AEW Dynamite is QUARANTINED - 3.18.20

[slik]

The Exalted One will be revealed tonight

[rez]

Hopefully they show WWE how it's done.

[Triple A]

Interested / worried... Hope it's somehow different from what WWE empty arena shows have felt like... (like shit)

[Triple A]

I like the blacked out seats set up much better already... WWE's brightly lit empty seats looks like shit...

[Triple A]

Worried about the Exalted One thing the most... curious how that's gonna go.......

[slik]

Good promo from Cody

[Triple A]

Someone (probably JR or Schiavone) breathing loudly into the mic...

[Emperor Smeat]

Opening segment was decent.

They should have stuck with the lights out look for the rest of show since it felt more intimate than what WWE did for RAW and SD at the PC. Now its probably going to feel just as awkward to watch as WWE's shows were.

[Evil Vito]

Kenny’s comment about not even knowing if there will be a Dynamite next week got to me.

They’re doing this show now and plan on continuing but if one person even comes into contact with someone who might have it...that’s probably the end of it until this all passes. Hell, Jacksonville could easily shut it down at any point if that area sees an outbreak.

So I’m just gonna sit back and appreciate being able to watch live wrestling while we can.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at MJF and Spears setting up an impromptu gambling ring in the audience.

[slik]

Tazzzzzz

[Triple A]

I like that there are wrestlers sitting in the seats... Makes it feel less dumb when they "play to the crowd" and maybe there will be some background noise

[slik]

AEW using some talent as the crowd

[rez]

smart.

[Evil Vito]

Apparently this venue is on the shortlist to become a National Guard virus testing location.

Cases are gonna explode in the next week so I’d say there’s a better than 50% chance that this is the last Dynamite that will feature wrestling for a while.

[Droford]

:lol: at MJF and Spears setting up an impromptu gambling ring in the audience.

Gambling not legal in florida so..

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at OC falling asleep during the match. Between the banter from the "crowd" and OC, this already feels better than RAW and Smackdown.

[Droford]

Apparently this venue is on the shortlist to become a National Guard virus testing location.

Cases are gonna explode in the next week so I’d say there’s a better than 50% chance that this is the last Dynamite that will feature wrestling for a while.

WWE and AEW should come together and share the performance Center

[Evil Vito]

WWE should steal the faces and heels watching in the crowd thing. It's already given this show more life than the last 2 WWE shows.

Also having the hard cam face the ramp is critical

[slik]

This is working much better than the PC so far tbh

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure if Trent was trying to go for a 619 spot or a Flying Nothing spot.

[Emperor Smeat]

Best Friends vs Lucha Bros was very good.

Wonder how much money Spears lost on that Best Friends bet.

[ClockShot]

Got home and caught the end of Best Friends/Lucha Bros.

I hear some ring side cheering, even if it's some roster guys chilling. That's good.

As opposed to WWE where they're content with having crickets chirping at the P.C.

[Sepholio]

Gambling not legal in florida so..

lmfao, yes it is. Source: Personal experience.

[Triple A]

Unbelievable how much better this seems than WWE...

[rez]

JR just referenced Sting hah

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Riho's face

[Emperor Smeat]

Women's 4-way was pretty good despite it sort of ending abruptly.

[rez]

Riho falling down laughing at Sabian lol

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at that dig Cabana gave towards WWE Creative regarding the Shayna biting Becky moment.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

That was great little segment with Colt and Sabian.

[rez]

...can't go to the bars, Jameson..

[ClockShot]

Mox still got the Ford GT.

Sweet.

[ClockShot]

Looks like Bunny stayed home.

[Triple A]

Sounds like they're not planning to have a Dynamite next week...

[Triple A]

Or at least not Blood & Guts... which is good tbh

[slik]

I'm really loving this so far

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to assume someone forgot to measure out the distance for some of the pyro due to the different stage setup.

Jungle Boy almost got nailed by his entrance pyro.

[Triple A]

Yeah I can't believe how well they've made this work

[ClockShot]

This is freakin' great.

The locker room crowd and other stuff is giving this life.

