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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.

Good lord, Stat squashed Toni so hard on that senton all three announcers sold it.

I assume that was Harley doing the voiceover, but she was using an old timey voice that made it sound like Toni Storm recorded a hype video for her opponent. Which honestly I didn't bat an eye at initially.

Say what you will about the guy, but I would love to just nerd out about wrestling with TK. You know he has opinions on everything. Also watching Wrestledream after work and so far another fun ass show. Love seeing Charlie Thesz (another person I interacted with back on AOL) having the time of her life.

Hearing TK talk about chatting with Lou Thesz back in the AOL days reminded me that I also was part of that community which means between that and DVDVR there's a fairly decent chance we interacted at one point which is just wild to me.

What's worse is with normal non competes the person gets paid, but not with these. So they want to be able to fire you, not pay you, yet keep you from earning money elsewhere in the US. That's not going to fly in court, no matter how many White House photo ops the Huntster gets to have.

So Andrade disappeared after making his AEW (re)debut since TKO put language into WWE deals tying them up in super long non competes if they get fired for cause. They already got legally slapped when they tried to do that to Brock back when he wanted to try out for the NFL, it's silly for them to try again now.

I thought Cena/Styles was great Pro Wrestling Bullshit. It was two old bulls charging at each other one last time Paying tribute to some of their favorite guys to do battle with, ending up a love letter to both WWE and TNA legends in the same match. I loved Cole's line of "the greatest of all time and one of the all time greats" putting over both guys, and how even in defeat Styles had a look on his face of "you win, but god damn that was great". Hell the best part of the whole thing might have been how the ring introduction was apparently a shoot that Cena wrote that Styles intro and AJ didn't know it was coming which was awesome.

Call me crazy, but I kind of feel like the person who inducts Cena into the HOF should be Cameraman Stu?

Watching Crown Jewel now, and it's not a bad show....it's actually pretty good.....but the whole "Crown Jewel" concept just seems out of place not in Saudi. I mean I guess technically Australia is under Charles, but that's not the crown I think of with these shows. yanno.

So apparently AAA is running a TV taping in Tijuana the same day as Survivor Series in San Diego.. which is like 20 or so miles away.

I guess that makes Lance Anoa'i the WCW Lanny Poffo of WWE, got hired for a year probably due to family connections and proceeded to do fuck all while getting paid. Which good for him, but business wise it made no sense.

So it seems its the season for unfortunate leg injuries, first Ibushi broke his leg on the Collision taping and now reports are out that Jacy Jayne suffered what looked like a quad injury at the NXT house show that took place Thursday night.

Yeah I have to wonder what even the point was. Other than the Evolve stuff it didn't seem like there was any benefit to the folks signing up for it. It didn't seem like they were getting any additional indy bookings (and why would they, since if they gave anyone a push they'd just get rug pulled) and it seems apparent that the money wasn't even that great.

Kota Ibushi apparently sustained a serious injury at the Collision tapings that required being taken out on a stretcher.

Honestly PAC didn't seem to be that much bigger, he's always been a jacked up little dude.

Alica Atout fighting for her life to not break while Mark Briscoe is going full Mark Briscoe was hilarious. Also holy shit Mox vs Ishii

I get the impression that Andrade's look is by his own choice since he's ping ponged between WWE and AEW a couple times now and it hasn't changed one bit. Also I liked having Mercedes putting over the tag titles since she's obviously well known as someone who feels very strongly about that kind of thing. I do wonder what the teams will end up being. Off the top of my head i can think of: TayJay Julia Hart/Skye Blue Megan Bayne/Penelope Ford Toni/Mina maybe? Mercedes and whoever she picks Taya/Deonna (they're ȧ thing in ROH) Shida posted she is returning to the US and Saree is doing a tour over here as well, I would imagine they'll be involved somehow.

Sami's been wearing Palestinian flag colors for a while, and I was kind of shocked no one said anything or that WWE didn't make him stop. Plus I'm kinda surprised WWE cared at all considering their BFFs the Saudi royals.