AEW Dynamite Review: Ups & Downs (Aug 14)

[@funknelson87]

I don’t think they’ve announced a three-way tag title match for Wembley yet. After the disqualification, Daniels announced a #1 contender match for collision between ftr and the acclaimed. I’m assuming we’ll get the 3 way at All In, but they didn’t announce that.

[@BushinRyuCat]

Agreed. Also, Christian interfered with the Trios Championship #1 contender match (even tho he was the ref). No official announcement yet, but you bet they HAVE to make it a three-way Trios Title match at All In.

[@funknelson87]

@@BushinRyuCat yeah that’s what I’m assuming as well. I kinda wish the BBG and HOB would’ve worked a title program before the patriarchy got involved. I’ll enjoy the 3-way, but I think they could’ve done a whole lot better with this feud

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

Simon as usual u get the GOLDEN UP

[@chriswho4232]

"if somebody does get inside my guts, what am I gonna do?" Phrasing, Simon... phrasing.

[@scottmelanson3444]

That my pick up line. "Hey girl, let me get in thoses guts

[@Former_Employee]

What do you mean ?

[@chriswho4232]

@@Former_Employee it'd be hard to explain in any way that didn't sound crass 💀

[@Former_Employee]

@@chriswho4232 hehe you said "hard".

[@chriswho4232]

@@Former_Employee 🤣🤣 and I wasn't even trying..

[@alkisg362]

The fact that Simon could notice the background on Minas interview, is astounding! A true legend!

[@tomseville2345]

WhatCulture are all "Oobly Woobly" about hot women in wrestling; they seek out other things to distract themselves...

[@markshaffer6447]

That Danielson video hit just right, especially since I'm seeing Green Day tonight!!

[@pierreolivierlepage664]

Did I miss something or NOBODY ever referenced the poor soul that was split in half by Kamille because she thought it was Britt?

[@misterhdsports]

“When someone gets inside my guts” PAUSE! 😂😂😂

[@jrios29]

I thought the same thing! Lmfao!

[@misterhdsports]

@@jrios29 🤣

[@vabeachkevin]

I was at this show and in person it was a great time. Regardless of what came across on tv the crowd was electric and were really into every match.

[@Sabbathbloodysabbath666]

Nah. Mercedes blows and it showed

[@funknelson87]

@@Sabbathbloodysabbath666 what is this a response to? Just curious.

[@awelcruiz]

That crowd sounded like death during Bucks vs. Acclaimed, especially at the ending.

[@vabeachkevin]

@@awelcruiz I’ve been to several Raws and Dynamites, and none of them sound good on the tv recording.

[@rezsurfer2808]

@@funknelson87 ee stan AEW hater nothing much to them .

[@wstine79]

Jay Lethal diving through the ropes to ram Hangman Adam Page into Barry the Barricade four times in a row gets an UP.

[@BushinRyuCat]

wait a minute...didn't we *bury* Barry Barricade two years ago? 🤔🤔😵‍💫😵‍💫....maybeeeee , his son?

[@hedonisticvanity]

I think it was actually 5!

[@jasonlee3759]

Thanks Simon, needed a ups and downs this morning 🎉

[@danielgertler5976]

I thought these were all some really great matches, some good promos too, especially that Vignette with Maria May. Good episode.

[@whiteeyes3743]

All jokes aside, AEW needs Simon on commentary!! Just him talking about what happened is literally better than what actually happened!!

[@andrewmorrison5289]

Oh please no. AEW needs taz and Nigel on commentary and get rid of everyone else

[@rezsurfer2808]

maybe not commentary full time at least a match but backstage interviewing YES

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the review Simon

[@eugenephoenix2847]

Didn’t CD say the tag teams are facing eachother on Collision for the all in spot? Not make it a triple threat?

