Jim Cornette Reviews AEW Dynamite (December 29, 2021)

[@frale_2392]

The Undisputed Era, the team that dominated NXT and that was so white hot that the AEW crowd chanted "undisputed" as soon as Kyle showed up, wasn't able to beat a team of jobbers without the help of the Young Bucks. What. The. Fuck.

[@mattm7798]

A team of jobbers? Orange Casidy IS white hot right now which elevates the whole team. Also the UE often cheated in NXT to win and actually lost a fair bit.

[@CEOGaming82]

Same crowd that hates WWE but loves paying homage to them every chance they get.

[@astralkaoru1025]

The wrestler who first lays Brandi out is going to be the biggest babyface in AEW

[@SirManfly]

👍🏻🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMrAlgoh]

Send Hook

[@TNLable]

Whoever gave Brandi Rhodes a Black Mass deserves not just a Hall of Fame induction, but also a Nobel Peace Price and Person of The Year Award

[@maraviyoso8473]

@DIO and it hasn't worked for his babyface delusions.

[@natebaxter9551]

@DIO there it is.

[@phxsisko]

"I actually prefer Jim Cornette" - smartest thing said ever on an episode of AEW

[@wyatthankins2544]

I think Dan Lambert's the shit honestly, love his promos

[@davyjones2032]

This is just one of those bias opinions Jim and especially Last are going to have no matter what. This happens them most when they have personal admiration or dislike of anyone.

[@shannonbayley3684]

@@davyjones2032 bias my ass. It's their opinion. Most people don't like it. They like plenty of stuff on AEW, they just don't like trash. Which it is.

[@twistedsistersandbrother]

He's one of the only guys on there that can cut a real promo.

[@IamMrLebanon]

Dan’s great. What they have been doing with Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page not so much.

[@paulrosa5267]

If Lambert wasn't listening to cornette he wouldn't have a promo.

[@reynederrick9444]

Jim skipped over the fact malakai could be seen walking away after the blackout

[@rl318]

Yeah, they seem to always be off kilter at Daily's Place, which is ironic considering they shot television there for a year.

[@natebaxter9551]

@@rl318 their technical guys suck. Either they're missing stuff or showing stuff they shouldn't. And let's not get into the SFX fuck ups

[@kingx1272]

Extremely funny

[@JohnSavage213]

I thought that was hilarious

[@reynederrick9444]

@@JohnSavage213 for me it was like the icing on the cake. Really made me sit back and realise they had utterly given up making a good product

[@bipolarminddroppings]

MJF calling Sting an outlaw hack wasnt one of his best because its not even remotely true.

[@patcrawford8840]

MJF’s promo had me in tears. I was legit crying laughing at that comment about sting haha

[@alexogilvie6595]

Reaching for cheap heat

[@keithdoherty3178]

That's the point of heel promo's Dude

[@S1873]

Agree with Brian and Jim, Adam Cole at this stage looks smaller than Jungleboy 😕 To think people were screaming about how Vince didn’t see it with Cole

[@michiel1162]

Bruh Cole has nothing, he doesn't stand out. Technical wise kenny and Bryan are way superior, promo wise Punk and MJF are superior, finisher wise Darby is superior hell even Anthony Ogogo has a better finisher than him. And his cathphrase is dumb asf 'adam cole baby' if you have to say your own name in ur catchphrase so people won't forget about you your really generic.

[@CEOGaming82]

@@michiel1162 Yeah like jumping off the top rope back first isn't stupid.

[@michiel1162]

@@CEOGaming82 it's one hell of a cool finisher imo bc no one else would dare to do that. Adam gives kind of a kick and i think i would be able to do that move after week of practice.

[@WhoDeanie85]

We need count outs and dqs in AEW.

[@renmojito6796]

Brian Danielson seems to be the only one that knows he has till 5

[@peterlee6374]

@@renmojito6796 and look at the heat it gets him from the fans because if it It’s almost as if you need the rules to be adhered to, so when geeks break them it gives a reason for fans to hate them

[@Green_Ranger05]

Well you got one

[@KONSACZ]

Can't wait for Jim to address this entire "racist" drama with Khan. This is gonna be one of a hell material.

[@musicjnky1982]

Big Swole is the one who is racist. She just wants to see black people succeed.

[@drewspods]

@@musicjnky1982 Wanting to see black people succeed is racist? Doesn't seem like a huge ask to me... Unless you're just really into excluding black people from top positions.

[@musicjnky1982]

@@drewspods racism isn't just a "white" thing. I've known racist people of all colors. I've had Mexican bosses who were racist towards Mexicans. Black people can be racist too.

[@drewspods]

@@musicjnky1982 Literally your entire response is unrelated to what I said... It's racist for her to want to see some black people succeed in the company? Seems odd that anybody would think Swole is somehow racist for having a desire to see representation on the show, maybe even one in a mainevent position. Again, not exactly an earth shattering request.

[@KONSACZ]

It's not that she's racist, she's just cut from reality, like sadly most of Americans. Race here, race there, this peoples see skin color literally everywhere. Khan was mistaken to respond to this freak.

