AEW Dynamite - Saturday, August 22

[Triple A]

Still like 8 mins left in the NBA game...

[Emperor Smeat]

Did the Magic vs. Bucks game on TNT end late today since this Pacers vs. Heat game is running close to 3 hours long if it had started at its normal time?

[rez]

Goddamn Pacers. They'll screw this up

[slik]

I am ready 4 Saturday Night Dynamite

[rez]

Went and looked at hot tubs today, boys. Goin for it.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the clock shenanigans during the last few seconds of the Heat-Pacers game. Pacers fouled to stop it at 5 seconds but then the clock suddenly showed 1 second instead and then went back to normal.

AEW's one hour of no NXT competition ended up being less than 30 minutes instead because of the Heat almost blowing a 20 point lead in the 2nd half.

[Triple A]

Hmm, another NBA game is set to start at 8:30...

[Triple A]

This is taped right?

[slik]

IDK

[Emperor Smeat]

Yeah, this is the episode that was taped and had the fake spoilers going around the net.

Next week is the live show with the increased number of outside fans. Also Excalibur's expected return to commentary.

[Triple A]

Should have opened with a more interesting match to capture some of the NBA lead in...

[Droford]

I figured the nba game would run long so I added an hour buffer at the end of my dvr recording since I'm watching after takeover, I was pretty close

[slik]

crowd seems louder than usual

[slik]

already trending #4 on twitter behind snydercut, rose garden and pacers

[Triple A]

crowd seems louder than usual

Yeah seems extra loud... The fake audio loop of the 2 women going "WOOOOOO" over and over and over and over is in full effect... killing me................... Hopefully finally stops when they have more real fans next week

[slik]

Should have opened with a more interesting match to capture some of the NBA lead in...

Would have been funny to open with jericho drunk and vomiting on sammy

[slik]

or darby hitting thumbtack skateboard on some jabroni mark

[Triple A]

This match is too long... don't care about this match...

[Emperor Smeat]

FTR vs. Private Party was pretty good.

Could have been a bit shorter though but still one of Private Party's better matches in AEW due to the lack of sloppiness on their end.

[slik]

I like Tully Blanchard's FTR jacket

[Jordan]

Wait, what is the main event of this show?

Also, very glad to enjoy some rasslin' tonight.

[slik]

Cody vs Brodie

[screech]

Cody vs Brodie Lee is the main, I think

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is this who you want as champion?-Nina (campaign manager) <a href="https://t.co/yNLw24EVy8">pic.twitter.com/yNLw24EVy8</a></p>&mdash; Maxwell Jacob Friedman™️ (@The_MJF) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_MJF/status/1295746137111121930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[rez]

lol that chick trying to keep a straight face

[Triple A]

lol @ Nina having a forced smile on her face the entire time, good touch

[slik]

cracking up at woman w/ forced smile in the back

[rez]

HE'LL SUE YOUR ASS, MOX

[Emperor Smeat]

These MJF Campaign segments have been great.

Wonder if Renee approves of these legal issues Moxley has quickly gotten himself into.

[Jordan]

Cody and Brodie main event? That could be great.

[Triple A]

Incredible... the best

[Triple A]

Should have opened with this match or the Elite vs. Dark Order

[slik]

who is this guy...slik minds want to know...

https://i.postimg.cc/pX9kGjF9/Screenshot-2020-08-22-at-5-57-10-PM.png

[Triple A]

Can barely hear the commentary over the fake crowd noise

[Emperor Smeat]

Since Lucha Bros have been hanging out a lot with Butcher & Blade recently, they should rename their group from Death's Triangle to Death's Square.

[rez]

How come MJF isn't the official wrestler of TPWW yet?

[slik]

would be funny if great khali joined jungle express as Great Brontosaurus

[slik]

mjf's lawyer

https://twitter.com/SilverIntuition

[Emperor Smeat]

8-man tag match was very good. Surprised Jungle Boy picked up the pinfall win. Guess that's the end of Death Square or maybe not.


Meanwhile, NXT did something a bit unique for their stage at Full Sail for tonight's Takeover show. Did a similar flashy lights thing with the big screen like WWE did for the ThunderDome and had flames shooting out as pyro.

[rez]

they know drama! lolol

[rez]

interesting potential stable.

[Triple A]

Penelope Ford so hot........

[Emperor Smeat]

Forget Death's Square, if Eddie Kingston is seemingly forming a new group with Butcher, Blade, and Lucha Bros, should call it Death's Pentagon.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the updated stat line over Jericho for Orange Cassidy's name plate.

[slik]

Mimosa Mayhem!

[Triple A]

Mimosa Mayhem Match...

[Emperor Smeat]

For an Orange Cassidy interview segment, Jericho seems to be doing all the talking instead.

:lol: at Jericho's new match idea.

Meanwhile on the NXT side, Balor vs. Thatcher was a pretty decent to good grapple based bout but also was very sluggish.

[Triple A]

lol...

[Emperor Smeat]

Cassidy starting to look like a blood orange with how red his face became.

