WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:05.320 Tonight was a very newsworthy episode of AW Dynamite, just 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.880 seventy two hours before Grand Slam Australia, which is airing 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:14.640 on tape delay this weekend. It is a special supersize 4 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.719 episode of Collision and a lot of the talents are 5 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.320 already down in Australia. Some of them are missing on 6 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:23.839 the show here tonight, but a newsworthy show because we 7 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:26.920 had two title changes here on this show. You know, 8 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.320 we have some championship matches coming up this weekend where 9 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:33.439 I think or thought though we might get some title 10 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:35.520 changes there. We got two of them here tonight on 11 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.640 this show, including one in the main event, which saw 12 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.479 Chris Statlander defending the AW Women's World Championship in a 13 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:46.479 strap match against Tecla, a woman that she had already beaten, 14 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:52.320 and she effectively was coerced into agreeing to give Tecla 15 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:55.640 a rematch for the women's championship. She was the one 16 00:00:55.679 --> 00:01:00.280 who chose the stipulation, made a strap match and up 17 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:05.000 getting beat and Tekla the Toxic Spider is the new 18 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:09.120 AW Women's World Champion, with a little assistance from her 19 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:13.400 her friends Julia Hart and sky Blue. One of the 20 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.840 funniest moments. All night was watching them come out and 21 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:19.640 do a ref distraction during a match where there were 22 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:25.400 no disqualifications. I don't really understand that the title change though. Honestly, 23 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.319 when you really think about it, we all should have 24 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:29.879 seen this coming because there was no reason for this 25 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.159 match to be happening if not for a title change. 26 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.359 She already got beat Why run the match back again? 27 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.640 Why have Chris Statlanders so cavalierly said Okay, yeah, I'll 28 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.680 give you another title shot unless there was going to 29 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:47.359 be some fuckery going on, and there was, And now 30 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:50.840 Chris Statlander, after one hundred and forty five days, I 31 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:55.079 believe as the Women's Champion is champion no more. And 32 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:56.480 there's going to be a lot of talk about the 33 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:59.719 kind of run that she had and how underwhelming it felt, 34 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:02.799 and I can't even disagree. And it's a weird thing 35 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.439 for me to sit here and say that, because when 36 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:08.199 you look back at how it all started, she won 37 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:10.879 the championship. It was in a four way match, but 38 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:16.639 she took the championship from timeless Tony Storm, after which 39 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.280 she got a win over the unbeatable Mercedes Monet, and 40 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:26.560 she got to win over Jamie Hayter. So look at 41 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:30.319 that trifecta there that Chris Statlander was able to beat 42 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:34.280 from the moment she won the championship right on through 43 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:37.919 the end of twenty twenty five, Tony Storm, Mercedes Monet, 44 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:39.759 and Jamie Hater, some of the biggest names in the 45 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:44.199 entire division. And yet I sit here and it still 46 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:48.840 feels like, Man, what an underwhelming run. And I don't 47 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:53.439 blame Chris Statlander for that. They just did not put 48 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:56.759 her in the right situations where it mattered, where coming 49 00:02:56.840 --> 00:03:00.719 off big wins like that, you know, kind of sustained 50 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:04.360 that momentum. They didn't do that, And I think that's 51 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:06.439 why I'm sitting here right now and it feels like, Man, 52 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.680 this run when I look back at it. You know, 53 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:11.759 over the last few months she got some big wins, 54 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.919 but it doesn't really feel like a big run. So 55 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:16.680 my hope is that, you know, she'll get the belt 56 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:18.800 back at some point in the next few months. I hope, 57 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:21.400 because I think there's still more work to be done. 58 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:24.479 This is an incomplete run for Chris Statlander. If the 59 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.000 idea was to get the championship on a heel like 60 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.719 Techla and then have Statlander Chase to get the belt back. 61 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.360 There's nothing wrong with that. That's fine, that's wrestling one 62 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:37.080 oh one. Not everybody has to have a year plus 63 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.199 as the champion. But I just hope that that is 64 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.599 the path that they are taking with her. And Techla's great. 65 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.840 Don't get me wrong, there's something about Tecla. She's got 66 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:51.919 this unique characteristic about her that makes her a little 67 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:55.360 bit different than just everybody else, and she's a good wrestler. 