Ups & Downs - AEW Dynasty 2026 Review
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Well, that was one hell of a mad week for wrestling, and in many ways, this is why it is wonderful. We do have AWNWE, because if you want to argue they are more different now than ever, a lot of people are probably going to nod along like a bunch of nodding dogs. But we did just have AEW Dinessee, 2006, was kicked off with a Carter and Takesha taking on the Young Bucks, and if you are a fan of that particular type of tag team wrestling, well, I'm good at much. You had a good time. |
| 0:23.7 | Also, my friends, my little up and down. and Dekhita taking on the Young Bucks. And if you are a fan of that particular type of tag team wrestling, |
| 0:40.2 | well, I'm good at much you had a good time. Also, my friends, welcome to Ups and Downs, the only rescue review show you need. And it is WrestleMania Weeks, so do not forget to come along to what cultures watch parties and post events. There's a bunch of stuff that you can get information on right now. But if you are into your ups and downs, Post Raw, Upton Downs, Postmania, Ups and Downs, post Smackdown, Ups and Nair. |
| 0:41.1 | You can come and sit down and have a drink. And as far as I am aware, these things could always change, of course. It's going to be a bit like not me doing stand-up comedy, but imagine you went to a real show and there I was talking to you, it could go very badly, but you should be part of that as well, |
| 0:53.4 | so I'll see you there. |
| 0:54.6 | Let's up those towns. But yes, this was essentially a number one tag team contender match for those tag team titles, which is the worst set that I've ever said. And look how much we had going on here. Well, not look how much really. But you just knew what Carter and De Kester weren't going to get on. This was so funny. But the first half of the match, they were actually okay. |
| 1:12.3 | And of course, this was super duper-whooper good, because the young bucks are one of the best tag teams of all time. De Kestha has got to be considered like one of the best modern generation wrestlers or someone has all the potential in the world. And Akkad is an absolute goat. But soon after this, Akada and Dekeshda both got trapped in shark shooters. |
| 1:27.8 | They were slapping each other so the other didn't tap out when essentially they punched each |
| 1:32.8 | other in the face. Don Callas, who was on comedy, she was like, it doesn't matter. They're just |
| 1:37.7 | trying to get their energy out. And I was like, Don, you were damn full. Calus is also being a dickhead |
| 1:42.0 | during this as well. At one point, he just raped Mack Jackson's eyes when they were on the outside. But the absolute best bit is when you got to your usual wrestling tropes, but sometimes it does work. De Kestha went for a big knee and whoopsie hit Akhada. Akka went for the wreck maker, whoopsie hit Takesha. And by that point, you were like, these two are not going to win. and let's not stand on ceremony here anymore, Mr Wayne. We have to get to that singles match, which we've already teased. We should do it at double or nothing, which I think is the next pay-per-view, especially given the finish. Because the young boat's going to go for the Meltter Driver and DeKastor had the chance to hold on to Nick Jackson's foot when he thought, man, screw this. I can't be asked, and he just left. Don Call has had a meltdown on commentary, |
| 2:18.1 | and Carter got totally worked. on to Nick Jackson's foot when he thought, man, screw this, I can't be asked, and he just left. |
| 3:08.0 | Don Callas had a meltdown on commentary. Akada got totally whooped, one, two, three. I also want to give a shout out to Akada during this match. That man, it's so damn funny. At one point, he dressed up like the Young Bucks. He also flipped everybody off where he got booted right in the face, but also another good side quest of this match is Akada knew all of Young Bucks's moves, because they have been best friends for ages, so he kept knowing what was coming. So it really was just an absolutely great tag team match, and I'm going to get in it up. I just love the way that the young bucks approached their matches, and again, Akada to Keshhta, they're not bad professional wrestlers, are they? It was a pretty damn good way to kick off the pay for you. When we went right into Rikoshae versus Chris Jericho after this, which I thought was super intriguing, given the narrative coming into it, and yes, because we are still in Canada, everybody loves Jericho, and we'll wait and see what happens when we do go down to the US of A. But in terms of just putting your bum in a chair and watching a professional |
