The SmarK Rant for AEW WrestleDream 2023 – 10.01.23
Live from Seattle, WA
Your hosts are Excalibur, Taz & Nigel McGuinness
The SmarK Rant for AEW WrestleDream 2023 – 10.01.23
Live from Seattle, WA
Your hosts are Excalibur, Taz & Nigel McGuinness
(photo courtesy of X)
Adam Copeland makes AEW debut at WrestleDream
Adam Copeland Arrives In AEW, Confronts Christian Cage (wrestlingheadlines.com)
Could Fenix go on the shelf after last night’s injury?
Rey Fenix Banged Up After AEW WrestleDream Match, Possibly Injured (wrestlingheadlines.com)
Happy Monday, folks! Monday means that RAW airs tonight on the USA Network. Monday Night Football has Seahawks-Giants. Although it wasn’t announced last night, following the Chiefs’ win, the Swifties have left the building. An irritated Shawn Michaels was allegedly seen down in Florida losing his smile again.
Taped from Dallas, TX
Airdate: July 26, 1986 (taped 07/11)
Attendance: unknown
Hosted by Bill Mercer
How will Kevin fare against a “Mad Dog”? Can Brody and Simpson topple Brooks and Grappler 2? Who’s the new guy? Some Australian guy from Queens?
WrestleDream 2023
Date: October 1, 2023
Location: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
Commentators: Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, Jim Ross
We’re back with the third pay per view in six weeks and this has a bit of a theme to it. The idea of this show is paying tribute to Japanese legend Antonio Inoki, who passed away a year ago to the day. As a result, there are some New Japan stars involved in the show, which does have a strong card. Let’s get to it.
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On free TV, The <s>Taylor Swifties</s> KC Chiefs visit Jersey to play the Jets. Will they turn Zach Wilson into gabagool or can the Jets defend their turf?
I hope your Sunday night is loaded with either family, fun, or both. Have a great night!
Have Paul Heyman as the main inductee and then have a supporting cast of Sabu, Raven, Scorpio and Jazz (RVD is already in I believe)
Might as well put Tony Stetson and Johnny Hot Body in there as well with that kind of star powered lineup.
(photo courtesy of Wrestling Observer)
Wait a minute! It’s morning! I must been dreaming.
Oh, AEW WrestleDream is tonight.
In the meantime, the NFL has a full slate already in progress in London. I see that the Khans have a LONG day ahead of them.
Al Snow “uncomfortable” with Head
Mick Foley has always feared for Snow’s social life. Speaking of Foley…
Bischoff’s no fan of Cactus Jack
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1406765/eric-bischoff-says-mick-foley-liability-wcw/
Enjoy your Sunday funday. Whether or not it’s your “I don’t have to run day” is up to you.
Collision
Date: September 30, 2023
Location: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness
It’s the go home show for WrestleDream and that should make for a pretty big show. Collision has been in a weird place in recent months but maybe they can do better with some focus. The main event is another all star eight person tag, which might be their norm for go home shows. Let’s get to it.
This weekend, after a Friday night spent watching the awesome Superbrawl 2, takes in an episode of WCW Main Event from a few weeks prior (on my dad’s 40th birthday, in fact) as well as a quick look at the animated adventures of Eek! The Cat.
Wrestle And Romance
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
City Gymnasium
Attendance: 8,100
WAR continued their winning ways against NJPW with Takashi Ishikawa & Genichiro Tenryu pinning Tatsumi Fujinami & Riki Choshu in the main event of NJPW’s recent Hyper Battle, with Ishikawa being the one to lariat The Fuj and pin him, causing Choshu to vow revenge and finally bring Hashimoto into the interpromotional war on WAR’s home turf.
No Mercy 2023
Date: September 30, 2023
Location: Mechanics Bank Arena, Bakersfield, California
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Booker T.
NXT is back on the road this week and the card is looking rather stacked. The two big matches this time around will see Becky Lynch defending the Women’s Title against Tiffany Stratton in an Extreme Rules match, plus Ilja Dragunov challenging Carmelo Hayes for the NXT Title. That should be enough to make this work so let’s get to it.
Jim Ross believes Dolph Ziggler’s tenure in WWE isn’t over: Allegedly Mrs. Gump said “He’s on vacation.”
TMZ publishes video evidence of Matt Riddle’s behavior at JFK: To say he was hammered would be an insult to hammerhead sharks
Matt Riddle appears to be drunk at JFK Airport
It’s Saturday night! Time for great movies, great college football, great company, and great times. Have a spectacular evening, folks!
So I guess my real question is which act in your expert opinion draws more dollarydoos? And who is better at knifey spooney: Kyle fletcher or Grayson Waller? Being that Aussie open named their finisher after a toilet flushing backwards, one would think that Waller wins, no? These are the truly hard hitting questions the fans want to know!
Rampage
Date: September 29, 2023
Location: 1stBank Center, Broomfield, Colorado
Commentators: Excalibur, Taz
It’s the last Rampage before WrestleDream and I’m not sure how much of a difference that is going to make. Rampage can be all over the place when it comes to importance, but there is a good chance that the wrestling itself will be pretty high quality. That should make for an easy show so let’s get to it.
Happy Stinky Saturday Everyone!
We’ve got an infamously awful show for you this time, in the form of WCW Fall Brawl 1998, a show Main Evented by a monstrous War Games match that almost saw Eric Bischoff called to The Hague to face formal charges. The rest of the show isn’t up to much either, with quite a few bad matches and WCW’s favourite trope; the bait and switch.
Howver, I’ll be doing my level best to give Fall Brawl 1998 a fair chance though. Who knows, maybe it isn’t quite as uniformly terrible as people say? There are a couple of matches on here that look like that might be close to being watchable, and there is at least one fantastic bout on the undercard that I’m looking forward to seeing.
If you’d like to view the full card for Fall Brawl 1998 then you can click the link below;