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

Yes he did

[@pierreolivierlepage664]

@@lawrencemowersiii7114 The old cows

[@johnchitwood8799]

The tag match isn't a 3 way, next week is Acclaimed vs FTR, winner goes to All In

[@RandoDubz]

That Bryan Danielson video packages absolutely deserves a golden up

[@matthewmullozzi8678]

Great AEW Wrestling as usual

[@KK-qs2kq]

I was there and it was awesome

[@sniperhawk2]

Can we call Toni Storm "Tormented" now? Since there's no longer any black and white segments around here, I feel "Timeless" doesn't apply anymore. Also, I hope I never have someone hate me as much as Roddy hates backs

[@tomseville2345]

It's Mariah that won't be using the B&W films anymore, understandably; Toni still might...

[@irishviking383]

Quite confusing to see a photo of Britt pop up when Simon was talking about the match between Kyle, Roddy, and Cassidy.

[@VoluntaryPerry]

Mariah May is absolutely fantastic. Her character work is so well done. Her facial expressions and delivery are all so believable. She's a natural heel.

[@wittlehittle3420]

I was there! During one of the commercial breaks, Justin Roberts was reading signs in the crowd and a dude in the section I was in had a sign that said "Vince shat on me" 😅 we were all yelling for Justin to read it out loud but he just laughed. It was hysterical 😂

[@Former_Employee]

That's extremely disrespectful and distasteful. Imagine being raped and people jokingly saying me too. I hate aew fans. They really live up to their reputation.

[@jackchong5324]

Tony Schiavone is doing Hook's intro like he did for Sting. I like it.

[@stephenmorton6764]

Simon give yourself a Golden Up and keep smashing it

[@SuperNinjaAustin]

Yeah Thee TBS Title Really Is Looking Like A Higher Level Championship Simon Bro ❤😎👍🏻❤️‍🔥💯🔥🤟🏻

[@Iwillone]

The promos were on point this Dynamite.

[@boyankovachev7982]

Simon ❤❤❤

[@symphonyofgecko7768]

a banger show like usual

[@Former_Employee]

When is the Cesaro vs Okada match ? I want to see that and reaaaally hope Okada wakes up for it.

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Good morning, Simon!

[@edwardsmith4722]

Unfortunately we don't get collision ups and downs but I felt it necessary to mention that it is my belief Nigel McGuinness of the Collision broadcast team is a watcher of you Mr Miller as we got a 1,2, oooo from him during the main event of Collision Aug 17 featuring FTR and The Acclaimed.

[@antonijavonne]

😂😂 my nephew and I was there.. My first aew event and it was actually good other than the fact that they didn't have everybody there that you wanted to see

[@chrislovesyoubb]

If Jeff fucking Jarret gets an All In match but Pac doesn't, I'll die laughing.

[@tomseville2345]

You reminded me of when MNM kidnapped Trish from ringside during a match, the crime counter would have loved that...

[@MatthiaGryffine]

Given what is going on in the UK, is All In a good idea right now?

[@robertybob]

That’s over now

[@tomseville2345]

In your GUTS?! The opposite of warm and fuzzy in your tum-tum... I watched Alien again last week, so that resonates... I have now given myself the visual of a shiny, bald baby Simon bursting his way out of my chest...

[@jameshauville8401]

Totally agree on PAC. I think this whole thing is backwards. Better to have Osprey vs PAC in a big match between two British stars at All In for the title and then have the shenanigans with MJF at All Out.

[@robertmcdiarmid5668]

Only reason I would want a casino gauntlet ppv yet, is they need to have at least 1 where it ends really early, and you'd feel pretty ripped of if that happened on ppv

[@tomseville2345]

They have the Casino Battle Royal at *Double Or Nothing*, which denotes the theme of gambling; they could do the gauntlet there yearly...