[@dosm11]

The Undisputed Era are still the same people. Same Bobby Fish, same Kyle O'Reilly, same Adam Cole. While they may be missing Roddy, the only thing different is the booker. It turns out that HHH and Shawn were more of the Undisputed Era than the members that were shown on TV. Damn shame the environment and atmosphere could kill a group that much

[@13JacksonMr]

That's what happens when you have competent bookers instead of someone who has never booked or wrestled before trying to book.

[@davyjones2032]

Doesn't help that their friends are already the biggest faction. Undisputed Era was awesome because theme, promos, and great matches. I remember when it was Adam Cole vs John Silver. Cole cut a serious promo meanwhile Silver is just smiling and making goofy faces and mimicking Mark Henry's catchphrase. Once they get away from the Elite they can have feuds better suited to their strengths.

[@dosm11]

@@davyjones2032 Time will tell, but unfortunately I think that time might be too late. They literally brought in the hottest wrestling faction in WWE since The Shield. They could've capitalized on that, especially starting with O'Reilly's debut but instead it's all against the lollipop gang. And now the Bucks are doing another stupid friendship storyline after already ruining Cole. The Cole and UE in NXT was cool. They were serious, they knew who they were and they knew what they wanted: being at the top and winning gold. They started that way only trying to strengthen their group, not fight over friends and beat jobbers.......

[@davyjones2032]

@@dosm11 100% agree. Bucks can't be serious at all. They are like the New Day for nerds. New Day at least can be funny, serious in ring and have actual child fans. Only people I can see being fans of the Bucks are socially awkward men or folks that followed their journey. I almost wonder if Vince is really just flooding the market with talent because he knows Tony will sign them. Cole just got there and it's not even good timing to have him apart of his old faction but without the ability to be serious and kick ass. But factions is what AEW does to give people something to do.

[@al5306]

They're not the same lol Cole wasn't getting kissed by guys every week on NXT and doing goofy comedy. If you can tell me when Cole dressed up like a Ghostbuster in NXT, I'd love to hear it. The UE were presented as a big deal in NXT and it got over. Cole is with his old buddies now and he doesn't care anymore. He's also stopped going to the gym by the looks of him.

[@jovanss2361]

Damn it they missed it, did anyone else pop at JR in the main event when after a big move The Best Friends hugged and Excalibur said "ya have to give the people what they want" and JR said sarcastically and with so much anger "You have to Excalibur, damn It to hell you have too!"

[@jessiepalermo7234]

That was funny af 😂🤣🤣

[@MrSircharles05]

I legit cringe every time Excalibur says that. Really? This is what people want?

[@TrailerParkCinderella]

9:47 I agree with Brian on his opinion of Ethan Page. Big future for him if he stays on this track!

[@SirManfly]

Growing pains are showing for AEW now, they’ll figure out, just need more time! But they’re right, the last Dynamite was pretty bad !! Way too many tag matches!! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@maraviyoso8473]

In AEW, he won't.

[@thejanglezclan]

Meanwhile, his take on Scorpio Sky was so bad.

[@SirManfly]

@@maraviyoso8473 sure he will.

[@kingsports1113]

😭😭😭😭

[@loonanite]

Can't wait for Jim to get heat for the incoming destruction of Big Swole and her comments.

[@simonantill5161]

And TK's response

[@allforgreatness9883]

He will probably be happy cuz he dont like swole lol

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

@@simonantill5161 Who was actually on the right this time.

[@starshipfame1]

Imagine saying AEW isn’t diverse when one of their women champion was a transsexual woman. It went from Swole leaving because of “health” to no diversity in the business. Khan responded how he should have. If people wanted this private then Swole should have kept it private. The booking is absolutely atrocious at times but you can never say that people aren’t given opportunity at that company

[@jay_1212]

@@starshipfame1 Khan responded like an idiot. Whether or not swole or him was right is simply irrelevant. Swole is entitled to feel how she feels. As a CEO of a multi million dollar company, you should act like it and not erratically respond to every criticism like a mark. He was totally out of line and unprofessional

[@DougJK]

I just want to see FTR get wins in normal tag matches and eventually get the titles back

[@MisterSchitt]

I just want them to stop beating Bobby Fish all the time in these god damn tag matches. Adam's the one who WANTS to be a goof and a joke. He really should be the one taking all these losses in a promotion where "wins and losses actually matter."

[@al5306]

@@MisterSchitt Cole is going to drag Fish and O'Reilly down with him into that goofy comedy gutter. They were great in NXT because they were presented as a big deal. They don't look that way right now.

[@SirManfly]

@@al5306 I’m hoping that Kyle and Fish 🐟 actually do break away from Cole and go after the tag straps! They’re just that damn good !!

[@al5306]

@@SirManfly They are REALLY good. AEW just doesn't like good wrestling more than they like goofy fake comedy. I've given up on the notion that they would push serious wrestlers. Look what they did to FTR. Whenever FTR get clean wins, fans act like they've been given water after being in the desert for three days. lol

[@BoulevardTrash99]

He's right. Dynamite sucked and I freakin' love AEW. But it was hard as hell to watch.

