AEW Dynamite - July 29, 2020

[Triple A]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All the Champions are in action tonight on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a>. It's gonna be a good time. 8/7c😉 <a href="https://t.co/9yyyqnQ9jc">pic.twitter.com/9yyyqnQ9jc</a></p>&mdash; TNTDrama (@tntdrama) <a href="https://twitter.com/tntdrama/status/1288602198486609925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Triple A]

Sensing that this won't be a good ratings week for some reason

[rez]

lol jericho still with the orange infused jacket

[Triple A]

Feels like there are fewer people in the crowd than usual

[slik]

Love Jericho's jacket

[slik]

Have missed Sammy G!

[Triple A]

Crowd seems mad quiet again...

[slik]

Sensing that this won't be a good ratings week for some reason

lots of sports I think happening at the same time

[Emperor Smeat]

No Excalibur on commentary is interesting. Did they announce before the show why he's a no-show?

He does have that past N-word controversy that recently reappeared online.

[slik]

Is Jake Hager wearing underarmour as his gear?

[Emperor Smeat]

After seeing Marko's brother compete in GCW's weekend shows, Logan seems to be the better version of the Stunt bros when it comes to being the scrappy little guy who tries to stand tall with bigger guys but also make it feel more believable.

Marko pretty much leans a lot more on the goofball side of the scale.

[Triple A]

Wish they would put some ambient crowd noise on the live shows also to bring the energy up...

[Triple A]

Jake Hager s0 f*cking boring

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Santana spiking his head from that Half & Half suplex.

[rez]

Inner Circle needs this win

[Triple A]

That modified GTS by Guevara seems dangerous... easy to break someone's nose / orbital bone

[rez]

Well...needed it. At least it wasn't a clean win.

[Emperor Smeat]

10-man tag match was pretty good.

Was wondering if they were going to resume the Sammy vs. Matt Hardy feud after Sammy got suspended and Matt recently talking about dropping all of his personas.

[rez]

10-man tag match was pretty good.

Was wondering if they were going to resume the Sammy vs. Matt Hardy feud after Sammy got suspended and Matt recently talking about dropping all of his personas.

I'm down for it

[xrodmuc316]

LOL, his face fell off!

[slik]

Matt Hardy irl cyber bullying Sammy G

[Triple A]

Don't like Moxley's promos... always feels forced to me... no passion behind them....

[Emperor Smeat]

Warhorse getting the pyro treatment is pretty interesting. Don't think they've done that before for non-AEW talent.

Not sure about his entrance theme though.

[Triple A]

Interested in this match... Warhorse entrance seems good... liking his look and "vibe"

[xrodmuc316]

AEW has their own RENEGADE now! Always pushing the envelope AEW!

https://wrestlerdeaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/renegade-wrestler-death.jpg

[slik]

I've never seen Warhorse before

[rez]

Man..hopefully they finish the TNT belt soon

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: "He weighs 4000 pounds of RAW heavy metal."

That AEW x Street Fighter shirt Cody is wearing looks amazing.

[Triple A]

Missing Excalibur

[ClockShot]

Evening kids.

Go away, Arn.

[ClockShot]

Don't listen to Arn, Cody.

He doesn't know anything.

[rez]

No reason they shouldn't have Cody steamroll over these guys most of the time.

[Triple A]

Match was ehhh

[Emperor Smeat]

TNT title match was decent. Was a good showcase for Warhorse but last week's title match against Eddie Kingston was better overall.

Same for last week's first hour was a lot better and hotter than this week's first hour so far.

[ClockShot]

WOO WOO WOO!

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Ryder.

Always have a soft spot for that guy ever since he managed to get over organically using social media and WWE being petty as hell over what he managed to do.

[slik]

Zack Ryder has CENA NUFF

[ClockShot]

Jericho and Cassidy in a debate.

Well, Jericho should win that easily.

[rez]

SON OF EL BITCH

[Emperor Smeat]

Starting to think that Sammy doesn't really know that much Spanish since "Son of a bitch" is something else than what he said.

[rez]

LIKE CAT PEE, TONY

[ClockShot]

Read the fine print, guys.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the amount of whisky in Hangman's glass.

Think it might be time the Elite got together and held an intervention for Hangman's drinking habits.

[xrodmuc316]

What was the purpose of that skit?

