AEW Presents: Wednesday Night Dynamite 4 May 22. Wherein We Discover Whether Or Not Wardlow Is In Fact Sawft.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

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[Triple A]

Home just in time to watch AEW Dynamite .

[Triple A]

No Big Bang Theory lead in this week...

[Triple A]

Fuck @ starting with Adam Cole...

[xrodmuc316]

Starting with ADAM COLE BAYBAY!

[Triple A]

Wonder if he will still do the fake stammering thing on commentary...

[xrodmuc316]

Fuck @ starting with Adam Cole...

Don't listen to Trips, it's all about the BOOM!

[Evil Vito]

LOL Schiavone’s sarcastic clap for Adam Cole

[ron the dial]

this should be an.... interesting match up.

[Triple A]

Crowd seems good tonight maybe... think they were bad last week

[Triple A]

7 matches tonight, should be some quick ones

[ron the dial]

I'm not interested in Bobby Fish at all...very boring/generic IMO

he tries so hard but yeah he just doesn't do it for me

[ron the dial]

lol hardy just keeps dropping his entire body weight directly on dudes with that swanton

[ron the dial]

weak ass opener tbh

[Triple A]

Yeah boring match...

[ron the dial]

hell yes they did put this bcc segment on tv!

[Evil Vito]

lol hardy just keeps dropping his entire body weight directly on dudes with that swanton

Such is the problem with being a wrestler who has relied on insane stunts for most of his career

He realized during his last WWE run that he has to protect himself on the Swanton instead of killing his spine, but it comes at the expense of his opponent.....yet he doesn’t feel like he can retire the move because, well, it’s his finisher

[Supreme Olajuwon]

William Regal, please tell me a bedtime story and then stretch me daddy

[Triple A]

Man I wish they never did the Blackpool Combat Club, really don't like it... such a waste of Bryan Danielson

[Evil Vito]

William Regal, please tell me a bedtime story and then stretch me daddy

Uncomfortable erection, hopefully not with a scar on it

[Triple A]

Feel like they just keep doing these squash matches every week and it doesn't seem to be leading to anything... hope there is a "point" to them revealed soon...

[ron the dial]

scrummy scrummy scrummy ooh ooh ooh

[Evil Vito]

Feel like they just keep doing these squash matches every week and it doesn't seem to be leading to anything... hope there is a "point" to them revealed soon...

Mox and Danielson to the G1 hopefully. Please dear god.

[ron the dial]

Didn't Angelico's tag partner get released
that is correct

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Didn't Angelico's tag partner get released

Jacques Evans yes

[Evil Vito]

Angelico is way better than Jack Evans

[Triple A]

damn hungry... Popeye's commercial, looks good...

ordered a burrito... taking 2 long to get here

[ron the dial]

Angelico is way better than Jack Evans

i like his sweet submission style but he's pretty boring overall. and i HATE his gear. that green/yellow gotta go.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

damn hungry... Popeye's commercial, looks good...

ordered a burrito... taking 2 long to get here

What kind of burrito

[ron the dial]

beautiful german by yuta on butch there

[ClockShot]

Just got home. Miss anything good?

[Triple A]

What kind of burrito

Camarones Burrito
$12.00
Sauteed shrimp with vegetables and cilantro. Served in flour tortilla with cheese, red rice, black beans, pico de gallo and sour cream.

[Triple A]

Praying 4 Enzo Amore to come out with Cass...

[ClockShot]

OOH OOH OOH! The Mystery Opponent for Wardlow is next.

Here's hoping for Enzo Amore on stilts.

[Triple A]

Just got home. Miss anything good?

Not really tbh...

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Camarones Burrito
$12.00
Sauteed shrimp with vegetables and cilantro. Served in flour tortilla with cheese, red rice, black beans, pico de gallo and sour cream.

Love the camarones a la diabla with the spicy red sauce

Shrimp a very underrated Mexican protein

[ron the dial]

I AM

A CERTIFIED G

AND A BONA FIDE STUD

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Made a chicken Caesar salad with homemade croutons. Guys, you gotta bake your own croutons

[ron the dial]

i am eating campbell's tomato soup out of the pot i heated it in so i don't think i'll be making my own croutons anytime soon

[Triple A]

All this food sounds real good... hungry........

