Rate the AEW Dynamite!: 8/16/2023

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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

------ 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

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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)

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1/5: 7.46 (6% DW)
1/12: 7.07 (9% DW)
1/19: 7.60 (9% DW)
1/26: 8.91 (3% DW)
2/2: 8.31 (7% DW)
2/9: 9.53 (4% DW)
2/16: 8.25 (12% DW)
2/23: 7.58 (4% DW)
2/28: 8.76 (6% DW)
3/2: 8.15 (7% DW)
3/9: 8.22 (5% DW)
3/16: 7.84 (5% DW)
3/30: 9.00 (13% DW)
4/6: 8.71 (5% DW)
4/13: 8.11 (8% DW)
4/20: 8.07 (9% DW)
4/27: 8.58 (9% DW)
5/4: 6.81 (5% DW)
5/11: 8.44 (3% DW)
5/18: 7.57 (3% DW)
5/25: 7.54 (0% DW)
6/1: 8.68 (8% DW)
6/8: 6.68 (7% DW)
6/15: 8.71 (5% DW)
6/22: 8.26 (4% DW)
6/29: 8.90 (13% DW)
7/6: 7.08 (11% DW)
7/13: 9.06 (11% DW)
7/20: 8.67 (7% DW)
7/27: 7.47 (11% DW)
8/3: 8.12 (4% DW)
8/10: 8.14 (12% DW)
8/17: 8.90 (9% DW)
8/24: 6.95 (6% DW)
8/31: 8.59 (14% DW)
9/7: 8.87 (5% DW)
9/14: 6.71 (3% DW)
9/21: 8.17 (6% DW)
9/28: 7.27 (9% DW)
10/5: 7.68 (11% DW)
10/12: 8.67 (7% DW)
10/18: 9.10 (18% DW)
10/26: 8.05 (10% DW)
11/2: 5.91 (4% DW)
11/9: 6.91 (6% DW)
11/18: 7.98 (9% DW)
11/23: 8.74 (7% DW)
11/30: 7.43 (8% DW)
12/7: 8.41 (6% DW)
12/14: 8.53 (2% DW)
12/21: 8.00 (4% DW)
12/28: 8.67 (4% DW)

------ 2023


1/4: 8.75 (7% DW)

1/11: 8.90 (1% DW)

1/18: 8.16 (4% DW)

1/25: 9.70 (10% DW)

2/1: 7.90 (9% DW)

2/8: 7.64 (10% DW)

2/15: 6.33 (5% DW)

2/22: 7.47 (11% DW)

3/1: 7.76 (7% DW)

3/8: 7.29 (4% DW)

3/15: 8.24 (6% DW)

3/22: 8.66 (4% DW)

3/29: 7.51 (9% DW)

4/5: 8.73 (4% DW)

4/12: 7.90 (13% DW)

4/19: 6.56 (12% DW)

4/26: 7.08 (11% DW)

5/3: 7.85 (17% DW)

5/10: 9.08 (5% DW)

5/17: 7.79 (11% DW)

5/24: 6.66 (17% DW)

5/31: 7.81 (14% DW)

6/7: 7.09 (19% DW)

6/14: 8.94 (10% DW)

6/21: 7.69 (14% DW)

6/28: 6.78 (6% DW)

7/5: 8.06 (9% DW)

7/12: 8.28 (8% DW)

7/19: 9.27 (2% DW)

7/26: 6.77 (9% DW)

8/2: 8.96 (3% DW)

8/9: 7.65 (8% DW)
8/16: TBD

[Cyno]

I have no idea how to rate this show.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

9 - super fun show. Even the bad shit was hilarious. And the build to the PPV was very strong as well. The MJF/Cole angle was amazing.

[bog]

Aug 16, 2023 21:03:22 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I have no idea how to rate this show.

I need to sleep on it

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

Guh. A 6 maybe?

