Rate the AEW Dynamite!: 7/26/2023

[schizo]

5 maybe 4

Actually caught Dynamite for the first time in like 2 month sence the tournaments and constant gimmick shows are over for now. Very blah! show with some good matches, woman continue to be booked like 2004 Raw with 1 random short match and that’s it, like Jesus man?! I don’t think there was even a backstage angle or an ring promo, nonthing. Tony Khan, Booker of the year I guess? Iam done watching AEW for a while again. Woman continues to be booked like shit and nonthing is really wowing me right now

[Some Guy]

Jul 26, 2023 22:00:47 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jul 26, 2023 21:19:59 GMT -5 Some Guy said:

6 probably. Really enjoyed the OC/AR Fox and Darby/Swerve matches, and the tag/PAC matches were both fine, but it just feels like outside of MJF/Cole stuff that this company desperately needs a hot angle to ride on. Not sure this interlocking stuff they did in the main is it, either. Especially with their biggest show ever in less than a month, they need to be WAY hotter than they are right now.

Also the women's match was just terrible. After Willow/Athena being as good as it was on Friday the fact that it has been followed up by two bad Taya matches is just sad.

You can't blame Taya for tonight, she did her damndest after that botch to pick up the match and get people to care, as did Britt, but she's been injured for awhile, you could see that match was on her more than Taya.

I don't think that was all on her or anything but I don't think there has ever really been a point where I've enjoyed a match of hers in any company. She's just always been whatever.

[firsttimelongtime]

5/10. The only thing which piqued my interest was the tag promos for Collision.

Where were The Elite? They just won at Blood and Guts. Not advertised for 200 either? Bizarre.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jul 26, 2023 22:32:55 GMT -5 firsttimelongtime said:

5/10. The only thing which piqued my interest was the tag promos for Collision.

Where were The Elite? They just won at Blood and Guts. Not advertised for 200 either? Bizarre.

Matt and Nick are on vacation. I imagine Kenny and Hangman are too. They'll likely be back next week.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jul 26, 2023 22:32:55 GMT -5 firsttimelongtime said:

5/10. The only thing which piqued my interest was the tag promos for Collision.

Where were The Elite? They just won at Blood and Guts. Not advertised for 200 either? Bizarre.

They did a Blood and Guts recap and they went on vacation for at least a week

More Matches are to be announced for Dynamite 200 on Rampage

[Denny Zen is Cooking™]

Wasn’t able to watch live this week, but just caught it on DVR. I’d go 7.

I especially enjoyed Swerve/Darby and am stoked AR Fox is getting involved in a storyline finally. Great match with Orange too.

Really the only true negative was the women’s match was a tad sloppy.

[asuka007]

6.5/10:

The Great:

Darby vs. Swerve. Wow!

The Good/Intriguing:

OC vs. AR Fox. Actually AR Fox in general on this show.

Pac vs. Gravity.

The ME.

OC vs. Moxley potentially.

The Bad:

The Women’s Stuff. The match wasn’t good. Taya tried at least. But Britt really needs to take time off. She says she’s been dealing with back problems and it shows, her matches have been rough for awhile now. Take a break and heal up. Also having Skye Blue (who was building momentum and getting over) lose to Taya just for Taya to turn losing a nothing match to Britt was, not good.

That fan with the sign was dead on here.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jul 26, 2023 22:15:21 GMT -5 schizo said:

5 maybe 4

Actually caught Dynamite for the first time in like 2 month sence the tournaments and constant gimmick shows are over for now. Very blah! show with some good matches, woman continue to be booked like 2004 Raw with 1 random short match and that’s it, like Jesus man?! I don’t think there was even a backstage angle or an ring promo, nonthing. Tony Khan, Booker of the year I guess? Iam done watching AEW for a while again. Woman continues to be booked like shit and nonthing is really wowing me right now

Saying the women are being booked like the 2014 RAW women is insane to me like... it's not even close. Taya and Britt did get plenty of time even if the match was marred by Britt's injury, but the girls have gotten plenty of time and plenty of great matches lately

That's on you if you skipped the Owen Women's Tournament that featured some of the better women's matches of this entire year and then wanna act like Taya and Britt is all they've been doing for months tbh. The women's division can stand to improve the booking but it's nothing like what you're assuming it is as a whole.

[schizo]

Jul 26, 2023 23:13:33 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jul 26, 2023 22:15:21 GMT -5 schizo said:

5 maybe 4

Actually caught Dynamite for the first time in like 2 month sence the tournaments and constant gimmick shows are over for now. Very blah! show with some good matches, woman continue to be booked like 2004 Raw with 1 random short match and that’s it, like Jesus man?! I don’t think there was even a backstage angle or an ring promo, nonthing. Tony Khan, Booker of the year I guess? Iam done watching AEW for a while again. Woman continues to be booked like shit and nonthing is really wowing me right now

Saying the women are being booked like the 2014 RAW women is insane to me like... it's not even close. Taya and Britt did get plenty of time even if the match was marred by Britt's injury, but the girls have gotten plenty of time and plenty of great matches lately

That's on you if you skipped the Owen Women's Tournament that featured some of the better women's matches of this entire year and then wanna act like Taya and Britt is all they've been doing for months tbh. The women's division can stand to improve the booking but it's nothing like what you're assuming it is as a whole.

