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00:00I laughed out loud at the start of this week's episode of AEW Dynamite because Orange Cassidy
00:04was the first person to come to the ring and usually ring announcer Justin Roberts says the
00:07whole as if he doesn't care but this time with all the gusto in the world he went from wherever
00:14as if wherever is the greatest place in the world and if you win the Super Bowl you want to go there
00:18like Disneyland which means I'm going there right now. Also along my friends and yes indeed welcome
00:23to Ups or Down's AEW Dynamite the only rest of you show you need because one I shall watch
00:27wrestling so you don't have to and two I'm not going to grift. I shouldn't have said that there
00:32goes everybody but also this was Fright Night Dynamite which means it was Halloween so I have
00:36my own costume too I'm like a luchador but my hood is up mostly because that's all the tools I had
00:42at my disposal. Should we review a wrestling show? Yes let's give the good bits an up and the bad bits
00:47are down this is hurting my face let's go. Our first match was super fun as well because Orange
00:53Cassidy was teamed with Darby Allin to take on the Death Riders. I'm a bit worried about Danny
00:57Garcia. He has picked the worst possible time to join the Riders of Death because they just keep
01:02going down and down and down but saying that they could be like the Judgment Day in WWE. I have a
01:07feeling we may have a big switcheroo in the Death Riders soon and maybe that will allow Danny Garcia
01:12to get a little bit of a promotion. Either way this was fought under Tornado Tag Team rules so it was
01:17totally crazy but I thought to myself you know what in terms of starting a wrestling show and making
01:22sure we can all plug in? Thumbs up. Bryan Danielson was also super happy that everyone got to fight
01:27the whole time because he despises Wheeler Yuta so much he was like oh baby now he can just get
01:32punched in the face over and over again. I very much do enjoy Bryan on commentary. He just basically
01:37spends all of his time putting everybody else over but he never forgets the stories. A man after my
01:43own heart. Darby must have heard that too because he then smacked Wheeler Yuta with a chair and of course
01:47later on we did that really cool thing when the camera wasn't really focused on Alan and he just
01:52came zooming in with the coffin drop and then later he hit another one on Wheeler Yuta and you know I
01:58think that was meant to be a one to all and Danny Garcia broke up the count but actually Wills had to
02:04kick out. Even the commentators were like don't worry about it but it doesn't happen man mistakes happen
02:10it's live professional wrestling. We also got a bunch of dives and put at least two on the dive
02:14counter and everybody was going through tables by flipping Wheeler Yuta splash Orange Cassidy through
02:19one at one point but again the story ever since the last pay-per-view is the downfall of the Death
02:23Riders. They don't know what they're doing mostly because their leader Jon Moxley has become a big
02:28old scaredy-cash. After Orange had taken out Daniel using another table Willie Yuta got put in the
02:33sharpshooter. It's almost as if Darbyan has adopted that as his new finish and he did have to tap out
02:39which meant the babyfaces were going to win but there was more to this later too and it could rhyme
02:44with Rudd and Futs. When I said that it sounded terrible but yeah honestly let's say you happen
02:49to sit down and watch this episode of Dynamite and you felt a bit like oh man I'm so lethargic right now
02:54this would have put you right in the mood giving it up. We then saw Hook arrive at the building when
03:00somebody in the background was dressed as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and of course if you've been
03:04watching AEW for a long old time that made you feel warm and fuzzy in your tum-tum and Hook was
03:08all ready because he is going to be in the number one contender match later for the world title and
03:13of course he wants to go after Samoa Joe because man I used to be in your opportunity group and then
03:17I found out you were lying. You also do have to give this a down. I like Hook. I don't understand some of
03:22the criticisms that do get thrown his way. Not everybody has to be the best wrestler ever but how
03:27the flub can you justify him being in a number one contender match? I mean he basically hasn't done
03:32anything lately apart from hanging out with Eddie Kingston which is cool. We all want to hang out
03:36with Eddie Kingston. Hopefully you take my point. Giving it a minute down. The world still turns.
03:41Rene Paquette then found Don Callis as well and he is having a family summit later. I was like this is
03:46the worst family of all time. You're meant to do this on a Sunday at home not drag your family full of
03:52its 42,769 members all the way to live TV but this is when he saw the Young Bucks and he called them over.
