Rate the AEW Dynamite!: 12/23/2020

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FAN we're here, a new Era of Wrestling, a new Era of Polls! The weekly show ratings for AEW Dynamite! How will they stack up to the competition each week? Lets start cataloguing them and figure it out!!



Last Weeks Most Voted Rating: 8



------ 2019



10/2: 7.98

10/9: 8.10

10/16: 6.86

10/23: 8.44

10/30: 7.23

11/6: 8.75

11/13: 7.99

11/20: 8.48

11/27: 6.77

12/4: 7.65

12/11: 7.88

12/16: 7.62


------ 2020


1/1: 8.09 (6% DW)

1/8: 5.71 (4% DW)

1/15: 7.47 (3% DW)

1/22: 8.93 (2% DW)

1/29: 7.33 (6% DW)

2/5: 8.59 (4% DW)

2/12: 8.95 (3% DW)

2/19: 8.70 (5% DW)

2/26: 8.70 (2% DW)

3/4: 8.12 (2% DW)

3/11: 7.15 (2% DW)


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3/18: 9.59 (0% DW)

3/25: 8.47 (7% DW)

4/1: 8.58 (4% DW)

4/8: 7.85 (2% DW)

4/15: 5.80 (2% DW)

4/22: 7.13 (3% DW)

4/29: 7.56 (7% DW)

5/6: 8.30 (2% DW)

5/13: 7.15 (5% DW)

5/20: 7.84 (3% DW)

5/27: 7.43 (4% DW)

6/3: 7.87 (15% DW)

6/10: 7.74 (9% DW)

6/17: 8.40 (4% DW)

6/24: 8.14 (5% DW)

7/1: 8.29 (7% DW)

7/8: 8.49 (8% DW)

7/15: 8.11 (6% DW)

7/22: 8.71 (4% DW)

7/29: 6.52 (10% DW)

8/5: 7.82 (2% DW)

8/12: 7.20 (5% DW)

8/22: 9.27 (4% DW)

8/28: 6.82 (2% DW)

9/2: 7.15 (5% DW)

9/9: 8.25 (3% DW)

9/16: 9.07(4% DW)

9/22: 7.96 (10% DW)

9/23: 8.17 (0% DW)

9/30: 6.76 (4% DW)

10/7: 7.76 (8% DW)

10/14: 6.63 (5% DW)

10/21: 9.02 (2% DW)

10/28: 7.52 (12% DW)

11/4: 7.64 (6% DW)

11/11: 6.87 (4% DW)

11/18: 8.11 (6% DW)

11/25: 8.09 (6% DW)

12/3: 8.82 (3% DW)

12/9: 7.40 (10% DW)

12/16: 7.38 (7% DW)
12/13: TBD

[Dub H]

6 because i`m tired of dark order losing

Had some fun matches with the main event and a few others,but some busy work here and there and then just tired of that loser booking for DO

[toodarkmark]

Fun, easy episode. Enjoy the whole thing. 10.

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Unopposed Social Media Finals:

NXT: 20K

AEW: 21K

Basically, both did good, that's a strong number for AEW to pull for a past 10PM start time.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Dec 24, 2020 0:05:24 GMT -5 Dub H said:

6 because i`m tired of dark order losing

They don't have their leader right now, plus the records reset in a week, now is the time to lose if you're gonna, they also get a lot of DARK wins

Plus Uno's not a singles wrestler by trade these days so losing to Dustin made sense to further where this storyline is going.
 

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Really fun show with a lot of good action and build. Going with a 9.

[Dub H]

Dec 24, 2020 0:06:33 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:05:24 GMT -5 Dub H said:

6 because i`m tired of dark order losing

They don't have their leader right now, plus the records reset in a week, now is the time to lose if you're gonna

Plus Uno's not a singles wrestler by trade these days
 

If theya re losers without Brodie,they are lsoers to begin with.

And neither is Dustin.