[Emperor Smeat]

Sounds like they're not planning to have a Dynamite next week...

I'd laugh if they just hold next week's show at some random parking lot. They already set up a parking lot street fight match for next week.

Although it probably would go against whatever public gathering ban is in Jacksonville since that technically wouldn't be a closed door show.

[Emperor Smeat]

Jungle Boy is lucky Butcher managed to hang on to him since the way he was going to tumble out of the ring didn't looked good at all.

Tag match itself was pretty good.

[Triple A]

Exalted One might not work with MJF there in the crowd yelling... very curious what they "have up their sleeve"

[Emperor Smeat]

Past 2 weeks probably have been the easiest paychecks Jake Roberts has ever earned.

Gets paid to chill in the crowd and do basically nothing. Even Lesnar has to put in more effort whenever he shows up on RAW just to stand around.

[ClockShot]

I figured this would have been last.

[Droford]

I'd laugh if they just hold next week's show at some random parking lot. They already set up a parking lot street fight match for next week.

Although it probably would go against whatever public gathering ban is in Jacksonville since that technically wouldn't be a closed door show.

They should just go somewhere that doesnt have any sort of ban. I bet they could go to Montana or something

[ClockShot]

Looks like Matt Hardy's build.

[ClockShot]

Nope.

Harper's in the house.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Brodie Lee/Luke Harper

[Evil Vito]

BRODIE FUCKING LEE!!!

God damn I’m so sad this could’ve happened in his hometown.

[Triple A]

Looks like the same body type as Luke Harper

[rez]

NICE

[Droford]

You know what that means

[Triple A]

oh cool...

(stream is 1 min behind)

[ClockShot]

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!

[rez]

Dig at Vince. hahhahaha Nice nice nice.

[Emperor Smeat]

That coat looks great on Lee.

[Droford]

Covered up his bald spot

[Triple A]

It's a shame this couldn't be in front of a crowd...

[Evil Vito]

It's a shame this couldn't be in front of a crowd...

Was supposed to happen in his hometown.

Really unfortunate. Fuck.

Still psyched though. Brodie is the tits.

[Triple A]

Did a good job of making Christopher Daniels annoying and obnoxious and making U happy when he gets fucked up

[slik]

That was really good

Brodie Lee going to get way more spotlight in AEW

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder what Matt Hardy is going to do in AEW now that he's not the Exalted One assuming he wasn't dumb enough to actually sign a new deal with WWE after complaining about his creative issues there.

[xrodmuc316]

You see the look on Tye's face?? Thinking "damn another WWE guy, I'm never gonna get a push :'(" .

[ClockShot]

EVERYBODY DIES!

Soon...

[rez]

hornswaggle !

[slik]

Hornswoggle

[Droford]

Who's the woman/ring girl?

Looks familiar

[xrodmuc316]

Wonder what Matt Hardy is going to do in AEW now that he's not the Exalted One assuming he wasn't dumb enough to actually sign a new deal with WWE after complaining about his creative issues there.

I really have a feeling that even with the past bad blood, if Impact continues to let him own his creations that he is going to end up there.

[Droford]

Also they have the location for next week lol

[Emperor Smeat]

That Archer vignette was pretty cool.

AEW has done a way better job handling a no crowd style show than WWE has this past week.

[xrodmuc316]

Lol that wasn't Hornswoggle.

[ClockShot]

I hope Archer got the theme music from NJPW.

[Droford]

"Next Dynamite"

Not next week

[rez]

i know. was it Wee Man?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

That Archer segment was ace.

[Droford]

That Archer vignette was pretty cool.

AEW has done a way better job handling a no crowd style show than WWE has this past week.

It honestly helps that the hard camera is focused on the entrance/stage and not the empty crowd

[Droford]

Lol at that shirt

[ClockShot]

:rofl:

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Sammy singing the Judas theme.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Bwa hahaha fucking Guevara singing.

[ClockShot]

Coach Arn needs to go away.

[Evil Vito]

The fact that they keep saying “next Dynamite” instead of “next week’s Dynamite” is a pretty clear indicator they’re not confident on being able to run next week.

