#Club Vikingos

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Me celebrating el hijo del vikingo on collision and my dad betraying his country doing the bullet club gold gun sign at me

[blueonwrestling]

ROH Final Battle 2023 - Best of for Blue 2023

AAA Mega Title Match El Hijo del Vikingo (c) vs. Black Taurus 4.25 stars

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match The Mogul Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Toa Liona) (c) vs. TMDK (Bad Dude Tito, Kosei Fujita & Shane Haste) 2.75 stars

I Quit Match Tony Nese vs. Ethan Page 3.75 stars

Singles Match Nyla Rose vs. Vertvixen No rating

ROH World Television Title Survival Of The Fittest 2023 Dalton Castle vs. Bryan Keith vs. Kyle Fletcher vs. Lee Moriarty vs. Komander vs. Lee Johnson 4.5 stars

ROH Pure Title Match Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Tom Lawlor 3.5 stars

Singles Match Shane Taylor vs. Keith Lee 2.75 stars

Fight To Honor Jay Briscoe Six Man Tag Team Match FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) & Mark Briscoe vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley) 4.75 stars

Proving Ground Match Eddie Kingston vs. Anthony Henry No rating

ROH Women's World Title Match Athena (c) vs. Billie Starkz 5 stars

Two fantastic emotional matches at the end of the show between the 6 man tag match and the women's title match, along with the absolute insane clusterfuck 6 way elimination match and bonkers lucha opener, highly reccomend all 4 of those matches.

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AEW Fake Rankings, 9/4/2023

Men's singles division - babyfaces

Bryan Danielson

Kenny Omega

Orange Cassidy

Eddie Kingston (NJPW STRONG champion)

Chris Jericho

Adam Page

Katsuyori Shibata* (ROH pure champion)

Miro

HOOK (FTW champion)

Keith Lee

Men's singles division - heels

Jon Moxley (AEW international champion)

Konosuke Takeshita

Samoa Joe (ROH television champion)

Ricky Starks

Claudio Castagnoli (ROH men's world champion)

Jay White

Luchasaurus (AEW TNT champion)

Christian Cage

Powerhouse Hobbs

Juice Robinson

Unranked: AR Fox, Big Bill, Brock Anderson, Dalton Castle, Daniel Garcia, El Hijo del Vikingo (AAA mega champion), Ethan Page, Gravity, Isiah Kassidy, Jake Hager, Komander, Lee Johnson, Metalik*, Nick Wayne, Scorpio Sky, Serpentico, Shawn Spears, Shane Taylor, Swerve Strickland, Tony Nese, Wheeler Yuta

* Not listed on AEW's official roster

Feels like a lot of shakeup here, for a variety of reasons: The departure of CM Punk and the suspension of Jack Perry, MJF and Adam Cole becoming a hot babyface team, the dissolution of Chris Jericho's stable, and multiple guys returning to prominence on Collision.

It might seem weird to rank Danielson as the top babyface when he's clearly part of a heel faction. All I know is everybody loved him at Forbidden Door, and he was clearly playing babyface against Starks this weekend. Does that mean a turn or a breakup in the Blackpool Combat Club's future? I doubt it. Either way, I'm sure Danielson will be back to kicking puppies or whatever soon enough.

It's striking to me how Cassidy and Kingston have risen up through the ranks, but I also think it's worth callint out how pivotal Samoa Joe has become. He's become a fixture on Collision and ROH, and now he's mixing it up with MJF. It's strange to me that he's running around with ROH's midcard title when he's being pushed ahead of Castagnoli. Maybe those two need to face off one of these days.

Men's tag team division - babyfaces

Better Than You Bay Bay - MJF (AEW men's world champion) & Adam Cole (ROH tag team champions)

FTR - Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler (AEW tag team champions)

The Young Bucks - Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson

The Hardys - Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy

Darby Allin & Sting

Best Friends - Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta

Lucha Bros. - Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix

Action Andretti & Darius Martin

The Outrunners - Truth Magnum* & Turbo Floyd*

Men's tag team division - heels

The Gunns - Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn

Aussie Open - Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher

John Silver & Alex Reynolds

Mike Santana & Angel Ortiz

Matt Menard & Angelo Parker

Vincent* & Dutch*

The Wingmen - Peter Avalon & Ryan Nemeth*

* Not listed on AEW's official roster

I'm actually not sure if the Outrunners are supposed to be faces or heels, but I like 'em, so there. I'm also not sure how long Rey Fenix is supposed to be out selling the injury angle from two weeks ago.

