AE Double Back - The AEW Dynamite Recap Show

Rating: 85% - Must Watch

You head will ASPLODE with the craziness this episode of Dynamite delivers! From the high-speed opening match to the bonkers intensity of the closer and the next-level madness of Omega picking a stipulation for his match with Mox - it’s out of control.

Also, someone thought a gender reveal segment was a good idea. Eh, can’t win ‘em all.

Eddie Kingston’s in top form. Kenny Omega is off the charts. Serena Deeb and Riho tear it up like they’re on a bus and if the match goes below 4 stars, it’ll blow up. PLUS a very old man takes a powerbomb and it’s basically Mae Young Redux 2021. SHEER LUNACY, I TELL YOU!

Rating: 88% - Must Watch

Taking a quick detour to talk about Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 4! On the heels of Jon Moxley’s announcement that he’ll be at Bloodsport 5 (next week!), we prepared by watching the show to figure out just what it is … and were blown away! If you’re curious, it’s well worth your time!

Rating: 90% Must Watch

There’s AT LEAST one PPV-level match in this thing, maybe more. You want mad, crosspromotional brawls? We got ‘em! You want a hard-hitting women’s match? Got that too! You want Marvez wandering golf courses begging for rides? IT’S ALL THERE.

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Rating: 77% - Worth Watching

It's a 7-11 burrito, in the words of that great sage, Calder Holbrook. Hot start! Searing hot closer! Ice chunks in the center! Come get some of this wildly uneven, but still deliciously consumable two hours of wrestling!

Rating: 77% - Worth Watching

Experience the agony of a Shaq promo! Thrill to the ecstasy of Rey Fenix throwing his body at other human beings like nobody told him wrestling’s fake! Question the efficacy of slicing the horns off a dinosaur mask! Reconsider the layout of your merch table before Team Taz finds you!

Rating: 85% - Must Watch

Whether you’re looking to see an 8-year old cane a man 44 years his elder or to see a host of perennial Dark talent working on the main show or if you’re desperate to know if it’s physically possible to gouge a masked man’s eye out with the point of a cowboy boot - this week’s Dynamite has got you covered!

Rating: 85% - Must Watch

This is what the kids* refer to as a “banger”. Great wrestling top to bottom; great comedy front to back. There was that one weird triple splash move from Kenny and the Good Brothers - which happened during the picture in picture that they felt like they had to repeat for some reason? - but not even that could stop this train from barreling its way towards success!

Just like the sign in Britt Baker’s office reads (I think - they never focus enough to see it clearly): Work. Learn. Worry. Have. Laugh. Always.

Rating: 84% - Must Watch

The world is literally on fire … and so is AEW!

Wow. That was definitely the worst sell job since Al Snow.

If you do nothing else this week, month, or year, go watch the Omega/Fenix match. While you’re at it, you might as well watch the amazing segment that follows and, since you’re already sitting down, check out Shida/Abadon that comes right before it. And since you’ve already spent nearly an hour of your life, just finish watching the whole damn thing why don’t you? Cripes! Like your life is so great that you’ve got better things to do? Watch and listen! And take care of yourselves. We love you all.

Rating: 100% - Must Watch

Okay, look. Nobody wants a show like this to happen. We’d rather sit through ten years of absolute garbage than have a reason for a show like this (hell, this show started as a WWE Raw show, so we’ve *sat* through garbage and know whereof we speak). But this show was pretty much perfect, top to bottom. No notes. All you’ll find is a celebration of life, which is what wrestling should be. Take care of yourselves out there; we love you all.

Rating: 76% - Worth Watching

Here’s hoping your holidays are bashful because it’s AEW’s holiday bash and you need something to take your mind off your loneliness! Shida’s looking better than ever! Chan’s marking out over Butcher’s pants and Theresa’s brain is being a real jerkass, if you ask us. Listen as NBA Twitter shatters everyone’s rose-colored glasses and listen for two, count ‘em, TWO rainbow scores! Double rainbow!