AEW TV Megathread

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On 9/12/2025 at 1:26 PM, El-P said:

They ran an Eddie Gilbert tribute at the 2300 and guess who was there ? Old Stinger indeed. Hopefully some of that ends up on their Youtube channel. That's pretty cool because it feels like Eddie Gilbert in Philly, which basically set the basis for what ECW was gonna become, is often overlooked/forgotten about.

Sting mentioned he wanted to be a part of it since Eddie was the first one to see something in him more than just a gimmick tag team guy. I'd wager that was probably a big part of him doing all  the stuff with Darby on his last run as a way of paying it forward. 

Also it's being heavily rumored the Big Announcement on Dynamite is going to be women's tag titles finally debuting. Tony had the belts made a while ago and injuries kept derailing whatever plans he had for them. 

[Stiva]

Toni dropping the World title so she can be first Women’s Tag Champs with Mina makes sense too

[El-P]

On 9/22/2025 at 8:09 AM, sek69 said:

Also it's being heavily rumored the Big Announcement on Dynamite is going to be women's tag titles finally debuting. Tony had the belts made a while ago and injuries kept derailing whatever plans he had for them. 

Yeah, that's what fully expect. The multi-woman tags with identifiable tag teams lately (Penelope & Megan, Sky & Julia, TayJay) made it clear they were finally go into that direction. More matches and experience is better for everyone.

OC coming back is awesome. I sure have missed him.

I remember Meltzer mentioning a few weeks back that if Britt Baker wasn't at that show in her hometown, it pretty much would mean she's not coming back.

[El-P]

And Women tag titles it is. Long overdue, really, but all things considered, they come at a good time.

Loved the closing angle. Stat flipping off Mox was one bad-ass move. Yuta's bump was beautiful. It's nice when things take their time to build to something that is not evident (I was 50/50, although I kinda saw it coming still). Mox vs Darby I Quit will be yet another fucked up match. Say what you want about Mox, he's having a career year in term of actually delivering blood matches and meaningful ones to boot. Basically only Cope dragged his ass down to mediocrity (until Mox choose to get all fakir and shit)

Fun episode. Nothing fancy, just solid good wrestling all around. So cool to have Orange back. The tag team title match built nicely. GOA are improving, Leona has shitload of potentials still. FTR/Stokely heel pairing is really over-delivering. No idea where they go from there, although the quickest they move on from the Copeverse, the better.

Hey, where is Ace Austin ? Hopefully he's getting in the mix soon.

Fletcher vs Hologram ? I say yeah. I'm guessing Hologram is getting screwed by El Clon.

(seems like Tweets on screen are thankfully gone already. Well THANKS!)

[El-P]

If those All Out buys are true, this counter-programming thingy has been a miserable failure, including ESPN giving a shit evaluation to their *own* show. Maybe this ridiculousness will cease now, because WWE have been embarrassing themselves twice in a row now (I mean, with the counter-programming, not that they aren't embarrassing on the wider scale of course).

[El-P]

Meanwhile, Mina Shirakawa, Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blu are booked for the CMLL Grand Prix de Amazonas. The CMLL partnership is the gift that keeps on giving.

[Blehschmidt]

That's awesome! I love Skye and Julia, and they should be out getting in all the reps they can.

[MoS]

On 9/26/2025 at 9:25 PM, El-P said:

If those All Out buys are true, this counter-programming thingy has been a miserable failure, including ESPN giving a shit evaluation to their *own* show. Maybe this ridiculousness will cease now, because WWE have been embarrassing themselves twice in a row now (I mean, with the counter-programming, not that they aren't embarrassing on the wider scale of course).

We know damn well that they will keep trying, no matter how unhelpful and counter-productive the counter-programming is. 

[MoS]

Catching up on the TV. The Statlander-Yuta angle was done very well. This does mean that unless something drastic happens, Yuta is now firmly pigeonholed as a midcard guy, but not everyone can be in the main event. 

Also really loving Hangman's presentation as the world champ. All Out doing as well as it did despite so many stars not being on the show is a testament to how over he is. 

[El-P]

23 hours ago, MoS said:

We know damn well that they will keep trying, no matter how unhelpful and counter-productive the counter-programming is. 

Oh I have no doubt they'll keep on doing it. They're that kind of people.

4 hours ago, MoS said:

This does mean that unless something drastic happens, Yuta is now firmly pigeonholed as a midcard guy, but not everyone can be in the main event. 