[slik]

Arn just fits w/ FTR

[ClockShot]

:lol: at the amount of whisky in Hangman's glass.

Think it might be time the Elite got together and held an intervention for Hangman's drinking habits.

So long as he doesn't get behind the wheel or reins, he's good.

[ClockShot]

Wish they pull the trigger on Colt Cabana. Either get him in full Dark Order garb or go back to normal.

[rez]

So long as he doesn't get behind the wheel or reins, he's good.

As long as they don't have to track him down to a bar and put a beat down on him ala Nash on Hall.

[ClockShot]

"Didn't like the white wrist tape"

:rofl:

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me and the team!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aewdynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aewdynamite</a> <a href="https://t.co/fqIj1PE5Jf">pic.twitter.com/fqIj1PE5Jf</a></p>&mdash; Colt Cabana (@ColtCabana) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColtCabana/status/1288638972319748098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

I want a 4HM w/ Cody, FTR and Hangman

[ClockShot]

Did Anna Jay raid Allie's wardrobe for her Bunny outfit?

[Emperor Smeat]

Did Anna Jay raid Allie's wardrobe for her Bunny outfit?

Looks like it. All that's missing is the bunny ears.

[ClockShot]

Wish Brodie would take 1 or 2 steps to the side.

Makes a better door than a window right now.

[Triple A]

Dark Order doing some pretty cool double team moves

[Emperor Smeat]

Tag title match was pretty good despite dragging a bit long.

Something about tonight's show so far feels off compared to last week

[Triple A]

Uno and Grayson pretty impressive in this match...

[ClockShot]

Vince 2.0 is pissed.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at them bringing over Brodie Lee's paper smacking routine from Being the Elite

[Emperor Smeat]

Nice of the Dark Order and Elite & Pals to quickly enforce some social distancing after that mini-brawl.

[Triple A]

Tag title match was pretty good despite dragging a bit long.

Something about tonight's show so far feels off compared to last week

The really quiet crowd is def a big reason I think... the last live show was the same

The taped shows have a lot of fake noise added, which even though it is insanely annoying because of the horrible sound loops they use, at least makes the show feel much more lively

[rez]

If the movie Grandma's Boy ever get's George Lucas'd they should change the doll that gets wanked off to to the Brandi action figure

[Emperor Smeat]

The really quiet crowd is def a big reason I think... the last live show was the same

The taped shows have a lot of piped in noise, which even though it is insanely annoying because of the horrible sound loops they use, at least makes the show feel much more lively

Yeah they either have been piping in noise or moving some mics around for better crowd reactions.

Feels like this week's show might have fewer people at ringside which is contributing to that issue.

Also doesn't help that last week's show was extra hot during the first hour and this week's first hour felt very average by comparison.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wait ... AEW's women's tag tournament is starting on a Monday?

Guess AEW feels they are ready for some Monday Night War competition.

[slik]

Wait ... AEW's women's tag tournament is starting on a Monday?

Guess AEW feels they are ready for some Monday Night War competition.

Is it a special or something?

[rez]

I wonder if Shida has a contract deal where she can work on and off for promotions back in Japan (well, when things return to normalish). I would love to see her versus Kairi Sane.

[Emperor Smeat]

Women's match was decent. Don't think I saw Diamante wrestle during her time in Impact but she seems a bit sloppy during her time so far in AEW.

[ClockShot]

Was totally hoping it was Goldberg behind the door.

[rez]

Shida versus Asuka in a tag match

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[Evil Vito]

Uno and Grayson are really fucking good, and I’m glad they had the chance to actually put that on display tonight

[Emperor Smeat]

Is it a special or something?

Seems it might be pre-tournament special and the tournament itself doesn't actually start until some time afterwards. They didn't really clarify what Monday's show is despite having two times to do so.

[xrodmuc316]

They signed Cameron from Total Divas?!?!?!

LMFAO, they will sign anybody!

[Triple A]

Who is that as Nyla's partner?

[ClockShot]

Wait. They're drawing already?

I thought this was a TV special.

[slik]

Funkadactyal Cameron lives

[Emperor Smeat]

Who is that as Nyla's partner?

Cameron who used to be part of the Funkadactyls with Brodus Clay and Naomi.