[Evil Vito]

I had some red hot franks. Simple but good.

[Fenix122]

They've already put Keith Lee in a thrown together tag team with Swerve

[Triple A]

Would "mark out" if the Enzo & Cass theme hit right now and Enzo came out...

[ClockShot]

Lame.

[ClockShot]

Coach Harbaugh in the house.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

This dude almost drank himself to death and he looks fantastic

Much respect

[#1-norm-fan]

Made homemade spanakopita.

[Evil Vito]

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[Triple A]

Why doesn't he just use William Morrissey instead of "W. Morrissey"... bad wrestling name

[ClockShot]

I could have dug this if they didn't spoil it or made it super obvious.

Cass looks great. But he can do without the oil.

[Triple A]

Food is here...

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Made homemade spanakopita.

Wait really? That’s a ton of work

[Jordan]

Hey guys, I got to see this weeks big debut, Big William Morrissey. Rolls right off the tongue!

Where are we tonight? This arena is great. Not a bad seat in the house it seems.

[ClockShot]

:rofl:

Go crowd!

[Triple A]

WE WANT ENZO

[Triple A]

Crowd should start an Ohhhh Enzo Amore Seven Nation Army chant...

[Jordan]

we really do want Enzo... don't we?

[ClockShot]

I give him a 9.5

[#1-norm-fan]

Wait really? That’s a ton of work

Not too much. Just sautéed some spinach with onion and garlic, mixed it with feta, put it in some phyllo dough and baked it.

[Jordan]

This match sucks. Why are they on the top rope. They should have just had a wild brawl. Wow that moonsault... Wardlow looked close to wrecking his knee on that one. Wow big powerbomb, nice.

[Jordan]

Excalibur really loves rasslin. "Awesome Bomb" what other announcer would pay homage like that? Love it.

[Triple A]

Oh yeah nice @ being in Long Island again next week...

[ron the dial]

dr. britt baker the history maker

the shirt is already up

[puroresu fan]

The AEW logo on the belt looks bad.

[ron the dial]

hell yeah hangman

[puroresu fan]

Masturbatory Bret Hart tribute match :rofl:

[Triple A]

Interesting... kinda heel turn? Not a bad idea

[xrodmuc316]

LOL they spent 3 years building this dude up as their top bayface, and they have him heel the audience for CM Phil. Booker of the Year.

[Jordan]

THE WIZARD

[ron the dial]

the wizard?

[puroresu fan]

God, I hope Hangman doesn't turn.

[Jordan]

LOL they spent 3 years building this dude up as their top bayface, and they have him heel the audience for CM Phil. Booker of the Year.

Yeah I don't know where this came from. No joke the company has really lacked on the quality storytelling since Cody left. Tony doesn't really understand storytelling in terms of his week to week PPV to PPV schedule.

[puroresu fan]

Chris Jericho's bald spot is very sports entertaining.

[Jordan]

He knows how to pencil a really great card that will thrill the shit out of you but the storytelling needs some love.

[Triple A]

Maybe just a "heel in this feud" thing and not a full turn

Feel like the crowd might have turned on CM Punk otherwise and they prob want to keep him as a face... Feel like Punk is gonna be the next champ

[Evil Vito]

My reaction to the announcement of “THE WIZARD” was similar to Santana’s

[puroresu fan]

Grew up watching a lot of AEW wrestling :wtf:

What is going on with Ross lol

[xrodmuc316]

You got to give it to Jericho, dude creates and trademarks nicknames like nobody in history, and I love it, even if The Wizard movie should sue him!

[ron the dial]

i'm not gonna give him a whole lot of credit for "the wizard"

[puroresu fan]

Wish wrestlers did the three amigos like Eddie Guerrero. It's suppose to be fast.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Hope Enzo and Cass are the team that comes out to even the odds against the JAS

[xrodmuc316]

i'm not gonna give him a whole lot of credit for "the wizard"

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[ron the dial]

love the acclaimed and the gunn club together

[ron the dial]

STICK IT IN THERE BOYS

[ClockShot]

Be afraid Julia. Be very afraid.

[xrodmuc316]

Holy shit they are STILL doing eye patch Julia Hart? That was forever ago lol

[ron the dial]

get this man off the mic

[ron the dial]

Holy shit they are STILL doing eye patch Julia Hart? That was forever ago lol

she's just been having matches on dark, the black spot getting progressively bigger.

