The new Undisputed WWE Tag Team champions Damian Priest and Finn Balor open Raw. Cody Rhodes comes out to interrupt as Priest says they are back to running Raw. Cody asked them how it felt to be interrupted and he had a couple of questions for the leader of the Judgment Day, but Rhea Ripley is not out there. He says that Rhea is their Mami too.
Priest talked about Cody’s story and said he failed. Cody challenged Priest and Priest challenged Cody for Crown Jewel and Cody quickly accepts. Cody says what about now and let’s give everyone a preview of Crown Jewel right now and as Balor and Priest corner Cody, Rhea and Dominik make their way to the ring and Jey Uso hits Dominik from behind.
As Cody was clearing the stuff off the announce table, JD McDonagh attacked Cody. JD and Priest hook Cody’s left leg in a chair and held him up against the ring steps and Priest hit Cody with another chair. Cody looked to be injured from the hit.
In the back Adam Pearce and Jey Uso are trying to help Cody to the trainer’s office.
Alpha Academy VS. The New Day
After double teaming the Academy and Woods dropped the elbow from the top rope to pin Otis.
Winners: The New Day
Becky Lynch is interviewed and will defend the NXT Women’s championship against Indi Hartwell tonight and will defend it again tomorrow on NXT.
A video package of Ivar was shown.
Rhea Ripley talked to Seth Rollins in the back and talked to him about his match with Drew McIntyre. Rhea says he needs the Judgment Day to have his back. Rhea said he could have a reign like Roman Reigns and Seth took his sunglasses off and told her one thing he wanted is to be nothing like Roman Reigns.
Candace LeRae and Indi Hartwell talking about her match tonight and Natalya comes in and wishes her luck tonight.
Becky Lynch VS. Indi Hartwell for the NXT Women’s Championship
After a couple reversal pinfall attempts by both women, Lynch locked Hartwell in the Disarm-her and Hartwell had no choice but to tap out.
Winner and Still NXT Women’s Champion: Becky Lynch
After the match the two shook hands and Lynch went out and talked to Lyra Valkyria who is Lynch’s opponent tomorrow night.
As Candace LeRae was watching backstage, Xia Li attacked her.
Nick Aldis comes in to talk to Adam Pearce and apologizes for having Pearce escorted out of Smackdown and offered his hand to Pearce. Pearce said water under the bridge, in fact he is going to offer him to stay and watch how the flagship operates. The two then shook hands. A referee comes in and Pearce tells him to double security.
Up next, the contract signing for the fatal five way for the Women’s World Championship between Raquel Rodriguez, Shayna Baszler, Zoey Starks, Niz Jax and Rhea Ripley.
Adam Pearce said he was trying to get the challengers signed and get Rhea Ripley to sign it later. Rhea comes out and says he is going to have 4 less women in her division because Mami is always on top.
Kaiser is hyping up Vinci for his match tonight and Bronson Reed walks up to them and says tell your boss if he is ever ready for round 2, I am ready. Kaiser said go find him and tell him yourself. Tozawa then walks up and challenges Bronson and Bronson tried to deny it but agreed and told Tozawa it was his funeral. Maxine walked in and told Tozawa that is not what they talked about.
Johnny Gargano VS. Giovanni Vinci
Kaiser tried to get involved and Tommaso Ciampa comes out and chases off Kaiser and Gargano hits the over-the-top rope DDT to score the pinfall.
Winner: Johnny Gargano
Shinsuke Nakamura video airs.
Logan Paul is back and comes to the ring. Talks about the guy he beat in his boxing match. Then says he is going to beat Rey Mysterio at Crown Jewel for the US title. This leads to Dominik Mysterio coming out and he says he can’t wait to see him beat his deadbeat dad. Logan then says Rey was right he and Dominik are great athletes. Logan then turned his attention to Samantha Irvin. Samantha gets in the ring and he made it hard for her to announce him as the winner when he beat Ricochet. He asked her to give everyone a preview and announce him as the new United States Champion. Ricochet then comes out and attacked Paul.
After Paul went out of ring, Dominik tried to attack Ricochet who gave him a knee to the face and went for a shooting star press and Paul pulled Dominik from the ring.
Piper Niven & Chelsea Green VS. Natalya & Nikki Cross
Nikki stood on the apron like she was in a trance, then walked away mid match then a blind tag from Piper on Chelsea’s back started a double team on Natalya and a Piper cross body splash gets the win for the champs.
