#aka Sammy Guevara

[sethnorth]

Jeff Jordan squeezed

[the-blue-brand-wrestling-blog]

The Blue Brand Wrestling Blog #3 

Some random thoughts (11th September RAW Preview, MJF & Samoa Joe)

Hey there guys & girls,

I’m Andy Mac, AKA The Blue Brand owner and creator (@The_Blue_Brand) on X / Twitter. I thought I would delve into the world of blog writing and what better thing to write about than my favourite pastime Professional Wrestling.

Today I thought I’d discuss AEW Dynamite’s segment between MJF & Samoa Joe and do a brief preview for WWE RAW tonight (11th September 2023) Let’s get started –

WWE RAW – 11th September 2023 – Brief Preview

Women’s World Championship (Dominik Mysterio banned from ringside): Rhea Ripley defends against Raquel Rodriguez – I’m assuming this will be the final match in this feud. I’m also assuming even with Dom banned from ringside that Rhea will get the win and retain her Women’s World Championship. Either she retains clean, or a present or new member of the Judgment Day might get the assist. Regardless, I’m happy for the reign of Rhea to continue. She’s a megastar for this company.

Cody Rhodes returns – Quite a few members of the wrestling online community are assuming that Cody Rhodes will be the member of the WWE RAW roster to be traded to SmackDown in return for Jey Uso’s switch to the red brand last week. Maybe we’ll find out more tonight? If he is moving to SmackDown maybe we’ll get a final match tonight or maybe a series of matches across the next few week before he makes the jump? I could be way off, and he might just start a new feud tonight with no mention of a move, we’ll have to wait and see!

Gunther’s Record-Breaking Intercontinental Championship Celebration – Congratulations to Gunther on becoming the longest reigning and record-breaking Intercontinental Champion in WWE history. The celebration tonight should be interesting, I always feel like these segments work best for a comedic and whiny / scared heel champion – All of which does not describe Gunther at all. So, I will be interested to see how WWE approaches this. I’m sure I’m not the only one who wants to see Gable get involved with another rematch for the title then being booked for WWE Fastlane? I never get sick of these two working together, I really enjoyed their match last week!

AEW Dynamite, 6th September 2023 – AEW World Champion MJF & Samoa Joe –

So, I like many of you checked out AEW Dynamite last week. Nothing in particular was standing out to me during the show. Orange Cassidy made a brief appearance, gave a tiny promo, and left before Jon Moxley defended his newly won AEW International Championship in a decent opening bout. Kris Statlander then defended her AEW TBS Championship in what was another decent match, nothing special here. Le Sex Gods defeated Aussie Open in another average bout – Not sure about everyone else, but I don’t care about Sammy Guevara falling out with Chris Jericho.

So, as the show went on, I was beginning to wonder “What is going to make me keep watching this?” I was close to turning it off when the graphic came up announcing we would be hearing from the ROH Tag Team & AEW World Champion, Maxwell Jacob Friedman next!  I thought, I’ll watch this, if it isn’t interesting then I’ll call it a night.

MJF made his way to the ring and in his usual style captivated the crowd immediately and had them in the palm of his hand straight away. He’s arguably the best thing about AEW, he’s got the look, oozes charisma, character and personality and can be a heel you detest or a babyface you pull for. On top of that, he’s 27 years old. AEW should be looking to give him whatever he wants financially and building their company around this guy.

MJF stated how unhappy he was with Samoa Joe pushing him on the ramp at AEW All Out the previous weekend. If you’re aware of Joe’s run in WWE NXT, you’ll remember the infamous spot when he’s being accompanied to the ring by security backstage. One of the guards is a young MJF. Samoa Joe, carrying the NXT World Title at the time pushes the ‘kid’ into the wall. So of course, all these years later Joe doing this to MJF again is going to hit a nerve.

Samoa Joe comes out and proceeds to call MJF ‘Kid’ numerous times which clearly gets under the champ’s skin. Further insults are traded (Jokes at the expense of Joe, shots at William Regal etc…) before Samoa Joe states that he will win the AEW Grand Slam tournament and go on to defeat MJF and claim the AEW World Championship. Joe called MJF a bitch which in return for he received a slap, Joe said he wasn’t going to take the champ’s bait and allowed MJF to leave. Once MJF tried to leave Joe attacked, MJF rallied and attempted a comeback, but with an underlying ‘neck’ injury Joe got the upper hand and took control. Adam Cole then made the save and Joe retreated.

The reason this segment caught my interest in an otherwise bland show up until this point was due to a multitude of reasons – The crowd were hot for this segment, MJF and Samoa Joe deserve credit for this due to telling a story that went back years. They showed no respect for one another and despite it obviously being a storyline you could genuinely believe and understand both MJF and Joe’s viewpoints. MJF is the young champ, the future star who feels like a veteran he looked up to disrespected him whilst trying to make a name for himself in the business. Joe is the veteran, a killer in the ring who doesn’t respect anyone, especially a cocky and brash ‘kid’ like MJF.

I think we all know that Joe will be winning the AEW Grand Slam Tournament now, wouldn’t make sense for him not to. Hopefully between Joe and MJF fighting for the title we get to see the challenger Samoa Joe become even more ruthless – Let him get under the champ’s skin even more by savagely attacking Adam Cole. Anyway, that’s me starting to fantasy book how we get from A to B… That’s not a bad thing though, AEW and this feud have clearly caught my attention and pulled me in.

Final word on this segment is regarding some of the backlash I seen online regarding the WWE references. I think one person noted eight mentions of WWE terms, talents etc… Usually I wouldn’t be a fan of them using WWE as part of their feud, it would feel cheap (TNA used to do this and I didn’t like it then) but doing it to further a deep feud makes sense. Just don’t keep rehashing it over and over again AEW!

Anyway, I’ll stop rambling on now. Thanks for checking this third blog out. I’m a self-confessed WWE fanboy, always have been since I started watching WWE as a child. However, as you can hopefully and probably tell I’m trying to broaden by Professional Wrestling palate and horizons. If there is anything else you can recommend, I’m open to suggestions. I’m taking a break from my 9-5 office job at the moment and trying to fill my time!

Please leave feedback, if it’s constructive then I’ll always appreciate it. I’m always happy to learn and to become better. Please keep it respectful though, everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Take it easy guys,

Andy

[pwrestlingxpress]

Final Match Card for "Forbidden Door 2023"

Just hours after posting this and after the events of "AEW Collision" we have our full match card for the AEWxNJPW that is "The Forbidden Door"

There will be a total of 14 matches (4 of them on the preshow) tying Pro Wrestling NOAH's Majestic 2023 event at 14 matches. As far as I know, DDT's Judgement 2023 which took place back in March is still the biggest event of the year having 15 main card matches on their show.

At the Zero Hour of "Forbidden Door 2023" we will have four matches:

Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo

Swerve Strickland, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun vs. Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, and El Desperado

Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, and TJP vs. Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, and BUSHI

Women's Owen Hart Cup 2023 Round 1: Athena vs. Billie Starkz

After those four matches are done, we go to the main card where there will be 10 matches that'll open up with Hiroshi Tanahashi challenging MJF for the AEW World Championship. And in my opinion, glad this match is happening because as of typing, MJF is in danger of not making the 2022-23 PWI 500. From my understanding, you need to compete in at least 14 matches in the previous year to be on the list. MJF has only competed in 10. Competing at "Forbidden Door 2023" against Tanahashi could help him reach a ranking. Same thing when teaming up with Adam Cole in the Blind Tag Tournament.

After that, we'll find out which match will go second and beyond based on two things: A VTR and/or an entrance theme song being played. With that said here are the final nine matches taking place after the AEW Championship in no particular order.

