AEW All Elite Wrestling #9: Mox Aggressor Brings the Blood

[Big Daddy Cane]

“…Stepmom from Brazzers…”

 

[GKJ]

A rare AEW DQ

 

[Fro]

Just a great episode...had everything

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Half way through that opening match, I was thinking this was TV match of the year. Then the second half hit and it might be one of the matches of the year. Incredible.

Okada/Swerve were cooking too there for a second before the brawl. Saw the Darby drop in from the ceiling coming once team AEW lined up like that. Was just hoping it wasn't a free fall.

Fantastic episode.

 

[CDJ]

MJF has the best everything in AEW history

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Mariah May is a revelation. I can't wait to see May v Hayter (where the hell is she?!)

 

[CDJ]

 

[Soldier13Fox]

That was a helluva show. Feels like AEW is on fire right now (but they always are until they arent). As an unashamed Jericho mark, he's turned into an immediate fast forward of late. Nyla Rose is also an immediate skip. Other than that, kudos to TK, fantastic Dynamite. Can't wait for blood and guts. Also, as her #1 fan, can't wait for whenever Hayter comes back... hopefully All In I guess?

 

[TD Charlie]

Crazy that the mjf v ospreay match opened a show with 3k people in attendance on a Wednesday. That deserved a Saturday night main event 20k strong. Unbelievably entertaining. Love how they took the action into the crowd pretty early to get them into it. Pacing was insane. Yet again Ospreay delivers. Props to MJF too, for being just about every bit of ospreays equal

And then they follow it up with Jericho. Credit to him for reinventing himself yet again but I’m all set with this guy

 

[BruinDust]

Easily the best episode of AEW Dynamite ever. Not a bunch of random performers doing flippity-floppity matches killing each other for no reason. Everything had purpose. Positioned the performers we saw tonight at the top of the promotion. Keep doing more of that.

I've been a big Jericho fan since his WCW days, but this Learning Tree gimmick isn't working.

 

[CDJ]

Y2J better be doing the Y2Job I’ll tell you that much!

 

[HeisenBaez]

MJF beating Osperay is a joke. It's the reason why I can not take AEWWE serious.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

MJF beating Osperay is a joke. It's the reason why I can not take AEWWE serious.

Why is it a joke? They are clearly setting up a rematch.

If you want to criticize them, criticize them for putting their biggest money match on free TV when they could easily have gotten 2 or 3 PPV main-events out of it. Imagine that match and that finish in Wembley? Nuclear heat for MJF.

 

[GKJ]

They can easily sell a rematch with a stip on the PPV. And because the PPV is in England, they’re not worried about the US gate.

More people saw last nights match then will see the match at All In.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Crazy that the mjf v ospreay match opened a show with 3k people in attendance on a Wednesday. That deserved a Saturday night main event 20k strong. Unbelievably entertaining. Love how they took the action into the crowd pretty early to get them into it. Pacing was insane. Yet again Ospreay delivers. Props to MJF too, for being just about every bit of ospreays equal

And then they follow it up with Jericho. Credit to him for reinventing himself yet again but I’m all set with this guy

Honestly the Jericho segment was the perfect reset after the Ospreay/MJF match. I was so on the edge of my seat that when I leaned back in my chair once I saw Big Bill, it felt quite comforting.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

They can easily sell a rematch with a stip on the PPV. And because the PPV is in England, they’re not worried about the US gate.

More people saw last nights match then will see the match at All In.

You can set up an angle on TV, but giving away the 60-minute epic seems like bad business.

That being said, I agree that the rematch at All In sells itself.

 

[TD Charlie]

Seems like they’re setting up a bigger story with Ospreay and MJF. Something around MJFs willingness to do anything for the win, and Ospreay refusing to use the tiger driver. I’m sure that will all factor in when they have a likely rematch at Wembley. I could also see a stipulation in the near future where MJF complains about all of the long matches he’s had, so Ospreay only gets 10 minutes for his next shot.

Doesn’t matter what they do. MJFs personality mixed with Ospreays ring work will sell as many matches as they want.

 

[GKJ]

You can set up an angle on TV, but giving away the 60-minute epic seems like bad business.

That being said, I agree that the rematch at All In sells itself.

Every week the world is talking about is how AEW’s ratings are too low with a rights deal coming up. Networks need to draw, too.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Every week the world is talking about is how AEW’s ratings are too low with a rights deal coming up. Networks need to draw, too.

Well, that's a good point.

I did not follow closely, but how far in advance did they advertise the match? How did they push it?

 

[GKJ]

Well, that's a good point.

I did not follow closely, but how far in advance did they advertise the match? How did they push it?

I don’t know, it may have been only last week.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I don’t know, it may have been only last week.

One week seems fine to me, especially if you do a lot of local media to prompt up the gate and a lot of noise on social media to drive up the rating.

I have not paid a lot of attention, so maybe they did those things.

 

[BruinDust]

You can set up an angle on TV, but giving away the 60-minute epic seems like bad business.

That being said, I agree that the rematch at All In sells itself.

Going into the show, it looked like putting off their biggest money match-up they could make IMO on free TV to open a show was absolutely ridiculous. At the very least I figured it would be some quick match with maybe a DQ or a run-in setting up the real match for down the road.

Then once I saw it in execution, it was brilliant. They showcased their two biggest stars (by far IMO) doing what AEW are hanging their hat on (great in-ring action) in a MOTY candidate that went an hour, didn't rely on blood and dangerous high spots, and still had a finish that leaves fans wanting to see those two lock up again and again.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Going into the show, it looked like putting off their biggest money match-up they could make IMO on free TV to open a show was absolutely ridiculous. At the very least I figured it would be some quick match with maybe a DQ or a run-in setting up the real match for down the road.

Then once I saw it in execution, it was brilliant. They showcased their two biggest stars (by far IMO) doing what AEW are hanging their hat on (great in-ring action) in a MOTY candidate that went an hour, didn't rely on blood and dangerous high spots, and still had a finish that leaves fans wanting to see those two lock up again and again.

So, what you are saying is that they are trying to pop a rating next week? Not a bad idea, but I still would not have given that match for free on TV. Not the 60-minute epic.

 

[BruinDust]

So, what you are saying is that they are trying to pop a rating next week? Not a bad idea, but I still would not have given that match for free on TV. Not the 60-minute epic.

I think it is bigger than popping a rating for a week or two. That was a match with their two biggest stars trying to showcase their entire brand on a landmark episode that they hope people are paying attention to. They need more casual viewers to become weekly viewers and I think that is who they were trying to appeal to. Goes against conventional ways to build a feud certainly.

 

[Fro]

AEW hasn't ever been "conventional"...even with the Jericho part, that episode had just about everything one could ask for...