The tag title match was amazing. And even though all four of those guys are top tier wrestlers, Ospreay carried that match to make it twice as good as it would have been with anyone else in that spot. That's not at all a knock on the Jacksons or even Fletcher, but Ospreay is just SO ridiculously good. As great as Danielson is, even he not on his level imo.
@@samuraimonkie5748. I agree on this too. I’m very impressed with Kyle and think he’s going to be a megastar in this industry as long as he stays healthy
I like the Darby and Moxley match; it told a story. The avalanche deathrider was the same finish used in their last match. Once Darby finally kicks out of this move or reverse it; its lights out for Moxley.
I think they're clearly building to Mox winning at WrestleDream and then Darby eventually being the guy to dethrone him at some point in 2025. And I'm here for it.
@moo2k4 I'm definitely here for that, but part of me is still disappointed that Darby lost. Wrestledream is the first PPV event I'll be attending live and Darby is my favorite wrestler. I would've loved to see him in a big match as the hometown hero.
Oh my God during that spot, I was trying to remember what color tie Justin Roberts was wearing if that had actually been taken off of him during the show…
Hotel quiet hours or not, thank you for making it easy for me to take the occasional break from watching weekly shows but still stay clued in. You’ve always been the best Simon ❤
OUT OF THE WHOLE SHOW, CONGRATS AND HATS OFF TO NIGEL MCGUINNESS!!! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, STILL HAS IT! GREAT MATCH! Also, amazing piece from HOOK to retire the FTW Championship and giving it back to Taz.
mvp was baiting prance nana. i was expecting lashley to come out but i guess they are saving the hurt business for a later reveal. lio can keep chanting lashley's name, which he is known for.
@@rezsurfer2808 The business card MVP gave Nana had "Hurt Syndicate" printed on it under MVP. MVP also came out of the heel tunnel, this is probably setting up a feud with Swerve.
I think the FTW Championship was put out to pasture because Roderick Strong was involved. After he lost the NXT Cruiserweight Championship to Carmello Hayes a few years ago, that belt was retired immediately after. The man might just be the death knell for lower mid-card Championships.
I disagree with your prediction that Fletcher and Ospreay are leaving Callis. I’m suspecting Fletcher to side with Callis and Ospreay to feud with Fletcher.
The AEW Tag Team Championship match has to be one of the best tag team championships matches I’ve seen all year, I would like to see this match again, but like Simon said…..they did everything in this match.
Great show as usual Simon however...........PLEASE BRING BACK RETRO UPS AND DOWNS I know you don't actually read the comments but I just like saying it
I love how WWE fired Bryan for using a tie to choke someone. So you know he really means business if he's doing that again. The symbolism isn't lost on me. Golden Up!
@@BryRobinson so what was the point in having darby win the number one contenders match for a shot at the world title then & why don't they just do a 3 way instead? as i actually would like to see bryan vs darby before bryan retires full time
@@imobjectivelybalancedonTHEball What if Moxley ends up "retiring" Bryan and later on Darby is the one to challenge Moxley again and win the belt from him. It's called storytelling. Moxley has always been the Achilles Heel to Darby
Stupid question: How would you describe Nigel McGuinness’ Tower Of London finisher? It looks like a cross between a Whipper-Snapper and an Ace Crusher. Further, how is it any different from the Whipper-Snapper variant that D-Von used to do for a while?
Can we acknowledge the callback of Bryan using a necktie, though. Ala, his Nexus debut, when he choked out Justin Roberts with a tie. It's the small things.
I admit I was disappointed with the Stadium setting; the crowd looked huge from the upper tier tracking camera; but the short aisle (instead of the "NY Road" LED ramp) and no pyro ruined the Grand Slam atmosphere the last few years' Arthur Ashe shows had. The Bucks and Okada didn't even get their entrance lift facility...
Hello Simon. I don't believe the number went up on the crime counter when you were talking about Don Callis and the screwdriver. The crime counter was also at 65 on Monday for Drew McIntyre. Lol, sorry, I am also a massive nerd, and I notice these things.
I have to disagree with Simon on one match. The women’s world title match was quite sloppy to me and I feel like there was in fact a lack of chemistry between Mariah and Iyuka, some of the pins seemed a little delayed and sometimes it looked like Mariah was almost sandbagging a lot of her selling
Mox, Shafir, Claudio, PAC, and even Christian cage are forming an anti AEW super faction that is going to feature ex WWE guys. If mox can’t put an end to what Bryan Danielson has done for AEW then Christian Cage will. It’ll all be revealed at the end of WrestleDream.
