

I just don’t know what to say anymore. My girlfriend who is not a wrestling fan who only watches it because of me watched AEW with me and got more into this show for the 30 minutes that she watched than any WWE show that she’s ever watched. Idk how much that says but I feel like it means SCREW TKO

Derik Zoo

Can Oli please go on holiday more often? Wrestling has been so much fun since he left 🤣

Butch Rosser

(Stefon voice) This show had *everything*: Ciampa used pocket sand, Fletcher and Takeshita would've torn the roof off the joint had there been one, Thekla kept Pride Month rolling along, and -- oh, yeah -- KENNY BY GAWD OMEGA is the World champ again after the fifth or sixth excellent World title defense on TV by Max. Dynamite of the damn year.

Vault-Tec Doormamu

Clearly we need the main event of Redemption to be Kenny vs MJF where if MJF loses he can no longer use the Loser can no longer challenge for the title stip ever again. Joking aside, Kenny is the best decision. I’m surprised hangman didn’t help make the save, but so long as Max is out of the title picture, I couldn’t be happier.

Don

Great episode overall. The women's casino gauntlet proved Thekla right. The women's division really is full of "dumb bitches" since no one besides the Triangle came out with weapons. Also, Willow being back 1 week after the TBS champ was crowned feels like she was stripped of the title for nothing. Also glad to see Alex Windsor finally get cleaned up after her honeymoon The build between Kenny and MJF had a big fight feel where either person could win. I still think Will beats Kenny at All In using a Tiger Driver. The DR aggression kicks in and he sets it up, but hesitates. Then Mox yells at him to do it which he subconsciously does injuring (and potentially retiring) Kenny. This leads to an inner conflict story with Will and Mox challenges him at Full Gear because of his new perceived weakness.

robin l.

A show I only could have dreamed about In too excited to even comprehend what happened Btw it was a nice touch to have this collaboration with twitch so this Streamer „Agent or whatever his name is“ to stream the preshow talk with so many talents and stream the show from the front row

Will B

Building and telling a great story vs cutting and pasting to force the story is the theme of Title changes this week.

Drew

Really enjoyed this show all around. AEW has proven week in and week out for a long time that they can show up at the big moments, and this Dynamite was proof of that. With Kenny and Kyle winning tonight, do you guys see any potential major title changes between now and All In? I could see Willow winning but besides that I’m nervous it’s going to get a bit predictable for the next two months to set up the big matches for Wembley.

Kitty Kat

Did you guys notice that Kenny was wearing Ibushi's white, blue and gold color scheme on his gear tonight? Even apart, the golden lovers are always together :)

Evan

Top to bottom, one of the best wrestling shows of the year. Kenny winning the title was chef's kiss, Willow vs. Thekla is obviously heading to Mone vs Willow and the slow destruction of the Don Callis family is pure cinema. Not even WWE Dan could find something to dislike about this show.

ggnore

Another title change on TV in a story that makes sense, makes it feel really rewarding for actually watching the show, and not just tuning in for ppv's.

Evan

Say the line Bart

Don

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you said Kenny turns heel. I think the story makes more sense if Kenny stays face and Will threatens to turn heel post All In from the DR influence. That could be the dark side vying for control of Will while Kenny's friendship is the light. Also calls back to the blood feud between Mox and Kenny

Russell M Triton

England will be playing in that heat during the day (5PM) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Saturday. The definition of die hard fans in the stands. Is it still coming home?

Russell M Triton

What a great show. Glad I watched it live. Poor Oli.

Seth Colegrove

Kenny and Max, wow that was great. I am a little confused about why they took the title off of Willow if she is already back, but we got Thekla commentary, which is always fun. And is it just me, or is Mick Foley a few rubber bands away from just becoming Captain Lou Albano?

Joshua Shepherd

My summer has not been going well. My uncle passed away last month. Some medical issues in the family. Through the strangest events of today I managed to tune in for THE Match. I got to watch the whole match. When Kenny won the Championship I was happy and broke down crying. This is the first bit of joy and happiness I have this summer. I can't wait to see where this goes!

