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I’ll keep Shelton (who has eaten a number of pins) and let MVP and Lashley walk.

Yeah, Skye is outgrowing the Sisters of Sin as a group and as a personality. They should have her keep doing violent shit and doing some more actual mic work, say she’s been learning from Thekla and wanting to be more like her and less like a drone. Dunkzilla-Speedball is MOTYC, like one of those matches you knew would be good but didn’t expect to blow the doors off. A lot like that FTR-Jay and Juice tag match a couple years back. Davis has trimmed up some while still being huge. Their styles really meshed, and Fletcher was also great on commentary. ok, actually since they’re already working a subtle Kyle Fletcher turning into Don Jr., maybe they can’t do the same with Skye and Thekla.

Yeah they could have announced it on Dynamite, but: 1. They did announce it more than a full day ahead of time, which is plenty of time for buzz and to move more tickets. 2. People (not here per se, but online and dumbass podcasts) complain that Collision is a b-show and nothing important happens on it, then complain that AEW decides to make something important happen on it. 3. who gives a fuck about MAGA UFC and racist homophobe Conor McGregor.

And, to tie in with the Nyla situation, as we all know (or should), Gisele Shaw is trans, so AEW will now be streaming programming with a trans woman wrestler.

The worst part of Dynamite was learning that Jack Perry re-signed. Not that it was a surprise, but one can always hope.

I still think Kenny doesn’t have that many matches left in his body, so if MJF needs to miss significant time, they’ll need to come up with a plan to defend the title sparingly or, I suppose, have someone from DCF win after interference. But maybe I’m wrong about Kenny. Can he wrestle title defenses without having to the Best Bout Machine in every match?

I saw someone griping about how the tag should’ve been a squash and I replied, “Mox doesn’t do squashes, he sets out to make all of his opponents look credible because he’s a pro and respects the work other pros do”. I didn’t even recognize Anthony Henry at first. And Ospreay effortlessly getting JD Drake up for the Styles Clash was impressive. Also, this is exactly my thoughts on Willow being back and winning. I enjoy her, I enjoy seeing her wrestle, I think there are some dark complicated places they started going with the character but never fully delved (partially because, as was said, the crowds just can’t ever fully embrace Stat). I don’t really need her with a belt, and I would really like some of the hard working mid-card talent to get a run with the title.

Also said Mina reminded her of a blow-up doll.

They really do need to do that, no reason Skye couldn’t be TBS champ. She’s not a top tier in-ring but they could and should do more with the Violent Little Thing angle, like they did last night.

Yeah, every reason for why they don’t use Nyla in any capacity as a wrestler anymore doesn’t add up. If WB doesn’t want her on TV, then ROH (where she should probably be at this point as an in-ring talent). If they’re worried about state athletic commissions, use her in more friendly states and Canada, or as a manager/commentator. They’re afraid of The Administration (as Curt just said), I guess there’s not much more than that, although in the recent past they used Nyla as an AEW representative to promote shows.

I like Juice when he’s in full chaos muppet mode, but not a fan of Bang Bang Gang over all.

Large William is said to be WWE-bound. Thought he was a solid big man, very Kevin Nash offense, tried very hard with the Learning Tree faction, but overall not a loss.

And Swerve and Brody riding a mechanical bull. And MJF getting caught in at least one of the photos (I know kayfabe is dead but MJF tries more than most).

Really good shows this week, especially the women’s matches and promos. The women’s matches for Forbidden Door are the most interesting ones to me, along with ZSJ-Omega. Not enough for me to buy it, but Thekla in particular is doing her damnedest to sell the show. If the Owen winner wasn’t going to get a title shot at Wembley, I think they would have Maya go over (which would also finish the Mercedes belt collector storyline). But as great as the Maya rise and story has been, I don’t think you could sell run vs. Thekla at Wembley when you could have Thekla vs Mercedes. Looking ahead at the Survival of the Fittest match next week, I think they should throw a curveball and have Persephone win. She’s been great in the ring and they can build with her to Grand Slam Mexico. But I suspect it’s going to be Shida, so they can continue with the Stat story and have the built in Willow return feud. Final thought, it’s been time for a while now, but they need to bring Athena to AEW full time.

Oh god, reading through and I forgot about how awful Kenny’s promo was. Even the crowd didn’t really care until his (tired, forced) catchphrase ending.