It was one of the funnier episodes in a while but I didn't love any of the matches. I was entertained though.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

a truly insane episode of tv, going with eight

[Denny Zen is Cooking™]

This was a tough one to rate because, like, I was super entertained start to finish, but there were 9 million beatdowns and I’m not convinced that the Leatherface match wasn’t the most awesomely bad thing I’ve ever seen.

7 seems fair.

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Aug 16, 2023 21:03:22 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I have no idea how to rate this show.

100/10 for Leatherface clearly.

[Some Guy]

A 3 or 4 I guess. I liked the OC/Yuta opener and segment stuff a decnet. And then I liked the Sting/Nana moment while the death match sure was something of a spectacle. Don't think I liked a single other thing on the show.

Way too many heel beatdowns on this show followed by face saves, multiple fakeouts of attacks...starting to see more and more why Tony waits to book stuff because he has absolutely no idea how to fill these gaps.

[Facetious]

Aug 16, 2023 21:03:22 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I have no idea how to rate this show.

Yeah I'm in that boat. The first hour plus was pretty good, the second half fell flat, and nearly every segment having a heel beat down was just exhausting. Like, I feel like a low 5.

[kingoftheindies]

7. I hated the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch enough that it moved the show from a 9 to a 7 and thought about going lower. Grand scheme of things? Harmless. But something like that needed to be goofy and it felt like Satnam and Sonjay played it for laughs but everybody else tried to play it seriously... and of course this thing took time away from the women's match (which I felt was good) and the main event (which I felt never got out of second gear).

The rest of the show? Loved it. I feel like really despite any complaints people may have Dynamite has really gotten a groove all summer of at the very least being an entertaining show building up angles and has been overall the best AEW has been since early last year.

[firsttimelongtime]

Biggest gap between peaks and valleys I may have seen in AEW.

Super stuff: Opening match/angle to set up Stadium Stampede, Darby/Sting, maybe MJF’s best promo ever, and a Texas Chainsaw Masterpiece.

Truly bad: Omega community theater, illogical Callis/Jericho junk, a too rushed main event with weird booking.

I’ll go with a 7 because I really, really loved the stuff I liked.

[deezy]

3. Outside of Sting the show was horrible , Imo.

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Aug 16, 2023 21:08:55 GMT -5 deezy said:

3. Outside of Sting the show was horrible , Imo.

You always think the show is horrible it feels like

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Aug 16, 2023 21:06:17 GMT -5 Some Guy said:

A 3 or 4 I guess. I liked the OC/Yuta opener and segment stuff a decnet. And then I liked the Sting/Nana moment while the death match sure was something of a spectacle. Don't think I liked a single other thing on the show.

Way too many heel beatdowns on this show followed by face saves, multiple fakeouts of attacks...starting to see more and more why Tony waits to book stuff because he has absolutely no idea how to fill these gaps.

I think the beatdowns made total sense as well as the saves, added plenty to the storylines given and sets up likely plenty of stuff next week too

[Kalmia]

I don't know how to rate it either. I had a blast watching it, but I can't say that most of the show was particularly good.

Maybe a 5/10 show with a 9/10 enjoyment factor, so let's call it 7/10.

[Doo Doo Dickhead]

There were too many beatdown segments (don't really know what the point of the HOB/Acclaimed one was), but I love when wrestling's batshit crazy and that show was batshit crazy. 7

[kingoftheindies]

On the beatdowns? I get why people may get tired of it, but it doesn't bug me too much. Just a simple way to start programs or escalate them.

[yokohamacpfc]

It was like a WWE show when they are at the top of their game, lots of storytelling, rushed matches, a trainwreck gimmick match, comedy segments, beatdowns, and PPV build/hype. I'll go for an 8.

[Deleted]

7. Was a very off the wall night starting with the Cold opening, crazy amount of Beatdowns, Ex gassing out on the bumpers, and yeah the Chain Saw match...It was pro wrestling...Sometimes it hits and sometimes it doesn't...Tonight was a wavy night for me...Not sure I am sold on Jericho/Will either as a storyline at all but i expect the match to be good.