WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.520 We are only a few days away from aaw all 2 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:06.360 in Texas. This is their biggest show of the year, 3 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:10.000 and tonight was the final dynamite before all in. There 4 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.320 is one more show left technically, which is Collision, which 5 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:16.280 is coming up tomorrow night. It's been happening a lot lately, 6 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:19.399 a lot of Thursday Collision episodes. But this go home 7 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:22.120 show is in the books and it ended with the 8 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:26.920 Babyfaces standing tall, which gives me a little bit of 9 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.960 pause as far as what we may be seeing on Saturday. 10 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.280 Not all of the Babyfaces are going to be standing 11 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.000 tall smiling when this show is over on Saturday. But 12 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:38.280 there's only one Babyface that really matters, and that is 13 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:42.200 Hangman Adam Page. Because he was in the main event tonight, 14 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.759 as was John Moxley, they kept their interaction to a 15 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.079 minimum even though they were in the same eight man 16 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:50.359 tag team match. They of course are having their Texas 17 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:54.240 Death Match on Saturday for the briefcase, which is really 18 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:56.759 what the championship has become. We do not have an 19 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.200 aw World title, we have not had one since October. 20 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:05.120 What we have is a championship briefcase. That is what 21 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:09.079 is at stake on Saturday at Arlington, and what they 22 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:11.560 did tonight on the show I thought was they did 23 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:14.959 a decent job of giving you that last little bit 24 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.439 of final hype for the key matches on the show. 25 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.760 Not everything was great in terms of what they did. 26 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:23.079 I can't sit here and tell you that my excitement 27 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:25.480 level is any different than it was coming into the show. 28 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.159 Really isn't. But I was looking forward to the show 29 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:31.239 even before Dynamite came on the air. Tonight, that's the 30 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.000 show I'm looking forward to most this weekend. That's the 31 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.079 show I plan on covering this weekend. In addition to 32 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:39.959 Evolution is going to be all in on Saturday. And 33 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.879 so when it came to the key matches, you're talking 34 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.599 about the main event Texas Death, You're talking about Omega 35 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:49.120 and Okada, who were not on the show, but we 36 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.560 got a very good video package, actually very similar to 37 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.200 what they did on Row Monday night with Rhea Ripley 38 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.640 and EO. Sky, except that is the main event at 39 00:01:57.640 --> 00:01:59.879 Evolution on Sunday. But they weren't on the show either, 40 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.239 and we got a video package. They did the same 41 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.920 thing with Omega and Ocata tonight, Mercedes and Tony Storm 42 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.080 one last face to face confrontation in the ring, which 43 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.360 we will talk about. The hurt synd Kid and the 44 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.280 tag team title situation. We'll get into that as well. 45 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.319 We know who is entering number two now in the 46 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:22.120 women's Gauntlet match. We had MJF and Mark Brisco who 47 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.919 are one and two in the men's Gauntlet match. They 48 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:29.840 had what they called a talkie talk in the ring tonight, 49 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:32.479 So we're gonna talk about it all. We're gonna have 50 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.080 a little talkie talk here on YouTube because this is 51 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:40.080 your aw Dynamite review. It is Wednesday, July ninth, twenty 52 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.080 twenty five. I am the solemn monster. Every time I 53 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:46.280 think of July ninth, I always think of that one 54 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:49.879 episode of Raw from two thousand and one where we 55 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.560 had this ECW invasion in the first half of the show, 56 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:57.680 so exciting, so exciting to watch, and by the time 57 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:01.599 the show was over, they killed it. They formed the Alliance. 58 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.680 July ninth will always live in infamy in my head 59 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:11.159 for that episode of roswar Like and subscribe superchats are 60 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.479 open as well. Your support is always appreciated. I already 61 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.919 see a few coming on in here, which is awesome. 62 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.520 I will be reading through all of them. That's what 63 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:22.120 we do here on this stream, So get them on 64 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.439 in hit that like button. If we hit four hundred 65 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:28.400 minimum likes, we will do our be the Booker segment, 66 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.360 which we did not do last week. So let's hit 67 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:34.280 that thumbs up as we get into what I thought, 68 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:36.840 on the whole was a pretty decent go home show. 69 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.159 Nothing blow away, but I felt like for the most part, 70 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.639 they did what they had to do tonight, and there 71 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.599 was some stuff to like, and there was some stuff 72 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.960 that I didn't care for. So let's get into this 73 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:51.719 opening segment here, because we had Mercedes Monette nastually. Before 74 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:53.479 I even get into the opening segment, let me just 75 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.520 remind everybody who is wondering what the plan is for 76 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:01.439 this weekend. I will be live after all in Texas. 