Jaws 24

It was hot as hell being there live, but worth every penny. What a freaken show!

FightForever3301

This episode was fantastic from start to finish!!!! Also TK might have pulled out s major win partnering with big streamers from twitch. When I looked in their chats it was almost completely positive with many people who were experiencing AEW for the first time.

Amomantra94

KENNY BY GOD OMEGA! Hell of an episode, with two title changes and killer matches throughout. Ciampa vs Jericho over delivering was a pleasant surprise, Andrade while holding the explosive device being blamed and still saying “how you know?” was beautiful wrestling nonsense. Takeshita vs Fletcher was fantastic and that main event… holy peak!

Vic Cutting

Genuinely kinda perfect, Kenny winning was so good, hoping it’s a triple threat at all in, this show ruled. Ps, Fletcher vs Takeshita was great

EJ Stephens

Hello guys! Went to the show last night and man did we have a killer time! Good to great wrestling all up and down the card imo. Both title matches absolutely over delivered and I got to see the guy that made me fall back in love with wrestling again kenny omega! The kick out at 1 had me legit leap out of seat. Really excited for the rd to all in. Hope our crowd sound decent on TV. Boy was that Florida heat in effect

Mohammed Albanai

Great matches, title changes and an overall fun show. I do have a few nitpicks though 1. I understand referees discretion but that was way too much time outside of the ring 2. Andrade going after the national championship after gunning for world championship for so long feels like a downgrade 3. The kicking out at 1 is being overused, it doesn't feel special anymore Finally and this one really annoys me Tony Schiavone screaming "what a match" three times per episode is just bad commentary. It's like J Lawler saying "what a wrestlmania moment"

Brent

I didn't expect Kyle Fletcher winning the International title to give DCF a third belt. Glad that Mark Davis got his visa issues sorted and back on AEW TV. A bit odd for Willow returning so soon. I figured she still had months before returning but a good choice to face Thelka at Redemption. I'm afraid of Thelka losing the belt before All In but I will wait and see. Also love Skye Blue and Julia Hart to bring weapons in a Casino Gauntlet match. About time someone did that. Kenny winning the title wasn't moment booking just like Darby winning the title wasn't moment booking either. This is the 2nd time in many months where AEW made WWE a bunch of clowns.

RagingM0ng00se

That was one of my favourite Dynamite episodes of all time, I think everything hit for me. Particular standouts are Takeshita and Fletcher for handing out a banger that surpasses regular bangers and Thekla for having the biggest “drunk aunt at the family reunion” energy on commentary, but the crown jewel of the night was obviously Omega vs MJF, and I gotta say hats off to both guys. MJF will be the biggest star in AEW over the next decade, but there is just something special about Kenny that is hard for anyone to replicate and it feels so good to see him have his last-stand title run.

Pogo is here

Genuine question with your job being essentially watching wrestling how do you stop yourself from becoming burnt out on it? because I got back into wrestling in 2023 and I've been watching it ever since and when I got back into it I was watching basically everything I got back into new Japan and stardom, which was my main show back in the day. Started watching AEW was watching WWE again even checked out TNA and was disappointed when I found out it wasn't stupid anymore (before ANE) but now after watching this episode and watching Kenny fucking Omega wim the mens aew world champion I get the feeling that I'm not as excited as I should be not as happy but as I should be because Kenny was my favourite wrestler for a long time and I'm worried i brunt myself out on wrestling.

Harry Burke

All hail the prophet Corona

Harry Burke

I'm so glad I've got tickets for All In. Kenny Vs Will has WON 7* review written all over it. Can't wait.

Jonathan “The Headmaster” Hedman

Thinking about that first match would the sand technically be considered a local object and not a foreign object since they are kind of near the beach anyway?

