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Morgan Hill

Cried twice tonight, at Excalibur's tribute to the butcher and when Rebel and Britt went up the ramp

JakeAndBake13

I thought this was a fantastic edition of Dynamite honoring Rebel and paying tribute to Andy Williams. The news of Andy's untimely passing definitely hit me hard. I knew of Andy before he was in wrestling from his band Every Time I Die. I am a huge fan, and he was a huge inspiration for me as a guitarist. I became an even bigger fan of his once I saw he got into wrestling, and he quickly became a favorite of mine. When Excalibur gave his tribute, I cried. The opening segment with Rebel was very nicely done. When she came out and got her moment in front of the crowd during the women's trios match, I cried again. I thought the wrestling on the show was very good, as per usual, but some things are bigger than wrestling, and these two moments certainly were. I'm looking forward to the Collision tribute show for Andy, where I expect I'll probably cry again.

Jerrod Hazelwood

This is going to sound like I'm making fun of this fan, but I promise you I'm not. There was one fan you could hear through out the whole night, who sounded like an excited seagull. I genuinely love that they enjoyed the show so much. A great addition to a very emotional show.

Jeremiah Culver

Mercedes promo really put this as a 10/10 show down to a 9. Yeesh what a bad segment. Everything else here was good. Steve Borden looks like a star, although-running off the ropes to a standing still Mark Davis and doing an arm drag really shows he’s still new to this. Rebel got me choked up bad and had to donate. What a terrible disease.

Lawson Douvier

That was a very touching episode. I cried seeing Rebel get her flowers and Excalibur was clearly good friends with the Butcher. He was taken too young, for sure. On a brighter note, Steven Borden is hot and that girl with pink hair was having the time of her life.

Will B

2 very different, yet both great, examples of tributes. Seeing the love for Butcher was incredible, but I can't even begin to imagine what Rebel felt, getting to actually see and feel that amount of love for her live.

Don

Fun television special. Definitely hard to hear Excalibur nearly lose his composure giving his Eulogy to Butcher. Seeing Rebel's video package was also heart-rending, but she's showing her strength as an ambassador and brought a huge smile to my face with her Roll Model I appreciate how they explained why Mox was chosen as Ospreay's first opponent. Could Pac cause a schism in the DR and cause the group to break up? If him and Claudio leave, maybe they can pick up Sheamus and be the Barstards 😆 I'll be laughing if the Conglomeration and the DR both break up before the Judgement Day

Butch Rosser

As expected, the best parts of the show were focused on Rebel and Excalobur's deeply moving tribute to Andy Williams. I also want to shout out Maya World emulating Rebel's old entrance and Mark Davis doing the Butcher walk. It's going to go down in Dynamite history and I'm looking forward to seeing how they pay tribute to Andy on Collision this weekend given how well they supported Rebel here.

Brent

There was some definitely some heart felt feelings with Excalibur talking about Andy Williams and Rebel telling her story about her fight with ALS. Still there was still some fun and thristing over Andrade and Steven Borden. Even though there wasn't any new matches for All Out besides the Birds vs the DD in a Chicago Street Fight on Collison last Saturday, there was some movement. I think we might get a triple threat between Thekla, Mone, and Willow for the title at All Out especially Willow coming out in the end. I really love the segment where Will explain to Moxley that he wanted the match with Moxley since he was the only one to pin him in 2026 along with this time it isn't for revenge. The best line of the night has to go to Brody King when saying to Hangman that he goes around the Trios division. My one nit pick is with the tables match is when Kyle brainbustered Nick through the table which Kyle actually went through the table not Nick. According to Justin Roberts, both members of the team have to go through a table and since Nick didn't go through the table but Kyle, the Young Bucks should have been the winners.

GoldenRK9

So here’s my pitch, Mox beats Ospreay at All Out, Ospreay gets the title back at Wrestledream and then the “decider” at Full Gear, Title for Title. Ospreay wins, unifies the World with the Continental and competes in the C2 as the World Champ. Winner of the tournament now earns a shot at the World Championship at Dynast as the Continental is deactivated. If the champion going into the tournament wins they choose their opponent.