77 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:05.520 We're gonna have the full review live here on YouTube. 78 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:09.319 That'll be on Saturday night, and then we have episode 79 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.759 nine to twenty of the sound off. The podcast will 80 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:16.959 drop on Sunday, and then we have Evolution on Sunday night. 81 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.800 So there's a bunch of shows coming up this weekend. 82 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:24.920 I myself will be in Texas on Friday night working 83 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:28.920 House of Glory. I have hog duties and then flying 84 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:33.839 right back to New York the next morning. So keep 85 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.279 me in your thoughts when it comes to that flight. 86 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.519 As long as there's no delays, then I should be 87 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.920 here in time to watch all in and the review 88 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:44.759 should not be interrupted. But of course, you never know 89 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:48.439 what these things. So I got my fingers crossed that 90 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:51.439 everything goes well with my flight. I'm coming home, you know, 91 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.319 pretty early on. I think my flight leaves at seven 92 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.079 in the morning on Saturday, so hopefully we'll be okay 93 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:01.319 as far as that goes. Mercedes, there's Monette. She made 94 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.199 her entrance for the opening segment. This was a face 95 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:08.920 to face with her opponent at all in the aw 96 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:13.120 Women's World Champion Timeless, Tony Storm, and Mercedes was in 97 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:16.319 the ring first, and she said there were two director's 98 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:19.560 chairs sitting in the ring, and she said that she 99 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:22.360 wanted this to be a civil conversation, and she asked 100 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:25.000 Tony to come out to the ring, and instead Tony 101 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.920 appeared on the big screen in the back and she 102 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:33.800 was with Luther and said, only two things come from Texas. 103 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.160 She's at least one of them. Mercedes called her a 104 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.240 mark and told her to stop hiding and come down 105 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.000 to the ring. So Tony speed walked down to the ring. 106 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.560 Didn't like being called a mark, I guess. So we 107 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:53.480 had all of Mercedes many many titles hanging from the 108 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.160 top rope as a backdrop to what we were getting 109 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:59.439 here in the ring, a backdrop to this conversation. And 110 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:04.639 Mercedes grabbed two glasses of champagne from Luther outside the ring. 111 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.160 He handed them to her, and she handed one of 112 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:10.360 them to Tony so that they could toast seven belts Monet, 113 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:13.000 which I guess is what she would be if she 114 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:19.839 wins the championship this weekend. Seven belts Monette. Nobody asked 115 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:25.680 for that. Nobody is hoping for seven belts Monet. Nobody 116 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:28.759 who cares about the aw women's division is hoping for 117 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.360 seven belts monete. Let's put it that way. Some Mercedes 118 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:36.040 took a swig and she complained about the champagne being burnt, 119 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:38.639 said that it must have been frozen in the past. 120 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.839 Is that a thing, burnt champagne? I've never heard of that. 121 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:45.519 Tony told her to cut the performative bullshit and save 122 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:49.480 it for your entrance. She insulted her as a fraud 123 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:53.480 with the authenticity of a spray tan in a rainstorm, 124 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.680 and the emotional depth of a kiddie pool. She called 125 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:02.079 Mercedes a pussy faces fraud, at least that's what I 126 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:05.120 think she called her, because they censored the first part 127 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:07.920 of this. And she said that all these belts are 128 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.680 just a mask for her to hide behind. And she 129 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.759 demanded to know what the hell she's so afraid of. 130 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.720 So Mercedes actually took a seat in one of the 131 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.759 director's chairs and said that they have traveled similar pads, 132 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.279 the two of them, but they are nothing alike. She 133 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:27.959 called herself better and classier than Tony, said that she 134 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:30.399 had gone to hell and made the devil her bitch, 135 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:35.279 and nobody was going to stop the Monett train. She 136 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.040 said that the aw Women's World title is her destiny. 