Jim Cornette Reviews AEW Dynamite (October 18, 2023)

From Episode 313 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@lexruthless8263]

I laugh when I hear Cornette say let’s briefly review Dynamite, etc, then see the video is 90 minutes long. Pure bliss.

[@asurlybarber3620]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Tony is even worse at running a wrestling company than Dixie Carter. At least Dixie knew better than to try booking the dang show herself.

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

Yeah, I think that's been established. I'll give AEW one thing though, they've sold more tickets in 4 years than TNA has in 20.

[@danieljohnston2379]

​@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasomathats worth nothing vs a promotion that's had the greatest ever perform there and countless awesome moments. And a lot of crap, but more digestible than the aew crap.

[@pansas83]

I can't stand aew but sadly I must disagree no tony is not as bad as Dixie as matter of fact he is 100x better but as jim says "it's like being nicest guy in prison

[@natebaxter9551]

​@@Cruising_On_Lake_HavasomaTNA couldn't afford to throw away the amount of money Tony can on arena rentals.

[@realkb21]

🎯

[@realbobbyfilet]

“Thanks guys” - Booker of the Year

[@joshuaDstarks]

*x3 Booker of the Year

[@bcal8118]

AEW got its lowest ratings of the year last night and actually lost to NXT again, No LA Knight no Cena no Taker no Cody no Asuka, so wats the excuse this time

[@CarterHayes77]

Is that true? Hahaha Tiny will have some excuse I bet

[@MrWrestling2]

The Money and Women was Flair's entire "gimmick", how does everyone miss copying the most basic heat generator?!?!

[@bled83]

Because someone, somewhere, will be offended.

[@dominicbuffa2457]

"There was no sperm involved, Brian" is the quote of the day 😂

[@shadowwinland6116]

😂 the part where Cornette says "and now kicking his opponent down to the ring" instantly reminded me of Bob Uecker in the movies Major League with his smart ass commentary LMFAO 😂

[@Sky_Blaze]

Kenny Omega just cut a promo on MJF saying and I quote "gosh golly gee" ..why is this mf even a wrestler..?? AEW is a joke and how many beat down and afterbirths you need to do??just 100 mph no build up. I haven't watch a full aew episode in a long time and tonight confirmed why I don't.

[@MultiBlack17]

Gosh golly gee that first 30-40 mins was both fast & slow with all that shit, plus MJF should've lost. Then Kenny really tried his best to sound threatening and it still sucked. But at least he said bitch

[@kd17Burger]

He's Canadian

[@Sky_Blaze]

@@kd17Burger so there's been alot of Canadian wrestlers and they somt sound as lame as this pos that I wish that would just go away.

[@Nostalgia9478]

Tiny Tony Abrams scheduled to give Sting a big gift of CRINGE tonight Yea, that'll put butts to sleep lol

[@Will_kid_cortez]

Gotta be a nitro like deal 😂

[@Nostalgia9478]

@@Will_kid_cortezhaha

[@TD1021-]

Tiny Con makes Herb Abrams look sober. Idk what type of super Mexican meth Tiny is on but he's fried

[@brendanwilliams106]

How many friends angles do they have? Enough with the i wanna be friends ,do you wanna be my friend. Why don't you wanna be my friend angles. Just goes to show tony khan never had any friends. Why he's constantly hugging guys and never letting go😂😂.

[@jacobsnipes6244]

Like ive said before, who ever is nice to Tony that week gets to be on tv

[@BishopM1]

38:49 As a black kid in the hood in 1998 I can confirm Chris Jericho was none of our heroes. Tupac, Michael Jordan, even Muhammad Ali and Malcom X. But CHRIS JERICHO? Not even kids from Canada.

[@cameron3578]

Nah, Jericho was over with us Canadians tbh

[@BishopM1]

@@cameron3578 over and hero aren’t the same thing. He was over here too.

[@kd17Burger]

Human artichoke !! 😂😂😂

[@dx91mike]

If Tony gets booker of the year again, im calling voter fraud.

[@ralphso5567]

It's always gonna be a fraud. It's voted by anti WWE pro AEW neckbeards by an Anti WWE pro AEW newsletter which they have to pay 11.99 to get in

[@CrabSlapHammer]

They actually put pizza boxes over the windows so we can't see the fraud

[@Noobie2k7]

I mean seems lately even Meltzer has started criticising the show.