68 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:57.360 So I don't mind her getting a run with the 69 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:59.520 championship so long as they are going to circle back 70 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.680 around stat Lander because there is more work for her 71 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:06.159 to be done here as the champion, I think, so 72 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.560 not too surprised by what they did there. I was 73 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.960 far more surprised at the fact that we have a 74 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:17.879 brand new TNT champion days after Tamaso Champa debuted in 75 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:22.519 this company. Days after Tamaso Champa beat Mark Briscoe to 76 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:27.720 win the TNT Championship, Tamaso Champa is TNT Champion no 77 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:33.600 more and once again TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher. They actually 78 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:37.079 took the title off of Champa tonight, which is a 79 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:43.120 head scratching decision. No shade on Fletcher Obviously, Kyle Fletcher 80 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:47.279 is great. Clearly they wanted the championship on him heading 81 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:50.839 into Grand Slam because Grand Slam is in his hometown 82 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:53.920 of Sydney, and he even said after he won the 83 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.399 belt tonight that he made the promise that when he 84 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:58.639 came back home he would be the champion, and so 85 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:02.839 he is. There were other ways though, to get him 86 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:05.639 in a big match, a big title match in Sydney 87 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:10.079 this weekend without taking the title tonight off of Tomaso Champa. 88 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.079 That was a head scratching decision. But what we got 89 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.600 with the two of them was an excellent match. It 90 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:22.079 was not without criticism. There was an issue, and if 91 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:24.399 you watch these shows you can probably figure what it was. 92 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.240 My one big critique of the match, but it was 93 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:31.079 an excellent match, one of the best TV matches, really, 94 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:33.199 one of the best matches, not even TV matches, one 95 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.120 of the best matches we've had so far this year, 96 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.920 and the year obviously is still very young. But they 97 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.800 had a tremendous back and forth battle between them. I 98 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:43.879 do want to cut people off when they say, well, 99 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.920 I can't believe that Tony Berry champion tonight. Yeah, you 100 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.639 could take that shit somewhere else. Again. We go through 101 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:54.160 this periodically where we have to sort of educate people 102 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.000 about what it is to be buried and what it 103 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.279 is to not be buried and just lose a matching 104 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.600 a match does not mean buried. The jury is still out. 105 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.319 We will see where Tomaso Champa goes from here. The 106 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:11.800 man calls himself the Psycho Killer, So if this unlocks 107 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.560 the Psycho Killer, then there is still fun to be 108 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.040 had with Tomaso Champ in terms of where they could 109 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.360 take this. The key will, as always, will always be 110 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:22.879 in the follow up here. I do not want to 111 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.560 see Tomaso Champa, after coming in with all this fanfare, 112 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:28.240 just kind of slip back down into the abyss with 113 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.399 so many other people on this roster. We had a 114 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.199 tag team tonight that made their return on Dynamite. We 115 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:39.600 have not seen Private Party since January of last year, 116 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:46.319 and no nobody was out hurt. They just disappeared and 117 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.399 then like a magic trick, they reappeared here on Dynamite tonight. 118 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:54.399 They didn't win, but they disappeared. Now the back. I 119 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:56.319 don't want to see Champa end up in that sort 120 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:59.120 of vortex where he's just sort of forgotten about. He 121 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:01.240 came in like a b to lightning, and now he's 122 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:03.040 kind of in the place where you would expect him 123 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:06.920 to be. So we'll see what the follow up is 124 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.199 to this. But I just I saw Fletcher win the 125 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:12.560 championship in a match that easily could have gone to 126 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.839 the time limit, and I think in many ways would 127 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:16.439 have made sense for it too. And then you run 128 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.879 it back this weekend and they didn't do that. Maybe 129 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:21.920 it'll make more sense when we see what they do 130 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.240 on the Grand Slam show on Saturday. Because one thing 131 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:29.399 that was very noticeable tonight, right before that title match, 132 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.279 there was a hint that there could be and not 133 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.519 I don't even think it's imminent necessarily, but sort of 134 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:41.839 a hint at a potential rift between Kyle Fletcher and 135 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.480 