Exactly. I LOVE Yuta, and he's awesome in his role. But he's not someone you picture becoming a huge star, and that's ok. Although you never know, maybe at one point he does turn babyface (remember how over he was a few years ago being bullied by the BCC) and gets to the Orange/Eddie level of being beloved. But slimy Yuta who gets beat up by babyfaces is terrific.

[El-P]

And BTW, women tag titles and women Blood & Guts announced in the same week. Fucking awesome. Although you know the B&G is gonna drive some weirdo discourse about women and blood, but whatever. You know Queen Aminata is gonna fuck some bitch up and Skye Blu is wanna gonna do some real stupid shit (while Kyle going all Renee Paquette behind the screen). 

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Andrade is back.

Tony Khan must like flushing his money down the toilet for fun.

Guy brings nothing to the table anymore.

[sek69]

Yeah that was surprising to me since allegedly Andrade wasn't exactly endearing himself to folks behind the scenes. 

[sek69]

Confusion about Andrade aside, that was a fun show. 

[Stiva]

I’m higher on Andrade than most, I think so I’m glad to see him. I don’t think they did Andrade/Omega in his last run so I’m happy to see that on Wrestledream

[Jmare007]

A 1 time thing with Andrade is ok, and a match with Kenny looks cool on paper on to me. But I wouldn't spend much energy in him beyond a 3-6 month run. 

[DMJ]

I was happy to see Andrade back...until they immediately put him in the ever-expanding Callis Family. 

Him re-debuting by attacking Omega was an immediate "big impact" move. And then, an hour later, he's off to the side, standing there next to Okada and Fletcher and a bunch of other dudes and, just like that, he's back to being just another guy. One step forward, two steps back.

Also - how come every single wrestling fan who comments on Reddit, X, Facebook, a forum like this, etc. recognizes that Andrade's best presentation was with a female manager and without the gimp mask but wrestling promoters don't? Its not like Zelina Vega was the female Paul Heyman or the 2nd coming of Sensational Sherri. Surely there's some beautiful bilingual woman somewhere that can be his manager (and maybe help him update the look). 

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7 hours ago, DMJ said:

Also - how come every single wrestling fan who comments on Reddit, X, Facebook, a forum like this, etc. recognizes that Andrade's best presentation was with a female manager and without the gimp mask but wrestling promoters don't? Its not like Zelina Vega was the female Paul Heyman or the 2nd coming of Sensational Sherri. Surely there's some beautiful bilingual woman somewhere that can be his manager (and maybe help him update the look). 

I get the impression that Andrade's look is by his own choice since he's ping ponged between WWE and AEW a couple times now and it hasn't changed one bit. 

Also I liked having Mercedes putting over the tag titles since she's obviously well known as someone who feels very strongly about that kind of thing. I do wonder what the teams will end up being. Off the top of my head i can think of:

TayJay

Julia Hart/Skye Blue

Megan Bayne/Penelope Ford

Toni/Mina maybe?

Mercedes and whoever she picks

Taya/Deonna (they're ȧ thing in ROH)

Shida posted she is returning to the US and Saree is doing a tour over here as well, I would imagine they'll be involved somehow. 

[El-P]

On 10/2/2025 at 6:07 AM, sek69 said:

Yeah that was surprising to me since allegedly Andrade wasn't exactly endearing himself to folks behind the scenes. 

He obviously made up before departing. His last month was showing up for the CC, arguably the best work he did in his entire AEW stint, and TK said he would be welcome back anytime. 

On 10/2/2025 at 9:41 AM, Stiva said:

I’m higher on Andrade than most, I think so I’m glad to see him. I don’t think they did Andrade/Omega in his last run so I’m happy to see that on Wrestledream

The thing about Andrade is that he can be a great worker if he wants to. And yeah, him vs Omega is certainly a dream match of old, so I'll gladly take it.

As far as how he will do, here's the thing : if he behaves and do not bitch around and gets to be a team player this time, he can have the successful US stint he wants to (that is if booking follows). Not to mention going back to Arena Mexico and having a huge-ass match with Mistico during this legendary stint (and NJPW, who loved him before, but then again, who pays attention to whatever NJPW does this year ?). If he does bitch around and is hard to work with again, then, here's goes nothing. It's not like he can go back to WWE as a big jump again, he's already Jeff Jarret's his way into being the first back and forth guy of the era, so his value on the market would be at an all-time low (I guess the next step would be MLW, since TNA is WWE affiliated). Him actually working out this time would be a catch for AEW as it would show those former malcontent that well, WWE ain't the shit you think it is after all (how is Rey Fénix's career doing, uh ?).