After watching TNA, I saw nic nemeth tell the referee about brass knucks and it made me think Why doesn’t everyone do that? At Grand Slam, Ospreay was conscious so he could have said they used the titles and then Christopher Daniels restart it
JR is fucking useless, and actually tried to seemingly turn Nigel babyface with what he told us Nigel said to Bryan at the end; Nigel's intention was *LITERALLY* the *opposite*...
The spot where Darby went out thru the turnbuckles and bounced off the steps on the way down looked pretty nasty. Im also pretty sure the very first shot opened up Darby's mouth. Commentary didnt mention it for awhile but I noticed it very early. These 2 are insane. It was an ok match and I dont think Darby shouldve lost but we all knew he would and Mox aint gonna get the win over BD. Hopefully Darby gets another shot soon and maybe could be the one to take it from BD? And who cares about MVP? I never thought he was that great? Better manager than wrestler, could be a mouth piece for someone but I really dont want to see Lashley or Shelton. AEW does not need more ex WWE talent. I think they shouldve used Ethan Page more and better but ultimately he left to better things. And congrats to him and I hope he does amazing. Also WHERE THE F IS WARDLOW? Will we see him on NXT? I think AEW needs to get some good story lines going for some of the awesome talent that are being under utilized. Also Where is DMD? She lost her return match and we havent seen her since? Mercedes Where is she at? I like seeing a lot of who they put on but maybe less learning queef and more awesome talent?
2 things, did Nigel McGuiness say thank you or f you to Brian, and did Hook give u pthe FTW championship due to him leaving AEW, it has been rumored for months now?
Hope this leads to Darby going on a winning streak. Darby lost Sting’s bat to Jay White. And as a Sting fan for decades, this is very disappointing. Get the bat back first, then get the title.
@@tomseville2345 for sure. Mariah has had 3 differnt gear sets since she won. I think it's just the dalmatian pattern with the red and that most women wear similar gear sets.
Like Swerve and Hangman switching roles despite what Swerve had done to him, because they attacked MJF when they formed as an "evil heel" stable, The U.K. will now be 100% babyface for doing that to Max... 🤣🤣
Ah. Well, be patient. It'll happen, but Toni will need to stay away for another few months to build up anticipation. In the meantime, looks like they have a few stories to run with Mariah.
Just Like MJF Darbey is yet to beat Jon Moxely. He had okce called him prodigy and now has 3-0 against Darbey and no matter how much Darbey gives he somehow comes up short aginst that death rider. I thibk Mox will have heel run as chamo and the way he put over MJF clean he will do the favours for Darbey probabaly after kickong out of that Death Rider and giving AEW probably their biggest crowining moment!
NGL….this was the first ever match that I actually liked involving the Coocamunga Kids. The finish was cool too. AEW when they tell stories is better than when they ignore storylines
unfortunately she had a miscarriage earlier.. the only 'update' i found was from may, that said she was injured, but didn't say what kind of injury or anything, and that she was on a per appearance contract with aew at the time.
The applause for Hook saying the title was retired said it all; it HAD become AEW's answer to the WWE Hardcore title circa 2002 or 2019's 24/7 title, despite it's true ECW history...
Sorry but not giving a down to the way they’ve treated Darby Allin is not great. He won the right to have a title shot at Grand Slam. He then gets forced to defend that right there instead and loses?!? Is Moxley/Danielson a great main event? Yes. But Allin got totally screwed. This struck me as punishment for some reason. Otherwise I see it as extremely bad booking of one of your biggest stars.
You're the first person ever who seems to be worried about making noise at a hotel.
Facts I go to hotels every 3 months to casino hop and I can promise @simonmiller nobody talks like that
That shows how respectful Simon is.
I'm so glad I stayed away from social media before aew. Mvp showing up was a genuine surprise for me. It was awesome!
The tag title match was amazing. And even though all four of those guys are top tier wrestlers, Ospreay carried that match to make it twice as good as it would have been with anyone else in that spot. That's not at all a knock on the Jacksons or even Fletcher, but Ospreay is just SO ridiculously good. As great as Danielson is, even he not on his level imo.
while I agree with you, I’m also extremely impressed with Kyle Fletcher. He’s great
Flippy floppy rules!
@@samuraimonkie5748. I agree on this too. I’m very impressed with Kyle and think he’s going to be a megastar in this industry as long as he stays healthy
Nigel McGuiness still has it 🤘
Never heard of him 🙄
I like the Darby and Moxley match; it told a story. The avalanche deathrider was the same finish used in their last match. Once Darby finally kicks out of this move or reverse it; its lights out for Moxley.
