AEW Dynamite 3/31/21 feat. The Twilight of the Wednesday Night Wars

[Emperor Smeat]

Card for tonight's show:

– Arcade Anarchy: Orange Cassidy & Chuck Taylor vs. Miro & Kip Sabian

– Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers vs. The Lucha Brothers & Laredo Kid

– Christian Cage vs. Frankie Kazarian

– Exhibition Match: Cody Rhodes vs. QT Marshall

– Hikaru Shida & Tay Conti vs. Nyla Rose & Allie

– Jon Moxley vs. Cezar Bononi

– MJF’s gift to the Pinnacle

[rez]

Couldn't they have had Cody versus QT on Elevation or Dark instead? ugh

[slik]

Nice, Christian opening the show with his first AEW match

[rez]

Interesting they're starting the night off with this match.

[Emperor Smeat]

No clue how AEW keeps screwing up the audio on taped shows.

No obnoxious loud crowd audio so far this time but at the cost of commentary sounding muffled in return. Almost like listening to a radio version of a wrestling show.

[slik]

This is probably Kaz's best match in AEW so far, Christian already making a difference

[slik]

Christian's tights kind of baggy

[slik]

Wonder if Christian is wearing an adult diaper under his tights...looks 'really padded'

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if Christian is wearing an adult diaper under his tights...looks 'really padded'

Either that or something like long johns to explain the "padding" look.

[rez]

I hadn't noticed and now I cannot unsee it.

[rez]

Hogan should have did it...maybe his back wouldn't be so fucked if he still insisted on his leg drop.

[Fignuts]

Good match.

[slik]

PPV quality opener tonight, nice.

[Emperor Smeat]

Christian vs. Frankie was pretty good.

Was a lot more slower or methodical in pacing than AEW's typical opening matches which made it stand out a bit more.

[Emperor Smeat]

AEW must have something really good in store if that Arcade Anarchy match is the main event of tonight's show.

[slik]

miro should come out dressed as donkey kong

[slik]

qt sucks

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: "shit" getting said twice so far.

TNT being extra generous with the swear words quota they gave to AEW this week. Chuckie T's chances of finally being able to swear on tv the highest its ever been.

[rez]

wtf was Jade wearing? It looked like an 80's shoulder blazer with sparkly pac man levels.

[Triple A]

Watching, like 15 mins behind due to being @ work late again !

[erickman]

stone cold

[Triple A]

Christian match was pretty good but hopefully they do something to make Christian interesting...

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at QT decking Arn.

Christian match was pretty good but hopefully they do something to make Christian interesting...

They did tease a feud with Omega a couple weeks ago but yeah right now he feels like he's still in WWE.

[erickman]

Christian match was pretty good but hopefully they do something to make Christian interesting...

i guess they can put him with someone

[xrodmuc316]

ANOTHER FUCKING FACTION?!?!?

[Emperor Smeat]

QT being the boss of a stable in AEW is something that shouldn't happen but at the same time a Nightmare Family Civil War is way more interesting than what they were doing before as a group.

[slik]

QT is a damn evil jezebel

[Triple A]

So many cusses and swears tonight...

[Emperor Smeat]

So many cusses and swears tonight...

TNT censor guy must have taken the night off or got stuck in the bathroom.

[xrodmuc316]

Their entire next PPV is gonna be 3 on 3, 4 on 4, and 5 on 5 matches.

[slik]

we really gonna get qt marshall vs cody at double or nothing

[slik]

So many cusses and swears tonight...

chuck taylor definitely not going to get to swear tonight

[rez]

Fail. TNT just advertised the MK movie with the old date. It got postponed a week today so they can milk more box office/hbo max for 1 more week.

[Triple A]

Cody Rhodes really fun to watch, all his matches have an interesting angle and seem "well thought out"... Never just "phones it in" it seems

[Triple A]

Nick Comoroto is cool....

[rez]

ANOTHER FUCKING FACTION?!?!?

It's not just that...more people. I hope some of these peeps will be left to sign with Impact, NWA, etc.

AEW getting too much roster like WCW and present day WWE....IN A PANDEMIC. ugh I love it

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Jade randomly beating up Red Velvet.

Not a good night for the Nightmare Family so far.

[Emperor Smeat]

It's not just that...more people. I hope some of these peeps will be left to sign with Impact, NWA, etc.

AEW getting too much roster like WCW and present day WWE....IN A PANDEMIC. ugh I love it

Khan did mention that once the pandemic is over, some roster trimmings are going to happen.

Only got bloated because he wanted to give as many wrestlers a paycheck during the pandemic and use Dark as a testing ground for new signings. Same for why Dark shows got bloated in runtime.