Winners: The WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green & Piper Niven
Jey Uso warming up and Drew McIntyre comes to him and says he is sorry for what happened with losing the tag titles. But if he never came to Raw, this match with Sami would never happen and now what happens is on you.
Adam Pearce gets stopped by the Miz and complains it has been weeks since he has had anything relevant on Raw. He then says Nick Aldis knows this and Rhea Ripley walked in and signed the fatal five-way contract.
Drew McIntyre VS. Sami Zayn
Good match ended when Rhea Ripley came out and Drew hit the Claymore off the distraction.
Winner: Drew McIntyre
Adam Pearce caught Nick Aldis talking with Kayden Carter and Katana Chance and tells him he asked him to stay to observe not chat it up with all his superstars. Nick tells him he is having a rough night, so he is going to go ahead and leave. He told Adam thanks for having me. Nikki Cross then walks by, and Adam shook his head and said I need a drink.
Bronson Reed VS. Akira Tozawa
Reed hits a Tsunami and gets the win.
Winner: Bronson Reed
Alpha Academy and The New Day talking about the new Dallas Cowboys championship title and Tozawa walked in and they gave him the title and DIY walked in and all joined in on congratulating Tozawa on a good match.
Drew McIntyre walking in the back and Seth Rollins said another win for you with the Judgment Day and Seth said he didn’t need the Judgment Day to beat him at Crown Jewel.
Main Event Jey Uso VS. Damian Priest
After Finn Balor came out to assist Priest it was Priest with the South of Heaven chokeslam for the win.
Winner: Damian Priest
After the match the double team continued on Jey Uso, and they went to put Jey’s leg in a chair like they did to Cody Rhodes earlier in the night, but Cody Rhodes comes out and stops it and Cody had Damian’s leg in a chair but before he could hit him Finn pulled Damian from the ring.
You know things are different in WWE creatively when the majority of the card for Monday Night Raw is confirmed hours before the show starts!
Four matches have been announced for the show so far with Jey Uso taking on Damian Priest, Drew McIntyre versus Sami Zayn, Alpha Academy battles The New Day, and Becky Lynch defends her NXT Women’s title against former champion herself Indi Hartwell.
Plus, The Judgment Day will have a celebration party after regaining the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles and that party will kick off Monday Night Raw.
Plus, everyone’s favorite YouTuber, Logan Paul, returns to Raw!
Gunther reached 500 days as WWE Intercontinental champion and is just 120 days away from grabbing the top place in the combined days chart as champion.
Gunther currently sits in fourth place in the chart, behind Don Muraco’s 541 days as champion over two reigns, The Miz’ 597 days over eight reigns, and Pedro Morales 619 days across two reigns.
The Ring General won the title from Ricochet on the June 10, 2022 episode of Friday Night Smackdown in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and has successfully defended it ever since.
He passed Honky Tonk Man’s record of longest-reigning Intercontinental champion 46 days ago and that record was broken after 454 days.
In a rare occurrence, WWE has opened up the full All State Arena in Rosemont for the Survivor Series. Tickets start at $100 at Ticketmaster.com.
Last week, WWE opened four more sections behind the stage in the corner due to popular demand and now, the last four sections – 106, 107, 206, and 207 – which are directly behind the stage, have been fully opened for sale. Section 206 and 207 hold an additional 1,000 seats while 106 and 107 hold a bit less.
That means there will not be any big stage for the Survivor Series and if WarGames will return, that will free up space on the main floor to add another ring and extra seats around it.
A fully sold out All State Arena can hold over 18,000 fans.
CM Punk showed up at the Impact Wrestling television tapings yesterday at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois according to Nick Hausman of Haus of Wrestling.
The report states that Punk showed up just before the tapings started and hung around backstage talking to anyone who wished to chat.
This is the second time this year that Punk was backstage at an Impact Wrestling tapings in Chicago, having showed up unannounced at an event in April. He also visited WWE when the company was in town at the Allstate Arena but that visit was cut short.
Punk was fired from AEW last month for his involvement in the fight with Jack Perry at All In in London, England.
Brock Anderson has confirmed that he has departed All Elite Wrestling in a message on social media.
Anderson was removed from the AEW roster page last week.