Special Singles Match: Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada

IWGP United States Championship: Will Ospreay (Challenger) vs. Kenny Omega (Champion)

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry (Challenger) vs. SANADA (Champion)

AEW Women's Championship: Willow Nightingale (NJPW Strong Women's Champion/Challenger) vs. Toni Storm (Champion)

Men's Owen Hart Cup 2023 Round 1: CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima

AEW International Championship Match 4-Way: Daniel Garcia (Challenger #1) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW World TV Champion/Challenger #2) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (ROH Pure Champin/Challenger #3) vs. Orange Cassidy (Champion)

Special 10-Man Tag: Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Adam Page, Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Claudio Castanogli, Jon Moxley, Shota Umino, Wheeler Yuta, and Konosuke Takeshita

Special Singles Match: Adam Cole vs. "Filthy" Tom Lawlor

Special 6-Man Tag: Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki vs. Sting, Darby Allin, and Tetsuya Naito

"Forbidden Door 2023" comes tomorrow (June 25th) from Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Scotiabank Arena LIVE on PPV Worldwide. The event will start with the pre-show (aka Zero Hour) at 7 PM Eastern/6 PM Central/4 PM Pacific with the main card starting at 8 PM Eastern/7 PM Central/5 PM Pacific.

In Japan, the event will start Monday June 26th at 8 AM Local Time for the preshow, 9 AM Local time for the main card.

Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city, country you currently live in to find out the start time to the event in your area.

[deathtriangles]

that revolution card is looking MONEY though like we’re either confirmed getting or very likely getting:

hangman page vs adam cole - aew world championship

britt baker vs thunder rosa (likely a stipulation match too) - aew women’s world championship

jurassic express vs 2 out of redragon, bucks, proud and powerful, ftr or any other awesome team - aew tag team championship

sammy guevara vs andrade el idolo (with maybe darby but idk if they’ll do two triple threats) - tnt championship

possibly jade cargill vs serena deeb - tbs championship

mjf vs cm punk (dog collar match)

jon moxley vs bryan danielson

death triangle vs house of black (could be stipulation too tbh)

eddie kingston vs chris jericho

BEEFY BIG OL TIDDIE BITCHES™️ LADDER MATCH (aka face of the revolution ladder match)

leyla hirsch vs kris statlander 2 as a possible buy in match

[mjfass]

So instead of watching survivor series im gonna fantasy book UE vs The Elite.

- Cole and the Bucks, along with Fish run roughshod over the tag division.

- O'Reilly debuts in AEW, teams back up with Fish, thus we get the Undisputed Elite, with the reDRagon contingent of this group nabbing the tag titles from the Lucha brothers.

- Cole starts feuding with Hangman over the title.

- in January, Sammy Guevara holds an Open Challenge, which is answered by Kevin Steen. He package piledrives Sammy into the mat and becomes the new TNT Champion before joining the Superkliq + ReDRagon for a Mount Rushmore reunion

- Kenny returns and questions why Cole is 1) recruiting new people and 2) calling the shots

- There's a tense argument between Elite members both old and new in the ring.

- On the next week, Cole, O'Reilly, Fish and Steen turn on the Elite, creating The New Era, turning the Young Bucks and Kenny face.

- Matt swallows his pride and unbeknownst to Kenny or Nick, asks Hangman for help.

- Hangman tells the Dark Order that he's got some business to attend to. Business that is is for him and him alone to handle and that they should focus on HFO or whoever the Dark Order are feuding with at this point.

- The New Era are cutting a promo in the ring when Kenny and the Bucks appear on the ramp, coming through the babyface tunnel.

- The New Era are like "lmao u guys wanna fight? we rinsed you guys last time. you're outgunned. What do you guys have now that makes you guys think you can step to us?"

- Matt responds. "Cowboy shit."

- Out comes Hangman!

- The brawl leads to Tony Khan booking The New Era vs The Elite in a Blood and Guts match AKA AEW WarGames.

Listen, the fact that you included Kevin Steen debuting AND winning the TNT Championship already made this something absolutely spectacular. I got shivers reading that and imagining that freaking match that would absolutely… no, there are no words to explain how great it would be.

[thegoddessofwwe]

MOST WANTED MALES

➻ AKIRA ➻ ALEX SHELLEY ➻ BARON CORBIN ➻ BOBBY BEVERLY ➻ BRYAN DANIELSON ➻ BUDDY MATTHEWS ➻ CHRIS BROOKES ➻ CM PUNK ➻ CODY RHODES ➻ COLT CABANA ➻ DEXTER LUMIS ➻ ERIC RYAN ➻ FINN BALOR ➻ GREGORY IRON ➻ HIKULEO ➻ JEY USO ➻ JIMMY USO ➻ JIMMY JACOBS ➻ JOEY JANELA ➻ JORDAN OLIVER ➻ LA KNIGHT ➻ MALAKAI BLACK ➻ MANSOOR ➻ MATT CARDONA ➻ MATT JACKSON ➻ MIKE SYDAL ➻ MJF ➻ NICK JACKSON ➻ PETE DUNNE ➻ RICKEY SHANE PAGE ➻ ROBERT STONE ➻ ROMAN REIGNS ➻ SAMI CALLIHAN ➻ SAMMY GUEVARA ➻ SHAWN MICHAELS ➻ TRIPLE H ➻ WARDLOW

MOST WANTED FEMALES

➻ ALEX WINDSOR ➻ ANNA JAY ➻ BAYLEY ➻ BECKY LYNCH ➻ BRITT BAKER ➻ CARMELLA ➻ CASSIE LEE ➻ DAKOTA KAI ➻ DEONNA PURRAZZO ➻ INDI HARTWELL ➻ JADE CARGILL ➻ KRIS STATLANDER ➻ LIV MORGAN ➻ RAQUEL GONZALEZ ➻ ROSEMARY ➻ SASHA BANKS ➻ SHOTZI ➻ SONYA DEVILLE ➻ TAY CONTI ➻ THE BUNNY (AKA ALLIE) ➻ THUNDER ROSA ➻ TONI STORM

MOST WANTED NON BINARY

➻ SONNY KISS

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS ARE ALSO WELCOME!!

[unlikelywrestlingfan]

AEW Newbie Impressions

Newbie AEW fan here again with my summaries of the roster so far. This is unnecessarily long, so I am putting it under a cut so people don’t have to scroll through the whole post to go past it. Have a nice day, btw!! :D

Adam Page: Anxious Cowboy. Seems like he needs a hug, very over with the crowd. Aka “Hangman” and his chant is “Cowboy Sh*t.” Has an Emotional Support Stable in the Dark Order. 

Andrade Il Idolo: Andrade from WWE is that you? 

Chris Jericho: Oh hey dude! Long time no see. I have nothing against you but please stop making “I slept with your mom jokes.” Also apparently he’s adopted a chaotic child.

Christian Cage: Hey!!!! Dude!!! I didn’t know you had a last name! Great to see you!!! 

Christopher Daniels: *cries in Kaz and Daniels*

Cody Rhodes: Oh hi! Good to see you again, hope you’re well. 

Darby Allin: Feral Goth Child.

The Dark Order: (I’m sorry they are all grouped together right now, the only one I know by name so far is Evil Uno!) Their name suggests like. An edgy evil order, but they seem really nice? Like they’re out here breaking toxic masculinity stereotypes and pushing their friend to go for his dreams? I’m confused! But! They seem cool!

Dustin Rhodes: Honestly, bro, I’ve never seen you outside of your Goldust persona, but I’ve got to say I like non-Goldust Dustin much better already.

Eddie Kingston: A chaotic man, and he’s friends with Mox so that gives him a positive bias in my eyes. Wasn’t sure how to feel about him until I saw a gifset of him punching toxic masculinity in the face by saying “tell people you love them” because his father didn’t until much later in life. You go, man!!

Frankie Kazarian: *cries in Kaz and Daniels*

Jon Moxley: Just as unhinged as ever, regardless of your ringname. I missed you, man!

Jungle Boy: Literally just a very talented, soft spoken, Tarzan guy. Why is this such good content. Why does he seem to have such an aura of goodness? Also I was watching the other day and he closelined his opponent so hard that they did a complete 360 degree spin before they hit the ground. Who is this dude?

Kenny Omega: Apparently Anxious Cowboy’s bitter ex and the current champ. Good at being a heel. 

Luchasaurus: I’m. This. This man is out here larping as a dinosaur. And you know what? Good for him! You do you, weird dino guy. Also apparently adopted Jungle Boy and an Energetic Short Man.