137 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.720 She is the Alpha, she is the Omega, she is 138 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:47.839 the everything in between. Tony said legacies don't exist, because 139 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.800 Mercedes is out here talking about her legacy. She says 140 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.279 legacies don't exist. One day they will all die. We're 141 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:56.759 all gonna die, We're all going to turn to dust. 142 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.079 All that matters is one moment, and that is the 143 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.000 moment they step in the ring and go face to 144 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:07.360 face and Mercedes realizes that she fears an ordinary life, 145 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:10.959 but the only thing that Tony fears is an ordinary death. 146 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.639 Thought that was a pretty cool line. Tony said that 147 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:17.399 she believes that Mercedes deserves all the titles in the world, 148 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:21.240 but not this one. She will go down as the 149 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:26.079 woman who just couldn't win the big one. And Mercedes 150 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.600 said that she wanted this to go down Sybil, but 151 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:33.360 she guesses that she was wrong. So this Sunday, I 152 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:38.159 mean this Saturday, Boy, did the crowd eat her up 153 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:41.679 for that one? They showered her in chance of you 154 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:46.399 fucked up? She had a different show on the brain, obviously, 155 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:51.799 she says, I mean this Saturday made the best woman win. 156 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:58.000 And they both toasted and they downed their champagne, and 157 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:02.879 then Tony told her each bitch, and Mercedes tried to 158 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:05.440 take a shot at her. Tony got her on her 159 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:10.519 back for Mercedes' own statement maker finish, but Mercedes scrambled 160 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:13.320 out of the ring to safety. Tony got up on 161 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:15.440 the middle rope. She had the bottle of champagne in 162 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:19.000 her hand. She was guzzling champagne, and then she got 163 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:21.559 she's going around the ring. She's shaking her tits around 164 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.879 everybody's cheering for Tony Storm. And then she held up 165 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:27.519 her title belt and again she yelled eat shit, bitch. 166 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:34.399 So Mercedes fucked up the date of the show, and 167 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.960 the crowd let her have it. They were not gonna 168 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.080 let her get by with that one. Obviously she had 169 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:42.000 some evolution on the brain. It is a very busy weekend. 170 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:44.480 It is a very busy weekend. There is a Battle 171 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:47.600 Royal on Sunday. By the way, can you imagine if 172 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:51.879 Mercedes were to become seven Belts Monet on Saturday and 173 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.279 then she wins the Battle Royal on Sunday, and then 174 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.600 she gets another title shot at Clash in Paris. She 175 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:03.000 might be eight Belts Monette before a law. Someone has 176 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:07.840 to stop this woman. I will say this about this promo. 177 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:12.799 Tony Storm completely outclass Mercedes. This was all This was 178 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.480 Tony Storm's night, as far as you want to grade 179 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:19.080 them on the microphone, Mercedes. Outside of her little fuck 180 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.960 up there, it was a perfectly pedestrian promo. But that's 181 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.919 all it was. She was saying a lot of stuff. 182 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:28.360 It didn't really feel like she believed what she was saying. 183 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:30.000 It didn't feel like there was a lot of meaning 184 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:32.559 behind it. It was her saying, I'm the Alpha, the Omega, 185 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:34.480 I'm this, I'm the that. Blah blah blah blah blah 186 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:36.320 blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. We've heard this 187 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:39.159 every single week Tony Storm goes out there. She's a 188 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.120 master on the mic, she's got away with words, she's 189 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:46.840 very entertaining. So she took this promo. Now we head 190 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:49.480 into Saturday in the Championship match, and that's really what 191 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:51.879 it's all about. What are they going to do? Are 192 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.320 they going to have Mercedes win another title and remain undefeated? 193 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.720 And if she wins the World Championship, I suspect it 194 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:01.159 will be some time before we see her lose an 195 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:05.879 actual match, And that's the part that's troublesome, because she 196 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.960 still has the TBS title. So if the idea is 197 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.840 to put the world title on her and not beat 198 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:13.200 her for a while yet, I'm not really sure what 199 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:15.799 that accomplishes. What I am expecting is the two of 200 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.759 them to go out there and have a kick ass match. 201 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:20.879 More often than not, Mercedes has gone out there during 202 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.519 her run in this company, and she has had great matches. 