03:59He is trying to add more people to his group because he was like oh hi Matt and Nick look what
04:04I can do for you and to be fair he did give them one hell of an entrance. He was doing the big hype
04:09drop on the microphone and they had their old music and also there was no funny stuff. Well to hazard a
04:15guess. I don't think they're going to join the Don Callis family and actually this is the slow start
04:19with them teaming back up with Kenny Omega. It was always going to happen. Speaking of callbacks as well
04:24when Matt and Nick were going to the ring they too looked at the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and that
04:28match we did years and years ago is one of my favourites AEW has ever done because it is so funny.
04:34When we just got to the most insane tag team match it was the Young Bucks taking on FTR,
04:40taking on Jet Speed, taking on the Jurassic Express because of course they had all four on
04:44Collision so now it was trying to time determine who the number one contender for the tag team titles
04:49would be and this is how you know the AEW tag team scene is in a good place. I was like you know
04:53what any of them can win and I'll be a happy panda. As for the match just go and watch it. Listen I
05:00understand this style isn't going to be for everyone as I say every single week but the timing,
05:04the talent, the craziness, the madness, the sheer oh my gosh what's going on they are great performers.
05:10You always heard nonsense because Jack Perry gave his life to Bryan Danielson at the start
05:14and Bryan was like well I'm going to need this because Stokely Hathaway has joined us on commentary.
05:20I'm going to put a one on the dive counter and just give you a little bit of a PSA.
05:24Somebody hands you a potential murder weapon don't say thank goodness I have this because that guy
05:29may need a stabbing. We then just got arm drags which doesn't sound that exciting but they were
05:33going at 100 miles per hour when Jack and Mike Bailey were doing flippin' hurricanranas then Jet Speed
05:38were doing their thing and Jurassic Express were doing their thing when FT on the Young Bucks were like screw that
05:43and they took them all down like it was some damn nursery rhyme and even though they couldn't
05:47really get on at the weekend here they did form a little mini alliance for a small while
05:51then of course it all fell apart. You just have to watch wrestling from any era. If two heels get
05:56together give it 10 minutes and they're going to fall out. We also need to talk about this crazy
06:00suplex that Dax Harwood gave Kevin Knight into the pile of people that were on the outside and I just
06:06hope that Kev is okay. When he landed well he was either selling or his leg got totally murked and it did look a
06:12bit horrible but this was off the top rope as well. Once again you can like and hate whatever you want
06:18but the sheer risk that some of these dudes take is pretty damn impressive. Luchasaurus got a hot tag
06:23and he ran wild which should be going on because he was the biggest guy in the match and he's a dinosaur
06:27for goodness sake when Jack Perry was jumping off his back doing Canadian destroys. That's when I was like
06:33that'll do pig that'll do or that'll do dino that'll do. A flippin' weird thing to say. We definitely got at least
06:40two dives in this as well because Jack Perry did one right after this to put two on the counter
06:44and clearly somebody had gone. Do you know who's great? Kevin Knight and Jet Speed together. We
06:49should give Knight something. So not only did the Young Bucks hit with a bunch of moves but they got
06:53the PTE trigger and this mother hub had kicked out. You could feel it in the building. People were
06:58surprised. Kevin Knight then went rawr because he was good to go. He even got the UFO splash but very sadly
07:03he forgot about FTR who just teleported in. They hit the shatter machine and they got the one, two,
07:08three. And listen, I will take FTR versus Bandido, Brandido, Blah Blah Blah Blah for the tag team
07:13titles. That will be great. But once again, nobody came out of this feeling like a loser because they
07:18just did so damn well. You have 15 minutes today. You should watch it up. We then got a quick clip
07:25for the Hangman and a page promo from Collision where he dropped the Dark Knight line of Samoa Joe.
07:29You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself to become the villain. And he finished
07:34this by saying, I'm going to ruin your life. So I had this vision of Samoa Joe doing his taxes and
07:39going, this tax return is wrong. And then somewhere Hangman and the page is going, I told you.