Conspicuous by their absence on this list is the Kigndom, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, who are obviously being set up for a big match with Cole and MJF. At this point I don't see anyone else taking the ROH tag title from the champs, but very little about the Cole/MJF story has gone the way I expected. Maybe they could headline Final Battle in December?

As for the AEW tag title, I assume FTR vs. Gunns is the next step, but there's probably another FTR-Bucks showdown coming sooner or later. If Santana and Ortiz are really sticking together, they need to get back in the title hunt. I suspect Silver and Reynolds are out of the running after losing last night--they'll probably get back to trios matches with Evil Uno.

Men's trios division - babyfaces

Max Caster & Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn (AEW trios champions)

Bronson* & Boulder* & Jacked Jameson*

Men's trios division - heels

Malakai Black & Brody King & Buddy Matthews

Brian Cage & Bishop Kaun* & Toa Liona* (ROH trios champions)

Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh

QT Marshall (AAA Latin American champion) & Johnny TV & Aaron Solo

Kip Sabian & The Butcher & The Blade

* Not listed on AEW's official roster

It's still hard to tell which trios are sticking together long term, and which ones are just thrown together for a couple of matches before going their separate ways again. As it stands, though, we've got a few heel teams for Billy and the Acclaimed to fight for a while. Cage's team has mostly defended their ROH title in glorified squash matches; if they're building them up to be unseated by a serious team, I have no idea when that will happen.

Women's singles division - babyfaces

Britt Baker

Kris Statlander (AEW TBS champion)

Hikaru Shida

Willow Nightingale

Skye Blue

Women's singles division - heels

Saraya (AEW women's world champion)

Athena (ROH women's world champion)

Toni Storm

Ruby Soho

Nyla Rose

Anna Jay

Taya Valkyrie

Mercedes Martinez

Diamante

Marina Shafir

Unranked: Emi Sakura, The Bunny

The heel side looks very strong until you recall that many of them have only had one televised AEW match all month. Nevertheless, it feels like it's time for some women to turn face, and I suppose the breakup of Storm, Saraya, and Soho will help in that regard. Thing is, the women's roster has more than enough talent to get 10 faces and 10 heels on TV regularly; they just don't for some reason. Maybe if Mercedes Mone comes in that will change, but experience has taught me that it'll take more than that.

Only wrestled in ROH matches in past 30 days: Angelico, Brandon Cutler, Christopher Daniels, Evil Uno, Griff Garrison, Josh Woods, Kiera Hogan, Lee Moriarty, Leila Grey, Leyla Hirsch, Luther, Madison Rayne, Matt Sydal, Shawn Dean

Most of the names here are not what you'd call key players on the weekly ROH shows. In other words, the real backbone of the ROH roster is mostly people wrestlers who aren't exclusive to either brand, like Athena, Willow, Joe, Dalton, etc. That's working out as far as the quality of both brands, but I'm not sure it's a good strategy for establishing a unique brand identity for ROH.

No televised AEW or ROH matches in over 30 days: Abadon, Andrade El Idolo, Anthony Ogogo, Ari Daivari, Colt Cabana, Dustin Rhodes, Harley Cameron, Julia Hart, Lance Archer, Matt Taven, Michael Nakazawa, Mike Bennett, Nick Comoroto, Parker Bordreaux, Penelope Ford, Preston Vance, Red Velvet, Riho, Rush, Sammy Guevara, Serena Deeb, Stu Grayson, Wardlow, Yuka Sakazaki, Zack Clayton

Part-time/semi-retired: Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay*, Paige Vanzant, Paul Wight, Rebel, Rob Van Dam*, Sonjay Dutt, Stokely Hathaway