Don Kallis in terms of him wanting to go out 136 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:51.199 there by himself, not wanting anybody's help, and so naturally 137 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:53.279 what ends up happening. Don Kallus goes out there to 138 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.040 do commentary and Lance Archer is standing at ringside like 139 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:02.040 a fucking bodyguard. Again, I I don't book it. So 140 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:04.279 there were some there were some head scratching things about 141 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.759 this show, but I cannot hate on that match. That 142 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:09.480 was easily the best match on the entire show. Very 143 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.879 heavy on the end ring tonight. We've had shows like 144 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.839 this over the last several weeks where it'll be very 145 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:16.879 heavy on the end ring, very light on the story, 146 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:19.240 and then they get a little bit heavier on the 147 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:21.800 story and then they kind of slide back to this. 148 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:23.759 This was a good show. It was not a show 149 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:25.560 without a perfect show. It was not a show without 150 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.279 its flaws, and we will get into them, but the 151 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.759 end ring is really what carried this show. A little 152 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.159 bit of story progression, not a whole lot. This show 153 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:37.679 really was geared towards building to the matches that are 154 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:39.639 on the card for Saturday. You know, it's not a 155 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:41.600 pay per view, but they're basically treating it like a 156 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.240 pay per view. So this was the go home show, 157 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:47.480 and they treated it in many ways like you would 158 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:49.559 a pay per view go home show, where they were 159 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:53.000 trying to, you know, give that little bit of a push, 160 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.399 that final push here before the key matches on the show, 161 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:58.840 a grand slam. So that's what we got tonight. That's 162 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:01.519 pretty much what the rest of it was. But I 163 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:04.480 did think it was a good show. Overall, especially that 164 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:08.159 TNT title match. We will talk about it. This is 165 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:12.720 your aw Dynamite review. It is Wednesday Night, February eleventh, 166 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:16.519 twenty twenty six. I am the Solemn Monster. Thank you 167 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:20.639 for joining me here. Get another Wednesday Night like and subscribe. 168 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:25.240 Superchats are open and as always I will take your 169 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:28.480 questions and be reading your messages and your comments. A 170 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:30.679 little bit later on here in the stream, we got 171 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.440 a couple of new superchats. You can find all of 172 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:38.000 the special amounts in the description down below. As always, 173 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:41.080 I want to take a moment here also just to 174 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.000 thank everybody for all of the positive feedback that I 175 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:48.519 have gotten to the announcement of the brand new show. 176 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:52.320 Not replacing anything. It's in addition to all the shows 177 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.240 I already do, but it is a brand new show 178 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:59.879 for Ariel Helwanie on his Uncrowned Wrestling Network, part of 179 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:05.080 Uncrowned and Yahoo Sports called The Uncrowned Wrestling Show Debut 180 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:08.879 episode dropped on Ariels channel. It is an audio only 181 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:12.399 weekly Tuesday podcast talking about various stories in the world 182 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:14.679 of wrestling. Very similar to the SoundOff, and there'll be 183 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:17.240 some overlap in some of the news coverage for sure, 184 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:20.559 but also covering maybe a few other things as well, 185 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:26.200 whatever's going on at that particular time, also incorporating news 186 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.919 from Mondays and what happened on Raw the night before. 187 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:31.519 But really we're trying to build up an audience over there, 188 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:33.720 and I would love for you to come along for 189 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:36.799 the ride. So yesterday was very overwhelming. All of the 190 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.799 feedback that I got was largely very positive. I heard 191 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:43.519 it from a lot of different people. Everybody seemed pretty 192 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:47.360 happy about it, happy for me, which makes me happy, 193 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:51.240 but also very excited. So that's very cool. First episode 194 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:53.879 is in the books. I hope you will go and 195 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:57.519 check that out. And we're already getting ready for episode two. 196 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.559 So again not a set time, but it'll be dropping 197 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:04.759 every Tuesday evening. Again, this doesn't affect the SoundOff, it 198 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:08.360 doesn't affect Tuesday Night Titans, which is live on JD's channel. 