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AEW DYNAMITE 7/12/23

Thank you Jasffy, you insane bastard, for already giffing their entrance.

Wanted to put my thoughts on the night in writing, but in short: MJF and Adam Cole are the funniest duo in the company right now, Nick Wayne and Swerve Strickland stuck gold for a third time together, and Kenny Omega gets back together with his boyfriend

- Great showing from Komander, especially in the beginning of the match

- First Match: Komander V Jericho. 3 stars

-  Had a good spot upside down on the turnbuckle which transitioned into a hurricanrana

- great sell from Komander for Jericho forearm

- I am being sports entertained

- insane double power bomb from Jericho - he’s making ambitious spots but he makes em well

- lot of energy in second half of match- very good back and forth between the two. Komander is a well of energy throughout the entire thing

- the catch into the walls of Jericho was a great finish, and I loved that he did entire match alone. great showing from him

- HIGHLIGHT OF THE MATCH: Komander's rope walk into shooting star press pin - in a better world you would have won off that king

Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy VS Daniel Garcia & Sammy Guevara. 4 1/2 stars

- Tension between Garcia and Guevara in the intros is setting up a fun storyline there for the eventual JAS implosion

- fantastic fake out arm drag from 🍊 in the beginning, nice energy to start

- get spun darby. Second time in like a month he's been absolutely rotated

- handshake!! between Darby and Sammy. darby saw Jack Perry turned heel and immediately started turning Sammy into the biggest ol babyface

- looooooong vertical suplex with Sammy and darby fucking christ. men invent complex rituals to touch the skin of other men, etc

-  get walled darby

- 🍊 and Garcia are so good together, same with darby and Sammy. all around strong chemistry between the four men.

-  excellent stun dog to stunner to ddt - incredible and fluid sequence from 🍊 to darby and back to 🍊

- Beach break? more like back break. let my man take a rest week because 🍊 is falling apart

- I know Garcia and Sammy have to advance for their eventual big break from the JAS, but I still hate the match ended in outside interference. At lease Swerve is a fun heel.

- TWO HANDSHAKES between Sammy and Darby. the baby has been faced

HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Darby audibly going “SHIT!” right before Swerve jumps in to kick his face off 

MJF & Adam Cole VS Bill Bill & Brian Cage. 3 and 1/4 stars

- their combined entrance is sill the best thing in aew right now

- MATCHING SHIRTS

- it's a wrestling match, Michael, how many push-ups can there be? Seven?

- max has some good theatrics but not a lot of good spots so far. feels so much more performance based than the other matches tonight

- Adam Cole always has THE BEST anger face tho

- LET MJF BITE MORE OPPONENTS! HE DESERVES IT!

- nice three part joke setup for the full body slam on big bill. Again, the three part joke set-up makes the match feel like a skit

- love Cole using mjf tactics as their partnership goes on

- cute chemistry in the promo too. can't wait to see the whole thing explode

- HIGHLIGHT OF THE MATCH: Brian Cage picking up MJF and Adam Cole at the same time to do a backwards toss. Insane machinery 

RUBY SOHO VS SKYE BLUE. 3 stars

- my kingdom for a good women's wrestling match on dynamite

- nice series of kicks from Skye to start things out - her legs are i n s a n e 

- Good idea to kick Ruby’s crew for this one - Skye is already such an underdog going into it that the Outcasts would just get rid of any potential tension

- Ruby is cute when she's sadistic and I should be allowed to say it. I’m not super behind her in-ring style but she really does know how to tear someone apart

- Impressed at skye's showing, and I’m glad they let her do a big second win comeback even with two “shattered” knees

- still not long enough. Tony Khan your days are numbered

HIGHLIGHT OF THE MATCH: Ruby’s pin on Skye was hot and I should be allowed to say it.

Nick Wayne VS Swerve Strickland. 4 1/2 stars

- good flinch moment to start the match. I had my doubts Nick would be able to put up any presence with Swerve in the ring (I have a bias) but doing a fake-out punch on Swerve in the corner was a great opening moment 

- you can tell these guys have wrestled with each other before - just the way they so fluidly transition between pinning and striking shows they know how the other moves. God bless the Seattle wrestling community

- great striking/miss combo between the two. poetry in motion

- insane fisherman suplex from nick considering he’s even skinnier than Hook

- picturesque hurricanrana between nick and swerve off the apron

- Nick's mama VS prince Nana book it Tony

- nice hang off the apron to neckbreaker from swerve

- Darby comes out to support him at the entrance ramp but I need him all the way down ringside. You gotta be this kid’s Sting, Darby. Making you the mentor in a new relationship would be such a good storyline for him

- amazing counter from swerve for the next hurricanrana that Nick tried - excellent way to show that this kid is good but he’s inexperienced in a real match, and can get caught out doing the same thing

- this match fucks severely. even got the crowd to shout this is awesome

- Nick lost, but it’s one of the greatest introduction matches for a wrestler I’ve seen. I know why they signed the kid and I honestly agree. AEW likes younger talent (Hook, Julia Hart) and so far the company seems to be good at nurturing them and letting them grow. High hopes from this showing.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE MATCH: - REVERSE HURRICANRANA TO Wayne's world cutter from Nick on the turnbuckle. fantastic coordination between the two of them

Overall I thought the wrestling in this match was pretty good, but then immediately overshadowed by the GOLDEN ELITE. IBUSHI COMING BACK BABY. Excited for that and in disbelief he finally showed up to hang out with Kenny and it wasn’t even PPV. Mein Gott.

What were your thoughts on the episode? Who do you think will win the Owen Hart cup or the blind tag team tournament? (hint, it probably won’t be Daniel Garcia)