#kenny omega vs jungle boy

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jungle boy is so cute !! those eyes !!

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[golden-lovers]

kenny omega is for everyone because if you just want wrestling you can watch his series against okada. if you want comedy you can watch his ddt matches. if you want a mix of both you can watch the elite vs death triangle series. if you want romance you can watch his golden lovers matches. if you want a melodrama you can watch his feud against cody or hangman. if you want sexual tension you can watch his feud against jungle boy.

[mjfass]

Jungle Boy vs Kenny Omega is so underrated, omg.

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Forbidden Door Predictions

ZERO HOUR

Athena vs Billie Starkz. I wish Athena a very happy murder.

Mogul Embassy vs CHAOS and El Desperado. If Despy on the card I'm always rooting for him.

El Phantasmo vs Stu Grayson. Someone's getting their nips twisted tonight, let's fucking go ELP.

United Empire vs LIJ. These are currently my favorite factions in nooj so really either winner is perfect for me.

MAIN SHOW

CM Punk vs Satoshi Kojima. Punk is obviously winning, but it's gonna be a fun match.

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs MJF. I'm so sorry Maxie but I have a strict root for Tanahashi policy that I can't stray from.

Le Suzuki Gods vs Sting, Darby Allin and Tetsuya Naito. I hope Naito obliterates Jericho but I also wish Misu a happy murder as well.

Toni Storm vs Willow Nightingale. I'm just rooting for women, BUT if Saraya touches Willow I'm not rooting for all women.

Sanada vs Jungle Boy. This is gonna be an underrated banger of a match, Sanada retains tho naturally.

Orange Cassidy vs Zack Sabre Jr vs Katsuyori Shibata vs Daniel Garcia. OC getting slutted out in this match, I'm here for the fucking honestly.

Blackpool Combat Club vs The Elite. I'm always the winner when these men fight and then you add Eddie and Ishii which I hope they wreck Claudio personally.

Kenny Omega vs Will Ospreay. I feel like Will should win it back in the Dome as a final passing of the torch, but if it happens tonight I'll definitely cry about it.

Bryan Danielson vs Kazuchika Okada. I hope Okada is the world's biggest bitch and Kaito Kiyomiya's Bryan tonight, I'm rooting for my goat big Kazu.

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AEW All Out 9/4/22

Casino Ladder Match for a shot at AEW World Championship at any time -- Parts of this were good and parts were just a little ridiculous. PENTA WITH A CANADIAN DESTROYER ON DANTE ON THE RAMP!!! THEN ANOTHER CANADIAN DESTROYER TO ANDRADE ON TOP OF A LADDER BALANCED HORIZONTALLY ON THE APRON AND THE BARRICADE!! Some crazy ladder spots here. Dante Martin is nuts, leaping over people as they climb the ladder to land higher up on the ladder, leaping onto Claudio's back as he climbs up. The finish makes no sense. Stokely climbs the ladder and pulls down the chip, but that isn't the end of the match??? Because he's not a legal participant in the match?? Because he's not a wrestler?? Who knows. The Joker enters and Stokely just hands off the chip to him. And that is somehow the end?? No one seemed to know how to react, or even seemed to know when the match was over. Strange booking.

Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks vs. Adam Page and the Dark Order for the Inaugural AEW Trios Championship -- Absolutely incredible, rapid-fire tag team offense by Silver and Reynolds. Disgusting snap dragon suplexes by Omega. Loved the one-on- one exchange between Omega and Page. They face off in the ring, but they aren't the legal men. They drag their incapacitated partners to the corner and make the tags. Omega attempts a German, but Page lands on his feet. Omega lands a V-trigger and a nasty double underhook tiger driver on Page!!! Page with a Buckshot to the back of Omega's head!! He goes for another, but Matt grabs his leg from the outside to stop him. Nick with a Buckshot to Page out of nowhere!!!! But the pin attempt is broken up!!! Silver with a roll up and super near fall on Omega!! V-trigger by Omega on Silver!! Omega goes for the One-winged Angel, but Silver counters and rolls Omega up again for an even nearer fall!!! Omg!!! Silver is in position for a German on Omega, while Page sets up for a Buckshot, but Omega ducks and Page lands the Buckshot on Silver instead!!! Omega steals the fall on Silver!!! What a match!!!!

