Jim Cornette Reviews AEW Dynamite (February 22, 2023)

From Episode 471 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@jamezmcc]

"It's like they took a fat guy from the Golden Corral, dressed him up in a Halloween costume and sent him out there to beat the piss out of a homeless man under an overpass" 😂😭💀

[@MrSircharles05]

Guess the plumbing business isn't going good for Moxley judging by the thumbnail

[@Beans981]

If the Blackpool Combat Club has no one from Blackpool, are they just the Combat Club? But that’s basically just fight club, and they’ve already failed the first rule of fight club!

[@scottcoval7547]

Omg the ballroom dancer joke killed me lol. We really needed more of corny and Lawler on commentary together 😂😂

[@sgtblackrock4997]

Jim and Bryan....u gotta have Dutch on the show sometime. I bet it would be a helluva show

[@jmike2039]

You guys are obsessed with the most boring form of wrestling and talent

[@TheUnitedRoninNetwoR4ks]

A & P would probably be a better name for that title Atlantic AND Pacific SMH

[@Sky_Blaze]

Fans really need to bring back the "Same old shit" chants.

[@carloscjr23]

Aew marks would never do that But yes

[@Sky_Blaze]

@@carloscjr23 yet they think they're hardcore wrestling fans and so smart to the business. Then why not call out the BS.

[@AxHakker]

​@@carloscjr23 True. WWE is always changing it up with the street profits versus the bloodline every week.

[@yourgrammarisnotverygood1827]

@@AxHakker ???? What are you even talking about dude? No one was talking about WWE.

[@Gravey_draws]

@@yourgrammarisnotverygood1827 That's the classic AEW defense 😅

[@joshpalomar]

Jim's on the fly booking of mjf and the dragon 👏👏👏

[@Gravey_draws]

It's very telling when someone who is experienced and knows what they're talking about can come up with something way better than what's on tv. Jim does this constantly and effortlessly.

[@JohnDoe-ym5ly]

I want to clarify a bit about Blackpool wrestling back in the days of Regal and Big Daddy. Blackpool was a health resort originally then became more of what the UK calls a "pleasure beach", or somewhat like amusement parks in the states but on the shore. Nowadays its famous for the roller coasters. It's drawn from Manchester for over a century. Manchester is a rough city by English standards but especially in the 70s and 80s. There was shoot style wrestling under tents still, and after the docks and industry in Manchester closed down, it was quite a rough place for a couple decades. That spilled over into Blackpool. They drew from all over the depressed and deindustrialized areas of North England, particularly Liverpool and Manchester. There was definitely an undercurrent that was quite hard. As for televised wrestling there, Big Daddy was champion for what, decades? If you proved yourself in the Blackpool/fairground circuit you got to move up to job to Big Daddy and be on TV, which is exactly what Regal did. The circus style wrestling that died out in the USA was still pretty prevalent in the UK and Germany. And I mean if you wanna see what that produced look at Fit Finlay, Dynamite Kid, and Regal. Davey Boy. Gentleman Chris Adams. C'mon Jim don't knock British wrestling. Gentleman Chris Adams trained Stone Cold and Scott Hall and brought the superkick to the States. He came up amateur wrestling and jobbed to Big Daddy. All phenomenal, real shoot style talents.

[@hughmorris2078]

I agree with Brian that the jump in ratings last week was Tony's dud of an announcement. The booking gets worse and worse and Tony's running out of gimmicks to slap at the wall to get numbers up. MjF feels less important as champion then when he was on the rise to the top.

[@firepenguin38]

Yup betcha it ends under 900k tonight

[@anonymousbo0318]

Can't wait for you pro wrestling fans goofs to realize Kahn "special announcements" are all bs and worthless. So he can't play that tactic anymore and make you guys look dumber than you already do by falling for it each and every time.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

At this rate, he will hire Russo haha.

[@thecapn3560]

Tony can’t book champions to save his life. He books low budget mall wrestling

[@TD1021-]

I can't think of any champion that the people were satisfied with besides Jericho when aew started and I guess moxley. It's like when he pulls the trigger n makes someone champ he has no clue what to do with them after. Mjf sucks as champ unfortunately

[@derekknott3596]

I'm not saying he could be the biggest star in wrestling, but if they would just let Big Bill be a heel on his own, he would be so much better. His feuds with Enzo and Danielson showed that. As long as he's just Big Bill, some big guy in just another stable, he's just a CVS version of Test.