* Not listed on AEW's official roster

Inactive

Bandido (left arm - broken wrist)

Danhausen (right shoulder - pectoralis tear)

Dante Martin (left leg - unspecified injury)

Jack Perry (indefinite suspension)

Jade Cargill (personal leave)

Jamie Hayter (right shoulder - unspecified injury)

Kyle O'Reilly (neck - herniated spinal disc)

Mark Briscoe (knee - unspecified injury)

Marq Quen (undisclosed injury)

PAC (undisclosed injury)

Roderick Strong (storyline - neck inury)

Tay Melo (pregnancy)

Thunder Rosa (back - unspecified injury)

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Silence - Kenny x Emery

Part of my Dark Angel of the Bullet Club series

Tag: @blxxckheart @summertimefun1982

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Emery sat, curled up in a chair off to the far side, giving Kenny the space he needed while staying out of sight of the camera. She didn’t want to bother him any, especially when he had to do this video for Dynamite tomorrow. Tony asked him to record it tonight so it would be ready to play during the show, and Kenny obliged. He sat on the couch, the room on the dim side, and took a deep breath to calm himself. His tousled hair seemed more curly than usual, and Emery could see the tiredness in his eyes; she knew he wasn’t getting a lot of sleep lately with everything that had been going on, and that worried her.

As he began to speak, he didn’t look at the camera for too long of a period, looking off to the side, at the floor below him, or even at his hands almost every other sentence.

“First. I want to thank AEW for giving me the time to speak to you guys,” Kenny said, his voice low and a bit raspy, “I want to thank you fans, for your comments, your prayers, your support.  I want to thank the doctors for being so quick on hand the other day.  It could have been… much worse. If you guys weren’t there to help us out. You know, I speak to the bucks… almost every day, and um. We promised each other that um. This problem? That you have with us BCC. We will take care of it in the ring. We’ve all been here before. This is wrestling. These things happen.”

Emery felt her heartache the more he spoke. She could sense the unease and sadness radiating off of him as he brought up what had happened to the Bucks just a few weeks back. Seeing Matt stretchered out of the arena had almost brought her to tears. Emery had almost gone with Matt but felt conflicted knowing Kenny had an important match that night against Vikingo. Hangman had been there, at the ambulance, and for a split second, their eyes had met. He had given her a soft nod, before stopping the door from being shut and hopping in the back to be with the brothers. Knowing they had at least Hangman there with them made the guilt fade just a bit.

Kenny began to look into the camera more the longer he spoke, but he would still look off to the side occasionally.

“This is commonplace. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. You want to make a headline. We get it. You made an impact.”

Kenny lowered his head just barely, glancing for a split second in her direction before looking directly into the camera, his anger suppressed but evident in his voice.

“But when you hurt Don. When you left him lying in a pool of his own blood. With his skull split open. Concussed. When you laid your hands on Emery—”

Kenny looked back down at the floor, taking a deep breath to compose himself before looking once again into the camera.

“I take it personally. And I- I get it. Don’s uh,” Kenny let a soft chuckle out, “He’s not the most likable guy. You’re not gonna see his room filled with get-well cards. Or flowers. But he’s still family. And Emery? She’s been by my side for the last eight years. I’ve seen her grow as both a professional and as a person. She’s someone I hold dear to my heart—my own angel. Family. When you mess with someone’s family. That’s when you cross the line. So, I’d love to say it’s blood for blood – but… you guys probably -want- to hear that. That’s music to your ears.”

Her heart swelled at his words, a soft smile lifting her lips as she continued to watch him.

Kenny slowly began to nod continuously as he finished, “So… it’s not gonna be blood for blood. What I’m going to do to you when I see you next? It’s gonna be much worse. Much. Much worse.”

He sat there momentarily, before reaching up and stopping the video and closing his laptop, before resting his head in his hands. Wordlessly, Emery stood up from her chair and walked over, standing behind the couch. She leaned forward, sliding her hands onto Kenny’s shoulders and gently pulling him backward, closer to her. The tension was evident in his shoulders, and as he leaned back into the couch, he let out a sigh. Her arms wrapped around his chest, and she dipped her head into the crook of his neck, both of them just enjoying the other’s company in the silence. Kenny reached up and placed his hands on her arms, slightly tilting his head onto hers.