Real One's Georgie Tuffs

Must admit, I think the whole booking of the shows card was clever. To think this has been the first night In weeks there has been no football on and Tony has stacked the card to bring In the viewers with nothing to watch. Will be interested to see ratings this week. Plus let's go Team Sprint. I'll be gutted if you guys trip over your laces!

DennyDorko

Kenny Omega kicking out at one after that beltshot was *chef's kiss*.

Angus Noble

I've just watched the main event during my breakfast and holy hell. Those two kickouts at the end (although I'd have preferred a 2.99 over a 1 count after the belt shot) popped me. I was so sure it was over. I got two words for you: AND NEW

Harry Burke

Everyone in the office needs to get married and then go on a 2-week honeymoon. Start marrying each other if need be.

Ripper3112

Kenny winning was the right call. Im interested to see how they proceed with both this Old man Kenny and still having all the chasers that MJF/Darby had im guessing he will be haggard by All In

Ripper3112

Wrestletalk mandated polyamory

Joshua Shepherd

I have that feeling towards a few wrestlers. Not that I hate them, infact I think they are very talented, I just have zero interest for them.

Dean Brereton

Perfect show. AEW continues to have the best weekly TV show about wrestling. Yes I feel the ppv model with shows like forbidden door and its relevancy issue, needs to be reviewed and sometimes the match booking for a ppv can feel rushed on lower card feuds, but overall for me this year its been 9/10 most weeks.

KFizzle4

Did Thekla say she wanted to be friends with Mina so she could motorboat her?

Ph7

If MJF is really out of the All In main event, my heart goes out to him, because after the year he's had he absolutely deserves that main event. However, as a Kenny Omega Fan I'm just so freaking happy to see him with that beautiful World Titel again. Looking forward to Ospreay vs Omega at All In, I think that Match will be a bit of alright.

Brendy

I'm not sure the Jericho feud is any good for Ciampa, but I think Ciampa is enjoying it and that's always nice to see

Marlo Ramirez

Glad to see Willow back and in the World Title scene, but does make me question. Did she even need to drop the title if they barely crowned a new TBS champion last week? Also more of Thekla on commentary please.

Brandon

a great main event to end a good enough episode. the death rider squash match went a bit long and the Jericho Ciampa match was fine I guess (docked points cause the feud is not ending) but everything else was at least good. thekla's hilarious drunk commentary elevated the casino gauntlet, protoshida had a great match and that main event was perfect. Omega is the champion its gonna be awesome at wembly (can't wait for Ospreay to kick out of an OWA at 1, thats gonna be hilarious), hopefully MJF gets something major too because he has been the main character of this company and deserves some major storylines.

JJ Bittenbinder

Roman Reigns, CM Punk & Kenny Omega (+ Dolph Ziggler) are all world champions...what year is this lmao?

JJ Bittenbinder

I never understood why he nor Sammy Guevara were considered 2 of the 4 pillars. Sammy is one of thousand generic flippy guys & Jack has the personality/mic skills of a wooden box. But Perry is "cool" & "edgy" when he give the finger 😅, whoah we got a badass over here

JJ Bittenbinder

Yes, how awful must marrying the love of your life & going on honeymoon be? I do hope he'll survive 😅

Reece Hatfield

The first time I've ever shed tears at a wrestling match. The whole show was great but that main event was the best TV match I've seen. Also Thekla needs to be on commentary every week.

Reece Hatfield

Hard disagree. They've been building to Will VS Kenny since Dynasty. It has been a slow burn story that's been bubbling in the background rather than flashy sure, but to say it's forced is doing it a disservice.

Florian Groß

While I didn't really get into the Jericho vs. Ciampa match and the Casino Gauntlet felt a bit dull at some moments, this was a great show. What a main event. Just all around fun from start to finish.

Diarmuid Burke

Quick question lads, is Kyle Fletcher the best TV wrestler of the last year? It feels like every time he's on Dynamite (special episode or not) you're getting a PPV quality match.