07:46Don Callis and his flipping family came to the ring and they actually had tables set up with
07:51placards. It's the most boring family of all time. Imagine you had to do that every year. And also
07:57they started to explain to us what the Don Callis family was. Like Rocky Romero stood up and he said,
08:02I will tell you, we are the best faction ever. Then Josh Alexander went and he made a very nice
08:07video. So he put the work in. When Carl Fletcher had to explain the why, he's like, listen, you
08:12Australian, don't steal my gimmick. I didn't say that. I like Carl Fletcher. I think he's very good.
08:17This felt a little bit ridiculous. But I suppose it was going to tie in because everyone kept saying,
08:22oh, it's a shame that the Kester isn't here because he's had travel issues. And Okada was smiling
08:27like the Cheshire Cat. When surprise, surprise, who came out from the back saying, there ain't no travel issues
08:31with me. If you're not saying to Kester, you haven't been paying attention. He went right
08:35for Okada and Don Callis calmed him down. He's like, listen to Kester, IWGP champion. We all love you
08:41and on to ashes of Kenny Omega, which is an insane thing to say. We built this family, but don't
08:47forget you were the first one in. That doesn't mean you can't be the last one out. My hand went up.
08:53I was like, Don, you mean first one out. If he's the last one out, it means he's kicked you out
08:57first. But the whole point was Don Callis was threatening him. He told him to make up with
09:01Okada and went to Kester, went to shake his hand and Kada just flipped him off. Don't care what
09:07anyone says. It's the feud of the year. Callis quite clearly doesn't watch wrestling either
09:11because he was like, OK, fine. If this isn't going to work from a respect angle, you two can team up
09:16with each other on collision and I'm sure that nothing will go wrong. And I was like, yeah, Don. I mean,
09:22there's no historical equivalence to that. This was just so damn good, though, because it's
09:25effortlessly simple and everybody knows where it is going to go, but that's fine because it means
09:30you can start anticipating it. Like, AEW probably does need a top babyface right now, a new brand
09:35new top babyface, and everybody is so ready to cheer to Kester because one, he's totally brilliant,
09:40and two, he is the IWGP champion. I still think the AEW fanbase sees that belt as massively important
09:47as they should do, so I am going to give it an up. You can still draw out for a few more weeks if you
09:52should want, but the teasing is really good. Although, yeah, if you ever get an invite for
09:56any kind of family occasion with the Doncas family, you say no, otherwise up.
10:02Mene McKay was there with Chris Statlander, and Chris understands that Mercedes-Benz is super unhappy
10:06about what happened last week, but given that she is going to be fighting on collision, do you know
10:11who's going to be front and center? It's going to be Chris Statlander. Thankfully, she then said,
10:15oh, I do believe we're both in the building tonight, so I'll see you later. At one stage,
10:19I thought that was going to be it. She's a women's champion, man. Always do more.
10:25We then got a rematch from last week, too, and it was Jon Moxley versus Kyle O'Reilly.
10:28This is another one. It is just tying into the downfall of Jon Moxley, who now, I mean,
10:34I don't even know if he has a gammy leg, but he does have. If anybody touches that region of his
10:39body, he totally freaks out and he can't handle it. It also means we got that great conglomeration
10:43video, and my gosh, that makes me feel good in my tootsie toes. Then once again, they just went to war.
10:48They had this crazy battle, and yeah, it ties into what I just said. Every time Kyle O'Reilly
10:53was able to pick that ankle, Jon Moxley was like, no, no. And essentially, he kept dropping
10:58Kyle on his head. I think he hit him with at least two piledrivers. At 1.2, O'Reilly stopped on the
11:03ankle, and he hit the boom to get the one-two-oo. So let's just take a moment to shout out Adam Cole.
