AEW Dynamite (Feb. 7th 2024)
Footprint Center, Phoenix. Arizona. 5,2k Tickets Sold
Swerve Strickland vs Hangman Page (4.5) Fantastic showing by two of the most exciting main eventers in AEW. Their trilogy is one of the great rivalries in AEW and will continue, I can´t wait for Revolution.
Timeless Toni Storm vs Red Velvet (NR) I couldn´t watch it because I had to receive my dinner but I heard Toni had a good performance breaking the trend of weak stuff because she is still trying to find a moveset that fits her character.
CMLL vs Blackpool Combat Club (3.75) This was an amazing showing by all involved, structured to let Máscara Dorada shine. BCC cheated to win and that made me really interested on the dynamics going forward. I would want some blood but we will see. I just love this feud and how CMLL wrestlers are presented as equals of the AEW wrestlers.
Konosuke Takeshita vs Chris Jericho (2.75) This match was fine, but filled with so much stuff that I dislike like thinking Takeshita doesn´t need a theme song, unnecesary Don Callis intervention. Hopefully either this is the feud ender or Takeshita is booked vs Ospreay going forward. I know they are 1–1 but this feud has been mishandled by putting the focus and time to the wrong wrestlers. The positive is that Takeshita won and had the talent to carry Jericho 2024 to something decent, another reason why he should be paired with more exciting wrestlers.
Sting & Darby Allin vs Ricky Starks & Big Bill (4.5) One of the best Sting & Darby Allin tag matches in AEW. All four were STELLAR by working with so much care not only phisically, but as well in the character work. Fantastic main event and a RED HOT angle that sold me even more on Young Bucks vs Sting & Darby at AEW Revolution
Score: 9/10
A home run of a wrestling show, started and ended hot, with a fantastic old school angle that revitalized the Young Bucks as well of succesfully adding more heat for this PPV. The main event scene is reallly interesting with the dynamic of Hangman and Swerve, I think this is a Swerve and we will see babyface Hangman and Heel Swerve. Also Mercedes Moné and high possibilities on Kazuchika Okada coming to AEW adds even more buzz to AEW that now we can say that has #RestoredTheFelling