[rez]

Let us all take a moment of silence that Big Dick Nick Foles won't be making a celebrity appearance at Double or Nothing.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I love Arn in a managerial/mouthpiece role but Cody doesn't need him.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Hangman Page's entrance name plate

Hangman "Handswash" Page

[ClockShot]

Adam "Handswash" Page.

:lol:

[rez]

Could we still get Matt Hardy making an appearance? It'd make sense to go out with a bang if there is indeed a hiatus for the product.

[Droford]

Sammy's shirt isn't available but they have 2 Brodie Lee shirts already

[ClockShot]

?

This really going 30 minutes?

Let's go then.

[ClockShot]

Sammy's shirt isn't available but they have 2 Brodie Lee shirts already

Was poking around Pro Wrestling Tees and they got it there.

All purchases go to charity.

[rez]

It'd be poetic justice if AEW does great in the ratings.

[Emperor Smeat]

Could we still get Matt Hardy making an appearance? It'd make sense to go out with a bang if there is indeed a hiatus for the product.

Maybe next week since the last "Free the Delete" video is this week I think.

Then again between his and WWE's recent teaser tweets, wouldn't be surprised if he decided to resign with WWE. WWE can easily throw stack after stack of cash to get him to quickly forget about any creative direction issues.

[Droford]

Was poking around Pro Wrestling Tees and they got it there.

All purchases go to charity.

Bought, thanks for pointing it out

[ClockShot]

:yes:

[Evil Vito]

Considering the circumstances, this has been a brilliant episode.

And after such a depressing week of nothing, this was so badly needed.

[ClockShot]

Where security?!

Fans can't assault wrestlers!

[ClockShot]

That count was a little on the fast side.

[Emperor Smeat]

Inner Circle vs. The Elite was very good.

Has a face team ever won the advantage match going into a War Games match?

:lol: at Jericho banning the fans from future shows. Pretty good way to get around not having fans for shows due to the bans going around.

[rez]

Here it comes?????

[ClockShot]

A drone?

[rez]

YESSS! CALLED IT!!!!!

[Evil Vito]

VANGUARD FUCKING ONE

[xrodmuc316]

Vanguard 1!

[ClockShot]

THERE HE IS!

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Vanguard & Matt Hardy showed up.

Tonight's show was great considering the circumstances and AEW doing a way better job handling a no crowd show.

Dynamite blew both this past week's RAW and Smackdown out of the water in terms of quality.

[xrodmuc316]

Guess I was wrong about Impact lol

[ClockShot]

Figured Darby would have been the 5th guy to keep the feud with Sammy going.

[Triple A]

lol man... fucking sucks that these moments couldn't have been in front of a crowd... 2 "big moments" missed...

[Evil Vito]

Holy shit Blood and Guts might ACTUALLY happen at the Hardy Compound.

[Loose Cannon]

kind of pissed this show didn't have a crowd. The reaction to the drone would of been tremendous

And Harpers unveiling as well. fucking virus

[Droford]

This was somehow one of the best Dynamites so far.

[Triple A]

Yeah somehow was still an amazing show but just a damn freaking shame that two big debuts were "wasted" in front of no crowd...

[rez]

Holy shit Blood and Guts might ACTUALLY happen at the Hardy Compound.

Could Jeff technically make an appearance ? :p

[rez]

Yeah somehow was still an amazing show but just a damn freaking shame that two big debuts were "wasted" in front of no crowd...

Whatchoo talkin aboot? That crowd was HOT tonight!

[rez]

What I was thinking about today that it could have been cool if they had live fan reactions in the TV picture via like Google Hangouts.

Then I remembered people are horrible and someone would fling their dick around like a helicopter

[Evil Vito]

AEW provided two hours of fun television at a time when wrestling fans really needed it. Kudos to them.