[@sonicplys64]

I thought Tony's big announcement was a match with Ariel Helwani. That would actually get me to watch AEW for the first time ever.

[@captain-brickhead8317]

Can’t wait to see Jim react to pockets being featured in 2 matches on dynamite and winning them both this week 😂

[@insupportofjunhado]

I have no idea why the Observer crowd hate on the NWA so badly when pretty much everything wrong with it, everything I think and apparently by their votes, the majority of them think, is not only present but magnified within AEW. Say what you want about Tyrus, but AEW has double duty Pockets after solo Uno in a main event and is still using Luther in 2023, even if it is on Dark/Dark Elevation. NWA has way too many title belts for a company not using a territory/partner/member model, AEW is worse. NWA has an extraneous women's division, but the historic two are distinct. AEW's worse all three of it's are interchangeable beyond name and defending champion. NWA is having trouble getting over some prospects like Mims, but these are writing themselves at this point aren't they?

[@mjl221]

Me on 2/22/23: "This is quite possibly the worst Dynamite in AEW history." Me on 3/1/23: "Am I in the movie Groundhog Day?!"

[@lilphilosophy481]

Whole night the crowd was into it, except when TK made the wack announcement

[@kurtwetzel154]

The Dynamite in the middle of Jan 1-18-2023 was very boring. Nothing of note happened.

[@King0fBruhs]

That Bummer Moxley is hilarious, Travis! 😄

[@huh8662]

I'd be interested to see if Tony's previous announcements also caused a ratings spike & how much of a crater the following week's episode fell into.

[@bash8387]

This week they did 833k in the ratings

[@Pogo113]

Wait until Jim gets a peek at tonight's episode for his fill of Pockets

[@MultiBlack17]

Boy oh boy 🤣🤣. He prolly gone skip right past it when he sees Pockets walk out at the beginning. The finish to that and the battle royal was so damn stupid.

[@mjl221]

Jim's gonna' wear out the Fast Forward button on his DVR watching last night's Dynamite. It'll either be the longest review (b/c his head will most likely explode and the justifiable rant could go on for ages) or he could just say "F it, I'm done!" Regardless, can't wait for the next JC Experience! Edit: Since initially writing this comment, I've now seen the Twitter threads about the refs holding the ladder, Bryce's response and JC's response / point. I now predict this will be the longest / rantiest (justifiably so) review of AEW Dynamite. Still can't wait for the JCE!

[@Pogo113]

​@@mjl221 Oh shit, I saw like 3 times they held the ladder. I just laughed. I was nervous, though, Hobbs may fall after he won.

[@mjl221]

@@Pogo113 I thought Action Andreti decapitated Sammy G... or broke his neck at the very least. Seemed like he was ok but who knows what's to come in the hours, days, weeks, months or years ahead. I swear before I die that I'm gonna witness someone kill themself in the ring. I pray that doesn't happen though

[@Pogo113]

​@Mike L. Oh no, I have a feeling we will see that unfortunately

[@johnathondupuis1301]

Another not so stellar card this week too. Been a bad 2 weeks going into a ppv. Almost hard to believe aew had sooooo much momentum after the Cole/Danielson & Punk debuts.

[@Gravey_draws]

Agree, I was actually excited for AEW when those debuts happened, they were actual "game changer" signings unlike the many "game changer" signings declared by their fans. AEW royally botched it.

[@Gravey_draws]

Danielson has felt to me like he's checked out. He's just on for the ride. He looked invested up until he was put into the BCC. To think this guy was red hot for a while in WWE....it's just sad

[@dustdevil9614]

Boycotted first 2 yrs ..watched 3rd yr...now left the program. The show goes nowhere

[@yourgrammarisnotverygood1827]

25:30ish YES I've been saying since he first showed up as Big Bill, why is he not Big Bill Morrisey it'd be the best name he ever had!

[@spikepelayo421]

Recreational Marijuana is legal in Phoenix

[@firepenguin38]

The MJF promos are getting stale. I'm sorry. They are just him baiting sympathy heat. Always. And it's a different origin story weekly. I mean he does good promos with the verbage but the same promo completely worded different like ppl do not notice these things

[@romulus62moondust]

Jim has the utmost compassion and concern pizzeria uno getting black eyes running,...😂❤ classic

[@Briansgate]

Sigh. I had such high hopes for AEW when it formed...

[@anonymousbo0318]

Cause you're dumb

[@ronald-xs7sp]

We all did!

