AEW Dynamite tonight was one of those shows where the company clearly tried to cram three weeks of direction into two hours. Some of it worked. Some of it felt rushed. Some of it exposed AEW’s biggest issue on the road to Double or Nothing: the matches are delivering better than the stories. Darby Allin … Read more
Tonight’s three-hour AEW Dynamite and Collision special from North Charleston felt like the kind of show that showed both sides of AEW at the same time: the company’s greatest strength and its biggest ongoing problem. In the ring, this was a loaded, fast-moving night built around strong wrestling, title stakes, faction chaos and a major … Read more
Last night’s AEW Dynamite was the type of show that explains both why AEW still has one of the strongest in-ring products in wrestling and why the company still frustrates people when it comes to week-to-week booking. Live from Fairfax, Virginia, AEW loaded the episode with four championship matches less than a month away from … Read more
Last night’s AEW Dynamite felt like one of those shows that quietly did a lot more heavy lifting than it may get credit for at first glance. On paper, the hook was obvious: Darby Allin’s first AEW World Championship defense against Tommaso Ciampa just one week after he shocked MJF and won the title. In … Read more
AEW did not just load tonight’s Spring Break Thru with title matches and Dynasty fallout. This was the company’s first major statement show after Dynasty, a loaded episode built to show where AEW was heading next, who was rising, and which rivalries were only getting more dangerous. By the end of the night, everything pointed … Read more
AEW’s final Dynamite before Dynasty had the exact kind of energy a go-home show is supposed to have. It was chaotic, angle-heavy, and built around one clear idea: Sunday’s card is now set, but not without a few last-minute twists. The biggest one came before tonight’s show really settled in, as the TNT Championship was … Read more
Last night AEW went into Winnipeg needing a strong build for Dynasty, and Dynamite delivered a show that was far more notable for movement than for shock value. Chris Jericho’s return gave the night its headline, but the real substance came from the way AEW stacked layers onto the Dynasty build all at once: MJF … Read more
AEW Dynamite felt important tonight, and that has not always been the case for this company in the weeks between a major pay-per-view and the next one. Coming out of Revolution, AEW needed a show that did more than just keep the board moving. It needed a Dynamite that clarified the world title picture, sharpened … Read more
Last night’s AEW Dynamite was one of those shows that was undeniably eventful, but not always for the right reasons. As a Revolution fallout episode, it did its job in the sense that it moved a lot of pieces at once, set a major match for next week, gave Dynasty some direction and made sure … Read more
Last night’s AEW Dynamite did what a Revolution go-home show is supposed to do: it sharpened the biggest feuds, raised the emotional temperature, and made Sunday’s card feel volatile in a very real way. The wrestling was strong, the pacing was tight, and almost every major program got a final push with purpose. Kyle Fletcher … Read more
