Wrestling

AEW Dynamite comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us alongside Bryan Danielson before they go back to last week in Hangman Adam Page’s switcheroo with Tony Schiavone to pull one over on The Opps, laying out Samoa Joe, which leads us to tonight’s main event. Tony Schiavone is in the ring and said there’s a big announcement regarding a new National Championship that will be determined at Full Gear, but before he could go any further (it was announced by Tony Khan & Schiavo

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Six-Woman Tag Match: NXT Women’s Champion Tatum Paxley, Izzi Dame, and Lola Vice vs. Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Lainey Reid) **1/2 Thumbs In The Middle Pointing Up Fatal Influence interrupted the NXT Women’s Title Match between Champion Tatum Paxley and Lola Vice last week. So, Paxley gabbed Izzi Dame and formed a team with Vice to get some revenge. Dame wasn’t stoked that Paxley gave Vice a title shot in the first place, so everyone’s allegence in team..

New Mexico hosts Raw for the first time tonight, according to Joe Tessitore.  CM Punk kicks off Raw There was a recap of CM Punk beating Jey Uso to win the world title (including reaction shots of fans live-watching the event at home).  Punk entered the arena with the World Heavyweight Championship belt on his shoulder, and the camera followed as he made his way through the stage. Punk posed with fans as he walked down the long aisleway toward the ring, where he soaked in the

Oleg Boltin, Shoma Kato, & Tatsuya Matsumoto defeated Katsuya Murashima, Masatora Yasuda, & Zane Jay *** Thumbs Up ( I was hoping for Boltin and Murashima to have a beefy exchange, but hilariously, Boltin got the better of it, which makes sense; Boltin isn’t a Young Lion and he has experience. ) Jay and Matsumoto began the match, grappling to a stalemate. Kato eliminated Murashima and Jay so he and Matsumoto could work on a vulnerable Yasuda. Much to Yasuda’s misfortune, Bolt

The show opened with a promo from The Swirl. Blake Christian was furious that Mascara Dorada has been in title contention and he hasn’t. Johnson stepped in and said that they would make sure Dorada didn’t make it to his next title shot (which is Saturday on Collision). Six Man Tag Team Match: Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs Leeroy Shogun, Logan Cruz & Tyshaun Perez ** Thumbs Up The Outrunners are here! The Boys are here! Dalton Castle is here! L

AEW Fright Night Dynamite comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us alongside Bryan Danielson as they throw it right to Justin Roberts for the intros to our opening contest. Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia in a Trick or Treat Tornado Tag Match *** Thumbs Up Allin & Cassidy attacked at the bell, as Danielson is delighted that no tags are required here, so Yuta could get punched in the face at any moment. The match spills outside, where Yuta fak

NXT is on the air from the Performance Center in Orlando in front of a live studio audience. The results and happenings at NXT Halloween Havoc are recapped in a video package. It somewhat reminded me of WCW Halloween Havoc in 1999 since both shows were overbooked. After the canned intro, Trick Williams is in the television control room ranting and raving at production staff. Trick is hijacking the show like he is NWO in 1996. He screams about this being his house, and he runs

Live in front of a sell-out crowd in Anaheim, California.  CM Punk & Jey Uso Face to Face. The vacant World Championship belt was on a podium in the ring. Can I make the bold suggestion that while the crowd really digs the entrance, it’s kind of death for the viewer at home with nothing happening. As I typed that, Jey “ran it back” so between the recaps to start the show and Jey’s entrance, nothing really happened for almost ten minutes. Jey finally welcomed us to “Mon-Jey Ni

It’s the event that brought you such classics as Van Hammer vs Doug Sommers (1991) and Hollywood Hogan vs Warrior (1998). From the makers of NXT, it’s Halloween Havoc! The legally mandated footage of wrestlers arriving to work was shown (and not very spookily, I might add), this time updated with Blake Monroe getting her makeup put on! Seriously though, the set looked very cool and it was fun to see all the costumes in the crowd, including Vic Joseph’s sweet Riddler outfit. J

Hangman Adam Page opened the show with an in ring promo. Page noted that the Opps fought the Death Riders for the better part of a year, and that Hangman owed them for that, as they made sure the match between him and Jon Moxley was one on one. Page emphasized that he gave Samoa Joe a shot at the title because he owed him, and he beat him clean in the ring, as hard as it was. Hangman said that Joe was embarrassed he lost to him, and that was why they stabbed Hangman in the ba