[@decepticonxhunter4850]

@@ronald-xs7sp I'm not one of these "all" you speak of. I knew it was going to be a dumpster fire when its creators were promoting it as the company that was going to do the opposite of everything WWE was doing. Ppl only had high hopes for AEW because of their irrational hatred for WWE and Vince.

[@ronald-xs7sp]

@@decepticonxhunter4850 Okay.

[@duckmercy11]

@@decepticonxhunter4850 The hate isn't irrational, WWE is/was mind-boggling trash. But I agree AEW was a shit show waiting to happen. I wrote an article about it on sportskeeda.

[@TheGrowlerCatB2BGame]

One of the main problems I have seen in this promotion is that it is just going in fast forward. And no, I don't mean Jim's remote. Every angle, every match, every promo is in fast forward. Just like Tony's mind. If he laid off the stuff maybe it would be a bit more coherent. Lay off the shit, Tony!

[@blackcountrysmoggie]

Awww, here it goes...

[@Sky_Blaze]

Could've heard this on spotify 2 days ago. KZbin is always behind.

[@Mr.Majestic77]

While people are still waiting for AEW mangement to become a quality Pro Wrestling promotion and it does still have potential, mangement for Impact Wrestling has been delivering consistent quality in-ring action.

[@STEPHENisSTEPHEN]

Impact actually catches my eye every now and then (Bully Ray returning, Mickie James Farewell Tour, Mike Bailey) they need a new presentation that doesn’t make them look minor league

[@duckmercy11]

Lol@bum ass Impact.

[@duckmercy11]

@@STEPHENisSTEPHEN Bully Ray??? In 2023??? Lmao. Mickie James is so slow and sloppy now, her "last rodeo" should have been 5 years ago.

[@Mr.Majestic77]

@@duckmercy11 you have to honestly compare Impact Wrestling (2022-2023) to All Elite Wrestling (2022-2023) and ask yourself which promotion has given better in-ring action, better booking and better story lines that pay off.

[@duckmercy11]

@@Mr.Majestic77 Both are mediocre to me (I'm into NJPW/Stardom) but AEWs roster, production and crowd reactions are LIGHTYEARS ahead. Impact looks like it's filmed in the void of space. 🚀

[@deyampert3738]

I feel really bad for Claudio! 😭

[@Teddy42O]

Hangman should turn heel, he's been a bully towards his friends Dark Order especially Evil Uno.

[@christianlove6772]

The damage is done now mox already did the turn even if they pull a double turn nobody gonna feel bad for mox

[@SoMrStewart]

Being from the UK I can tell you Blackpool is also known for being a $#ithole

[@maskedninja876]

I will never not giggle a bit whenever someone says BBC!🤣

[@Nestle245]

The Butcher and The Baker 😂😂

[@ScottsCollection]

Hyping a major announcement for just announcing a reality show was pretty lame. They should have just announced it cold on the show without any kind of tease to it.

[@worldgonecrazyo1880]

AEW is embarrassing to watch cringe to the max

[@PlayzieBum]

I’m deaaaaaad at bum moxley hahaha

[@rickyvenegas9286]

Jericho is a heel yet all those people in the arena sing his song ???? WTF is going on in this lame promotion??? Bucks suck Moxley sucks Orange is horrible it’s just sad

[@mrfcardart]

MJF is clearly creating a massive log of reels he can use for his acting career after wrestling.

[@Gravey_draws]

Didn't think of it that, but it makes so much sense

[@taylork7530]

Waiting for Jim to talk about the Sonya situation because I got questions about how that valet got off scot free.

[@randemness2680]

Got off scot free from what? She used a valet service. That valet service couldnt figure out whos car it was, they checked the glove box to see the registration. She had a gun in her glove box. There was no law broken. They arent the police or government, they dont need a warrant. Especially since she gave them the keys in the first place

[@taylork7530]

@@randemness2680 Reaching into the glove compartment is proper protocol? A valet drives, parks, then brings the car back for the owner to pick up. The only need to access a glove compartment is for the hopes of finding a WALLET, and not for any ID which would’ve already been on with Sonya. Also, what would be the need ID for within the car to sift through and search for it? Sonya can identify her own car when it’s brought back to where she dropped it off.