I thought that was the finish of their first aew match
I think they're clearly building to Mox winning at WrestleDream and then Darby eventually being the guy to dethrone him at some point in 2025. And I'm here for it.
@moo2k4 I'm definitely here for that, but part of me is still disappointed that Darby lost. Wrestledream is the first PPV event I'll be attending live and Darby is my favorite wrestler. I would've loved to see him in a big match as the hometown hero.
"it told a story" 😂😂😂😂 are u kidding 😅😅😅😅 oh my god 🤣🤣🤣 i loooove people like you. Never. Change 😆😆😆🙊🙉💩
@@Former_Employee Your comment is childish with all these emojiis. Are you emotional? Did Cena sent you?
Bryan Danielson using a tie to choke Moxley was a hoot , since choking out Justin Roberts with a tie was what got him fired the first time in WWE.
That was what they were calling back to, as Jon did on the mic a few weeks ago...
Riiiiiiight ....
You soft headed 😂
Oh my God during that spot, I was trying to remember what color tie Justin Roberts was wearing if that had actually been taken off of him during the show…
@@jadziaezri2616 oooooookaaaaay
I dunno, it sounded like Nigel said "flub you", but the announcers said it was "thank you".
ahh well.
Yeah. F you is more Nigel's style.
Definitely was flub you
u right. It was "flub you" 100%
Hotel quiet hours or not, thank you for making it easy for me to take the occasional break from watching weekly shows but still stay clued in. You’ve always been the best Simon ❤
OUT OF THE WHOLE SHOW, CONGRATS AND HATS OFF TO NIGEL MCGUINNESS!!! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, STILL HAS IT! GREAT MATCH! Also, amazing piece from HOOK to retire the FTW Championship and giving it back to Taz.
Father Taz sounds like an incredible sitcom.
"Pastor Jones ova here!"
mvp was baiting prance nana. i was expecting lashley to come out but i guess they are saving the hurt business for a later reveal. lio can keep chanting lashley's name, which he is known for.
yeah i thought maybe Bobby but its to early after Dream
@@rezsurfer2808 The business card MVP gave Nana had "Hurt Syndicate" printed on it under MVP. MVP also came out of the heel tunnel, this is probably setting up a feud with Swerve.
The Final Countdown is worth every cent.
I think the FTW Championship was put out to pasture because Roderick Strong was involved. After he lost the NXT Cruiserweight Championship to Carmello Hayes a few years ago, that belt was retired immediately after. The man might just be the death knell for lower mid-card Championships.
People saying there's no story obviously don't watch aew
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Their only good stories are ones that started in other companies.
@@rjgoodman4056 🙄🤦
I think people want good stories not mark booking
@@rjgoodman4056 Go away
Fair play to Simon Miller the new Mr No days off
Ball licker.
I will never subscribe to what culture wrestling. But I would love to subscribe to Simon Miller
His personal channel is pretty much what he does for WhatCulture with some added goodies.
Pop
Agreed. The rest of them are completely insufferable
@@VoluntaryPerryagreed
I disagree with your prediction that Fletcher and Ospreay are leaving Callis. I’m suspecting Fletcher to side with Callis and Ospreay to feud with Fletcher.
Thanks for the review Simon
Taz was one proud papa after his son retired the FTW title.
The AEW Tag Team Championship match has to be one of the best tag team championships matches I’ve seen all year, I would like to see this match again, but like Simon said…..they did everything in this match.
Is it just me, but I don't care about AEW at all, I just love listening to Simon talk!
Great show as usual Simon however...........PLEASE BRING BACK RETRO UPS AND DOWNS I know you don't actually read the comments but I just like saying it
Retro doesn't get the views sadly, last time they didn't break 20k views
Amazing Show last night 🔥👍👍
ZERO DOWNS!!!!!
I loved this episode!!!
One of the best dynamite I've seen ,produced really well.
Simon give yourself a Golden Up and keep smashing it 💪
I love how WWE fired Bryan for using a tie to choke someone. So you know he really means business if he's doing that again. The symbolism isn't lost on me. Golden Up!
Nigel still got it! Excellent match, the Tag Title match obviously stole the show but the opener was 🔥 classic
I would have liked to see United Empire beat the Young Bucks and Darby Allin beat Jon Moxley but I still enjoyed watching every single match. Up!