Jade Cargill (c) vs. Athena for the TBS Championship -- I like Athena a lot, but this was a Jade Cargill match. Cargill wins. That's all I really have to say.

FTR and Wardlow vs. Motor City Machine Guns and Jay Lethal -- This was a fine match with some decent exchanges between FTR and MCMG, but I just didn't really care about it at all, despite FTR's involvement. The audience didn't really seem to care either.

Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs -- This grudge match should have felt more meaningful than this. Five minutes and Hobbs wins? Weird way to go.

Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland (c) vs. The Acclaimed for the AEW Tag Team Championship -- This match was entirely too long. It was boring as hell and kind of messy, and I thought it was never going to end. At least Lee and Strickland won. The Acclaimed are charismatic in a ridiculous way, and they are entertaining, but they do not do it for me in the ring. I was impressed by Caster hitting that AA on Lee, but otherwise, I didn’t care about this. The crowd was insanely hot for the Acclaimed though, which begs the question of whether this was the right time to give them the titles. On another note, anyone who buys that scissor me daddy ass shirt is a weirdo.

Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm for the vacant AEW Women's World Championship -- This was fine. Good stuff with Shida here. Great to have her back. Anticlimactic end with Storm winning off a DDT. Yawn.

Christian Cage vs. Jungle Boy Jack Perry -- Luchasaurus jumps Jungle Boy before the match with a chokeslam on the ramp. He then puts Jungle Boy through a table. The bell rings, and Christian wins in 20 seconds with a spear and a Killswitch. Not the way I would have gone with this match, but okay.

Bryan Danielson vs. Lionheart Chris Jericho -- This was a great, methodical wrestling match. Good exchanges of holds, nasty chops and strikes. Danielson kicks Jericho's fucking head in <3333. Danielson locks in Cattle Mutilation on Jericho, lets go to land some nasty elbows to Jericho's head, then locks the hold back in!! Jericho gets to the ropes to break it. Danielson is relentless with kicks to Jericho while he is in the ropes. He has until five!!! Danielson and Jericho catch the ref in the corner amid the action, and Jericho low blows Danielson. He follows up with a Judas Effect for the three count. BS that Moxley gets to submit Jericho, but Danielson loses to Jericho off a low blow. Makes sense with the Garcia stuff though, I guess. Garcia is shown watching disappointedly on the screen backstage and does not come out with the rest of the JAS to congratulate Jericho. Excited to see where this goes with Garcia.

Darby Allin, Sting, and Miro vs. House of Black -- Good match. Lots of good stuff from Darby, Miro, Black, and Matthews. Sting with the mist to Black, giving Darby the opening for the last supper pinning combo for the three count.

Jon Moxley (c) vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship -- Punk hits a GTS in the first few minutes for two!!! Moxley spends the better part of the match targeting Punk's injured leg/foot --kicks, single leg crab, dragon screws, figure four. Moxley is driven into the ring post, which gives Punk an opening to lock in the Anaconda Vice. Mox bites Punk's head to escape!!! Punk attempts a top rope elbow, but gets caught in a rear naked choke by Mox. Punk goes for another GTS, but Mox catches Punk's leg to block it. Moxley lands a kick to Punk's leg followed by a Death Rider, but Punk kicks out. Another GTS by Punk!!! Mox is out, but he lands on top of Punk, preventing a pin attempt. Punk lands another GTS and gets the 3 count. Ugh.

The arena goes dark. A recording of TK talking to someone plays over the speakers. TK says their absence is hurting the company and that he will give them a spot in the Casino ladder match, will pay them more money, and won't make them sign a contract extension if they will show up at All Out. A video plays. It's someone wearing the mask that the Joker from the Casino ladder match was wearing. The mask is removed to reveal the back of someone's head. They put on a yellow plaid scarf. It's MJF!!!!! He says the devil is back!!! His music hits, and he enters the arena!!!! He stares down Punk!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! MJF CHANTS IN CHICAGO WHILE CM PUNK STANDS IN THE RING!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE!!!!!!!

[unlikelywrestlingfan]

Elle's Forbidden Door Predictions and Wishes

✨Preshow✨

Athena vs. Billie Starkz (Women's Owen Heart Tourney Match): Want: I hope they both have fun!!! - Athena deserves the world and I want her on my tv, but it would also be cool to see Billie advance. Let's go women! Prediction: Athena - but I won't be surprised to be wrong.