[@warrenwallsjr.2564]

Everytime I see Mina on my screen she immediately gets 2 golden ups 😍🥰⬆️⬆️

[@jayduffy5532]

I kinda dig shidas new look it reminds me of the assassin lo ki look from tna it made him look even more of s badass and dangerous sure I liked Hikaru shidas og samurai thing but this mobster look is so cool shame lo ki has retired I think they would have made a cool pair

[@MiNick79]

AEW = All Eyepatch Wrestling

[@JUBMANlA]

Swerve saying he'll murder Bryan should up the crime counter by 1! 💜 Simon

[@firstresponders72]

Okay, somebody needs to make a Simon Miller Pac-Man t-shirt now

[@sarahdunn5581]

Seen lots of folk complaining that Claudio Vs Okada isn't at All In forgetting that Claudio is in Mexico for the CMLL Grand Prix that weekend (which looks a corker!)

[@tomseville2345]

Did Mercedes turn around too early, or did Britt struggle to put her glove on in time? Mercedes turned to look at her, then turned back to Kamille beating down the "Sting fan" Britt decoy...

[@tomseville2345]

Mercedes' finisher looked like the debut of the move on Kairi Sane back in her New Japan debut. Not good...

[@tomseville2345]

Wait a minute...Wrestling security.... SAVED a wrestler from injury/death?!? 😱😱💀☠🤣🤣

[@isaiahb605]

Did Danielson really put the video together or Swerve? Since the title of said Green Day song is also called Good Riddance…

[@Former_Employee]

I don't think you understand the point or meaning of that song or it's title.

[@isaiahb605]

@@Former_Employee a small point of devils advocate.

[@Former_Employee]

@@isaiahb605 I don't know what those words mean 😄

[@Former_Employee]

Oh wait.. I get it now. Haha you might be right.

[@deadmanlyndon]

man swerve is so awesome

[@centrist1008]

Kamile did same for Aldis

[@tomseville2345]

They were already *in* Norfolk. Rampage was taped afterwards. Did Christian legit forget that Dynamite was billed from there too?

[@tomseville2345]

Mercedes wore her "Black Tigress" gear from New Japan; albeit without the mask, was she honouring Shida's home country or insulting her?

[@Former_Employee]

For some reason (the blue) i thought the thumbnail was Smackdown and got excited bc i thought Daniel Bryan was back in The WWE. 😢

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

Daniel Bryan excuse me that was funny Simon

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Truly wild

[@awelcruiz]

Hook Man sounds like a Mega Man boss.

[@Noisy_Army_YT]

Nobody talking about how we are about to see a bella twin on aew tv

[@frankgurrierijr2968]

Why isn't there a AEW ups & downs article on the website anymore? Anyone know why?

[@SalsBrain]

Because no 1 reads anymore, I would assume

[@PoeticPoker262]

They only do it for shows that have more than 600k viewers 🤣

[@TheDragonKiller90]

i dont know why but in some camera shots britt looked a little bit like trish stratus

[@michaelskatharoudis9201]

Did Swerve turn heel? He’s been acting heelish this whole program but he snuck up on Danielson and mocked the Yes chant First time I’ve heard him booed as world champion

[@alexnieblas7618]

That's not what DD said 😂 although he will. Simon can see the future.

[@redhead906]

Thought CD said collision ftr acclaimed, winner goes to all in

[@wstine79]

The packages on the show were more engaging than most of the matches.

[@stinkymagic9252]

damn the B$%^ counter is high thats almost 1 B@#$ every two days

[@rodneystevens8984]

good time for Jamie to come back to back up Britt

[@tomseville2345]

Swerve going full heel again MIGHT work this time; if it doesn't it will be embarrassing for AEW; how much more evil can he be than how he acted 2022-23? And he got cheered the whole time... 🤣🤣

[@BledAllOut]

Spitting on people has to go on the Crime Counter. That's assault

[@Frekiwolf]

Hm, I like Mercedes, Kamille, Britt and Hikaru. But that sequence just fellt ...off or clumsy? 🙄 And they missed bringing Rebel back (as the masked girl) at least as a cameo.

[@Deadline63]

Agreed. Would have loved to seen a 'Not Reba' appearance. Also, Britts timing did seem off for how long it took to show up and get to ring and then the glove thing... which I am glad Simon noted. I just want Hayter back in action once more!