[ron the dial]

oh my god pillman shut the f*ck up

[Triple A]

Wonder if Julia will finally turn on them!

[ron the dial]

Wonder if Julia will finally turn on them!

if she doesn't turn here then i don't even know what to say. it's already been taken far past the point of even really mattering at this point.

[ron the dial]

such a cool entrance. great song.

[ClockShot]

Strike him down and your journey to the dark side is complete.

May the 4th be with you.

[Triple A]

do it

[xrodmuc316]

she's just been having matches on dark, the black spot getting progressively bigger.

Still not as impressive as Black himself still selling the eye injury from his stablemate Buddy!

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[Triple A]

damn come on

[Fenix122]

Really dragging this out

[ron the dial]

what the hell

[ClockShot]

Stupid Death Triangle.

You ruined it!

[Triple A]

Damn, Jade really looks like a "superstar"

[ron the dial]

oh my god jade

[xrodmuc316]

OHHHHHHHH SHIT DREAM MATCH TIME!!!!!!!

[Triple A]

Kiera Hogan hot...

[ClockShot]

Rey with a cape.

Someone tell Slik!

[xrodmuc316]

Hogan vs Rock can suck a dick compared to Fenix vs Dante!!!!! DREAM!!!!!

[Jordan]

Oh man this episode is not doing it for me. I don't know if I can make it past this Fenix vs Dante match.

[ClockShot]

After getting fucked 2 straight Wednesdays in crap matches, Dante Martin is in a match he deserves.

[xrodmuc316]

One of THE all time BIGGEST Dream Match, and they cut to commercial after 45 seconds???? Man TBS is a jerk!

[Jordan]

Hogan vs Rock can suck a dick compared to Fenix vs Dante!!!!! DREAM!!!!!

Shit it is a dream match, I'm about to fall asleep with this Netflix's Cheer style!

[erickman]

Wonder if Julia will finally turn on them!

can she wrestle or is she like lacy von erich

[ron the dial]

can she wrestle or is she like lacy von erich

she's still pretty green

[ClockShot]

OOOF!

[Triple A]

cool moves

[xrodmuc316]

Lacey Von Erich super hot

[Supreme Olajuwon]

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Yo what?

[xrodmuc316]

What is she talking about, she has been champ for like 3 weeks lol

[xrodmuc316]

LOL STOP! Thunder Rosa drove 8 hours to watch Serena Deeb wrestle in what universe.

[puroresu fan]

Serena Deeb has come a long way.

[ron the dial]

LOL STOP! Thunder Rosa drove 8 hours to watch Serena Deeb wrestle in what universe.

i fully believe that about thunder rosa actually

[ron the dial]

hell yes deeb

[puroresu fan]

Damn @ Deeb's eyes.

[ron the dial]

YOU WANNA DANCE WITH THE MEAT MAN

[ron the dial]

LET'S GO DEONNA

[puroresu fan]

John Silver shouldn't last more than 2 mins.

[puroresu fan]

Tony Khan burns through 2 years worth of content in a month's time.

[Triple A]

Deonna's ring gear weird...

[Triple A]

crowd dead... idk why they signed Mercedes Martinez... all the "yaas queen" type of wrestling fans seem to love her for some reason... mad boring

[puroresu fan]

crowd dead... idk why they signed Mercedes Martinez... all the "yaas queen" type of wrestling fans seem to love her for some reason... mad boring

I haven't seen much of her but she comes across as very boring. This match doesn't seem main event worthy.

[puroresu fan]

I guess the predictable outcome of this match makes it boring AF

[ron the dial]

damn the crowd is lifeless for this

[Triple A]

Purrazzo should win...

[ron the dial]

yeah that's what i expected and BOOOOOOO

[ron the dial]

followed up last week's hot dynamite with a wet fart this week. wardlow/mjf segment only one that really popped.

[puroresu fan]

Crowd cheering because the match came to a merciful end.

[xrodmuc316]

damn the crowd is lifeless for this

Yeah it is asking a lot of the crowd to care about that main event.

[puroresu fan]

They don't let segments or outcomes breathe on this show. Comes across as hectic and rushed.

