10 Highest-Rated AEW Dynamite Episodes So Far

10. 23 October 2019 (0.45)

AEW Dynamite's 23 October 2019 broadcast was highlighted by two blistering in-ring affairs and yet, it was a mid-show angle, so atypical of the WWE style, that stole fans' minds.

Cody Rhodes led MJF, Dustin Rhodes, and Diamond Dallas Page into the Inner Circle's skybox, punching through a glass window to reach Chris Jericho. Had the same angle occurred in WWE, Rhodes and Jericho would have stared aimlessly opposite one another with Michael Cole yelling down the headset that the match is free to new subscribers of the WWE Network.

It served as a blissful reminder that AEW was indeed the new kid on the block.

The preeminent in-ring product was an added bonus for those tuning in. Private Party vs. the Lucha Bros was a blinding doubles match that served as an early indication of AEW's love of tag team wrestling, complete with one of Marq Quen's first holy sh*t Shooting Star Presses. Jon Moxley vs. PAC, meanwhile, was a cringe-inducing war, concluding in a time limit draw, a mechanism used only rarely by AEW to heighten drama when required.

An otherwise random episode set between Dynamite's debut and the first post-Dynamite launch pay-per-view, the broadcast was everything expected of the organisation at the time.