[slik]

Red Velvet better than Brandi Rhodes

[slik]

They should keep Brandon Cutler but fire The Young Bucks

[slik]

trending at number 1 on twitter

[Triple A]

Khan did mention that once the pandemic is over, some roster trimmings are going to happen.

Only got bloated because he wanted to give as many wrestlers a paycheck during the pandemic and use Dark as a testing ground for new signings. Same for why Dark shows got bloated in runtime.

I liked it a lot better before the pandemic when there were just like 3 or 4 good matches on AEW Dark :'-(

Now like 18 squash matches on Dark, and another 18 squash matches on "Dark: Elevation"... feels like it really waters down "the product" imo!

[Triple A]

k I'm all caught up and live now

[rez]

Khan did mention that once the pandemic is over, some roster trimmings are going to happen.

Only got bloated because he wanted to give as many wrestlers a paycheck during the pandemic and use Dark as a testing ground for new signings. Same for why Dark shows got bloated in runtime.

ahhh, didn't know that. I mean....a lot of genuine talent have shown up. a lot more interesting than The Librarians. NWA could def use more talent when they can start putting shows on again.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Complaining about putting Cezar Bononi on TV in a clear attempt to give him and his horrific situation visibility <a href="https://t.co/A7v2Er8wqk">https://t.co/A7v2Er8wqk</a></p>&mdash; Parker Klyn (@parkerjklyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/parkerjklyn/status/1377423076795707394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Triple A]

JD Drake is really good though... hope he gets some TV time

Had a freaking sweet match with Matt Riddle in EVOLVE, and lots of other good matches in EVOLVE

[slik]

QT Marshall trending on Twitter

what a damn jezebel

[Triple A]

Bononi so slow...

Ziggler's brother is good in his role as an obnoxious punching bag

[slik]

Bononi has a great look

[Emperor Smeat]

Moxley vs. Bononi was decent.

I liked it a lot better before the pandemic when there were just like 3 or 4 good matches on AEW Dark :'-(

Now just like 18 squash matches on Dark, and another 18 squash matches on "Dark: Elevation"... feels like it really waters down "the product" imo!

Yeah, it was a lot more focused prior to the pandemic but it losing that packed crowd atmosphere for shows has hurt it a lot.

I'd assume once they are able to runs shows normally again, Dark and Dark Elevation are going to get scaled back a lot. Elevation probably will be more like what Dark was originally while Dark keeps their current format but in a much more reasonable show length.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: MJF

[Emperor Smeat]

AEW's janitor is going to be fuming over the big mess the Inner Circle and Pinnacle are making backstage.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at MJF getting a swirlie

[rez]

BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOTO TOILETS AND PEPSI COLA

[slik]

Brawl in the Hall

[slik]

Michael Cole if MJF got a swirlie on RAW

"What A Moment" (insert fake laughter)

[Triple A]

Matt Jackson's loud breathing into the mic distracting me

[rez]

The show has had its moments....need some Brit Baker right about now, tho.

[slik]

MJF is Noid and Jericho is Smelly Meatball


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RT to give <a href="https://twitter.com/The_MJF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@The_MJF</a> another swirlie �� <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> <a href="https://t.co/hWmgsfVtWO">pic.twitter.com/hWmgsfVtWO</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1377426773877514241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

Omega & Good Brothers new theme sounds okay.

[rez]

Elevation should be moved to Saturday nights and can be the pre show for PPVs nights. If not on TNT or TBS, TruTV.

[Triple A]

Gallows and Anderson putting me 2 sleep as always

[slik]

Rey Fenix way better than Good Bros

[Triple A]

I wasn't watching during the Festus gimmick but Gallows should go back to it, seems good,,,

https://i.imgur.com/tqN6AZa.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Elevation should be moved to Saturday nights and can be the pre show for PPVs nights. If not on TNT or TBS, TruTV.

That's probably going to be the date for AEW's second TV show since it would make sense from a Turner network historical perspective and every other day in the week is already taken up by an AEW show or notable competitor show.

[rez]

Hard to be put to sleep when anytime Gallow's head is blood red and expect him to have a stroke or something...

[Triple A]

Penta and Fenix so good

[Triple A]

Sweet "tope" by Laredo Kid on Omega

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Omega's head getting planted by that Michinoku Driver by Kid.

Lucha Bros & Kid vs. Good Brothers & Omega was very good albeit more so because of its latter half.

[rez]

That's probably going to be the date for AEW's second TV show since it would make sense from a Turner network historical perspective and every other day in the week is already taken up by an AEW show or notable competitor show.

I'd put it on TruTV. Rebrand that channel. I legit think the only reason it exists on most programming lineups is for the first few weeks of March Madness.

[rez]

Matt...you didn't get slapped that hard.

