Rate the AEW Dynamite!: 2/21/2023

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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)

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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: 6.78 (4% DW)
8/23: 7.98 (8% DW)
8/30: 6.94 (8% DW)
9/6: 7.17 (4% DW)
9/13: 8.40 (12% DW)
9/20: 8.77 (6% DW)
9/27: 7.51 (5% DW)
10/4: 6.70 (7% DW)
10/10: 8.46 (8% DW)
10/18: 7.63 (9% DW)
10/25: 7.70 (12% DW)
11/1: 6.56 (7% DW)
11/8: 8.44 (13% DW)
11/15: 8.41 (3% DW)
11/22: 7.81 (6% DW)
11/29: 7.95 (9% DW)
12/6: 8.66 (5% DW)
12/13: 7.32 (6% DW)
12/20: 8.44 (4% DW)
12/27: 7.84 (2% DW)

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1/3: 8.55 (4% DW)

1/10: 8.21 (5% DW)

1/17: 8.32 (7% DW)

1/24: 8.00 (11% DW)

1/31: 7.31 (16% DW)

2/7: 8.96 (2% DW)
2/14: 7.76 (6% DW)
2/21: TBD

[FinalGwen]

3. Main event was pretty fun, liked Christian's promo, everything else was either 100% skippable or actively dire to watch.

[Denny Zen]

7. Solid 2 hours of wrestling that went by quickly, but you could definitely tell they were working with a skeleton crew.

[GOTHIC CHARISMA 🧊 🥶❄️FURY]

ALMOST A SUPER HERO! WASSUPWITTHAT! I'M NOT A NUGGET! OWWWW HAVE MERCY! FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY! FOUR OUT OF TEN!

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

8 - matches were solid but loved a lot of the promos tonight. Good build to the PPV.

[Chiral]

Probably the first dud this year but it felt like they did the best they could under the circumstances. Most of my points are for Christian's promo cuz oh my god lmao

[asuka007]

7/10:

Decent, but you could tell the absences messed things up.

[Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000]

It wasn't perfect (Ric Flair needs to f*** off), but I got a Ruby/Cool Hand segment, Toni, that Wardlow promo and a fun main event (hope Hangman's OK). 7/10

[This Player Hating Mothman]

The first hour is a blazing hot 3/10, the second half was a weak seven.

[chronocross]

7 out of 10, enjoyed some of the opener and a strong main event as well.

Sting cut one of the best promos I've seen in a long time also.

[Zone Was Wrong]

6/10

BCC/FTR and the main event were great. Christian is amazing.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I was probably a 7.5 rounded up to an 8. Had a good time overall!

[J is Justice]

7.

I like Mike Bennett. Mariah gets a point by herself. Wardlow promo was funny. RVD killed it.

[Soultastic]

Don't wanna rate it cause I just looked at the highlights this week, but goddamn it's too soon for another draw in the opener and I just don't have the energy to pretend I care about FTR today.

I really liked the Garcia/Christian segment and Sting's promo tho.

[Cyno]

6/10. Pretty weak first half, with a much better second half. Didn't really like BCC/FTR as much as I thought I would. Main event was really good, though, and I liked the Garcia/Christian segment. Sting taped promo was good, too. And while the matches involving each weren't the best, I'm really digging this Toni Storm vs Deonna Purazzo feud.

Otherwise, that was one of the weakest Dynamites I can remember. I guess they had crappy circumstances, but they're usually better at making lemonade out of lemons. Also any leniency I would've given for them got cancelled out by seeing Ric Flair's mumbling ass.

[Dub H]

Probably the most boring and least interesting episode of Dynamite I ever watched

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Feb 22, 2024 1:03:28 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Probably the most boring and least interesting episode of Dynamite I ever watched

Half the roster if not more were out for unspecified reason, likely travel issues, so I'm shocked they had enough crew to make this work at all

[bob]

I wanted Danhausen to return but got Jake Hager instead / 10

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[KME]

Just watching through now and not really seeing what was so wrong with the first hour, opener was great, OC vs Bennett was really good and the Christian/Garcia segment was awesome. I was expecting an awful show based on the comments but if the second hour is better than the first as people are suggesting I can't see how it can be. It does feel like a more minor Dyanmite but they're missing a lot of people from what I understand so that tends to happen, and I just fast forward through Flair, but not seeing "worst Dynamite ever!" so far. A hotter crowd would probably help.

Loved that half colour half black & white shot of Toni and Deonna on the ramp too

Edit: LOOOOL at Toni's lipstick. That was Wardlow's best promo in forever and the main event was great. Think I'd go a low 8, like last week, think they were similar shows really with strong openers and main events and solid stuff in between, wrestling was better last week in the middle but think the promo stuff was stronger this week.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Some notes from Dave:

- Sting was supposed to be there but his father died so they sent Ric to do the angle.
- Jeff Hardy was supposed to work the show but couldn't get there.
- Trent was sick and had to be sent home.