 Jay White and Rated FTR Attacked The Death RidersThe Death Riders stuff is consistently the worst part of Dynamite and Collision every single week, so keeping that crap to a minimum was a wise call. This felt like an extension of the Mid-South Street Fight that FTR with Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta on last week's Collision. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, but it did establish that Moxley vs. Cope for the AEW World Championship is probably headlining Revolution and that we're getting Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Cope and White at Grand Slam: Australia. I wish it was Moxley vs. White one-on-one at that event, but I guess it'd be pretty predictable that Moxley would retain. Will Ospreay def. Mark DavisI had higher hopes for the newest member of The Don Callis Family, but I probably shouldn't have. He went from feuding with the group upon his return from injury to joining them, probably because AEW has no clue what to do with him otherwise. He and Ospreay had a good match, but it needlessly competitive considering how much higher on the totem pole Ospreay is. Ospreay and Kenny Omega hyped up their tag team match against Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher with their post-match promos. The Gunns Confronted The Hurt SyndicateThis was a solid mission statement from MVP and I like that we didn't have to wait long to find out who their first challengers will be. The Gunns have been off AEW TV for a bit and there was at least one vignette hyping their return. They never got a rematch for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, so this is a logical program. This was a fine segment and the crowd was behind The Gunns. The Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher and AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita) def. Hounds of Hell (Brody King and Buddy Matthews)King and Matthews just broke away from Malakai Black and appeared to be in the midst of a renewed push, but that may have been designed to build them up as a threat to The Don Callis Family before they lost here. This was a nice, well-worked match. Kazuchika Okada's music playing and distracting Matthews protected Hounds of Hell in defeat. Fletcher and Takeshita needed to win before they face Ospreay and Omega at Grand Slam: Australia. MJF Attacked AEW World Tag Team Champion and AEW World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Dustin RhodesMJF's promo started out as lame as a lot of his other promos have been during this storyline with Jeff Jarrett. Adam Page chased Max Caster to and out of the ring, so we got another brief face-off between MJF and Page. That's starting to feel like a potential All In match, but I'm not sure AEW can wait that long. The verbal exchange between MJF and Rhodes was much better, though I'm still not enamored with MJF feuding with a bunch of old guys. "Timeless" Toni Storm def. Queen AminataStorm came out dressed like Mariah May (much like May did with Storm when they were together) and, I swear, she looked exactly like her. It was actually remarkable. Storm has been the best part of AEW's women's division for the past two years and this was another home run from her. The actual match was decent, but I applaud their effort to keep the feud feeling fresh. Powerhouse Hobbs and The Outrunners Brawled with Big Bill, Bryan Keith and ROH World Champion "The Learning Tree" Chris JerichoAnything involving Jericho immediately causes me to lose interest, but it became apparent that his "New York Minute" nonsense took place in front of the live crowd so Hobbs could brawl with Bill. The rest of the segment was whatsoever, but the interaction between Bill and Hobbs was well done and left me looking forward to their eventual match. I know they're teasing tension with Jericho and Bill, but I really wish they'd get to the split already. Ricochet def. Swerve StricklandIt was cool that these two got the main event spot, which made sense since this was advertised a few weeks in advance. They had an enjoyable outing, and although they're capable of better, I'm sure we'll get a rematch at some point. I realize Strickland hasn't won a lot of important matches in recent months, but it meant more for Ricochet to go over here to keep him rolling as a heel and give him a credibility boost. Overall ShowThe greatest thing AEW did on this edition of Dynamite was relegate Death Riders to the opening segment. That thankfully got them out of the way early, but it's safe to assume that angle isn't ending anytime soon. My standards got Dynamite have gotten so low over the last six months or so that I'd say this was a thumbs-up episode. There was more to like than not and the crowd didn't sound comatose for a change.
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