AEW - All Elite Wrestling (*Spoilers for Latest Show*)

Adam Cole is devilish

The turn was great, you could see it coming but still really well done. The HungBucks/UE trios match will be a banger.

As should the upcoming coffin match and the LFI/Luchas tag match. Tasty.

Nice rap from Caster too!

Someone listened.

Really hope Tony Khan has Regal tied down to a long long term contract.

Listening to him on commentary on last night's Rampage he is just he has added so much to the promotion since he arrived.

How Nick Khan thought letting Regal go for budget cutting reasons was a good idea really isn't a good look on him as a now joint CEO of a wrestling company.

Battle of the Belts 3 was a great hour of pro wrestling.

Yeah that was scary. All I was thinking of when watching that was a forklift Mouse Trap accident. When the lids opened as it flipped.

https://www.bita.org.uk/national-forklift-safety-day/mouse-trapping/

Ibushi teasing a Lovers reunion!

Great to have Punk back, delighted.

Quake by the Lake was really good, Khan continues to put out the best weekly wrestling product.

The ending of the coffin match was picture perfect, a definite hole in one as JR said!

The people who were giving out about there being too many belts wont be happy but that Trios tournament line up is sick on paper, can't wait. One of LFI/Bucks+? going out early.

Danielson/Garcia 2 out 3 falls is very tasty as well. All Out shaping up nicely too.

If we don't get Danhausen calling the GOT show Dragonhausen then I will be very disappointed.

Coffin match was brutal, finish was fun and was executed about as well as it could have been. Wouldn't even mind seeing Brody and Darby continue their rivlary cause it's been a fun programme that's been a bit overlooked. I do think they need to cut back on blood in AEW though, didn't feel that way before really but when your opening bout is taking away the impact of blood in your main event for the title it's a bit much. What was up with Fite missing the first five minutes too? Think people are ratting on themselves by not mentioning it in the comments so far 🤣

I personally feel like they've made Athena feel like less of a big deal since she arrived which is a shame. A match with Jade should be good though, I don't know who topples Jade if she doesn't. Thunder and Toni feels like it's going for the obvious turn and challenge but hope they find a refreshing way to present it.

Really loved the Bucks/Hangman stuff and thought the Bucks were very convincing with the emotions of their promo, guessing Kenny is back next week, this could be amazing if executed correctly. As for the title picture, Punk returning is definitely needed and his Mox match should be interesting indeed. Liked the Jericho/Mox match well enough but not sure how I feel about him being the walls for that long. Bad time to go to commercial.

Guessing we'll get an idea of who's challenging for the tag titles on Rampage, feels like it has to be FTR. Rampage looks a bit overstuffed but may check it out this week. On the Trios note, I don't think people are complaining simply because of the inclusion of belts, it's because they threw a lot of ROH titles into the mix when they rarely make time for the belts they have. AEW often seems to lose interest once they've done the chase, if they have consistent interest on the champions themselves then I don't think anyone would complain.

Yeah, I mentioned it just now. Very jarring to start with Brody busted open just before it goes to break. Very odd.

While i love AEW (i don't watch WWE at all really anymore, that may change soon) - they are still using certain aspects of presentation that have been borrowed from WWE, that need to go. They're insistent on using the old Champ / Challenger staredown, where they will both stare each other down, before each looking to alternative sides of the audience for a "holy Sh*t" chant - it rarely works.

Another thing they do a bit, is the big run in and save - we've seen it with Punk just last night. He clears house, but it makes little sense - Big Jake took a tiny bump over the top (punk barely got him and Jericho over), but where did he go then while Punk was beating on his guys? Walk to the back? At least in WCW, when Sting was approaching to take on far bigger numbers in the NWO, he'd have an equaliser in the form of a bat or something, making the odds somewhat more realistic.

One side is tougher than the other.

The Undisputed Elite to take on the winners?

Why are Ospreay and Aussie Open involved?

I'm so so hoping it means Pac vs Ospreay at All Out. That would be utter insanity of a match.