[@CrabSlapHammer]

@@Noobie2k7 he hasn't been paid this quarter

[@MultiBlack17]

Even Dave called fraud last year lol

[@niteporter]

Ric flair showing up on aew. Can't wait for that video and the explanation of what the gift is

[@Will_kid_cortez]

I didn't even realize that was real! 😂 man they really didn't learn from TNA at all

[@LDavis-uz6xl]

How do you botch a Ric Flair debut? Just ask Tony Khan.

[@robertnapier624]

He showed up? Is he teasing his next last match?

[@KOHoxton]

​@@robertnapier624fucking please no, this guy should've stopped after shawn lmao, completely ruining his legacy.

[@robertnapier624]

@@KOHoxton I think ric wants to die in the ring.

[@carolynbuckley8733]

Hey Tony. Your amazing at booking. Can I main event a ppv?

[@sbz88]

When I saw that ridiculous peanut butter and jelly sandwich segment, I couldn't wait to hear Jim's reaction to it 😂😂. I miss the old Adam Cole from NXT. Back when he was serious.

[@Laflair420]

Adam Cole was lame Bay Bay

[@Sky_Blaze]

​@@Laflair420always had been with that same lame catchphrase he been using for 10 years

[@malikevans2615]

​@Sky_Blaze theres like 85 percent of wrestlers with a catchphrase though. So?

[@Sky_Blaze]

@@malikevans2615 they have multiple atleast tho..not the same ONE Phrase and gimmick for fucking 10 years. He sucks.

[@Laflair420]

@@malikevans2615 catchphrases yes but that's all he has going for him !!! Hes a little whiney fella who can bearly work who's always hurt and doesn't put butts in the seats !!!!

[@lalomontoyajr.9282]

A really big thing that hurts AEW is the body of the wrestlers. It makes the show look cheap. I tried watching it on KZbin last night and the flabby skinny fat bodies of the wrestlers totally downgraded the show. No matter how good of a production, expensive arenas or great presentation, the outta shape wrestlers makes it look like your watching backyard wrestling. Nothing special about it.

[@benespinosa6725]

AEW Dynamite is so hard to watch some weeks that's why i mostly DVR it and watch it the next day because there's nothing outside of the Adam Copeland and Christian Cage storyline and whatever is happening with MJF that keeps me invested to watch the 2-hours of Dynamite every Wednesdays Jim's review are more entertaining.

[@Laflair420]

Why put your DVR though that lol it's not worth the time to watch

[@insupportofjunhado]

Gang Bang Gang sounds like an Urban Wrestling Federation stable. Jim would have hated The Urban Wrestling Federation, but he'd have liked that they committed to the murder of Rasche Brown.

[@wilcee238]

AEW is so bad, that my brother was joking with me about how 2 of my favorites (Jericho and Jeff Jarrett) are probably wrestling in a nursing home, and I was too ashamed to say that they were in AEW. He had no idea.

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

It's like watching Nitro in 1999. Except in 1999 those guys could still go.

[@carolynbuckley8733]

​@@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasomaremember in 99 when they were on the mid-card complaining about old guys holding the main event spots up? Lol

[@kchapo_4202]

Jeff Jarrett is one of your favorites?

[@wilcee238]

@kchapo_4202 Absolutely. 1) Rock 2) Booker T 3) Jeff Jarrett 4) Christian 5) Jericho Judge me if you want to

[@LDavis-uz6xl]

​@@wilcee2381 of these belong. The others are interesting for an all time favorite list.....🤔

[@FuckBalls64]

Been watching AEW since the beginning, recently went ahead and got Impact for 7.99 a month. It's Tony's bullshit behavior, the bad bookings, way too many of these jobber matches. In the meantime, Frankie Kazarian recently did the best match ever on Impact.

[@brianmilici3473]

So you feel it's a better product so far?

[@sonicplys64]

Impact is a billion times better than AEW

[@thatguy8044]

There was a time I really liked AEW, but what the hell did it turn into? One minute, Blackpool Combat Club are heels, then they are babyfaces, then back to heel? I thought Kenny was battling Don Callis and all of a sudden he forgot about them and is aiming towards MJF? MJF is feuding with Strong, Bullet Club and Joe? Kenny vs MJF with a shitty build and on free tv? Yeah, I’m done. Thank WWE has improved again with HHH managing creative.

[@EmberMcLain87]

ii'll give tony credit. this show was the straw that broke the camels back. just going to d v r dynamite from no on. already saw the entire card for tonight's show 10-25-23, and my dvr will make this show done in less than 30 mins.

[@Laflair420]

Isn't worth the time to watch

[@williamseneyjr.6277]

Actually, last night's Dynamite is the best one they have had in a while. When I saw the card, I wasn't expecting anything but it turned out to be a really good show.