[@notgonnapay]

I want to hear what Jim had to say about that hardcore women’s tag-team match on Rampage.

[@craig581]

He won't like it, i can assure you.

[@jqvvppdy]

I thought of Corny as soon as I saw the bag of thumb tacks lol

[@al5306]

Brandi is representative of a bigger problem in AEW. She, and many to a lesser degree, are told that they are big stars by people who don't want to hurt their feelings. So she thinks she's a star because people tell her she's a star. They don't want to tell Cody's wife that she's not any good. A lot of people who have jobs over there are only there because they know someone and they're being told what they want to hear.

[@rl318]

The whole company was based off of people buying into the idea that three guys that had a run in Japan and then in the indies along with a person that came up in business but never cracked mid card could carry a national promotion, so the foundation is already built on unearned high self opinion.

[@al5306]

@@rl318 Couldn’t have said it better myself. It was also built on several lies. They promised healthcare to the talent and still haven’t delivered that. They said it would be sports based wrestling and it’s not. They said they wouldn’t sign a bunch of ex WWE guys and they have. The fans just hand wave all of the stuff away and make excuses for why we were lied to.

[@maraviyoso8473]

"Brandi is representative of a bigger problem in AEW. She, and many to a lesser degree, are told that they are big stars by people who don't want to hurt their feelings." You're wrong. Those people REALLY think they're big stars, just because Pope Tony the First says so. It's a cult.

[@rl318]

@@al5306 Considering what is going on now with Tony it seems clear that some people give him a pass on everything for whatever reason. Nothing has come back to bite him in the @$$ seriously yet, but luck only goes so far.

[@CEOGaming82]

"Cody's wife" I'm convinced a lot of yall are single sex-less lames

[@peterjames3509]

What a crap episode of Dynamite this was. Can't wait to hear Jim and Brian talk about Tony's latest tweet. The fuckin drip!

[@MattAlbie]

I mean, as unprofessional as it was for Tony to do, they're going to completely agree with him. They said themselves... Big Swole stunk. They celebrated the fact that she was not renewed.

[@jay_1212]

Cole was always noticeably tiny even in NXT, Jim was just blind. I dunno what Jim sees in the guy, he’s good but he’s literally no better than a lot of the people Jim gives shit

[@maraviyoso8473]

Cole was always tiny, but actually talked big. Now he's bromancing with the Bucks just like in the indies.

[@alexpolanco7885]

I think Cole has never been in a gym lmaoo

[@natebaxter9551]

@Thpider-Man pro wrestling is a looks business. He's just commenting on KZbin.

[@alexpolanco7885]

@Thpider-Man cry about it lmao

[@natebaxter9551]

@Thpider-Man that's the sacrifice you have to make to get to the top. Cole looking like that is bad for business if you want more than just nerds to watch.

[@bartholomew8042]

I actually like Lamberts promo. The fans were cheering him while he cut that promo on Cody. 😭

[@diluted8]

Scorpio Sky is Shelton Benjamin on Prozac. I love Scorpio's animated reactions.

[@gman2015z]

There are ppl in AEW who used to make fun of WWE for closing out Raws with 10 man tag teams for years. Now AEW is doing the same whether they close the shows out or not, there's still pointless tag teams matches.

[@craig581]

They are getting old very fast.

[@marieorender9385]

So your point is

[@jgnmas]

I’ve only missed 3 episodes of Dynamite. This episode was AWFUL. Also, agree with Cornette about Scorpio Sky’s earlier potential after SCU.

[@brandonmaddalozzo5145]

The fact that Santana and Ortiz got beat by 2 guys who barely saw any ring time in NXT is ridiculous ....

[@IanSane]

I kind of suspected this show was going to be bad because almost the entire card were multi-man matches, which means random movefests with no flow. This felt like Punk's and Danielson's arrivals were just to lure me into watching AEW and now that it's part of my viewing habits they're resorting back to the way it was before. Well I actually forgot what day it was on Wednesday because I've had time off around Christmas and it has thrown my schedule off so I forgot to PVR it and had to watch it on the TSN app. That is telling because when a wrestling show is killing it week after week it is NOT an afterthought. I am specifically anticipating the next episode and counting down the days immediately after the previous episode ends. But all the Elite/Best Friends horseshit lately has been such a turn-off that I'm not concerned at a sub-conscious level about missing an episode. Tony Khan clearly does not consider the more realistic elements that came about after Punk arrived as an improvement, it's just something else the show has. Dumb nonsense like the Best Friends or the Dark Order will always have a place and that will always bring the show down. If Punk and Danielson left I would stop watching because clearly the show would just degrade back into what it was before.

[@Jomon2006]

I think Best Friends and Dark Order are fine, in much smaller doses. When you have Jay Lethal, Tony Neese, Andrade El Idolo, Lío and Dante, FTR, Team Taz, Pac, Sammy, Darby, and even the Nightmare family, you don’t need to see Best Friends, 2.0, Jurassic Express, Lucha Bros, and especially Young Bucks as much as we do. Undisputed Era, Danielson, Punk, and Adam Page are the potential gold.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

The always irrelevant, more than 4 man tag team matches, are always wasted airtime.