199 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:10.639 All of that is separate. All of that is still 200 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:14.600 happening in addition to the weekly streams. It'll just be 201 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.919 less sleep for me, but I'm used to it by now. 202 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.080 But when the opportunity came up, you know, and again 203 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:25.200 to chat with Ariel and kind of get the sense 204 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:28.399 of what he was looking for it just made sense. 205 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:31.879 It just was a perfect fit and I think we're 206 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.600 both very happy with it so far. So my thanks 207 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:37.039 to him, my thanks to you, and I hope you'll 208 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.039 check it out. And also if you have questions for 209 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:40.759 that show, I'd like to start doing what I do 210 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:44.320 on the SoundOff at least on some weeks, which is 211 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:48.000 incorporate some fan Q and A. So you can email me. 212 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:51.120 This email is the same the soleomn Monster at gmail 213 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.960 dot com, or you can tweet me. Tweet the question 214 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:56.879 to me at Solemn Answer. Just make sure you put 215 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:00.799 the hashtag uncrowned in there. So I noticed specifically for 216 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.720 that show, and we will have some fun. Speaking of fun, 217 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.639 let's take that wheel for a spin. There it is, 218 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:13.519 it was hiding from me. We got to spin this wheel. Here, 219 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:17.120 find out how many likes we need for be the Booker. 220 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:20.000 I'm going to spin and I'm going to spin, and 221 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:29.559 I'm going to spin. Let's find out four hundred pretty 222 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.399 standard number there, four hundred likes. If we hit that, 223 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.360 we will do be the Booker later in the stream. 224 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:38.759 So you guys know the drill hit that like button, 225 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:44.879 the aerial collab Yes, the collaboration that you didn't know 226 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:49.240 you needed. Now you got it. Yeah, he's building up 227 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:51.799 a lot of very cool things on Uncrowned. There's a 228 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:55.559 new boxing show that's coming soon Uncrowned. It's, you know, 229 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:59.440 a combat sports hub, and it's partnered with Yahoo Sports. 230 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:03.120 And they just didn't have that one wrestling show. You 231 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:06.320 got to bring wrestling to it. Without wrestling, it just 232 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:11.080 feels incomplete. Who better than this guy right here? You 233 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.000 know how much wrestling I watch at a given week. 234 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.519 You know how much wrestling I've watched in my life? 235 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:21.399 Who better to talk about wrestling? Come on, anyway, let's 236 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.440 get into this show. Here. I should point out Brian 237 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.600 Danielson was back, which is very interesting because Brian Danielson 238 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:30.600 had been missing from the announced team for the last 239 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:35.679 several weeks, and I believe because of the effect that's 240 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.919 been having on his neck. Evidently he was doing pretty 241 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:43.960 well neck wise. He's feeling pretty good. He had talked 242 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.399 to Adam Copeland, who had recommended some story I don't 243 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:48.919 if it was a doctor or a masseuse or whoever 244 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:53.320 it was to kind of work on his neck, and 245 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:56.399 so he was kind of sleeping through the night a 246 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.480 little bit better. He was feeling good. Then he started 247 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:02.679 doing Coming and Terry weekly in aaw and flying around 248 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:07.279 and traveling, and he said that it really wreaked Tavoc 249 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.960 with his neck and he got far worse. So I 250 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:12.919 assume that was going to be it, except maybe for 251 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:16.159 pay per views. But there he was. Now they were 252 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:19.240 out west tonight, they were in California. I believe he's 253 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:24.120 still living in Washington. Is an Aberdeen? Is he in Aberdeen? 254 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:27.399 He's built from Aberdeen. I don't know if he's actually 255 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.000 living in Aberdeen or if he's in California. So it 256 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:33.559 may have been that he didn't have a far distance 257 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:36.000 to travel. I'm not expecting him to make the trip 258 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.879 to Australia. I don't want him to do anything that's 259 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.799 going to make his neck any worse than it already is. 260 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:44.080 But it was good to have him back on the 261 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:47.320 show tonight with Tony Shavanni in ex caliber. Tony Shavanni 262 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:51.000 was already in the ring to open the show and 263 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:55.240 he was out there to introduce two men, two men 264 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:59.039 who we found out are going to be butting heads 265 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:01.600 next week. We were wondering when this match was going 266 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.279 to happen. Now we have our answer, but it was 267 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.120 Kenny Omega and it was Swerve Strickland, so they came 268 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.720 out to the ring for a face to face. This 269 