Marko Stunt: I have not seen him wrestle yet but from what I’ve seen on here, he is Energetic Short Man. 

Matt Hardy: I will never be over the concept of “Big Money Matt Hardy” because I have only ever seen him as unhinged crazy man before so seeing him in a suit is hilarious to me. Go Hardy! XD

Miro: Hi Rusev! Hope you’re well.

MJF: Melomaniac Frat Boy. Cuts really fun promos. Has a ScarfTM.

Malakai Black: DUDE. I AM SO SORRY WWE DID YOU DIRTY. Seriously, they made a whole animated multi-video promo series and then just fired him? What? Glad he was able to come to AEW! You’re kinda freaking me out, dude, but that’s your thing so.

Orange Cassidy: “Freshly Squeezed.” I’m. Sir, your name perplexes me. I do not understand. No judgement, just confusion. 

Pac: NEVILLE! HI! I didn’t know you were still wrestling! Good to see you again!

Sammy Guevara: Jericho’s Chaotic Son.

Sting: MY FAVE OF ALL TIME MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT WRESTLER SO GLAD TO SEE YOU!!! You’re out here adopting a Feral Goth Child, and I’m here for it.

(The) Bunny: Quiet. Packing brass knuckles and blades. 

Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.: Angry doctor woman. Has definitely broken the Hippocratic Oath. Made the crowd angry with cheeseburgers.

Nyla Rose: Here to yell and kick butt.

Yuka Sakazaki: HEART. EYES. SO. CUTE. SMILES. WHILE. FIGHTING.

[shanie-the-toyaddict]

AEW ROSTER ACCORDING TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER SEEN A SINGLE EPISODE (aka Me)

Adam Page: Cowboy Shit and Sex

Brodie Lee: Luke Harper cosplaying as Vince McMahon

Chris Jericho: Same as WWE only I believe he’s French now?

Christopher Daniels: Something to do with Angels, IDK

Chuck Taylor: Isn’t this a shoe?

Cody: American Nightmare. Next.

Colt Cabana: He seems important, but I have no idea.

Darby Allin: Half skeleton facepaint guy. I think there’s also a skateboard involved in there somewhere.

Dustin Rhodes: Like Goldust, only red and 50% less

Evil Uno: Pretty sure this is a card game

Frankie Kazarian: See Colt Cabana

Jake Hagar: Whoever he is, he stole his name from Streets of Rage and for that I hate him.

Jimmy Havoc: Wait, no. Is this the skateboarding one? Shit one of these guys rides a skateboard, I know it.

Joey Janela: That [redacted] guy. Also, I’ve seen pictures and I don’t think he owns a hairbrush

Jon Moxley: The final evolutionary form of Dean Ambrose

Jungle Boy: That “George of the Jungle” boy who hangs around with the dinosaur

Kenny Omega: I’ve heard good things. Really good things, actually. But never seen one of his matches. Sorry.

Kip Sabian: Is he related to Billy Gunn?

Lance Archer: No idea. His AEWdotcom picture looks angry though.

Luchasaurus: Jungle Boy’s pet dinosaur

Broken Matt Hardy: “Woken” Matt, but better.

MJF: I’m not sure what the “J” means but I believe the rest stands for Mother Fucker

Marko Stunt: Baby. 

Young Bucks: Best Tag Team in the world. Or so I am to understand. They actually got LJN figures about 40 years after LJN stopped making wrestling figures though, so I guess that’s cool.

Orange Cassidy: That orange juice guy who keeps fighting with his hands in his pockets. Actually, I like that bit, it’s funny. He can stay.

PAC: Adrian Neville but with much larger testicles. And far more crazy.

Pentagon Jr/Rey Fenix: See Colt Cabana

Sammy Guevara: That poor kid who keeps getting run down every week.

Sonny Kiss: He’s stylish, sexy, and very very gay. That’s all I know.

_________

THE WOMEN

Awesome Kong: Kharma but better. Also, I love her and I NEED A FUCKING FIGURE DAMMIT

Brandi Rhodes: AEW’s answer to the Billion Dollar Princess

Britt Baker: I guess she’s a doctor? Like, how does that help in the ring? You’re supposed to hurt people! Who brought a healer PC to a wrestling match!

Kris Statlander: She’s weird or something. I don’t know

Nyla Rose: Most valid woman person on roster and again I NEED A FUCKING FIGURE

Penelope Ford: Is she important? IDK. See Colt Cabana.

[crossfitbreezus]

sammy guevara aka glitter butt✨

[danwhobrowses]

AEW Revolution 2021 - Reaction & Review

Before you say anything, yes I know about the finish.

But while work has prevented me from watching the show live I will still be running down the PPV as I said I would, the card is still stacked and people were mighty excited to see the wrestling so let’s get to it

Spoilers for AEW Revolution 2021, I have done my best to avoid spoilers myself but have not been able to fully escape it, I won’t let my post be the same for someone else

The Buy-In I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the Buy-In should not have 75% promos, especially since the promos are uploaded as the Countdown. It’s the same thing Tony you can fit an entire match in between it, or even recap the segments on the prior Dark - good promos from Miro, Archer and Big Swole in that show and the Butcher & Blade attacked Bear Country, all of which would have relevance to the PPV.

Britt Baker pre-match promo On the cusp of her tag match came out Dr. Britt Baker DMD who lambasted the company for booking ‘Reba’ to tag with her after she sustained an ‘injury’ at the hands of Nyla Rose. Baker acted like her ‘doctor’s note’ should’ve been enough and had Reba walk on stage with a crutch to sell her point. With her partner injured she has been allowed to pick a replacement. Thoughts would’ve obviously gone to one Thea Trinidad but that made the surprise so much better.

Dr Britt Baker (w/ Rebel ‘Reba’ Tanea) & Maki Itoh def. Riho & Thunder Rosa - Pinfall on Rosa by Baker after a Superkick + Crutch Shot Maki Itoh, who was unusually absent from the TJPW PPV - arrived to a loud pop from the crowd and Serpentico just completely losing his shit at ringside. The King of Simps sang her entrance as she usually does as she soaked in the atmosphere with pure joy on her face. The babyfaces quickly made their entrances after as the match was about to kick off. For a tag match it was more of a 2v2 than a tag bout, I mean that in there wasn’t a lot of team moves; whenever the heels felt threatened they would switch partners to regain momentum, but that did allow each woman to face off one another. There were some good interactions between each woman in the bout, Excalibur doing very well to inform the fans that Itoh had history with Riho and Rosa and that she had recently come out of a tag tournament final in TJPW where she and ‘Pink Striker’ Miyu Yamashita fell short to NEO Biishiki-Gun (a faction that involves the heel alter-ego of the Eliminator Tournament’s Mei Suruga). Between the match Rosa and Baker sold the animosity, trading middle fingers while the other was in the corner until they finally got to cross one another. The final stages proved to be entertaining when Itoh and Riho where legal, Rosa and Baker had both rushed the ring to fight when Riho sucker hit Baker on the apron, leading to a trade off in moves between all four women, Rosa got planted with a tornado DDT, but Itoh missed the Flying Kokeshi, Riho almost capitalized but her Shining Wizard was countered by Itoh’s magnificently fluid rolling half crab counter. Riho would make the ropes as both women tagged out after Itoh got Riho with a headbutt and Riho shook off Baker after Rosa broke up her pin from an air raid crash, liquid pinfalls and counters happened after that which was an easy highlight. Reba proved not to be as injured as let on when she jumped the apron but was accidentally socked by Baker after Rosa dodged and hit the DVD, Itoh broke the pin but got thrown out of the ring afterwards, the cameras missing Riho diving at Itoh on the outside. In the ring Baker - having wriggled out of a Fire Thunder Driver - staggered Rosa with a superkick and used the ref’s position to push Rosa towards him near the ropes where Reba cracked Rosa with the crutches as the ref dodged, the damage was enough for Baker to get the 3 count. After the match Riho ensured that Rosa wouldn’t get attacked afterwards as Reba limped on and out the ring, Baker and Itoh leaving the ramp with middle fingers to their opponents

It was a very fun match, camera work wasn’t the best at times but it was still really good. I didn’t expect Itoh and Baker’s twitter buddying to lead to them partnering up but that is the sneaky foreshadowing. The booking of this match should really be stated a bit more, Riho and Rosa are top caliber former champions on their brands, and Itoh and Baker hanged with them mostly to a stalemate. With 2 victories over Rosa though Baker should be on the up, and sadly we may see less of Rosa with NWA coming back (same will probably be said about Serena once her knee recovers until she drops the belt) so it was important that nobody came out looking weak. With Itoh’s US appearance too and the pop (and the resulting appearance on BTE) you can be sure that the Cutest in the World will be seen again.