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

“Hacksaw Butch Brandi”. Yet another classic.

[@Topshelfmedia1]

Can’t wait for Jim’s take on that bs tag street fight. AEW fans are so mindless they see some blood and automatically deem a match classic. So many things wrong with that match but let the AEW diehards tell it, it’s a match of the year contender.

[@dallasdelaney1840]

Day One was the best PPV WWE has done in a long time. Good luck, Tony. You have your work cut out for you.

[@alphatoddio]

I agree I was there at State Farm Arena tonight...that card was legit af 💯🤘

[@dallasdelaney1840]

@@alphatoddio it could have been a disaster without Roman, but credit to Vince for figuring out what he had to do. Assuming of course that wasn't a work.

[@ultimungo3423]

The fuck? The women's title match was an appalling botch fest in which you never believe Becky is losing. Edge match was shit. I mean the Main event was outstanding and proof you don't need to do flippy shit and go 40 minutes every match. It was a 50/50 card.

[@craig581]

Day One was the best PPV WWE has done in a long time? Hahaha! I had no idea this guy was a comedian!

[@alexpolanco7885]

@@ultimungo3423 Usos VS New Day was a great tag team match, great opener too.

[@brent4g89]

It makes me so sad that the undisputed era and Adam cole have fallen so low they were my favorite thing in wrestling for the last 4 years and I’m still gonna try and enjoy them but this week was awful bad match and terrible angle with the bucks and Brian’s hatred of Adam cole and turning jim against cole has made it more sad

[@smsv2806]

Adam Cole needs to start drinking some pedialyte or something. He looks malnourished

[@SirManfly]

And look how they’ve already jobbed out Jay Lethal !! Thanks a lot guys, really !! 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

[@TheMrAlgoh]

@@smsv2806 Adam Cole looks like one of those bobble head toys.

[@joeyskywalker1322]

@@TheMrAlgoh Adam Cole looks like Mr.Mackey from South Park

[@michiel1162]

@@joeyskywalker1322 Adam Cole mmmmKay

[@kingslayer2999]

Dynamite Sucked full of Tag matches and worthless jobbers. Cornette should review the Women's Street fight from Rampage 😆

[@LIONPRINCE2001]

Dear God that was a train wreck in all sense

[@levim1552]

There's no way in hell he watched that

[@LIONPRINCE2001]

@@levim1552 I wouldn't blame him either

[@GOhimself]

Dino Douche gets me every time 😂😂😂

[@Jomon2006]

10 man tags are getting tiring. More singles or straight tag matches would be great. I think the criticism of Best Friends is a little harsh. They serve a good purpose: well liked baby face faction willing to put people over, and they aren’t horrible wrestlers. This battle for Adam Cole could be intriguing if egos (aka Bucks) get out of the creative decisions. Bottom line is they need Rampage to be 2 hours, and make better use of Dark. Elevation should be the lower tier exposure show, Dark should further storylines, Dynamite and Rampage should be main storyline shows pushing towards the ppv with the occasional ppv worthy match (Danielson/Page). Like Jim Ross says and MJF shows, you don’t need to be on TV every week.

[@jyesucevitz]

"he's like the aew version of Lance storm. I'm not saying that as an insult." he then proceeds to explain how nobody wants to see him and nobody will certainly pay to see him. no, no no. that's quite complimentary. I don't see or hear any insults in that all. nope. saying nobody wants to see you is clearly not an insult. it's more like everybody that wants to see him doesn't have tickets, a TV or computer to watch on. that's all.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Its not an insult, its just a fact. Lance was a great worker but no one cared about him or would pay to see him. You don't seem to understand the difference between saying the truth and insulting someone.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@bipolarminddroppings Not entirely correct, it can be done if done correctly. Jim sold out night of legends partly because of lance's feud against the bodies.

[@NorthGeorgiaAudit]

As I watch dynamite every week I do find myself wondering what Corny thinks about a segment. Thank God I get to hear it. And I firmly believe Jim is going to work a short program on AEW tv in 2022. They’ve been working it for years.

[@SpaceGhost92]

Cm punk is already tired and played out. His return was the money, and now we see why Vince was always correct in keeping Dwayne and John on top.

[@TSTVluvr]

Brian hated the Brandi segment a lot but liked the Maki Itoh one last year 😂

[@darksideon]

Because one was so bad it was funny(Ito), while the other one started off cringe and ended up being completely embarrassing.

[@TSTVluvr]

@@darksideon true ! Lol

[@bootneyfarnsworth2844]

He got a kick out of Maki Itoh. He laughed his ass off because it was so bad!!

[@markhayes4347]

In the UK it went for a break as Sami came out JR told us we can all get a drink but then when the show came back it was a Pilman spot, they can't even edit the shitshow right.