[xrodmuc316]

MJF is certainly dropping truth tonight.

[slik]

I love MJF

#NotMyChampion

[Triple A]

MJF saving tonight's show imo

[Emperor Smeat]

Great speech by MJF.

I'd vote for him as El Presidente of AEW World Championship whenever AEW holds their rasslin elections.

[ClockShot]

I think Cody needs to get his win against MJF before MJF goes for world title.

Just my opinion.

[slik]

MJF vs MOX is a match I've been hoping would happen at ALL OUT

[Emperor Smeat]

Sort of hope AEW keeps upping the scale with weekly multi-man tag matches since this week had a 10-man tag and next week is topping that with a 12-man tag.

[Evil Vito]

MJF rules ass

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess Excalibur really did get punished for his past comments poping up since he didn't show up after Taz left the booth.

Also Chuckie T's streak of not saying a swear word on tv continues since Taz just used it up.


Edit: Nevermind, Taz quickly went back to the booth.

[Triple A]

Looks like Darby really got concussed last week

[Sepholio]

Like Starks mentioning Tazz choking out Angle to give him his first loss.

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Darby with a Coffin Drop OUTTA NOWHERE.

[ClockShot]

Damn. Didn't see Darby up there.

[Emperor Smeat]

Starks busts out some pretty cool looking spears, especially for someone of his leaner size.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at that Alabama Slam onto the crash can.

So far this has been a better hardcore match than the Unsanctioned match was last week between Orton and Big Show on RAW.

[ClockShot]

Tacks again.

[Triple A]

lol damn

[Emperor Smeat]

Yikes at Starks back after that skateboard thumbtacks spot.

Tornado Tag match was very good. Best match from tonight's show.

This week's episode was enjoyable overall but felt a lot weaker than last week's mostly amazing show.

Darby vs. Moxley for the AEW World title should be great next week.

[slik]

Poor Starks, I need Starkman Jones to heal his back

[slik]

AEW crashed the tpwwforums

https://i.postimg.cc/cLvBLRJ0/Screenshot-2020-07-29-at-9-11-52-PM.png

[rez]

Nah, probably Trip's neighbors crashed it just to cause him more anxiety.

[rez]

fucking bastardos

[rez]

https://www.shopaew.com/orangecassidy

I haven't had a wrestling shirt since like Wolfpac. The mask, hat, and OC shirts are so tempting..

[rez]

I think I'd prefer if the AEW video game was like Street Fighter over trying to be an actual wrestling game..dunno. WWE struggles with something that used to be flawless back in the day with WWF and WCW games.

[owenbrown]

https://discord.gg/VhfZTsQ

[Evil Vito]

Darby is a fucking madman and I love it

[Mr. Nerfect]

Zack Ryder and Cameron are in AEW?!?!?! SUCH GOOD SHIT!

[teamXtremist]

Aew was solid but cage and mox still leave me scratching my head. Their chemistry is soo meh

[Evil Vito]

Weird show this week in that I enjoyed pretty much everything happening in ring but compared to last week the energy levels seemed a lot lower.

Sorta like in EWR there’s a 1 in 25 chance that you’ll book a good show but the scores you get for each segment will be lower because the show for whatever reason just “doesn’t click”. This Dynamite felt like a real world iteration of that.

[Evil Vito]

Still far better than anything WWE’s done of late.

[Droford]

I think Cody needs to get his win against MJF before MJF goes for world title.

Just my opinion.

MJF can't lose or else the undefeated gimmick by never being pinned gimmick ends

[xrodmuc316]

Zack Ryder and Cameron are in AEW?!?!?! SUCH GOOD SHIT!

THEY

WILL

SIGN

ANY

FORMER

WWE

WRESTLER

Total Nonstop All Elite Wrestling

[Mr. Nerfect]

WOO WOO WOO!

“I don’t want this to turn into All Friends Wrestling.”

[Maluco]

To be fair to AEW, Ryder has a history of creating his own hype and getting himself over in spite of a complete lack of any push or competent momentum behind him by his employers.

He is still at a good age and if he can get on YouTube again and garner anywhere near the interest he used to, that is a win for AEW. He is the one that anybody in their position would have signed. An absolute no brainer.

[Jordan]

IDK if he will be able to rekindle that flame again but I hope he can.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Ryder will have a similar run as Shawn Spears is my guess.