11:08We haven't talked about him much since. He had that horrible news at all in. I just hope he's doing
11:12okay, because that dude rules. Kyle O'Reilly had a dive later as well, and that was important,
11:16too, but put a one on the dive counter. Because they were on the outside, they were using Barry
11:21Barricade and throwing each other into reading the ring post, and using the ring apron, which
11:25is the hardest part of the ring. You could tell something was cooking here. You could smell
11:29it in the air, especially because Marina Shafir kept getting involved, or at least looking at
11:32Kyle O'Reilly. When referee Aubrey Edwards was like, listen, you idiots, I am going to count
11:37you out. Look, one, two. But because they were fighting, and because Kyle O'Reilly had applied
11:42this submission, they weren't paying attention. Once again, bless Brian Danielson. Five minutes
11:47before this, he had said, you know what? Even if you do get a submission on the outside
11:50and somebody taps out, you would still wear that as a sense of pride. The man is brilliant.
11:55Of course, they were too busy with this, so they did get counted out. And this is exactly
11:58why you don't want to do non-finishes all the time. The crowd did boo this, because they
12:02wanted to see a one-two-three or a tap-out victory, and that rhymes so it must be true.
12:07But it actually felt like they hated each other so much, and Jon Moxie has become such
12:11a feared Fred, that he didn't know what to do.
12:14Daniel Cassidy not only felt the same, so of course he attacked straight away when Roderick
12:18Strong was here, because he's friends with Kyle, and all of a sudden you had all the death
12:21riders, and you had all the conglomeration, mostly so the good guys could pass the mic
12:25around and say, do you know what we should do? And they gave it to Orange Cassidy.
12:30He was like, oh, can't we bother with this? But fine, bladder guts.
12:34We also made sure that Orange Cassidy and Moxie tussled before that, well, they had a big
12:37old shoving match. So now, yes, we have put this in the books, we have cemented it, and
12:42given who is involved, especially that the death riders are led by Jon Moxie, and Darby
12:47Allen was out here too, well, set your phases to terrified, because this bag, blood and guts,
12:53could be absolutely disgusting. But I am going to give it an up, I mean, we're already promoting
12:56things that are coming down the way, and AEW has been building this for a while, that's all
13:01you can ever ask for. Also, Jon Moxie and Kyle O'Reilly, they're embroiled in a feud that
13:06has come out of nowhere, but they actually have very good chemistry, go teach science.
13:12When we absolutely had the best camera cut of wrestling in 2025, because we went to the
13:17back, and Mercedes-Benz was beating the crap out of Chris Statlander, as the Stay Puft Marshmallow
13:23Man looked on. I don't care, I knew this in my life, thank Flumman's that AEW exists.
13:29The same as they dragged Chris to the ring, but because she is the babyface, she started
13:33to fight back, when it was Athena who zoomed in from nowhere, because of course, she's
13:36been doing minion training with Mercedes-Benz because they're going to enter the tag team
13:40tournament. Finally, Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron came out, because they have
13:44a friend in Chris Statlander, though of course, Willow and Chris also have somewhat of a rocky
13:49past. This is turning into a bit of a soap opera.
13:51What I do like, though, is that the tag teams we just talked about, Mercedes-Benz, Zena,
13:55Willow and Harley, are all fighting off in the tournament, but you also do have the match
13:58between Mercedes and Chris, that's what AEW did here, is they took all of it, they threw
14:02it into one nice, neat little package, and said, would you like it to be delivered like
14:06McDonald's? You got it.
14:07Also, I want to give one last shout out to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, because whoever
14:10that was did absolutely nothing. It must have been useless wrestling security, but I am
14:15going to give it an up. Again, you're not going to be talking about this in 10 years' time,
14:18but as a way to pivot into the next thing, it's very well thought out.
14:22We then also got this Bandido video, when essentially he was walking around saying,
14:26listen, not only am I facing Masca Dorada next week, but look how great my family is.
14:31If you didn't love him before, surely you watched and just went, you know what, he could be the
14:36best baby face of all time.
14:37No, I'm exaggerating, of course, and actually we've got sad news after this, but then we
14:41learned Penelope Ford had been injured on collision, and she's probably not going to be able
14:45to compete in Blood and Guts or the Women's Tag Team Tournament, and of all the people,
14:49that is so unfair. Penelope Ford in 2025 has been such a workhorse. She's been here, there,
14:54and everywhere. So all the best to her. Hope she can get back to it soon.
