10 Things You Learn Re-Watching AEW Dynamite’s First Episode
3. Formatting Was All Over The Place Back Then
It's unclear if all/any of this aired on the original TV version, but the one on Triller TV has a ton of gaps between matches and segments where there's nothing going on. Literally. There were so many wide shots of an increasingly confused crowd across the two hour run time, and they tend to linger a little too long even before and after obvious ad breaks.
In fairness, AEW were new to running live television on a weekly basis. These were all small teething problems the company would iron out over time, but it's worth mentioning if you plan to revisit the first Dynamite. Brace yourself to feel like you're in the arena watching the show rather than tuning in on TV.
A lot of these lingering passages lack commentary, and there are no vignettes on the screen to keep the live crowd occupied. It feels a little quaint, to be perfectly honest, and more like an indy production than Tony Khan perhaps wanted. Again, this was all part of the learning process.
Maybe Justin Roberts could've been a bit more forthcoming with the banter to fill dead air?