{"id":206318,"date":"2025-10-22T12:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=206318"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:10:06","slug":"aews-top-matches-of-the-week-oct-12-18-jack-perry-is-having-fun-again-what-i-especially-love-about-young-bucks-matches-callis-added-to-match-with-his-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/10\/22\/aews-top-matches-of-the-week-oct-12-18-jack-perry-is-having-fun-again-what-i-especially-love-about-young-bucks-matches-callis-added-to-match-with-his-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW&#8217;S TOP MATCHES OF THE WEEK (Oct. 12-18): Jack Perry is having fun again, what I especially love about Young Bucks matches, Callis added to match with his commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4231533121\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>I thought there were a lot of very good matches this week, and If I\u2019m being honest, I thought overall the three hour Dynamite\/Collision, and WrestleDream were good but nothing that I think I\u2019ll be remembering long-term going forward.<\/p>\n<p>I thought the Dynamite and Collision three hour special on Wednesday was a good show to move forward some stories heading into WrestleDream, but none of the matches really stood out for me. I thought all the best matches as expected probably took place on WrestleDream. WrestleDream for me was a solid PPV, but in terms of what we\u2019ve been accustomed to in terms of AEW PPV, this one is certainly not one we will be remembering for years to come.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Kyle Fletcher ( AEW TNT Champion) vs. Mark Briscoe \u2013 WrestleDream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Fletcher is becoming a weekly staple on this list, and for good reason, as he is on an absolute tear right now. This was the fifth match-up between these two, and I think this was either the match of the night or tied for match of the night with another match I\u2019ll be highlighting in this article.<\/p>\n<p>I really liked Fletcher\u2019s ring gear in this match. My only complaint about him recently was I thought his ring gear kind of stunk, but I thought he had a much better showing here. Don Callis also had some great lines about Briscoe in this one: \u201cLooks like a guy you\u2019d find under the bridge\u201d and \u201cGenius IQ if he was a Golden Retriever.\u201d I will 100 percent be stealing that line about the Golden Retriever. These two really brought it, and I think the match would have even been better if they had trimmed it by like 4-5 minutes. That could go for a lot of matches on this card, though.<\/p>\n<p>The powerbomb to the steps outside to Briscoe was a great spot, and the height and velocity Fletcher gets with his Michinoku Driver is so impressive every time I see it. The Jay Driller onto the apron to Fletcher was also a great spot, and I really appreciate how much Fletcher sold it on the floor by trying to get the feeling back in his fingers. This match also had a lot of great false finishes towards the end of the match, and I really loved how Fletcher picked up his intensity in the final 10 minutes of the match.<\/p>\n<p>I had mentioned in my article last week that I thought Briscoe could pull the upset here, and win, so some of the false finishes really pulled me in. The outcomes for a lot of the matches on the card seemed obvious, so I thought they may have thrown a curveball in this one.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, just a great showing for both guys, and Briscoe just keeps showing up and delivering in these big-time matches.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-462800785\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Brodido (AEW Tag Team Champions) vs. Kazuchika Okada (AEW Unified Champion) &amp; Konosuke Takeshita (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) \u2013 WrestleDream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the PWTorch Post-PPV Roundtable Podcast with Wade Keller, Rich Fann, and Joshua White after WrestleDream (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorchvipinfo.com\/\">VIP-exclusive<\/a>), there were some comments made about how hard it was to get past the mid-match Macarena by Bandido, and I totally get that. It should have been saved for the post-match celebration after the big win here. I get that it\u2019s funny because it&#8217;s Brody King doing it, and it&#8217;s obviously not a dance move he does in his everyday life. It&#8217;s honestly a dance no one should have ever done (the &#8217;90s though, right?).<\/p>\n<p>With all that said though, this article is about the best matches of the week, and this was clearly one of the best matches on the PPV. All four of these guys delivered, and boy did Takeshita eat that Rainmaker from Okada. He really stuck him with that thing, and Okada smiling after was so good. Just such a great grin from him.<\/p>\n<p>I also really enjoyed the partnership here of Brody King helping Bandido believe in himself and, in turn, Bandido ending the match with that one-armed 21-plex.<\/p>\n<p>Callis also had another great line in this match to hide the dysfunction between Okada and Takeshita. When Okada tagged himself in to steal another pin from Takeshia, he said, \u201cHe\u2019s a fresh man; this is a good strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okada\u2019s dropkick to Bandido coming off the top rope in this match was also a thing of beauty. There was also a spot where Bandido caught Okada flush with a knee strike that looked gnarly. I also liked how all the attention was on Bandido\u2019s shoulder here, and how it was a story throughout the match, which eventually set up that one armed 21-plex, which was a perfect ending to the match.