This week’s edition of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite not only served as the fallout for Grand Slam but was dedicated to the late Brodie Lee. The show featured Adam Cole taking on Jungle Boy, a huge 16-man tag team match, and Sammy Guvera challenging Miro for the TNT championship. With an intriguing card and emotions running high, let’s see what happened. 

To open up the show, Adam Cole took on Jungle Boy. The start of the match was a feeling-out process as the two locked up in a collar elbow tie-up. After trading maneuvers, Cole gained the upper hand by pushing Jungle Boy off the top rope. Cole took this advantage to ground Jungle Boy with a side headlock, but it didn’t last long. Jungle Boy turned things around by hitting a basement dropkick and a huge lariat. 

The match continued to have tremendous back and forth; Cole hit a backstabber, Jungle Boy came back with a hurricanrana, Cole responded with a superkick, Jungle Boy dodged a Panama Sunrise and hit a step-up hurricanrana. Each time Cole or Jungle Boy hit a big move, the other would respond. After Cole escaped the snare trap, he hit Jungle Boy with a low blow and hit the go boom for the win. This match was a great way to start the show. It had a great back and forth, it was highly contested, and there were great highspots. 

Grade 7.5/10  

Next on the card, Dante Martin and Matt Sydal took on Cody Rhodes and Lee Johnson in a tag-team match. The start of the match featured a great element of storytelling, as Rhodes didn’t take Arn Anderson’s advice about starting the match out. This helps build the rift between Rhodes and Anderson. The defiance of Anderson allowed Martin and Sydal to gain control before the commercial. 

Coming back from the commercial, Johnson got the hot tag to Rhodes and this got them back in the match. Rhodes landed a power slam, but Martin and Sydal wouldn’t go down easy. Martin hit a missile dropkick followed by a springboard dropkick. Sydal tried to go at Johnson when he tagged in, but was stopped with a superkick. From there, Johnson landed a knee breaker slam on Martin for the win. 

After the match antics are what helped get this over the top, as Anderson officially dumped Rhodes. Anderson called Rhodes soft and he doesn’t want to coach a loser. This is tremendous storytelling that will help push Rhodes into turning heel. The match itself helped Martin the most as he put on another clinic. The crowd’s reaction to Martin throughout the match shows that he is developing into a young star. 

Grade 7.5/10

Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Darby Allin took on Bear County and Anthony Greene in a three-on-three tag team match.  This match wasn’t anything special. After Moxley attacked Bear Boulder, a brawl ensued between the two teams. Once things settled, the match started, and the babyface team of Moxley, Kingston and Allin weathered the storm from the heel’s early control. The turning point came when Allin hit a coffin drop on Bear County, while he hit the violent crown for the win. This match was designed for the baby faces to pick up a win, and it gave the fans a chance to rest from the action earlier in the show. Nothing special, but it serves its purpose.

Grade 5.5/10 

Next on the card was a 16-man tag-team match, as the Dark Order and Orange Cassidy took on the Hardy Family Office. This match was nothing but a discombobulated disaster. There were just too many wrestlers in this match to keep up with what was happening. The only interesting point of the match came when Amanda Hubert, the wife of late Brodie Lee, came out and set the Dark Order straight. From there, the Dark Order went on a roll, hitting big moves and eventually hitting Fatality to end the match. Nothing special here, Orange Cassidy wasn’t utilized well, and outside of the feel-good moment, it did nothing.  

Grade 5/10

Next on tap was Penelope Ford and The Bunny taking on Tay Conti and Anna Jay in a tag-team match. This match was a solid performance from the women. Conti and Jay got the early advantage after some solid teamwork. Before the commercial, The Bunny and Ford took control after Conti missed a knee in the corner. This allowed Ford to gain the upper hand by hitting a knee on Jay. The turning point came when Ford missed a moonsault and Jay locked her up in the Queen Slayer to end it. 

The women put on a great performance that was needed after the previous two matches, and helped the show overall. Conti and Jay brought great fire to the match, and The Bunny showed how her in-ring work has improved since her days as Allie at Impact Wrestling.

Grade 6.5/10

In the main event, Sammy Guevara challenged Miro for the TNT championship. The start of the match saw Miro take control as he slammed Guevara to the mat and laid in with punishing kicks. From there, Miro snuffed out any of Guevara’s attempts to get any offense going as he continued to control the pace of the match. Guevara was able to gain some momentum by sending Miro into the steel steps, but he was caught while attempting a shooting star press. Miro continued this pace throughout the match, but Guevara kept fighting. 

Guevara turned it around by hitting a knee strike and an enziguri, but Miro sent Guevara to the outside and started to expose all the turnbuckles. Then this is where chaos ensued, as Fuego Del Sol distracted Miro, allowing Guevara to send him into the exposed steel. From there, Guevara hit a tornado DDT, the GTH, and a 630 senton to win the match. This was a huge upset that no one saw coming and provided a great shock factor. I’m intrigued to see where Guevara’s reign goes and to see where Miro goes from here. Overall, a good match and a great moment.   

Grade 7/10

Overall this show had some great ups and some terrible downs. Cole and Jungle Boy opening the show was perfect, and Guevara’s shocking win saved the show from a bad rating. 

Final Grade 6.5/10