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Ups & Downs - AEW Dynamite Review (Jan 28th)

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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0:00.0

Kenny Omega man. I understand it's a weird way to start a video, especially if you just stumbled across this,

0:04.3

but he was the first guy to come out on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite, and there's just something about him. That makes it sound like I'm in love with Kenny Omega, but he said last week he feels like he's in better shape that he has been in ages, and he's feeling damn good, and I think you saw it on this episode of AEW. He's also going for the World Championship, while I imagine MGF eventually beats him. Good grief, Kenny Omega is a super-duper movie megastar. And yeah, screw it. I love Kenny Omega. Also, my friends, the world of ups and downs, the only wrestling of you show you need. I understand it sounds like a kid's TV show. Oh, well, good to the ups and downs. And it basically is. We do take wrestling seriously,

0:56.9

but you also remember that wrestling is the most important, the least important things, and we have fun with it. So if you liked something and I didn't, that's cool. It's never the same the other way around because you get in my DMs and you call me all sorts of things. But I just appreciate that. You care. But I am the one with the finger of power. We are very close to my 10 year anniversary doing this show, which is ridiculous. I've wasted my life. Let's up those doubts. Kelly and

1:03.0

was facing Rocky Romero, though, which of course tied him because one, he had promised MGF that he's

1:07.4

actually going to win matches to face for the World Championship, rather than go Geese title shop, but also Rocky Romero is in the Don Callis family.

1:14.5

If Kenny Amaker knows one thing, he hates Don Callis.

1:17.3

Now I wouldn't call this a squash match of Rocky Romero I thought was very entertaining.

1:20.6

At one point, he did that whole slide on the knees thing when Kenny Amaker flew in from behind

1:25.4

and gave me this V-trigger and the camera caught it from the corner, which is the stupidest thing I've ever said in my entire life, and it just looked absolutely horrendous. He then hit it with a few more moves. He got the one with an angel, one, two, three. And again, if you want to start going, oh, this Kenny Omega, he looks like world championship material, you absolutely can. Now of course let's hope that Ken doesn't have to go through the entire Don Callis family because he won't get his championship shop until 2049. And the really sad news is that on commentary, they said Samoa Joe has suffered some kind of injury and he may be out for a while. Now, listen, I always like to take these things as red because I just want people to be okay, but apparently maybe who the flub knows,

2:35.5

he could be out filming Twisted Metal Season 3, so hopefully it's just a cover. I hope it's a cover, I don't want anyone to be injured, especially Samojo. Tony Sharley wanted to talk to Kenny Amiga afterwards as well and he let us know that we are having a bunch of matches at the moment, and whoever wins between Andrale and Swerf Strickland is going to take on Kenny Omega next week and then that person will probably become the number one contender. Or something like that is a mini tournament, but you know the deal, Andrade, Swirth, Hangman, Samojo, Kenny himself, they're all going after Maxwell Jacob Freeman. That's why MGF's a bit like, oh no, the wars are closing end. And make it made it clear that why he does have friends and what he does have enemies,

2:37.4

once again he does want to be the champion,

2:50.1

which is when instantly out came Hangman Adam Page, and he too was like, well, boy, I would love to team with you, but because I want to be the champion, I can't worry about that either. when Swirf Strickland also came out, and surprise, surprise, I'm sure you can figure this out,

2:53.7

he said, listen, my friends, I would like to be the champion too.

3:07.7

Then they hulked. They didn't hud. Don Callis then made sure this felt like the opening to Monday Night Raw because he also came out to represent Andrade. And because Swirf Stripland had been bragging about the fact ever since he had returned, he'd won all his matches. Donnie was like, well, you're taking on Andrade later,

3:25.3

and he's going to whoop your ass. Andrade will also get the better of Kenny Omega and they'll do away with Hangman. It will be Andrida going after MGF when Ken was like, yeah, that's great. I'm now going to chase you because I absolutely hate your guts. And he did. So I did think this was good, most because I love the AEW storyline that every every single person that is like a big star wants to win the AEW world title, because it should always

3:27.8

be that way. And I like it when you get a one-on-one fube, but you don't want to do that all the time. And yes, this was a little bit wrestling tropey, but there's a reason we have tropes in wrestling, and that's because sometimes you have to do them.

3:38.5

It's about not overdoing them,

3:40.2

which is why I've been going on about the most devastating move

3:42.4

in all of sports entertainment surprise brought up for a long old time, it doesn't mean you can't get it right. It also doesn't mean you don't have to do it all the time. And giving it up, I was sports entertained. Can't say it with AW. Let's came up with a new word. I had grappling good times. Damn it, I hate myself.

3:58.5

Then on a quick video for Techno versus Chris Statlander because they are fighting for the

4:03.4

Women's World Championship later and the babes of Raft were like, Lizard Sisters of Sin,

4:07.7

if you don't interrupt here, we will give you a tag team title match on collision. Man,

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