There si no excuses,they are a constant appearence on dynamite and always lose.They are useless as it stands right now

[Duke Cameron]

7

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Dec 24, 2020 0:07:30 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:06:33 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

They don't have their leader right now, plus the records reset in a week, now is the time to lose if you're gonna

Plus Uno's not a singles wrestler by trade these days
 

If theya re losers without Brodie,they are lsoers to begin with.

And neither is Dustin.

There si no excuses,they are a constant appearence on dynamite and always lose.

The Dark Order's entire gimmick is that they were losers made into winners. Without their leader, it kinda makes sense they've lost some of their power.

They still win a lot on DARK though, they aren't just losing all the time if you look at their records. Uno and Grayson have one of the best tag records this year. Them losing at this point works for the records resetting and they're clearly setting something up with Dustin, maybe even Lee Johnson.

[Harry The Arrow was Wrong!]

6. Thought it was an ok show.

The women had a 3 minute wrestling match and then a brawl after and it was in the same spot as usual. It sucks plain and simple. You can find a spot for Spears but none of the other women? Ok.

Speaking of, Spears promo sucked ass. Anytime someone says New York in reference to wwe is lame

Still don't care one bit about The Acclaimed.

The rest of the show was decent.

Love seeing Butcher wrestle. And Kingston ruled on commentary.

Top Flight continue to impress

All the Dark Order stuff was ok too

[Dub H]

Dec 24, 2020 0:10:08 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:07:30 GMT -5 Dub H said:

If theya re losers without Brodie,they are lsoers to begin with.

And neither is Dustin.

There si no excuses,they are a constant appearence on dynamite and always lose.

The Dark Order's entire gimmick is that they were losers made into winners. Without their leader, it kinda makes sense they've lost some of their power.

They still win a lot on DARK though, they aren't just losing all the time if you look at their records. Uno and Grayson have one of the best tag records this year. Them losing at this point works for the records resetting and they're clearly setting something up with Dustin, maybe even Lee Johnson.

They have all members,there is nor eason they shouldnt win

Even with Brodie around guess what?they lost.Brodie was the only one to win matches.And even then a good group should be able to win without their leader at least ONCE

They got the losers part right ,they just forgot to make into winners.

I dont care about Dark Jobbers,I want then to win meaningfull matches on TV

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Dec 24, 2020 0:13:46 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:10:08 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

The Dark Order's entire gimmick is that they were losers made into winners. Without their leader, it kinda makes sense they've lost some of their power.

They still win a lot on DARK though, they aren't just losing all the time if you look at their records. Uno and Grayson have one of the best tag records this year. Them losing at this point works for the records resetting and they're clearly setting something up with Dustin, maybe even Lee Johnson.

They have all members,there is nor eason they shouldnt win

Even with Brodie around guess what?they lost.Brodie was the only one to win matches.And even then a good group should be able to win without their leader at least ONCE

They got the losers part right ,they just forgot to make into winners.

I dont care about Dark Jobbers,I want then to win meaningfull matches on TV

If they're still doing this into next year, then maybe I'll agree, but as it stands, I don't think Dark Order are hurt taking these types of losses.

If I'm right and they're building to a Trios match with Natural Nightmares and Lee Johnson, that's a match I hope they win to turn things around. 

[Dub H]

Dec 24, 2020 0:17:07 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:13:46 GMT -5 Dub H said:

They have all members,there is nor eason they shouldnt win

Even with Brodie around guess what?they lost.Brodie was the only one to win matches.And even then a good group should be able to win without their leader at least ONCE

They got the losers part right ,they just forgot to make into winners.

I dont care about Dark Jobbers,I want then to win meaningfull matches on TV

If they're still doing this into next year, then maybe I'll agree, but as it stands, I don't think Dark Order are hurt taking these types of losses.

If I'm right and they're building to a Trios match with Natural Nightmares and Lee Johnson, that's a match I hope they win to turn things around. 

Into next year?Ever since Brodie debuted it has been this.