[slik]

I wasn't watching during the Festus gimmick but Gallows should go back to it, seems good,,,

https://i.imgur.com/tqN6AZa.jpg

I liked Festus

[slik]

I think Rey Fenix (or PAC) is probably the best wrestler in AEW

[Emperor Smeat]

I'd put it on TruTV. Rebrand that channel. I legit think the only reason it exists on most programming lineups is for the first few weeks of March Madness.

I'd put it on TBS just to keep the running gag of Cena's game show ads showing up on AEW TV.

That probably makes Vince a tad upset that Cena is anyway associated with his main competition. He's probably also pissed that Triple H failed miserably at destroying AEW.

[rez]

I'd put it on TBS just to keep the running gag of Cena's game show ads showing up on AEW TV.

That probably makes Vince a tad upset that Cena is anyway associated with his main competition. Probably also pissed that Triple H failed at destroying AEW with his NXT brand.

TNT & TBS broadcast a lot of live sports on the weekends, I think. Otherwise, they're broadcasting AAA movies they've licensed (Marvel, etc.). That's why I thought TruTV may be the best home as to not ruffle the feathers.

[erickman]

Khan did mention that once the pandemic is over, some roster trimmings are going to happen.

Only got bloated because he wanted to give as many wrestlers a paycheck during the pandemic and use Dark as a testing ground for new signings. Same for why Dark shows got bloated in runtime.

yeah they need to do a spring cleaning of some of the early aew people that did not work out. i wish they could have sent some of them to impact, the writers they have might have done something with them. the problem was some of those aew wrestlers had bad adatudes to impact thought they were better.

[slik]

cena's show on tbs looks way better than cody's go big show

[Emperor Smeat]

Women's tag match was pretty good although bit surprised Tay ate the loss.

Pretty good night for the division considering they got a match and 3 segments plus Red Velvet being involved in the Nightmare Family Civil War. That's more than what they usually were getting, especially prior to the Women's title tournament.

[rez]

https://www.essentiallysports.com/aew-news-aew-womens-champion-hikaru-shida-shares-a-fascinating-detail-about-her-life-before-pro-wrestling/

[Emperor Smeat]

Card for next week's show looks nice.

Really like the match and show graphics AEW does for Dynamite compared to the usual bland and sterile ones WWE does for all of their tv shows.

[slik]

really need to stop showing the people waiting to be jumped on...

WWE does this same spot more often than people think but due to their 800 camera cuts per second they don't show everyone standing around waiting to catch someone...AEW needs to improve on this *but also not have 800 camera cuts

[Triple A]

Next week's card looks sweet...

Darby Allin vs. JD Drake should be great... glad JD Drake will get a chance to have a cool match...

And Bear Country... cool.....

[rez]

I'm biting my tongue saying this but I think Dynamite should test out doing a 2.5hr Dynamite show.

[rez]

lol HBO Max crossover lame but funny since it involved Stunt.

[slik]

wish miro and kip and penelope were dressed as mario, luigi and the princess

[rez]

I need to get into contact with Penelope to find out how she makes her hair look so fuckable.

[slik]

The Pixies 'Where Is My Mind" is the PERFECT entrance music for Orange Cassidy.

[Emperor Smeat]

Was originally thinking this Arcade Anarchy match was going to take place in an actual arcade but the carnival-like setting at ringside is pretty cool.

[rez]

I should have probably put sheets over my arcade machines so they don't have to see this mayhem!

[slik]

I am thankful no pinball machines have been harmed during this match

[Volare]

Just got home and this is fucking awesome.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Chuckie getting powerbombed onto legos.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Orange getting kicked in his little oranges.

:D AEW's resident alien is back.

[Volare]

LEGOS!!

[Triple A]

Hell yeah, Statlander rules

[Volare]

PENELOPE YOU HOT HEEL YOU!!!

[Volare]

THE ALIEN RETURNS!!!

[rez]

Should TK do a complete reboot on wins/losses when they can tour again with fans?

[Volare]

OC got his GF Back!!!

[Triple A]

The Pixies 'Where Is My Mind" is the PERFECT entrance music for Orange Cassidy.

His indie theme "Jane" is really perfect for him imo, unfortunate that they couldn't get it!

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[Volare]

DON'T HARM KI2!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Trent's mom showed up

[Volare]

TRENT'S MOM'S VAN!!!

[Volare]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO!!!!

[Volare]

C'MON BOYS PUT MIRO DOWN!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess Miro's not a fan of Mortal Kombat 2 since he just destroyed the machine.

[Volare]

Ed Boon cannot be happy...

[Emperor Smeat]

Arcade Anarchy match was amazing.

This week's show in general was very entertaining overall. Only real sour point was the QT Marshall vs. Cody match that got redeemed by the Nightmare Family Civil War stuff afterwards.

