How Was AEW's Double or Nothing Follow-Up?
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Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. This is Dave LaGreca. On today's episode, myself and Nick Nemetok, AEW Dynamite, the big follow-up from Double or Nothing. Did they knock it out of the park?
What was the overall impression of AEW's Double or Nothing?
We discuss right now on the Busted Open Podcast. This is the Busted Open Podcast. Let's get into Dynamite and Collision from last night. Now, I am going to say this for the record. And I said it to Bully on Tuesday, but I'm going to repeat myself here on a Thursday. I truly believe that Double or Nothing this past Sunday was the best AEW pay-per-view I have ever seen. Like, and if I go back about the other shows that I loved, the first ever Double or Nothing in 2000, like before even Dynamite started. Double or Nothing coming out of the pandemic. But I think that show that we saw this last weekend was their best pay-per-view. So, yeah. It's all about the follow-up. And we've talked about that, Nick. Yes.
That they put on killer pay-per-views every single time. They knock it out of the park. It's really about the follow-up, that dynamite that next Wednesday, their weekly TV. Now, I'm not going to come on here and say that that show last night was bad because it wasn't. It was a good show. But I'm still waiting for that next dynamite after a pay-per-view to be a home run. And I just haven't seen it yet. And I told Bully, the last thing I want to say on the air to Nick on Thursday morning is business as usual. But unfortunately, that's what I'm going to say. Business as usual when it comes to AEW. By no means a bad show, but it wasn't a memorable great show. And I think it could have been. And I just don't know why when it comes to Dynamite, they always just seem to miss the mark coming out of a pay-per-view.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. As always, it's a good show. We were waiting for the okay. There's this time and place in the world where WWE has some people questioning if there's other pro wrestling out there for me to check out. Maybe there's something in my neighborhood more, something more affordable, something with more wrestling on it, some alternative something. That is out there. And in this moment where sometimes TKO has some high prices that people got to deal with it every once in a while in this economy, people go, maybe I'll try something out. There's a perfect time for AEW to be hitting their absolute stride. And they are. It's going on seven years in and they're really starting to pick up. They're getting the more stories that we begged for.
We begged for recaps and packages, just said little things that we forget about. And when you watch a seven hour paper, you might forget some awesome stuff. And every time we get down to that Wednesday, we go, okay, how are they going to capitalize? We'll be with packages. We'll be with reminding us. We'll be going on to another feud. We'll be, oh, they're going Darby versus MJF again. Where are they going? And they come out of Wednesday going, yeah, that was a pretty good Wednesday. We got some stories. We got some people going on. But nothing that goes, wow, Dave, this is the effing show that I need to make sure I watch every Wednesday because I know they're going to blow the roof off at the pay-per-views.
But what sucks me in is the story week to week to get to that match. And I think we're still missing that.
Now, listen, I was listening to Tommy Dreamer on Busted Open After Dark. He does a great job. And he talked about that he really liked the show last night because, hey, Double or Nothing was the closing of one chapter and Wednesday was the opening of a brand new chapter. I totally get that. I understand that. And we're getting new feuds and we're getting MJF going in a different direction and everything like that. But it feels less than and and like to me, celebrate the victories. Do a victory lap. I want to I'm an AEW fan. I want to celebrate the victories along with you. Now, I know there's a lot of fans out there.
How important is the follow-up after a major pay-per-view?
Well, Dave, what do you want? Listen, I'm not coming on here to criticize just for criticize sake. But when you have a pay-per-view like they did on Sunday that I am saying is the best pay-per-view that I have seen from AEW since they started, why not celebrate that a little bit more?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:13
2
What was the overall impression of AEW's Double or Nothing?
0:13–4:15
3
How important is the follow-up after a major pay-per-view?
4:15–5:20
4
What were the highlights from AEW Dynamite following Double or Nothing?
5:20–8:01
5
What are the fans' expectations for the new storylines introduced?
8:01–12:52
6
How does the AEW narrative compare to WWE's storytelling?
12:52–15:50
7
What role does Will Ospreay play in the upcoming AEW events?
15:50–19:57
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What are the potential outcomes for Will Ospreay's character arc?
19:57–28:46