Main Card Always gotta show my approval of using Brodie’s ‘you know what that means’ to start a show. JR sounded a little hoarse though today, hope he’s okay.

AEW World Tag Championship The Young Bucks def. The Inner Circle [Chris Jericho & MJF (w/ Wardlow)] - Pinfall on Jericho by Matt via Meltzer Driver Jericho came out with his usual Painmaker while MJF continues with his fashion atrocity of a white robe and blue tassels with the scarf print in the middle. The Bucks kept it simple with the black, yellow and pink - which Excalibur noted was designed by Matt’s daughter. The Bucks were definitely aggrieved, shoving the belts in the faces of their opponent before the bell, Jericho though played the mind games by snatching a title from Aubrey to hold it aloft. The bell rang and immediately it was brawling, Bucks pulling their patented dual suicide dive and stereo sharpshooters, interceptor spear and the hanging senton. MJF got some momentum by catching Nick before his apron moonsault as Jericho hit the triangle dropkick, Wardlow choking Nick on the outside while Aubrey was distracted and then hitting the double flapjack before stealing the Bucks’ poses. Matt roared in again but Wardlow again proved to shift momentum to his Inner Circle stablemates, this time pulling the ropes so Matt fell out. The Inner Circle kept things simple and grounded, antagonizing the Bucks whenever they could in hopes they will fall into a mistake, however their confidence left them more open to slipping up and falling into Nick’s hot tag, a lovely springboard destroyer hit two so the Bucks hit the Motor City Machine Guns’ move. MJF tagged Jericho but his Judas Effect was superkicked, Bucks tried Meltzer Driver but MJF grabbed Nick again and Jericho hit the tombstone, leaving Nick to flip with nobody home and leave him prone to the Walls of Jericho, Nick tagged Matt while in the hold but then Matt got locked in the Walls. MJF got 2 for a catch powerbomb but slowed it down by taunting Matt with multiple ‘Suck It!’s, Excalibur humorously begging Matt to just punch him ‘where he is pointing’, the provocation worked though as Matt went for a Meltzer Driver, allowing Jericho to catch Nick mid-flight with a Codebreaker and MJF to roll Matt up for 2. Wardlow distracted Aubrey as Jericho hit Matt’s legs with a bat leading to MJF hitting the Heatseeker, but they got 2 again! The Bucks countered with a baited corner kick and stereo crossbodies in and out of the ring, Wardlow got rocked by a dodged Judas Effect as Nick rolled Jericho for 2, Jericho tries a Lionsault but meets a low Superkick and then a BTE Trigger but MJF breaks the count, eating a Superkick Party (aka Death by Leg Slapping) for his troubles. Jericho gets a Double Superkick and then finished by a Meltzer Driver.

It was a hot opener for sure, the Bucks talking smack to Jericho afterwards. The Inner Circle were wily but relied too much on Wardlow and provoking the Bucks into making mistakes. I am actually surprised to see no Sammy Guevara even at ringside, besides Wardlow no Inner Circle members tried to interfere either, pretty clean affair.

Casino Tag Team Royale Death Triangle [PAC and Rey Fénix] win the Royale to be No. 1 Contenders for the Tag Titles - Fénix last eliminating Jungle Boy After the Bucks came naming the next contender, starting with the Natural Nightmares and Dark Order’s Five and Dime - ironically it was the old guard vs the Nightmare Factory alums - a handshake between 5 and Dustin was not shared when QT clubbed 10 to kick off the match. Dark Order got some great offence but were blindsided by Dustin’s double bulldog Different to regular Casino Royales, entrants played to Royal Rumble rules of one team at a time, the first team to enter being Santana & Ortiz. Five got eliminated first by QT after hitting the ‘That’s Gotta Suck’ (a crossbody to the back of an opponent lying on the ropes) on Ortiz, 10 unable to avenge him as the Sydals came next, Matt hitting the Meteora rather than the Shooting Star attempt like last time. Uno and Grayson came next, Uno hitting that delicious twisting flatliner on Mike Sydal as Santana and Ortiz dumped Mike out of the ring. Santana also completely kicked the taste out of Grayson and 10 soon after with a percussive kick. The Gunn Club came next without Billy, huge amount of faith in Austin and Colten, during which Matt Sydal got thrown over by the Gunns and dumped out by Santana’s big boot, meaning the Sydals were the first team to be eliminated. Intrigue hit after the Pretty Picture (Avalon & Bononi) and the Varsity Blonds came into the match, Austin had dumped Avalon and dual Famassers to Bononi looked like it was gonna eliminate the big man but then QT eliminated the Gunns at once. Ire and confusion was seen on Dustin’s face as QT eliminated his fellow Nightmare Family members, and QT then eliminated himself! A shock break up for sure from one of the most consistent Midcard tag teams in AEW. Bear Country Hell Yeah though hossed their way in, Grayson was able to lift one but got eliminated, Jurassic Express came next as Baltimora’s Tarzan Boy echoed from the arena, JB countered Santana and Ortiz’ tag move to eliminate the latter and then baited Santana to rana him out, Luchasaurus eliminated Bononi and then Griff, assisting Marko to do a slippery rana which Uno sold by running into the ring post to eliminate himself. Butcher and Blade came in fresh to dump Pillman and 10 and end their nights, Jack Evans had also appeared out of nowhere to assist in eliminating 10 as Bear Country brawled with Butcher and Blade, Dustin tried to get involved and was dragged out of the ring apron by Allie. Private Party then came in with the clean black and gold, nearly eliminating JB had Marko not held him up. SCU completely beheaded PP, Bear Country then eliminating Luchasaurus to some boos before being dumped by Butcher just as Death Triangle came in. Lastly was Silver and Reynolds who came to a decent pop, nailing Daniels with a Spin Doctor to start and then Dark Destroyer and Elimination from Isaiah Kassidy, SCU then eliminated Butcher leaving 4 teams left. Fénix bodyscissored Daniels, JB launched Reynolds over the turnbuckle and Kazarian thrown by PAC. Silver, PAC, Fénix and JB was just sublime, Silver only taken out by Fénix’s rope walk pele kick to leave JB on his own. “Jungle Boy in the Death Triangle” was a hell of a call by Excalibur as he eliminated PAC by using his momentum against him. Fénix and JB was just high octane, JB catching Fénix with an anti-air superkick, clothesline and poison rana but as he went to throw Fénix he counters with the 619 rebound heel kick and clotheslined JB out of the ring.

That was a strong ass royale. I will not however forget that Top Flight and FTR were unusually absent from the match (not to mention the Good Brothers, I hoped it’d be Casino Rules with them as the Joker, and TH2). But a lot of good stuff here, surprising split by the Nightmares, Butcher/Blade vs Bear Country feels imminent, Santana and Ortiz as well as SCU were still strong, I feel for Jurassic Express though, they are always inches from the brass ring but never quite getting it, but Death Triangle probably needed it more. Making Fénix the last man was a good decision as well because he had been taking a lot of Ls, now with a trio vs the Bucks it can lead to some interesting concepts, and batshit crazy spots.

Paul Wight Interview Wight sprinkled some hinting at his mystery signing by saying ‘No-one’s gonna outwork him’ as we paused till the next match. DDP and Al Snow were also shown in attendance.

AEW Women’s World Championship Hikaru Shida def. Ryo Mizunami - Pinfall via Corkscrew Knee Strike The promo package used for this match has to get some shine as well because it really built why both women were so motivated to win.