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, and TJP) vs. LIJ (Shingo Takagi, Bushi, and Hiromu Takahashi): Want: LIJ - LET'S GOOO LIJJJJJ BOIIIIS Prediction: LIJ - Honestly, this could go either way? But LIJ shall be my guess.

Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo: Want: Stu - STUUUUUUU Prediction: ELP - Idk????? He hasn't won in a while.

Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun) vs. Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta) & El Desperado: Want: Roppongi Vice & Despe - ALWAYS LOVE A ROPPONGI VICE REUNION. DESPE STILL SCARES ME BUT HE'S COOL. Prediction: Roppongi Vice - idk, this is just a guess

✨Main Card✨

Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay (IWGP US Heavyweight Title Match): Want: Kenny - MUST I EXPLAIN? Prediction: Ospreay - he lost it to Kenny at WK, now he's on the hunt for revenge and retribution, and he'll do it in Kenny's home country.

Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada: Want: Okada - KILL HIM OKADA HEHEHEEEEEE - I love Bryan, I do, but I would like him to join the line of corpses that litter the path of Okada's legacy. Prediction: Bryan - Honestly? I'm not sure. But I feel like it might be Bryan. So I'll go with that.

Sanada vs. Jungle Boy Jack Perry (IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match): Want: Sanada - K I love JB, but like. I don't want Sanada to randomly drop to him. Sorry JB. Prediction: Sanada - I just cannot see Nooj giving JB the Heavyweight title on an open challenge randomly in Canada. So yeah Sanada takes this.

MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (AEW Men's World Title Match): Want: Tana - LET'S GO TANAAAAAAA TEACH THAT BOI A LESSON Prediction: MJF - MJF is not going to suddenly lose the title to Tana. As much as it would be fab, it would also be very counterproductive to the story he's on.

Le Suzuki Gods (it hurt me to type that - Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki) vs. Sting, Darby Allin, & Tetsuya Naito: Want: Sting, Darby, and Naito - I love Murder Gramps, but STING STING STING Prediction: Sting, Darby, and Naito - I'M GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE TBH

BCC & Friends (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Shota Umino, and Konosuke Takeshita) vs. Elite & Friends Contentious Allies (Hangman Adam Page, Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii): Want: Elite and Co - I. Like I'm leaning Elite Plus Eddie and Ishii, but like. I love them all? I want Elite and Co to win. Prediction: Elite and Co - I feel like, since BCC took the big win at Double or Nothing, Elite and Co take it here. It will be very chaotic.

CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima (Men's Owen Hart Tourney Match): Want: Kojima - Uh. I don't really know Kojima, but I'm not very fond of Punk atm so. Kojima. Prediction: Punk - Punk is definitely winning this.

Orange Cassidy vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Daniel Garcia (AEW International Title Match): Want: OC - This is a match full of so much amazing awesome ahhhhh but I want OC to retain. Prediction: OC - OC?

Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale (AEW Women's World Title Match): Want: Willow - THAT'S MY GIRILE!!! Toni is fab, don't get me wrong, but I am all about the Girl With the Power Prediction: Toni - her title is on the line, and I don't expect her to drop it yet. Especially when there's a chance Hayter could recover in time to win it back at All In.

[pwrestlingxpress]

Match Cards So Far for "Forbidden Door" and "One Night Dream"

After "AEW Dynamite" went off the air and right after the opening match to NOAH's "Star Navigation 2023 Episode 5"; match cards for both "The Forbidden Door" and "One Night Dream" were announced. Note that neither event will have the full match card until June 24th (for "The Forbidden Door") and July 9th (for " One Night Dream").

Here's the match card so far for "The Forbidden Door" coming to PPV on June 25th from Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

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

Special Single Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson

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

AEW World Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (Challenger) vs. MJF (Champion)

Owen Hart Memorial Cup First Round Match: Satoshi Kojima vs. CM Punk

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

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

6-Man Tag: Minoru Suzuki, Chris Jericho, and Sammy Guevera vs. Sting, Darby Allin, and a Mystery Partner

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

So far...nine matches have been announced with a few more to be announced tomorrow and Saturday.