They stayed like that for several minutes before Kenny gently tugged on her arm, a silent request for her to join him on the couch. Emery stood up and walked around to his side, sitting down beside him and allowing him to pull her legs up onto the couch. It encased him in his spot, but it helped him feel secure and safe; loved. His arms snaked around her waist, holding her close as she wrapped her arms around his neck once more, laying her head against his shoulder. The simple act, a cuddle from someone that knew the other inside and out, that cared deeply about the other, was comforting to both.

As they sat there, though, Emery’s mind was wandering to the following night. Brandon and Nakazawa were taking on BCC.

Kenny had seen the clip from BTE, where she had gotten dark and almost let the more sinister version of her Angel out. He had been worried and had asked her not to get involved; Kenny didn’t want her to get hurt. She had agreed and tossed the notion to the side—but only for his sake.

The sinister side of her was still coiled up inside of her, waiting as it lay dormant. By this time tomorrow, the Sinister Angel would be let loose and there would be no one to stop her.

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dynamite 3/22/23 (live)blog containment zone

we started late again...

omg… hospital for the bucks… theyre doing it. theyre progressing the elite story hangman… in the ambulance… omega gets left behind… OOOOO theyre DOIN IT….

[orange + sting & darby vs kip + butcher and the blade]

sheesh lol orange's facepaint :)c kip periwinkle'd his hair kip is cool because i look at him and know exactly what his deal is. he is a my chemical romance tumblrman when i can look at a wrestler and understand what their deal is? thats good mcr tumblrman is not even my thing but i appreciate him having style. and panache i also like his goofy sinister mindgames at orange. i also like that they WORK on orange. he got under his skin! he made orange of all people snap! such a good rivalry kip: yes! the crowd: BOOOOOOO the crowd: yaaaaaay kip: yeah thats more like it!!! sting: 🧍‍♂️ kip: 😰 that was a cute ending! i liked that lmao orange is knighting sting

[video for the pillars 4way]

ooooo theyre finally pulling the trigger on the pillars 4way…

[video for kenny vs vikingo]

whoops i missed this because i was getting a snack. despite whatever the hell is going on on twitter i dont need a video package to enjoy a good match tho

[gunn club vs top flight]

the gunns outfit today? insane unbelievably im having a hard time concentrating on this match because im lost in the bliss of chips + yogurt

oh no… ftr leaves aew if they lose… well. i wont get mad

[backstage with jade & mark sterling]

so fucking funny that mark sterling's letterhead logo is 1) GIANT and 2) FULL BLACK. the printer ink!!!!

[stokely vs hook]

soooo excited for this lmfao stokely pulling the not medically cleared card. AND retiring again just to seal the deal "HE IS SICK!!!" love how the security guard action jumped into the chair stokely screaming quoting 2pac? god. killing him with that chair just holding up stokely!! hook is so strong dead. killed him

oh my god matt hardy encouraging ethan page to avenge stokely This Is How Matt Hardy Can Get Revenge

[adam cole!]

yay adam cole what a face. hes not going to do a heelturn, right? at least not anytime soon i wonder who he is fighting LMAO DANIEL GARCIA… oh my god. his entire capital L Look ok cole is def not gonna do a heelturn if hes up against garcia

[backstage with kenny and don callis]

ooooo theyre doing ittttttt… theres strife… oooo

[moxley vs stu]

uno's mask is soooo shiny get him stu!!!!!!! cool pose on the ropes, moxley lmfao claudio yawning?? whoa what a loose slam by moxley. big flip off the corner by stu!! very cool oooh moxley's counter into bulldog was also cool backpack moxley huh, whats going on with moxley's ear? oh its bandage

lmao yuta "we're off the clock! 🙄"

[backstage with ricky starks]

mad about beefin with juice? yea oh theyre finally gonna fight? on rampage!