[@randemness2680]

​​@@taylork7530 except again you skip the whole they couldnt figute out whos car it is. Bad publicity for the valet service, the employee should be fired for forgetting whos car it was. There was zero laws broken, except her having the gun without a permit. Cant cherry pick the facts you want to follow. And you clearly show you have no idea how valet services work

[@wilcee238]

I’ve stated this before and I’ll state it again. I’d rather watch John Carpenter’s “The Thing” immediately after Thanksgiving Dinner with my family, than an episode of Dynamite or Rampage. P.S. The Thing is a great movie, alone and on an empty stomach

[@russellcampbell3500]

Totally awesome movie. One of my all-time favs.

[@semyaza555]

So, do you think Childs was The Thing?

[@wilcee238]

@user-rt1nb9jm1z I believe that Childs was The Thing. He had his bald head completely exposed with no complaints AND you didn’t see his breath in the cold.

[@semyaza555]

@@wilcee238 That’s what I always thought. Great film.

[@DWilson66]

Bro are you 12?

[@deyampert3738]

I remember seeing some AEW morons questioning if the plan was still on for Kris Statlander to beat Jade! 🤣 That literally like booking Rick Boogs to beat Guenther! Wtf???

[@larrybarnes6347]

Some of their podcasts are choppy and some aren't...is it just my phone or does anyone else notice?

[@deyampert3738]

Its sad that these AEW fools thought Punk was returning! 🤣

[@parisbeech2180]

I know right

[@SigfriedTrent]

I like both serious and silly wrestling. I find both entertaining and for me, the one does not detract from the other.

[@jordanspooner681]

What the hell was that battle Royal last night, the timing was all over the place and what’s the point of calling it a casino battle Royal when they didn’t do the different cards😂

[@deathmetalmadness4642]

I like the Acclaimed personality wise but haven't enjoyed any of their matches so far, they don't look ready in ring to me but I enjoy them on the mic

[@ronalddesell2541]

The bank addicted drug robber LOL

[@BJORNArtist]

"he's (Avalon) had multiple gimmicks" Dickless Ron Jeremy over all those, that's actual gold.

[@richardcoreno]

New item on AEW merch tables -- Official MOX Blades......don't wear a crimson mask without one.

[@jonnya4209]

Luckily the snooker over-ran, knocked the show back twice and I subsequently missed the start. Speaking of thin wooden things and pockets.

[@deyampert3738]

AEW fans are former DEC students from high school.

[@parisbeech2180]

😂😂😂

[@insupportofjunhado]

I wouldn't have even recognized that Stu Grayson was gone, let alone that he was still wrestling outside of AEW if not for Jim Cornette. Sometimes his attempts to be overly dismissive backfire.

[@luisboidiesel2417]

AEW needs MDickie :)

[@deyampert3738]

These clowns would get over quicker as the BBC Club! 🤣

[@bigglilwayne7050]

Someone really needs to tell Corny to change the 8 to 18 in his 8 to 80 bit before it comes back to bite him in future content

[@lilphilosophy481]

WWE does the same stuff with the crowd to try to make them laugh they suck at it tho, AEW actually gets a reaction, WWE these crowds are watching, I'll test out the crowd dynamics when I go to RAW, AEW crowd was on fire most likely since this was the cities first AEW event, when Rampage came on many left tho

[@DKC_Returns]

C’mon guys. Moxley flips middle fingers and acts unprofessionally and bleeds everywhere, and then you ask why people like him? Sometimes Jim and Brian get caught in their own wrestling bubble over things. Imagine being a casual and finding Mox on your screen.

[@The80sWolf_]

Big Big should have been named Big Will, so they could call him "Big Willy"

[@AnthonyAnalog]

Who's ready for mediocre announcements with Adam Cole, Bay Bay?

[@time4sumaksion203]

Jim should be pockets manager

[@layersofjade5197]

The AEW crowds kill me. Brian is right. They just eat everything up. They pop for the stupidest shit.

[@jmike2039]

Oh yeah we should just go back to the days of rest holds and when trashman gimmicks were keeping the integrity of the business! I miss the days when tennis rackets were not silly objects!

[@layersofjade5197]

@@jmike2039 the trashman didn't wrestle with his hands in his pockets

[@deyampert3738]

AEW is in a downward spiral! They need to just put both womens belts on Jade, put Wardlow back with MJF and put the tag belts on Lethal and Jarrett! This way you got a foundation.

[@parisbeech2180]

😂😂😂 never going to happen

[@frankiebflat5728]

Always thumbs up from me here 🤣

[@lilphilosophy481]

As long as they acknowledge that the crowd was good then I know I did my job by yelling all night

[@matthewl3002]

I can’t under Super Humman, who at least somehow has charisma unlike Yuta

[@xpacme]

Jon the Plumber

[@shuriKen469]

good luck listening to the full episodes of the experience and drive thru from a couple weeks ago mates.