15:00Bravo all around for what came next, though, because we did have our first round match of
15:03the Women's Tag Team Tournament, and as set up last week, it was Jamie Hayo and Kriya
15:07Naminata, taking on Julian Hart and Sky Blue. Now, they're the triangle of madness. There's
15:12only two of them here, so they're the line of doom or something like that. But because
15:16I'm a massive nerd, I was like, okay, well, the baby faces are going to win, especially
15:20given they called the shot. But no, it was the heels that went over, and that's exactly
15:25what you want to do in a tournament, because now for the rest of the brackets, I'll be like,
15:28well, I don't know, man, maybe we're going to do a surprise. Sky Blue made me laugh out loud
15:32as well, because she tagged and it got murked instantly. And they're fair play to Jamie
15:36and the Queen. They were doing like quick tags and using tag team prowess. They look
15:40pretty damn good. And eventually the tag cats then kind of went off and they all started
15:44to fight. Julia Hart made sure that she used that to walk the ropes because she is spooky
15:48and walking the ropes is spooky-wooky. We were taught that when they were kids, when we got
15:53sort of like a double super kick from Julia Hart and Sky Blue. So the Queen and Jamie came
15:57back with double lariats and everybody was down Humpty Dumpty. Now there was going to be some
16:01shenanigans here as I put a one on the dickboard. Yes, the AEW cameras missed this, but I'm
16:06going to sound like a bit of a defender, but I do think this at the same time, when you
16:10don't actually see some outside interference, it does make it feel more real. Because if
16:14wrestling was on the up and up, well, you wouldn't know this was going to happen to
16:17begin with. The whole point, it was a sneak attack. When Jamie Hayter was trying to kick
16:20some ass on the outside and she was doing well, Tecla appeared from underneath the ring.
16:24She speared her and I thought this was such a creative finish, especially because they do
16:28have that group. Because then Julia and Sky were like, well, now look, we can do the
16:33two on one attack. Jamie Hayter is not going to be able to save the Queen because she is
16:36dead. They hit that spinny slam suplex thingamajig they do. They got the one, two, three, and then
16:42Tecla got in the ring. It's like, Tecla, what are you doing? You're meant to be hidden.
16:45It also, of course, ties into the blood and guts match they've been teasing as well.
16:49So I am giving this an up. Once again, it just goes to show not all booking needs to be really
16:53complicated. This made sense. It was not two plus two equals potato. I'm actually involved in this
16:59Women's Tag Team Tournament. I think it could be a massive plus. The joy then kept on coming
17:05too, although we weren't going to know it until the end because Tony Schiavone, dressed as the
17:08Phantom of the Opera, which I believe he did once in WCW, was interviewing Megan Bain and Penelope
17:13Ford. And yeah, Penelope was there with her arm in a sling. She's going to be out for a while,
17:18so Megan Bain's going to have to do something else. This is when Marina Shafir walked in and was like,
17:22I'll be your tag team partner. And John Moxley was like Santa Claus and just given him, I don't know,
17:28some blood for Christmas. He was so damn excited about this. And look, Megan and Marina did do the
17:34fist bump. So now I assume they have to win the tournament. I mean, they won't, but we're going
17:38to have to come up with something good about why they don't. Our main event was next, and it was
17:43the number one contender match for the world title, and it was Samoa Joe taking on Hook, taking on Bobby
17:48Ashley, taking on Ricochet. This was absolutely fantastic. Bobby Lashley absolutely should be in
17:54this scene more, especially because he rarely ever loses, if at all. Samoa Joe is just the best.
17:59I'm a big fan of Hook, even though with a dress white, it didn't really work. And this Ricochet
18:03man, there's this stupid corner of the internet that acts like he's not a generational talent.