[puroresu fan]

I'd rather watch Riddle give Orton the hot tag for the 10th time in a row than whatever this was. Clothesline, powerslam, draping ddt, RKO!

[Jordan]

I only watched over half of the show but I hated it. Dumbass main event, like Tony wants to dip in viewers. Nobody on a large scale cares about these women.

[drave]

100% the best shit comes on at the start of the show

[ron the dial]

not this week...

[Evil Vito]

Yeah this was a pretty weak Dynamite aside from Wardlow and Fenix/Dante. Actually I'll throw the 6-man tag in here as well, not everyone likes the BCC but I enjoy seeing them wreck shit for the time being, and will hold out hope Mox and Dragon go to the G1.

Not an unwatchable Dynamite, AEW never gets to unwatchable levels but it just felt like a weird "punt" of an episode, like they're waiting another week to really kick the PPV build into gear. Weird decisions after a hot show.

[Evil Vito]

I'm pretty optimistic about the next couple of weeks though with the main Owen tourney starting. Cole/Dax feels like it'll be real good even though Cole is sadly probably winning. Darby/Jeff intrigues me, watching Jeff wrestle is like watching a car wreck but that kinda works for a Darby match.

Hope the Joker is Claudio or Chris Hero.

[Fignuts]

LOL STOP! Thunder Rosa drove 8 hours to watch Serena Deeb wrestle in what universe.

Serena Deeb has come a long way.

Sarena Deeb is, in my opinion, the best female wrestler in the world right now.

Maybe not the flashiest, but if you look at how she works, no one is in her league, besides maybe Meiko of NXT UK.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I like Thunder Rosa but man she was awful in that segment. Put the belt on Deeb.

I like that they’re always a lot going on. But Tony need to start building to the bigger stories throughout the show. Wardlow should’ve main evented. The BCC should end the first hour. They have multiple big acts. But they’re used up in the first hour and change instead of spread out.

I’m in love with Deonna but it was obvs she was dropping the last of her belts. Idk what her contract status in Impact is, but she’s done everything there is to do there. If her deal is up soon and they’re not going to put the belt on Deeb, then signing Deonna and bringing her Virtuosa gimmick over to be built up as the next heel champ is something they should do.

They should sign her anyways, tbh.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Also, that main event is proof that even with as loyal and respectful an audience like AEW typically has, having somebody who’s not been booked to be cared about like Martinez is going to kill your crowd. It shouldn’t have been three main event. It was a disservice to the workers and the fans.

And yet again, my biggest gripe is that the world champ isn’t the focus of the show. It should be built around him. I’m pretty sure they’re gonna go with Punk as the next champ abs if that’s the case, hopefully he had the ear of khan and leads him to restructuring the template of the skies and making the champ the main attraction.

[Mr. Nerfect]

What an amazing show this week.

Props to Tony “Shao” Khan delivering a dream match on free television. The man has BALLS. Dante Martin and Fenix tore it up. This would be like WCW giving you Rey Mysterio vs. Dante Martin on Nitro. And WWE giving you…well, they couldn’t give you anything like this. :lol:

It wasn’t the only dream match though! Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Fish is a dream match between two halves of legendary tag teams. And the booking brilliance of having Jeff Hardy going over — the younger brother to Matt like Owen was to Bret — is just sublime. Jeff might win this entire tournament!

The BCC are the best faction since The Shield, easily. What a legendary thing for Moxley to be involved in two amazing factions. He could be the first-ever three-time Hall of Famer. The booking brilliance of not only putting BBC over, but having them elevate everyone they wrestle is why this promotion is leagues ahead of everyone else in terms of buzz and popularity.

Jungle Boy challenges Ricky Starks and sets up TWO title matches?! How can you be bored by this?

Chris Jericho elevated Santana by having a match with him. Lololol at Santana getting distracted by a ring apron spot. See, it’s funny because Chris Jericho is mocking the WWE and the way they do things. A sports entertainment finish for the sports entertainment superstar. This would suck in WWE though. How brilliant is it that Chris Jericho keeps evolving his character?