[slik]

Trending at number 2


https://i.postimg.cc/X7LWNTJS/Screenshot-2020-08-22-at-6-19-35-PM.png

[Triple A]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgD2CbuWsAIFH6e?format=jpg&name=large

[slik]

Heinous attack


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[Triple A]

Gross ass "cupping" bruises on Omega's back...

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Omega taking a chair kick right to the ear. Think John Silver kicked the chair a bit too hard for that spot.

Also ouch at Matt Jackson's neck.

[rez]

I can't get Penelope Ford's body out of my mind

[slik]

I always want to try cupping one day

[screech]

Random thought: I have not missed Excalibur on commentary at all.

[Triple A]

I have

[Emperor Smeat]

Dark Order vs. Elite 6-man tag match was pretty good.

Alan Angels Double Foot Stomp looks a lot more brutal to take than the one's Finn Balor does.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Omega casually trying to murder one of the Dark Order guys while the Young Bucks were not paying attention.

[slik]

Kenny going to turn heel perhaps?

[Emperor Smeat]

Smeat's NXT Takeover look-in:

North American title ladder match has been pretty good so far but its also been one of the weaker ladder and/or multi-man matches in NXT history. No real pace or flow to this match but a bunch of cool looking spots thought.

Edit: Ending was pretty good but those last few minutes or so was just all over the place in terms of quality.

Damien Priest won the belt

[Triple A]

That was my fav match of the night so far... simple little guy vs. big guy match... Darby rules

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Ricky Starks parody of Darby Allin

[slik]

lmao at ricky starks

[screech]

I like this Ricky Starks guy

[Triple A]

Good segment

[slik]

very attracted to Starks...

[Emperor Smeat]

https://media.tenor.com/images/424f8597b8a947167f9bbbe17f5a0d14/tenor.gif

Wonder if Sammy regrets being a bit reckless with a chair a couple weeks ago.

[Emperor Smeat]

Oh wow, Thunder Rosa wasn't joking after all about wanting to work in AEW.

[ClockShot]

Team Bandana should win this no problem.

But, my brain says otherwise.

[slik]

Veda Scott seems good on commentary

[slik]

Sign Thunder Rosa Tony!

[rez]

My mind can't handle the thought of Shida and Thunder Rosa. h0t

[Emperor Smeat]

Sign Thunder Rosa Tony!

Think she is still under a NWA contract although hasn't really given any real signs of staying once it expires unlike with Allysin Kay.

[ClockShot]

Yeah.

Right team won.

[rez]

Wait...that wasn't for titles?..just a cup?

[ClockShot]

Yeah. Tag tourney.

[Emperor Smeat]

Women's Tag Cup Finals was decent despite the flat ending.

Think the only major thing the fake spoilers got right was Thunder Rosa showing up tonight but was completely wrong on how it would happen.

Meanwhile on the NXT side, this Cole vs. McAfee match has been very good so far. McAfee has been way better than I expected in the ring. Its not really making Cole look as good though with how its been booked.

Edit: Cole vs. McAfee match ended a minute or two after I wrote that post. Overall, best match on TakeOver so far.

[slik]

TY Kip

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have a winner ����</p>&mdash; Kip Sabian (@TheKipSabian) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKipSabian/status/1297327717201870858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Evil Vito]

Brodie squashes Cody! Holy shit I love it.

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: at Brodie winning the TNT title in a complete squash.

[Triple A]

Nice

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess the spirit of Orange Cassidy possessed Cody at the end with that thumbs up spot.

[Triple A]

Heinous...

[Evil Vito]

Dark Order looking like a legit threat with this ending!

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to assume Cody took the last slice of pizza in catering that Brodie wanted as a pre-match snack as the reason for this utter destruction he got tonight.

Anna Jay half-way to being a badass submission machine. She got the badass look and a submission move, now all she needs to do is randomly snap.

[Evil Vito]

https://media0.giphy.com/media/tODygE8KCqBzy/giphy.gif

[Triple A]

That was a great segment... and v good episode

[Triple A]

Sweet

[screech]

That post-match stuff was great. Dark Order looking legit!

[slik]

I loved that. That was Brodie should have always been presented

Red Hot closing segment

[Emperor Smeat]

This week's show was very enjoyable overall. A very good mix of match and story building quality throughout the show. Only real weak point was AEW losing most of their 1 hour window before NXT's big show started and maybe the Britt Baker segment.


Dark Order looking like a legit threat with this ending!

Yeah looked a ton more menacing tonight than at the end of last year's show before they went on a Christmas break.

[Jordan]

Great main event and finish angle.

[Jordan]

Also yay for the new bad guy Kingston stable.

[Bad News Gertner]

Not their best show.

[Volare]

I was happy. :)

[Triple A]

That ending was so freaking good... thinking about it again... freaking great

[weather vane]

Yeah AEW is real good, especially when you compare it to the garbage we have had the past ten plus years. I mean they aren’t perfect but nobody is. Every company you can name had dumb/goofy/bad booking etc at their heights. It doesn’t bother me all that much. Plus they are VERY new. I love the direction they are going. Unpredictability is what really hooked me and a lot of people I know.