Mizunami came out with the tournament trophy in hand to ensure her clout had not been forgotten, Shida may not have worn the power suit but the kimono and kasa still looked wonderful. A handshake started the match but Shida dodged the lariat attempt. Mizunami shoulder blocked Shida but the champion kipped up impressing Aniki and prompting her to ground her a second time. Mizunami and Shida traded corner chops as Mizunami wasted too much time showboating for the champion to hit the rana and then the ringside knee strike, the Chair launch was caught as Mizunami dumped Shida over the railing. Leg drop was almost countered by the Stretch Muffler but Aniki used her power to continue grounding Shida and wearing her down with submissions, Shida though would grasp momentum with driving her opponent into the corner with her knees and then a missile dropkick, a driven Shida crunched Aniki with a B-Driver on the ramp then a deadlift suplex back into the ring, the champion’s confidence was met with Mizunami’s powerful flurry of strikes, Shida hits a running knee but Mizunami gets back up, she hits the Tamashii but can’t make the cover.  The women return to the handshake strike trading, but Mizunami got the advantage and plants her with an Uranage and Spear, the Guillotine Legdrop gets a close 2 but the champion kicks out again, she rolls out of the Fisherman buster to hit a German but gets hit in the back of the head, Shida hits the Falcon Arrow and kips back up, the Tamashii is blocked but she keeps striking Mizunami, running knee to the back of the head, Falcon Arrow again but could not hook the leg, the next Tamashii countered with a lariat but the following lariat countered with a knee. Shida digs into some Latino Heat with the eye poke and roll up for two, she hits the Tamashii but Aniki rolls her up for an agonizing two. Looked like a botched DDT but Shida hits a third Tamashii and Mizunami kicks out again, Shida opts for a corkscrew knee strike and that gets the three.

Shida’s celebration is cut short by Nyla and Vickie attacking both, Shida prevents Aniki from being Beast Bombed but is then blindsided by Baker and Itoh, Itoh biting Mizunami’s fingers while Nyla and Baker squared off before reaching an understanding. Rosa darted in for the save as Itoh taunted Rosa with an Akanbe (pulling her eyelid down). In the ring Shida offered a hand to Aniki while her opponent bowed to her in respect. If anyone had doubts that Mizunami would be a bad choice for Revolution they were promptly eating their words about now. This was a proper physical women’s bout showing the best of Joshi Strong Style. Shida showed off some newer moves even resorting to a heel move to try and win (Yakuza Heel Shida is an option) and a different finish to the Tamashii while Mizunami continued to brightly shine with power and charisma. The post-match stuff does leave a lot of intrigue too. Baker and Nyla’s alliance of convenience can only go so far when both want the title, it hurts to see Itoh with the heels given how over she is but it made sense in the context that Mizunami eliminated her from the tournament - Itoh fights for Itoh, the heels are just convenience for now. The tournament playing this role shows how important it was for the women’s division too, Rosa and Baker temporarily stepping up to Nyla and Nyla wanting to waste Aniki makes it important. In addition, Big Swole - who noted that she is next due to her title shot before the tournament’s announcement being postponed due to COVID - tweeted a ‘not my business’ kinda tweet during this too, which is telling.

Double or Nothing 2021 is coming May 30th A small promo for Double or Nothing was shown announcing the date.

Pre-Match Segment with Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy Before their match with Kip and Miro, Alex Mahvez was going to interview the two men before Miro and Kip jumped both men. Miro telling the camera to ‘Play my music’ as he dragged Chuck to the ramp and ring as he taunted a bleeding Taylor to just say the word to make it stop. Mic in his mouth Chuck instead said ‘ring the damn bell’ and slapped Miro to kick off the bout.

Miro & Kip Sabian (w/ Penelope Ford) def. Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy - Submission via Game Over by Miro on Chuck Taylor Miro wastes no time in this match, delivering the hurt to the partnerless Taylor before tagging out to Kip a few times as he taunted Taylor in and out of the ring. Taylor countered Sabian in time for Cassidy to appear on the ramp hurt, Miro slowly stalked the prone Cassidy only to have fallen for his possum as he kipped up and nailed an Orange Punch, tagging in to get a diving DDT for 2 on Kip, the back that was hurt before prevented a Beach Break to give Sabian the advantage while Miro recovered. Chuck is tagged in for a stomp/Beach Break combo, Miro breaks the count after Taylor was decked with a Piledriver. Miro gets involved as Bryce and Penelope argue, the deadly Orange Kicks humor Miro but his Pump Kick is dodged, Miro gets Orange in the gut before he can make a second Orange Punch but hits the Stundog Millionaire on the counter, Penelope stops Orange from running the ropes and provides distraction for Miro to push him, but he knocks Penelope right into the railing - it was a big sell - and takes out Orange but Taylor and Kip are legal. Miro drags Kip from his wife to tag himself in, nearly being beaten by the inside cradle before flooring Taylor with the Matchka kick and the Game Over for the win. Relief soaks the face of Miro as he feels a weight lifted, AEW’s weakest feud apparently over. Overall it was a nice way to finish it, Miro looked incredibly strong in the bout and teases of him discarding Kip were shown. OC was kept strong by the prior assault wearing him down and Taylor showed a lot of guts. It may do Chuck good to be written out for a bit, until Trent comes back at least.

Inner Circle Segment Not accepting that his interview time was taken, Mahvez found a new duo to interview. MJF and Jericho - flanked by Santana and Ortiz - were asked what’s next as Jericho went on a ‘we should’ve won’ tirade. Jericho and MJF hinted at a change as they promoted next week an ‘Inner Circle War Council’. It could indeed mean that someone else is being discarded from the Inner Circle, or someone’s coming in to take Sammy’s old spot.

Big Money Match ‘Hangman’ Adam Page def. ‘Big Money’ Matt Hardy - Pinfall via Buckshot Lariat I must first and foremost admit that I am loving this heel Matt Hardy. The ‘Corporate Leech’ has done really well at being a bane to AEW’s top babyface Cowboy and his Cult Buddies, he’s also driven Private Party to a new and better direction. Hangman’s funny name plates continued with ‘Decided on the Snapper 560Z’ as he came in 6-0 against Hardy’s 3-0 PPV record. Hangman controlled the early parts of the bout with his strength, Matt surviving with his veteran awareness to avoid the Buckshot but not enough to avoid Hangman’s axe handle from the railings. Hangman hurt his arm by having it slammed in the ring post as Hardy honed in on the hand; stretching, biting and crushing it between some steps. Commentary sold that the hand injured was Hangman’s favoured hand, the fact proven when Page’s punch damaged him as well, the Side Effect though was wonderfully countered with a cradle and then a DVD. Hardy evaded Hangman to catch him in a Twist of Fate on the outside, hoping for a Count Out win, Page rolls in at 9 as Hardy seizes control, yanking Hangman from the ropes with a turnbuckle elevated German Suplex. A big moonsault to the outside regains the advantage for Hangman as he follows up with a diving crossbody and sliding lariat, Hardy escapes the Deadeye to get a neckbreaker and then a powerbomb. Hangman counters the Twist of Fate into the Deadeye but Private Party (in ‘Civilian Clothes’) distract the ref to buy Matt time to recover, Hangman decides to take out both men on the sides, he goes for the Buckshot but lands into a Side Effect and Twist of Fate at 2. Shocked, Hardy motions for Private Party to get involved, but Dark Order swarm in to stop them, Hardy clubs Hangman on the apron but the Dark Order catch him and pull him back up for the Buckshot, that lands the 3 count. Hangman has his hand raised as Dark order applaud him, Hangman then walks in to hug the stable, toasting a beer given to him by Colt Cabana.

It was a good match, expected TH2 to also interfere but I guess they didn’t want the match to go on too long. The core purpose of the match was good: Hangman has turned a curve, he’s no longer being manipulated and he has friends in the Dark Order to support him. Where Hardy goes now he’s ‘Broke’ will be an interesting route, perhaps he will have to invest a little wiser or be met with people coming to collect checks he could no longer cash in.