Now, here's the match card so far for "One Night Dream" coming July 15th on ABEMA and Wrestle Universe:

Special Single Match/No Time Limit: Kento Miyahara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

Yu Owada Debut Match: Yu Owada vs. Kai Fujimura

Special 6-Man Tag Match: Anthony Greene, YO-HEY, and Tadasuke vs. Jimmy Yang, Stallion Rogers, and Super Crazy

Women's Tag Match: Yuu and Hibiscus MII vs. Miyuki Takase and Jazzy Yang

Special 6-Man Tag Match: Dralistico, Ninja Mack, and AMAKUSA vs. HAYATA, Rey Escorpion, and Dante Leon

So far...five matches have been announced (2 of them singles) with more matches to be announced after June 24th and July 9th. The final match card for the "Forbidden Door" is expected to be announced this Saturday night with the order being revealed by a competitor's entrance music. The full match card for "One Night Dream" is expected to be revealed on July 9th with the main event being Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kento Miyahara.

"The Forbidden Door" comes this Sunday (June 25th) from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada LIVE on Pay-per-view. The event will start at 7 PM Eastern/6 PM Central/4 PM Pacific.

"One Night Dream" comes July 15th from Korakuen Hall airing on both ABEMA with Japanese Commentary and Wrestle Universe with English commentary. This event will start at 6:30 PM Local Time/5:30 AM Eastern/4:30 AM Central/2:30 AM Pacific.

Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you currently live in to find out the start time to these two collaboration events in your area.

[melissahausen]

Aew double or nothing predictions

As always this is who I think will win not necessarily who I want to win.

1:Ethan Page and The Gunns Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn vs. The Hardys Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy and Hook

If the Hardys and Hook win, Matt Hardy will own Ethan Page's contract:

Hardys and hook

Cause Hook hasn't lost yet really is all I'm basing this on.

2:FTR Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler vs. Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal with Karen Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh

Mark Briscoe will serve as the special guest referee:

I'm so torn on this match (you'll hear that a lot in this lol) , I want FTR to win obvz but I've a feeling JJJ gonna do it cause its been going on so long if they don't win what's the point? , I also have this horrible feeling Mark gonna get involved in the worst way, but aye I think it's gonna be JJJ

3: Wardlow with Arn Anderson vs. Christian Cage with Luchasaurus, Ladder match for the AEW TNT Championship:

Once again I'm so torn Wardlow has just won the bloody thing back but its a ladder match its basically Christian's wheelhouse ahhh I dunno, I think it's gonna be an amazing match and I'm going wardlow but it could go either way.

4: Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm, Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship:

There's a rumour this match isn't happening as Jamie is injured so this is just a potential prediction lol but I think Jamie is on the best run so gotta be her.

5: Blackjack Battle Royal: 21-man Battle Royal for the AEW International Championship

I'm not writing down all the participants cause this post gonna be long enough lmfao but I think OC gonna retain , man's on his best run in his career.

6: Jade Cargill vs. Taya Valkyrie: Singles match for the AEW TBS Championship

Honestly I don't know and I don't think I care either , I love Jade but I'm so over this run, either elevate her to the woman's Championship division or make her lose , but I think she's gonna get to 100 before they do that so jade.

7: Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho Unsanctioned match

Sabu will serve as the special guest enforcer:

I think they're gonna put Cole in the main event picture eventually so this might be the match to start it off going against a legend like Christopher. So I'm going adam Cole.

8: The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) (c) (with Julia Hart) vs. TBA Open House six-man tag team match for the AEW World Trios Championship:

HOB obviously lmfao

9:MJF vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin vs. "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry Four-way match for the AEW World Championship:

We all know Max gonna retain but I see some shenanigans happening, we're all expecting Sammy to side with max right? But will Jack actually turn heel tonight? , will sting get involved? Will Phil come back 🤢? There's so much potential for shenanigans to happen. But ultimately I think max gonna win.

10: Blackpool Combat Club Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta vs. The Elite Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and "Hangman" Adam Page, Anarchy in the Arena match:

Okay so this match my god this match , last years was amazing and I think this year's gonna top it.

Who I think gonna win I'm not sure BCC can afford to lose a match and the elite are back whole for the first time in almost 3 years so do they need it? Yes , yes they do.

