AEW Dynamite - December 9, 2020

[sek69]

2 minutes ago, Log said:

The announcers are way overselling how dastardly what Callas and Omega did was. They just cheated in a wrestling match. That happens multiple times every week. 

They cheated and went on another company's TV show with the belt. That's the kind of stuff Vince screwed Bret to keep from happening!

[sek69]

Snoop appearing on Dynamite in a few weeks is kind of surprising considering his connections to WWE. 

[Badlittlekitten]

I enjoyed Omega/Callis. I might grow to hate it but Omega has the new car smell on him at the minute.

[MoS]

The main event was a really good match with a really lame finish. This was the weakest Dynamite episode in a long time. I liked the Inner Circle stuff and Kingston and Archer are always a great watch, but I didn't like so many of the segments and some potential directions of angles.

[C.S.]

21 minutes ago, MoS said:

I am sure a lot of Omega fans will praise this promo to high heavens, but I thought it was a weak, lame promo. The idea that this is the new Bock-Heenan is genuinely insulting in my opinion. Callis was still fine, Omega was just bad

It was awful. Basically an inferior regurgitation of their Impact promo, which was fantastic.

The whole show sucked, except for maybe the Inner Circle segment, and even that was strained ha ha comedy at times.

[Badlittlekitten]

Was a disappointing show overall that halted some of the momentum they seemed to have got going. Think I'm gonna drop modern wrestling for a while and go back to watching old footage again. It's a constant let down.

[Tim Evans]

This felt like a late 1998 Nitro with so much going on but nothing really sticking. I did like FTR just destroying Pillman Jr. It's been a while since i've seen something like that.

[MoS]

haha I am glad to see I am not the only one who thought this episode was weak and that the Omega/Callis partnership under-delivered on this Dynamite episode. I like what I like and I won't make any apologies for it, but the Twitter consensus has been so overwhelming in the opposite direction, I was beginning to feel like I am a WWE fanboy who just hates AEW; and anyone who has seen my posts about WWE and AEW knows that is not the case haha

[SirEdger]

4 hours ago, sek69 said:

Snoop appearing on Dynamite in a few weeks is kind of surprising considering his connections to WWE. 

And the Snoop/Taker merch was pulled off from WWEShop shortly after Dynamite tonight.

[Log]

I was just reading @EricR’s workfare report over at Seguna Caida and was reminded of something I was thinking about last night: what the fuck was up with Butcher and Blade? They both looked like they were working their first match out there. They both (Butcher especially) seemed to be totally lost for pretty much the whole match. Kingston seemed to be trying to direct traffic, but they would just freeze. It was weird. 
 

Also, I’m going to run this into the ground, but for fuck’s sake, stop making wrestlers (especially your champions!!!!) act afraid of other wrestlers in horror cosplay! It’s dumb. 

[TheDuke]

I think we are supposed to accept that some wrestlers actually have super natural powers now. I think that's the only way the show works. I thought the promos tonight were weak but I liked the main event, and I also liked the Bucks match. 

[NintendoLogic]

Wrestlers having supernatural powers is one thing, but that doesn't mean other wrestlers have to be terrified of them. Fear in top babyfaces should take the form of cautiousness or bewilderment. Only heels and jobbers should engage in shrieking hysterics.

[KawadaSmile]

Alex Reynolds Says He Wasn't Knocked Out In AEW Bout, Corner Drag Spot Was Planned

 

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/alex-reynolds-says-he-wasn-t-knocked-out-aew-bout-corner-drag-spot-was-planned?utm_source=TW-FightfulWrestling&utm_medium=Fightful Wrestling News&utm_campaign=dlvr.it.organic

 

This doesn't sound credible no matter how you approach this.

 

[Stiva]

That’ll be why he hasn’t wrestled since then and Silver got a mini singles push, obviously.

I thought this show started well enough with that ridiculous opener and then got steadily worse. The Shaq/Brandi stuff was muddled, as was the Cody/Sting angle. Sting can’t possibly be a heel, I can see Shaq being the babyface but Cargill definitely isn’t but Brandi is acting heelish despite having a broken arm. Let’s streamline this thing a bit. At least it’s giving a lot of the women something to do.

What’s the deal with Santana? Is he carrying an injury? Or something more personal since he’s been in the pre-tapes (I believe) but hasn’t actually appeared in-ring since the Best Friends match, I believe.

There’s only so much goodwill they get from delaying the Omega announcement across two separate shows. Moxley coming back next week, driving through that gap in the stadium, of course, seems like an obvious angle.

For some reason, the live Dynamite shows always feel better paced than their taped shows.

[SirEdger]

About Santana, it's personal issues that he's dealing with at the moment.

[C.S.]

12 hours ago, SirEdger said:

And the Snoop/Taker merch was pulled off from WWEShop shortly after Dynamite tonight.

Petty. People outside of rasslin' don't understand this carny territorial bullshit.
 

[Stiva]

33 minutes ago, SirEdger said:

About Santana, it's personal issues that he's dealing with at the moment.

Thanks, I hadn’t seen any news on it. I was worried that he had quietly left for a second which would break up my favourite AEW team 

[GSR]

Just now, Stiva said:

Thanks, I hadn’t seen any news on it. I was worried that he had quietly left for a second which would break up my favourite AEW team 

Dave quickly addressed him on today's WOR.  Didn't give exact details but just wished him the best.

[sek69]

Santana posed his stepfather passed away recently so he's been dealing with that. 

[Strummer]

995,000 viewers for Dynamite last night.

.45 in the demo. 2nd in all of cable in the demo

[Stiva]

15 minutes ago, sek69 said:

Santana posed his stepfather passed away recently so he's been dealing with that. 

Seems like he's had a nightmare year from a personal POV (on top of everything else). Right before Christmas as well, awful.

I'm glad they've done another great rating but it feels like a lot of this show was built on promos that would deliver clarifications or further directions on storylines and not a single one did that.

[Cowboy Hats 4.0]

On 12/9/2020 at 9:41 PM, Log said:

The announcers are way overselling how dastardly what Callas and Omega did was. They just cheated in a wrestling match. That happens multiple times every week. 

Thank you. This is what I'm continuing to struggle with. No problem with Omega going full heel aligning with Don Callis. But I'm left scratching my head at continued references to this being a screwjob; planning this for years; the worst thing that Schiavone has ever seen in wrestling, etc. I get appearing on a competitor's show is bad, but Omega didn't align himself with Impact.

[Burgundy LaRue]

On 12/10/2020 at 1:30 AM, SirEdger said:

And the Snoop/Taker merch was pulled off from WWEShop shortly after Dynamite tonight.

The merch was limited edition and scheduled to be pulled around this time, anyway. Is WWE petty? Absolutely. But all of the Taker anniversary stuff was always for a short offer time.

[C.S.]

Jim Ross is such a GRUMPY CUNT.

Is there merit to what he's saying? Absolutely. But let's not pretend this same spot isn't already an overused cliche in WWE either.

[Ricky Jackson]

Where does it say he thinks it doesn't happen in WWE?