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:12.960 was after the confrontation they had last week after Omega 270 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:17.559 had lost to Andrade and they had gotten up at 271 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:20.279 each other's face because Swerve had come out to stop 272 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.600 him from using the screwdriver. All that ended up doing 273 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:28.159 was distracted the referee. Kenny got kicked low and so 274 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.120 tempers flared. So here we are here in this segment 275 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:36.200 and he goes to Swerve first, and Shavanni asks him, 276 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:40.559 you know about what's been going on lately. Swerve says 277 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:44.000 that a lot of the tension or Shravanni says, a 278 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:45.759 lot of the tensions seems to be coming from you. 279 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:51.000 Swarve says, it's been lingering for a while. Five years ago, 280 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.080 Kenny was on top of the industry and that was 281 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:55.240 the last time that he happened to be the AW 282 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:58.600 World Champion, which I guess is true. Hasn't been five 283 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:04.440 years wow, twenty one. Yeah, it's been a while since 284 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:07.879 we've had Kenny as the champion. Everyone outside of AAW 285 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:10.720 was scratching and clawing to come here to face Omega 286 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.559 Swerve was one of those people, and finally, in twenty 287 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.879 twenty two, he makes his way to aaw By the 288 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:22.559 time he makes it to the top, though, where's Kenny Omega? 289 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.360 He says, where's the cleaner? Where's the best bout machine? 290 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.759 The so called god of pro wrestling? He was nowhere 291 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:31.840 to be found. He's either laid up in a hospital 292 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:35.320 bed or suspended. He said, sounds like a false prophet 293 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:40.159 to me. In Kenny's absence, the congregation started looking for 294 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.559 a new prophet to follow. Every city they go to, 295 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:48.440 the church sings Swerve's house. Now Kenny wants to march 296 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.320 back in here and insert himself into the title picture. 297 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.320 It almost feels like Kenny is using his EVP power. 298 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.600 He's had to fight some EVPs in the past, actually 299 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:02.879 for the past two years who liked to abuse their power, 300 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:05.480 and he ended that last summer he said, if Kenny 301 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:08.480 uses his power to step in front of him, he's 302 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:12.119 going to put him down. Then it was Kenny's turn. 303 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:17.319 He wanted to correct Swerve on one little detail. He 304 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:20.480 never once called himself the god of pro wrestling. He says, 305 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:23.480 that is a name that people gave him. They come out, 306 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:27.000 they make signs, they wear t shirts, they chant, they cheer, 307 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:29.799 and they know that if they see a Kenny Omega match, 308 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.240 they're going to get the absolute best. Whether you call 309 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:35.880 that the power of a god or not, that's in 310 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.079 the eye of the beholder. But he takes their beliefs 311 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:42.920 as a great responsibility. It may be Swerve's house, maybe 312 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.680 the lights are on in that house, but no one's home. 313 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:48.480 And if you need someone else to burn down that house, 314 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:53.079 he's got just the friend who's had experience doing that. Yes, 315 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:58.720 the arsonist himself another crime committed on AW television, to 316 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:01.200 say nothing of the kidnap that we saw last week 317 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:03.319 with Darby Allen being left for dead in the desert. 318 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:06.400 We'll get to him a little bit later on, but 319 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.240 he says he doesn't need EVP influence. He's been getting 320 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.519 wins and if it wasn't for Swerve last week, it 321 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:15.440 would have been him going to Australia and then going 322 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:18.559 on to challenge for and win the AW World title. 323 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:24.039 What he's asking from Swerve is for a fight. He's 324 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:26.279 seen the way that he looks at him with disrespect. 325 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:31.039 He sees him talking strategy with Prince Nana, whispering sweet 326 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:34.759 nothings in his ear, planning and plotting. If you want 327 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:39.359 the match, you got it, So Swerve, he's gonna make 328 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:45.880 it simple, accept or yield. What video game is that from? 329 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:48.599 I'm sure with Omega it's always some kind of a 330 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:54.039 video game reference. Swerve said, Kenny's just scared because their generation, 331 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:57.440 they're already ahead of him. You want to go face 332 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:59.839 to face with me, the most dangerous man in adew 333 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.880 And then Kenny cut him off and said, the most 334 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:07.079 dangerous man in AW right now, isn't you. It's Brody King. Well, 335 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:10.119 