AEW Rampage must have a crush on me, because on the cusp of Valentine’s Day, the day we spoil our significant others, I was gifted something lovelier than a dozen roses: one “Switchblade” in an AEW ring. SmackDown and I have been on the outs since 2016, last time we were committed to each other…
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I never take these easy weekends for granted. Just three shows. Less than four hours of content to get through. SmackDown felt a little dull, Rampage was more or less the same as it has been, and NJPW Strong was a great episode with solid action. What was my favorite match of the weekend? Clark…
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I loved having the Royal Rumble on a Sunday afternoon (Sydney time), as well as the usual three shows. The Rumble had some good matches but was pretty underwhelming overall, and everything else was as usual; nothing blow-away happened on this final weekend of January. What was my favorite match of the weekend? Jay…
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After a gigantic 2021 for All Elite Wrestling, the flagship Dynamite program came back to where it was at the start of the year, Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Fla. It was the last episode to air on TNT as the show moves to TBS in 2022 and a fairly solid one at that. Hits We…
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The penultimate episode of Dynamite in 2021 aired from the legendary Greensboro Coliseum with a stacked main event, a not-so-shocking debut, and solid matches throughout. If you told me in 2017 that I’d see CM Punk and Sting in the same match, you know the rest . . . Hits While I wasn’t big on…
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AEW Dynamite was live in Long Island, NY, the hometown of who is usually the despicable All Elite Wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman. On this show, however, such wasn’t the case. This was another solid show with only a few hiccups. Hits This opening segment was an all-timer. MJF’s music was the first to hit, eliciting…
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The first Dynamite of the Hangman era aired from Page’s home state of Virginia. This was yet another show that was good at its worst and absolutely brilliant at its best. AEW has mostly maintained their momentum coming off what was possibly their best ever pay-per-view from an in-ring quality standpoint. Hits The first thing…
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The 111th episode of AEW Dynamite aired from Indianapolis with a stacked slate of bouts on paper. The Farmer’s Coliseum was very lively for All Elite action and this show absolutely delivered. HITS This company sure can open a show. The crowd was as hot for the opening pyro as they were when All Elite’s…
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Episode 110 of AEW Dynamite aired live from Independence, Missouri. It featured some very good wrestling, some great promos, and just a few things that didn’t really work. Hits We opened with a fun match with Kenny Omega against Alan Angels, a year-and-a-half since their first in Atlanta. What I liked most about this was…
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All Elite Wrestling returned to Boston for a very fun episode of Dynamite. As has become standard for this promotion there were good to great matches, angles, and interviews up and down the two hours. Like every other wrestling company, not everything is for everybody, but I’m finding that as the weeks go by, an…
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