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Yeah that Jey->Sami->Crowd tracking shot was unbelievable. The thing we’ll remember from this show for a long time.

This was a good episode of RAW. Sad to see Rhea have to vacate the title. Hopefully it's nothing too serious and she's out for an extended time from it. The bit with Truth and Triple H was funny. I don't think Triple H expected to start cracking up which made it funnier when Truth called him Ciampa. The ensuing tag match was really good. The Creed Brother's are monsters. I'm bored of all things New Day so I'm glad they didn't win. DIY vs. Awesome Truth should be a fun match. I'm not sold on the new tag title belts, but they are an improvement over the old ones. At least they didn't bring back the copper ones that looked like giant penny's. Dominik vs. Andrade was all right. Saw the post match beat down coming a mile away. Ricochet with the save so that gives him something to do. Jey vs. Finn was a good match as well. I liked the post match beat down of Jey only for it to look like Damien didn't want them to do it. The shot of Jey going through the crowd in the mezzanine was fantastic. It's really amazing how experimental the WWE is getting with camera tracking shots. I loved how it led right to Sami and his epic walk through the crowd. Just fantastic. Speaking of fantastic, we got a hell of a match with Sami and Gable. Sami is just so good and so is Chad. I loved the ending and I suspected a heel turn from Chad was coming and the way they did it with Chad literally ripping Sami from his wife's arm's at ringside was amazing. Earlier in the night they had Chad training with The Creed Brothers. Could that be a stable in the future? I hope he doesn't ditch Otis. Otis dropping the comedy and going serious would be some fun stuff if he was the killer of that group. Overall a good episode.

Yeah, I was bracing for Jey to get got, too! It was such an awesome touch for Jey to be the one to get us to Sami considering the importance they have both had to each others careers and to the Sami/Roman match in particular. It even had that little element of surprise that comes from these new staging techniques they are using and we don’t know how they’re going to be used yet. The last shot of the camera looking up at Chad Gable doing the ankle lock on the top rope was just some really good Film Making 101 and the usage of a subjective camera angle to make Gable look even stronger.

While the trope of an outside attack will probably never die, I'd like to point out what an incredibly pleasant surprise it was for Jey to find Sami outside. I was 100% convinced he was going to walk out to a thumb to the throat and a Tama Tonga beatdown. And as Gregg put it, there's definitely a few boys and girls in the crowd that will love this thing forever. Hell, I fully expect 10-15 years from now hearing some new wrestler say how they were there when Sami came through the crowd. Triple H Forever!

Everything from when Jey handed the baton off to the credits running with Chad wrecking Sami’s ankle in front of his wife was as perfect as professional wrestling gets. The aforementioned entrance to a banger of a match to Gable snapping. You really don’t get moments like that too often.

Awesome

The Sami entrance from him at the front of the building until the commercial break was one of the best 90 seconds in Raw history. Such a beautiful shot that really captured why we are wrestling fans — the utter joy that comes from watching someone like Sami. There’s at least one kid who saw that tonight and is now a lifelong rasslin’ fan. Hot damn that was just something else.