[@Laflair420]

@@williamseneyjr.6277 who gives 2 royal shits ??? Waste of time with that shit show!!!

[@Laflair420]

@@williamseneyjr.6277 No need to push that hott garbage promotion it has been and always will be unwatchable!!!!!!!

[@EmberMcLain87]

@@williamseneyjr.6277 it was alright. Flair was the highlight

[@gemini6055]

I love when he says, Renee Moxley Good.

[@notgonnapay]

Wasn’t the Phallus Family created to feature Takeshita and turn him into a top contender? You know...beat Omega convincingly and go on to compete against championships with Callis as his shrewd, calculated manager? Maybe Omega gets even in the future after Tak’s been established as a top guy? Perhaps in a parallel universe, because in this one, he’s become probably the least popular guy in a group that’s starting to feel like AEW’s Dungeon of Doom. Omegamania’s ready to ‘set the bar’ in AEW, and gee, golly, gosh is it gonna run wild on the Callis Family, brother!

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Should I run out and attack Roman reigns because I met him when I was a kid and he was sitting in.front of me that's how I felt about powerhouse Hobbs story

[@MikeCooter]

Someone said Jungle Bitch is going to be the one in the mask.

[@bled83]

I doubt it. The guy in the mask looked like a fully grown adult.

[@Speedquest2]

Dare I say those raycon ear buds have the best fit out of any earbuds out there!

[@insupportofjunhado]

AEW declaring their matches only start when both men in the ring wouldn't be so bad if more of the people wrestling for AEW actually used the ring. You'd think they were doing a cage match every week, the amount of time they spend outside.

[@edwardmarkins2710]

Tony should hire Jimmy C. to run his company. Mr. Cornette is the smartest hard working mind in the wrestling business!

[@Noobie2k7]

30:30 for Jim doing some Steiner math.

[@TD1021-]

Lmaooooooo

[@northleedspoppa]

Kenny Omegas look of horror when the girl in white dress showed him her awful portrait of him was my personal highlight 😂

[@Jay_Baumans_Stuntdouble]

She was cute though, and the Asian chick sat next to her.

[@northleedspoppa]

@@Jay_Baumans_Stuntdouble he's was facing her and jumped backwards onto apron in horror 🤣🤣

[@DRTEETH08]

“I said do do.” 😂😂😂

[@kdot8340]

I haven't watched wrestling since attitude era..but i love Cornette's takes on wrestling lol i still know enough to be familiar with what he's talking about but as far as being emotionally invested in wrestling like i was in high school, just not there.

[@insupportofjunhado]

The call back to ROH reminds me that in ROH Adam Cole was supposed to be a play boy. Fine, AEW Adam Cole is loyal to his girlfriend, but he certainly wasn't blabbing about peanut butter sandwiches in ROH. ROH always avoided that bit about wrestlers mysteriously not knowing what was filmed and showed to the audience. Tony Khan should not be booking ROH!

[@MrReganomics1]

So they are going the Gold Dust route . Problem is Goldy was the villain, and you can't portray homosexual affection as negative in the current climate. Also, Dustin is right there ask him for pointers on how to get this over without doing everything all at once.

[@natebaxter9551]

His tag partner is an actual homosexual. You'd think he'd have some tips.

[@coreyhall1150]

Sure u can.... U can ABSOLUTELY do that this day n age. But u better be willing to take the backlash after. We NEED ppl with enough balls to do the offensive shit these days DEAPERATELY. this PC BULLSHIT HAS TO DIE.

[@MrReganomics1]

@@natebaxter9551 all Bowens could truly do is offer his experience as a gay man. Which while valuable, his orientation has never been part of his gimmick. Only people who have used it in a wrestling context can truly give valuable tips on getting it over in a wrestling context. And aside from Adrian Adonis, Goldust is probably the most well known queer character in wrestling.

[@bled83]

But that would mean them having to ask for advice, something that most of the roster claim they don't need.

[@helenb6936]

Nice Emi Shida review! At least it is was acknowledged unlike the Shida Saraya title match.

[@twentytolife4401]

In reference to what Jim says that Tazz said. I've seen on WWE that a match doesn't start until both competitors are in the ring, and the bell rings.

[@realrobrose]

I think Jim took it as the bell ringing on its own without the ref calling for it, which it did technically as the ref did the "call for the bell" thing as they were already ringing it, but he probably didn't see him even doing the

[@uncleedsautographsandstuff8813]

Jerry Mathers was 9 years old when he 1st appeared in LITB

[@daskills2pk157]

Ok Jim shouting out Poighkeepise

[@robmckinnon6146]

Jay White is a charisma vacuum

[@coreyok1986]

When has a match ever started without both participants in the ring then the bell rings?

