Ups & Downs: AEW Dynamite Review (Dec 25)

[@H0lland0ates79]

Starting the show with Osprey winning and setting up the drama for the rest of the show was actually good thought out booking tbh

[@jeremyrounds6821]

I love this Ricochet push and heel turn

[@zonemanbobo]

That house line from ricochet LOL

[@GoodbyeAmerica1]

Thanks Simon, great rundown as usual, Richocet is awesome now, definitely WWE missed the boat with Him, please bring back AEW Collision ups and downs please as well, thanks.

[@Sd12sx23]

Good show. Being aired on Christmas, i expected it to be disposable, but it was actually a solid show.

[@tomseville2345]

They had to finish the C2 League stages before Saturday without airing them on the last Rampage, the night before the PPV...

[@Nick-7]

Well it is still being aired in front of a live crowd.

[@Sd12sx23]

True that they had business to take care of, but there's been an episode of collision or 2 that had C2 stuff that were pretty lackluster, So just giving them credit for doing more than going through the motions.

[@wstine79]

The Hammerstein Ball is even better than Dailey's Place.

[@matthewsstanley8293]

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[@tomseville2345]

@@matthewsstanley8293 They're not THAT specific... 🤣🤣 However, it's a BallROOM, not a Ball. And it's "Daily's Place"...

[@banninghamma]

Both have their own charms.

[@wooperman6960]

Daileys is better for aew vibes bc feels like it did before but hammerstein is objectively more of a cool place

[@Brando-Lee3725]

He should start going by Dickochet! But for real, I really like Ricochet going heel. I think it is the best thing he could have done to show some more personality. I'm on board with it.

[@robbykunkel5263]

Huh all he needed was a change of scenery and he's doing great

[@shawnwilliams5461]

I love when Simon is on editing. Sometimes things are just wonky

[@panchovilla7232]

Thank you Simon for the year of great content and for being yourself!! Happy holidays to you, your family and all of the what culture family!!! Thank you from me and my family!!!! 🖤

[@AngelusNielson]

Tazz may be incoherent and silly at times, but I'll be damned if he's not one of the most entertaining announcers out there.

[@Rocketboy1313]

Good assessment. He rambles at times but it is never a problem. But, I digress.

[@HighHeelKnight]

05:03 = "Who the flub brings toilet paper to wrestling shows?" I have a handbag in which I keep a small roll of towel paper wherever I go. You never know when a public restroom will be out of toilet paper, which is a problem that I've encountered several times throughout my life.

[@callmeriggy]

Or when the public restroom's toilet paper is like sandpaper. I bring a roll to work for that reason lmfao.

[@TheLastUchiha444]

That and it’s not like they never did it before. in ROH they did and it is Hammerstein ballroom

[@michaelskatharoudis9201]

I think AEW provided the toilet rolls, two Ricochet matches at Hammerstein ballroom , I don’t think all those ppl are bringing their own

[@PhotonBeast]

It's definitely a core fan thing. When I was going to indie shows up in Seattle, the TP would come out as a show of support for some wrestlers.

[@JoR-e2o]

Renee Paquette's outfit should've gotten an up

[@tomseville2345]

The Komander/Darby/Claudio angle was a good short-term *story* ...

[@JT_Channel91]

Simon Miller is the poet of the year

[@jonpoon3896]

Okada getting "bitch" chants was amazing

[@stephenmorton6764]

Simon give yourself a Golden Up and keep smashing it Champ 💪

[@sarahdunn5581]

Mercedes agreeing to Statlander makes senses because her after big wins over Stat and Hazuki her ego is getting the better of her - that's how I see it

[@imtheroth]

Simon doing curse filled poetry is something I didn't know I needed 😂

[@TheBullOfBallStreet]

Dickochet is the heel turn I never knew I needed

[@jonesyjones74]

Shout out to the guys taking the holiday! Not everyone can do it but hopefully peeps have a great holiday season you do you! We are all wrestling nerds having a good time!