Re: Collision Elton John opening! Not something you see every week – always provides a thrill. I really liked the classic style standing by the desk intro from Menard/Schiavone. Daddy Magic was as refreshing as cool crisp soda all night long. Please Tony, just add him to the team with Nige. Awwwesome Jon Moxley/IWGP title win video package. I wish they did this more often – the CMLL matches in particular. Claudio/Danielson promo was terrific. I've always enjoyed Claudio's promos, but he seems to be getting better with the reps. This promo set the table nicely for the match and week ahead. House of Black v Dante/Andretti/Sydal was such a fun opener. I thought this was the best Dante has looked since returning from injury. Seemed to me like an especially big step up from the slightly disappointing FTR tournament match. The same could be said of that whole tournament. The House 3 all looked great here. Malakai really stands outwith his effective looking offense, but Brody and Buddy are pretty special too. Toni/Mariah promo was a show highlight. Toni is getting better and better with this character. Hilarious lines throughout - ‘featured in a fetish periodical’. Nice Swerve Video. Reminders go a long, long way. Some slight amusement for the Taz/Jericho interaction from Dynamite. Moriarty v Shibata felt a bit brief. And nowhere near as good as it should’ve been. Nice Athena/Billie video. Well done. These matter. The Athena promo was terrific. This did a lot to say check out this ROH some time. Garcia v Angelico also felt less than what it could be. I’m not so sure I buy that leglock as a finisher. Why not keep going with the modified sharp shooter? Angelico is a goodhand, but also a bit of a mystery to me. Pac promo was great. Pac not promoing regularly in the first few years was a mistake. Toni v AZM was fun. The character work in particular felt better placed here than usual. I’d love to see more agile performers lined up for Toni to competitively defeat. I wish AEW used officials and other elements to run two corner people to the back – namely Mariah/Anna here – whom did fine battling each other to the back, but in general these feel like a WWE cliché. May returning with Champagne unscathed was an odd choice. Red Velvet promo was terrific. Red should promo more. I long for her to be a true heel. The Mark Briscoe promo was excellent as one would expect. Thunder Rosa promo was very Rosa, rambling a bit long, but it was fine. They'd be smart to adjust the camera angle on the ‘back to the crowd’ promos. They're a bit tight. Deonna promo was excellent, also, as one would expect. Great talker. A slight presentation tweak and she's the top lady in the division. Very much looking forward to May v Purrazzo! Fletcher/Hobbs promo was fine, but they really should’ve replayed the hilarious Callis promo from Rampage. Danielson/Claudio v Hobbs/Fletcher was, to no surprise, an excellent contest. Great to see young Fletch and the Powerhouse work with two old pros. Hobbs v Claudio would be a nice singles. Loved Hobbs going over the railing ‘ass over tea kettle’. I also really dig that repetitive powerslam on the apron. What an absolute delight to watch Bryan Danielson. Re: ...Belts Why not 'a 3 hour Collision live event special: Battle of the Belts', rather than promote a separate show. It’s always so clumsy. A 3 hour special would allow for the actual main event to close the show rather than an AEWTV B show 'Main Event'. This was another odd 'Battle Of'. Hook v Taylor was alright. Maybe a little something missing here. It all seemed a bit like a lead along by big Shane, but not without a couple nice spots. Hook's still working things out. Rocky/Kyle promo was fine. I'm probably alone on this, but I really like happy-go-lucky Kyle O'Reilly. Roddy v Rocky was heavily marred for me by the Kingdom chewing up the scenery around ringside. Way too busy. It’s really awful having 3 heel cornermen allowed at ringside. They spread around the ring like a goddamn lumberjack match. Even when not actually getting involved Matt Taven is jumping up on the canvas at any opportunity. Ugh, the whole thing is just terrible. It may not be as bad as what I hear of house of torture in New Japan, but it feels akin to that lameness. Roddy feels like a comedy wrestler with all this multi-person chicanery, and it kills the momentum his impressive skill set offers. I couldn't get into this, completely distracted by Taven etc. The post match angle with O'Reilly felt far too sudden, a bit flat, and completely hammy from Strong to close it out. I'm very interested in a Roddy v Kyle match, but not one featuring yet another showcase for overt Matt Taven outside chicanery. Serena Deeb promos would be slightly better if she declared her heel status card. She's a really lame sounding babyface. I did like the little copyright comment at the end. Athena v Red was alright. Athena had some nice attacks, and clearly needs to be on TV. Tho, I've come fully around on pushing ROH as having a strong presence of Women's wrestling with a true featured act. It's quietly a great way to distinguish this era of the company. I love seeing Aminata’s star rising. Very excited for her future. The Aminata v Starks match was grossly underrated by those who may have not liked the finish. I loved the finish and the match. And a lot because of the Queen. 'Battle of the Belts' feels like a band playing out their contract, but... would've been mostly fine in the middle of the Collision show. Other than the terribly disappointing Roddy match turning into another Kingdom lumberjack match.

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