[Triple A]

That was great

Where Is My Mind is a great theme after a win

[Volare]

Greatest winning song ever!!

[Volare]

KRIS IS WITH THE GROUP!!! YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slik]

Really good episode this week

[rez]

I was surprised to see a couple arcades that weren't Midway because licensing reasons. Probably because there wasn't gameplay.

Any wayzzzzz, if they just added Statlander to Best Friends...man, hard not to like THAT faction.

[rez]

Was so glad to see Trent and Sue make their return as well!

[rez]

Who's the bigger face faction fan favorite? Jurassic or Friends?

[Volare]

Who's the bigger face faction fan favorite? Jurassic or Friends?

BF's.

[rez]

goddamn, Pixies are still on my bucket list to see live.

[Emperor Smeat]

I was surprised to see a couple arcades that weren't Midway because licensing reasons. Probably because there wasn't gameplay.

Any wayzzzzz, if they just added Statlander to Best Friends...man, hard not to like THAT faction.

The Killer Instinct 2 machine was playing some demo gameplay stuff during the brief moment its screen got on camera.

Also put me in the urge to play KI Gold on the N64 since that's the console port of it.

[rez]

half tempted to get the Arcade1up Killer Instinct cabinet coming out. I mean..I've got an emulated cabinet that plays em but, why not? lol

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0082/4092/2686/products/killerinstinct_1000x1500_01B_2048x.jpg?v=1610736419

[rez]

I'm trying to hold off for their next shooter game... Buck Hunter doesn't do it for me but Time Crisis, etc. would.

[Emperor Smeat]

Been wanting to get another Arcade 1Up machine since the only one i have is the Final Fight machine but would need to rearrange the entertainment/gaming room to make space for a new one.

Still need to get a new tv stand first since the current one I have just barely supports the new larger tv I bought a few weeks ago.

[rez]

yeah...room is def a problem. I'd love to have a full OG Lucky & Wild but I've only seen a working one once in my adult life (saw just a circuit board once on ebay).

[Volare]

KI2 was my shit. Jago/Orchid all day.

[Fignuts]

They're re-releasing some older cabinets like the mortal Kombat and street fighter ones with a ton more games included.

Also, I need that x-men beat em up cabinet.

[Volare]

Just watched the ending, sorry but BF's for Tag Champs.

[rez]

They're re-releasing some older cabinets like the mortal Kombat and street fighter ones with a ton more games included.

Also, I need that x-men beat em up cabinet.

Yep... I'm just trying to collect a cocktail table cabinet, shooter, and a video pinball. I've been scoping prices...these things aren't going on discounts like they did before the pandemic.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dax Harwood got gashed badly on his head during the Inner Circle vs. Pinnacle backstage brawl.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“There’s one rule of gang fighting; they send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue.” <a href="https://t.co/20Hm18uu2e">pic.twitter.com/20Hm18uu2e</a></p>&mdash; Dax FTR (@DaxFTR) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaxFTR/status/1377452929477660674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Evil Vito]

Catching up on the show as I missed it live. Really enjoyed Christian/Kaz, good old school kind of match, nice story told.

Didn’t see the QT stable being formed. I feel like Comoroto’s gonna wind up being a pretty big deal, I like his look.

Inner Circle/Pinnacle brawl was good.

Trios match was a lot of fun as expected.

Bunny and Tay Conti fighting is such boner fuel.

[Evil Vito]

KRIS STAT IS BACK :heart:

[Evil Vito]

:lol: Sue and Trent returning in the van

This main is so fun

[Volare]

I can see Kris being herself but "humanized" with the BF's, and hopefully more entrances with Sue!!

[Triple A]

Love Kris Statlander, my fav woman wrestler in AEW I think...

[Triple A]

Ending with the Pixies song was great...

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[drave]

Thanks for that post AAA - I missed this last night and that highlight video was fucking awesome

[Volare]

I wonder if we're gonna randomly get a OC/Kris camera shot like this some day.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fc/0c/51/fc0c517f44d5316f9c569a34a79ab6e1.jpg

[rez]

Wrestling match of the year has some heavy contenders this year with Baker/Rosa and this :o. It's early in the year, too.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">YOU DROP THESE NOW!?!? <a href="https://t.co/npaCyxpH66">https://t.co/npaCyxpH66</a></p>&mdash; Chuck Taylor (@SexyChuckieT) <a href="https://twitter.com/SexyChuckieT/status/1377522963919044608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Volare]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">YOU DROP THESE NOW!?!? <a href="https://t.co/npaCyxpH66">https://t.co/npaCyxpH66</a></p>&mdash; Chuck Taylor (@SexyChuckieT) <a href="https://twitter.com/SexyChuckieT/status/1377522963919044608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

New comedy spot coming....