[@brandonnewby178]

Recurring up for timmy!

[@andrewclayterman6230]

TIM MAHHH!! and not tim awol walz

[@tomseville2345]

Did they try to make Hangman look like pure evil by having him attack Jay before the match, so he would get booed in his home state? It didn't really work... 🤣🤣🤠💩

[@ToddSmith23]

Haven’t watched it yet, but let me guess, 11 ups, one down

[@BlondeTiger]

00:49 this is how you can tell he is not American. Road construction is constant and changing, so a lot of americans Google map they way to their own house lol. That's just a common occurrence here, and companies are trying to make it a norm to use computers for critical thinking and our brains for grunt work. Until we perish.

[@kendrickking9945]

Oh heeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyy 😂😂

[@Dr_1212]

AEW 😎 Haters 👎 Simon 👍

[@IceIceShady]

Why would someone be in your guts, simon?

[@brandonnewby178]

Obviously they want a coffin match because they want to do the crime without appearing on the crime counter. 😁😁

[@donaldsmith8648]

Thanks Simon for the breakdown.. cuz I fell asleep on it cuz it was boring too me

[@whiteeyes3743]

Ehh Brown Down overall!!

[@cameronbriglin8522]

Up

[@lordpax8925]

I hope this whole swirl angle is over soon cant stand this guy, he is one of the reasons i dont wanna wathch AEW for months

[@tomseville2345]

I love how Toni is Hulk Hogan, Mariah is the Macho Man, and Mina is Miss Elizabeth!

[@alexandraglammer6771]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rjgoodman4056]

Simon, stop trying to defend the Young Bucks. They are 100% the reason why AEW's tag division sucks so much. They are a cancer on pro wrestling.

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

your wrong they dont suck

[@firstresponders72]

Simon, I was hoping you would reference the Tony Con you Coward song

[@andrewmorrison5289]

So...swerve has had a heel turn??? Or tk is a shitty booker...

[@jaylagaskins5049]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AlexusDeanna_1]

20:19 Hawk tuah, spit on that thang!.. 😆

[@UnkPoker1]

Change the "morally acceptable" counter to the "Hawk Tuah" counter...

[@jhonlogan6713]

Love from Bangladesh ❤

[@indigoautumn2827]

christ your downs have gotten pedantic as of late

[@jrios29]

Spending several weeks in America (especially the NorthEast) will do that to you! Lol!

[@iamjasonwalker1]

Be as positive as you want, Simon…but that “Mone Maker” was horrible. Straight up it looked like 💩

[@Frekiwolf]

Yep. Not the first time. Seems half her opponents don't know how to react to the (overcomplicadeted) move. Perhaps Merceds should have stayed with the "Bankrupt" and "Bank Statement" combo... 😬

[@hedonisticvanity]

I don't think I'm a negative Nancy, but I literally have never seen her make that move look good.

[@SimonMillerYT]

I said I’ve seen worse. This doesn’t mean I think it’s the right move for her

[@OliveMule]

AEW>WWE

[@tomseville2345]

Jay looked "Legit Shook" after he landed on his head from the DVD; he didn't look great after the match either, when they let him continue; slight Matt Hardy/Sammy vibes...

[@martaviouspaul7117]

The build to all in hasn’t been good at all last years was way better and exciting this year isn’t

[@jakejones136]

One of thee worst episodes of dynamite ive seen. A super terrible show nothing exciting..except Mina

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

NO GOOD EPISODE OF DYNAMITE

[@TheStasznik]

Sadly almost everything in recent episodes on AEW is skippable... they lost that "something" which made them interesting to watch... ehh

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

NAH

[@Frekiwolf]

MJF tries to kill (well, cripple) Ospreys friends [ok, he's a heel]. Also Swerve [an ... angry babyface?] clobbers Bryans little buddy this week ... 😑

[@xbruce11884]

First

[@2007spartanfan]

Dung Bucks 😂😂