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Pinnacle isn't a terrible idea, but doesn't work as well without Spears. Wardlow would have to be the main guy, and FTR should be above just being the muscle. Spears' movie-psychopath-mashup was a highlight towards the end of that group.

I've kinda felt like Joe is the classic "build up the monster to feed to the top face" angle from the beginning. He really isn't top of the card material at this stage of his career. This match only works as a ppv main because it's in MJF's hometown. It's definitely time to give Swerve a run with the strap, though.

Is there gonna be a Rampage/Collision double header on Friday, or just no Collision this week?

Everything about the Shayna Wayne segment was so awful. She isn't talented enough to be on TV. Her promo was predictably bad even though she clearly spent a lot of time memorizing it. The whole thing plays into the worst misogynistic instincts of everyone who writes for this company. You have Christian talking about negging a woman into fucking him (while Nick stands around with the same derpy look he always has) and Kelly's stupid and poorly-delivered Karen jokes going on in the background. Shameful stuff, worse than even the tag title setup that was so bad it gave Kenny diverticulitis. The CC stuff was good this week, though. Loved Garcia getting a W, and Menard going more face than heel as their relationship evolves.

Kind of a foregone conclusion you're just getting to a Dusty/Cena final, right? Akeem and Filthy Animal Kidman aren't making any waves.

My life is better now that I've started down the Hey EW rabbit hole.

If TK strapped the rocket he did to MJF without a new contract, he's the biggest idiot ever and deserves for his company to fail. Wouldn't mind seeing the alternate universe where this is true, though. Lots of doom and gloom only for AEW to keep on skating by at the same level with Swerve and Will Ospreay at the top.

TK should just start blatantly stealing Lucha Underground's IP. I doubt whoever owns it couldn't be bought off cheaply (by Khan standards) and HOB vs. The Reptile Tribe would be fun.

It's possible I'm very out of touch, so I'm asking this non-glibly: Does the "Living Dead Girl" moniker contradict Abadon's non-binary pronouns?

Brody has been the most inspired choice for the tournament because he has the two most surprising results and they both made sense. Didn't mind Swerve getting screwed, it just sets up his revenge tour down the stretch. The tag title setup was indeed one of the worst segments in Dynamite history. Kinda get the feeling everybody involved was like "Yeah, yeah, we'll just go out and wing it" and then they all got caught with their pants down as everyone was going in wildly different directions. Kenny had some ok lines, but his delivery was way off. Jericho's material was some of his worst ever. Ricky thinks he can do these free-form roasts, but he can't. All he ever has is hoping the other person drops the ball so he can say "ha, didn't get a pop for that one, did ya?" Bill just stood there looking like idiot after months of rehabbing as a serious threat. How about, Jericho's pissed because they tried to break his arm, Kenny wants gold, and Ricky/Bill are outwardly cocky but low-key scared the Jets could be better at the "2 singles guys go for the tag titles" thing? No need for cutesy roasts, just tell a damn pro wrestling story.

Tony doing PBP is fine, it's Nigel and Kevin Kelly that are the problem. I dare say replacing Kelly with JR would be an improvement at this point. I was hoping after a couple months, Nigel would realize he's not in WWE anymore and therefore does not need to pretend to be JBL, but instead he's just gotten worse and leaned into the worst parts of his act to the point that he's hurting nearly every match. If they're filming Collision and ROH together most weeks, I don't understand why they don't just have the perfectly competent Ian/Caprice duo do commentary with Tony. Or use Paul Wight if you want a more recognizable guy.

Show is right on track for the usual "They haven't set up a damn thing for a ppv 2 weeks away, what kind of operation is this?" -> "The final card looks decent, I might check it out." -> "That was an awesome show, totally over-delivered." AEW ppv routine. Matches I expect to be added: Golden Jets vs. Ricky and Bill for the tag titles FTR vs. HOB (Malakai and Buddy) Julia vs. Abadon for the TBS title Toni vs. Riho for the women's title Penta/Komander/Vikingo vs. Top Flight Copeland vs. Christian with some kind of gimmick Menard/Saraya vs. Parker/Ruby I expect the CC Finals to be Swerve/Danielson, and then have Mox/Claudio/Wheeler vs. OC/Hook/Beretta, but I'd love to see them go Swerve/Brody with Danielson and Romero added to tag.

Nigel and Kevin Kelly are so bad. Tony working with Excalibur and Tazz is great because it's like working with a coked-up Tenay and New York Dusty. On collision he's working with a worse Scott Hudson and British Mark Madden.

Johnny and Candice in The Way? But yeah, the Miro/CJ angle is weird. It's hard to see what the payoff is because supposedly Andrade is leaving soon. I guess Miro dispatches Andrade and then CJ gets her real client who could believably take out Miro, but that plays better if Miro isn't doing the "foreigner with backwards gender views" thing. He never should've dropped the redeemer stuff, just found a way to work CJ into that.