@@BryRobinson so what was the point in having darby win the number one contenders match for a shot at the world title then & why don't they just do a 3 way instead? as i actually would like to see bryan vs darby before bryan retires full time
Storyline wise it makes sense for both results yesterday
@@imobjectivelybalancedonTHEball
What if Moxley ends up "retiring" Bryan and later on Darby is the one to challenge Moxley again and win the belt from him. It's called storytelling. Moxley has always been the Achilles Heel to Darby
@@BryRobinson You don't think there would be crowd heat for Bryan vs. Darby in Washington? Both guys home state? Really?
Stupid question: How would you describe Nigel McGuinness’ Tower Of London finisher? It looks like a cross between a Whipper-Snapper and an Ace Crusher. Further, how is it any different from the Whipper-Snapper variant that D-Von used to do for a while?
My tv froze during Bucks vs UE. Charter gets.a brown down
Good morning Simon. 9 am here in Tennessee. You are the best!
The way MVP said BUSINESS at the end, I feel like The Hurt Business is coming to AEW…well the new Hurt Business, cause Cedric is in NXT.
Can we acknowledge the callback of Bryan using a necktie, though. Ala, his Nexus debut, when he choked out Justin Roberts with a tie. It's the small things.
I admit I was disappointed with the Stadium setting; the crowd looked huge from the upper tier tracking camera; but the short aisle (instead of the "NY Road" LED ramp) and no pyro ruined the Grand Slam atmosphere the last few years' Arthur Ashe shows had. The Bucks and Okada didn't even get their entrance lift facility...
Depends on arena and places.. Some places wont allow it. The show in Salt lake friends there told me some times they denied for things. Kinda sucsk.
Hello Simon. I don't believe the number went up on the crime counter when you were talking about Don Callis and the screwdriver. The crime counter was also at 65 on Monday for Drew McIntyre. Lol, sorry, I am also a massive nerd, and I notice these things.
I have to disagree with Simon on one match. The women’s world title match was quite sloppy to me and I feel like there was in fact a lack of chemistry between Mariah and Iyuka, some of the pins seemed a little delayed and sometimes it looked like Mariah was almost sandbagging a lot of her selling
Looking good with that world title around his waist 🎉🤘💪
lol was that tie thing a call back to when Bryan got fired by WWE because he choked that announcer out with his tie during the O.G Nexus reveal?
Was that Justin Roberts' tie?
I really liked the fact that HOOK retired the FTW belt...
It's stupid ASF
9:42: Is it me, or is there a lot of that going around lately, especially in AEW?
Mox, Shafir, Claudio, PAC, and even Christian cage are forming an anti AEW super faction that is going to feature ex WWE guys. If mox can’t put an end to what Bryan Danielson has done for AEW then Christian Cage will. It’ll all be revealed at the end of WrestleDream.
This all does feel very NWO-like but less of an invasion and more of an inside job vibe.
After watching TNA, I saw nic nemeth tell the referee about brass knucks and it made me think Why doesn’t everyone do that?
At Grand Slam, Ospreay was conscious so he could have said they used the titles and then Christopher Daniels restart it
I’m so excited to go to Wrestledream!
i had shot for tickets but was trying to get the shows and ppv tickets and lost out on the ppv tickets lol Dummy i am
I really thought "oh is McGuinness going to help Danielson here!!!?"
What is the song that is playing in the background?
Hope you doing alright Simon
JR is fucking useless, and actually tried to seemingly turn Nigel babyface with what he told us Nigel said to Bryan at the end; Nigel's intention was *LITERALLY* the *opposite*...
The spot where Darby went out thru the turnbuckles and bounced off the steps on the way down looked pretty nasty. Im also pretty sure the very first shot opened up Darby's mouth. Commentary didnt mention it for awhile but I noticed it very early. These 2 are insane. It was an ok match and I dont think Darby shouldve lost but we all knew he would and Mox aint gonna get the win over BD. Hopefully Darby gets another shot soon and maybe could be the one to take it from BD? And who cares about MVP? I never thought he was that great? Better manager than wrestler, could be a mouth piece for someone but I really dont want to see Lashley or Shelton. AEW does not need more ex WWE talent. I think they shouldve used Ethan Page more and better but ultimately he left to better things. And congrats to him and I hope he does amazing. Also WHERE THE F IS WARDLOW? Will we see him on NXT? I think AEW needs to get some good story lines going for some of the awesome talent that are being under utilized. Also Where is DMD? She lost her return match and we havent seen her since? Mercedes Where is she at? I like seeing a lot of who they put on but maybe less learning queef and more awesome talent?
1:25 they need to feud up until grand slam Australia
A down for Kris Statlander not being on the show... when she's injured... wow Simon really fell off!