[@sativaburns6705]

Theres a lot of Adams in Aew and wrestling. As an Adam, I dont blame you though.

[@Dbanks700]

How every match had a jump start and how does they lose viewers every segment 😂😂😂that’s how you know the company and its product sucks!!!! Within 2 hours they lost over 300,000 viewers 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Laflair420]

Love when he clowns on AEW ratings and calls out the dumpster fire that is AEW !!!!

[@jordanmoscovitch]

I'm pretty sure Shiavone is trying to be Larry Zbyszko.

[@deyampert3738]

Sting vs Nick Gage!!!! 👹

[@steviemacc2745]

"After this television program I not only deleted the episode, I unplugged the DVR. Just to make sure it didn't come back, like fungus on the shower curtain. " 💀💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣THIS MAN IS GOLD. WE MUST PROTECT HIM AT ALL COSTS 🤣🤣

[@TIMMSKIMM1984]

Last week tony was serving Taco Bell and this week it’s PB&J and both are equally the shits.

[@proVShow]

I was 12 in 1996. I went to raw twice. 1996 and 1997 in Chicago. I went to WCW Monday Nitro at mgm grand in 1999 in las vegas obviously. Its 2023 im 39 now & went to AEW double or nothing in 2023 at t mobile arena and AEW dynamite, ROH (whatever the ROH weekly show is called), at mgm grand. I can safely say i love wrestling but nothing was like the attitude era. Sorry millenials you missed out!!!!!!

[@bled83]

Did you see Granny Hobbs in the audience?

[@Noobie2k7]

The Lance Archer things was a lot better wgen hed brong out like 10 water bottles and hed just spray thr crowd and pur water on everyone. Cant be doing that though since 2019 so he had to find a new entrance gimmick.

[@bled83]

God forbid the announcers actually explain what the fuck is going on from time to time.

[@Rodshark75]

Why make your babyfaces weird creeps with unhealthy obsessions and toxic online personalities?? Gee, can't imagine why AEW would make characters that exemplified those particular traits lol

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

Lmao! I called into nationwide lol

[@brucedrucker178]

Thanks for defending #rap Brian!

[@Stinkyfinger2468]

To be fair I have seen WWE do the match doesn't start until both people are in the ring . Think it happened with Brock and Goldberg

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

There they go again! You were my friend, now your not my friend.....let's fight. middle school bullshit storytelling!

[@deyampert3738]

Everything is about friends and lovers! Tony Khan is the shits!

[@CarterHayes77]

Jim for AEW HOF !

[@RicoSuavae]

Tony better stay out of ROW TERRITORY 😡 😡 😡 YES WE GOING BACK TO THOSE DAYS, u know the good ol days when wrestlers went to territories and got beat up for trying to draw bigger crowds and taking money out the pockets of all the wrestlers in that place, Thank God I'm just a fan if I worked for ROW and they showed up in Houston took r biggest arena made all that money and etc hell nah..

[@jamesgroover4643]

I was looking forward to seeing Jay White as I'd heard a bit about him. No soup for you 👎👎👎

[@plamenmilanov3009]

26:40 Omega could get the treatment that Kaientai got in WWF back in the day, with all the ... i would've called it lip synching but it wasn't even synched, on purpose. EVIL. INDEED.

[@appkeytechology]

The 2 men in the ring thing has always been true when a fight starts outside the ring. It's not a rule but all wrestling shows will use thar excuse when it fits the narrative. I've heard commentators say it countless times for years. Doesn't make it make sense but they do it. Other than that, yeah Jim was basically dead right anout the show.

[@keaganwatson8702]

That sounds so stupid he got upset because he didn't trim the crust and then says that he must get the surgery because I'm fed up with you how juvenile is this stuff

[@mspacely6521]

Such an aew move to have their world champion/roh tag champion defend a useless ring for free on tv.

[@cameron3578]

It's a classic angle meant to move a story along, classic territories used to do the prize battle royal on a semi regular basis.

[@mspacely6521]

@@cameron3578 did classic territories have people who own multiple titles compete?

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

Travis draws tony as if he's a cracked out character on bevis and butthead lmao! Atta boy Travis!

[@pccleric]

Chris Jericho gave Goldberg his first defeat in WCW so there is that.

[@user-he8qx5nv7y]

That was Kevin Nash

[@pccleric]

@@user-he8qx5nv7y nope it was Chris Jericho

[@user-he8qx5nv7y]

@@pccleric Starrcade 98 vs Kevin Nash. Look it up.

