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I mean, these are not mutually exclusive details, but Desperado does have a Wrestle Kingdom victory over Hiromu for the title, which is not nothing.

Collision's first episode is at the United Center in Chicago. The Punk return is sounding more and more plausible.

HOLY SHIT! SABU IS HERE!

Edited by omega2900 on May 24th 2023 at 8:27:40 AM

....

Holy shit.

Sabu is back.0_o

Aussie Open are #ALLELITE.

Seems whatever bug was in Punk's trunks got settled then, running Chicago would be idiotic otherwise.

I'm not surprised, actually. With Mark Davis hurt there's just not much for Fletcher to do in New Japan as a singles guy, so having some AEW/ROH time as AEW's United Empire representative is probably best.

Edited by The_Reptile_ on May 24th 2023 at 6:38:26 AM

So I cannot be the only one thinking the reason they're keeping Danielson away from matches is cause they want to make ABSOLUTE sure he'll be good for Forbidden Door so we can finally get that match with ZSJ, right?

Unless I'm wrong, isn't Danielson involved in Anarchy in the Arena?

He is. He's explicitly shown in the card for Double or Nothing.

Anyway, here's my predictions for the PPV

• Cassidy retains the belt at the Blackjack Battle Royale or Ricky Starks takes the belt
• Toni Storm defeats Jamie Hayter, partially due to Jamie's injured arm
• FTR defeats Triple J
• Jade Cargill defeats Taya Valkyrie only due to cheating
• The Gunns and Ethan Page defeat The Hardy Boyz and Isiah Kassidy
• Wardlow defeats Christian Cage
• Adam Cole defeats Chris Jericho
• The Elite defeat the BCC
• MJF wins the Pillars Fatal Four Way

Edited by Awesomekid42 on May 24th 2023 at 9:58:50 AM

I feel like Jay is actually gonna squeeze out of the Battle Royal with the belt, because it seems like him and Ricky aren't done yet, and Jay having a belt and stealing the thing Ricky wanted to move up in the pecking order and rubbing it in his face is exactly the sort of thing to give this wet blanket of a feud some actual life.

So, in International Wrestling Cartel, Plummer has been hinting that Kole Carter is going to be joining an "elite" wrestling organization. Starts to make more sense that he's setting up a "belts vs. retirement" match of Carter against Jock Samson next month... my prediction is that Jock Samson goes over, but then gets jumped so that we loses one or both belts.

Tbh there's no guarantee on how even the regular fans who don't get daily updates would react. If it were me, I'd have Tony and Punk open the show together, express that the last year hasn't gone how anyone wanted, but Collision is here to give the fans a change of pace.

I just hope things go better than the last time Punk debuted.

I mean Punk’s debut was a massive success, it was the year later when everything went to hell.

That's more or less what I mean. I'd rather not things age poorly again.

BPSJ Semi-Final Update: Well fuck me I guess, just completely blow up my expectations why dontcha. Titan defeated Mike Bailey and Master Wato defeated El Desperado to move onto the finals, I did *NOT* see this coming in any capacity whatsoever, holy shit.

Edited by The_Reptile_ on May 26th 2023 at 6:10:26 AM

DoN Buy-In is Hook and the Hardys vs Gunns and Ethan Page.

Edited by omega2900 on May 26th 2023 at 9:26:22 AM

And your new, World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins!!.

The result was predictable but the match itself was pretty good.

What a way to cap off 1000 days...with the implosion of the Bloodline and Roman's first major loss in a long time (even if he didn't eat the pin)

And Jimmy's the one who fired the fatal shot, not Jey...kind of expected given the build in hindsight.

Man Sami rubbing the tag title win in Roman's face at the end was carthahic

Also, Cody went down, but was super protected in defeat

Edited by Zarius on May 27th 2023 at 1:42:41 AM

Roman already lost twice before. To Seth by DQ, and to KO/Cena last December even I'd Sami took the pin.

Hahaha… At long last… The Bloodline’s aura of invinciblity is shattered. Now it’s lost half the team, and all Roman has left is Mr. Mute and Brute (I refuse to address Solo by name because I hate him too much). Now Roman’s going to find it a lot harder to cheat and rely on his cousins when two of them have finally abandoned him!

Gotta love the old proverb of "Kings don't have friends. Only subjects and enemies."

We know where the Usos is gonna fall. It's Solo that's gonna be interesting because I see him turning either at Mit B or the seed grows and evolves there and it comes to a head at SS.

Edited by terumokou on May 27th 2023 at 3:02:57 AM

How is he gonna evolve? He’s nothing but a mute enforcer. I suspect he’s gonna start taking Ls now that his cousins aren’t going to watch his back!

I can see Solo only leaving after Roman loses. Just to drive it home.

A little late to this. Watching the Final match now.

Anyone got a translation for what Sami said during the intros?

Anyway.

Rollins vs. AJ: Basically what everyone expected. Great match, but nothing unexpected with the result. Match going first might hurt its credibility but we'll see. 4/5

Trish vs. Becky: Trish performed surprisingly well without looking too out of her element. And the finish gives Zoey some direction and the feud continues. 3/5.

Gunther vs. Ali: Glad Ali got to show off a bit even if he never had any chance of winning. 3/5

Asuka vs. Bianca: I'm glad Asuka won, but man it really should feel bigger, build was lacking. Hopefully Bianca shifts her character a bit after this loss. 3.5/5

Rhea vs. Natalya: I honestly can't imagine what Natalya did to get treated like that. Disgraceful. 2/5

Cody vs. Brock: Surprisingly good in spite of how overbooked it was. They worked even harder than the Backlash bout three weeks ago. Brock gets his win back, but Cody neither submitted or was pinned. 4/5

Roman/Solo vs. Sami/KO: The last segment is what people are gonna talk about, which was of course the masterful storytelling the Bloodline has been known for. The in-work was secondary but that's fine. We are finally approaching the demise of The Bloodline, next Friday can't some soon enough. 5/5