Jamal

Seriously.

Things start off with a confrontation between Sweet Heat and the tag champs, leading to the eventual rematch. I wish we would get more stuff like this to help beef up the feud. Fury vs Cruz: Cruz is going to be a solid addition to WOW. Decent start against Fury here. McLane would be crazy to not get more of these PC releases. The Alliance vs Sugar and Spice and Holidead: Had to be the strongest Sugar and Spice have looked yet. Liked some of the double team stuff they did with Holidead. They certainly gave the Alliance more fight than I expected in a fun competitive match. Collins vs Phoenix: It was nice for what we got. I expected a Phoenix win but not so quickly. She has to be in line for a title match soon. Fatal 4 Way: I honestly had no idea how this would go as a case could be made for any of the four involved. The plus side of the previous match going so short is that we will likely get some time with this which should be good. And I was right. A really good match to close the show. Everyone looked good.

Tormenta vs Sanchez: Nice match between the two. Good to see Tormenta with some momentum. Brat Pack vs Kalaki and Tiki: Strange to see the Pack rolling solo. I half expected them to lose as a result but I should have known better. lol But I will say that the Island Girls looked good even in defeat. Fury vs Sandy: Sandy's probably the strongest wrestler in Spring Break so I figured that she would give Fury a bit of a fight before she put her down. And I was right lol Another solid match. While all three matches were perfectly fine, they felt like souped up squashes and there was not really a surprise on any of the sets of winners. But this episode is really all about the main event anyway. Sweet Heat vs Pink/Swag: Liked the package for this match. Really played up everything leading to this moment. I love how commentary played up a conflicted Lana all episode only to have her come out firmly Team Swag/Pink lol Glad to see the match end as it did as I feel there is still some juice to be drawn from this feud

Nice moment for Naomi and it actually makes the most sense for her to win as none of the others really needed it. It benefits her new character far more. I dug Becky/Lyra. I like that Becky had to cheat to win and that all of her arrogance ended up getting her taken out post match. Would love to see this program continue but, with the way Becky was going after Naomi during the post match press interviews, I'm wondering.

Genesis vs Aussie: Solid opener from these two as expected. Curious to see whatever that top rope Genesis went for would have been if it had connected. Both pulled out some good stuff, including the Dragon Suplex from Aussie, and liked that they were so even that the win pretty much had to come with a little help. Animal Instinct vs Chantilly/Roxxy: Another good match. Neither faction has been super dominant lately so I wasn't sure who was gonna win. I was leaning AI so I was pleasantly surprised. Xena vs VVV: Xena has been pretty good in-ring wise and VVV seems to have a handle on the character stuff. So, figured this would be fine. Did you know Xena was from Albania? LOL Pretty much a glorified squash for the white hot Phoenix. Face Sweet Heat are kinda blowing my mind a bit lol But looking forward to the main event at the next show with Penelope and Holly. Reina vs Santana: Fun main, with all the Brat Pack cheating, that looks to continue to set Santana up for her eventual world title rematch.

Decent opener with Big Rigs and Bourbon taking down the Brat Pack. Surprised to see the Brats take the win and the former champs take out Reina. Maybe there's more down the line. Really liked Scout vs Genesis. Surprised that they didn't play up the former Exile connection more during the match. Scout is so underrated. She's almost always solid. The ending kind of came out of nowhere but good stuff for what we got. The hoopla over Twin vs Twin is so WOW. Solid stuff from the Twins. Cool that they were allowed some time but, to me, there felt like very little real heat so it was good to see the swerve. It was crazy to end in a no contest though when they technically used the weapons on the outside crew and not each other. But eh. The post match promo was cool but I'm not sure how I feel about Sweet Heat being faces again as they were such great heels. But they were due some sort of reset.

So Scout Parker finally bought herself a win, huh? lol Really liked that the main event got some time to play out. I actually expected an Aussie/Tormenta win for a minute there. Instead, we get more heat for what looks like a Fab 4 implosion. I can dig it.