Victor Oceguera

The show was incredible Moxley and Ospreay is my most anticipated match but I just wanna forget wrestling because to me this show was about life and I just wanna take a moment and say thank you guys at wrestletalk and everyone in this community let’s spread love tonight ❤️🖤

Randy Bobandy

Emotional show, but did Nick Jackson even go through the table at the end of main event? Looked like it was all fletcher

Brendy

I cried twice during this Dynamite, 10/10

Dante Peoples

AEW had it all tonight, tears, comedy, drama, and action. I would love to see a scenario where Willow journeys to the dark side in order to win the title back. Osprey vs Mox will be fun, no doubt, HOWEVER...it would have been cool if the Osprey/Deathrider story continued during the Omega story...oh btw Pac spoke!!!

mike wolfe

Wow, what an emotional night. I lost it when Excalibur got choked up during his Butcher tribute. And to see how much love and support Rebel received was tremendous. Some things are bigger than wrestling and this show proved it.

Mark Robertson

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite was one of those shows that shows how a company can show true sentimental appreciation to their staff and workers. Honestly, I won’t remember the wins and losses nearly as much as the moments that felt real. Seeing Britt Baker and Rebel together, the emotion on Britt’s face, and the crowd getting behind them was almost surreal knowing they may never get to enjoy a moment like that again. Then there was Excalibur breaking down while talking about the Butcher hit just as hard. You could feel that wasn’t something being fed into his ear, it was genuine grief and love for a friend. I enjoyed the wrestling and the story telling with death riders/wiil, the continuous bolstering of the tag team division and Thekla slowly getting over as a face in the mone fued but honestly I was more than happy going into tonight knowing this was a tribute to two great people. Tonight wasn’t perfect for moving every storyline forward, but it didn’t need to be.

Joe Gleeson

My son is autistic and doesn't sleep well. I've been up for the last hour with him trying to get him back to sleep and have been watching clips of the show online as they pop up on my timeline. It seems like a show to review in isolation and just to appreciate how well AEW handled a very sensitive show. Not to get all mushy but given the highs we all felt during All In and the heartbreaking lows we all felt upon hearing the news of Andy Williams this week, and seeing the incredible bravery of Rebel.....maybe it's worth taking a moment for us all acknowledge how wonderful pro wrestling can be; and just how beautiful life can be! Oli, good luck with the mini burps!

Luther Black

When Tony talked about how special it was to call Steven Borden’s first match because of how long he spent covering his dad, I started to well up for the third time for a third completely unrelated reason.

Wheels

I have enjoyed the Will Osprey title chase but it’s amazing how putting Mox back into the story has made me even more excited for this title run and put more energy back into the story

Kane Murray

It's not often we get to have something as grave as death brought up on the same show we can celebrate a life. The lows of the days since Andy Williams' passing were met with the highs of seeing Rebel again, and it's a privilege that is not missed on me. The camaraderie and bravery from many on this show was a glowing example of what makes wrestling so special. Rest easy Butcher, to say you'll be missed is an understatement.

Ripper3112

The New Level just look like they are having fun, and that makes me more excited for their run as a whole. I love the in ring detail of them having to adapt to a non WWE style. With being caught off with unorthodox people like Orange Cassidy or the Rascalz last week.

Toni Harris

I was at the show live and genuinely really enjoyed it! Almost everyone I talked to was either from out of town, or a student at the college in town. It’s so great to see all the enthusiasm around the show!

JJ Bittenbinder

We can never have Steven Borden & Andrade in the same ring or ovaries might just explode. Hell, I grew a pair just from Sting JR taking his leather jacket off.

Marcin Saturday

Calling the tag team triple threat just a ladder match I think diminishes how major that match will be. Call it full metal mayhem for all I care but put the stipulation over. Ospreay told Moxley he doesn't need a 20 minute time limit cause he has him for 60. Does this mean we're getting an iron man match main event at All Out??

Andrew McMenomy

i’m proud to call myself a fan. AEW does such an amazing job honoring the brightest of people!

SmalBrain

I cried several times through this episode. The journey of rebel video had me damn near sobbing. This episode is one of the biggest reasons why I love aew.

Isaac hansel

Gonna need a Steven Borden and curry comparison from Luke!

Real One's GEORGIE TUFFS

Roddy is seriously the most underrated wrestler, hes so good every time I watch him, the guy doesn't age. I think anyone coming to AEW needs to fight Orange, you can't have an ego and fight that guy I tell you

Chris deaton

Why wouldnt Brit Baker’s match with Rebel and them two on the ramp with her video and the locker room emptying not close this show? Great show tho

Tariq Ali

It might sound callos, but it is amazing how well AEW manages to put on these tribute shows. It can't have been easy planning for a celebration of and pivoting to the tragic loss of Andy Williams. In my mind they hit it out of the park, balancing fun, sadness while fostering a feeling of united-ness. Kudos to all in involved, I rarely smilled that much while being misty eyed.