Face of the Revolution Ladder Match Scorpio Sky def. Cody Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson), Max Caster, Penta El 0M, Lance Archer (w/ Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts) and Ethan Page AEW went very tongue and cheek by making the prize be a literal Brass Ring, JR even making a joke about it as Sonic the Hedgehog memes hit the internet. Caster started with a rap to get the crowd involved, Archer came in and decked someone at ringside, Sky and Penta had normal entrances while Cody pyro’d it up as the camera panned to Jade Cargill and Red Velvet either side and Archer climbing the apron to stare Cody down. All Ego became All Elite as Ethan Page appeared with a decent pop with a huge smile on his face and a name plate that showed his veteran and championship experience.

The match kicked off all around with the main focus on Archer and Cody renewing their TNT rivalries, Archer was the first to throw a ladder into Scorpio Sky and Page, but ate a Superkick and Slingblade by Penta, Penta then got German Suplexed by Sky before Caster took him out. Caster calls for Jack Evans to bring the Boombox that won him his qualifier but Evans is intercepted by 10 and flattened with a spinebuster, 10 doesn’t collect the Boombox though as he leaves which he will use on Page and Cody - after the two took out Archer but then fought each other. Penta took out Caster and Cody by using the Ladder as a ramp for a senton but Archer then kicks him out, Page cutters and crushes Archer under the ladder, escaping Sky’s TKO to drop Sky on the ladder while Archer was sandwiched between it. Page tries to trap Archer under the ladder but Archer powers it to a slope allowing Penta to backstab Page, Penta then Destroyer’s Cody on a ladder laid on the ring and railing, the match selling Cody’s injured shoulder and take him away from the ring while Caster and Sky tussle to climb the ladder. Caster picks a taller ladder for the high ground but are met by Page and Archer. Sky is the last man on the ladder but Penta pulls him down, his showboating costs him though as Sky recovers, biting his head and pulling Penta down with a neckbreaker. Page and Caster then tussle at the top but Caster pulls Page down with a messy sunset bomb, Sky cracks Caster with a frog splash on the ladder but crosses Archer, Sky almost uses Archer’s launchpad to climb the ladder but is pulled down, he goes for the turnbuckle but is pushed down and sent through another ladder laid on the railing and apron. Penta comes into a hot streak in taking down the remaining four men, but All Ego rakes Penta’s eye to get him off the ladder. Cody then staggers back to the ramp, whipping his opponents with his weight belt with a wincing crack, hurting his arm to land a Cross Rhodes on Page. Cody looks to set up a ladder dive but meets a Suplex by Archer and a Claim to Fame Elbow Drop by Caster. Caster and Penta climb the tall ladder but Archer knocks the ladder down, chokeslamming everything that moves and dropping Caster on a ladder with a Black Out. As Archer makes the climb, Page attacks but Archer no sells it and shoves Page away, Page low blows Archer then hits the Razor’s Edge but then Jake the Snake comes in and hits him with a Short-Arm Clothesline to a big pop before Penta wipes the legend out. Cody kinda messes up the cutter on Penta, giving Penta time to use a Steel Chair on his arm, as he climbs though Sky uses the chair on Penta’s ankle. Sky and Cody climb and trade blows, Sky yanks the injured shoulder, talks smack to Cody before pushing his face off the ladder. With nobody to oppose, Sky grabs the Brass Ring to be the Face of the Revolution.

It may not be AEW’s best ladder match, but it was still highly entertaining. Ethan Page was a good surprise entrant and Cody really did play us with his John Cena threatening rally. Caster also impressed a lot given the circumstances and this darker more heelish Scorpio Sky will be interesting to see as he faces Darby Allin.

Hall of Fame-Worthy Signing is: Christian Cage WWE stole Ben Carter from AEW, so AEW stole Christian from WWE. His new mantra of ‘Out Work Everyone’ is made official as Christian came in, posed, signed a contract and left. It got a big pop from the fans and it was definitely Hall of Fame worthy. I’m not gonna let it upset me that I had hoped for Minoru Suzuki because there is still a Forbidden Door being opened, Christian still has it and we will have to wait and see how AEW use him.

Street Fight Sting & Darby Allin def. Team Tazz [Brian Cage & Ricky Starks] - Pinfall on Starks by Sting via a Scorpion Death Drop I will preface if you didn’t expect the Street Fight to be cinematic then you were pretty blind, Sting can take bumps but AEW are not going to throw caution into the wind with him. Tazz joined commentary to be grilled by JR and Tony as the match faded into an ‘Undisclosed Location’. There were some really nice Lucha Underground-esque transitions and filmwork as Cage and Starks travelled to a boiler room ring while Darby’s entrance was met with Sting-wearing hoodlums and both men travelling to the location - Darby skating onto Sting’s truck to enter at the same time. Cage quickly dominated from the start, dumping Darby and then wasting the ‘Hoodlums’ while Starks pressed Sting against the corner. Darby tried to fight back but Cage dragged Darby around. Sting regained control with a Stinger Splash and Snake Eyes but Darby was thrown through doors as Tazz talked up his boys noting how if Darby can’t compete he’ll have to relinquish his title. Starks and Sting eventually leave the ring and Sting goes straight for the bat, Starks goading the Icon to discard the bat but still gets clubbed and kicked into the brick wall, leaving Starks to search for Cage and Darby. Cage though is going upstairs, carrying Darby in a vertical suplex position while he goes up the stairs and dumping him on a trash can. Sting though arrives to work the numbers advantage, Starks then comes back though, hitting Sting with a pipe and an oil drum, String hurts Starks’ knee by opening a drawer on it and Starks is laid out by Cage’s accidental chair shot. Cage continues to fend off the duo for a bit before being hit by a Fire Extinguisher and a glass before slammed into the table, Starks then uses the 2x4 and focuses on Allin, Darby fights back though, climbing a beam to do a Coffin Drop. However, an Orange Masked man comes in and slams Allin against the beam: Powerhouse Hobbs reminding the duo that Team Tazz do have the numbers advantage as Hook also joins the fight. Sting and Cage both get up to tussle, Sting being driven against a beam as all of Team Tazz sans Starks deal with Darby, swinging him into a window frame before then aiming for Sting. Sting narrows the path to avoid the onslaught, Allin recovering to throw Sting his bat from the upper floors. The Icon goes to town, snapping the bat over Cage’s back and moving to a Shovel, Allin then does a massive elbow drop through Cage as Starks and Sting return to the ring. Starks almost gets the Stinger by baiting his Stinger Splash into an exposed turnbuckle, a spear hits two! Starks tries what looks like a prep for a buckle bomb but Sting rolls out at 2, Sting then hits the Scorpion Death Drop and that is 3. Sting stares down the camera as Tazz leaves commentary in a huff.

In terms of brutality it was a lovely street fight, the finale was a bit abrupt though. Hobbs and Hook kinda disappeared and it was a bit annoying that a ‘Street Fight’ ended in a ring. Props though to cinematography, Sting did not seem uncomfortable and there were some strong spots, Brian Cage looking excellent as well. Allin will look to Scorpio Sky to defend his title and hopefully Team Tazz can find a new target to get their momentum back.

AEW Dynamite Card As a result of the current matches on Revolution 3 matches were announced; Sky and Allin will face this Wednesday for the title, on top of that Matt Jackson will take on Rey Fénix in a build to their tag title match and Shida, Mizunami and Rosa will team to fight Baker, Itoh and Rebel - I guess we’ll be seeing Itoh-chan very soon huh? Nyla noticeably absent though - in six woman tag action, on top of that was the Inner Circle War Council.

AEW World Championship - Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch Kenny Omega (w/ Don Callis) def. Jon Moxley - Pinfall via One Winged Angel Okay. Here we go. The ‘Moxley Extermination Contraption’ looked as classic as an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch could look as both men gingerly scouted the ring. Mox was wearing an unusually clean leather studded jacket which Excalibur clarified was a shout out to Onita. Omega’s entrance ditched the dancers (rip to Shida’s bestie) as his entrance video emphasized Kenny holding aloft the world title to get in Moxley’s head. Bryce Remsburg himself was dressed like he was in a COVID treatment camp with the visor, gloves and full body suit, well-prepared for the dangers surrounding him. Hindsight would bring a bad omen to Don Callis as he talked about how ‘carefully designed’ the ring was rigged with explosives and building up the 30 minute countdown, he at the very least got a good line with ‘Gentlemen it’s a good day to die here at Revolution’.