I`m done giving time, ther eis no reason they should be losing that much,period.Im gonna critic it until they arent complete losers

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Dec 24, 2020 0:13:11 GMT -5 Harry The Arrow was Wrong! said:

6. Thought it was an ok show.

The women had a 3 minute wrestling match and then a brawl after and it was in the same spot as usual. It sucks plain and simple. You can find a spot for Spears but none of the other women? Ok.

Speaking of, Spears promo sucked ass. Anytime someone says New York in reference to wwe is lame

Still don't care one bit about The Acclaimed.

The rest of the show was decent.

Love seeing Butcher wrestle. And Kingston ruled on commentary.

Top Flight continue to impress

All the Dark Order stuff was ok too

The girls need more time I agree, though I liked Jade's promo tonight too, she sounded better. I want to see who her first opponent is now because I wanna see what she's got, which is something the division needs, more girls that can drive that interest. 

Abadon biting Shida was a really cool visual to drive her gimmick home, it makes me more excited about the rivalry and the match so they did a good job there. Shida going from spooked, to confident, to Abadon showing she isn't all bark, she can literally bite, has been nice build for the time given

The match I expected to be a death squash... I'm at least happy they played with it well, working into the Abadon stuff, Gracia almost got a big win, hell Shida almost got counted out, which is a win on the record in AEW that matters. Also them putting over that Gracia's Dad is a huge fan of hers and battling cancer, is such an easy way to get her over, and it appears she has officially signed, so I'm happy for her, easy underdog babyface to get behind and buiild.

On Spears... yeah I ain't a Spears fan either, but if his promo means he's gonna like, go to Impact for a bit in terms of talent exchange? By all means...  

[Harry The Arrow was Wrong!]

Dec 24, 2020 0:21:39 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:13:11 GMT -5 Harry The Arrow was Wrong! said:

6. Thought it was an ok show.

The women had a 3 minute wrestling match and then a brawl after and it was in the same spot as usual. It sucks plain and simple. You can find a spot for Spears but none of the other women? Ok.

Speaking of, Spears promo sucked ass. Anytime someone says New York in reference to wwe is lame

Still don't care one bit about The Acclaimed.

The rest of the show was decent.

Love seeing Butcher wrestle. And Kingston ruled on commentary.

Top Flight continue to impress

All the Dark Order stuff was ok too

The girls need more time I agree, though I liked Jade's promo tonight too, she sounded better. I want to see who her first opponent is now because I wanna see what she's got, which is something the division needs, more girls that can drive that interest. 

Abadon biting Shida was a really cool visual to drive her gimmick home, it makes me more excited about the rivalry and the match so they did a good job there. Shida going from spooked, to confident, to Abadon showing she isn't all bark, she can literally bite, has been nice build for the time given

The match I expected to be a death squash... I'm at least happy they played with it well, working into the Abadon stuff, Gracia almost got a big win, hell Shida almost got counted out, which is a win on the record in AEW that matters. Also them putting over that Gracia's Dad is a huge fan of hers and battling cancer, is such an easy way to get her over, and it appears she has officially signed, so I'm happy for her, easy underdog babyface to get behind and buiild.

On Spears... yeah I ain't a Spears fan either, but if his promo means he's gonna like, go to Impact for a bit in terms of talent exchange? By all means...  

Thing is, every you just said, Jade, Abadon, Shida and Garcia's match, it all happened in about 5 or 6 minutes. That really sucks. Like why isn't someone like Nyla on every week? Remember at the ppv when they teased Nyla and Vickie splitting? Did they just give up on that? I really don't even know if they're interested in improving the division at this point

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Dec 24, 2020 0:43:26 GMT -5 Harry The Arrow was Wrong! said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:21:39 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

The girls need more time I agree, though I liked Jade's promo tonight too, she sounded better. I want to see who her first opponent is now because I wanna see what she's got, which is something the division needs, more girls that can drive that interest. 