Wardlow vs. William Morrissey is how you use an ex-WWE/Impact Wrestling star effectively. Put your homegrown guy over. Absolutely no one is sick of seeing Wardlow beat up security, or get beaten up by security, every week. And this isn’t beginning to feel like Cody/MJF at all. But to bring up that feud, what a brilliant callback by having MJF tease Wardlow with the match like he did Cody…who Wardlow made his AEW debut loss against! Brilliant.

The Women’s Division is heating up. 8 talented women all in featured main event spots this week. Soon they will be doing it better than everyone. Toni Storm and Ruby Soho are being used better than they ever were in WWE.

[erickman]

looks like morrissey may go back to wwe, he only has a handshake deal with impact week by thing. unless tony signed him for aew i see an wwe reunion.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I haven’t seen his work lately, but the dude’s physical transformation is impressive. Good for him taking some rope back. If he’s got it together, I hope he finds employment wherever he wants.

He is/was very good friends with Moxley. They used to party together in FCW days. I can imagine them being good sober buddies now. For whatever that is worth throwing into discussion.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Too many garbage titles now. The sooner they ship off half of these people and belts to a ROH show that can be avoided the better.

There’s so many good people in AEW but the content is getting gradually worse. What big singles matches is there going to be at the ppv? Punk v Page and MJF v Wardlow will seemingly be it. Everyone else is in a stable or not around right now.

Not sure why a match featuring a braud that’s had like two matches and a braud nobody has heard of before should main event an episode of dynamite.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I should have seen what a mistake purchasing ROH would be. It doesn’t make sense to have these two separate leagues, nor does it make sense for ROH to become a part of AEW. There are way too many championships. In the lore of AEW you have the AEW Title, AEW Tag Titles, Women’s, TNT Title, TBS, FTW, ROH, ROH Tag, TV, Women’s, AAA Tag with the AAA Title, NWA Women’s and Impact Title being featured at some point over the past year. This doesn’t factor in things like The Owen and the Dynamite Diamond.

When it comes to PPV, it may not be fashionable to say, but more would actually help them. Not only in terms of their overall bottom-line (even if individual PPVs take a hit), but in terms of giving their television a direction and helping PPV stand out more.

They could have been building up to Adam Page finally winning the World Title from Bryan Danielson. Instead we’ve got a bunch of thrown together crap because he had to stick to the plan, even though he had nowhere to go after it.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Too many garbage titles now. The sooner they ship off half of these people and belts to a ROH show that can be avoided the better.

There’s so many good people in AEW but the content is getting gradually worse. What big singles matches is there going to be at the ppv? Punk v Page and MJF v Wardlow will seemingly be it. Everyone else is in a stable or not around right now.

Not sure why a match featuring a braud that’s had like two matches and a braud nobody has heard of before should main event an episode of dynamite.

I agree. I know they’re trying to keep ROH relevant but I don’t need to see that shit on my TV. Put it on YouTube for now.

I also agree with the main event. Should have been in the middle of the first hour.

Scorpio will likely defend his TNT title but idk against who I have no idea. Plus they’ll have the Owen tournament likely decided at the ppv.

Hangman v Punk
Rosa v Deeb
MJF v Wardlow
Owen tourney men and women’s final
Jade v somebody
Jungle Express v Starks and Hobbs
Scorpio v somebody. Prob an Inter gender match with Paige Van Zant debuting against Sammy and Tay.
Jericho stable v Eddie, Santana and Ortiz

That’s 9 matches I can think of off the top of my head based on current storylines.

Plus they’re building towers Hook v Neese but that feels like a pre show match.

[Evil Vito]

Just realized this is three of the last four PPVs where MJF is making his PPV opponent meet his terms and conditions to have a match in the first place. But it's been done in a different way each time, and MJF is so detestable that you can believe the babyface actually wants to jump through these hoops just to beat the fuck out of him.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Just realized this is three of the last four PPVs where MJF is making his PPV opponent meet his terms and conditions to have a match in the first place. But it's been done in a different way each time, and MJF is so detestable that you can believe the babyface actually wants to jump through these hoops just to beat the fuck out of him.

That is a very cute way of justifying repetitive booking and a reliance on tropes.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, I just heard about The House of Bullshit segment. I’m so glad Buddy Matthews could get away from being misused in the oppressive regime of WWE and the silly drama with Seth Rollins and Aliyah Mysterio so he could go to AEW and do serious drama with Aleister Black and Julia Hart.