Kenny and Mox sought for the same tactic: push someone face first into the exploding barbed wire. Each men having inch close counters and escapes to avoid the barbed wire, Moxley brought the weapons left outside the ring and head to the ramp to punish Omega with the Barbed Wire Bat and Kendo Stick, Kenny however Blinded Moxley with powder and tossed Moxley into the explosive wire. For my money of what I’ve seen, the explosions were a little tame - though I can understand why for safety. Rattled and twitching, Moxley still kicked out at 2, forcing Kenny to punish him further with a Kendo Stick and trash can to focus on the knee. Kotaro Crusher on the trash can busted Moxley’s head open for 2 so Kenny tries a Figure Four, Moxley though grinds a barbed wire steel chair onto Kenny’s leg and hand, cutting Kenny’s hand open and breaking the hold. Kenny tries the Snap Dragon but Moxley evades, but gets thrown into one of the barbed wire boards on the turnbuckles. Excalibur continuing to be on fire with the quip of a ‘barbed wire halo’ as the bloodied face of Moxley displays and Bryce Remsburg enters perpetual cringe. Kenny is next to taste the explosives though as his Figure Four attempt is kicked away and launches him chest first into the ropes, a shotgun dropkick sends him back first into it for a second go, Moxley pulls out an Exploder, sets Kenny up for another Barbed Wire board, Kenny wriggles to set up the Snap Dragon but Moxley reverses into another pump handle exploder into the board. Moxley nearly blinded by his own blood calls for the Death Rider on the Wired Chair, but Omega sets up the One Winged Angel, Moxley German Suplexes him out and dumps Omega on the chair with a Sidewalk Slam, the wire sticking to Omega’s jeans. Moxley calls to his I Quit Match with Kingston and wraps some wire around his arm, he misses the Lariat and gets hit with one Snap Dragon Suplex, Kenny hits another but Moxley gets back up, V-Trigger blocks the second Barbed Wire Lariat attempt but not the third at the halfway mark.

Omega throws huge caution into the wind by escaping the Paradigm Shift and pushing Moxley and himself into the exploding ropes, his vision affected as he asks Remsburg for water to clean his eyes - it seems to be a worked one though or at least dust. Jabs are shared on the apron between the wired ropes and one of the ‘Triple Hell’ wired boards, Moxley gets advantage and hits the Paradigm Shift onto the boards, however, Omega merely bounced off of it while Moxley is firmly stuck inside the board. As Moxley painfully unhinges himself from the board he pulls out more wire - Kenny also wearing a crimson mask - as he batters Omega in the head. A noise alarms Moxley of time running out, he does the Cactus Piledriver for 2 twice, Omega hits the Low Blow and the Powerbomb for 2, Two V-Triggers on the corner and then the One Winged Angel, 1, 2,

BANG!

Moxley kicked the rope to trigger the explosion, blinding Omega and breaking the count. Moxley has the barbed wire bat but the Good Brothers rush in, as Moxley wails on Gallows, Kenny is handed his own Barbed wire bat, he swings for Moxley and 

BANG! 

the bat itself is charged too! 1, 2, NO! The Good Borthers set up a regular chair, Omega drops him with the One Winged Angel and gets the three.

Omega celebrates but Don reminds them of the countdown, the trio handcuff Moxley’s hands as the hard cam continues to miss Omega’s smack talking. Kenny brutalizes a defenseless Moxley with the non-charged wire baseball bat as the 1 minute warning is issued. Kenny celebrates but Kingston rushes in - against the advice of the Butcher, Blade and Bunny. Kingston tries to break the cuffs but has no time, he tries to drag Moxley but has no time, he takes one last look at Moxley’s face and covers his body over his friend and rival and

Fizzle.

Mostly just a limp pyro show. A heartbreaking technical error which was met with boos as the PPV goes from A+ to A-/B+ simply by this one moment. It hurts to look at, but I think the worst part is that Kingston - being the kayfabe professional he is - sold it. Had he simply got up and had Kenny come out with a ‘gotcha’ it could’ve been salvaged but alas, the PPV ends in a whimper.

The match itself was great though, brutal and bloody, the explosions were a bit small but as I said, I can understand why. The lack of the big explosive finish will be a huge damper on it even with AEW’s attempts to take it on the chin and try and salvage it, if I were TK though I probably would book the next Dynamite to still have the ring rigged - noting that only Kenny and Callis knew how to wire and unwire it, that way we can still have a Chekov’s gun and have it potentially blow at any time during the next Dynamite, we pass off Kingston’s selling with a promo from him saying he had accepted death to save his friend and passed out from it and we either have Kingston, Moxley or maybe even Callis get caught in the ring actually blowing, like have Kenny on the tron pull a killswitch or have Callis think he defused it only to do the opposite. Looking ahead though this does imply that Moxley won’t completely disappear from AEW just yet, he still has the IWGP US title to drop before he goes on paternity leave, he will certainly be sleeping on the couch until the baby comes though XD On top of that we’ve neatly set up Kenny’s next challenger in Kingston, who is not a bad shout at all given that he won Match and Feud of the Year for WON last year.

Conclusion Had the explosion gone off proper, this would be A+ for sure, but given how that was literally the last hurrah built up so much on a highly anticipated bout, I have to give it an A- as a PPV. All memes and criticism aside for that one singular moment the rest of the PPV was amazing. Maki Itoh got double the surprise presence as well as a BTE cameo and is booked for Dynamite to steamroll an amazing debut run, Brian Cage and Lance Archer looked like absolute beasts in spite of defeat (Moxley too), Death Triangle are back in a title picture, Jungle Boy continues to amaze, Shida puts on another banger, Hangman’s slow rise to potentially usurping Omega has begun, Sting entertained in a safe manner, Scorpio Sky returns in a big way, the Bucks retained in a fiery opener and Miro was on a tear essentially squashing Chuck Taylor to get back on track. Not to mention debuts for Christian Cage and Ethan Page (more Cages and Pages, what happens if Brian and Adam face Christian and Ethan? I'm still waiting for Kong vs Kong)

On top of that we give huge props to Excalibur and Tony for essentially carrying the commentary with their knowledge and timing while JR had some voice troubles and Tony Khan for promoting this PPV to be trending worldwide for literal days

My favourite match has to be narrowly the Main Event, it just pips the Women’s title match because of its sold brutality, and I’m not really counting the post-match stuff from it. Nobody wrestled poorly in the entire show as well so aside from one big technical blemish, it was a strong ass show and all the shortcomings it had can easily be bounced back from.

Needs a lil’ more TH2 though...

[snarkwriteswrasslin]

four seasons of smut masterlist

Below the cut are all the four seasons of smut oneshots I’ve written for this year long smut writing self challenge I’m doing. If there’s triggering / mature subject matter, the title will be flaired with an M, with appropriate hashtags and a warning in the warning line. They’re arranged by wrestler, then further broken down by OC used, with the prompts listed out to the side of them so you know what you’re in for.

XoXo

Ash aka Snark.

PS... For those looking to ‘skip to the good stuff’ the actual full on smutty content is marked mature. Implied / light teasing and non sexual ( no penetration in the traditional sense) is marked suggestive. Just so there’s no confusion.

★ ADAM HANGMAN PAGE;

{ with Ashley}

♥ take you home - oh nothing but feelsy “I’m in love with you” smut here. mature.

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{ with Ivy}

♥ baby fever - babymakin’ smut here. mature. 

★ BARON CORBIN;

{ with Gemma }

♥ right now - smut in an elevator anyone?. mature.

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{with }

★ BROSERWEIGHTS;

{ with Sadie}

♥ two for one - a threesome. mature.

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{ with }

★ DARBY ALLIN;

{ with Aimee}

♥ the sound of silence - smut with literally no talking. mature.

★ DREW MCINTYRE;

{ with Rhiannon }

♥ somebody’s watching me - against a window choking voyeuristic smut. mature.