“To those that’ve supported me and helped me THANK YOU. To my detractors, that’s your right to an opinion,” he wrote on X. “All I can do, to quote @dustinrhodes is, ‘Keep Steppin.’ On to the next chapter…”
The 26-year-old started working for AEW in 2021 and last appeared for AEW on the August 12 episode of Collision where he lost a TNT title match against Luchasaurus.
WWE, through OnLocation, has started selling Survivor Series Superstar Brunch sessions for Saturday, November 25, the day of the premium live event.
There will be two sessions available, the first from 9:30AM to 11AM and the second from 11:30AM to 1PM.
The brunch includes premium buffet and all-inclusive beverages at Crust Brewing in Rosemont and will feature appearances from WWE Superstars as well as a Priority Pass souvenir gift.
The price? $350 per person. It will probably be the most expensive brunch you’ve ever had in your life!
Former Impact World champion Sami Callihan, who is now a free agent, was backstage at the Collision television tapings this past Saturday in Memphis according to Dave Meltzer of the Observer.
Callihan left Impact at the end of last month after his contract expired and he opted not to renew his deal. His last appearance on Impact TV aired on October 12.
The 36-year-old also had a stint in WWE as Solomon Crowe in NXT.
Mike Tenay, the late Don West, and Traci Brooks were inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame last night during the Bound For Glory pre-show which aired live on YouTube.
Brooks was inducted first by Gail Kim and she came out with her husband Frankie Kazarian and their son while Impact Wrestling President Scott D’Amore inducted Tenay and West.
Brooks, Tenay, and West now join Sting, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Earl Hebner, Gail Kim, Abyss, Ken Shamrock, Awesome Kong, Raven, and Team 3D as members of the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The first TNA pay-per-view of 2024 will be Hard To Kill which will take place on Saturday, January 13 live from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A second night of television tapings will also be held at the Palms Casino Resort the following day on Sunday, January 14. The event is titled the Snake Eyes Extravaganza Show and will as part of the weekly Impact Wrestling television broadcast.
Tickets for both Hard To Kill and the Snake Eyes Extravaganza Show go on sale on Friday, November 4, at Impactwrestling.com.
AEW Collision tonight comes to us from FedExForum in Memphis, Tn. After last week drawing 504,000 & 0.14 in the 18-49 demo.
Do you think when Tony Schiavone gets a cut he yells ‘It STIIIIIIIINGs!’?
*****
Schiavone on comms again along with Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuinness. Danielson’s music led the show, crowd happy to see him, crowd shots tight given they’ve got about 2,000 fans in an NBA arena.
A front row fan’s sign read ‘I have a smaller package than Bryan Danielson’ with ‘verified’ blue ticks. There’s a freedom in that sort of honesty.
Bryan Danielson vs Andrade El Idolo (‘Dream Match’)
Backstory: NONE
As the single thing on this show I was looking forward to, was hoping they’d save this for later – a ray of sunshine through the clouds of Jarrett and pointless tags.
TiA kicked up before anything happened. When it did – stiff lockup, Danielson pushed back to the ropes for the break. Danielson now working the shoulder, Andrade slipping behind, Danielson maintaining grip, back into the ropes where Andrade this time needed the break.
After more exchanges with Andrade working the arm, Danielson slipped underneath for a throw, Andrade nodded like ‘okay, let’s go’ while sat on the mat. A Gory Special following, Danielson dropped to put his weight on Andrade’s shoulders for several close pinfalls as the pair tilted weight.
To a Danielson headlock, whip, Andrade ran him through, pace quickening as he ducked and dodged, avoiding a monkey flip, the pair wrestling through several headlock takedown/leg scissor exchanges before coming up in a stalemate and shaking hands.
Danielson got a leg dive, working the knee, into a bow and arrow, Andrade twisted free to bag a one count, the two aggressively looked for takedowns, seeking their submission finishes, again it came up in a draw, Andrade motioning how close Danielson was to the figure four.
Back to the lockup – crowd very quiet – Danielson tried to take Andrade down by the arm into the LeBell; Andrade countered, again going for the figure four, Danielson kicked free, another reset.
Finally the pleasantries ended, a stiff exchange of chops, Andrade to the corner, hit with kicks, turning the tables until a Dragon headbutt sent him reeling, only to land in his ‘tranquilo’ pose in the ropes, an enraged Danielson rushing him, missing, avoiding a baseball slide, hammerlocking El Idolo’s shoulder into the ringpost and landing a diving knee off the apron.
Ads. Very deliberate so far, clearly to establish parity but it hasn’t exactly made for a raucous atmosphere.