[@keithyw]

Bryan's first words about this show was exactly my sentiment when I got to seeing this Dynamite. They started off very strong by having a classy segment with welcoming back Jim Ross. The man truly deserved that portion and even got the verbal nod by Punk. From there it was just straight down to the bottom of the barrel. Because of what I am calling AEW's time mismanagement issues, they had to have these multi-man matches. And I say time mismanagement because Tony Khan has to cram in every single person he can to give them TV exposure because he allows these matches to linger on and on and on. Or some segments that like horrific Brandi/Lambert spot. And you would think that a lot of far more deserving people could've used that spot for an actual match rather than having a bunch of people no one wanted to watch on TV. 2.0/Garcia are probably high on Tony's list because 2.0 are goofy and are like the Bucks lite version with slightly better speaking ability. Of course, Chris has to show up so we're forced to hear that awful song of his. But it's Daily's Place so they love it. Poor Thunder Rosa. I know she'll probably be the one to beat Britt Baker because Thunder Rosa actually deserves gold at this point. But moving Jade Cargill up? Ugh. She better not win that TBS title. After the whole fiasco with Big Swole and Tony Khan, I'm almost certain it's a given. Then you'll have a worse Goldberg situation because at least with Goldberg he proved to be a draw. But that Cargill / Thunder Rosa match was painful. They stayed on the floor for no reason. It just lingered. And Cargill is bad. Now that Swole is gone, Cargill might be the worst female on their roster right now. But that bar isn't very high to begin with so whatever I guess. The Pillman segment was okay because Pillman showed some fire. But goddamn two black outs? We get to see Malakai for what half a minute? Then there was that main event. I was really looking forward to it and there were some good spots to it. But of course, the Best Dorks got offense and it was chaotic then the stupid ending where poor O'Reilly won with bad interference. Not good interference. Bad interference. Cutler comes in looking like a dork, gets pounded. So the bucks do their little sneaking in thing. Cole receives an accidental kick and things get ridiculous so that they can insert artificial tension. But O'Reilly wins for the team on his debut. But rather than making the win about him, it's about the Bucks and Cole story. No wonder people coming from WWE are fizzling. Bucks cool them off by turning them into a joke. Or the senior wrestlers get jobbed out on their entrance and no one takes them seriously anymore because it's not what people want to see. I mean we didn't have Matt Hardy's drone, or him teleporting, or Jericho with the musical nor him getting doused by Orange juice. But the way this show felt was like going back one year. Instead of demonstrating how far they've come with the addition of Punk and Danielson, it felt like all the bad habits and instincts returned. Honestly, this was one of those shows that made me want to stop watching wrestling again. Just discouraging.

[@davyjones2032]

Agreed with everything besides Cargill. She might be pushed too fast but she isn't pushed because of her in ring work. She looks like a star. Problem is she needs more time to actually be developed into one. Maybe it's the impatience of today and she doesn't wanna wait. She could use an NXT to hone her skill. Big Swole was bad but nothing about her even said she was a star. Even her name is more appropriate for Cargill. If they just have Cargill have 2-3 minute squash matches with occasional longer matches with Deeb, Rosa, or even a Statlander she'll be fine. You sort of have to try with someone that looks like her. I think Rosa will go after Britt eventually.

[@calvincrenshaw6645]

Agree with you both. Great points.

[@davyjones2032]

@Ze TheGame did you misunderstand what I put? I said Jade is a star but could have used more time developing. Which is true for a lot of the people they have on roster. The original comment did what Jim and others do and that's pretend you can't look at Jade and tell she has star quality which usually boils down to them personally liking someone better. Also mentioned she should have quick matches most of the time mostly so she can dominant. I'm not one of these smarks that will bash Jade and pretend I wanna see Deeb vs Ruby Soho in a 30 min match. If anything I acknowledged her being green while immediately explaining exactly why it didn't matter. Not even sure what you disagreed with. Seemed to just wanna rant on AEW's lack of stars I guess?

[@al5306]

@Ze TheGame 100%. The AEW women's roster is awful. Baker, Rosa, Deeb, and maybe Soho know how to work. The rest are awful. People can what they want about WWE (and they have) but their women are top notch because they run EVERYONE through the PC before they go to NXT. They don't want people being sloppy in NXT. Glad Nia Jax is gone, because she was the only sloppy person on the main roster. Everyone else looks like they know what they're doing and care about people's safety.

[@chuckycheesechucky]

I quietly marked out at home when Jim Ross came out.

[@thejanglezclan]

I thought Dan Lambert was good enough to be in his "own lane" to some extent. Did anyone even make a comparison between he and Paul Heyman before Brandi mentioned it? She created a narrative that didn't exist before, and now Lambert falls miserably short of the comparison.

[@StrangeWill97]

What do you mean it doesn't break the count? The idea is that if the referee is counting already for one person, its impossible for them to start a second count on a second person when they leave the ring after the start of the the first count. What are they supposed to do? "5 & 1!, 6 & 2!, 7 & 3!" Until one guy hits ten? That's why when a person rolls back in and then out again, the count breaks.

[@Clubber-Slang]

yeah except the heel doesn't roll back out they just get in and the ref CONTINUES the count, not start a 2nd count. So if the heel rolls in at 7 and goes to a "neutral corner" cuz he doesn't care how he wins, the ref acknowledges he's in and goes 8 as loudly and slowly as possible.