[@mjdf122]

Jim dissects AEW

[@Caesarishome84]

Stings not a good promo?

[@constablekennedy7705]

AEW is 🗑

[@ralphso5567]

It's because the owner is 💩💩💩

[@JWhitten1911]

True

[@asurlybarber3620]

Tony Khan, Booker Of The Year according to the readers of the Wrestling Observer.

[@brianmilici3473]

​@@haroldhall1517Better?

[@constablekennedy7705]

@@asurlybarber3620 I know right?

[@DarkBlueBaker]

I'm not going to blast Jay much because least it was only Felix's mask and not something important like me! My damned grandpa was in the F'ing US Navy and one day put a new rope on my swing. I go to use it and horrifically almost ended up in the neighbor's yard because my stupid grandpa didn't tie a knot properly! My grandpa should be ashamed, not Jay White.

[@thetoxicwaltzer]

I'M SO SICK OF DIVES........... we need Drew Gulak.

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

Why are so many guys in aew lovers?

[@tre33911]

First the Jewish audeience now the gay audience guess next blacks or Christian’s. Damn Tony is down with Humus

[@kd17Burger]

Learn to spell

[@kd17Burger]

He excels in all those categories of shittyness 😂😂😂

[@robertm.3520]

LOL@ Twinkle Toes trying to sound like a tough guy, good lord. The only thing more ridiculous than that is when his buddies the Hardly Boyz try to sound like tough guys. Just stop, no one is ever going to be afraid of you. These clowns should always be presented as cowardly heels on tv because that's what they are in real life.

[@JamesJr8350]

Brian is a Communist....how u gonna say, Hagger had fans when he was doin a "white supremacy " gimmick...wtf

[@SpaceGhost92]

The dorks over on the aew KZbin page thought Penthouse vs Jay White was a fantastic match and it was so 🔥 🔥 🔥 completely unironically PS- Someone really needs to show Jim how to extend his dvr recordings

[@EscapeArt15]

Does he really need to make his DVR suffer any further?

[@ANDREW.24]

Based

[@kitfo18]

WOW about 30 plus minutes of commercials. Total trash....

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

I'd say open up the aew Hof! Sting number 1

[@rayden120]

To be fair, JR has mentioned that rule in WWE on a number of occasions. Rather, it's official rule or not he has applied that it is to some degree.

[@DundaMifflin]

Speaking of gay, what happened to sonny?

[@robmckinnon6146]

Appeared on Bound for Glory

[@carolynbuckley8733]

Brian I don't like edge either but this is one of the best story lines aew has ever had.

[@mikeb483]

35:01 I hope not😂

[@alfredhardin5431]

If Hobbs came out and said that he was on food stamps and did what Jim was suggesting we would wanna know who was the booker that came up with this stereotype bull crap I bet in this day and age he refuses that storyline because the marks get so caught up in story lines they would run with it when in fact he mom and dad worked hard to kept A good roof over his head and if this was the old Jim the heel would have worded get away from me you lil snot nosed geek differently No way not 25 years ago prime JC funny how times has changed people 😂

[@leecross2804]

God i hate the Commercials ¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rudyrusso711]

AEW = SINKING SHIP

[@ipat202]

12:45 is such a reach dude

[@terryalan4590]

I saw Billy Corgan on Kurt angles podcast say he can’t stand people who always bash a promotion and criticize a booker and root against other companies, that those fans and people don’t care about the wrestlers . And I thought to myself man, Billy would really hate cornette and most of his fans , cause bashing aew and Tony Kahn is 90% of this podcast ….

[@jacobsnipes6244]

Theres a good criticism and bad criticism, alot of what jim and people like my says is good criticism, we want the show to be good not circus acts

[@Justin-AL]

Not really it’s about maybe 30-40 percent the other parts are wwe, answering questions, Reggie’s Corner and old school wrestling

[@semyaza555]

@@jacobsnipes6244This. I used to watch AEW because it was decent alternative to WWE but the quality has made a steep decline and shows zero signs of rebounding.

[@terryalan4590]

@@jacobsnipes6244 when you say everything on the show is bad , that’s not good criticism, and it’s not true . And the same people will say everything on wwe is great , which isn’t true.

[@Mecanotech]

They don't bash AEW. They simply narrate what happens and comentate on it. If it's shit they call it what it is. If AEW wants praise then don't be shit. Be good.

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

I don't know if anyone ever asked but, did Jim ever get an ok from Wendy's for the drive thru logo's likeness??

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

Tony Khan......a sucker! Yup.