★ ETHAN CARTER III;

{ with Violet } 

♥ worship you- Ethan’s hungry. Oral sex, female recieving + praise kink. mature.

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{ with }

★ JACK GALLAGHER;

{ with Katarina}

♥ good girl goes bad - slow and patient sex + drunken declarations of love, ftw. mature.

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{ with }

★ JAY WHITE;

{ with Nicola }

♥ all tied up. valet falls for the wrestler she’s working with. proceeds to write filthy erotica starring a version of him... wrestler finds.. the two proceed to act out said filth. mature.

★ JOEY JANELA;

{ with Grace }

♥  need you now. frustrated ex lovers who just can’t stay apart any longer. feelsy feelthy smut. mature.

★ JUNGLE BOY;

{ with Aurora }

♥ touch myself. - mutual masturbation / voyeurism via video call. suggestive.

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{ with }

★ KYLE O’REILLY;

{ with Dominique }

♥ the quiet game - smut with the risk of the other occupant of the room catching the couple / very hands on and loving. mature.

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{ with Sophie}

♥ backseats and phone calls - almost smut in the backseat turns to smut on the kitchen table with the added bonus of Kyle challenging Sophie to answer her phone for her ex’s call... while he’s going down on her. mature.

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{ with }

★ MATT RIDDLE ;

★ MJF;

{with Rosalie}

♥  dessert first - oral sex / blowjob under a table, in a restaurant. mature.

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{ with }

★ PETE DUNNE;

★ SAMMY GUEVARA;

{ with Ginger }

♥ dirty dancer - grinding and thigh riding and heavy teasing - suggestive.

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{ with } 

[vincedieclub]

shdjdjfjs so Sammy Guevara is a fuckboy from my hometown aka Houston, TX and he’s in Jericho’s AEW faction the Inner Circle and I love their dynamic bc he’s the baby of the group and Jericho takes care of him and Sammy idolizes him a lot but also Sammy is very douchey towards others and he likes to show off his abs and stick out his tongue and say things like “hit me up” and I hate him but then he does cute shit like this and I love him so 🤷🏻‍♀️

oh I absolutely hate him already fuck, I want him to win everything ever

[allelitewrestling1]

AEW DYNAMITE - Episode 28

(top left) Lance Archer advances in the TNT Championship tournament

(top right) Sammy Guevara faces Suge D aka Pineapple Pete

(bottom left) The Bubbly Bunch debuts!

(bottom right) Jon Moxley makes his first successful defense of the AEW World Championship against Jake Hager

[junker-town]

AEW Dynamite featured two wrestlers running someone over with a golf cart. It was perfect.

Wrestling is the best when it’s super weird, just like this.

James Dator and Hector Diaz love watching wrestling. Whether its a technical match or a weird bout that doesn’t even take place in a wrestling ring, they’ve probably watched their fair share of them. Here, they discuss their thoughts on this week’s All Elite Wrestling Dynamite and NXT.

James Dator: So, I kinda want to start with that main event on AEW last night. I know it’s weird to start with a main event — but I can’t stop thinking about it.

Hector Diaz: It was a chaotic mess in the best way. From the start, I was pleasantly surprised to see both Sammy Guevara and Kenny Omega commit to the street fight bit by wearing the proper attire for the stipulation — a t-shirt, jeans, and kneepads over those jeans.

JD: Agreed. The whole match just oozed character, which is perfect for what it was. At this point I think AEW know the strengths of Jericho and Matt Hardy are in their character work/moment building, so having Kenny and Sammy do the bulk of the work allowed the older guys to make big moments. Like stuffing Matt in the freezer, Jericho getting hit by Pineapple Pete and of course, RUNNING OVER SAMMY WITH A GOLF CART.

HD: One day, Sammy Guevara is going to be the unstoppable heel AEW Champion. But until then, I’m going to enjoy him getting beaten up for our entertainment. That whole segment with the golf cart was an example of pro wrestling being art. Just look at this screenshot. Omega’s eyes are bulging, Matt Hardy’s hair is menacingly waving in the air looking like he’s Dr. Robtonik from the Sonic the Hedgehog games, and all poor Sammy can do is look back and run away from the inevitable. If you showed this video to me with the Benny Hill song playing in the background, I would have just assumed that’s how it was intended to be viewed.

JD: Yes! Honestly, I’m looking forward to Sammy taking over — but I like they’re slow rolling him so far. No need to push him too fast too quickly at his age, but honestly I’m hoping all this means we get Darby vs. Sammy in that ladder match at their next pay-per-view, Double or Nothing. So if we assume the card so far is:

Brodie Lee vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW Championship

Cody vs. Lance Archer for the TNT Championship

Chris Jericho vs. Matt Hardy in an Elite Deletion Match (please make it happen)

Nyla Rose vs. TBD for the AEW Women’s Championship

MJF vs. Jungle Boy

Kenny Omega and Hangman Page vs. Evil Uno and Stu Grayson

No. 1 contender ladder match

How do you feel about that card?

HD: I feel pretty good about it considering that most of these AEW Dynamite episodes have been taped and there’s only been a handful of storylines with the smaller crew. I’m looking forward to seeing what the TNT Championship looks like around Lance Archer’s waist, because there’s no chance Cody is winning that, right? The Murderhawk Monster is relatively new to AEW, but he’s supposed to be the new hoss. It would be a shame if he lost his first major match on pay-per-view.

I’m also looking forward to seeing who the No. 1 contender to the AEW Women’s Title will be. My guess is that Hikaru Shida will take on champ Nyla Rose. I do wish they built up more animosity for the women’s championship matches in the same way they’re building up the TNT championship. Having the match be solely about the championship is fine, but including some personal beef makes it even better.

Which match are you looking forward to the most?

JD: If the Jericho vs. Hardy match happens, it’s that by a mile. But, of the stuff we KNOW, it’ll be that ladder match. That is the wild card in all this for me. It really depends on who’s in it. I’m hoping for Darby Allin, Pac, or Sammy. But as far as rankings I know MJF is due as well. I’m just a little worried that style of match won’t suit him and it’ll make him look weaker than it should.

At this point we haven’t seen Lance Archer do much in terms of a long match either — so I’m hoping that he vs. Cody gives people a chance to see how good Archer is in the ring.

Cody has to win that match, right?

HD: We’ll have to agree to disagree on the Cody-Lance Archer match. But speaking of the ladder match, we haven’t seen the Lucha Bros, Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix, in a minute. They would definitely do some damage in that match, especially after what they did with The Young Bucks in the Escalera De La Muerte match at All Out last summer.

JD: It’s been kind of nice having a few Dynamites without the Bucks and Lucha Bros. A real “absence makes the heart grow fonder” situation. We had so many weeks seeing them in a row I’m craving seeing them have another big-time match.

HD: You can say that about most of the tag division too, with the exception of the Best Friends. SCU has been chilling at home in sunny Southern California and so have Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy of Jurassic Express. TH2 and Private Party have made appearances on The Young Bucks’ YouTube show, but we haven’t seen them in the ring either. I can’t wait to see what happens in the tag team division, especially after a certain tag team was released of their WWE contracts not too long ago.

JD: The tag division is SO STACKED. It makes me almost hope they introduce trios titles to break up the roadblock there. Give a place for guys like SCU, Jurassic Express, Private Party (maybe with Janela?) to shine away from the big tag teams.

HD: And we haven’t even mentioned the best tag team with the best name: DEATH TRIANGLE aka TRIANGULO DE LA MUERTE. I’m pumped.

JD: Yes! So last on AEW now: Does Pineapple Pete go over vs. Jericho next week?

HD: I hope so! And I hope it happens with the help of a 3,000-year-old Damascus interfering via the vessel of Matt Hardy. We need more absurd wrestling.

JD: So ... I have to admit I didn’t watch NXT yet. Did you?

HD: I have not, but I did see Karrion Kross’ amazing entrance. It’s already one of the best ones in WWE and I’m frightened every time Kross screams. Let’s hope that mystique sticks around.

JD: I’m so here for this. I love everything about it.