203 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:27.440 Some matches are better than others, but for the most part, 204 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.320 she has had great matches and Tony Storm has had 205 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:33.159 great matches. And when you consider the stage that they 206 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:36.639 find themselves on, this is the biggest possible match and 207 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:40.840 the women's division that AW could do. So I'm looking 208 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:46.200 forward to the match. I just wonder, given the outcome, 209 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.519 whatever the outcome is going to be, where that is 210 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.960 going to take the women's division as we head into 211 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:54.639 the fall. The outcome of this match is actually going 212 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.240 to be very important when it comes to that AW 213 00:11:57.320 --> 00:12:02.759 women's division. The backstage, John Moxley cut a promo by 214 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:07.120 himself on Hangman Adam page. He said he lost their 215 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:10.799 first battle in Texas Death, but that was just one fight, 216 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.840 said he's never lost a war of attrition, and Hangman 217 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:18.320 won't be able to handle the pressure of the expectations 218 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:21.360 on his back. Moxley said that whether he likes it 219 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:25.759 or not, Hangman is all the way in on Saturday, 220 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:30.360 and there's no turning back. Now. You don't want to 221 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:34.720 be all the way in on John Moxley, I mean 222 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:38.159 to me, that just doesn't sound very pleasant. Meanwhile, outside 223 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.519 the building, the Young Bucks were shown arriving in their 224 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:44.919 ugly limousine, which we would come back to later in 225 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:51.639 the show. We had Brodie King and Bandido taking on 226 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:56.440 Kyle Fletcher and Kenoski Takeshta, representing the don Kallis family. 227 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:59.960 Don Kallis joined on commentary and said that he's old 228 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:02.519 only speaking to Taz because he's the only one sitting 229 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:06.519 at this table that has drawn money. King and Takeshta. 230 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:09.159 They collide like bulls right out of the gate just 231 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:11.639 as the bell sounded, until Takeshta went for the eyes. 232 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.240 Then he tagged in Fletcher, who was quickly mowed down 233 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:18.159 and chopped in the corner. Bandido tagged in for a 234 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:21.120 sliding drop kick, and King followed with a sent on 235 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.159 Bandido wanted Takeshta because these two guys are having a 236 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:28.000 Ring of Honor World Championship match on Friday. There's another 237 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.799 show Friday night is Ring of Honor Supercar of Honor. 238 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:34.600 Bandido was in the main event defending the ROH title 239 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:38.320 against Takeshta's, so he wanted him Takeshta god in the ring. 240 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:43.320 They traded tilta world attempts until Takeshta ran through Bandido 241 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.240 with a clothesline. There was a low bridge that sent 242 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:49.120 Brody outside the ring, where Fletcher met him with a dive, 243 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:53.039 and then Bandido followed, and then Takeshta followed, and finally 244 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:58.080 King followed. Because everybody dives. If one person does it, 245 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.519 everybody's got to do it, even the guy, so he 246 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:05.799 wiped out everybody to complete the cycle. Bandido got worked 247 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:08.039 over through the commercial break, but when things came back 248 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.399 there was a pop up DDT that spiked Kyle Fletcher 249 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:14.440 on his head. King made the hot tag. He flattened 250 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:18.000 Fletcher with a black hole slam, hit the corner cannon 251 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:22.320 ball for two. Fletcher battled back with a desperation Mitchiinoku 252 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.840 driver into the double down that allowed Bandido to tag in. 253 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.679 Fletcher held Bandido in the corner for Takesha to hit 254 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.399 a halluva kick, and then Fletcher flew in with a 255 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:34.639 kick of his own. They tried for an assisted corner 256 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:38.279 of power bomb, Bandido countered out of it in midair 257 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:42.960 with a superana. Bandido hit a frog splash on Takeshta, 258 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:46.159 but Fletcher broke up the pin, so King and Fletcher 259 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:50.039 they spilled outside. King tried his cross that the crossbody 260 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:53.000 block he does up against the barricade, Fletcher, they'll moved 261 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:56.200 out of the way. Meanwhile, back inside, Bandido wanted a 262 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.840 twenty one plex, Takesha avoided it. He pulled Bendido to 263 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:05.919 the top, Bandido backflipped onto Fletcher outside and Bandido quickly 264 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:10.799 tried to Torneo dive inside, but Takeshta just blasted in 265 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.519 with a forearm shot out of midair on the way down, 266 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:16.600 and then he hit the Raging Fire and he got 267 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.440 the pin all the Ring of Honor World Champion here. 268 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:23.240 This was a good match logical finish, given that Takesha 269 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:26.360 is