El Idolo’s shoulder now the focus, he flipped behind Danielson, another chop exchange – overhands from Andrade, the last of which dropped the Dragon to his knees. He came back up with stiff kicks, was sent to the buckle, used it to vault behind Andrade, looking for his diving forearm as usual, Andrade was ready, hitting his own HBK-style version, grabbing his shoulder before kipping up. Danielson slumped in the corner, crowd chanting ‘si!’ as El Idolo prepared a charging knee, BD got a boot up, Andrade came back via springboard dropkick, ‘oohs’ from the crowd, Danielson spilling outside where Andrade followed via moonsault off the middle rope.
More TiA as he nailed a split-leg inside – Kelly pointed out the bruising on his left bicep, did look gnarly. Danielson set atop the buckle, superplex blocked, series of headbutts from the vet, Andrade dropping to the mat, shotgun coming, hit, kip-up, crowd behind BD, yes! kicks blistering El Idolo until catching a pair into dragon screws, figure four coming; Danielson cradled him for two.
A third dragon screw, Danielson ready, transitioning into the LeBell but too near the ropes. Nice story of both seeking and countering one-another’s submissions. Andrade now set atop the buckle, he caught Danielson with an elbow, the vet dangling in the tree of woe, leaping stomp, running knee, nearly three.
Scoop slam, Danielson left middle, Andrade to the top, double moonsault; Danielson knees up, kick-your-head-in stomps, LeBell Lock, dead center, Andrade broke the grip, figure four applied, Danielson got the ropes just as Andrade was bridging up.
To their feet, more big knife edges, Andrade goading the Dragon before landing a back elbow to leave him slumped in the corner, running knee coming, Danielson stepped up to blast him with a round kick, busaiku avoided, Andrade bagged an O’Connor roll, series of two counts fighting in and out of counter pins until Danielson slipped out of a crucifix, briefly looking for the LeBell before settling for a crucifix of his own: 1, 2, 3.
The way these two wrestled on the mat was great, really aggressive, you could hear grunting, seemed very real. Fans on their feet at the end as Danielson offered a handshake, they shook, he raised the Mexican’s arm before posing in the corner.
As the lights went out. Which is overdone but I’ll take it when it means Malakai Black’s actually going to wrestle singles! I hope. He laid out Danielson with Black Mass, the lights went down again as Claudio and Yuta ran down, Malakai gone when they came back up.
Didn’t do a lot for Andrade though, immediately an afterthought.
Winner: Bryan Danielson
Darby Allin talked about Nick Wayne. He’d told Wayne not to listen to what people said online, but he did. Wayne wants to take everything away from him? Well he took away Wayne’s tooth (legitimately half of one anyway). If Wayne wants to find him and say something, he’ll be there Wednesday when Tony Khan gives Sting his special gift. And if that’s what Allin thinks it is, ‘Whoo, it’s gonna be special’. So presumably it’s Ric Flair. Sigh. More oldies.
Btw Allin’s legit wrecked his shoulder, not helped by his recent training for his climbing Everest next year or his landing on it while taking part in Nitro Circus last week. And still has more training coming up so maybe they’ll do an angle Weds.
Skye Blue vs Hollyhood Haley
Backstory: NONE
Schiavone really pushed Khan’s ‘gift’. ‘It’s not Robocop is it?’ asked Nigel. You bring me sunshine Mr. McGuinness.
Haley hit a leg trip and a curb stomp with her knee. Blue caught her off the top via powerbomb, crowd absolutely silent before Blue hit a sloppy version of her finish, smashing Haley’s head on the mat.
They’re really pushing the impact of the HOB mist now.
Winner: Skye Blue
The Gunns vs Outrunners
Backstory: NONE
Squashes back-to-back. Cept I ain’t got the drink in me. Unfortunately.
Jay White out with the Gunns, no Juice. The Outrunners look like the Beverly Brothers found a time machine. 3:10 to Yuma in about two minutes. Kelly insisted the Outrunners were ‘no joke’ at the start.
Lights went out again (what was I saying?) and a masked ‘Devil’ appeared backstage, staring into a mirror but saying nothing. The screen went black, the fans chanted MJF, White looked spooked.
They’re not doing much to add intrigue to this whodunnit.
