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Punk's announcement coming from a non-blinking Tony Khan announcement and nothing else happening was kinda underwhelming. Punk got a more positive reaction than I expected, there were boos but the cheers were way bigger.

Bandido has won a lifetime stan in me with that tribute to Chaupulín

That's true, that's probably the only real "money match" MJF has as champ besides the Punk one. But man, it does not look like kayfabe wise, Kenny will be in a position to challenge Max until at least Full Gear and I'm not sure this title reign is gonna be that long.

Well, they can still name Roman/Solo tag team the HRE.

I get it in theory but maybe dude is made out of glass at this point of his career. You really want another tournament to crown an Interim Champ that will eventually become the regular Champ? I would wait and see how Punk does after All In and All Out before putting him in that mix.

I think Darby was able to establish himself as a legit option for main event programs and the other two got kinda exposed as "not there" or "not there yet". But being able to have that kinda of evidence made that program worth it, imo. At the same time, I totally understand the frustration for it. There's only 4-5 PPV title programs each year and using one of those as a test drive wont please everyone.

At this point, who "should" take the title from MJF: Ricky or Darby (with a side headlock takeover)?

Considering how the feud went, I don't buy the idea of giving them the main event making any difference whatsoever to the status of any of the three challengers (and MJF's is kinda set already in that regard after Revolution). They also were the semi main event, which didn't make the title match look 2nd rate or less important, imo, so I don't see anything wrong with the card placement of the last two matches.

Tony better save Ibushi's debut for a crowd that gonna lose it's shit for it.

Mox's kicks to the head are offensively bad, he gotta stop doing them,

I think we all thought that dude was wearing blackface, is it a mask? Still, they all gotta go up there and fuck up that band.

Surprised at how little the crowd reacted to both coffin drops by Darby. Thought they were done perfectly as nearfalls but Jungle Boy teasing using the belt got a bigger reaction.

6 man tag was dope. I think HOB has done more for these belts than the best of 7 early in the year.

I'm watching this late. Did they royally fuck up micking up the crowd? I'm three matches in and it sounds like no one gives a fuck. The only two big reactions so far were RICKAAAAAYYYY eliminating Juice and White-O and the final minutes of the awesome tag title match. Jarret's run as a midcard stooge is fucking awesome. I think we could get a cool 3 month run with him and the TNT title Cole vs Jericho was so bad I skipped like half of it, I hope the feud continues so I can continue to skip 1 match and not 2 going forward.

How in the name of fuck they didn't tape this 2 weeks ago and show a 4 minute clip on Dynamite?!?!

I'm also not sure Danielson isn't hurt. He hasn't wrestle a single time since March and he's someone that has always preferred working consistently instead of taking breaks. For a while I thought TK was giving him a mini vacation because he was gonna have a very bussy summer but between his inactivity and Collision needing all the help it can get, I no longer see Khan giving him permission to work the G-1 . If I end up being totally wrong and he is booked for that tour, I don't think it would affect All In at all. He'd probably take a big L at Wembley and then take a month off to rest.

I guess Claudio tapes a month's worth of ROH in June so he can work the G-1.

Hopefully she can come back for All In and challenge for the belt.

Yup, that's the second biggest thing they could book to garner interest (make people tune in for the following Dynamite) and probably the most realistic one.

The fact that's in Chicago is a tell that Punk will be there. I do think he should show up asap because they need *something* to sell that big ass arena and "first edition of Collision" is not gonna be it.

Legit scared of Anarchy in the Arena taking two of three guys out for months. Those guys are gonna do some wild fucking shit on Sunday.

Seems Punk is a go and Collision will be officially announced at the United Center. Man, I hope he shows up tonight because only 3 weeks to fill that place up is a not an easy task.

No doubt, if he has any say on his own programs, he'll more often than not end up disappointing the fans that want him to see him win meaningful matches and/or be involved in the top programs of the company. I think Danielson could be useful in a booking committee. From everything I've read and heard from him, he's hit or miss with his ideas so if he has someone that can pick and choose the good ones, he could be a good asset in that regard. But the problem in AEW is that it seems there's no one capable of doing that job, so people like Mox, Jericho (and now possibly Dragon) end up doing the first thing that comes to mind and that's that. So unless someone with a track record like Scott D'Amore show up and help out, I don' think any name involved in the booking process should garner much optimism.

Can...can he just help out via Zoom while he's touring in Japan?

I liked how they used that DQ for Starks vs White. I still don't think either one should lose soon but at least they are gonna save that L for the PPV. The pop for Hangmayne was MASSIVE. Don't like Danielson being in Anarchy in the Arena because I know he'll be a dumbass and do something that will risk another concussion but the feud calls for that match to happen so, alas. I really, really hope this feuds goes beyond the PPV. And I'm still waiting for Ibushi down the line!