AEW Friday Night DYNAMITE - 5.28.21
 

The biggest show to happen on a Friday night for wrestling in ages

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ahead of tonight’s Live <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> at 10pm ET/9pm CT, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDoN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDoN</a> on ppv Sunday, AEW Owner/President <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TonyKhan</a>, aka the Forbidden Door, addressed rumors of a relationship between <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/njpwglobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@njpwglobal</a>, + what this means to <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEW</a>! Watch Dynamite tonight LIVE coming up on <a href="https://twitter.com/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TNTdrama</a>! <a href="https://t.co/atFTSrvyqZ">pic.twitter.com/atFTSrvyqZ</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1398434531024281605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh wow. TK going into major meltdown “Eric Bischoff calling out Vince McMahon” mode. He’s so fucking awkward and insecure, and it’s telling he feels the need to make himself a TV character. Not a good look for AEW. Bush fucking league.

This seriously strikes me as an inciting moment like Vince writing the letters to Ted Turner. So fucking embarrassing.

Yeah, it's pretty cringe-worthy. Tony isn't naturally funny/charismatic so this comes off really embarrassing imo. Somebody has to tell TK "no" sometimes...

Look, he’s got a hard gig: No one can say he’s lazy. But none of these positions have been earned, and he doesn’t do well in any of them. He is not a good performer. He is not a good booker. He hasn’t proven himself to be particularly smart nor mature enough to handle these sorts of roles. Fulham FC have been knocked down. The Jaguars fucking suck. AEW runs off viewers and has lost its TV slot. Now he’s hearing that WWE are looking to big dog the working relationship he was bragging about and filing trademarks for. But that’s his fault. He is the guy who appointed himself to these bought positions. It’s hard to feel sorry for a guy who won’t fucking delegate to smarter people.

And if I’m New Japan and I’m hearing TK cut a passive aggressive amateur promo on a business guy who doesn’t even really have a public profile, and has presumably been nothing but respectful in business dealings, I’m fucking kicking that asshole to the curb. Especially as they use my promotion and my talent, that I have so kindly lent him, as some sort of bragging rights like they’re pawns in his fucking game.

Fuck that noise, man. TK is shooting himself in the fucking foot. Moron.

This is actually even more cringy than the Cody/HHH stuff. What the fuck is he thinking?

Where are their balls? All they have talked about for 2 years is how afraid WWE is of them, but when given the chance, they wait until the A show is over before going on the air???

"Oh no surprise Dynamite had a lower rating this week, it was Seth Rollins birthday. Next week though it will be a HUGE rating!" ~ Dave Meltzer after the ratings come out.

They've got a different set-up/lighting rig above the ring for Dynamite tonight and Double or Nothing


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The original AEW Daily’s Place stage is set up for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> tonight! This will be the largest crowd for Dynamite since the beginning of the pandemic. ������<br><br>This will also be the stage setup for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoubleOrNothing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DoubleOrNothing</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDoN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDoN</a> <a href="https://t.co/rMVZOEBG0z">pic.twitter.com/rMVZOEBG0z</a></p>&mdash; ������������ ������������ (@WrestlingCovers) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingCovers/status/1398421370338414597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wow that was awkward as fuck. Tony Khan should not be trying to "cut promos" on anyone.

This says there’s fire to the smoke to me. There’d be no reason to address something that wasn’t true. It feels like a guy panicking and just making a real bone-headed decision because he’s losing control of a situation.

You don’t “brag” about winning out in a business arrangement if there’s nothing going on. Why you would air this laundry if things were going smoothly is beyond me though. Airing it if things go poorly isn’t wise either, but it seems like more of a “response” to a situation.

He hasn't been on Twitter lately since. He needs to get attention somehow.

That was TNT who made the call and not them for why its 10PM.

If they had that kind of power, they wouldn't be on Friday this week and next week to begin with.

Normally I'd agree,but AEW has been more than happy to take shots at WWE in the past, with about the same subtlety as a brick through a window. So it's hard to say if this indicates truth to the rumors because its really just par for the course, for AEW.

My general rule of thumb is other promotions should never mention WWE.

Back in the day WCW, pre-Nitro, rarely ever mentioned them. They'd acknowledge they existed but that was about it. If I am watching one company ideally I don't want to think about the company I am not currently watching.

Forking hell, this Geostorm movie is so flipping bad. Natural disaster movies are the fudging worst.

This reeks of a guy going on a rant about an ex when he sees her with a new man, talking about all the things he used to do to her and how into him she was and that he could have her if he wanted, just because someone asked “u right bro?”

Since when was Tony “The Forbidden Door?” Wasn’t that a name for the imaginary separation between AEW and New Japan? Notice how it is now TK himself? Very little shift to get the spotlight onto him and something out of that trademark.

Hell yeah @ crowd

missed the first five minutes but now watching

JR asking what waxed, vacced and hot boy summer means lol

Crowd sounds great... Double or Nothing going to be great

crowd going to go nuts for jungle boy theme if he's on tonight

HERE. 10 minutes behind

u missed shida getting attacked by awesome kong, she put her thru a table

First time Paul Wight has been on Dynamite since his first week I believe.

damn paul looks as trim as he ever looked

Paul Wight being very biased officiating this weigh-in.....

This is a terrible time slot but Double or Nothing is gonna be so fucking cool having a crowd back

Paul Wight taunts Ogogo for being too afraid to come out by himself, and it's immediately followed by Cody coming out with a fucking army lol

good @ getting rid of shitty Snoop Dogg version of Cody's theme

Damn, this segment is taking 2 long...

What is that noise? Are there fireworks going off?

fireworks

watching big show weigh cody for 45 seconds...

insane how much different/better the show is with a real crowd

This feud blows.

I'm re-upping YoutubeTV in June for AEW Dynamite, I can start working the threads if needed. We don't really need people typing the F word in 2021.

Wish Great Khali would come out r/n and chokeslam Paul Wight