[QTV?]

little baby drawing on the cubicle lmao this footage is rj city in the background of this bit too? i thought it was funny he was in the first one like they just took over his office and started being really cringe in there and hes just like 🙄 well ok then

[toni storm vs skye blue]

booo outcasts. yay skye blue whoa that was a swift and snappy suplex thing by toni. that crowd person is loud, whoever they are

nooo dont spraypaint her ! the women's facesquad has appeared riho!! wlilow!!

rampage being on saturday… when i was in 3rd grade i got into an argument with the neighbor boy about wwe not being on whatever day it was supposed to be on and bet him 5 dollars about it. i won and didnt get 5 dollars because thats an astronomical amount in like 90s dollars

[backstage with stu]

oh no stu's arm moxley LMAO i love how the BCC are just backstage rascals now like if you wander around backstage you better watch out because you might get into a lv50 random encounter with the BCC

[kenny vs vikingo]

SON OF KING VIKING lmfao kenny's intro having so much shade in it. that's don callis' doing, right omg that dude's superkick party sign is so extreme kenny oooooooooomegaaaaaaaaaa!!! his theme is sooooooo good. god we havent heard it in so long right? because theyve been coming out to journey this whole time? is this kenny's first solo match back omg! vikingo tope whoa??? implosion hurricarana?? dude has been doing nothing but the sickest of flips no! kenny, no! drop it…. drop it!!! no table! cmon theres no need for this!! lmao he is being so badguy. hair pulling!! this rules. we get to see all the top-tier precision moves because these are insane toptier wrestlers these guys are doing SO MANY apron/off the ring moves right now omg balance: unparalleled ??????????? phoenix splash "you can see it in his eyes! ill intent" now hes just killing a ragdoll "swan-diving reverse hurricanrana!!" my friend is yelling about how we've never seen any of these moves in our lives and yet they have names according to excalibur holy shit a 630 what?? vikingo did like a million rotations lmfao vikingo rolling up and all the way around kenny omega to get him into a pin??? omg you straight up cannot blink in this match kenny won!

OH MY GOSH ITS THE BCC sirens?? HANGMAN STOLE AN AMBULANCE???? what is that. what is his weapon oh its a plank with nails in it. why is it spraypainted black !!!! CALLIS he is such a LIAR!!!!!!!! SNAKE!!!!!!!!! OUGHH!!!! im making an angry wojak face right now

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Real Madrid Nickname Stories...

We call them Los Blancos, Los Vikingos, Los Merengues and many other nicknames, but above all Madrid is the greatest football club of all time and that's a fact.

When we dig down into the nicknames we can find many interesting facts about them.

"Los Blancos(The White)"

we call them Los Blancos simply because of their all-white uniform.

"Los Vikingos(The Vikings)"

There's no clear conclusion how they got this one, but we can find out few reasons.Some says the Times Newspaper came up with this name after their 1959-60 European Cup run led by Di Stefano and Puskas.After they beat Frankfurt 7-3 Times Newspaper published an article that says,

"Real Madrid roam Europe as the Vikings did years ago, flattering everything in their path."

The other story is about Madrid called "Vikings" because of the large amount of German and Danish players who came to the team in the 1970s.

"Los merengues(The Meringues)"

It's a bit strange how a club from Spain was named after a popular French dessert.This name came up because how they looked in their all-white uniform.Spanish journalist Matis Prats first called them in this name in his popular radio commentaries.This is one of the most popular nicknames for Madrid.

Real Madrid is a club full of legends.Madrid won 14 UCL titles in 17 finals and never lost a final in the 21st century.

Finally,

"Real Madrid shirt is white.It can stain of mud, sweat and even of blood but never of shame"🤍

#HalaMadrid

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La Liga Monumental rendirá tributo a Juan Arango

Prensa Liga Monumental.- Esa zurda de oro que nos dio tantas alegrías. Ese bendito huracán del Caribe que arrasó con los prejuicios contra el jugador venezolano en el exterior. Ese dorsal ‘18’ que significó una auténtica revolución para el deporte en Venezuela. Esas tres frases aisladas hacen referencia a un símbolo de nuestro país, presente en nuestro torneo y que recibirá un merecidísimo tributo a su carrera. La Liga Monumental se honra en anunciar que este viernes 14 de junio viviremos “Una noche Monumental con Juan Arango.”

