Hello and welcome to the AEW Dynamite Preview.

We are the Dudley Boys of What Cool Jai. I'm Adam Wilborn, joined by Michael Hanflot and Michael Sidgwick here to look ahead to tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite. But before we get into it, if you're a fan of this sort of thing, make sure you subscribe to What Cool Tresting on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube. We do daily wrestling podcasts

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formerly known as N-N-A Oh! Paperviews, premium live events. We have interviews, roundtable discussions, and a roundup of the week complete with the bigger quiz, of course, on wrestle culture. I said, though, joined by Hamphan Zid ahead to A.W. Dynamite tonight and all the fallout from all in. Well, I would argue there was some tweet, right? I shouldn't take much stock in this where it's like, it's now and ever for AW. Just like, what's the word that they use? Scaremongering, not that. Sensationalising? Yeah, just something of that ilk where it's like concern trolling. Okay. Because I don't think this person was particularly enthusiastic. What if this doesn't work out as we all want it to as a group collectively, yes? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's a bit of concern trolling with this tweet.

But hyperbolic as it was, A.Ws definitely got this while we're here to stay.

Like the relationship with Warner's going really well.

They found the floor of viewership and attendance.

And it's pretty damn good for a healthy number two.

Like there's no catastrophe imminent if this momentum is squandered.

I don't think.

I think if you, I mean, look at my goddamn replies in August 2023.

There are people who will raise to the defense of the worst stuff that this company could possibly produce,

and there are enough of them to sustain a number two.

Especially now that they are in the building that they're in, which we'll get to.

Having said that, I've said all along that this was, it's remarkable really that this has worked.

I don't think it's luck.

I think there's been some precision timing with this death rider stuff, which I'm not going

to defend the whole thing.

I don't want to do retrospective, oh, it was good all along and you're an idiot for not

buying in.

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