[@davidwayne9413]

Jim, Why is FTR USING The Midnight Express Intro Music???? Did you give them permission to use it ??? Check it out my friend.

[@AFCole-uu3rv]

The Rosa / Cargill match was the only one I saw some of. They did the over the top crossbody catch spot beautifully (Cargill caught Rosa cleanly and hit a nice backbreaker) but they were on the outside so long I tapped out. Take it in the ring, and it’s probably a good match.

[@chadzbirdzofficial4631]

Brandi should bear Britt for the belt and finally add some class to the division then win the tbs title as well. Realistically none of the other girls could beat her

[@MrSircharles05]

Sarcasm?

[@Raheed27]

As a former wrestling fan, it's pretty sad what wrestling has become. This is just another reminder of why I stopped watching wrestling years ago. I miss wrestling in the 90's when wrestling was good was worth watching every week. I grew up watching The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Bret Hitman Hart, Shawn Michaels etc. You couldn't pay me to watch wrestling today sorry, but they ran fans like me off years ago. I really enjoy listening to this podcast every day.

[@davyjones2032]

One thing you and others forget is I'm pretty sure you were also a kid back then. Wrestling had so many stars back then and in Ruthless Aggression plus even TNA was decent. But I'm sure growing up has a lot to do with it. All my friends used to watch wrestling. They will acknowledge the good times like you but they also realize it's much easier to digest pro wrestling when you're like 8-16 years old without a computer in your literal hand or lots of other entertaining things to watch. I think that's what AEW and their biggest cheerleaders don't realize. Casual fans don't stop watching because of poor booking or "reigns of terror". They simply grow out of it.

[@teetime6792]

Amen Rashad. I was a fan in the 80's territory days. I remember Jim starting in Memphis on Saturday tv and hated that wimp so bad. He was a great heel manager. Love his podcast but wrestling today is AWFUL. We knew it was a work back then and do now, but the art of kayfabe is gone and it is a shame.

[@ComicConScott]

AEW needs to do more with their huge roster and amount of matches they produce every week. Rampage needs to be 2 hours. Dark and Dark Elevation should be used to extend storylines even at minimal. I want more from AEW but it needs to be done right.

[@maxxdahl6062]

They don't need to do more with that huge roster, they need to start trimming the people off that they absolutely don't need.

[@ComicConScott]

@@maxxdahl6062 They could do that too. I like their huge roster. I just want to see them used more.

[@wallyrosario654]

@@maxxdahl6062 they have a lot of people who they either haven’t used in months or probably shouldn’t be there because of a lack of direction. With the indies starting to come back little by little more talents should leave and try and make a name for themselves elsewhere.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@wallyrosario654 Agreed.

[@alikayyal9050]

"Rampage needs to be 2 hours" lmao what are you smoking? that show needs to be cancelled considering its god awful ratings. AND NO ONE WATCHES THE KZbin GARBAGE SHOWS aside from die hard wrestling nerds.

[@blakemeads9225]

AEW desperately needs a booker or two that can reign in the nonsense that is allowed to transpire on this show.

[@jacopodondi2372]

On the count out matter, without tryng to justify aew way to (not) count it, for what I was able to understand from wwe shows and videogames, it doesn't get stopped when one enters the ring, but it gets restarted when he(or in this case she) exits the ring because now you have to count both, and one has just exited.

[@ClintGreasewood]

The Dan Lambert stable feels like they are keeping them in a holding pattern and are waiting to pull the trigger on something with them. The problem is that they waited too long and it become stale. So stale that people stop giving a shit. Should of made something happen with them within the first month they debuted.

[@peterlee6374]

That’s all aew every is unless it’s the elite, everyone is in a “holding pattern” Take that jay/conti v ford/bunny feud, stuff was spread out so long and dragged on for ages ( which they bragged about being 8 or some months in the making ) and you don’t care but then pull out something good for the blow off Aew needs to learn not everything has to be “long term booking” and dragged out for months to prove they book “long term” A lot of aew feuds would be a lot better if they was 2 months instead of the dragged out til you don’t care 10 month “long term booking” feuds

[@Dubyahh]

I wanna hear Jim's thoughts on the AEW locker room race war lmfao

[@shawncollins7130]

This was the first AEW I've ever fast forwarded the DVR through.

[@jovanss2361]

Powerhouse Hobbs, someone unplug him? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JD_Power]

What is Brian's problem with provel cheese? It sounds great.

[@derekknott3596]

Adam Cole is the only wrestler to go to AEW and somehow look smaller.

[@bucknaked311]

Having a 10 man and then a 6 man tag in a row made me puke

[@Adam-ov5ie]

Scorpio Sky had a title match with Jericho if we can all remember that far back. We knew he wouldn't win but it was a sign of him getting a big push and then....nothing.

[@acriddick8536]

Yes Adam Cole was ALWAYS that small.

[@JakeMinassian]

A spectre is haunting AEW - the spectre of Jim Cornette. All the powers of AEW have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre

[@chikowashere]

Like clockwork, all of a sudden Corney hates Adam Cole's look.