I was more down on this episode of Dynamite than most I guess. The CC has just been good matches for the sake of good matches, but no real surprises other than Eddie being 0 for 2. The longer time limits have just made every match a decent TV main with no chance of a draw or upset. Jay White's heel/heel work has been nice, but I don't see what this accomplishing other than stat-padding for the higher-ranked guys. Mox/Rush as a double count out early would've made perfect sense and given the actual tournament and post-tournament more intrigue (an excuse for BCC and LFI to mix it up). The format has potential, but "everybody go out and have the best 18-minute match you can while keeping the rankings in tact" is already wearing thin with me and we're not even halfway through. Why was MJF going heel on Hanger? Makes no sense for a guy trying to turn over a new leaf to just step in and shit all over a guy who's down on his luck. I know the answer was to set up the red herring with the beer bottle, but that was some lazy writing. Cope/Christian was a good match until the finish. The thing with family member heel turns is that the family member actually has to have some charisma and acting ability, which Shayna Wayne does not. Her son doesn't really either, but at least he's smooth in the ring beyond his years. Christian is a miracle worker, but making this dark version of The Way into something watchable would be his biggest feat yet.

That would actually be a good story. Eddie finally has a good year, but gets too deep into the 90s AJ cosplay and eats shit. Lots of directions you could take that. His reaction after getting rolled up by an 0-4 Garcia in the final garbage time match would be priceless.

That would've been a must-see match in 2007. Haven't seen Maru in years, but if he's looking as washed as Ibushi these days (which wouldn't be surprising given his style), then yikes.

Also, just watching Collision... Was something wrong with Gravity in that match? Dude was botching everything from the word go, and moving at a speed that made it look like he was trying all these spots for the first time.

As a union guy, I gotta say big NO to this. Unions don't work with management to help fire other members. Not a big fan of TK just legitimizing a wrestler's court for his personnel decisions. I know these guys are his heroes, but at some point, you have to understand they are real people and your real employees too. He should've just paid Bryan some extra money to put that tweet under his name.

This is definitely a heat-of-the-moment overreaction, BUT... I also think losing QT is unironically worse than losing Punk. Not for anything on-screen obviously, but having a never-WWE guy in a position of creative and development is an underrated aspect of having and sustaining a truly alternative product. That said, I think if they build around their real 4 pillars of MJF, Ospreay, Swerve, and Hangman, they'll be fine.

Cody was the only one of those three that mattered and he's been gone for nearly 2 years and AEW is trucking along at the same pace. Punk was on TV for like a month of his last year with the company and everyone was ready to move on from him. Jade was pushed hard, but was never a key piece of anything. Stat did more for the secondary belt in a few months than Jade did in her whole 60 match streak. If there's one thing that's become abundantly clear over the last couple of years, it's that WWE is the clear #1, AEW is a healthy #2, and no amount of talent movement changes that.

Swerve would work just because it's Swerve and people are ready to see him get the belt. I like the idea of Britt Baker being the devil over Cole, but I don't trust AEW creative or announcers to pull it off. If this is about Punk, lol, no it's not. Just as he didn't vault AEW past WWE, he won't widen WWE's lead or shrink AEW's base either.

I don't watch too much WWE anymore, but I was getting snowed in so decided to give this show a look. Miz fighting for his life against Gunther was some good shit, and Rhea and Santos still rule. The WG matches all kinda ran together. After watching, I can say Gunther is the only person who should beat Roman in a modern Hogan vs. Warrior type match. If they aren't gonna do that, just let Roman pass Bruno at this point.

Gold group is fucking sick. Even though Lethal is a step below the other guys, he should be fighting for his life against all of them, so the dynamic is interesting. Blue group is fine, but it feels like we've seen most of those match-ups in the past year or so. Brody is the only fresh match for most of them (not that it isn't a great match) and Danielson/Eddie will be interesting.

I have no idea what Pac is up to, but he should be in this if he's healthy. My original idea for this tourney was to have Swerve win. He would lose his first match to Wheeler Yuta, then have to win out, eventually beating Danielson in a "win and in" match. He would beat Eddie in the finals. After that death match, though, I don't know that Swerve needs this tourney as much. I also don't think he should face MJF unless he can win, and I don't know if that can happen in NY, unless Swerve is the devil (which is workable I guess). In NY, you could run MJF vs. anyone and be fine, so that's where I'd put the Joe match which probably doesn't sell as a ppv main anywhere else. Swerve vs. MJF seems like a natural Revolution main, it's just a matter of keeping Swerve hot in the mean time. The tournament would go a long way to do that and Triple Crown Swerve vs. 2-belt MJF just screams awesome ppv poster. My other option is kinda boring, but Kenny Omega. With Danielson winding down, it's back to just Kenny as the king-maker for a bit. He's dropped a lot of falls this year, and something like this gives him a lot of wins culminating with a sure-fire epic while keeping him out of the world title picture. I respect him putting guys over, but you gotta keep yourself strong too or else those "rubs" get diminishing returns real fast.