Winner: the Gunns
Lexi with Orange Cassidy. Who’s defending his title on BotB. Statlander walked in and basically threatened Lexi into letting her use her as a barbell. Not very ‘babyface’. Statlander kept asking if Cassidy was ready, finally Lexi repeated the question in a begging way, like ‘Can you answer so she’ll put me down’. Cassidy unenthusiastically said yes.
They pushed BotB.
Eddie Kingston vs Jeff Jarrett (Memphis Street Fight)
Backstory: If Jarrett wins Jay Lethal gets an ROH title shot, which means 1. He’ll probably win 2. If this booking was a person they’d be drunk and covered in their own vomit
Dave Brown had joined on comms after the last segment and could not be heard. Combined with a focus on aging wrestlers, Jarrett himself and the usual shenanigans, it’s impressive how committed they are to this TNA revival.
Jarrett met Kingston on the ramp, Lethal attacked immediately and was backdropped on it. Singh broke Kingston’s cane; Kingston hit him in the balls. Jarrett smacked him in the head with a garbage can lid. Hey did you know Sammy Guevara and Moxley are out with concussions?
Of course they had a ‘concessions’ table setup near ringside since AEW have to hammer that every single time. Cue obligatory Tupelo remarks on comms. The fans started chanting ‘Whoop that trick’ so I was hoping Draymond Green had turned up. He hadn’t so I had to settle for continuing to watch this.
Lethal hit a Diamond Cutter off the stage through a table. That wasn’t the finish, it just led to ads.
Jarrett began working over Kingston’s knee with a metal bat and trash can. Karen angle was annoying. The attack on the champ’s knee continued. And continued. Then continued some more. Figure Four applied, fans chanting for Kingston, he double birded Jarrett (thanks Eddie). The Figure Four continued. Kingston turned it, Lethal missed an elbow off the top, all the goons came in, Lethal broke the pin at two after a Uriken; was dumped outside via overhead suplex.
Singh took a guitar to the head, Jarrett hit the Stroke, had to pause to celebrate for a bit since Kingston was kicking out cause god knows he and that move need protecting. Lethal fired away from the mount, Jarrett threw more shots, Karen slapped him, Lethal hit a thrust kick, Singh a chokeslam, nother Stroke, Lethal Injection, win.
So I read that if Jarrett wins, Lethal gets a title shot. It’s a good thing because these announcers did not mention this once. I continue to believe the damage done to the AEW brand when anyone tunes in and sees Jarrett and crew is incalculable. Just try to imagine him turning up on one of those first few Dynamites.
Winner: Jeff Jarrett
The Acclaimed and Gunn backstage with Lexi as Caster’s weird gimmick continues. Despite the other two again coaching him he said to Lexi, ‘Talk about Battle of the Belts, how about you use the belt on me?’. Like Renee, she was furious and threatened to leave. Gunn apologized profusely and she stayed. Caster was sent to face the wall. Though cheekily turned round when they did the ‘We have now been champs for __ days’ line.
And was promptly turned back round to face the wall. Gunn and Bowens promised to whoop the ex-JAS on BotB. They left and Caster continued facing the wall. Kelly made a ‘Nobody puts Caster in the corner line’. And BTE used to worry about the over-fifty demo!
Amusing segment. Isn’t doing a lot for Caster but at least it isn’t the same ol’, same ol’ Acclaimed every week.
Miro vs Action Andretti
Backstory: Andretti hit on/asked CJ Perry to be his manager, Miro’s vowed to destroy anyone who does this in order to ‘save’ her from the changes the business brings out in her
CJ Perry came out first. She has very generic dance music. No reaction for Andretti. McGuinness said he’d be ‘looking at the lights tonight’. Nice pop for Miro. Perry was seated near the announcers, Miro walked by and glared at her. They debated whether he had a right to force her to go home. McGuinness told the other two the best way to keep their wives at home was for them to leave the house.
Miro beat him in the corner, Andretti landed on his feet out of a beal, hit a flurry of dropkicks but springboarded into a big right. Perry smiled broadly but tried to hide it. Fans chanted ‘Miro’ loudly. Clubbing ripcord lariat, a second, a third, Andretti then flung into the ringpost like a dart. He crashed outside.
Ads.
Back to a chinlock, Schiavone tried his best to put over Andretti, Miro yelled at Perry while maintaining the hold. Andretti fought back with rights, nailed an enziguri, running forearm in the corner, crowd silent whenever he’s on offense, barely even joined in with ten punches.
