Biased Thoughts: AEW Dynamite #166
2 Hours. 3,2k Tickets Sold. December 7th 2022
Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal (NR) Is a battle royal so I don´t rate those but it had some fun stuff. Jack Perry got killed by The Firm and I actually want to see that feud. Jungleman is a tremendous bleeder. MJF came out and attacked first but man, Starks answered back and fucking killed it, the postmatch was TREMENDOUS. Great TV wrestling.
Samoa Joe vs Darby Allin for the TNT Championship (****) A for the love of the game performance by Darby Allin, DAMN. What a fucking match. Joe´s best match since I don´t know when. This first hour has been electric.
Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta vs Daniel García & Jake Hager (***1/2) Fun tag match that puts the end of the BCC vs JAS feud in AEW TV. The postmatch was good to explain why Regal did what he did helping MJF and Moxley basically saying that the BCC is not called the BCC but they represent Professional Wrestling. Good stuff.
Jade Cargill, Red Velvet & Leila Grey vs Kiera Hogan, Skye Blue & Madison Rayne (**1/2) It didn´t shit the bed and the crowd helped a lot.
The Acclaimed vs FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championships (****1/4) FTR are the best tag team in the planet and The Acclaimed have been so great as tag team champions, this was a damn great rasslin´ tag match in front of a hot crowd with red hot babyfaces. GREATNESS.
Rating of the show: 9/10
Extra Notes:
- The feeling is back, what an excelent episode of TV wrestling.
- Starks and MJF first promo exchange was all we imagine it would be, two of the best talkers of their generation going at it.
- As I said on twitter The Acclaimed are a COMPLETE act. One of the best homegrown acts in AEW history.
- Joe vs Darby was a disgustingly great match, Darby is a madman and Joe was pushing all the right buttoms.
- HYPED for Takeshita vs Moxley 2.