Abadon biting Shida was a really cool visual to drive her gimmick home, it makes me more excited about the rivalry and the match so they did a good job there. Shida going from spooked, to confident, to Abadon showing she isn't all bark, she can literally bite, has been nice build for the time given

The match I expected to be a death squash... I'm at least happy they played with it well, working into the Abadon stuff, Gracia almost got a big win, hell Shida almost got counted out, which is a win on the record in AEW that matters. Also them putting over that Gracia's Dad is a huge fan of hers and battling cancer, is such an easy way to get her over, and it appears she has officially signed, so I'm happy for her, easy underdog babyface to get behind and buiild.

On Spears... yeah I ain't a Spears fan either, but if his promo means he's gonna like, go to Impact for a bit in terms of talent exchange? By all means...  

Thing is, every you just said, Jade, Abadon, Shida and Garcia's match, it all happened in about 5 or 6 minutes. That really sucks. Like why isn't someone like Nyla on every week? Remember at the ppv when they teased Nyla and Vickie splitting? Did they just give up on that? I really don't even know if they're interested in improving the division at this point

They moved on and didn't break up, it's been more Nyla and Vickie partnering up with Jade and La Sicaria's

I'm sure they're interested, but something that is gonna help is the records resetting too, they need new blood in the rankings and a lot of losses on DARK and such being wiped away is gonna help present some girls and newly signed talent on more even footing to be featured imo. 

This division is very young, and Shida ran through everyone this year, it's a process, but one that should pay off.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Dec 24, 2020 0:43:26 GMT -5 Harry The Arrow was Wrong! said:

Dec 24, 2020 0:21:39 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

The girls need more time I agree, though I liked Jade's promo tonight too, she sounded better. I want to see who her first opponent is now because I wanna see what she's got, which is something the division needs, more girls that can drive that interest. 

Abadon biting Shida was a really cool visual to drive her gimmick home, it makes me more excited about the rivalry and the match so they did a good job there. Shida going from spooked, to confident, to Abadon showing she isn't all bark, she can literally bite, has been nice build for the time given

The match I expected to be a death squash... I'm at least happy they played with it well, working into the Abadon stuff, Gracia almost got a big win, hell Shida almost got counted out, which is a win on the record in AEW that matters. Also them putting over that Gracia's Dad is a huge fan of hers and battling cancer, is such an easy way to get her over, and it appears she has officially signed, so I'm happy for her, easy underdog babyface to get behind and buiild.

On Spears... yeah I ain't a Spears fan either, but if his promo means he's gonna like, go to Impact for a bit in terms of talent exchange? By all means...  

Thing is, every you just said, Jade, Abadon, Shida and Garcia's match, it all happened in about 5 or 6 minutes. That really sucks. Like why isn't someone like Nyla on every week? Remember at the ppv when they teased Nyla and Vickie splitting? Did they just give up on that? I really don't even know if they're interested in improving the division at this point

The only things that validate any optimism are: 1. they've upped their scouting on Dark, and 2. they have actual angles going now and almost everyone has something to do that's actually worth seeing.

But you're right to worry - this is pretty much bare minimum kind of stuff, and laying the groundwork to do more isn't the same thing as actually doing it. I think there's a legitimate worry that they're going to stagnate at the current level.

[Deleted]

Spoilers sounded lame so skipped it.

And yeah, the Dark Order thing is clearly just their lot in life. Records reset soon, whatever, they've had all year long to break out of the cycle of, "The Dark Order does something cool and then immediately gets their asses kicked for a month straight," and I don't see any reason to think that'll suddenly change just because the calendar turns over.

[Celgress]

9 out of 10, a fantastic show. I would give it a 10 out of 10 but the Lance Archer bit fell flat for me.

[Zone Was Wrong]

7/10 for me. Caught it on record. I'm not bothered by Colt, 5, and 10 losing since besides Colt, neither should really be going over on JE. Especially since they are feuding with FTR. Dustin/Uno though? Yeah, even though Uno is a tag guy, I still think he should have gone over Dustin. Not like a lose like that would hurt him at all. Though, I do think this is all leading to a reckoning when Brodie comes back. I think we'll get a proper meltdown by him for everything that has happened since he went down.

Everything else was solid I thought, and I'm glad Top Flight are already looking like breakout stars. They're really damn good.