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

Can't see him wanting to go. AEW is travelling again and Candice is pregnant, NXT doesn't really travel so I imagine that suits them right now.

Just googled him and apparently John Gargano is his real name so if he ever did leave at least he gets to keep the name recognition.

Tbf, it's probably less about him wanting to go and more on will WWE actually offer him an extension. Candice is probably the bigger get though. She's excellent and would be one of their best women's performers. Assuming she continues to intend to wrestle after her pregnancy, she'd fit in

Garica vs Moriarty was great just the kind of match you want on a show there to elevate talent.

Skye Blue also has something about her at 21 and still very green.

Moriarty announced for the MLW Opera Cup not sure if this was agreed before he became All Elite or if the door is opening between MLW and AEW.

Tom Lawlor, Davey Richards, TJP, Matt Cross, Tankman, Bobby Fish had already been announced for the Cup.

That looks a tasty tournament

MLW already works with AAA & NJPW.

Looking forward to this, should be good. Also love how they are referring to the 'Suzuki incident' and using it as part of the story, just another example of AEW turning a negative into a positive!

Think it was at the media scrum after All Out, Tony talked about 2.0 saying how he can't always have Wingmen in the same role, or something along those lines so guess that's the plan for now anyway. Just be there to lose to bigger names.

So with them announcing Leyla as being from Moscow all this time, will they change it on Dynamite?

So that was Fuego's first singles victory. I thought his opponent was a fake, like was JD Drake or someone dressed up for some reason, but turns out he's real and has had 28 matches between 2006 and now.

I guess the problem with the new Dark is a good chance they won't have ones there that don't need to be there. Surprised all the Best Friends were there, but then we had Anna without the Dark Order for her first singles match back.

Meant to say on Elevation, was Butcher crying at the end of their match? Think was his first match since returning.

2.0 are so great they bring so much energy and they have such punchable faces you just want to see them get the crap beaten out of them

Some more Apple Jack vs Orange Cassidy in singles please.

Need some more of Dasha.

Reckon we'll get another match tonight surely.

As for next week, I'd be expecting a multi man match containing Bryan and Omega. Sort of assuming a 4 v 4 with Bryan, Christian, Jurassic Express Vs Omega, Cole and Young Bucks.

Also hoping for a Hangman return. Dark Order split storyline has to end at Rochester surely with them sorting it all out so would be expecting Hangman back for that.

Cracking opening match between Cole and Frankie.

I like that they are playing on The Suzuki Incident as they are calling not playing Suzuki's entrance in full.

AEW with there own two time Olympic gold medalist now.

American Top Team bringing out the big guns.

I think that’s the first hometown lose for a wrestler in AEW.

Right decision thought for Jade to win.

Damn fair play to Sting that was some spiked piledriver to take.

Two hour Rampage next week with Punk vs Hobbs.

I thought they'd have Hirsch win there. Cargill is like 3rd in the rankings behind Ruby (who'll drop after she loses next week) and Rosa who I don't see winning until the first 2022 PPV, so she's coming up for a shot at Britt soon. She's way too inexperienced for that, and Britt is not someone who'll carry Jade to a good match imo. Hirsch was a good option for that first loss to drop her down.

So the card for next week (so far) is absolutely stacked. Like PPV card level (although damn commercials will mean short matches)

Dynamite

Rhodes vs Black

Omega vs Danielson

MJF vs Pillman

Baker vs Soho (title match)

Sting/Allin vs FTR

Rampage

Cole/Bucks vs Christian/Jurassic Express

CM Punk vs Hobbs

Jericho/Hager for MOTY

Rampage will be 2 hours as well so you're adding another 2 matches there most likely (I'd be expecting PnP at least since it's a homecoming, and then a womens match TayJay vs Ford/Bunny is my expectation there). Although Mox/Kingston vs Suzuki/Archer is going in there somewhere too I'd imagine.

The Bryan/Omega bit was simple and great. Intense Bryan is always good and when you strip away all The Elite flotsam and leave Omega with a motormouth like Callis, it can work.

Jade Cargill is incredible...and then the bell rings.

Cole is effortlessly cool.

ATT has a lot of high-profile fighters, AEW would be doing well if they signed one or two and with the way pay is in UFC I'd say some would jump at the chance.

They want to present Black as this malevolent force but you strip away a lot of his menace when 60 years olds are shrugging off the Black Mass and actresses are jumping on his back.

I could see Paige VanZant doing it (I think she was linked to WWE before) and she's barely a fighter anymore so would be possible. The others are under contract so I doubt they're allowed do anything other than stand there and maybe say a few words. Masvidal was at All Out and he's enough of an attraction that if Tony was willing to pay Dana a load to allow it, he'd be a draw for casuals to watch imo. As would Poirier but he hasn't been seen in AEW yet so assume he has no interest in it.

It would need to be a pretty lucrative contract to get PVZ. She signed a big deal with BKFC and selling nudes is making her even more than that apparently...

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2021/7/1/22558299/paige-vanzant-says-one-month-from-fan-site-pays-more-than-entire-bkfc-ufc-contracts

I think she only has a fight left on that contract though and don't see why she'd be getting another good contract there.

Course, shes not really a draw as a signing so doubt the money she'd want would be worth it. Someone like Masvidal, even in a one off trios match would draw though. Masvidal and MOTY Vs Jericho, Sammy and Hager or something like that and you can at least do something shoot style between him and Hager in that.