Ok? That is on me, never said I was right or wrong, it was just my opinion, and 3 tournaments going on at the same time is just overkill to me, no matter how good the matches are, just my opinion, nonthing else

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jul 26, 2023 23:19:15 GMT -5 schizo said:

Jul 26, 2023 23:13:33 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Saying the women are being booked like the 2014 RAW women is insane to me like... it's not even close. Taya and Britt did get plenty of time even if the match was marred by Britt's injury, but the girls have gotten plenty of time and plenty of great matches lately

That's on you if you skipped the Owen Women's Tournament that featured some of the better women's matches of this entire year and then wanna act like Taya and Britt is all they've been doing for months tbh. The women's division can stand to improve the booking but it's nothing like what you're assuming it is as a whole.

Ok? That is on me, never said I was right or wrong, it was just my opinion, and 3 tournaments going on at the same time is just overkill to me, no matter how good the matches are, just my opinion, nonthing else

Just saying that there are good women's matches from AEW lately if you seek them out, in and outside the Tournament

I'm sorry Britt Baker vs Taya Valkyrie was so bad you compared it to 2014 RAW however lol

[polarbearpete]

Jul 26, 2023 23:24:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jul 26, 2023 23:19:15 GMT -5 schizo said:

Ok? That is on me, never said I was right or wrong, it was just my opinion, and 3 tournaments going on at the same time is just overkill to me, no matter how good the matches are, just my opinion, nonthing else

Just saying that there are good women's matches from AEW lately if you seek them out, in and outside the Tournament

I'm sorry Britt Baker vs Taya Valkyrie was so bad you compared it to 2014 RAW however lol

The women are being booked awfully, it’s not really even a debatable point in my opinion. Occasional good matches sure, but either no storylines or boring, nothing-happening storylines, and literally 1 match per show on Dynamite and Collision no matter what, with extremely rare in-ring segments.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jul 26, 2023 23:36:24 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Jul 26, 2023 23:24:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Just saying that there are good women's matches from AEW lately if you seek them out, in and outside the Tournament

I'm sorry Britt Baker vs Taya Valkyrie was so bad you compared it to 2014 RAW however lol

The women are being booked awfully, it’s not really even a debatable point in my opinion. Occasional good matches sure, but either no storylines or boring, nothing-happening storylines, and literally 1 match per show on Dynamite and Collision no matter what, with extremely rare in-ring segments.

I said there's room for improvement on the division, but I do think the quality is debatable on being terrible right now, the last year itself has yielded a lot of bumps up for the girls including match quality as a whole with the depth of the division

I also think the girls get in ring segments and fallout segments a lot, even then they still get promo time on the shows and segments. I think it is debatable that they're being booked AWFULLY, I think they're doing ok but can stand to improve, it's not a disaster.

[Mike Strike]

So PAC is feuding with BCC, Lucha Bros. Are feuding with BCC, but they're not feuding with them... together? Like the setup for a trios triple threat is right the **** there!

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jul 27, 2023 0:38:16 GMT -5 Mike Strike said:

So PAC is feuding with BCC, Lucha Bros. Are feuding with BCC, but they're not feuding with them... together? Like the setup for a trios triple threat is right the **** there!

I think they're all feuding with each other is what's happening, and Trent getting pinned by Penta plus the Ladder Match gets that more heated on all sides

[Dub H]

Jul 26, 2023 22:15:21 GMT -5 schizo said:

5 maybe 4

Actually caught Dynamite for the first time in like 2 month sence the tournaments and constant gimmick shows are over for now. Very blah! show with some good matches, woman continue to be booked like 2004 Raw with 1 random short match and that’s it, like Jesus man?! I don’t think there was even a backstage angle or an ring promo, nonthing. Tony Khan, Booker of the year I guess? Iam done watching AEW for a while again. Woman continues to be booked like shit and nonthing is really wowing me right now

Dynamite sometimes is very heavily on in ring promos and sometimes. Weridly oddly during the weeks having tournament we had a lot of in ring promos and backstage angles.

We also had backstage angles with Mjf Cole and Jas this week.


The women's weee awfully booked tho ,almost every week

[Doo Doo Dickhead]

Missed it because I lost f***ing power again due to a storm.

[Doo Doo Dickhead]

There's a special place in heaven for the person who does the results for the site.

www.allelitewrestling.com/post/aew-dynamite-results-for-july-26-2023

It's like I'm watching it!

[chronocross]

6/10, enjoyed AR Fox's heel turn, Swerve's win over Darby and the backstage promo with MJF & Cole.

I tuned out after that as I wasn't interested in the main event this week.

Looking forward to Collision on Saturday.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

It wasn't there best. The first half was good. The rest was meh. The Main Event while had good spots was just overall a cluster mess.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jul 26, 2023 23:36:24 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Jul 26, 2023 23:24:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Just saying that there are good women's matches from AEW lately if you seek them out, in and outside the Tournament

I'm sorry Britt Baker vs Taya Valkyrie was so bad you compared it to 2014 RAW however lol

The women are being booked awfully, it’s not really even a debatable point in my opinion. Occasional good matches sure, but either no storylines or boring, nothing-happening storylines, and literally 1 match per show on Dynamite and Collision no matter what, with extremely rare in-ring segments.

I think awful is extreme. They told a nice story in the Owen with Ruby trying to avenge last year while Willow finally overcame Athena and won the big one in the process. Skye Blue has gotten some shine lately. Now they're building up Britt and Shida for some title matches. It's not perfect but it's better than it has been at times.