Xin

I was there LIVE in the arena and MAN what a show. It was hot as fuck out in that swampy arena but the energy was fucking CRAZY! All night long i feel we gave our all, and my GOAT Kenny “the Cleaner, Wrestle God, Golden Lover” Omega with one last run with the belt. The pop for Willow was HUGE

Homerstar

OMG, They’re doing it, They’re doing Kenny vs Ospreay at Wembley, I cant wait. Whilst I wouldn’t be against a triple threat with MJF included, I think a singles match is the way to go. I think they do a rematch between Kenny and MJF at Redemption, then maybe do MJF vs Mox at All In.

Morgan Leggett

I think it was a missed opportunity not to give the refs black and white striped Hawaiian shirts.

Kevin Fleuriot

I think it started really hot with the turn on Bryan, the title win and the sentiment that AEW was about to crumble and nobody was safe. I loved Mox's promos on the back of the Death Riders Truck with Yuta looking in the distance. My personal issue is that, because it took too much time for the main characters of AEW (Swerve, Kenny, Will, Babyface Hangman) to get involved in this storyline, the stable quickly lost steam and became Generic Heel Stable 101. It diverted from the idea of saving and rebuilding AEW by pushing people to dig into themselves to overcome the Death Riders, to a group of heel guys doing shenanigans. The turn around for me was really the 2025 Spring Break Thru episode of Dynamite when the Opps beat the Death Riders for the Trios titles and you felt like something was shifting. The main event stars of the company were involved in the story and it had that big time feeling. From this point, I loved everything Death Riders.

Kevin Fleuriot

Sorry for your loss, I wish you the best man

Kevin Fleuriot

I'm not gonna lie, seeing that graphic of Omega vs Ospreay at All In... *Cue CM Punk boner clip* They already had my favorite match ever, and you mean to tell me that I will be there live for the third match ?

Kevin Fleuriot

I think Andrade could beat Davis at Redemption

RealDoubleJ

Just a reminder, we had a Friends analogy last week and were promised a Will & Grace analogy for this week. I think a Spin City, Just Shoot Me or Cybil analogy would be accepted (maybe a Desmond's only to confuse non-british viewers) but point-blank refusal will be given to any analogies to Dharma & Greg. But seriously, isn't it just great to have had top-notch wrestling on a weekly basis for as long as we've had? My FOMO for Wembley All-In has fully kicked in now

RichGang4$

Index or no index, Kick out at 1 is definitely better than Billy Gunn!

Christian Baltimore

I don’t think anyone in the world kicks out at 1 better than Omega. He’s just the perfect wrestler!

Sir Fudds Pennyworth

What a time we live in where both companies have had multiple world title changes on free tv

Daniel Kennedy

May be the only one here, but I actually feel really bad for MJF. I feel like him winning the title back in December gave the company a bit of focus back. And he's carried the title for most of the year to now NOT be involved in the Wembley main event? I sure hope they have a good backup for him.

oak_slaney

Amazing show, AEW really on a hot streak, however I do want to say that watching Jericho wrestle in 2026 is like watching Ronaldo still starting in the World Cup. They’ve still go there moments but you can tell they’re past it, and I don’t particularly care

Dylan Clarke

I just cant see a world where MJF stays out of this title picture for Wembley. He's AEWs biggest star and now that he has the crux of "will ospreay made me lose", I believe we are heading towards a triple threat for all in

B3nasaurusR3x

Agreed! As I understood it; you claimed Kenny would turn heel, therefore by taking the belt from Darby. I’m still pretty impressed bordering on skeptical. Do I smell an insider rat? I don’t know. Hard to say. For some reason, I feel I should be cautious of working myself into a shoot. P.s. That’s right, I just used a semicolon. Who’s the big boy now?

B3nasaurusR3x

I know nobody else is going to say it so I will. The real hero of the night is Excalibur for attempting to put over the commentary desk as reinforced to the point of withstanding the weight of a man. Rest well, sweet prince. You fought the good fight today.