challenging for the title on Friday. If Bandido would 270 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:28.039 have gone in there and beaten it, I don't see 271 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.559 Taqusha winning the ROH title. I don't see the need 272 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:33.559 for that. So if that's the case, him getting a 273 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:37.240 win here is something to give him a bit of 274 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:40.080 momentum going into that main event on Friday. I'm still 275 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:43.279 not completely sure why that match is even happening, but 276 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.919 you know, they got to mix ROH and they got 277 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:51.960 to mix AW together because otherwise nobody's going to be 278 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:55.320 seeing it. They still haven't reached that critical mass of 279 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:57.879 viewership when it comes to the roh product because it's 280 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:00.759 still hidden behind a paywall. So this is the only 281 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:02.639 way to get exposure for some of these people, and 282 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:06.000 so that's why they do it. Fletcher, though we know 283 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:11.120 he's challenging for the TNT Championship on Saturday and he 284 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:16.960 should be winning that championship. Brody King Takeshta Bandido. They 285 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:21.200 will all be a part of the Men's Casino Gauntlet match, 286 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.480 assuming of course, that the Gauntlet doesn't end before they 287 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:26.240 make their way in, because remember, the rules of the 288 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.240 Gauntlet is that first fall to a finish, so it 289 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.600 could end in the first five minutes. It won't, but 290 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:36.799 it could, so not necessarily all of the scheduled participants 291 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:41.120 will actually make their way out for the match. We 292 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:47.159 go backstage and we see FTR standing by with Stokely 293 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:52.159 Hathaway of course, and the Patriarchy Christian Cage, Nick Wayne 294 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:57.720 Kipsabian Mother Wayne. They're all backstage for an interview with 295 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:01.919 Renee because they're going to be teaming up in an 296 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:05.960 eight man tag team match on Collision tomorrow against the 297 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:09.400 Outrunners and Jet speed Boy. We've been getting a lot 298 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:14.160 of these lately, All Star eight man Tag, All Star 299 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:18.480 ten man Tag All Star six man Tag All Star 300 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.000 eight women Tag. We got basically the same match on 301 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.240 Collision two weeks in a row. They just swapped out 302 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.720 one person I think it was Julia Hart for Penelope 303 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:31.359 Ford literally ran back the same match. I mean, are 304 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:33.759 they so devoid of ideas on that second show that 305 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:35.680 they just have no choice but to keep running these 306 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:40.039 multi person matches every single week? It's getting that hand. 307 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:44.160 So we're getting another one on Collision. Another Thursday episode 308 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:48.480 of Collision. By the way, this is absolutely a test 309 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.720 here for a permanent move to Thursdays. I don't know 310 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:52.759 when it's gonna happen, but I think Collision ends up 311 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.599 on Thursdays soon enough. And honestly, I think more people 312 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:59.400 would probably watch the show if it was on Thursdays. 313 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.680 I don't know how many more people would watch the show, 314 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.359 but if the show aired on Thursdays instead of Saturdays, 315 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:08.720 the audience would be a little bit bigger. So Christian 316 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:11.400 says that he could run down all of ftr's accomplishments 317 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.480 right now because FTR obviously they are multi time tag 318 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.960 team champions, all the great matches that they've had, they 319 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:21.319 don't have all show though, he respects where their heads 320 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:25.759 are out of late. He goes, you know, maybe if 321 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:29.640 you scratch our backs, we can scratch yours if we 322 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:32.359 walk out of that match on Saturdays the aw Tag 323 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:37.000 Team Champions. Stokely Hathaway says, you know, it's an injustice 324 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.680 that FTR is not in that match at all, in 325 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.240 which I agree. I don't understand why they didn't just 326 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:46.039 add them to the match. I thought there was a 327 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:47.880 chance they would do it tonight and turn it into 328 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:51.920 a four way on Saturday. They didn't do that, and 329 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.480 so instead you have Stokely here complaining about the fact 330 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:57.119 that they're not in there, and the fact, you know, 331 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:00.559 these guys are ten time tag team champions, and these 332 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:05.519 guys have sixty five victories and they just had another 333 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:11.400 classic on collision last week against the Outrunners. But you 334 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:15.039 know what, we're not in the match. You guys are 335 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.519 as far as the backscratching