[xrodmuc316]

Dillinger was never as over as Ryder, but the height of his popularity was only 3 years ago, not 8 years ago like Ryder.

Ryder also had zero buildup, just showed up with the generic "here is this guy you should know and care about, oh and he is Cody's friend."

Wait til he turns on Cody by hitting him with a kendostick, then he will be "AEW'S resident Kendostickman", and they will get another old guy from the 80's to be his manager. Barry Windham should be available.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Ryder is also the drizzling shits. He had one good match with Christian because Christian is awesome. The guy is fucking clunky in the ring and when he's given a mic, completely shits the bed. The guy looks good because he has plenty of time to spend in the gym, but that's all he brings.

For all the talk of him being able to get himself "over," he's never been able to connect with crowds through the actual important shit in wrestling. He did a silly YouTube video series before everyone did one, and he showed something resembling a personality outside the WWE confines when that was actually novel. Matt Hardy did a similar thing, and how valuable has he ever been when he's not Jeff's brother?

But Cody will give him a job because they're buds and there's absolutely zero chance of Cody being upstaged by a guy who has been in the business for 16 years and never shown any sign of improvement or to be anywhere close to "getting it." Gotta protect your spot.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Zack Ryder is the Brutus Beefcake of AEW.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Jesus. Chill out you weird little fucker.

[Fignuts]

I don't think Ryder is as bad as Noid suggests, but I've never been interested in him.

I'll give him a chance and see what he can do outside of WWE's creatively restricting enviornment, but I'm not expecting much.

[Mr. Nerfect]

He's not a 0/10 or anything. He's just pretty fucking bad and definitely unremarkable at best. I remember I saw him go for a Flying Elbow once, he landed on his feet and then delivered the elbow. It wasn't a comedy spot -- he just fucked up a Flying Elbow. Which can happen, I guess, but the guy is pretty fucking terrible, haha.

People hear his obvious passion for what he does, notice he's a smaller guy, will see him do an overshot tope con hilo in a gif and assume he's got the workrate. If we went through a list of great Zack Ryder matches, I bet you we get to four maybe half-way decent ones that most people don't remember and aren't as good as people think. I'll start:

Zack Ryder vs. Christian from ECW

[Fignuts]

I think he's average from what I've seen. Capable, but doesn't do anything remarkable.

[Fignuts]

Now Cameron on the other hand, is someone who "the drizzling shits" absolutely applies to.

Not a very great get by AEW there.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Cody nepotism hire, I bet.

[Mr. Nerfect]

She is AEW's answer to 1994 Honky Tonk Man.

[Fignuts]

Cody nepotism hire, I bet.


I know that she is a social worker and works with special needs kids. I suppose it's possible that with everything going on she might have been laid off due to cost cuts, and they're helping her out.

That would be nice and all but shit give her an interviewer job.

[Emperor Smeat]

Now Cameron on the other hand, is someone who "the drizzling shits" absolutely applies to.

Not a very great get by AEW there.

I'd assume she's probably just a fill-in for the tournament or at least for the short term like a bunch of the jobbers and indie talent they have hanging around. Almost all of the non-talent they've been picking up for shows during the coronavirus pandemic have been from the Florida and Georgia areas, which has been a speculated reason for her sudden appearance.

Like people around the net thought Brian Pillman Jr was signed because he's been showing up recently but MLW quickly squashed that rumor.

Squared Sirens' Casey usually blasts AEW in regards to their handling of women and signings but supposedly he's heard good things about her training to resume wrestling and thinks she'd fare well in AEW for the time being.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I know that she is a social worker and works with special needs kids. I suppose it's possible that with everything going on she might have been laid off due to cost cuts, and they're helping her out.

That would be nice and all but shit give her an interviewer job.

Good for her. Give her some of Sammy Guevara's paycheck. She doesn't need to be on television. This is what Vince gets blasted for when it comes to people like Vickie Guerrero.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Remember that huddled photo from WrestleMania 29 after Team Rhodes Scholars & The Bella Twins vs. Tons of Funk & The Funkadactyls was pulled? Yeah. That's why Cameron has been hired.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Hang on, I just read someone talk about Ricky Starks going into thumbtacks. Did they really do thumbtacks two weeks in a row?