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I know they wanted to have Punk at the start of AEW but he wasn't sold on if it would succeed or not. Plus to me there's always been a scorpion-and-the-frog thing about this whole ordeal, how are the Elite surprised that the guy famous for being a grumpy asshole turned out to be just that? Funny thing, is Punk even admitted in that interview that dropped right before Collision that he knew he got hurt again in the match and that was what was fueling the fire at the press conference. It's some Butterfly Effect shit that if he doesn't tear his tricep then probably none of this ever happens.

The promo was vetted beforehand and the Bucks were on Twitter after joking in the old days they would have come out with a "counterfeit bucks" shirt. Everyone knew this was going to be Punk's "getting shit off his chest" promo and were okay with the contents. I don't think anyone involved will be exchanging Christmas cards this year, but I also get the impression everyone involved knows this is going to be a gold mine for getting fan reactions like Dav'oh said.

lol poor Dana Brooke, mean girl Cora getting cheered over her.

Thea Hail is probably by favorite thing in wrestling right now

You're not wrong, but superstars not wanting to work with other superstars for completely selfish reasons was pretty much Kobe Bryant's whole reason for living most of his career. It's a pretty common in real sports, especially basketball and soccer.

Roman about to call for reinforcements, Umaga's kid making his debut next month.

Rhea hercing Nattie up for her finish with what looked like minimal cooperation was impressive as hell.

L A KNIGHT YEAH

Logan Paul spitting facts about those loser Clevelanders

If Katana doesn't become the female Rey Mysterio and become the next small person doing cool shit, someone fucked up.

Also Kayden and Katana's entrance loses a lot when they aren't comin thru the crowd with smoke cannons

Chelsea Green doing angry Karen TikTok videos is amazingly in touch for WWE

exasperated Sami dealing with KO's temper is a whole mood

Whoa, Ciampa is back

WWE has its best story in years kicking in to phase 2, AEW has its shit-stirrer back, it's a good time to be a fan.

I just assumed Punk's promo was the way it was because he's probably going to get booed everywhere else other than Chicago.

Andrade doing the Tranquilo pose made me wonder if he's going to (re) join Los Ingobernables. Rush, Andrade, and their gringo protégé Vance could be a fun group.

The Usos were never known as promo guys, but the emotion they've been putting in lately is some next level shit. You could tell Jey was tapping in to some real life shit in his promo and he had the crowd hanging on every word. It hits even harder since until recently one of the biggest issues people had with WWE was the emotionless, wooden promos people were doing that sounded like they were being held at gunpoint.

Adam Cole isn't the most genetically gifted guy ever, and he did spend most of last year not able to leave the house without getting violently ill so it shouldn't be a surprise he's not back in peak shape body wise. Also to be fair to him, he was in there with a guy who appears to be slowly mutating into The Thing from the Fantastic Four so it was going to make him look smaller anyway.

So in the days since this happened, AAA has not mentioned anything about the Triplemania match. Either they think it's just typical Rush drama that with blow over, or they're just not going to tell anyone the top ticket selling match isn't going to happen. Considering this is AAA, both options are equally possible.

it took me way to long to realize Brian Cage was doing Surfer Sting cosplay in that 8 man match. Also damn Forbidden Door looks absolutely stacked and they've only announced 4 matches (plus the Owen Cup stuff). I might be more excited about Orange/Shibata vs ZSJ/Garcia next week on Dynamite than anything on Collision tbh.

The 8 man tag was entertaining, still not used to Keith Lee looking like Uncle Phil tho

I dunno guys, weaksauce finish aside, I thought MJF/Cole was a pretty damn good match. Not to mention as much as I'm not a fan of time limit draws, it's worse when they are doing all the time calls and you can see it coming from outer space.

I will say it's visually striking to see Corbin in the US wrestling equivalent of young lion gear

So I guess turning heel also turned Tatum Paxley into Isla Dawn