AEW Dynamite 8/25: CM Punk makes his first appearance on Dynamite
 

Not that it's a bad thing, but that's a busy card. At least two segments and 6 matches, and you have to figure that Christian and/or Omega will get a segment as well, plus they may be doing other stuff in setting up other matches for All Out. Should be fun.

The card has potential. I'm assuming Big Money Matt's tussle with The Orange One is the main event, unless CM Punk's angle takes the last spot on the show. Hoping for some big answers as to the All Out card tonight.

Matches confirmed.

Omega/Christian
Punk/Darby
PAC/Andrade
Bucks/Lucha Bros or Jurassic Express or Varsity Blondes
Wight/Marshall
Women's Casino Battle Royal

What is likely...

Britt Baker/Thunder Rosa or Statlander
Cody/Malakai Black
Pinnacle/Inner Circle (either one on with with Jericho/MJF or a stable match because I can't see the others left off the card)
Mox/Sting/Kingston vs Garcia & 2.0 (can't see another way in for Mox and Kingston right now and 2.0 and Garcia have been pushed too hard to miss the PPV)
Miro/Cassidy I think this will get set up tonight or very soon. I can't see OC not getting a good match on PPV.

That would be 11 matches which is a lot but that's what AEW did last year at All Out with two them being on the pre-show.

And I forgot about Starks/Cage. Perhaps they will do two Casino Battle Royal matches.

They teased Miro/Kingston as well but that seems more likely for Arthur Ashe. Kingston and Santana/Ortiz getting matches at Grand Slam would be real good (on the main show as well, not any Dark/Elevation tapings they may have)

I want Santana and Ortiz to win the tag titles at grand slam so badly. Make that the main and get the pop of a lifetime for them.

I was assuming that match could happen some time before All Out or perhaps even at All Out but either way they didn't really drop a hint that I know of as to the time or location of Kingston/Miro. But yeah Ashe would be good.

Damn Dynamite is on 4 AM - 6 AM where I am @... will see if I'm still up...

Is it even allowed? :)

idk if it's on regular TV but have YouTube TV and a VPN brother

pls don't get caned.

PWTorch reported that with DVR added, Rampage ended up with 1.4 million viewers so I am curious to see how Dynamite does.

Feel like this Dynamite will prob do pretty well but sensing that it will return to "baseline" in a week or two after the PPV

DVR should not count towards viewers. AEW is desperate.

R.I P

Not a great card this week, not sure why TK wouldn't load it up more to 'hook' viewers

Lucha Bros, Darby, Moxley, Eddie, OC, Punk, Black, Britt

It’s missing Miro but otherwise I’d fuck this episode hard

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Would be 'shocking' IMO if Cyndi Lauper joined AEW as CM Punk's manager

Definitely prefer The Meg airing before Dynamite instead of Transformers or The Accountant

lol brock lesnar guy

Brock Lensar guy is fucking everywhere man wtf I hate him. Wrestling is better at home anyway, asshole.

Damn I thought Big Matt would get the main event this week!

OC has the best theme song ever.

OC here to teach Curtain Jerker Hardy a lesson

LOL this is a great crowd

BIG MONEY

We are used to Dynamite starting off with a bang but not so much this week!

Owwww that splash mountain was intense!

Beautiful sitout crucifix bomb

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Ouch I think Matts nose might be broke or something.

Oh man OC broke Matt’s nose on the crossbody

Damn, Matt Hardy busted open bad

Goddamn Matt got busted up! Blood is awesome I love this match now!

:lol: OC with the half-assed DELETE taunt

This is a really fun opening match

Whoa... that really heated up. Some really good offensive moves in that. I though that crossbody looked painful when it hit but man, that was a gusher.

That was an awkward pinning combination...

Lots of accidental blood in AEW. I "don't want" anyone to get hurt but also I really enjoy it when it happens.

:lol: at Orange beating Hardy via face full of nuts.

Jericho now in favor of vaccines after FDA approval.

Jericho wearing gloves and a jacket like its winter, but also no shirt :rofl:

Jericho still an all time promo

Man, you're really grasping at straws.

Really a fantastic crowd

Jericho back to WWE confirmed.

Ooh I so called this a week ago

This is good, I figured they’d need a career stip if they were gonna justify one last match

I really hope MJF loses so that Jericho doesn't go do commentary for Rampage.

Howso, by thinking what Chris Jericho is wearing is great?

lol sore udders

I am so SMRT

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Full time commentary for Rampage means working an hour a week. Sounds like a sweet deal to me.

this is sort of laid out like a SD so far with promos and segments (not a bad thing, smart)

Varsity Blondes have the combined charisma of a Steve Armstrong promo.

Lucha Bros for all the awards

Julia Hart being an actual 19 year old makes this group feel a little weird.

JR calling Pillman fat basically lol

Its over when it's in the book

Other than Mysterio, I can’t think of a single wrestler who makes all the rolls and flips look like necessary chaos instead of flippy shit as well as Rey Fenix does.

Generational talent

Just learned about Pat McAfee's condition. Damn...

Totally agree. It's a shame that Rey went to WWE instead of AEW because a long running program with The Lucha Bro's would have been insane.

Yeah, I hope he turns out okay. He has Covid and is quite sick for those who aren't aware.

I love how much Tony loves Britt Baker

Jamie Hayter is a serious hottie

I hope Jamie Hayter takes some hair care advice from her new friend Britt Baker. Baker has some of the most beautiful plush hair in the business. Just imagine how it smells, so good. Jamie's hair is a mess! Fried, dried and oh wowww... I am certainly not Haytering that ass my god what a rump. So supple.

104 F is no joke.

I think top to bottom AEW has the hotter women's division. Oh my that dive from Red Velvet was LEGIT. Awesome. Velvet is pretty damn good.

It sucks but also important to note he’s at home with a high fever instead of in the hospital on a respirator because he was fully vaxxed.

Would be 'out of nowhere' if Abaddon came out and made this match a triple threat IMO

LOL @ Red Velvet moonsault. wtf.

Goddamn that will be a botchamania feature.

Agreed.

I know fans are speculating about Sasha Banks. Hope she's not dealing with mental health related issues.

More Dark Order fighting, my heart now hurts :(

crowd really quiet all of a sudden

Yeah, she seemed pretty off towards the end after awkwardly rebounding from the ropes.

Jamie Hayter is absolutely yoked

crowd awake again

sort of

Closest to those two might be El Hijo del Vikingo in AAA.

Ugh! Eff that annoying fan chanting Darby.

Good CM Punk promo

Punk not being able to resist the chance to tell us Bryan us coming too :lol:

Oh fuck! CM Punk gave a hint! HS!

Wooooooow at the DBry tease, loved that

"That's somebody's else schtick and you might need to be a little patient"

CM Punk is the man. The Danielson spot in that promo was just awesome. He is super cool.

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Would be crazy if Miro found Triple A and beat the shit out of him to teach him a lesson for running a newz site!!

BrySon*

I really liked Darby’s tree face paint. Hope he brings it back for All Out

AEW's graphics department needs an overhaul.

I enjoyed a lot of what AEW did in the pandemic. It wasn’t all roses but it helped provide 2 hours where I was mostly entertained and it felt like something “normal” in a world that was anything but.

But man, this show just seems to get better every week since they’ve been back on the road and the energy of the live crowd just adds even more.

JD Drake channeling his inner Roadkill

I’m gonna make it clear right now. I love JD Drake and his Amish Roadkill cosplay.

JD Drake dressed as THE BOSS! I love it.

Wish Drake had a cape

damn jezebel daniel garcia

Stiff slap there.

wwe esque acting segment