AEW Dynamite Review 21.8.2025.

Bryan Danielson Is Back.

I loved this. Bryan Danielson took his place on commentary, he received a massive pop, and it was great to see. This was were he sat throughout the broadcast.

Mox And Osperay Face To Face And Jetspeed vs The Deathriders.

From the outset Will was clearly emotional, and it was written all over his face. The Glasgow AEW faithful took over, as Will took us on a trip down memory lane. From his first time in Glasgow, to the chant of sausage rolls. And at this point I agreed with what Will said. Greggs Sausage Rolls are amazing. He brought up the fact that AEW doctors wouldn't clear him, so he decided neck, or no neck, so this meant no clearance, no problem. He talked about the themes of passion and revenge with fire and grace, this brought out Jon Moxley, who didn't say a word, this was a clever part of this segment, because Mox's silence was more violent than what any words could be. This led to Claudio wanting to get involved, from basic insults to Jetspeed coming out, and just like that the first Match was on. Jetspeed and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs The Deathriders. From Bryce Remsburg kicking out Marina Shafir, and Osperay giving him a hand. The Match was a solid opener, that was a lot of fun to watch at 8.30am before I went to my day job. Tanahashi got the win for his team, and what came in the aftermath was utter insanity. A mass brawl, that featured Osperay getting superkicked by The Young Bucks. The Conglomeration taking them out. The Opps going for The Deathriders, oh and a Darby Allin coming out of a Bodybag, and flooring everyone, by flying off from an exit. oh and hello NJPW Bullet Club. This lasted for over 30 minutes, Normally if an opening segment, or Match lasts this long. I do tend to feel a bit bored, but this flew by, and I loved it.

Adam Copeland And Christian Cage Segment.

I loved this. 14 year old Patrick had a great time watching this. I could sit here and go through this beat by beat, but that is something that I would struggle to do. So i'm going say as I see it. This was a nice slice of Nostalgia, brought into the modern day. Kip Sabian and The Waynes, then said their part, and Nick said that he was out of the Match on Sunday, but he found a perfect replacement. The Returning Killswitch. This made me think that life is very short, because just under a year ago Killswitch's career was in the balance, due to a life threatening injury. It's great to see him back, and healthy.

Ricochet and MJF Segment.

This is a perfect tease for the future, and my God it tasted like the best bag of more to share Malteasers, more on these two later.

FTR vs Brodido Forbidden Door Tag Team Tournament Semi-Final.

This was the Match of the night. From chairs getting thrown out. And the solid in-ring work, and physicality, and Brody king busting open  with a steel pipe, by that glorious man Mr Hathaway, and on the subject of Stokeley Hathaway, I agree with Dax Harwood, the fans in Glasgow need to show him some respect. This was excellent. The Match ended in a time limit draw, and it had me gripped from the start. This means at Forbidden Door it will be a triple threat Match. Brodido vs FTR vs The Hurt syndicate. And I can't wait to see it.

Hangman Adam Page Segment.

The promos on this evening was the perfect way to send us off to the PPV this Sunday, and this was the best example of that. After last week. Hangman came out and called Max a coward, and said that he's going to shove his country style shoes up Max's arse, this prompted Tony Schiavone to let hangman know that Max has hijacked a cameraman, and he had a message for Hangman, if he ran out before the it ended, then bad things would happen. Max showed up on screen, with The Gates Of Agony, and. Ricochet, and they had Mark Briscoe tied up to a chair, and he had three rules that he wants Hangman to go by. His contract won't be executed. The Match can end by count out. The Championship can change hands by DQ. Mark got petrol poored on him, in a moment that reminded me of the famous scene in Resovoir Dogs, because he was stuck in the middle with Ricochet to the left of him, and Max to the right. This was sensational. Torture Mark, yeah Max likes that idea.

Mercedes Mone And Athena vs Timeless Toni Storm And Alex Windsor.

I liked this. From the great in ring work, and. Toni storm showing that she's a big fan of the Austin Powers franchise. This was a snug technical affair, that has made me look forward to there Matches respectively this Sunday . Mercedes and Athena got the win as the show went off the air.

Overview of AEW Dynamite.

This was the best AEW Dynamite of  ths year in my opinion. The in-ring work was excellent, and the promos followed the same pattern. This was a great broadcast to send us off to a major PPV.

This weeks AEW Dynamite is a solid 10/10 and one of the best Pro Wrestling episodes this year.