what Swerve was gonna say? How about he puts Kenny 336 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:12.799 back in the hospital bed and this time he's not 337 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.519 getting up out of it. And Kenny said, well that's 338 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:17.440 a heck of an idea, and he smacks the shit 339 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:21.240 out of him. So Swerve, now he removes his jacket, 340 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:24.799 he's got his back turned to Omega. He said, well, 341 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:28.599 it looks like you've made your choice. Whatever happens next, 342 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:34.480 that's on you, and he took him down, so they 343 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.279 fought out to the floor. Swerve sent Omega into the 344 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:40.359 barricade and then into the ring steps. Omega, though, came 345 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.880 back by throwing Swerve over the barricade into the crowd. 346 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:45.480 He hit him with a chair. Now they're brawling through 347 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.279 the crowd, and they're going through all the fans. They 348 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.000 brawl all the way back over to the entrance ramp. 349 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:56.000 And I'm watching this and I'm like, there's nobody coming out. 350 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:00.519 Every single week when we watched these shows, whether it's Dynamite, 351 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:06.240 whether it's raw SmackDown. If you so much as spit 352 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:09.759 in the direction of the other person and there's not 353 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:13.559 a match going on, you've got all kinds of security 354 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:16.400 geeks and officials and agents and people running out to 355 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:20.000 break things up within a second. These guys have been 356 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:22.400 fighting in the ring, they've been fighting on the floor, 357 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:24.720 they've been fighting in the crowd, they're fighting on the 358 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:28.279 entrance ramp. I don't see a single referee. I don't 359 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:32.359 see a single security part, which is great. Inconsistent, but 360 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:34.799 it's great. I'm just watching this going where they locked 361 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:37.000 in a room somewhere. I mean, you got two of 362 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.960 the biggest stars in this company who are practically killing 363 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:43.240 each other out here, and nobody is coming out. I'm like, 364 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:46.319 let's see how long this goes on for. So they're 365 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:50.240 brawling on the stage now, and Swerve is down on 366 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.960 his knees and he's right in front of the giant 367 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:56.240 video wall, and omegabacks up and he comes charging in 368 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:59.559 with a v trigger and he blasts Swerve in the 369 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:02.319 head and knocks him into the his head into the 370 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:06.480 video wall. Still nobody's out here. So Kenny then gets 371 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:08.559 him up on his shoulders for a one winged angel, 372 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:12.359 possibly off the ramp, getting not a long distance, but 373 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:16.000 you know they're up there, whatever three feet maybe, So 374 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:18.319 he's getting ready to do it, and then Swerve begins 375 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:20.519 stabbing at his head. And now I couldn't tell. He 376 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:23.680 had something in his hand. I couldn't tell what it was. 377 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:27.279 I don't know if it might have been a screwdriver. Again, 378 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:30.000 I couldn't tell. I mean, I know that's Don Kallis's gimmick, 379 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:32.440 but whatever it was, he was stabbing Omega in the 380 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:35.319 head with it. So he gets back to his feet 381 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:38.279 and then he spears Kenny off the stage and they 382 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:42.519 both go crashing through two tables down below, and like 383 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.920 as soon as you see the impact, crash, impact, and 384 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:50.440 they hit the floor. Here come all the officials. Now 385 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:53.119 the bodies pour out from the back to try to 386 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:55.319 separate these two and check on these two guys, like, 387 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:59.720 where the hell were you before this? Anyway, this was 388 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:04.599 obviously degenerated into chaos here. I mean, the back and 389 00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:06.559 forth was fine. This is a match, is a big 390 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:09.559 time match. And when we talked about this last week, 391 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:13.039 I said, you know, Omega and Swerve, that could be 392 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:16.039 a Revolution match. It could be a number one contenders 393 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:18.160 match a Revolution and the winner of that match can 394 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:21.440 get the next shot right coming out of Revolution. Whoever 395 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:26.079 wins between MJF and Hangman, or MJF and Andrede, whatever 396 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:31.319 the match is, and then maybe it's Kenny an MJF 397 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:34.359 and Vancouver, and it may well all work out that way. 398 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:37.519 There is now talk that Kenny Omega will not be 399 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.559 available for Revolution. That's not confirmed. I would imagine they're 400 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:44.799 trying to work that out, but instead of waiting, they're 401 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.200