Rate the AEW Dynamite!: 4/1/2020

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Apr 2, 2020 9:25:09 GMT -5 deezy said:

Negatives

The right team won in the main event. Just wish Sammy got the pin. But that's just me picking on that one. I like Sammy and he needs some singles win and get the pin in tag matches. I said this last week, He reminds me of Gino Hernandez. And I mean that in a good way.

Agreed. Sammy and Darby face off in the first round of the TNT Title Tournament so it would’ve made all the sense in the world for Sammy to get the cheap pin here. Also would’ve played more into Darby shoving Cody, because it makes a lot more sense if he’s mad about Sammy getting one up on him

Marko Stunt

Kinda agree. I’ve actually grown to like Marko for the most part, but that match went way too long. And especially in his debut match for AEW Archer really shouldn’t have sold one stitch of offense for Marko. There were some really cool spots tho, I just would’ve done things differently

The Dark Order is a joke. Nothing about them yells "legit threat".

I like Brodie Lee, I think he’s a damn good talker and if you listen to his TiJ appearance I don’t know how you walk away from that not pulling for him to succeed, but he is very quickly dragging down The Dark Order in my eyes.

DO we’re far from perfect, but they were finding their groove and I was starting to like the gimmick and now these goofy Vince promos feel like they’re taking this in a comedy direction. But then Brodie kills a Creeper and we’re supposed to be all intimidated again? I have no idea what they’re going for now, but I’m starting to hope they Nightmare Collective this shit and let Brodie and SSB do their own separate things.

[Cieto]

8. Good show overall. love what they did with 'parts unknown'

[The Captain]

Also, Lance Archer doing the best he could with his entrance given circumstances made me happy. Glad he's using "Everybody Dies" as his theme and is still shoving random ringside crew members.

[The Warthog]

In regards to the Dark Order complaints, I think that they're slowly building up again with Brodie as the Exalted One. However, he should only wrestle in major feuds and not on every single Dynamite. This would build up his mystique more. I honestly think that this is a slow burn to something more sinister over time and I'm willing to open my mind to it.

Marko vs Vance was played perfectly as Marko made him look like a beast, even if he did get *some* offense in. It wasn't going to be a total squash because Marko has something special to offer.

The tag match with Cody/Darby vs Shawn/Sammy was ok and sets it up for next week's tournament matches. Darby looked like a tweener at the end but I'm sure even Cody could see how frustrated he was with Sammy's bullshit.

The womens match was decent. I got a chuckle out of Britt's assholery in the crowd.

A decent Dynamite.