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Man, if Oba Femi doesn't make millions on the main roster it's gonna be really hard for Triple H to beat the allegations.

Hyan and Maya getting so much time/offense sure did seem like AEW was giving them a thank you for bailing them out of a jam last week.

He BOUNCED. Like legit a man his size bounced off the fucking ground. That was the most horrifying thing I saw on a show where Mox was straight up stabbing dudes.

Bryan's glee at Yuta being the first one out for his team (because that meant he's get beat up the longest) got a hearty laugh from me. I love how the women's match upped the stakes for the tag title tourney too, since we'll have Toni/Mina vs Megan/Marina. Also holy shit Hobbs's ass must be made of concrete because if I took that bump off the table he did my tailbone would have shot out of my nose.

Women's Blood and Guts was beyond expectations, and I went in expecting awesomeness. Mostly everyone wearing white when Skye Blue decided to go full Muta was a great attention to detail.

In addition to this week's walkout, apparently there were issues with last week's match to where Bryan Danielson had to talk with them after the match because it didn't tell the story AEW wanted. The implication is they sandbagged Megan Bayne when they were trying to get her over as the monster crushing everyone in her path. I've seen people online pointing out that there were moments where you could see Bayne looking visibly pissed at something. If that was the case, they should be happy Megan is a pro and didn't beat the shit out of her (before anyone interprets that as my being pro-company and anti-labor here, it's unprofessional as all hell to go into a match and deliberately try to make someone look like shit when they have to be on TV every week and you don't even work there)

That appears to be the case, as Nixon seems to be working overtime to do damage control about the whole situation.

So Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize walked out an hour before Collision after being asked to lose to TayJay. Apparently they weren't happy about their first match was a three minute squash and balked about losing two weeks in a row.

I'll say that my favorite thing to do was look at the last page of The Wrestler and see their roll call of champions from all over the world, so in a sense I get it. It's not just a pro wrestling thing, I've seen people get bent out of shape in MMA and boxing over interm champs and when boxers vacate titles because the governing body wants them to fight their designated tomato can and not the money fight everyone actually wants to see. Also good for Mike Mondo, he got folks remembering the NWA still exists for the first time since the early POWERRRRRRRRRRRR days.

Hey I grew up watching JCP every weekend, so having a million belts doesn't bother me. I'm just hoping they aren't going to end up giving WWE something to be petty about because they seem to be in that kind of mood lately.

I never thought I'd see the day that Bryan Danielson was considered overrated, but here we are I suppose. It seemed like every DVD that ROH sold (which was their primary source of income) featured Bryan, and in a promotion where workrate was king he was never far from the top of the list. His WWE run is probably his most impactful considering he managed to get himself over to the point of main eventing Wrestlemania when the company clearly didn't see him at that level. I think maybe everyone's so used to fans "hijacking the show" that it's easy to forget how remarkable it was at the time for that to happen. He's someone the exact opposite of everything Vince looked for in a top guy and he willed himself into main eventing the biggest show. There's also the matter of his importance to the next generation as well. I'd wager there's a lot of people who got in the biz because they were Danielson fans and that kind of legacy can't be ignored in my opinion. Not to mention he's one of the best babyfaces I've ever seen in wrestling in terms of getting the crowd invested in the match. He's also one of the few people who seemingly is incapable of having a bad match. Sure he's been in there with a lot of other top tier workers, but he's been able to work magic with folks who maybe aren't at that level as well.

So AEW is creating another title, the National championship, which has already caused Mike Mondo (who has the NWA National title) to crash out on social media about how his is the "real" one. It's interesting how they are very clearly trying to link their title to the one from Georgia in the 80s, considering that's all part of WWE's intellectual property these days.

Today in "a picture speaks a thousand words""

Popped big for Don Callis pulling out a "malfunction in the junction" in 2025.

Man, WWE really fucked around and made Dom the biggest star in the US and Mexico at the same time

Man that was Jade's best match in WWE by a mile, who'd have thought booking her like Brock Lesnar works better. She's like opposite John Cena, she absolutely sucked as a face and should never have stayed that way so long.

Yeah I have to wonder if when Stephanie Vaquer was dreaming of going to WWE that meant them employing her abuser as well.

A Griff Garrison sighting! Any time I see him still the only thing I can think if is Mr. Brodie Lee yelling "WHO THE FUCK IS GRIFF GARRISON?"

So Chelsea Green did a challenge for her and Ethan Page for the AAA mixed tag titles. On one hand it makes sense since the current champs are La Hiedra and Mr. Iguana (who of course WWE has fallen in love with), but on the other I don't see the AAA fans accepting the WWE style mixed tags when women, men, minis, and exoticos fighting each other is one of the things AAA was known for.

Maybe its just my dumb American brain, but I'm enjoying this Okada more than the seven star NJPW ace Okada. This heel run has been one for the ages, his heel work has been just amazingly great. Not to mention it's almost surely extended his career since now he can rely on that to get over and save the high level in ring stuff for the big matches/PPVs. Watching Collision now and Ishii and PAC was a very excellent Little Meaty Men Slapping Meat match. Olympia is either going to get over big or be the next person WWE tries to poach because she's built like lucha Jade Cargill without the whole being terrible in the ring thing holding her back. Also the Artist Formerly Known as Tegan Knox just randomly appearing in a backstage interview segment on Collision was just peak ADHD Tony Khan.

Also it's amazing how many guys I watched as a kid being pushed for their envious physiques ended up dying in their 40s yet Abdullah of all folks made it to 84.

Per the Observer site, Abby's booking agent posted that he's in the hospital battling serious health issues. “Wrestling legend Abdullah The Butcher has been hospitalized at 84. The Wild Man from the Sudan is battling serious health issues. One of wrestling’s most feared figures, Abdullah helped shape the sport from Japan to Puerto Rico to Georgia and beyond. Send your prayers, love, and strength his way tonight.“

The fact that she's literally been calling herself Ultimo Mone (and I think she even trademarked it) would seem to indicate it's absolutely going to happen at this point. Bryan Alvarez was suggesting it in a joking manner, but man would it be some all time old school worker hilarity to have her lose all the belts by slipping on a banana peel to like Harley or someone and then she'd be the one to go around and drop all these indy belts all overt he world.

MOM were not a team anyone would ever consider winning the tag titles. even for a short run. It was legit easier to believe something got fucked up than it was an actual choice the company made. These were still the times where the titles had real meaning, so it was that inconceivable that it would really have been booked that way. By the way as fun as their babyface run was, you should look up their heel work in the USWA for a treat.

The WWF would occasionally have title switches at house shows in the 90s just to put over that you never know when something will happen (and also a sly way to boost house show sales because, hey you never know when it might happen in *your* town). Hell even Bret won his first world title in a match in Saskatoon that wasn't even aired on TV.