Dynamite 10/21: The Eliminator Kicks Off

I actually have a lot more respect for people who can be huge fans but actually point out when there are flaws. Every wrestling show on the planet has flaws, Wwe certainly does, New Japan, Impact, ROH, and yes even AEW has flaws. People that try to say that you aren’t a fan cause you don’t like something on a particular shows drives me insane.

I think the thing that bugged me about the segment is it didn't really advance the story at all. Like we know they're gonna do this town hall thing next week, but this segment didn't really help advance the story of it all.

Right, but I don't think everything from the past was gold. I've always had a conflict of interest with humor and wrestling. I don't watch wrestling to laugh the same way I don't watch a comedy to see wrestling. You often times have bad actor wrestlers acting out poorly written material by people who don't write comedy. It's a recipe for disaster, and often is. 

I loved Rock promos where he was just sh*tting it on the mic at someone more than I liked his 10 minute long sing along with The Rock concerts. One happens in the flow of a wrestling show, the other interrupts the wrestling show and tries to be a comedy segment. I thought MJF calling the waitress "Thelma" and Jericho correcting him and saying her name is "Velma" was HILARIOUS given Jericho's history of intentionally calling people by the wrong name. A great line that got lost when the singing and dancing came along. 

It's unnecessary overkill. 

Great show tonight, possibly the best since the pandemic started, IMO.

I loved the MJF/Jericho segment. Not everyone's fave, I'm sure, but it was no more cringe than anything Kenny Omega did with his entrance. Also, any time JR talks.

Penta/Fenix was awesome (they would destroy with a TNT Title feud), and I thought it was every bit as good as the Omega/Pac Ironman, and the street fight from a few weeks ago. One of, if not the, best match on Dynamite, IMO.

when are people going to realize that wrestling is a show. It's not UFC, it's not the Olympics, it's a TV show. You're going to get amazing stuff like Fenix vs. Penta and promos like Mox/Kingston and then it's going to balance with the absolutely ridiculous stuff like Jericho/MJF.

Wrestling isn't just about 60 min iron-mans with 536 near falls only, it's a male soap opera with some interesting and well-thought out storylines and misses. Jericho/MJF is intriguing and it will lead to a payoff.

Well said! Plus the people who want wrestling to be like UFC don’t watch the real thing!

That's interesting because, 9 times out of 10 my wife (who isn't a wrestling fan) comes in the room every time I'm watching WWE and there is always absolute cringe on TV. I mean I feel embarrassed as a fan watching some of this stuff when she is around. Yet tonight I was laughing my head off at Jericho/MJF and she came in the room to see what it was all about and thoroughly enjoyed the segment too. It's not for hardcore wrestling fans, but tonight's show was the right balance for mainstream TV.

When are you going to realize you don't have to just be satisfied and accept the "misses?" You admit something is "ridiculous" and then just brush it off as part of the show. Why? What kind of expectations are those? If you think something sucks you're allowed to say it sucks just as much as you're allowed to say you think something was awesome. I hope so anyways. 

Wrestling can be good and bad. That's not a secret. You're not ahead of the curve. Not everyone is willing to watch a show and clap everything off just because they're a fan overall. Not everyone nods and smiles while they watch wrestling, so there's no reason to think they should post on here like they do. I think Jericho/MJF will be a big payoff, but I definitely don't think they need to be singing and dancing on the way to getting there. They were just trying (failing) to be funny. It was an unfunny "comedy" segment on a wrestling show. What was supposed to be the outcome there? The fans think they're both funny? We already know that because they're funny on the mic. We don't need a comedy skit. 

They could have added a match. Had some of the matches go a bit longer. I would have been fine with more Lucha Bros. Brian Cage could have mauled someone in a match and gave the FTW title some cred AND THEN Taz does that promo. They could have cut that waste of time  dinner segment and done a bunch of other things to make the wrestling show even better. But they went for singing and dancing instead. 

That's not what I want to see when I watch Dynamite. Wardlow smashing the smaller Jungle Boy. Kenny Omega returns with a huge bang. FTR tries to break the Buck's ankle. Moxley and Kingston are talking about killing each other. Penta and Fenix are slapping the living sh*t out of each other. Oh, and Chris Jericho and MJF were singing and dancing........... No thanks.
 

The reception seems to be pretty positive overall. aew has always been about having something for everyone, and there certainly is a large portion of wrestling fans that enjoy the silliness at times. I love comedy in wrestling and crooning but that segment really missed for me. I'm not that stressed about it though if tons loved it that's awesome. I want more women's stuff on dynamite and I know plenty will complain about that, just like some hate Omega, some hate FTR, etc, etc. It's a big variety show not everything's gonna click with everyone. It got good reception with the crowd it was speaking to, so it's a big success. If the crowd that likes silliness all hated it, it would be a failure.