Biased Thoughts: AEW Dynamite #162
2 Hours. 3,5k Tickets Sold. November 9th 2022
The Acclaimed & FTR vs Swerve In Our Glory & The Gunn Club (***1/2) Very good Road To style match. Easy, fun and effective to give the babyfaces and the main match more juice. Wrestling is simple.
MJF with a tremendous promo in a new format, I liked it. This lad is scoring hat tricks every single time he´s on TV. Generational talent indeed.
Ethan Page vs Eddie Kingston in the First Round of the Eliminator´s Tournament (***1/2) It was good, like really good. Page is not my cup of tea but this was fun. Kingston is great. Eddie is loosing in ways that is making him crazy, the sad part is that is a mix of bad luck and cheating from his opponents.
Wardlow had a squash match vs Daivari but the important topic is Samoa Joe turning on Wardlow. This thing started building a few weeks ago. Wardlow vs Samoa Joe vs Powerhouse Hobbs for the TNT Championship sounds great.
Saraya and Britt Baker Face-Off had a BIG issue, this kind of promos of “You don´t know how to be a star” from ex-WWE wrestlers to some of the biggest AEW names are something we shouldn´t hear. Just find other material man. Specially after Punk´s scrum.
Jay Lethal vs Trent Barreta (**1/4) It was meh. After the match Jeff Jarrett appeared to deliver another good promo. I´m digging the Last Outlaw for some reason.
Jon Moxley did a very good promo, this episode has been really great in that department, basically saying to MJF: “You are not that guy”. Can´t wait for that main event.
Jamie Hayter vs Skye Blue (***1/4) Really fun match, is very clear that Skye has been getting better and Hayter is ready for a Championship run, I don´t think she´s gonna win it at Full Gear thou.
Bryan Danielson vs Sammy Guevara in a 2 out of 3 Falls match (****1/4) This match was AWESOME, the selling of Bryan, the heel work from Sammy and Tay who get heat just by been there. Tremendous wrestling match.
Rating of the show: 7.5/10
Extra Notes:
- After thinking about it, Britt getting cheered after Saraya big leagued her is great because that will show the talent that type of lazy bullshit doesn´t work.
- I appreciate that Khan is giving some pushes to new people but some of them, I don´t know, they don´t really hit that high level in ring nor promo level that Dynamite has in the men´s division.
- I previously said that Jarrett´s segment was fine but is not a dude that should be getting TV time weekly, same with Lethal.
- The women´s division, aside of the shitshow the Jade/Nyla/Shaffir segment was in last week´s episode, is trending upwards in workrate and also in storylines, great to see.
- MJF is like Messi in the 2010/2011 season, he just refuses to miss.
