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
AEW Dynamite comes into tonight with the company officially two weeks away from Double or Nothing on Sunday, May 24th, and this is the kind of show that needs to do more than just give fans good wrestling. AEW has the matches, the names, the chaos and the moving pieces, but now it needs focus. … 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
AEW rolls into North Charleston, South Carolina tonight with a loaded three-hour Dynamite and Collision special that looks stronger than it did when the week started, but still carries pressure. What began as a show built around Darby Allin defending the AEW World Championship against Kevin Knight and Orange Cassidy facing Dax Harwood in a … 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 has a real chance to keep its momentum rolling tonight, but only if it understands what kind of show this needs to be. Last week’s Spring BreakThru Dynamite was built around shock value, emotion, and a huge title change, with Darby Allin beating MJF to win the AEW World Championship in one of the … 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
Last night’s AEW Dynasty was a big, eventful show that pushed several stories forward at once. MJF escaped Kenny Omega to retain the AEW World Championship, Kevin Knight had a breakout moment by winning the vacant TNT Title, Kyle O’Reilly returned to help The Conglomeration win the AEW World Trios Titles, and Kamille made an … Read more
AEW has done a solid job making tonight feel important. Not just because the card is loaded with talent, but because the top of the show actually carries weight. MJF defending the AEW World Championship against Kenny Omega gives Dynasty its prestige fight. Jon Moxley defending the Continental Championship against Will Ospreay gives it its … Read more