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, though, this match was really about Okada caring more about screwing over Takeshita than anything. I can wait to see what happens once Takeshita reaches his boiling point with Okada.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3609773879\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;Wrestling Night in America,&#8221; part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wrestling-night-in-america-aew-wrestledream-post-show-leclair-parks-talk-darby-moxley-with-sting-hangman-joe-with-a-big-turn-more--68201257\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wrestling Night in America - AEW WrestleDream post-show: LeClair &amp; Parks talk Darby-Moxley with Sting, Hangman-Joe with a big turn, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=68201257&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Young Bucks vs. Jurassic Express &#8211; WrestleDream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slow clap for the fan who had the sign telling the Bucks he\u2019d give them \u201c$20 for a Photo.\u201d When the Bucks went over to take the photo, it was so good, and I\u2019m pretty sure Nick Jackson said to him \u201cWhere is my money?\u201d after he took the photo.\u00a0 I also liked Matt Jackson having a slot machine on his tights. I feel like they should really be leaning into the broke gimmick, though, by wearing old dirty tights or something, like what Baron Corbin did with his broke Corbin character.<\/p>\n<p>Jurassic Express got a great reaction in this match too, and I really enjoyed the crowd starting a &#8220;Luchasaurus!&#8221; chant at the beginning of the match. It was a long road for Luchasaurus to get back in the ring with all the health issues he had.<\/p>\n<p>This was a typical Young Bucks match with a lot of great combination moves and the action never stopped throughout. What I appreciate about the Bucks is that I feel that in every match I watch with them, I see something I have never seen before. They may not always be my cup of tea, but you can\u2019t say they aren\u2019t entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>Luchasaurus\u2019s kickup into the double chokeslam to the Bucks was cool, and Jack Perry had a sequence where he jumped off the top rope into a double superkick by the Bucks and then right into a BTE trigger, that Perry sold like his rent was due.<\/p>\n<p>You can tell that Perry is having fun again wrestling. His dive out of the ring onto the Young Bucks, and then him smiling into the camera was a guy you can tell is having fun again. There were also a lot of great sequences here that ended in some close pins, and one sequence where there was a powerbomb on the apron right into a piledriver off the top rope that was super impressive. I also appreciated commentary bringing up the fact that it was atthis building that Jurassic Express lost the tag titles to the Young Bucks, so this was really a full circle moment for them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>NOTEBOOK<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022It&#8217;s probably never going to happen, but so many of these PPV matches could be trimmed by 5-7 minutes and it would \u00a0not hurt the product at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022I really appreciate AEW having a new unique stage set up for every PPV.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022MVP should really hang up the wrestling boots.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022This Bobby Lashley run with the Hurt Syndicate is my favorite run he\u2019s ever had. His ring gear was also awesome for WrestleDream.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022I appreciated Samoa Joe making sure he gave the finger to all three levels of the arena walking up the ramp after attacking Hangman after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Grey-haired Sting is badass, and I love how much respect AEW has shown to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Am I the only one who was incredibly nervous with that giant shard of glass sticking out of that fish tank after Sting broke it? All I could think about was that Mox or Darby were going to trip and fall on it or something.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Please figure out something better to do with Eddie Kingston.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AEW Wrestledream Post-Show w\/ Brandon LeClair &amp; Greg Parks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IQCbsZb1OEI?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1395143288\"><div id=\"pwtor-3465620739\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I thought there were a lot of very good matches this week, and If I\u2019m being honest, I thought overall the three hour Dynamite\/Collision, and WrestleDream were good but nothing that I think I\u2019ll be <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/10\/22\/aews-top-matches-of-the-week-oct-12-18-jack-perry-is-having-fun-again-what-i-especially-love-about-young-bucks-matches-callis-added-to-match-with-his-commentary\/\" title=\"AEW&#8217;S TOP MATCHES OF THE WEEK (Oct. 12-18): Jack Perry is having fun again, what I especially love about Young Bucks matches, Callis added to match with his commentary\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,27,4488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists","category-top-five-lists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-at-12.08.25-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206321,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206318\/revisions\/206321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}