Rate the AEW Dynamite!: 12/29/2021

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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

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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

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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)
12/23: 7.34 (3% DW)
12/30: N/A

------ 2021

1/6: 8.90 (7% DW)
1/13: 8.00 (9% DW)
1/20: 6.55 (5% DW)
1/27: 8.15 (4% DW)
2/3: 8.54 (3% DW)
2/10: 8.49 (3% DW)
2/17: 8.04 (2% DW)
2/24: 7.98 (0% DW)
3/3: 9.45 (2% DW)
3/10: 8.16 (6% DW)
3/17: 9.04 (6% DW)
3/24: 8.39 (7% DW)
3/31: 9.15 (3% DW)
4/7: 8.37 (10% DW)

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4/14: 8.04 (11% DW)
4/21: 8.04 (8% DW)
4/28: 7.95 (9% DW)
5/5: 8.58 (4% DW)
5/12: 7.66 (6% DW)
5/19: 8.54 (11% DW)
5/28: 7.58 (10% DW)
6/4: 7.12 (11% DW)
6/11: 7.88 (13% DW)
6/18: 7.06 (21% DW)
6/26: 8.28 (15% DW)
6/30: 8.68 (9% DW)

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7/7: 8.32 (9% DW)
7/14: 9.20 (7% DW)
7/21: 8.09 (7% DW)
7/28: 7.22 (2% DW)
8/4: 7.58 (6% DW)
8/11: 6.84 (6% DW)
8/18: 7.24 (5% DW)
8/25: 6.65 (6% DW)
9/1: 7.94 (2% DW)
9/8: 7.15 (1% DW)
9/15: 8.36 (4% DW)
9/22: 9.02 (5% DW)
9/29: 8.28 (8% DW)
10/6: 8.91 (5% DW)
10/16: 8.43 (12% DW)
10/23: 7.56 (10% DW)
10/27: 8.74 (5% DW)
11/3: 7.52 (9% DW)
11/10: 8.68 (6% DW)
11/17: 8.57 (6% DW)
11/24: 8.63 (4% DW)
12/1: 7.37 (5% DW)
12/8: 7.71 (8% DW)
12/15: 9.17 (5% DW)
12/22: 8.68 (4% DW)
12/29: 6.51 (6% DW)

[Lizuka #BLM]

I'll give it a 4. Mostly just kind of there, not really good or bad, but there was just enough bad to make me dock it a point.

Also zero clue what the point was of the overrun if it was just going to be one minute of the heels celebrating and then the show ends.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Going to go with a 7 - lot of good in ring action and stuff that moved things along. Love the debut of Mercedes. Main event rocked. But there were a few low points that dragged it down and the pacing/production was a little off. An average Dynamite but to me an average Dynamite is an above average show. Still an easy to watch two hours.

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

Solid 8/10. Loved Jade/Rosa, loved Eddie being Eddie, loved the main event.

Did not love the Dan Lambert segment.

[Chiral]

I went in really happy and left pretty down. Heels sweeping, general filler, an all time bad segment with Lambert and Brandi...yeesh. Happy New Year from AEW. Definitely one of the bottom tier episodes for me and a real sour note to end the TNT run on.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

5.

That was the most Sunday Night Heat of a Dynamite ever.

[r.]

Around a 7. Mostly filler, Nothing too terrible.

The camera caught Malaki leaving which apparently is a sign AEW is about to file for bankruptcy and go belly up.

[Demented]

I give it 5 heels beating down the babyfaces..... again out of 10.

[Bang Bang Bart]

I'll allow Wednesday Night Heat happening just because AEW doesn't really do it all the time like a certain other company does.

Though, a curious choice to not have the World Champion or his opponent live and in person to have a go-home segment for their big match next week.

[kingoftheindies]

I went 7. It was okay. Filler episode and while some matches were set up it was a missable show.

Still flew through and action was good but wouldn't say anything must see

[petef3]

Good bell-to-bell action with some absolute garbage finishes--I can't believe they would book that TBS semifinal finish and main event trios finish on the same show, much less in the same hour. Enough technical gaffes that I assume Kevin Mitchell actually retired before the show and not after. Last week was an excellent, excellent show so it was going to be all but impossible for this not to be a step down, but boy was it.

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Dec 29, 2021 22:03:33 GMT -5 Fade is a CodyCryBaby said:

5.

That was the most Sunday Night Heat of a Dynamite ever.

At least AEW did it one time in two and a half years instead of every week tbh

[smokinvokoun86]

Wasnt the best show. But wasn’t anything terrible either. Buuuut when a mediocre show happens this place gets toxic. So I might avoid this place for awhile.

[Kalmia]

I gave it a 6. Decent wrestling and Rosa and Jade was far better than I was expecting, even though Jade is obviously still really green. Unlike most in the live thread, I didn't mind the overbooking of the main event as the Bucks can now claim the high ground of being better friends than KOR and Fish (and I'm really interested in how all of this Elite, Super-kliq and Undisputed Era drama is going to go.)

Hated the Lambert and Brandi segment.

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Dec 29, 2021 22:07:33 GMT -5 smokinvokoun86 said:

Wasnt the best show. But wasn’t anything terrible either. Buuuut when a mediocre show happens this place gets toxic. So I might avoid this place for awhile.

Probably the best move, as soon as the like five or so people that only show up when a mediocre show happens to stir shit up more that's when it's time to nope out of here for a while.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Like I said in the thread, it’s unrealistic for any wrestling show to put out 10/10 start-to-finish perfection every single week, the best thing you can do is do the simple stuff right and build your angles and your talent and you’ll get a passing grade 99% of the time. I feel like they did that this week, even in a down week.

6.

[Celexa Bliss 54]

7/10

I enjoyed most of it, but Lambert up until Brandi showed up did nothing for me. Wardlow squashes are starting to get old. The Pillman promo left a lot to be desired. And that "overrun" was a joke.

But the positives are, JR is back. Mercedes Martinez is in AEW and the women's division has five vibrant storylines taking place. Daniel Garcia and 2.0 are legit. ReDragon is back and kicking ass. And happy Punk continues to be a joy.

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Dec 29, 2021 22:08:36 GMT -5 Chiral said:

Dec 29, 2021 22:07:33 GMT -5 smokinvokoun86 said:

Wasnt the best show. But wasn’t anything terrible either. Buuuut when a mediocre show happens this place gets toxic. So I might avoid this place for awhile.

Probably the best move, as soon as the like five or so people that only show up when a mediocre show happens to stir shit up more that's when it's time to nope out of here for a while.

FAN's a really great place to mingle when wrestling fans, but some people seem to make it a creepy mission to wait until something bad or meh happens in AEW so they can shit on it and leave the board until the next time.

It'd be nice if that didn't happen here, since the show honestly wasn't even bad imo

[asuka007]

A 7.

For the final show of the year, and the last one on TNT. The heels winning so much might not have been the best idea.

Green as grass Jade having TWO pin wins over Rosa feels, wrong, imo.

The Lambert/Brandi segment was a dud imo.

Those aside, it was an alright show.

[Deleted]

I give it an 8. Solid opener, and I’m really digging the Garcia/Kingston feud and DG’s solid push. Seeing Cole, Fish, and O’Reilly back together was awesome, too.

I get the criticisms, too. Some of the pacing was off and there were a lot of video packages. The Jade match wasn’t really my cup of tea. I think Jade is amazing in 5 minute matches but gets exposed the longer she’s in there. And the Malakai gaffe was harmless, but still a production gaffe that WWE would never have made in a million years. That’s a valid criticism of AEW that I think needs to be tightened up moving forward.