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I wonder if Mallister Black caught any of All In. He’d have the time, since his only duty this week was jobbing to Ron Killings. I promise, I’m not just hating for no reason, I’m just genuinely perplexed. Dude was in a great spot with the competition. I am baffled as to why he’d rather be a midcarder in WWE. Other than “because his wife works there.” If that’s the only reason, I totally get it. We’ve all seen his wife…

Holy shit that was excellent. Not a single match that was unnecessary. I wonder what's gonna happen to the trios titles now? Does Hook come back? Are the titles relinquished? Men's casino BR was fun. Was hoping for a surprise or two, but the guys who were in it have worked hard and deserved the spots. Takeshita, in particular, is the fucking MAN. Tag Title match was fun as hell. Lasher and Shelty are bad motherfuckers. Bad, bad dudes. Cope coming back was pretty awesome. That dude is clearly having fun in AEW and I'm glad he'll get to do his thing with Christian. Women's Casino was also fun. Shotzi B was in the building. I wondered if she'd make an appearance. Athena winning ruled. Dustin Rhodes winning was amazing. Kyle Fletcher is a future cornerstone of AEW but the feel-good moment was necessary. I loved it. Toni & Mercedes got down. That ruled. I was mildly surprised by Toni winning, but what a match. i wonder if Mercedes is gonna start a crashout angle... Okada/Omega wasn't my cup of tea, but for what it was it was incredible. Okada delivered. SwerveSpray/Bucks was incredible. By far the best I've seen the Bucks. They more than held up their end of the deal. Ospreay getting taken out after made sense, but when Swerve didn't also catch a beatdown I was like "oh yeah. He'll show up again later." That main event was perfect. I loved the custom entrance performance for Hanger, and his old theme coming back. I got goosebumps. He is AEW's main character. And imagine thinking Mox isn't the fucking man. Twice now that dude has been like "oh, the company's floundering a bit? Fuck it, we ball." That RULED. Mox is a bad, bad dude. There is no one who could've sustained the hate the Death Riders got for a long time. He was at tv every single week, reminding everyone that he's a menace and should be stopped. It allowed babyfaces to get over and other stories to advance. I hope Mox gets to take some time before coming back & heightening the violence. Great show. Exactly the show AEW needed. Fantastic crowd. 10/10 no notes.

I am absolutely gutted for Adam Cole. I’m not a fan of his work, but he’s reportedly a wonderful human. I hope this isn’t it for him.

There are people out there who still think he's going back to WWE at some point.

Yall see how much more interesting Kyle O’Reilly got the second he got away from adam Cole? Adam Cole’s orbit is where charisma goes to die. It’s been a fantastic week of tv other than that, though. Hanger fucking rules.

Agreed. Whenever he loses the title (he should lose at All In, but I'm not convinced he will), he should get jumped by Claudio & Yuta and take some time off.

Oh yeah. Shit's starting to run together on me.

Holy shit did FTR/Outrunners rule ass.

I was at that show. As bad as it was on tv, it was SO MUCH worse being there live. You know an event is boring when a 14 year old Drew is thinking "I could've been at home getting a jump on my French homework"...

I'm finally getting to watch Collision, and holy hell is Adam Cole bad. Just zero attempt to evolve his style or presentation at all. I hope Kyle Fletcher squashes him flat at All In.

I'm certainly not the only person to share this theory online, or even on this site, but I really don't think TKO wants Evolution to be successful. I don't think they see women's competition in WWE or UFC as a worthwhile investment, and these poor women are being sent out to get creamed, both locally by a concert and on TV by a superior (if less known) product. If Evolution tanks, now TKO and HHH can say "see? We told you this wasn't profitable on its own." Conversely, if they DO manage to siphon off a few hundred buys from All In, HHH and Nick Khan can crow about how they've stymied AEW and uncle Tony again. It is crazy to think about how 18 months ago, TK was melting down regularly over what WWE was doing and now WWE is the entity acting like a jilted lover.

I mean, Hurt Syndicate fucking rules, but an angle where FTR is presented as their kryptonite because of what incredible tag wrestlers they are would rule. Like, Dax and Cash would have no chance against Lash and Shelty in singles matches, but their continuity and chemistry is so good that they're able to overcome the obvious advantages the Syndicate have. Plus, then you'd get some interaction between MVP and Big Stoke, which would fuck hard...

Lashley looks like he's having a ball. And, for the record, he let by choice. If he really wanted to be there he would be.

I saw that. MVP openly talks about how much he doesn't want to be in WWE. Shelty and Lasher look like they're having a ball. The Hurt Syndicate are booked how they are because they're terrifying-looking athletes who come off as legitimate and talented.

The only way that Hurt Syndicate losing the tag titles without being pinned would work would be if MJF fucks something up trying to help them. Like, not even on purpose. He's just been so selfish his whole career that legitimately trying to help someone else win is an almost incomprehensible concept. Then you can start ratcheting up the tension between Lasher and MJeff. Ideally you want Bobby in line as a challenger for Hangman after All In, so that gets you set up for that, too.