Juan Fernando Arango Sáenz nació en Maracay un seis de mayo de 1980 y es considerado por muchos como el futbolista venezolano más importante e influyente de todos los tiempos. En una época donde el pasaporte pesaba más que nunca y pocos equipos confiaban en el atleta de nuestro país, la zurda endemoniada de Juan se abrió espacio en México con Monterrey, Pachuca y Puebla para empezar a derribar los mitos sobre la calidad de nuestros atletas.

Luego vinieron Mallorca y Borussia Monchengladbach. Sus goles y actuaciones espectaculares en España y Alemania fueron claves para que el mundo volteara a ver a nuestro país, reforzándose cada vez más con atletas venezolanos y viendo con mayor seriedad a la selección nacional, que de la mano de Richard Páez y César Farías dieron contundentes pasos hacia adelante en la eliminatoria mundialista y la Copa América.

Juan Arango es el segundo máximo goleador histórico de la selección de Venezuela con 23 goles, superando por uno a Giancarlo Maldonado, que lo acompaña en Vikingos del Caribe. Recientemente fue superado por Tomás Rincón como el jugador con más partidos en la Vinotinto, siendo actualmente el segundo en ese renglón con 129 compromisos disputados. Además totaliza 142 goles y 102 asistencias en más de 600 juegos jugados en su carrera según estadísticas recogidas por Transfermarkt.

Su presente en la Liga Monumental

Actualmente, el mítico ex capitán de la Vinotinto está disputando la Liga Monumental con el uniforme de Vikingos del Caribe, en lo que ha sido su reencuentro con la afición venezolana luego de 9 años sin jugar con la selección y 7 años desde su último paso en e fútbol nacional con el Zulia Fútbol Club. Con la elástica azul y naranja, se ha reencontrado además con ex compañeros en la selección que evocan los más hermosos recuerdos para la afición venezolana: Leonardo Morales, Jorge Rojas, César González y Giancarlo Maldonado lo acompañan en una travesía era necesaria para reconocer su hermosa carrera.

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Toparse con platos vikingos preparados en el corazón de lo más céntrico de Buenos Aires puede resultar una experiencia gastronómica sorprendente. Pero, si esa idea viene anidada en las ollas de un dúo de emprendedores argentinos, la curiosidad se multiplica. Nancy Sittmann y Martín Varela Moyano se conocieron trabajando en un restaurante de origen nórdico: el Club Danés. Ambos habían cursado dos años en el IAG y ya habían tenido sus primeras experiencias gastronómicas. Ella estuvo a cargo de la cocina del Club y él había hecho lo propio con Restó, en la Sociedad Central de Arquitectos. Desde su encuentro, empezaron a soñar con algo propio.

Te cuento en mi última #crónica para la @revistalugares la historia del @clubSueco y su mágico #restaurante

#FlaviaTomaello #Suecia #gastronomía #viajes

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AEW Fake Rankings, 6/17/2023

Let's take one last look at the lay of the land in AEW before the new Collision show shakes everything up.

Men's singles division - babyfaces

Kenny Omega (IWGP United States champion)

Adam Cole

Orange Cassidy (AEW international champion)

Wardlow (AEW TNT champion)

Ricky Starks

El Hijo del Vikingo* (AAA mega champion)

Roderick Strong

Mark Briscoe

Bandido

Komander

Men's singles division - heels

MJF (AEW men's world champion)

Bryan Danielson

Chris Jericho

Konosuke Takeshita

Sammy Guevara

Christian Cage

Daniel Garcia

Swerve Strickland

Powerhouse Hobbs

Kyle Fletcher

Unranked: Action Andretti, Ethan Page, Jake Hager

Jobbers: Caleb Crush*, Damon Ace*, Exodus Prime*, Frescomatic*, Jeaux Braxton*, Watson*

*Not listed on AEW's official roster

Aside from interpromotional matches being set up for Forbidden Door, the biggest storyline right now is the Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt and Nick Jackson, and Adam Page) versus the Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta). Konosuke Takeshita and Eddie Kingston are clearly going to be involved in that somehow, and the big dream scenario is for Omega to get backup from his old friend Kota Ibushi. There's no telling when this saga is going to end; the feud could easily run through the end of 2023. Anyone hoping that the returning CM Punk will do an angle with the Elite is going to wait for this to run its course first.