Was really looking forward to the main and it didn't disappoint. I was hoping that Hayter would pick up the win because I felt like she needed it more than Stat and the Owen Tournament has done a great job in rebuilding her. So, I was pleased to see her take this. Mone doesn't mind a death by Hoss so she and Hayter should be fun.

I would have been perfectly fine with Night Two beginning and ending with Iyo/Bianca/Rhea. Hell, that match could have just been Wrestlemania itself.

Would have liked Naomi/Jade to get a little more time but I'm wondering if the shorter time was for Jade's benefit. Seems like the majority of her singles matches haven't gone too far past the 10-11 minute mark. I felt like Naomi needed this win more since she's establishing a new heel character and Jade is pretty much made. But it is what it is. They got to pull out some decent spots although that last power bomb looked scary from the initial angle. Charlotte/Tiffany was a match. I felt like everyone involved was trying so hard to make this feel like something that it wasn't that I was over it all by the time of the actual match. I'm one of the apparently few people that doesn't hate Charlotte Flair lol And I still think she adds something to the product (love the mention of her as grumpy vet as that is a perfect shift for her) And I think Tiffany is a perfectly fine wrestler although I'm still not sold on her face persona (although they really had no choice but to turn her at this point) But this match was just...eh. I'm actually glad that it's finally done and that they both hopefully move on to something else. For a Mania, I've been pretty underwhelmed overall. I've been more excited about the Indy shows during Mania week than actual Mania.

"Like, girl, all I really did was push you." Naomi is unhinged https://youtu.be/Er0AMKgWvjM?si=-hV0ctGF5in52QZn

Athena/Mercedes was everything I needed expected. Great work from both women. Match could have gone either way so I was legit surprised. And the Toni tease was great. I'm really hoping Hayter ends up winning this as her character is probably the one that would benefit most.

The Alliance vs Holidead/Chantilly/Kalaki: Good opener and the winning team surprised me. I'm digging the chemistry between Holidead, Chantilly, and the Island Girl. Chainsaw vs Roxxy: Roxxy continues to be one of my favorites. She's just done a great job of taking to wrestling. Sucks to lose out to Chainsaw but she and Daisy are on a roll. I keep wondering if these Angelica Dante mentions are leading to something or just a case of WOW being WOW. Trios Title Match: With all of the issues between these teams, I thought this match would get a little more focus. But I guess they decided to put the attention on the World Title match later despite this match having more heat and build. When Ashley came out on crutches again, I was wondering if we were due more shenanigans lol So, we end up with a tag match instead, which works to keep the beef going. Paola vs Classmaster: The double cheating from managers, while the ref watched, was a choice. lol I was wondering why the match continued after Paola very obviously attacked the referee so it was cool that ended up playing into her downfall. I'm assuming a rematch is on the way.

It felt like Ladies' Night on Collision and I was here for it. The opener was really good with Jamie and Billie outdoing themselves. Good to see Jamie get the win but Billie looked very strong in defeat. Athena/Harley was fine. Harley's still putting it all together and awkward in some spots but I think it fits her character. Athena/Mercedes should be fun. Megan needs to win the women's title sooner rather than later.

Sugar and Keta Rush vs Animal Instinct: When Spice wasn't there, I kinda knew what was up, even though I would also likely know what was up if she had been there too lol But this ended up being more competitive than I expected. Nice double team stuff from Animal Instinct but that finisher looked a little scary for a moment Fury vs Speed: Of course Varoom would take an interest in Speed because WOW lol Either way, it was cool to get her on commentary for this. I'm usually always rooting for my girl, Fury, and that ain't change here lol Newcomer Speed looked good. She played a good fired up face. Parker vs Garrett: Solid match from these two as expected. Looks like Santana is being groomed as Classmaster's next challenger. And poor Scout...well.... lol Fatal 4 Way: Nice action in this. Would have liked a little more tension between Lana's teams during the match. But the post match antics were great. This should lead to some interesting stories.