Versek

If the first time we see Oli after coming back isnt him doing either the Community Darkest Timeline gif, the Jumanji "what year is it?" scene or something similar then what are we even doing?

Neweyes66

I honestly think it's one of the best episodes of Dynamite. Jericho vs Tommaso Ciampa was pretty good even though I'll be sick of it by the third match. Completely shocked that Kyle Fletcher won the International championship. That Kyle Fletcher vs Mick Foley match is going to rule xD. I am so happy Kenny Omega won, and not just because I can finally see him wrestle live in person at Wembley

Shelby Eustace

i personally adore aew's boooking atm of this massive title story between darby, MJF, Omega and Osprey while also having 5+ other wrestlers eyeing it off and saying they are coming for it, just for me feels like it elevates everyone involved, the story and the title itself also cause i only just subscribed to the patreon i wanted to say i want forbidden door kept purely for the reason of hearing the NJPW announcer say everyones names as well

Versek

The Death Riders story got *real* grating because there was like 10 months of "Yeah this guys not beating Mox, this is a filler feud". Until Swerve there wasnt a single believable challenger. And 10 months of Mox doing his best Bloodline interference impression against people who never had a chance to win in the first place was **ROUGH**.

Matthew Richardson

Lovely episode of dynamite! The God of pro wrestling has re-ascended! I’m very intrigued to see if there’s anyone or any stipulation added to the All In main event. While Will and Kenny always hit it out of the park, I think i would rather see a different take on their match than a basic 1 v 1. Looking forward to hearing your guys’ thoughts! Thank you

Ilan Woll

Fantastic show. Even Jericho was good. When my biggest criticism is Foley’s interview, it’s a fantastic sign. Ok, Ospreay and Mox v The Workhorsemen being more than a squash also. Excellent women’s casino match and Takeshita v Fletcher would be Match of the Night had Kenny and MJF not blown everyone away. Thanks all, and Slam that Ham or Jam that Jam

KidCutty

AEW is mostly a great wrestling show. Its the booking decisions that need discussing tho. Why make Willow give up the title if she was gonna be back so soon? Also, happy for Kenny but the timing of this is...questionable to say the least. And Takeshita smh But if u cut your brain off for a lil bit this was 🔥

Chris Jones

>Ollie goes on break. >New WWE Champion, New AEW Champion, New AEW International Champion. Can he go away for Summerslam and All In? lol

KingWickedLee

I have never watched an AEW dynamite show before in my life but i wanted to see Omega vs MJF. And i cannot complain. what a match, what a show.

KingWickedLee

craziest thing is how little ads breaks maybe i'm watching the wrong show. I love how the show seemed to run smoothly i was never bored or wanting to fast forward.

KingWickedLee

That intro for Kenny was longwinded and i was all for it.

Zach

The willow return was a nice surprise and her winning makes all the sense in the world because it does add intrigue if she wins against thekla at redemption. With commentary putting over that Mercedes hired out Divine Dominion to take out Skye and Julia puts her in more of that tweener role + her history with Willow makes it possible that Willow could win. That being said, Thekla was so funny on commentary during that match. I had to pause after she said wrestling Mina was like wrestling a blowup doll because I was laughing so hard.

Skillgull22

I believe that jerichos weird obsession with funding with bald people will lead to some form of hair vs hair match

carson

I stopped watching AEW right before the Winter is Coming episode where Kenny won his first AEW championship to focus on university. Since picking the product up after All Out last year all I wanted was to see Kenny as champ again; even if it is for him to ultimately drop it to Will at All In. It’s just so lovely to see him get his flowers live on TV one last time (allegedly).

Brent

Watching weekly AEW shows compared to weekly WWE show is night and day. AEW flows so much better because they aren't trying to jam ad breaks everywhere.

Amanda S

Can no one tell Oli and just do all of the reaction videos. Or one long one with all the title changed in it?

Joe

Just catching up and yes, yes she did.

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