Andretti knocked Miro off the apron then nailed him via tope con hiro. Cross body off the top back inside, an angry Miro span him into a slam, the end coming, ‘GAAME OVAA’. Stomp hit, he blew a kiss to Perry, Andretti rolled through the move, nearly stole the pin with a rollup, hit a tornado ddt, running shotgun, to the apron, springboard 450, Miro threw him off before two.
Crowd have been ready for this to end, they expected a squash.
Andretti got Miro on his shoulder, Miro raked the eyes, got Game Over, Andretti immediately passed out. Don’t understand this going so long only for Andretti to lose so decisively. An elongated squash.
Winner: Miro
Lexi with the ex-JAS. They’re all on the same page, they had breakfast together. Menard emphasized there was no dancing at the breakfast in a dig at Garcia. They argued and all split off separately. Ruby Soho walked in, she and Parker talked about family problems.
Ruby did her usual ‘on the brink of snapping’ promo about deserving to be a champion. She ‘laid down a challenge’ to any champ, despite them announcing her facing Shida on Dynamite minutes earlier, graphic and everything.
*****
Another of those LFI packages. They were having a business meeting. Rush said he’d worked too hard to not be a star. He’d learned English and the American style only to see others getting what he deserves.
To be continued…
*****
Eddie Kingston promo backstage, bleeding from the head. He’s made Lethal ‘jump through hoops’ because he used to love wrestling but now follows round ‘that carny son-of-a-bitch Jarrett’ and Dutt like a lapdog. Kingston basically had a breakdown over having to beat Lethal down in front of his mother. She’ll cry not because her son’s hurting, but because he deserves it. He kept calling Lethal by what I assume is his real name.
This felt way over the top because at no point on this show have they explained this story or that Lethal wants the ROH title. I only know it because I read a report elsewhere. All we’ve seen on Dynamite or Collision is Lethal and Jarrett watching Kingston’s match backstage (which now I think was actually on the Buy In which 50,000 people watched).
FTR vs Bad Thad Brown & Darian Bengston
Backstory: NONE
FTR wrestling ‘for the first time since losing their titles’. So for two weeks then? We. Are. Not. Stupid.
The lights went out again about a minute in. Malakai was stood in the ring. They went down again, the whole House of Black appeared, beating down FTR 3-on-2. Guessing Edge (yes I know it’s Copeland, Edge is easier to type 😊) makes the save since they’ve trademarked ‘Rated-FTR’ this week.
Maybe not. They laid out the ex-champs. Problem is, the fans chanted ‘House of Black’ and barked like Brody since they’re popular.
Winner: No contest
Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli (Tag Titles)
Backstory: NONE
So why are FTR being chumps and ‘earning’ their way back to a shot when they’re just handed out like this? Good half hour left. JR joined on comms, this week he’d had breakfast with Jerry Lawler.
Starks did a bunch of push-ups then kept jogging round the ring away from the heels. Crowd silent as he and Yuta wrestled, Starks working the arm, Yuta rolling free, kipping up, snapping Starks over, knee drop to the shoulder, very smooth. They wrestled for control on the mat, Starks seeking a leg dive, couldn’t get it, Yuta smirked, asked him to bring it, he fled to tag Big Bill.
Who pointed to Claudio. Yuta ignored him, took a knee to the gut, clubbing blow to the back. After being beaten on, Yuta was taken to the heels’ corner, Starks mugged for the camera with a ‘thumbs up’ as Bill choked Yuta in the ropes. Cute. Starks tried a cheap shot, Yuta yelled at him, every word could be heard cause it’s so quiet, Bill sent him flying off the apron. Starks now wanted to tag back in. And did.
Ads.
Back to Bill tagging back in as Starks landed a snap suplex. Bill tried a cheap shot, Claudio dropped off the apron to avoid it, Bill got two on Yuta. This is very slow. Particularly after almost no action since the opener.
Yuta bridged Bill up and over, Starks ran to cut off the tag, Bill clocked Claudio – JR called him ‘Cesaro’ – and Starks rammed him into the steps. Interested to see what kind of pop the tag finally gets, crowd so very flat. Bill snatched a running Yuta into a Bossman Slam for two. McGuinness emphasized this was all Yuta’s fault for not tagging Claudio at the start when he could’ve. Man’s not wrong.