Jonathan Davies

Not Dynamite related but I want to thank Oli for the book recommendation on last week show. I got the Audiobook version and missed 2 trains in a row when commuting because I was so engrossed 😂

oak_slaney

I’ve only been regularly watching AEW from around Revolution this year, so I was not familiar with Andy Williams or Rebel, other than the ice bucket challenges, until recently, and the combination of Excalibur tearing up and the ALS video package had me in floods. Such a fantastic cause and a great show to go along with it

Kevin Fleuriot

Hard to explain why I was wiping tears at my daily morning meeting at work today.

Wahab Fares

I’ve been loving goofy Okada but I think they need to start to do more in ring stuff with Okada and his title in general, feels like a waste for him to just show up for 30 seconds backstage every week

James Boulton

Goddamn it, I don't care that the heel/face dynamics in that women's trios match didn't really work, the finish brought me to tears as I watched it on the train to work. And then to cap it all off with that beautiful video package. Maybe I was already primed by the Excalibur's emotional tribute to Andy Williams but I thought it was all perfect.

Joe

The Andy Williams tribute floored me. Seeing all the social media stories, and screen caps of Andy's messages to people from both the world's of music and wrestling he was an amazingly encouraging, open, and positive light. Only ever met him once at an Every Time I Die show and chatted wrestling, he was ace. RIP Butch.

Ben Debrick

I can honestly say ive never enjoyed backstage and promos more than when Osprey and Moxly are on screen. From working along side Will I can tell he thinks very long and hard about all his interactions

Theo Pett-Ridge

Prediction for forbiden door Ospreay VS Newman With United Empire in each courner. Old leader with new United Empire vs new leader with old United Empire.

RealDoubleJ

What more can be said than simply: F*ck you ALS and we love you Andy and Rebel.

Shae

Holy shit Excalibur breaking and seeing Reba I mean Rebel. Made this a very emotional tribute to everyone. Great matches and pushed storyline, but this was a tribute show and one hell of a show of you ask me. And sorry I LOVE THEKLA who's making Mone look like broken nose Becky. Mone and Willow will tag soon. Pac standing ground on not liking Will and Mox realizing he may have fd up was great. And the young bucks won, Kyle went through the table .

Reece Hatfield

A really fun episode and a really heartwarming one as well. While the only main feud advanced was Ospreay Vs Mox that's more than fine because this wasn't an episode designed to do that. It was meant to be a feel good fun episode to celebrate Rebel. The tribute to the butcher was also very heartwarming and I'm sure the remembrance episode of collision will be equally emotional

Mansour Maghlouth

A normal Tv episode made everyone cry twice. Oli I know you rarely give shows 5/5 but I think this one definitely deserves it off of that alone.

James Markin

This was so emotional. I almost broke down 3 times watching. Seeing Rebel's reaction to seeing the crowd a final time on the ramp, the tribute to Butcher and Excalibur breaking down, and even hearing Tony getting emotional with the fact that he called both Sting and Sting Jr. first matches on TBS got to me. Night like this is why I both love and hate being a wrestling fan. (love when wrestling communty comes together but hate how it's always for horrible news)

Phil

I was there live last night. I had a great time but it was tough to keep it together. They had a ten bell salute to the Butcher before the show went live, on top of the on air tribute. It was also so heart warming to see the Rebel play a big role in multiple segments. Between this and the main event of All In, AEW has been emotionally destroying me lately. It really highlights the power of Pro Wrestling as an art form.

“The Rollacosta” Robert Acosta

We all want to support good wrestling, but sometimes it’s more important to support good wrestling companies. This was a beautiful episode.

James Letter

echo all of the other comments, I cried like a baby at multiple points during this, but I'll always enjoy any time Will Ospreay has the chance to remind Gabe Kidd that he lost to Chase Owens.

Brent

Were you able to hear Excalibur's story of Andy Williams in the crowd? I was curious since everybody should hear it and if you were there live, it would be a pity that you didn't.

Phil

We couldn’t hear it during the show but AEW posted the clip to YouTube, so I caught up this morning. It was really moving.

MegaUltra SuperKO

Genuinely a heartwarming dynamite. Tried to lock in but seeing Rebel and Britt crying while embracing each other at the end of the match brought me to tears. Not sure if I'll be able to hold myself together watching the Butcher Tribute on Collision.