[@treydeleo5312]

I was there, when Brandy came out the whole place erupted in bood, nobody wanted to see her

[@benchapman3573]

It was a terrible show, the worst they had all year. Multiple tag team matches with run ins, the burial of the undisputed era and Thunder Rosa losing. With Brandi the only way to save her is to play a delusional baby face with her husband. That segment was so stagey, badly scripted and horribly acted. If that was on WWE people would of have lost their minds. Not that they are doing any better right now as it’s just a clown show over there as well.

[@insupportofjunhado]

"That was the proper reaction." A punch line over two years in the making!

[@johnporter9073]

Hacksaw Butch Brandi...😂😂😂... fantastic.

[@maxxdahl6062]

Lol that was great. I'm hoping to hear "Road Warrior Brandi" at some point.

[@Jim222001]

If they had Brandi out for Diversity. Should have just gave Jay Lethal a match instead. And we get it Wardlow can destroy people. No reason why they can’t showcase that on the Dark shows or Rampage.

[@CornPopodopolis]

That women's street fight last night was absolutely dreadful but yet when you go on KZbin comment section all you see is great match with the right push they are a future champion! Lol

[@FnRenner]

I enjoyed the hell outta it. Was the best part of the show to me. I'd save the dreadful rating for every single Jericho segment from the last 18 months.

[@jay_1212]

Dreadful wouldn’t be how I’d describe it. It was interesting to say the least but aew has definitely produced so much worse, I just reallly disliked the thumbtacks. As for the comment section, they are always positive, you can take a shit in the ring and they’d cheer

[@patrickfuller1806]

Which is a typical deal regarding aew. Their fans think everything that happens on the show is just great.

[@davyjones2032]

Let me say this. The match featured 2 hot and at minimum 4 attractive women. Two of them with nice asses. The other two big fake boobs. If you're going to watch a match with women like that. Actually critiquing the wrestling is laughable and at least make it your secondary point. I can watch Anna Jay and Tay once a show. Just keep it to like 2 minutes tho lol. As far as the match it was better than most spot fest matches which low bar of course. Tay getting hit in back of the head but bleeding in front was stupid as well as catching her smiling for a moment next to Penelope outside the ring.

[@greghughes6098]

It wasn't dreadful but it definitely went too far into CZW territory.

[@kurtmayhem5290]

I watched this episode just to see Jim Ross return. I'm glad he's cancer free and doing well. Other than that, this episode was god awful. Too many of those multi man tag matches. I don't mind the occasional 6 man or 10 man tag match, but AEW really overdoes it with the multi man tag matches to the point where it's not enjoyable.

[@imsljr420]

You're wrong Simon Miller from what culture wrestling gave the episode 10👍 and only 1👎. So it was a great show. And he said it made feel all warm and fuzzy in your tum tum.

[@kurtmayhem5290]

@@imsljr420 So you listen to everything Simon Miller says? If he told you to jump off a bridge, would you?

[@imsljr420]

@@kurtmayhem5290 Simon Miller told me that you're embarrassing yourself. That's a stupid analogy or example because he's not telling me to do anything, I just said I agree with him. (Which I actually don't 100%, I just said that to be a troll)

[@elmusicosplaylist2448]

@@imsljr420 Lol dude. Simon has been so disappointing. He and all those other British reviewers seem to love watching crap wrestling because its not WWE. I only watch him sometimes now.

[@corpyhogan4433]

The undisputed era lost what made them cool in a matter of months.

[@IndigoUchiha26]

AEW isn't bulletproof to criticism 💯 These virgins really need to understand that

[@jonathandenatale6878]

Felt the same way about this show when I saw it, rampage was much better though

[@carlosr6462]

It was garbage TV, like the old days in Jacksonville

[@insupportofjunhado]

Stopping the count on both people is another WWE thing. Specifically, WWE restarts if a wrestler rolls in, but then rolls back out. They keep going if one rolls in and stays in. It's one of those things other wrestling enterprises didn't do, as late as October 2021 I've seen independent shows who still don't do count outs that way, but here we are. Elements of WWE style are seeping into the wider wrestling business by osmosis. I guess the reasoning is to prevent the wrestler who gets back in first from waiting to the count of eight and then jumping out last second to ensure his opponent does not get back in the ring, but that's no more of a loophole than rolling back in for a second just to keep fighting outside. I don't think there's a superior way to handle count outs. Just acknowledge a cheap win if it happens and do something about it later. Title already don't change hands that way, so fans are already conditioned not to take count outs that seriously.

[@mechtronikz2289]

I never thought about it until now but in my opinion, and others may and most likely will disagree. But in my opinion, the only good match for the Undisputed Era in all of AEW is MJF and FTR. The Best friends is a no, The Dark Order is a no, 2.0 is a no, The Hardy Party is a no, Jurassic Express is a no, the Lucha Brothers are a no, and Santana and Ortiz hardly ever wrestle. The stark contrast between styles makes it hard to picture any of those matches looking good.

[@zKo87]

Holiday shows are always throwaway shows.

