BOAD: AEW Storytelling Style Shift?
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What is Robin Lundberg’s overall impression of tonight’s AEW Dynamite?
It's Robin Lundberg here on the Busted Open After Dark podcast, reacting to all things AEW Dynamite. And is it just me or is the storytelling in AEW a little different? We'll break it down coming up now. This is the Busted
Open Podcast.
Now, when it comes to dynamite, before we get into the recap and and swerve strick on Kevin Knight uh still in the ring right now, before we get to the the recap of everything that went down kind of beat by beat, I want to tell you something I saw that I feel like I've seen before. And something I saw that feels a little different. A bit like a shift. Let's talk about what I've seen before. John Moxley got thrown on some barbed wire and glass and stuff. John Moxley, there's not really Anything that's uh grotesque that can shock me with bro anymore. You know, he's gotten stabbed with forks and and whatnot. Uh it's sort of par for the course. I mean, that shouldn't be par for the course. You know, it it's not like you know, they used to say milk does a body good.
You can't say barbed wire glass uh bump spots do a body good, but it's it's definitely something John Moxley has gotten used to. And And and sometimes I I feel like almost to a fault where, wow, that's crazy that he would put his body on the line on a uh run of the mill episode, if you will, but you do lose some of that shock value eventually when you do it all the time. So therefore, what's the stunt that you can pull that is going to actually, you know, move the crowd when you're you're not afraid to have various shrapnel um near your spinal cord on on a weekly basis. And it's also kind of interesting to see how the the Death Riders who were mocked in their heel run have kind of organically changed into baby faces in the process here.
You know, Moxley. Has kind of elevated himself after a series of losses. And he had a little confrontation with with uh Don Callis. We'll play you the audio of that coming up in a bit as well. You know, Callis sort of sitting at the intersection, gatekeeping the main event scene. But that's something we see all the time, is a spot like that from John Moxley. It's kind of like uh last week with Darby Allen, where bro get gets thrown off of something or through I mean in it. I I can't tell ya I don't go Every time, but it's par for the course. It's sort of expected. It's AEW, right?
How does the show’s use of extreme violence (barbed‑wire, glass, etc.) affect its storytelling?
Cool. What I saw tonight that This is almost um It's interesting because it's a paradox in a sense. But what I saw tonight was a little bit of slow burn. And I've criticized AEW in the past for hot shotting angles and for kind of, you know. spoiling things early or uh not building suspensefully, you know, blowing the load early, if you will. And I've I've criticized them for that in the past. And I don't think they did that tonight. Now, one of the one of the the downsides to that can be, and and I'll I'll speak very honestly, it's like it doesn't always lead for the best, like, oh my God, I can't believe what just happened after the show mo. Right. But you you you get that all the time on weekly episodic television.
Complaints all the time. Nothing happened on Raw. Nothing happened on SmackDown. Now nothing happened on Dynamite. But Something did happen on Dynama. Something did. A few things happened on dynamite. I said this on the program last week. When they did the angle with Hangman Page and Kenny Omega. And swerve Strickland. Andre could probably roll the tape if he wanted. But I said something along the lines of I like that they had all those guys in the the title mix, but I don't think they should throw any one of them in with MJF right away. We should sort of see it. build. We should see it stew. We should see it formulate. Saison. Any other metaphor? Word choice you want to use then. And I thought they accomplished that pretty well tonight because the card starts off or the show starts off.
Why does Lundberg think AEW is moving toward longer‑term, slow‑burn story arcs?
With MJ F and and Brody King. in in the ring and MJF, you know, sort of heelish, a little scared of of Brody, who they're they're building into this menacing big presence. And MJF kind of rightly points out though, like you haven't beaten anybody of worth to be in the ring with me or to challenge for my title or anything like that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Robin Lundberg’s overall impression of tonight’s AEW Dynamite?
0:00–2:38
2
How does the show’s use of extreme violence (barbed‑wire, glass, etc.) affect its storytelling?
2:38–4:36
3
Why does Lundberg think AEW is moving toward longer‑term, slow‑burn story arcs?
4:36–6:46
4
What role do the new rivalries (MJF vs. Kenny Omega, MJF vs. Swerve) play in the evolving narrative?
6:46–9:56
5
How are the debuts of Alec Price, Jordan Oliver and others shaping AEW’s future roster?
9:56–12:17
6
What does Lundberg say about MJF’s status as a young champion compared to WWE’s talent pipeline?
12:17–14:32
7
How does the podcast evaluate the balance between shock value and sustained character development?
14:32–17:22
8
What are the key takeaways and predictions for AEW’s storytelling direction after this episode?
17:22–19:59