[@nickt.7305]

Agree with Simon - Justin Roberts should give a 5 minutes remaining call, not 2 minutes.

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Happy Boxing Day, Simon!

[@Trikkypac]

I am hoping for an Ospreay vs Okada C2 final. And as I have said since it was first announced......Okada for the win(b!t*h)

[@frankhoward6645]

Hello Simon hope you enjoyed your Christmas

[@TheBudsmo421]

Happy Boxing day @Simon Miller

[@akagainesy]

Have to give Miller mad respect being the only member of the WhatCulter team that DOESN'T take a day off 🤙

[@tomseville2345]

Taz on commentary said that Will wouldn't be familiar with Brody's dog barks, because he's English. Welcome back, Taz...

[@K4E4D]

They need to run more shows like that

[@H0lland0ates79]

Hi Simon! Merry Christmas my guy!

[@positivevibetec]

I was surprised to hear Taz also but then I thought about it who else do they have that worked for ECW Hammerstein ballroom was a huge ECW stop

[@quanmfsanchez411]

18:01 amazing poem simon you have talent ✨️👏

[@Teddy42O]

Is Ricochet ready to hurt people??

[@billcowan5539]

Awesome show last night 🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍

[@fallonanddavidbrown6397]

This new direction for ricochet is working an I really think it's some of his best stuff imo

[@christophercanadate2566]

I remember when everyone was kinda down on Swerve's title reign at the beginning too... I definitely feel like Kenny is gonna play a big role in this story

[@davetimmons2757]

Dickhead Ric? Bring it on!

[@JerH24]

Happy holidays

[@dford192]

Nick Wayne vs HOOK on rampage btw and TBS title is an open challenge belt, so if there's anything she can do "gist title shot" it would be there.

[@banninghamma]

C2 has been very good for many participants, especially Ricochet and Komander.

[@spudgunn8695]

Protostar is a great name for Kyle Fletcher. Definition of a proto star? A dense ball of gas that lacks the gravity to undergo fusion and generate a massive amount of heat! Lol

[@jenova625]

The Continental classic board looks like a password from MegaMan.

[@positivevibetec]

I was cheering for Brody to win the Continental classic

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

20:30 What has moxley sacrificed? Family time vacay time. Remember back when Punk got fired Mox was supposed to be on vacation but got called back because of this. Personally I would love for this to be the reason but I doubt AEW's writers are that smart.

[@ParkerH-v2j]

Simmom were is the belt?????? Yur a champ

[@tomseville2345]

Simmom? How much did you drink last night?

[@michaelskatharoudis9201]

I don’t think Ricochet is making the C2 final , he keeps having backstage interactions with Swerve, Swerve said if you blow it, I’m going to embarrass you Sounds like they’re setting that up I don’t know if it’s going to be Ospreay or Fletcher vs Okada, if Okada’s going to lose, have it happen in the final Should they have Ospreay lose to Fletcher again already? Fletcher is getting this push, think he was always leading the blue league

[@Ironicteachings]

Re: Darby How about: “Darby is like a chicken. You cut his head off, and he’ll still go move, move, move, Sting is my dad, move, nuggets. He crazy.”

[@georgedunnells50]

The hurt foundation would’ve been such a better name

[@gregzabukovec22]

Beautiful poem

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

8:24 Esp since Aussies And New zealand DO NOT LIKE each other. Its mostly the "Canadians getting mistaken for Americans" sydromne as NZls are CONSTANTLY getting mistaken for Aussies (admittedly I did this myself recently with a member of my church) and THEY DO NOT LIKE IT. And of course sports.

[@jaymars12000]

0:44 “no pun intended.” We just lying now?

[@nikokristiansson2404]

the t rex arms are sending me fucking hell

[@ADIMIS]

its 'stein' like Frankenstein

[@Darker1208]

things we have learned watching wrestling - New Zealand is Australia's hat.

[@theskipgilberto]

I love my weekly ups and downs!!