Another match that can lead to shenanigans, another one that might include Phil 🤢🤢

Also one that can lead to the wembley matches being planted

I'm so excited for this match incase that wasn't obvious 😂😂

Also the elite winning yep

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[thirdworldrockout]

Fantasy Wrestling Booking

FWE: A Cold Night in Texas Dallas, Texas

Welcome to Arena Texas Sold out!

Kid Rock opens the show with songs from Devil Without a Cause era.

Sami Callihan, Matt Cardona, Low Ki, Taka Michinoku 4 Way X-Division Match. Callihan pinned Low Ki to win.

Motor City Machine Guns vs New Age Outlaws. Outlaws win.

Al Snow, Stevie Richards and Blue Meanie vs Sammy Guevara, Jungle Boy and Konosuke Takeshita. 6 man tag match. Sammy pinned Meanie.

Powerhouse Hobbs vs Big E. Power Slam match. Big E won.

John Cena vs Great Muta. Cena hits AA on Muta for the win.

Kenny Omega vs Randy Savage. Savage gets the pin after top rope elbow drop.

The Rock vs Mr. Anderson. Short match. Rock bottom through a table, people's elbow, Rock gets the pin.

Hardy Boyz vs Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn. Jeff rolled up Shamrock for the win.

Jerry Lynn vs Ricky Steamboat. Steamboat won.

Kurt Angle vs Cody Rhodes. Angle held on to Cody's tights to pin him.

[mjfass]

Now that you mention that dream, what’s your dream AEW vs WWE card?

Okay, let’s just consider this is a 10 hours ppv:

Kickoff: Ricky Starks vs Dolph Ziggler. Daniel Garcia vs Mustafa Ali. Riho vs Cora Jade. Hookhausen vs Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio. Saraya vs Sonya Deville. Wardlow vs Dexter Lumis. A BONUS FOR FOR FUN: Sammy vs Kross.

Thunder Rosa vs Bayley

Adam Cole and Hangman vs Kevin and Sami

Malakai Black va Bray Wyatt

Eddie Kingston vs Cody Rhodes

TayJay, Penelope and The Bunny vs Io Shirai, Dakota Kai and Toxic Attraction.

Orange Cassidy vs Finn Balor

Ruby Soho vs Liv Morgan

Keith Lee vs Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton

Swerve Strickland vs Ricochet

Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale, Julia Hart and Toni Storm vs Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Candice LeRae and Rhea Ripley

Jungle Boy vs Pete Dunne/Butch

Death Triangle vs McIntyre, Sheamus, Ciampa

Bryan Danielson and Wheeler Yuta vs AJ Styles and Gargano.

Jade Cargill vs Charlotte Flair (disqualification)

The Acclaimed vs The New Day

Jericho vs Triple H

Jamie Hayter vs Bianca Belair

MJF vs The Miz

Christian vs Edge

FTR and Claudio Castagnoli vs Imperium

Britt Baker vs Becky Lynch

The Young Bucks vs The Usos

Jon Moxley vs Seth Rollins

Kenny Omega vs Roman Reigns

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Anthony’s Stupid Daily Blog (466): Mon 26th Jun 2023

Unlike yesterday where I was on shitty stow for the entire day, today I immediately got pulled aside and sent straight down to shipping. I could have French kissed this guys penis right then and there because I’m now at the stage where doing any amour of stowing just fucks with my head. Although I’m happy that I’m apparently getting moved to shipping full time I imagine that I will occasionally have to go back on stow when they’re low on staff. For six weeks last Christmas I did no stowing at all as I was needed on pack so I imagine that when Christmas comes around this year (assuming the Russians haven’t taken over and replace Christmas with whatever their version of Christmas is…Putinmas I imagine) I will be sent from shipping to pack once again but that’s fine with me since pack and shipping are my two favourite processes. To be honest I’m surprised that they haven’t moved me from stow to another process already since my rates on pack are always significantly higher than my rates on stow. It makes me think back to school where they kept badgering me about focusing on my English, Maths and Science and I kept on pointing out to them that I was only on track to get a D- in all three of these subjects but in Food Technology I was on track to getting a D+ so why not just let me focus all my energy on that? They didn’t bite…and I ended up getting an F in all four subjects anyway.

