Biased Thoughts: AEW Dynamite #178
Cow Palace, San Francisco. California. 3,8k Tickets Sold. March 1st 2023
Orange Cassidy vs Big Bill for the All Atlantic Championship (***1/2) This was really good, Big Bill is hilarious and embracing the silliness of Orange Cassidy is the way to go.
Mox with the go home promo for the Texas Death match and boy, this was tremendous.
Face of the Revolution Ladder match (****) What I was expecting, this match was fill of young and/or exciting talent that hasn´t really been push seriously outside of Guevara and Kingston and this delivered. Great match with some sketchy moments, but that will always happen in ladder matches. This ruled.
Christian Cage is the best boomer in the planet, Jack Perry is not a bitch for anyone, they will run the blade.
Hook vs Matt Hardy for the FTW Championship (**1/2) This was whatever, not interested in seeing Matt Hardy anywhere near a pro wrestling ring.
Riho vs Toni Storm (***1/4) A good match that had Riho as the winner and that makes me really happy. The post match brawl was ok but I´m not into it because Saraya is just really bad. I would prefer a singles match between Soho and Hayter.
Casino Tag Team Royal (**1/2) Too long and the winners are weird, like REALLY weird, either Best Friends are injured or I don´t understand what happened.
MJF and Bryan confrontation that was to the point and was very good, the use of the word “Fucking” was great and popped the crowd and me.
Rating of the show: 7/10
Extra Notes:
- The Tag Team Royal took to much time, the second hour suffered for that matter.
- The promos were outstanding, specially Mox and Christian Cage.
- The Elite vs HOB is a lazy build feud, also I don´t know if I want to hear HOB waffling random shit for 5 mins, they are a awful promo.
- The next PPV cycle I need some of this people cycled down (Saraya and The Gunns) and need others to receive the push and storylines in the main shows (Takeshita, Hobbs and The Elite).
