Matt

Is x down or am I just no longer welcome over there?

Look at this absolutely incredible Giant Baba key chain I got.

In not unrelated news, I'm not great with money.

Might I suggest wrestling fans do this all the time, not just this weekend.

I enjoyed #aewdynamite for the most part. Build toward #aewdynasty is going well. That said, there were a lot of unforced errors with production. It's wild that we are still seeing that on the regular. Sometimes they get the shots perfect and sometimes they miss them entirely.

That would be awesome. The Renegades kick ass.

We better get a Green Bastard Match in AEW.

It warms my heart to see all the love for Homicide on this site today. A truly great, truly authentic, and truly influential wrestler who deserves all his flowers.

Watching #AEWCollision. I said this a while ago when I thought it was close (and was wrong), but regardless of when... I know it has to happen eventually, but I'm going to be genuinely, emotionally down about the eventual Swerve/Nana split.

I don't always (or often, really) agree with Dave Meltzer's ratings, but we stand united on Storm v May III.

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I rewatched Fletcher/Ospreay. I think it is sort of perfect up to the Kawada kick exchange. It brutal and blended the characters and the cage well. After that, they leaned into some stuff that isn't always for me, but they did it really well. Pretty awesome, but I get why others are higher on it.

Bout to go show these kids at jiu-jitsu what middle aged and crazy is all about (I'm going to heel hook and wrist lock white belts and then gas out after two rounds).

This is truly the highest compliment I can pay a wrestling fan in the crowd and those who know will most certainly know. Leslie Jones was giving us 80s grandma at #AEWRevolution and it was a beautiful thing that wrestling has sorely missed.

The main event of #aewrevolution felt like a needed course correct, like they were wiping the slate clean by doing away with a few abandoned ideas and getting us fully on a new (much better) path. It's unfortunate but I'm hoping it represents the main event reset I think it will.

I suspect I'll be one of, if not THE high vote on Joe, Kingston, and Suzuki.

Not 100% sure what the cutoff is for modern canddiate, but in my top 50 currently I have - again, no order - Joe, Kingston, Punk, Hero, Jay Briscoe, Omega, Meiko, Rey, and Suzuki. I'll probably also be relatively high on KO and Sami.

Current Contenders for my #1 GWE spot (in no particular order): Terry Funk, Bryan Danielson, Shinobu Kandori, El Hijo del Santo, Devil Masami, Kenta Kobashi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara

The next tier has like 14-18 people and is extremely tight.

I won't be shocked. I know a lot of folks think the run has been a bust, but I think if you are going to have Mox shelf Dragon and claim to be the one true king, you gotta let him reign for a while. But yeah... I expecting something to get some buzz, one way or another, to close it out.

I'm sure that is the plan, but I'm holding out hope things change. It is ultimately not THAT big a deal, but I think AEW could make a statement about its designs on being a meritocracy and its intent to feature women more by calling an audible here.

Oh... I'm sure it will, but I think it is a case of tradition over merit. I suppose I could be surprised on the night, but I'll be floored if I go to bed thinking Mox/Cope should have headlined.

AEW has to do the right thing and put Storm v May on last. They are the main event no matter where they go on the card (in my humblest of opinions), but they have absolutely earned top billing.

There are genuinely 5-6 matches that I think could be MOTN at #AEWRevolution and a couple more that wouldn't be THAT shocking if they stole the show. Preposterous card. I am absolutely amped for this show.

"Remember when they burned witches? That was terrible, but it got a lot of things done, a lot of things. Took care of witches. Maybe it wasn't so bad, burning witches. It was hot, but it worked. We will have to look into that. Could be a beautiful thing, burning witches." - Trump, soon... probably.

Elimination Chamber kinda ruled. I'm not following WWE much, so I forgot about it and had almost no context, but wound up deeply impressed. They are doing a lot of things that tap into the intersection of what WWE does and what I dig.

I absolutely loved Owens v Sami. #WWEEliminationChamber

It was a weird day. For lunch, I basically just had 6 deviled eggs. Yeah... a weird day.

Another really good #aewdynamite. Revolution is absolutely STACKED.

While Punk/Paul isn't at the top of my wrestling wish-list, it's the exact kind of thing Punk does best. Punk thrives when he can build upon not just moral, but philosophical differences, especially when those differences inform different approaches to the wrestling business. This is made for that.

Fever Dream Match: Bob Holly vs Akira Maeda

Every once in a while I'll remember the Hurt Syndicate are the AEW Tag Team Champs and I'll remember I'm really into that division again.

Storm vs May should main event Revolution.