Rate the AEW Dynamite!: 1/12/2022

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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 and 9

------ 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

------ 2020

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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)

------ 2022

1/5: 7.46 (6% DW)
1/12: TBD

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

Hell yeah Brody King wrecking shit/10

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Going with a solid 8 - lots of good stories being told. Lighter on the high quality in ring which might have lowered the score but the main event satisfied me on that end.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I only caught from 45 minutes in onward but I'll give it a 5. It was an extremely middle of the road show, nothing I really liked, nothing I really disliked.

[smokinvokoun86]

I personally thought it was a hell of a show tonight. The matches were pretty damn good but the theme tonight was definitely storytelling, and I felt the storytelling was fantastic. So overall, I thought it was great.

[Deleted]

The first half of the show was kind of meh to me, and I really, really don’t like Lio Rush apparently being replaced with Jay Lethal. I’ll reserve judgment and see if they go anywhere with that, but as of right now I’m pretty bummed.

The second half of the show was great, and wrestling-wise the main event was stellar. Also liked a lot of the story development tonight. So, a 7.

[Kalmia]

I gave it a 7. It was one of those shows that set up a lot and progressed a few things, but nothing was blow away fantastic.

But that's okay. You need shows like this to set up for the banger shows and PPVs.

[asuka007]

A 7.

A lot of good stuff. But some meh as well. And Sammy notably not red repeatedly in that ME.

[r.]

7

I enjoyed Garcia vs Sammy even with the rough ending

Punk Wardlow did its job to build the Wardlow face turn

Hobbs Vs Martin was decent.

Hardy vs Penta was mostly for Brody's debut.

[kingoftheindies]

I'll say 7. Another very good show and it was very well paced. Sloppy at times but kept things moving forward. Daniel Garcia got to show off a bit in a big spot (and hopefully he's okay after that GTH) Brody King finally debuts and looks like a beast, and they let guys like Wardlow and Hobbs look like beasts too.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

7.5

More of a consistent show than last week tbh. Purdy good, no hard complaints.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

A huge plus to the show tonight imo was the time management. Some of the best they've ever done and they got so much stuff in that it just flew by to me, and a lot of non-repeating segments or spots too.

Was really refreshing tonight imo

[Tiger Millionaire]

I had a 7, because I believe there wasn't one match that just was a match, either run ins or post match angles on everything, a bit overkill.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

I think the one thing it was missing was a party style match. Didn't need the Bucks necessarily doing it but something to set the crowd on fire. I like the Acclaimed getting a win but that could've been on Rampage and swap that out with something more fast paced.

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

More of a story driven Dynamite with the matches mostly being forgettable or being angles outside of the main event. A solid 7, nothing bad but there were only three matches to really sink your teeth into.

[petef3]

Much better show than last week. Still some weird flaws (why on earth would you put Punk-Wardlow and Martin-Hobbs back-to-back like that?) but it set the table for a lot of things without feeling overbearing and excessively chaotic.

Uh...and what happened to the Acclaimed's promised video?

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Jan 12, 2022 22:11:48 GMT -5 petef3 said:

Much better show than last week. Still some weird flaws (why on earth would you put Punk-Wardlow and Martin-Hobbs back-to-back like that?) but it set the table for a lot of things without feeling overbearing and excessively chaotic.

Uh...and what happened to the Acclaimed's promised video?

I am to assume it got pushed to Rampage for time, but we'll have to see.

I also liked the differences in those matches, mainly Dante definitely felt more even with Hobbs while punk just got tanked and told more of a story with MJF

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jan 12, 2022 22:11:48 GMT -5 petef3 said:

Much better show than last week. Still some weird flaws (why on earth would you put Punk-Wardlow and Martin-Hobbs back-to-back like that?) but it set the table for a lot of things without feeling overbearing and excessively chaotic.

Uh...and what happened to the Acclaimed's promised video?

Just speculation but it's possible they weren't sure if Sting or Darby could be there this week when they promised that (never know with COVID) and they decided to switch things to a physical angle to set up the match once they knew they could be there. 

[petef3]

The matches weren't 100% identical but they were still too similar to be right up next to each other. There's absolutely no reason why Acclaimed-Bear Country or Penta-Hardy had to be so late in the show, even with the post-match angles there. Either or both of those could have broken up the two David-vs.-Goliath matches.

[petef3]

Did anyone else think Serena Deeb was going to clobber Aubrey in that post-match?

In a way, I'm glad they didn't use that spot tonight and I hope they're saving it. Somebody actually laying Aubrey out is going to be a BIG deal if/when it happens, but it's the kind of thing they need to save for when the time is right because they kind of only get one crack at it for it to mean something.