[@EmhyrAndarz]

20:30 mox sacrificed bryan his mentor/bestie

[@ALUWANIRAMASHIJA]

It's not fair that you do ups and downs of raw and smack down for wwe but not collision for aew

[@laundrygoddess4]

If ratings were better for it, he would. Life isn't fair. Move on

[@azman88]

​@laundrygoddess4 A lot of people want collision ups and downs back. Life isnt fair, Move on

[@adrenalineunlimited]

It's 2024 and wrestling it's is bringing us Bruhv vs Brodie

[@kraymermcvey1701]

Mox holding aew hostage hogan style is absolute madness. Lol

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Dynamite defo had a far btr 4th quarter than from punk carry on. TK shld jst hire writers

[@jaylagaskins5049]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bryanmorrison2396]

WWE needs a raw side SD side qualifiers all month ending at ppv like the tournaments

[@phantazia]

if i had any major down for this show, it would be the ending of the darby/ ricochet with darby trying to do a coffin drop with 6 or so seconds left, making me feel he just was wasting time just to make sure it was a tie. just threw me out of it knowing by the time he covered, it wouldn't be in time.

[@txcforever]

I assume they mistimed it by a few seconds. Like in theory he hits the coffin drop just fine but he struggles due to his injuries to make the cover before the bell rings. Instead this looked like he decided to make a move 4 seconds before the end of the match.

[@phantazia]

@txcforever and the big part of people counting down to where he should have heard it make more head scratching, making me feel like he either did it on purpose or is just being stupid.

[@MrParker-ux2mh]

wtf are they doing to Shelton? Smh….

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Fletcher 25-45 hof Aew WWE njpw he gr8. Garcia him mjf penta wardlow Sammy few more go wwe

[@frankrappa4765]

Hi 👋 I'm not always this early

[@tcpagan3464]

Thats not what she said

[@frankrappa4765]

@tcpagan3464 A twist on a classic 😂

[@NJ-KiiNG]

Riccocet so talented but is utterly crap in AEW, he needs help with match production, needs to stop being a goof and how the hell was that table spot not a DQ especially in a C2 match 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@erichg997]

Well, it was fun watching aew without annoying Taz, but sadly, he back so no more aew for me

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Meltzer is going to buy out every CVS in the state, of it's lotions and tissues, for the Masturbation Marathon he's going to have for the Okada/Ricochet and Fletcher/Ospreay semi-finals plus the Finals itself. It will be reigning 5 stars for Gynmastic routines and the "greatest matches of all time>" since the last greatest match of all time did the same exact thing.

[@ChrisLT]

ok

[@afp445]

​@@ChrisLT Just ignore that hater. It's hilariously ironic that he accuses Meltzer of masturbation when this idiot jerks himself off over everything WWE does.

[@Trikkypac]

The Mox story is not going to get any better unfortunately. It is just leasing to the worst possible outcome imo, Darby as champion.

[@harveysmith6636]

Unless it's leading into an Omega return....

[@andthentherewasail394]

This video thumbnail is a microcosm of why I can't watch AEW.

[@bryanmorrison2396]

What WWE been gr8 since fans been far more involved. Like hhh says it our era but it the "hhh Era"

[@victorianohuntington6481]

I'm sorry but this year's c2 isn't as good as the one from last year

[@laundrygoddess4]

Doesn't mean it sucks. Every year can't be better than the previous. Especially with injuries

[@victorianohuntington6481]

@laundrygoddess4 I'm sorry bro but it sucks

[@afp445]

​@@victorianohuntington6481 You're not sorry, you're just another hater in a sea of them

[@chouty]

Now…. * corporate bullshit * Who Is..The World Title?

[@larrybarnes6347]

This is almost as bad as a meltzer review....did he even actually watch these matches...wow

[@mjstory1976]

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[@cameronbriglin8522]

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[@bryanmorrison2396]

Dynamite defo had a far btr 4th quarter than from punk carry on. TK shld jst hire writers