Yuta avoided a charge in the corner, Bill hit the buckle, but no-one to tag. Claudio finally made the apron but Yuta was out cold. Double tags, fair pop but nothing major, CC went to work on Starks in the corner with big rights, uppercuts, lariats, twenty of the latter, some of the crowd counted along. He then mimicked Starks’ rope-walk axe-handle then nailed a running dropkick. Dude’s an impressive athlete. Starks out at two.
Big Swing time, Starks grabbed the ropes, fled outside, Claudio pursued him, running uppercuts for both heels against the barricade.
Basement elbow-strike to the mush on Starks, who slipped free, blind tag to Bill as Starks nailed a springboard tornado ddt, Bill followed with a big boot for two. It seems Kelly’s left. Claudio running uppercut in the corner, tag to Yuta, he held Bill upright by the legs, Yuta came off the top via dropkick into a combo slam. Count of two.
Still so quiet.
As Yuta climbed the big man, H&A to the side of the head, he looked for a German, Starks grabbed his leg leaving him open for a big lariat. For two. Bill knocked Claudio off the apron, Yuta fighting two-on-one, Bill dropped him via powerbomb, Starks pushed Bill off to try the pin since he’s legal. Count of two. Starks dropped his head, Yuta hit a punt, Olympic Slam, tag to CC, big boot to Bill, running lariat to Starks for two. Crowd finally waking at the prospect of the Big Swing, he tagged Yuta first, sixteen rotations into a Yuta dropkick for two.
Bill back in, looking for a double chokeslam, he was fought off, ended up back outside, the faces were preparing a rocket launcher when the HOB hit the ring. Buddy shoved Yuta off the buckle with the ref distracted. The crowd again barked like Brody. He knocked Claudio into the crowd. They threw Yuta in to take a Spear and Roshambeaux. Lame.
This might be AEW’s nadir. Attendance-wise and creatively, they’re in big trouble. The two go together; shows feel so flat. Even Danielson and FTR got barely any reaction from a crowd lulled to sleep when they came out to make the save.
Though which finally woke, as did I, when Wild Thing hit the airwaves. Moxley laid out Bill with one shot, a mass brawl erupted, the heels were sent packing. The crowd again chanted ‘Whoop that trick!’.
Ricky Starks then headed back inside thinking the other heels were with him and got laid out with a bunch of finishers. Is he leaving!?? (Obviously rhetorical). Starks took a big swing as Cash played jump-rope. The crowd were finally having fun here so that’s good. Felt sorry for those guys most of the night.
Ruby Soho vs Hikaru Shida (Women’s Title – announcers were very excited about this for some reason)
Bucks & Hangman vs the Hardys & Brother Zay (ROH Six-Man Titles)
Renee sits down with Jericho
Next Collision:
NOTHING
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Danielson vs Andrade
*****
A total waste of time outside of that opener, it’s becoming a feature of Collision that we get a good match or two (with no stakes or story) and nothing else. No wonder people don’t want to buy tickets
When you’re repeatedly pushing ‘Dave Brown will appear’, you’re targeting a niche of a niche
Not helped by the rest of the rundown being ‘appears’ or ‘in action’
On yet another night of predictable finishes – people stick around when they’re not sure who’s winning
Appreciate you reading. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Former AEW World champion Jon Moxley returned to television last night on Collision after being out for a month with a concussion.
Moxley came out to help his Blackpool Combat Club team mates and FTR who were involved in a brawl with Ricky Starks, Big Bill, and also the returning House of Black. The main event saw Bill and Starks retain their AEW Tag Team titles by defeating Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta. FTR and Danielson came out for the save before Moxley came out last.
Moxley suffered a nasty concussion in his match against Fenix at Dynamite: Grand Slam and the finish of the match was changed on the fly with Moxley losing the AEW International title to Fenix. Fenix eventually lost the title to Orange Cassidy two weeks later.
Impact Wrestling announced last night at the conclusion of the Bound For Glory pay-per-view that it is returning to its TNA Wrestling name tarting at the Hard To Kill pay-per-view in January 2024.
“We still hear the ‘TNA’ chants wherever we go,” said IMPACT Wrestling President Scott D’Amore. “Fans have longed for TNA Wrestling, so that’s what we’re bringing back in 2024: TNA Wrestling, we’re back!”
Company officials confirmed that the new year will launch a new-look TNA Wrestling that runs from the entrance ramp to turnbuckles in the ring to larger, more prestigious venues and much, much more. Further details on the TNA Wrestling return will be revealed on Tuesday, October 24, when D’Amore sits down for an exclusive interview with Tom Hannifan that will air live on IMPACT’s Facebook page, starting at Noon EST. The Q&A will include questions from worldwide pro wrestling media.
