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[strobogo]

Very strange flex for someone who was just a warm body for a ....uh 7 (?)year WWE run. I would think she'd have trouble pulling that even in TNA. 

[El-P]

Meanwhile all this worthless drama, Collision was one hell of a TV show, with terrific TV matches in Mox vs Strong and Fletcher vs Austin, who is getting over by sheer force of his in-ring work. FTR vs the other Austin & Juice was very good too, Hayter vs Blue was solid as hell and Thekla vs Cameron made up with heat what it lacked in clean work, as Harley still is basically a rookie. I'm thoroughly enjoying the Caster/Bowens angle, leading to the inevitable real Acclaimed reunion (damn, they really are the NAO of the 2020's, except much better in-ring of course). 

And ROH had a terrific Komander vs Lee Moriarty 10 mn draw leading to a championship match at the next special. Also, the Swirl needs to get a serious push, if only because Blake Christian is such a great wrestler. Insane in-ring and slimy as fuck character. Eventually gotta make his way into the "main roster", as they say.

[Stiva]

Blake Christian is a really good promo too. I think they could definitely be a really good heel tag team going forward but I fear they’ll be lost in the shuffle like CRU and Top Flight

[El-P]

That would be unfortunate. I still see potential in Top Flight, especially Dante, but they have been running in circles for years, sadly. I don't see the alliance with Scorpio Sky & Leila Grey going much further but you never know. On paper this is a pretty decent faction.

CRU, I forgot they even existed. Lio Rush should have been used in a different way, he's a very singular talent.

[Jmare007]

Women's Blood & Guts had some really high highs, once it was 5v5 it picked up tremendously and it just kept getting better. Absolutely fucking loved the finish, just heels doing heel shit with some awesome pro wres drama *chef kiss*

I gotta say though, they have to make the entrances shorter. They could've cut 10 minutes and gone faster to the stuff they all really had in mind once shit got going. 

[strobogo]

Do FTR/Stoke vs Brodio/Steamboat. All Steamboat needs to do is throw a couple of chops, maybe a single arm drag. Do it, you fiend. 

[sek69]

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. 

[Blehschmidt]

I enjoyed both of the matches last night, and I get that they are staggering the entrance times to work around the commercials, but holy shit, both of those matches were really, really long.

Also, where in the hell did they get those tables!

[El-P]

Yeah, the flux and pacing got all goofy because of the commercial breaks, and you could easily cut off 10 minutes from the men match (the entire sequence of going on top of the cage was really not needed, although I'm glad they did not drop anyone off this high, hopefully we're past that). 

And yeah, those tables were even less cooperative than Nixon Newell & Miranda Alizee.

Apart from that, holy shit Blood and Guts, did they delivered loads of this and that. Of course Skye Blue was the first one of her team and of course she bled two minutes in. Mina did her best Mima Shimoda tribute. And damn Marina, ya crazy bitch. They peaked like crazy for the last period for sure.

Hangman vs Hobbs managed to follow that with even more hardcore shit, although of a different kind. Of course Cage match, perfect time to set it up.

The FTR/Stoke vs Steamboat angle was just perfect. Damn, that FTR/Stoke alliance is the best thing no one even thought about.

Kyle O'Reilly certainly deserved that one. Holy hell, Muta would be proud. It has to be said how insanely *great* Claudio is in his role. And really, Mox and the Deathriders, all things considered, it has to be repeated, really fucked all year long (yeah, apart from the early days and Cope and shit, I know), such an awesome heel faction. The story arc of Mox repeatedly ending up taping out after All In is quite great. BTW, that time where Renee was reporting in a very "newsflash" way while her husband was on screen butchering O'Reilly with broken glass had me rolling. Oh yeah, and Darby went through flaming table, because of course. Tell me he had some protective liquid on him before he did that stupid stunt.

That's certainly how you do a fucking TV special. For the sickos, indeed.

[El-P]

By the way, I'm convinced it flew over 90% of the audience's heads, but Timeless Toni using a *pearl necklace* as a weapon totally cracked me up. She's just hilarious.

[sek69]

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. 

[El-P]

19 minutes ago, sek69 said:

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. 

OMG I didn't noticed the first time, but when they showed the replay of it I CRINGED hard.

[sek69]

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. 

[El-P]

I fell right on my tailbone once and the pain is unbearable. Yeah, this was lowkey the worst spot of the night.

That being said. The Marina spot where she walked on glass to then use it for her kick, visually speaking, was the most bad-ass shit of the night.