Really enjoyed the main event tag on Collision as well as the friction between Stat and Thunder Rosa. I like that we are getting some issues going into the Owen Hart tournament.

I hated when Nikki Bella's opponents would use Cena as an insult against her and I didn't like Tiffany using Charlotte's failed relationships here. There is a lot else that she could drag Charlotte on without going for the cheap, easy heat. And then Charlotte weakly going for the Kaiser line when the crowd clearly was eating up what Tiffany was feeding them was just...no. Nobody came out of this looking any better. There had to have been better ways to try to add heat to this lukewarm feud. I can't believe they turned Naomi heel and still making her keep that upbeat theme lol Like...come on.

Neither women's title matches are remotely interesting to me heading into Mania, which is crazy given the talent involved. The main event tonight had everyone looking like either an asshole or an idiot. I'm not sure who to even root for. I suppose Iyo? She has probably been the least offensive of the three.

I shudder to think of what new headaches this origin will cause. At this point, I just wish they would leave her as is.

Chantilly vs Paola- Okish opener. Things seemed to breakdown towards the end and they just kinda powered through. No real surprise on the winner here although I wish there had been lol Sanchez vs Holidead- Man, I thought Sylvia Sanchez had vanished lol color me surprised. Nice competitive match between the two with some good aggression. Win sorta came out of nowhere though. Genesis vs Classmaster- Surprised at the placement of this match but it was a perfectly fine competitive match although the outcome was unexpected. I could have sworn this was going in the opposite direction. Kara/Xena/Ashley vs Top Tier: Liked that the match felt like a big deal with the opening promo but the stuff with Blaze felt tacked on and should have been something that was played up stronger previously. I did also like that it felt like a grudge match with the faces coming in ready to fight but it all was a weird choice in how it all played out.

Good stuff from Hayter/Starkz in the main event especially with the Athena stare down at the end. Between this, Athena's issues with Mercedes, what's looking like another really good Owen Hart tournament, and the Bayne/Storm feud, the women's division is looking really good.

I think if we get more "Team BAD" Naomi then she will be fine. But I agree. Trinity comes off as such a humble, sweet, and likable person that it's hard to boo her. Plus, to be honest, she's the real underdog here. She's the vet that's been treated like an afterthought for most of her time there against the woman being groomed as one of the WWE's next big things (big deal signing, instant tag champion, stare down with Charlotte Flair). Everyone knows what's up lol Speaking Of afterthoughts, it's sad to see what has become of KC2. They were one of my favorite teams in NXT and I was happy when they got the call up. But they got so much of the blink and you miss them treatment that the crowd is pretty much meh on them. I mean, little Kayden gave Piper a Samoan drop and it was crickets lol they got my girls down bad. Hopefully adding them to what appears to be a Zelina vs Chelsea/Hervice feud will help.

It's a wild move but so WOW lol On to today's show: Animal Instinct vs Miami Sweet Heat: Very cool heel vs heel match although I feel like Animal Instinct became faces by default lol Animal Instinct have become a pretty solid unit and I was lowkey rooting for them here lol The Alliance vs Spring Break 24/7: No surprises here at all lol I really do want better for Spring Break. Well, really better for Sandy Shore who is my fave of their unit Daisy Lane/Chainsaw vs Tiki/Kalaki: Solid match and more competitive than I expected. I dig the Tiki/Kalaki team. The mentions of Angelica Dante make me think that she may be turning up again sooner rather than later. Holly vs Big Rig: Nice to have Penelope on commentary. Really decent back and forth action. Curious where everyone heads after this.

the fact that she lost due to interference and fell to one of the top heels in the division, makes the loss hurt less IMO. I think the match served it's purpose. It further fuels Jade's issues with Naomi, allows Naomi a moment to debut her new attitude and get her lick back, and adds yet another dastardly deed for Liv and Raquel.

Man, Mone/Starks was great as was Bayne/Stat and all of the post match shenanigans. I almost expected Thunder Rosa to come out with Stat to counter Penelope Ford, who I'm assuming is officially a team with Bayne.