The awesome near five-minute video shows a bunch of Impact Wrestling stars get together in a field where they discuss why they are and what needs to be done to move forward. Josh Alexander then opens a wooden box which is in the middle that has the TNA logo on it as some of the most memorable moments from TNA air.
Here are the results from last night’s Bound For Glory 2023 pay-per-view which took place from the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois.
Chris Sabin defeated Kenta to retain the Impact X Division title; PCO defeated Rhino, Steve Maclin, and Moose in a Monster’s Ball match; Ace Austin and Chris Bey defeated Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz to become the new Impact World Tag Team champions; Will Ospreay defeated Mike Bailey; Jordynne Grace won the 20-person Intergender Call Your Shot Gauntlet; Trinity defeated Mickie James to retain the Impact Knockouts World title; Alex Shelley defeated Josh Alexander to retain the Impact World title.
CJ Perry and Nikki Garcia, the artists formerly known as Lana and Nikki Bella, will be part of the upcoming MTV Cribs season, which returns on television on November 15.
Cribs features all-access celebrity home tours, with over-the-top themed rooms, fully-stocked refrigerators, jaw-dropping closets, and more.
Perry lives with her husband Miro in a $2 million mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, while Nikki also lives with her husband Artem Chigvintsev in Napa Valley, California.
The new season of Cribs will air on MTV in over 50 countries.
Live tonight from the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois, Impact Wrestling presents Bound For Glory 2023 on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:
Alex Shelley vs Josh Alexander for the Impact World title; Trinity vs Mickie James for the Impact Knockouts title; Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz vs Ace Austin and Chris Bey for the Impact World Tag Team titles; Chris Sabin vs Kenta for the Impact X Division title; Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich vs Deonna Purrazzo and Tasha Steelz for the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team titles; PCO vs Rhino vs Steve Maclin vs Moose in a Monster’s Ball match; Will Ospreay vs Mike Bailey; and the 20-person intergender Call Your Shot gauntlet where the winner receives a trophy and a contract they can cash in anytime within one year for a championship match of their choosing.
Plus, Mike Tenay, Don West, and Traci Brooks get inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame on the Countdown to Bound For Glory pre-show starting at 7:30PM ET. The Countdown to Bound For Glory will air on Impact’s YouTube channel.
The Undertaker has launched his own podcast and Patreon account titled Six Feet Under with Mark Calaway.
The WWE Hall of Famer will be sharing weekly stories that you probably have never heard before and taking fans down memory lane with some of his most epic matches that we all loved.
There are three tiers for the Patreon account – Old School, Old School Early Access, and The Streak.
All three tiers will have access to the podcast, with the Old School subs getting their episode on Wednesday. The Early Access subs get the episode on Monday, two days before, while The Streak will also allow subscribers to ask questions to be answered by The Undertaker himself on the podcast.
The prices are $5, $6, and $10 per month respectively and you can subscribe at Pateron.com.
Impact Wrestling drew 71,000 viewers this week for the Bound For Glory go-home episode, down 49,000 viewers from last week’s show. This was the least-watched episode of Impact of 2023 so far. The show drew the same 0.01 rating in 18-49 of the previous two weeks. (Ratings credit: Wrestlenomics)
Brock Anderson, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Arn Anderson, has been removed from the AEW rosters page and is seemingly gone from AEW.
The 26-year-old started working for AEW in 2021 and was being trained by QT Marshall and former WCW star Glacier at the Nightmare Factory training facility. His first match came in June of that year, teaming up with Cody Rhodes to take on his trainer QT Marshall and Aaron Solow.
He last appeared for AEW on the August 12 episode of Collision where he lost a TNT title match against Luchasaurus. Prior to that, he last wrestled at a non-televised live event in May where he teamed up with Brian Pillman Jr.
Battle of the Belts VIII will have the typical three-match card tonight live on TNT, with the broadcast starting immediately following the conclusion of Collision.
The third and final match was announced last night on Rampage after John Silver of The Dark Order won a number one contender’s match Kip Sabian and Brother Zay in a triple threat to earn an AEW International title shot against Orange Cassidy.
The other two matches are Kris Statlander vs Willow Nightingale for the TBS title and The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn vs Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, and Daniel Garcia in an AEW World Trios title match.