| 3:12.3 | wrestling contest, well, I thought this was most fun and it had a bunch of sports entertainment. |
| 3:18.0 | Very sad. A lot of the sports entertainment was about being bald, so I felt a bit ousted. |
| 3:23.3 | What are you going to do? |
| 3:24.1 | Bless Ricochet as well, because he had his working shoes on. Although at one point Jericho was like giving him a chin lock and his hair came over, Rikoshae's bald head and that was meant to be funny even though it is mean. But thankfully Rickshay got up and he booted with Chris Jericho right in the skull. That's right, you show it to those full heads. The gates were on the outside as well. And my God, did they interfere a lot? But I kind of feel like we didn't get too much of that throughout this show. And given that the fences of pain are massive dickheads too, and ricochairs like King Dickhead, they should get involved. And it was actually even better here because at like, ha ha ha, we're only doing this because Chris Jericho is going to overcome adversity and win, and flog me sideways, he didn't. He did hear a line, so at one point, and I'm sorry, the man is in his mid-50s, and sometimes you do have to grade on a curve. I thought it was absolutely fantastic, and actually for his age, Jericho moves very well, And at one point he channelled Sting because he went out for the top rope and he dived into the pile. Sadly for him, that was a massive mistake because the referee's back was kind of turned. And what did the Gates of agony do? Well, they did what they've been doing the entire time. They just tried to beat Chris Jericho up. This allowed Rickettsay to hit the spirit gun as well. And once again, his friends were like, ha, ha, at insult to injury. So Rikosha hit the lion's salt and he hit Jericho for the one, two, three, essentially using his own move. And how many times is wrestling told us that if somebody uses your own move against you, they are the worst person on the planet. They also want to point out there was an awesome shooting stuff pressing the codebreaker reversal and Jericho went into the ring April, which is the hardest part of the ring. But it was just a good match, right? Are we going to be talking about this in 2009 as a total game changer? Probably not. But it goes to show that having Chris Jericho on your books and being used in the right way is a net positive, and we've got a story here too. What does he do now? He came back from a year layoff and he got defeated right away. And actually, it does feel like a pretty big scalp, which is an interesting choice of words, for Rekershay. I'm going to give it up. Honestly, I just thought it was good. Did you know what's good? Good. |
| 5:24.3 | And hopefully, Derby Allen is still alive. You know the deal. On paper, it was Andrade versus Darby Allen, |
| 5:30.9 | but this was mostly Darby Allen trying to kill himself. And the amount of times he popped out of nowhere. |
| 5:36.7 | Andrari was talking to that female fan, which he likes to do when Dar he popped out of nowhere. And D'Reilly was talking to that female |
| 5:38.0 | fan, which he likes to do when Dhabi Allen came from nowhere. And when he did that Trankio pose, Darby Apar just flew into him and even if they both landed on the floor, somehow it looked worse for Derby. This happened when they were fighting in the crowd too. It was Darby that smacked Andrade, but the way that Alan fell, man, he just made an almighty splat. And I was like he's dead. Then he was dead again. And somehow he keeps walking around, so he's a zombie. My favorite part is that Andrano just whipped his pants halfway through. And the crowd went absolutely nuts, which proves pro wrestling sometimes has nothing to do with pro wrestling. And they must have been laying it as well, because at one point, Andrade popped Darbyan in the mouth and surprised, surprise, he was bleeding. He is a human being. That's how it works. We absolutely teased Andrade was going to win as well because he essentially got out of the coffin drop by using the referee, which arguably should have been a disqualification. But sadly for him, when he did go for the DFW, I had this scouted. |
| 6:30.0 | He rolled through and he hit his version of the most devastating move. In all the sports, and it's a prize roll-up, he got the one, two, three, then check this out. Him and Andrano dig shake hands afterwards, which means Andre DeKecester cannot be long for the Don Callis family, which is good for their food bill. But also, basically, joined the press conference we learned because Darby |
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