18:08He was so damn good in this, we do not put enough respect on his ball name. Of course,
18:13Hook went after Samoa Joe as well because he felt betrayed, but he also got into it with Bobby
18:17Lashley, who just punched him right in the face. This was building towards the end of the match,
18:21when Hook was like, I'm going to use my MP and trigger my special move. He hit this suplex on
18:27Samoa Joe, who saw it like he was dead. That's just some good old-fashioned wrestling. We also
18:31had Hook kick out of the Ricochet shooting star press, which Ricochet sold like he had just lost
18:35his wallet. And also, he was just flipping and flying, and did at least two dives before this
18:40and put a do on the dive counter. But honestly, this is another one. If you do have a few minutes
18:44today, just go and watch it and keep your eye on Ricky. The man is very, very good. I mean,
18:49they all are. We've eventually got to the point where it's like, you hit your finisher,
18:52then I'll stop you with my finisher, then our man will come in, and she'll hit a bunch of
18:55finishers too. When I think Ricochet panicked because he got a chair, he just smacked Bobby
19:00Lashley on the back, who was chilling out on the ring apron about to kill Hook. He was so damn mad
19:05that he chased Ricochet away. I was like, I tell you, I'm going to be dead in the ground,
19:10and the hurts and the demand are still going to be feuding. Here, though, I thought it worked.
19:15I think Hook totally got confused by this as well, because that's when Samoa Joe snuck in. He did apply
19:18the Kikina clutch, and he made sure that Bobby Lashley ran back to the ring, but he wasn't able
19:22to make it. Now, as it turned out, Hook had got his eight hours, so instead he did tap out,
19:27and the camera on Bobby's face was so funny. It was like a kid at Christmas who really wanted a PS5,
19:34and all he got was a stupid Coleco. I tell you, they'll rust up on you. My heart just filled up
19:38with glee after this stuff, because Powerhouse, Hobbs, and Shabbat came out to celebrate with their
19:41glorious leader. And yes, Tony Shabbat was here back in his costume and saying,
19:45Samoa Joe, you've done it. How about you sign this contract to make it official in the next
19:50pay-per-view? Samoa Joe was going to do this when Tony invited out the AEW Fright Night crew,
19:56which was the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and there was a chicken and a cow and some other things,
20:01and the Ops beat the hell out of them. Straight away, I was like, this is brilliant.
20:05We're just beating up mascots. But of course, Samoa Joe remembered the past,
20:09and he took the hood of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, thinking it was Hangman,
20:13when it wasn't. He punched this guy right in the face. I'm sorry, this was the segment of the
20:18year. Samoa Joe was even happy to make an ass of himself too, because he was like,
20:21ha ha ha, Hangman, goes to show you're no longer that inventive, you're no longer the master of
20:26disguise. And the whole time, Tony Shabbat kept talking, which is why this bit was so smart,
20:32because it meant he could bail, so he could hear his voice. But the person that got back into the
20:36ring was not Tony Shabbat, and it was Hangman Adam Page, dressed up like this guy. He smashed a
20:42bottle over Samoa Joe's head, he whooped Powerhouse Hobbs and Shabbat by kicking him in the balls,
20:47and dressed as Tony Shabbat, he hit a buckshot lariat, so nobody can ever take that away from
20:53me. Surely it also means that Tony Shabbat was in on the deal. How else would they be able to
20:57coordinate like this? But don't you walk into my house and tell me Goofy Wrestling for Life can't
21:01work in a main event angle. Everybody sold this like a big deal, and therefore it was a big deal,
21:06and it made me so damn happy. The last time I checked, that's the whole reason why we watched
21:11Pro Wrestling to begin with. It also goes to show that Hangman Adam Page was like,
21:14well it is the Halloween episode, and I've done this before, so why don't I do it again?
21:17It was creative, and it was inventive, and of course it takes this idea that Samoa Joe is
21:22getting another shot, just adds a bit of sauce back into the burger. I couldn't give it a bigger
21:27up if I tried, that's not true, we have ups for those, but it's not going to get one of them.
21:31But I thought it was brilliant, I thought it was terrific, and once again, it made me feel warm
21:36with Fuzzy and my Tum Tum. Which brought us to the end of AEW Dynamite, and I thought this was a
21:40terrific episode, because again, it just felt like we wanted to lean into the fact that wrestling
21:44can be fun, this is why it's always going to be important that we do have two major companies.
21:48So I am going to give it an up, and now of course you can disagree with me in the comments below,
21:51when you are down there, please do like the video, share the video, and subscribe.
21:55Keep the video on the screen with zups and downs for Monday Night Raw to get all my takes on
21:58pro wrestling, otherwise my friends, have a terrific Halloween, or whatever you want to do,
22:02and I will see you soon.