IN LAIMAN’S TERMS #482 – Thoughts on AEW: Dynamite – Live from St Paul, MN – March 26th, 2025
1. It’s about freaking time y’all came back. November 2023 was the last time AEW was here, despite Colliding nearby in Cedar Rapids and Sioux Falls. And it only took 7 attempts, but I’ll finally get to see my favorite HAM, the Timeless one. Time to head out to the other twin city!
2. Top row aisle (intentionally.) Shoutout to the Sour Graps Society!
3. This is a cool venue, way better than watching another show in the Target Center.
4. Opening up with a Julia Hart bonus match? Yes fuckin’ please! Glad she’s on the card in her home area.
5. Full boos for a Renegade shoulder block, you know this crowd showed up tonight!
6. I know this is a bonus match, but damn it’s getting time. Hometown girl wins, I’m so glad she gets this moment. Last time she was defending her TBS title, so… time has passed.
7. Oh damn, I didn’t know Bishop Kaun was from the Twin Cities. And he’s facing Jay Lethal… It’s been almost 20 years since the epic Black Machismo/Larry Sweeney strut-off in McKeesport, and I don’t imagine tonight will resemble that contest very much.
8. 40 dollars for a fuckin’ t-shirt is absurd. And even still, this is the fourth time I’ve tried to buy this particular one, and they never have my size.
9. Random vintage t-shirt sighting: 2004 era John Cena “you can’t see me.”
10. Random Minnesota outfit sightings: about forty dudes in hats, hoodies, and shorts.
11. The website for this venue is theroy.org, but I keep accidentally thinking someone misspelled “theory.”
12. More hometown victories. It’s not televised so one of these two actually got to win for a change.
13. They don’t have the heel/face entrance tubes, but it looks like they borrowed some set pieces from Paisley Park as a replacement,
14. It’s Taz! Someone on the floor drew all three Botchamania commentary illustrations. Well done!
15. That pyro was a little too subtle, Kenny. I’m surprised by your lack of pomp and circumstance.
16. I know that Minecraft is a thing. Beyond that, I’m thrilled for whomever is happy this movie exists.
17. I don’t think I’ve seen Omega since my first Dynamite, Thanksgiving Eve 2022. This is a privilege. Blake Christian is also here.
18. Christian with a twisting outside dive, corkscrewing like he’s auditioning for Valleyfair or something.
19. Omega wins the opening match. Some will say Blake had too much offense, some will say he didn’t have enough, some will say that his pants should’ve sparkled blue instead of orange. Grifters gonna grift.
20. I can’t hear a damn word anyone is saying; but hey, Speedball is here!
21. Random vintage shirt sighting: A bean who wasn’t even a thought when it happened in an NWO shirt.
22. I still have no idea what anyone said, but it looked like a fun promo. Nice to go old school with a match instead of a promo opening the show.
23. Chris Jericho is still here.
24. Title vs Mask at Dynasty. Kay.
25. MJF is here. Conversely, someone sitting in front of me hasn’t showered since last Dynamite, so that’s two senses overwhelmed unpleasantly.
26. Prince heat in 2025. He’s still big here. I still see Ducks jerseys from the first film too. Usually Fulton. Of course it’s Fulton.
27. I can at least hear the “We Hurt People” song. I’ve picked up at least four other words aside from those.
28. We Hurt People gives way to a Shelton chant, Golden Gopher comes home!
29. I have no idea what just happened, but good JBL, Big Bill is a lot of guy!
30. I heard “win a match,” and then… I don’t know, something about cribbage?
31. Thundertits is a thing. Ded. I forgot that Thunderstorm was a team at one (brief) point in time.
32. Bi God, it’s Kyle Fletcher! And he’s facing Brody, this will make many people happy by default!
33. There is much barking. It’s like being back home in Cleveland except we haven’t gone home at halftime regretting life decisions yet.
34. Takeshita’s husband is getting thrown around by Brody, which… pretty sure that’s what happens with Take too, but to a much more logical conclusion.
35. This is the kind of match where it may be no shots pulled and nobody would be surprised.
36. Looked like some noggins kerplunked on Fletcher’s dive. That can’t be pleasant.
37. That is some fuckin’ hang time on that elbow drop, Bi God!
38. DVD on the apron, damn what a match!
39. A countout got broken at 9? Damn, talk about things you never see!
40. Oh, Timeless already won the HAM, but she would’ve anyway. Fite me irl.
41. This crowd just chanted for Brody to do a 619. Alright then.
42. The Bi God with a Bi God provocative pin, but Brody kicks out at 2. Disrespeck.
43. You knew things were gonna get to a shenan. I’m just surprised it took this long to shenan. And shenanigan they did.
44. Bi God. The turnbuckle driver on Brody, what a match!
45. Powerhouse makes the save, and now we’ve got a MEAT team!
46. Hobbs got a hug from Taz and now the security is here? Okay then. Gotta keep the meat separate until it’s ready to be cooked to standard, I suppose.
47. Is something else going on? This is the slowest-developing keep-apart brawl I’ve ever seen. Or are they just making them wait to start the match?
48. Hobbs wins, meat prevails.
49. Nick Wayne is in a plain white T, so he’s a Death Rider now, I presume?
50. Holy shit, did you know All In is in Texas? Why aren’t they promoting this?
51. Is Hangman slowly becoming Robbie Hart with that hair? Oh hey, Swerve confrontation, no clue what they said.
52. More shit I can’t hear with Swerve and FTR. But I can tell things get interrupted within a sentence.
53. A trios title match? But they just defended them last year or something!
54. Swerve is saying words. I think I heard him say Mox.
55. The luster of this Mox entrance has not lived ip to what I felt it could’ve been back at Wrestledream.
56. Claudio is also here. I don’t know what they’re saying. But they sure are saying it.
57. Marina comes out with a weapon, but so does Willow. The crowd is reacting, I’ll continue to assume it’s good.
58. Top Flight sighting. Welcome home! Max Caster. The crowd singing that song, (they were for MJF too), and Joe chokes him out.
59. Stop making me wait for Toni, dammit!
60. There’s a no entrance tag team in the ring, so they are giving me… not Toni. Switchblade is saying words I can’t understand though.
61. Top Flight getting a hometown win, I’m down with that.
62. Ospreay is on the screen. What, he can go to fuckin Omaha but not here?
63. Takeshita about to give Briscoe an unfortunate evening. Gotta warm up for Kyle later somehow.
64. I am so tired, early work day both today and tomorrow, but I’m not missing Toni dammit.
65. This match is perfectly fine, but I want what I came to see.
66. It’s 8:45, come the hell on. Fake finish, foot on ropes. This will continue,
67. Take wins. Cool. Give me my… the main event.
68. Random sign near me: Wheeler Puta.
69. We are Thundertits, and our catch phrase is releasing the dam like the Ents! I have seen Toni, I am a happy Ris.