Other key programs brewing right now are: MJF vs. Adam Cole, Chris Jericho vs. Sammy Guevara, Wardlow vs. Luchasaurus, Orange Cassidy vs. Daniel Garcia. I'm not sure if Ricky Starks will continue feuding with Bullet Club Gold (Jay White and Juice Robinson), but for his sake I think he needs to get a little payback before they move on.

Collision promises to bring back a slew of absent talent, which should push a lot of these guys out of the (fake) rankings. That's probably not good news for guys like Roderick Strong or Swerve Strickland, who are just kinda there right now. Christian Cage's run as a top singles contender has run its course so if anyone's going to take a step down, it should be him. Briscoe, Bandido, Vikingo, and Komander are already more prominent on Ring of Honor than AEW as it stands, so pushing them further out of the AEW spotlight wouldn't hurt them at all.

Men's tag team division - babyfaces

FTR - Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler (AEW tag team champions)

Darby Allin & Sting

Lucha Bros. - Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo (ROH tag team champions)

The Hardys - Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy

JungleHOOK - Jack Perry & HOOK (FTW champion)

Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee

Men's tag team division - heels

Bullet Club Gold - Jay White & Juice Robinson

The Gunns - Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn

Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett

Big Bill & Lee Moriarty

The babyface side is stacked and the heel side is a awfully weak. Bullet Club Gold is mainly a tag team because there's just two of them; once they expand I'm sure White and Robinson will go back to singles pursuits. I like the Gunns but they haven't earned the confidence of the fans as credible threats. Lethal and Jarrett have "they don't deserve to be booked this strong" heat, and they've come up empty on a zillion tag title shots. Bill and Moriarty have a cool dynamic as a team, but I think they're more likely to turn face than be pushed as top heel contenders.

I'll go ahead and predict it now--they randomly reunited the one-off Perry/HOOK team because Perry is totally going to turn on HOOK. Meanwhile, the Hardys have forced Ethan Page to be their butler or whatever, which will probably lead to more wacky undercard trios matches (like when Matt Hardy and Isiah Kassidy were Ethan's butlers). So overall there's no sense of direction in the division--no clear sense of who is going to step up and make a run for the tag title.

Men's trios division - babyfaces

Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson & Adam Page

Max Caster & Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn

Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero*

AR Fox & Blake Christian* & Metalik*

Men's trios division - heels

Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli (ROH men's world champion) & Wheeler Yuta

Malakai Black & Brody King & Buddy Matthews (AEW trios champions)

Brian Cage & Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona (ROH trios champions)

Rush & Preston Vance & Dralistico*

Kip Sabian & The Butcher & The Blade

Varsity Athletes - Ari Daivari & Tony Nese & Josh Woods

Spanish Announce Project - Serpentico & Angelico & Luther

*Not listed on AEW's official roster

The trios division has the opposite problem, with plenty of heel acts and not enough face teams. I think the Acclaimed and Billy Gunn will keep chasing the House of Black for the belts. But I'm not convinced the other babyface trios will stick together--any of them might see two guys shift to standard tag team wrestling. Luckily AEW/ROH has enough talent to quickly repackage any three guys into a new trio. I mean, not enough to justify having two sets of trios belts. But it's still perhaps the strongest trios division I've ever seen in pro wrestling.