I had to avoid the internet all day so I wouldn’t have the results from Forbidden Door spoiled but it was worth it because AEW and New Japan put on a hell of a show last night. I never thought I’d say it. It MJF really carried Tanahashi in their title match. Tanners is really starting to show his age and the extent of the injuries to his knees since MJF had to slow down to accommodate The Ace and at certain points had to make himself look bad by selling for moves that Tanners could only put half of his energy into. Unless Tanahashi takes some time off to get his knees looked at then I’m afraid to say don’t think he’s ping for the squared circle.  Punk vs Kojima was really entertaining and Punk did a good job of playing up to the hostile crowd. I think he’s accepted that certain people are just going to see him as the bad guy and rather than just ignore it like Cena and Roman Reigns he’s just going to go with it which I think is the right move. Sanada vs Jungle Boy Jack Perry was entertaining enough burnout still looked out of place to have an upper midcarder just be rewarded with a title shot because he was the first to public ally accept an open challenge (even if it was clear he wasn’t going to win the belt). Luckily though it all worked out for Jack as they had him turn on Hook after the match solidifying his heel turn. I think this was definitely the best move as his character has felt stale for a while and there has definitely an audible fan backlash for a while now so I think it was for the best to have him embrace the hate and go a different direction with his character. This will be the true test of whether he truly benefited from the tutelage of Christian Cage. The Elite vs BCC ten man tag match was great with plenty of drama although it looks like the feud between these two factions is still going to continue which is starting to make my dick itch because this feud should have ended a while back…in fact I dare say the BcC should have ended a while back because Regal isn’t even there anymore. Ospreay vs Kenny Omega (who I’ve recently realized is the spot of British comedian Seann Walsh) was amazing. Fully deserving of the seventeen stars Meltzer is inevitably going to award it. I especially liked the ending of Callis helping Ospreay win because it gives Ospreay some added heat for when he returns to Japan and also helps set up the Omega vs Takeshita feud. Sting, Darby and Naito vs Jericho, Guevara and Suzuki was predictably disappointing. Naito has been Randy Ortoning it for a few years now and I wouldn’t be surprised if he called it quits before long. Sting messed up a few spots and as much as it pains me to say it I think it’s a good think he’s hanging it up this year. When he first came to AEW I enjoyed it because although he could only do the basics he could still bump but now he can’t even do that anymore. Finally Okada vs Bryan Danielson was everything longtime fans of both athletes were hoping it would be and more. Some great technical mat work, lots of close calls with both almost hitting their finish and both men going out of their way to make the other look good. Sadly it looks like Danielson suffered a broken arm in this match but he managed to finish the match because of course he did and it looks like he’ll only be out for a few weeks.

[peeps4christian]

my 2023 double or nothing predictions!

aew champion four way: mjf, sammy guevara, jack perry, darby allin

winner: mjf. i really like how sammy, jungle boy, and darby are all kinda friends so mjf is the odd one out.

anarchy in the arena: the elite (kenny omega, nick and matt jackson, hangman adam page) vs blackpool combat club (jon moxley, bryan danielson, wheeler yuta, claudio castagnoli)

winner: the elite. oooooh this ones gonna be bloody. i love bcc but the elite totally deserves this win.

unsanctioned match: adam cole vs chris jericho

winner: adam cole. do it for britt! im excited for this one

tag team championship: ftr (cash and dax) vs lay lethal and jeff jarret with mark briscoe as referee

winner: ftr HOWEVER i will laugh my ass off if its lethal and jarret

tnt championship ladder match: wardaddy wardlow vs christian cage

winner: wardlow. christian cage is a ladder match master so im sure this will be incredible

womens championship: jamie hayter vs toni storm

winner: jamie hayter. im not sure who i want to take it off jamie, but i feel like someone will come back/debut in one of the women’s matches. i doubt it will be kris statlander

tbs championship: jade cargill vs taya valkyrie

winner: taya valkyrie. i love jade and i think this is one of, if not her best feud yet. a potential kris statlander return? who knows. thunder rosa? who knows.

intercontinental championship blackjack battle royale

winner: orange cassidy. i wouldnt like his reign to end in a battle royale but IF IT DID i say jay white will win it.

buy in (i think): jeff hardy, matt hardy, and hook vs ethan page, austin gunn, and colton gun

winner: jeff hardy, matt hardy, and hook. hoping to see some brother zay action haha