[@darksideon]

40:24 Um...

[@ryangrace8576]

So we might be getting CMFTR soon?

[@deyampert3738]

Starks needs to be in NXT! Otherwise he has no future!

[@benespinosa6725]

AEW Dynamite has gotten so fucking boring in my opinion i honestly hope that CM Punk Returns when he gets healthy the show needs stars the elite and orange Cassidy ain't it.

[@wilcee238]

Don’t worry, the 3 hot talents (Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia and Jungle Boy) AEW has are sure to turn things around.

[@carloscjr23]

​@@wilcee238 😂

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

@@carloscjr23 Trash.

[@benespinosa6725]

@@italianmiltyfriedman6264 You're absolutely right

[@benespinosa6725]

@@carloscjr23 I know right lol

[@IslandGoMTG]

I'm with Jim on a lot of things, but I think he's missing what other ppl get about Pockets. Let me explain. First, to me, wrestling hits on characters who can represent a subculture that otherwise had no champion in the ranks of the squared circle. I agree with Jim with a lot he says about Pockets, but I do think he misses how much this subculture is really into him. He's very millennial. Through and through. And that's a type of fan moving forward that will want to see something of or like that type of ironic or whatever it is thing. I don't fully get it myself, but I'm aware enough to see that his shtick does hit with a cult following of sorts.

[@guardianofchaosBD]

Hey, I found a nut 🌰

[@brandonalloway7128]

We may as well quit wondering AEW is not interested in getting the lapsed fans from the attitude era

[@duckmercy11]

They should be trying to create new fans (gen z), not bring back 40 year olds.

[@brandonalloway7128]

@@duckmercy11 from the sounds of it they aren't doing that either lol

[@backtoyou5235]

I know they watch it for work but I would quit my podcast before watching aew

[@lexruthless8263]

Indo China is not a thing anymore, Jim.

[@aonairmactire8943]

Adam Page using Logan Paul's' finish cracked me up.

[@richardwolcott5567]

I want to uoor your hand I hope you will understand.

[@deyampert3738]

Its sad that they had to swerve 200k people on sone bs! This week was back to 800k! 🤣

[@The80sWolf_]

Many good shows now to hype revolution

[@tshilidzinemukongwe5098]

I think Jon moxley mybe the biological son of abbular the butcher

[@The80sWolf_]

Lmao Cornette after 3 years still dont understand OC. Retire Cornette

[@parisbeech2180]

Keep hating buddy 😂😂😂

[@jjbjjb273]

Jim cornette can't go a day without mentioning aew

[@MrSircharles05]

You clicked on a video titled Jim Cornette reviews AEW Dynamite, and you're mad Jim Cornette is reviewing AEW Dynamite?

[@martyscurllisinnocent4324]

Bruh he reviews pretty much all the weekly shows tf you talking bout?

[@jjbjjb273]

@@MrSircharles05 I'm getting tired of him huffing and puffing about aew why can't he talk about smw mid south wrestling tna or the fucking 80s

[@jjbjjb273]

@@martyscurllisinnocent4324 Jim needs to have his ass beat he getting to rude

[@martyscurllisinnocent4324]

@@jjbjjb273 oooh we got a tough guy here. Keep going keyboard warrior

[@coffee8814]

how does anyone watch it with the camera angles? they need to go back to the wide angle and corner ring shots without all the movement

[@lildevil7786]

In 5 years wwe will own aew and will be releasing the rise and fall of all friends wrestling dvd i guarantee it

[@jmike2039]

Cornettes delusional if he thinks old-school wrestling holds isn't boring as fuck. Most wrestling in his"golden era" literally put me to sleep. And the people then were considered killing the business, for example many thought Harley race was killing the business. All generations before hate the way it's done subsequent. I don't get this gatekeeping and wanting to live in the past forever rather than developing with the times.

[@johnknight7481]

“Developing with the times” 830k viewers. No one is watching your trash indie wrestling so stop with the superiority.

[@jmike2039]

@@johnknight7481 who said I watch aew?

[@duckmercy11]

Preach!!!

[@jmike2039]

Jim the attitude era wrestling wasnt good. It was all about the make soap opera. Now people actually care about the matches. Sorry we don't want to watch two dudes apply fake holds that don't look convincing and tell a boring ass story. There would be no WWE or aew or wrestling if it went back to the boring days