Nigel looked amazing
Someone needs to teach Private Party how to do a proper “run in save” because right now…they really, really suck at it 😂😂😂
2 things, did Nigel McGuiness say thank you or f you to Brian, and did Hook give u pthe FTW championship due to him leaving AEW, it has been rumored for months now?
What happened to the written version of Dynamite ups and downs? It's only wwe now on the site, which kinda stinks!
Hope this leads to Darby going on a winning streak. Darby lost Sting’s bat to Jay White. And as a Sting fan for decades, this is very disappointing. Get the bat back first, then get the title.
Hes in a hotel you absolute goober he doesnt want to disturb the other guests
Damn screw the hotel patrons speak louder! I need to hear wrestling!!
Mariah gear was almost identical to Shazza McKenzies.
Who
@@rezsurfer2808 You have Google.
The Cruella De Ville look is one of female wrestler's most favoured looks in recent times; like superhero/supervillain stuff for most of the men...
@@tomseville2345 for sure. Mariah has had 3 differnt gear sets since she won. I think it's just the dalmatian pattern with the red and that most women wear similar gear sets.
Vandervort Prairie
I hope Justin Roberts is okay.
simon reviews RAw Oct 30
They better regroup before the body count starts going up ! Jus sayin……”All Elete Hitmen…..😂❤❤❤❤
Kendrick the Kendo Stick. Other ringside friends... They not like him.
Cole's most likely returning next week so it's good UK were good guys
Like Swerve and Hangman switching roles despite what Swerve had done to him, because they attacked MJF when they formed as an "evil heel" stable, The U.K. will now be 100% babyface for doing that to Max... 🤣🤣
Bucks match was great actually
As they usually end up being
@@Nick-7 you get no argument from me 😂 I’m with you pal
First time for everything
Where is timeless Toni Storm
In Australia
In storyline, she's missing and aew hasn't heard from her since she lost her title.
@@Sd12sx23 I get that but my point is I want her back as AEW women's world champion instead of Mariah May
Ah. Well, be patient. It'll happen, but Toni will need to stay away for another few months to build up anticipation. In the meantime, looks like they have a few stories to run with Mariah.
They'll be saving her Mariah rematch (and likely title regaining) for the *Aussie* Grand Slam in February...
Salmonella?
Harber Bridge
Is It Me Or Is Simon On Almost Whisper Mode. 🤫
He did say he was trying to be quiet in the beginning because he's in a hotel?
Just Like MJF Darbey is yet to beat Jon Moxely. He had okce called him prodigy and now has 3-0 against Darbey and no matter how much Darbey gives he somehow comes up short aginst that death rider.
I thibk Mox will have heel run as chamo and the way he put over MJF clean he will do the favours for Darbey probabaly after kickong out of that Death Rider and giving AEW probably their biggest crowining moment!
They watch wrestling as well so they will not be to mad
Jaycee Hill
😂😂😂 It's not self-defense if the retaliation is an hour later...
Spencer Meadows
NGL….this was the first ever match that I actually liked involving the Coocamunga Kids. The finish was cool too. AEW when they tell stories is better than when they ignore storylines
Casper Expressway
Hackett Flat
Lol I actually predicted Nigel to win...lol
Altenwerth Causeway
Kerluke Course
Leuschke Wells
So glad it wasn’t Darby that won
Rigoberto Wall
It was awesome 👍🏻
Hell yeah
Robel Vista
Darby deserved better
Rex Shoal
Shouldn't Paige have Nana in the crosshair since he broke into his house, too?
Page. "Paige" (in wrestling) would be Saraya...
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Is Penelope Ford pregnant? Where is she?
unfortunately she had a miscarriage earlier.. the only 'update' i found was from may, that said she was injured, but didn't say what kind of injury or anything, and that she was on a per appearance contract with aew at the time.
She was pregnant but lost the baby several months ago, she's taking time off for her mental and physical health.
The applause for Hook saying the title was retired said it all; it HAD become AEW's answer to the WWE Hardcore title circa 2002 or 2019's 24/7 title, despite it's true ECW history...
Nienow Ville
I keep forgetting this show comes on Wednesday
Set a reminder on your phone 📱
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Sorry but not giving a down to the way they’ve treated Darby Allin is not great. He won the right to have a title shot at Grand Slam. He then gets forced to defend that right there instead and loses?!? Is Moxley/Danielson a great main event? Yes. But Allin got totally screwed. This struck me as punishment for some reason. Otherwise I see it as extremely bad booking of one of your biggest stars.
WWE did the same thing with Otis in 2017 regarding his money in the bank contract.
There are reason why... yal want a book end show to show.. smh
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Simón! Hi