Women's singles division - babyfaces

Britt Baker

Kris Statlander (AEW TBS champion)

Willow Nightingale (NJPW STRONG women's champion)

Hikaru Shida

Skye Blue

Taya Valkyrie

Mercedes Martinez

Trish Adora*

Women's singles division - heels

Toni Storm (AEW women's world champion)

Jade Cargill

Saraya

Ruby Soho

Nyla Rose

Anna Jay

Marina Shafir

Emi Sakura

Lady Frost*

Jobbers: Danni Bee*, Genesis*

*Not listed on AEW's official roster

The feud between the Outcasts (Saraya, Storm, and Soho) against Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter, and various other faces has helped to get a lot more women on TV in the past couple of months. Statlander's shock win over Cargill is a shot in the arm too. (I hope Cargill pivots to new business soon; having Statlander feud with Valkyrie while Jade clobbers somebody else would further deepen the division.) Willow's unexpected STRONG title win is a surprise bonus; now they kinda have to push her whether they meant to or not.

New Japan Pro Wrestling personnel: Jeff Cobb, Katsuyori Shibata (ROH pure champion), Will Ospreay, Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW World television champion)

Most of these guys are just dropping in for the build to Forbidden Door. Shibata is the head coach for New Japan's LA Dojo, though, so he's more of a semi-regular; he's sure to defend his belt at the next ROH pay-per-view in July. I get a strong feeling Nigel McGuinness will come out of retirement to chase Shibata all the way to Wembley Stadium in August, but time will tell.

No televised AEW matches in over 30 days: Alex Reynolds, Athena (ROH women's world champion), Christopher Daniels, Darius Martin, Diamante, Evil Uno, Griff Garrison, John Silver, Kiera Hogan, Matt Sydal, Nick Comoroto, Peter Avalon, Samoa Joe (ROH television champion), Shawn Dean, Sonny Kiss, Stu Grayson, Zack Clayton

Everyone here has been primarily wrestling for the ROH brand ever since Honor Club relaunched and Dark and Elevation ended. Joe is slated to be a key player on Collision, and I'm certain Athena will return to AEW television one of these days. As for the rest, it'll probably do them some good to be treated like big fish in a small pond for a while.

No televised AEW or ROH matches in over 30 days: Aaron Solo, Abadon, Andrade El Idolo, Angelo Parker, Anthony Ogogo, Brandon Cutler, Brian Pillman Jr., Brock Anderson, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Eddie Kingston, Fuego del Sol, Harley Cameron, Julia Hart, Lance Archer, Lee Johnson, Leyla Hirsch, Luchasaurus, Madison Rayne, Matt Menard, Michael Nakazawa, Miro, Ortiz, PAC, Penelope Ford, QT Marshall, Rebel, Red Velvet, Riho, Satnam Singh, Scorpio Sky, Serena Deeb, Shawn Spears, Sonjay Dutt, Yuka Sakazaki

To the best of my knowledge, all of these performers are medically cleared and just waiting to be booked in matches. We already know a number of these names are set to return on Collision--notably Punk, Miro, Andrade, and Scorpio. It wouldn't surprise me at all if PAC, Archer, Ortiz, and Hirsch were included in that group, but there's no way to know. As for the rest, it'll be interesting to come back in a few months and see which of them are still on the bench.

Inactive

Danhausen (right shoulder - pectoralis tear)

Dante Martin (left leg - unspecified injury)

Isiah Kassidy (neck - unspecified injury)

Jamie Hayter (right shoulder - unspecified injury)

Kyle O'Reilly (neck - herniated disc)

Mark Davis (knee - meniscus tear)

Marq Quen (unspecified injury)

Parker Bordreaux (unspecified injury)

Santana (left knee - ACL tear)

Tay Melo (pregnancy)

The Bunny (head - unspecified injury)

Thunder Rosa (back - unspecified injury)

Trench (unspecified injury)

It's increasingly difficult to find injury updates on major league pro wrestlers unless they tweet about getting surgery. In many of these cases the performer could just be out for a few weeks or they might need a year to recover...or the injury could be a work while they simply take time off. Rosa could be back in the ring tonight on Collision or she could still be facing months of physical therapy. Santana has been posting videos hyping his return, but that doesn't mean it's going to happen soon. As usual, we'll just have to wait and see.

[josejuliodibujante]

Temporada negra para el equipo blanco... Florentino de los nervios.