Over a live shot of the Mullett Arena in Tempe, AZ, we were taken to a recap of last week’s chaos with Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre and an injured Jacob Fatu. After the recap, Rhodes was shown arriving backstage as Jimmy Uso welcomed him. Jimmy thanked Rhodes for sticking up for Fatu last week. Cody Rhodes opens SmackDown The Undisputed WWE Champion headed out to the ring to address the challenge of Drew McIntyre at Saturday Night’s Main Event next week. ”So, Tempe, Arizona, wh

Show drew about 6,200, but to their credit, it looked a lot bigger than that. The show started with Jet Speed vs. FTR mid-match. ***1/2 Thumbs Up So this was a pre-show match but they had it bleed into the PPV to try to convince anyone on the fence to buy the PPV.  It’s a good idea in theory, but I’m skeptical that anyone who wasn’t going to buy the show had their mind changed by this.  It was also somewhat annoying for main show viewers because I turned on the show at 8 PM E

Before I start, scan the proceeding QR code and show some support. Show opened with a 10 bell salute. Johnny Vega vs Splendid Bobby C *** Thumbs Up Nice seeing Bobby again. We used to live in Queens Village contemporaneously. Johnny Vega was announced at 155lbs...I believe that. He looks like a stiff wind would knock him down, but that's part of his charm. Bobby had his two goons running interfernce spots. Johnny listened to my podcast today about not doing crowd spots, that

We opened with a recap of the major events that took place at Crown Jewel concerning Seth Rollins’ big win over Cody Rhodes, followed by the shocking betrayal Rollins suffered at the hands of Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed two nights later on Raw. We have Vic Joseph filling in for Michael Cole on commentary, and a returning Corey Graves joining him. Inside the ring, SmackDown’s GM Nick Aldis was here to inform us that tonight’s Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre match will now be a

Pre-show (if you can call it that) Show opened with an uncontrolled brawl between Moon Spider and Rat King. Security broke it up and general manage Cori Lee made the match for right now. Moon Spider defeated Rat King ** Thumbs In The Middle Pointing Up. I think they are both heels. If Moon Spider cheated I missed it. Ratking was selling his balls post match. Main Show Scotland Green opened the show...again. Johnny Vega & Divine vs Angel Jacques & Hillary P Wisdom (Ft. Arcane

Sidney Akeem vs Alex Zayne *** Thumbs Up Akeem is a former Cirque De Soleil performer which is pretty cool. Zayne is very, very red. Also good, but somewhat different. Either way, both of these guys can fly so this should be fun. Defying convention, the two locked up off the top. They spent a few minutes jumping over each other until Zayne started laying in some chops. Akeem backed up and they hit simultaneous dropkicks, then paused to admire one another. Akeem hit a running

The special 3-hour edition of AEW Dynamite & Collision comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us alongside Tony Schiavone & Bryan Danielson before running down tonight’s card. Kris Statlander & Timeless Toni Storm’s Famous Last Words Renee Paquette is backstage with AEW Women’s Champion Kris Statlander & Timeless Toni Storm for their Famous Last Words. Statlander & Storm start trying to one-up each other by taking off items of clothes, which frustrates Paquette so much she

New NXT Champion Ricky Saints opens the show with an entrance dressed in street clothes, and he is holding the NXT title belt. Trick Williams interrupts Saints a few minutes into Saint’s monologue, with Trick appearing on the Titantron. Saints begins the monologue boasting about winning the title despite odds stacked against him. Saints then cuts a promo on Trick, with Saints saying Trick folds like origami. After cutting a cutting a promo on how bad Trick is, Saints turns ar

(I watched One Battle After Another over the weekend, and there’s a minor character without a speaking role who wears an Eddie Guerrero ‘Latino Heat’ t-shirt. The character isn’t named, but is referred to as ‘Latino Heat’ by another character. Anyway, time for morning Raw.) Following a recap of Crown Jewel, CM Punk, LA Knight, Jey Uso, and Rhea Ripley were shown arriving.  Michael Cole announced a sold-out crowd of 13,737 (54 more people than Crown Jewel, supposedly).  Seth R