[@robertcrist5747]

"Like Mussolini and 4 vaccines "🤦‍♂️

[@kidray7818]

I thought I was the only one who now see Scorpio Sky as a clown. SMH

[@90sumbeats7]

rampage was pretty bad too

[@FnRenner]

Jericho ruins anything he is involved with. I skip any segment where he makes an appearance. The man is a leech, a tick, a damn geriatric gremlin taking up screen time that could be used to push younger, more interesting guys that can actual still wrestle more than 13 seconds without being gassed.

[@stewartfennell8926]

Brian and his selective history, Lance Storm and Team Canada were one of the most entertaining things of WCW towards it's end.

[@jonathandenatale6878]

I liked the Rosa/Cargill match though 👍

[@ComicConScott]

I'm a huge AEW fan and yes this final episode of Dynamite on TNT was horrible. Really disappointing.

[@ultramagnus638]

Yep it was terrible.

[@georgeasimakos1744]

This was one of the worst episodes of Dynamite in all of 2021

[@pittfan240]

Just looked at the Up & Downs video on this episode on WhatCulture Wrestling and it was 10 ups and 1 down maybe there is something to this two timelines thing!

[@TheWashout13]

Stephanie McMahon light!!! Roar!!! Lmaoooo

[@FnRenner]

I loved the women's hardcore match. Those ladies beat the living shit outta each other

[@ali-13392]

Sure, that was awesome. But I think that was too fast paced

[@dacronicspotgaming6104]

Yeah that was a great match but it was Rampage not dynamite

[@smsv2806]

The Undisputed Era have get of my TV heat with me… Especially Adam Cole.

[@maraviyoso8473]

And that's why WWE let them go.

[@marieorender9385]

What are you talking about cole has the most over taunt in aew

[@michiel1162]

@@marieorender9385 he sucks bro, stop following as a sheep and start to open your eyes. If you have to scream your own name as your catchphrase bc your that uncreative you can go to TNA.

[@marieorender9385]

@@michiel1162 you clearly don’t k is the history of the taunt it was a tactic to get heat years ago then It slowly got over it was never a catch phase to get the fans hype he was so good that the fans started saying it with him I don’t get the unnecessary hate and trying to make people dislike him if you don’t like him that’s ok but don’t force it on other people your truly the sheep

[@michiel1162]

@@marieorender9385 it's a dumb tactic. and again you following the 'fans' wrestling has been stupid for the last 10 years. WWE/AEW/TNA all of it.

[@limitlessandy1117]

Stephen P New has the best theme in wrestling

[@brenthenshaw3585]

The music was the old World Class theme from 1984.

[@sonicplys64]

I can't wait until Brandi Rhodes becomes the first ever TBS Champion.

[@michaelfenton4353]

u could see black walking away in the tunnel

[@daskills2pk157]

The red dragon better than Hardly boys sign was great.

[@graysonwallereffect5019]

We just saw a showdown between bobby lashey and Brock Lesnar .went viral but aew got 2.0 vs Eddie and his ten million best friends tf just face it this show sucks

[@EaterOfWorlds78]

I just don't get Adam Cole, I guess. When a guy looks like the average high school football player would wash him in a shoot, he better be unique and absolutely amazing in the ring. I have always thought that favorable booking was the only thing that really stood out with Cole.

[@TrailerParkCinderella]

In my opinion as a whole the show sucked, it was very bad yet still better than any RAW or Smackdown I've seen in 4+ years, Brian Pillman's promo towards Malakai Black I liked alot

[@il5322]

Tony Khan is a creative genius 😂

[@BEEFSERPENT]

dynamite went out with a whimper unlike rampage

[@Dankbanana1]

Scorpio Sky is not a heel. I said at the time when they first turned him heel it wouldn't work, and sure enough, it hasn't. They could have and should have kept him baby face and he might have made a made event/semi main event star. But now, it's gonna be hard to recover from this shit.

[@WhipDarling]

Scorpio Sky has no charisma, no gimmick, botches in the ring and can’t talk on the mic. He’s shit face or heel.

[@starshipfame1]

@I'm just some Canadian guy, and I say fact. A lot of guys lack charisma. Brian Cage is a perfect example of that as well. People are mad because people aren’t put in main event spots but this is a network wrestling program…not an indie mud show. There’s too much money put in this.

[@garconvoute3024]

LIKE MY FRIEND CORNY, AND HIS DOG HARLEY

[@Jim222001]

Ethan Paige and Scorpio Sky reminds me of two Buff Bagewells lol.

[@stoof5997]

I've been watching wrestlers breaking the count by rolling under the bottom rope for 25 years. Yeah it's stupid but it was stupid 25 years ago, but whatever the rules are supposed to be it has been so installed in us that it breaks the count I think it would be more stupid for the ref to count the other person out by this stage. I don't mind you picking holes in AEW Jim but don't just make up issues.

[@ukgraffitiwalker8846]

Garbage episode. Itv is getting rampage on Tuesday in the UK. Glad it's free as there was no way I was going to pay for it on FITE.

[@DougJK]

I’m a huge AEW fan so it kinda pisses me off when they have shitty shows & even worse segments, then people defend it religiously