thing is concerned. Let's see 336 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:24.400 how tomorrow night goes and he went to shake Christian's hand. 337 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:28.559 Christian didn't extend his hand back, so he physically picked 338 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:32.319 up Christian's hand to shake Christian's hand, and then Stokely 339 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:36.000 Hathaway and FTR they walked off, and Christian then took 340 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:39.720 his hand and wiped it. After Stokely's handshake, he wiped 341 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:42.920 his hand on his shirt. You know, it's bad enough 342 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:45.759 that this guy goes around insulting people's dead fathers, but 343 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:52.559 he's a racist too, what a heel ftr? Not being 344 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:54.279 added to the match is a little weird to me. 345 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:56.480 This is the way they've chosen to do it, though 346 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:58.799 I think the destination is the same. See my idea 347 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:02.000 was I was talking about this even on TNT last 348 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:05.359 night with JD. I said, look, it's a three way match. 349 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:07.559 They turned it into a three way match. It seemed 350 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:10.640 like we were heading for jet Speed against the Hurt Syndicate, 351 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:13.720 and then they decided last week to add the Patriarchy. 352 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:16.079 So now Christian Caju and Nick Wayne have been added 353 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:19.440 to this match. Why were they added to this match? 354 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:21.559 If you think about it logically, it doesn't make too 355 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:24.480 much sense because the story really has been the Hurt 356 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:27.240 Syndicate and jet Speed over the last few weeks, and 357 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:29.720 jet Speed trying to prove why they deserve a shot 358 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:35.359 at the titles. Christian. The last match, okay that Christian 359 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:38.440 and Nick Wayne won was I guess. A couple of 360 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:41.079 weeks ago on Collision, they beat Big Bill and Brian Keith, 361 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:43.200 So I guess by virtue of that win, they were 362 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:46.119 added to this match. Before that match two weeks ago. 363 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.640 You would have to go all the way back to 364 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:53.839 Revolution in March to find Christian having any kind of match, 365 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:56.160 and that wasn't a tag match. That was when he 366 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.799 cashed in his world title contract unsuccessfully. He was in 367 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:04.039 the match for maybe two minutes. Sound like he's been 368 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:07.400 wrestling a lot of matches lately. But they mentioned this 369 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:09.640 on commentary. They said, you know, Christian and Nick Wayne, 370 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:12.359 they're trying to become the first father son tag team champions. 371 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:14.799 I mentioned that news item from bodyslam dot Net a 372 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:18.839 couple of weeks ago that aw has had two sets 373 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:22.200 of tag team titles basically sitting on a shelf that 374 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:24.799 were created a year ago that they're just waiting for 375 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:27.839 the right moment to debut. One is a set of 376 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:31.039 women's tag team titles. The other is what they are 377 00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:36.759 apparently calling intergenerational tag team titles, basically father and son 378 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:41.319 tag team titles. Which when I heard this idea, like 379 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:44.200 I had a process what I had just read because 380 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:47.480 this doesn't make any sense, Like you can't even find 381 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:50.799 enough father and son teams in this company to fill 382 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:54.039 all the fingers on one hand, So it just struck 383 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:56.440 me as this has got to be a gimmick thing 384 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:00.000 for Christian and Nick Wayne. This can't possibly be a legitimate, 385 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:05.079 newly created set of official aw tag team titles, because 386 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:07.799 that would be fucking dumb, right, that would be very stupid. 387 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:11.480 I even said, if you insist on having even more belts, 388 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:15.559 it would make more sense to have intergender titles, not 389 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:19.680 intergenerational tag team titles. So when I heard them mention that, oh, 390 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:22.599 they're looking to become the first father and son pairing 391 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:25.960 his tag team champions, that made me think of that, 392 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:29.440 and I wonder if they're going to introduce some kind 393 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.519 of a gimmick with the two. I don't know, but 394 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.960 you know, as far as them being in this match, 395 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:36.440 I still think that they get to the same place. 396 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:39.519 I think they get to the same place because we 397 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:44.000 see the patriarchy interacting with FTR, we see Christian interacting 398 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:49.039 with FTR. Whatever is going to happen on Saturday, and actually, 399 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:53.559 either way, whether or not FTR gets involved and Christian 400 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:57.920 and Nick Wayne win. They don't win, all roads lead 401 00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:02.720