[Droford]

Could Jeff technically make an appearance ? :p

The intoxicated one

[Evil Vito]

Just realized that all five members of the Dark Order were in CHIKARA together.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Xavier Wood's tweet when Brodie Lee made his Exalted debut.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I finally know what that means!</p>&mdash; Austin Creed - Future King (@XavierWoodsPhD) <a href="https://twitter.com/XavierWoodsPhD/status/1240447608432332801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lee/Luke Harper's running gag on Twitter was every tweet he sent asked people "It's [insert day of the week]. You know what that means."

[rez]

What are the odds SDL tries to emulate tonight's show but it turns out even shittier than their last 2 shows?

[slik]

That was a really fun episode

I really enjoyed it

[Jordan]

Fucking genius all around. Sometimes predictable booking is the best booking. Great epsiode, having the boy around the ring was key. MJF was the savior. Matt Hardy looked jacked!

[Triple A]

They are still planning on doing the show live next week, according to PWInsider, but it's not guaranteed with how fast things are escalating each day, so they avoided specifically saying "next week."

https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=134822

Over the course of tonight's AEW Dynamite episode, graphics for future bouts were listed for the "Next Dynamite" as opposed to next week. That led to PWInsider.com reader questions about whether the show was going on hiatus.

That is, as of this writing, not the case. We are told that currently, AEW is still scheduled to broadcast live on TNT.

However, the decision was made to list everything for the "next" Dynamite instead of next week because the company, from owner Tony Khan on down, is taking the stance that no one should be taking anything for granted during these tumultuous times and they did not want to come across as if anything was guaranteed. The team wanted to get through tonight's episode and as one source stated after the show, "not be so arrogant as to assume" they'll 100% be allowed back on live TV next week, since things are changing so rapidly due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

If AEW can broadcast live next Wednesday, everything that was announced tonight will take place as listed. If something unforeseen happens (and after the last seven days, unforeseen appears to be the way of the world), AEW will pick up where they left off as soon as they are allowed to do so.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently AEW taped more matches than usual pre- and post-Dynamite as some insurance for next week.

If they can tape a new episode of Dynamite, then those matches will be for the next 2 weeks of Dark. If not, then those matches might be inserted into whatever makeshift episode they come up with for Dynamite.

Nothing really notable for matches were taped besides one potentially interesting match.

[Loose Cannon]

had no idea Lance Archer was Lance Hoyt and Dallas in TNA. AEW has made a forgettable guy like Lance Hoyt a star in just a few episodes. that video package of him last night was amazing

[ClockShot]

had no idea Lance Archer was Lance Hoyt and Dallas in TNA. AEW has made a forgettable guy like Lance Hoyt a star in just a few episodes. that video package of him last night was amazing

It's his recent NJPW work that's really got people turning heads.

[James Steele]

Sammy Guevara is fucking amazing.

[Volare]

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[rez]

I had the hardest time finding Omega in that for some reason

[Volare]

Easiest thing to find....

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[xrodmuc316]

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Who the heck are the 2 people on the left of Dr Luther?

[Triple A]

Who the heck are the 2 people on the left of Dr Luther?

Mel (Nightmare Collective) and Cima

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Easiest thing to find....

https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/90078408_2615747265336983_527267176147582976_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=dCzda9kIA4oAX_uDMQU&_nc_ht=scontent.ffcm1-2.fna&oh=7d526e9ffa2e26767bb8593fb877cf34&oe=5E9C28E6

I love Hikaru Shida

[Tom Guycott]

had no idea Lance Archer was Lance Hoyt and Dallas in TNA. AEW has made a forgettable guy like Lance Hoyt a star in just a few episodes. that video package of him last night was amazing

It's his recent NJPW work that's really got people turning heads.

Then your head will really a'splode when I mention he was in WWE for a cup of coffee and without a beard as Vance Archer.

[Volare]

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I honestly have no idea how this could go....Sami does Mexico too, and it would be a little more fuel for the fire for Blood n Guts buildup.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Sammy could use a big win. He and Jericho have done well as a tag team, but he's been a jobber in singles for the most part.

Speaking of Sammy and Jericho, I can see them being the ones to dethrone Page and Omega.

[Emperor Smeat]

Omega defending the belt is pretty interesting since he was originally meant to defend it this past Saturday at AAA's Rey de Reyes event before it got postponed.