Rating: 79% - Worth Watching All they’d have to do was cut out three minutes of the show and it’d be a 90%+ Must Watch episode… *sigh* [thinks about what could have been] Of course, there’s still a hell of a lot to see on this second night of Fyter Fest - including one hell of a Texas Deathmatch between Mox and Lance Archer. Let’s thumb this bad boy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

WWrEcap - The 5-minute Raw Recap

July 21, 2021 - Calder Thumdon

Rating: 84% Worth Watching This podcast is cursed! Probably our fault for recording over an ancient mammoth burial ground. Technical troubles led to a VERY loose (but also pretty fun) episode. Opinions were VERY divided - and we have a rare double rainbow episode. But night one of Fyter Fest still had more great matches than you can shake a stick at - The IWGP US Championship is on the line! The FTW title is on the line! Darby Allin's spine is WAY out of line! - so dive in and find out how it all came out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

July 14, 2021 - Listen to My Thumbs

Rating: 84% - Worth Watching A slow start for this one, but they pull it back from the brink! You wanna see Don Callis call the audience insects? You wanna see an MMA guy get what’s coming to him? You wanna see what the mean streets of Rancho Cucamonga produced? You wanna see the surprise debut of a huge name that we all thought was still under a 90-day non-compete clause? This is the show for you! It’s also the show for you if you want to see a very, very plodding and unnecessary strap match. So it’s got everything! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

July 7, 2021 - Ankle Grabbers Anonymous

Rating: 89% - Worth Watching The new rating system in place and appears to be working as intended! For those who don’t know, we tally up everyones thumbs each episode and render them as a percentage of possible thumbs for the show. The old system was calibrated to WWE Raw, which was a more … inconsistent product. But because Dynamite is consistently good, we had to make it harder! So here’s how it breaks down now: If the total is beneath 60%, we’ll tell you to skip the show entirely. If it’s between 60-80%, we’ll tell you which segments to watch and which to skip. 80% and above is Worth Watching and now it’ll take a score of 90% or above to grab our coveted Must Watch ranking! It’s Dynamite’s last night in Jacksonville, so pour one out as they head out on tour! Hope to see you in a (safe) arena soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

June 30, 2021 - A Quarter Cosmoceratops on My Mother’s Side

Rating: 81% - Must Watch Is this a weird show? You be the judge! We’ve got our first double rainbow in a while (when all three hosts give a different thumb rating TWICE in an episode), so that’s weird. The Shiny Bun Boys (a moniker given by Theresa to her original WWE ship of Appollo Crews and Ricochet because of their glistening attire) might be back, and that’s weird. And we posit the existence of a “Theresa Do List” that someone in the AEW front office is surely compiling.  Plus - do you think we should change our rating system to make it harder for Dynamite to score a "Must Watch" rating? Let us know! YOUR VOTE COUNTS! And thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

June 26, 2021 - A Lot of Arms and Punches and Whatever

Rating: 85% - Must Watch Alternate titles for this week’s episode: Jericho’s Owie Arm The Tire Fires - Hook and Sammy Guevara Ughbarfsnooze There Is a Brutality to Cheerleading Don’t forget this week’s Dynamite airs SATURDAY and is back to its regular Wednesday night slot four days later! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

June 18, 2021 - Three Kids in a Meat Trenchcoat

Rating: 84% - Must Watch This Friday night schedule is madness! Everything is out of whack, but we’re still here to give you what you need! Or at least what you want. Possibly what you’re only indifferent to, but can’t be bothered to find a better substitute. Hopefully, you’re not being forced to listen to this podcast at gunpoint, but we still appreciate the downloads regardless. There are some real clunkers in this week’s Dynamite, but in our book, any show with a segment devoted to The Wingmen is a stone cold classic. Plus Team Taz hijinks! A killer match with Nyla Rose and Leyla Hirsch! And fashion tips from Theresa for the Men of the Year! What more could you ask for? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

June 11, 2021 - The Banana Bread Episode

Rating: 82% - Must Watch It’s Friday and our internal clocks are aaaaall messed up! The post PPV Dynamite brings the heat (mostly) including a big name castoff from WWE, a big win for a very middling feud, and 1,500 Big Macs. What more could you ask for? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