[El-P]

Mox vs Darby, Toni vs Stat, Hangman vs Joe. The thing is, AEW has such ridiculous depth of talent, even with all the injured people at the top, it's like it doesn't even matter. 

6 years is basically the entirety of ECW's run (almost, ya know) or WCW's Nitro era run. And it *buries* both of them in ridiculous fashion. The greatest 6 years of US wrestling TV ever.

That mix-tag was all kind of awesome, and damn that Marina Shafir spot would have made Badboy Hido proud. Now that's a niche reference, but wherever else if not PWO ? I have loved her ever since I saw her do indies years ago, and I'm so glad she got to find that perfect spot for her abilities. She's never gonna have that 5* match, but whatever, she's been just perfect as the Deathriders heater and getting more involved in actual matches recently.

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On 10/4/2025 at 8:21 PM, El-P said:

Mox vs Darby, Toni vs Stat, Hangman vs Joe. The thing is, AEW has such ridiculous depth of talent, even with all the injured people at the top, it's like it doesn't even matter. 

6 years is basically the entirety of ECW's run (almost, ya know) or WCW's Nitro era run. And it *buries* both of them in ridiculous fashion. The greatest 6 years of US wrestling TV ever.

That mix-tag was all kind of awesome, and damn that Marina Shafir spot would have made Badboy Hido proud. Now that's a niche reference, but wherever else if not PWO ? I have loved her ever since I saw her do indies years ago, and I'm so glad she got to find that perfect spot for her abilities. She's never gonna have that 5* match, but whatever, she's been just perfect as the Deathriders heater and getting more involved in actual matches recently.

Might be good to give her a tag partner for the tournament, Diamante might be a good choice for her to go with, Mercedes Martinez would work the best in my eyes, she has the vibes but can take the pin, only issue is that while she is on the roster page, she has not even been in RoH for a year, but if she is still under contract and that is just an oversight, bring her in for that.

[sek69]

Alica Atout fighting for her life to not break while Mark Briscoe is going full Mark Briscoe was hilarious.

 

Also holy shit Mox vs Ishii

[Luna_Bourke]

I thought this episode of Dynamite was a good one, no real low points. The matches were good, the Mox vs Ishii wasn't as good as their G1 match, but I liked it well enough, it is harder to get into it, since I am less invested in Mox, but he looked good in the match.

The six man street fight was uninteresting, they did nothing special, and this should have ended at the previous PPV, and allow The Demand to feud with another trios team, like Skyflight, a Don Callis Family Trio, or which ever one Adam Priest is in now (thought he was with the Work Horsemen, but now he is teaming with Dynamite Kid and maybe also Jay Lethal), until Joe loses to Hangman, and they can defend the Trios Titles, which have been weak for a while.

The title matches were good, the TNT was solid, nice to see Kyle O'Reilly get this match, the eventual Briscoe match should be great. The TBS Title match was the better of the two title matches,  Lacey Lane had had a good debut, she didn't have the issue that some NXT women have where they work in slow motion to do the high spots, at least wasn't too bad for it, she worked well, shame the crowd was dead at the start, it basically got their in the end, don't know why they didn't give them the time of day initially. This did have the issue of a mega obvious result, but it would be obvious no matter the opponent since she has to be the record.

The Don Callis Family vs. Brodido was the match of the night for me, it had one of Okada's best performances in AEW where he was a wanker, but was doing it a more entertaining way, like when he wrenched the arm of Bandido, and he was a good base for him as well, I still thought Takeshita has been the better man in this match (it has really been Takeshita's year to be fair), he had some great moments, and sold the rivalry well. Brody King was a great babyface, really taking it to the Don Callis Family, and, Bandido worked great, integrating his injured arm so well, One of the biggest issues of the match though was the poor referring when it came to the pins especially. One embarrassing mistake was counting a pin on an illegal man, and one of the worst examples I have ever seen for refereeing, Bandido has a sit down pin on I think Okada, ref did not immediately go down, makes sense since the shoulders are not down at all, then it looks like Bandido shouts at him to count an acquiesces, an terrible sight. Still great match tho.

PAC vs. OC was pretty good, I like the new look for PAC, reminds me of one of Dynamite Kid's old outfits, except all black, a good return for PAC.

The angles were good, the Joe vs Hangman one was the best, still hard to get super invested in Joe, one of the weakest AEW Champs besides Punk, despite that, the promos were good, and Hangman comes across great, and I can root against Joe more than being apathetic now.