June 4, 2021 - Point, Counterpoint

We did what most people do once they've been vaccinated near the end of a pandemic: drive an hour out of town to watch the PPV at a plush Cinemark and do a podcast on the way back! This episode was recorded on the drive from Long Beach to Hollywood (then a stop-off at Fatburger, and another loop through WeHo and back up Sunset and Hollywood Blvd. because there was JUST TOO MUCH WRASSLIN to cover!) If you like crystal clear audio, then definitely skip this one. But it does improve significantly about a third of the way through the episode, so ... y'know, whatever works for you. It was almost all thumbs up across the board - Must See! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

March 30, 2021 - All Double, No Nothing

Rating: 83% - Must Watch It’s the go home show for Double or Nothing and we are crammed to the gills! World class competitors The Wingmen go up against some guy … Arby’s? Darpa? Whatevs. The Inner Circle preview Stadium Stampede to close the show and a whole heap of promos, run-ins, and the occasional Simpsons reference to keep it all fresh. Don’t forget, we’ll have a special On the Road podcast Monday morning and next week’s Dynamite is *also* Friday, so spend your Wednesday night with your loved ones who refuse to watch wrestling with you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

May 28, 2021 - Three Dudes Stapled Together

Rating: 91% - Must Watch A brief moment of respite before the schedule goes all higgeldy-piggeldy. It’s the Dynamite before the Dynamite before Double or Nothing and many - though not all - the stops were pulled out. Despite being chock full of talking, this episode does not drag. Christian Cage puts in his best showing yet, Mox and Eddie versus The Acclaimed contains all the verbal fireworks you would expect, The Varsity Blonds acquit themselves well against the Young Bucks. Match of the Night, however, goes to the BRUTALIZATION of one Red Velvet at the hands of one Serena Deeb. Very happy to see her back and very happy you’re back too. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget next week’s Dynamite airs on Friday, not Wednesday! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

March 19, 2021 - Show Off Those Marvez Beach Bods

Rating: 82% - Must Watch Twin rays of sunshine Theresa Gumprecht and Calder Holbrook are joined by Chan the Grouch this week - but this still manages to be yet another Must Watch episode. We discuss one of the possible reasons why early on. Join us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

May 12, 2021 - Twenty-Two ‘No’s

Rating: 95% - Must Watch How AEW can regularly put out PPV-quality shows on free(ish) television is beyond us, but here we are again. From top to bottom(ish), this is all killer no filler. Omega makes the most of every moment he’s on screen this week - and he’s on it a lot. The floor is positively LITTERED with great promos. Blood and Guts lives up to precedent set by the mighty War Games PPVs of the ‘80s. For reals(ish) - if this doesn’t float your boat, you’re probably just not a fan of professional wrestling. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

May 5, 2021 - Blood and Pukka Shells

Rating: 83% - Must Watch If your main knock against AEW is not enough time spent in limos, on Harleys, or atop buses, boy is this the show for you! Vehicles abound this episode and the high point is a killer Penta / Orange Cassidy match that’s worth the price of admission alone. You might want to pull up shopaew.com while you’re listening to this one since we refer to it often. republicoflucha.com too. They don’t pay us, we’re just easily distracted. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

April 29, 2021 - THESE INSURANCE SAVINGS ARE WOOOOOMAZING!

Rating: 95% - Must Watch(ish) Hey, it’s our one year anniversary since starting AEW Dynamite! Which is crazy because it felt like we had been doing Raw for years before that, but it was only about six months - THAT’S HOW EXHAUSTING IT WAS. This year has flown by! That being said, this may have been the dullest 95% show allowed by our current understanding of the physical laws of the universe. Everything is executed properly, but it all feels like setup for something else. Nothing wrong with that particularly - Blood and Guts is coming and we’re stoked! Lotta great stuff in this show. Maybe it’s just because growing up Chinese, 95 out of a 100 is still “could be better”. Thanks for listening to us for a year - or more! We love you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aedoubleback/message

April 21, 2021 - Another Year Closer to Death

Who has time to watch every wrestling show on the air? Get a complete breakdown of Raw Tuesday morning, then get a fast, 10-minute recap of the entire week of WWE television the following Monday morning - including Raw, Smackdown and NXT!