Another Adam Copeland open challenge has been announced for this Saturday’s AEW Collision episode.
AEW revealed on Thursday that Copeland has issued another open challenge for this week’s show. Two weeks ago, Copeland took on Griff Garrison in an impromptu match, then in an official open challenge on last week’s episode he faced Lee Moriarty.
Already announced for Collision is the return of Jon Moxley to AEW programming for the first time this year after Moxley kicked off 2024 wrestling in Japan and San Jose for NJPW.
Also set for Saturday, Daniel Garcia will face House of Black’s Buddy Matthews playing off last week’s Collision main event of Garcia & FTR vs. House of Black.
In addition, Blackpool Combat Club’s Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli will face Continental Crown Champion Eddie Kingston & Ortiz in tag team action on Saturday.
The updated card for the Saturday, January 20 Collision:
Jon Moxley returns
Blackpool Combat Club’s Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Continental Crown Champion Eddie Kingston & Ortiz
Adam Copeland has issued an open challenge for tonight’s AEW Collision from Norfolk, Virginia.
Copeland is coming off a victory in an eight-man tag on Dynamite and a singles win over Griff Garrison on last week’s Collision.
New signee Deonna Purrazzo will make her Collision debut against Red Velvet who is also debuting on Collision.
Virginia native Hangman Page will be in a featured segment.
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) & Brian Cage will put their titles on the line against the team of Lance Archer & The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch).
FTR & Daniel Garcia team will take on the House of Black (Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews & Brody King).
AEW Battle of the Belts IX kicks off (in a new post) immediately after Collision as AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill defend against Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara, International Champion Orange Cassidy defends against Preston Vance, and TBS Champion Julia Hart defends against Anna Jay.
No pre-roll promos, as Sir Elton John played us into this week’s Collision. Tony Schiavone, Kevin Kelly, & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as Adam Copeland made his way to the ring to start the show. Copeland thanked Norfolk for bringing the heat before asking for someone to answer his challenge. Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor made their way to the ring, with Taylor saying that they were here to take every opportunity. Taylor introduced a video package hyping Moriarty. Moriarty then took the mic and told Copeland that he would tap him out.
“Cope Open” Challenge – Adam Copeland defeated Lee Moriarty (w/ Shane Taylor)
Moriarty looked good here, as Copeland scores another fall with the Grindhouse submission on his road back to the TNT Title.
Copeland escaped Moriarty’s early mat takedown before ringing Copeland’s arm up on the apron before a commercial break. After the break, Copeland hit a full nelson slam to take down Moriarty. Copeland fired up, hitting a reverse DDT for a nearfall. Copeland went to the top rope, but Moriarty yanked him down with an armdrag for a nearfall. Moriarty immediately transitioned into the Border City Stretch, but Copeland got to the ropes.
Copeland knocked Moriarty down onto the top rope, then took him down with an avalanche fallaway slam. Copeland loaded up to hit the spear, but Taylor distracted him on the outside. Moriarty hit a Yakuza Kick, but Copeland avoided a springboard to slide outside and spear Taylor. Moriarty hit a dive onto Copeland, then countered Edge’s crossface attempt into another Border City Stretch.
Copeland swung his way out, laying in forearms to the back of Moriarty’s head. Copeland hit a big boot and a backbreaker before locking on the crossface – now called the Grindhouse – for the submission win. After the match, Copeland reminded everyone that his target was the TNT Champion Christian Cage.
After a video package of last week’s attack from the House of Black, FTR & Daniel Garcia were backstage with Lexy Nair. Harwood said that while he didn’t know if they would get along, they did all have the same mindset going into the match. Garcia said that he needed to be on Collision to grow as a wrestler, and that he would make the House of Black pay for attacking him and the people he cared about.
Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara were backstage with Lexy Nair, who reminded everyone that Sammy Guevara is the only man in AEW history to win a title at Battle of the Belts. They put over Ricky Starks & Big Bill, but they would take it to the streets and win the AEW World Tag Team Titles tonight on Battle of the Belts.
ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match – The Mogul Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Toa Liona) (c) defeated Lance Archer & The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) (w/ Jake Roberts)
The crowd was unsurprisingly cold on this match when it started, as the Righteous haven’t been highlighted on AEW TV in months. But the work got the crowd into it as these guys scrapped it out for the gold. A nice set-up match for the Mogul Embassy leading to their defense against Bullet Club Gold on Dynamite.
During the entrances, they showed how the miscommunication between Archer and the Embassy in an eight-man tag match on Dynamite led to this match. Cage took Archer over with a suplex, a headscissors, and a German suplex. Archer came back with a crossbody that took down both Cage and Kaun before tagging in Vincent, who dropped Kaun with a back elbow. Kaun and Liona isolated Vincent in their corner to take the advantage.
Both Dutch and Liona got involved from the apron, leading to a Pier Six brawl and a commercial break. Dutch dropped Kaun with a crossbody, but Kaun dropped Archer with a DDT reversal. Kaun fought out of the opponent’s corner, but Archer knocked his partners off the apron and hit a chokeslam. We got a move train that ended with Dutch hitting a dive to the Embassy on the floor.
Archer set up Kaun for the Blackout, but Nana held onto Kaun’s foot in the corner. Roberts laid out Nana with a punch before the Righteous hit a tandem move for a nearfall. The Embassy cut off Autumn Sunshine from the floor before Kaun sent Vincent into a Pounce. Kaun and Liona hit Open the Gates on Vincent for a nearfall that Archer broke up. Vincent and Kaun were left in the ring, and after several reversals, Kaun scored the win with a Pedigree.
After the match, Prince Nana proclaimed his men the greatest ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions of all time. Nana said that the Bullet Club Gold brought up wanting more gold, but their leader Jay White couldn’t even beat Swerve Strickland in the Continental Classic. Nana laid out the challenge for Dynamite: The Mogul Embassy vs. Bullet Club Gold for the ROH World Six-Man Titles.
Presten Vance was backstage with Lexy Nair ahead of his International Title match against Orange Cassidy at Battle of the Belts. He was quickly interrupted by Roderick Strong & The Kingdom. Vance brushed off Strong’s good luck, saying that after he won tonight, he would kick Strong’s ass any day of the week.
Dustin Rhodes defeated Willie Mack
This one came out of nowhere, but it was good to see these two out there.
Rhodes and Mack traded shots, with Rhodes getting a nearfall off of his kneeling punch. Mack came back with chops before hitting a running kick and a standing moonsault for a nearfall. Mack hit a big thrust kick, but Rhodes avoided a frog splash. Rhodes hit a Canadian Destroyer and a snap powerslam for a nearfall. After some back and forth, Rhodes hit the Cross Rhodes and the Final Cut for the win.
Bullet Club Gold was backstage, noting how comfortable people have gotten without the Collision Cowboys around to keep everyone in check. They accepted the challenge from the Mogul Embassy for Dynamite.
Hook was shown entering the building.
Dustin Rhodes was backstage with Renee Paquette. Rhodes was quickly interrupted by Christian Cage & The Patriarchy. Cage said that anyone who was friends of Adam Copeland was an enemy of his. Rhodes challenged Cage to a TNT Title match on Dynamite. Cage said that it was a nice dream that would have been nicer if Dustin’s father was alive to see it. Cage said that everyone referred to Dustin’s father as a legend, but no one used that word for Dustin. Dustin told Cage to get ready.
[A nice, quick build up for another title match for this Wednesday, in what’s becoming a stacked episode of Dynamite.]
Hangman Adam Page defeated JD Drake (w/ Anthony Henry)
An awesome TV match, as Hangman scores a hard-fought win on TV. I’ll note that Swerve Strickland got a win on Rampage last night as well, as their fortunes seem to be tied to one another at the moment. I sound like a broken record with this point, but the Workhorsemen continue to have these impressive performances on Collision.
Page laid in the shots to Drake as Tony Schiavone announced that Hook has asked for a match tonight ahead of his World Title match on Dynamite. They tagged each other with forearms in the corner before Page hit the ten punches in the corner. Page hit a moonsault to a standing Drake before hitting a running Shooting Star Press for a nearfall. Page dropkicked Drake off of the apron into Henry, but Henry pulled Drake out of the way of a dive. Drake drilled Page with a rebound forearm as we went to a commercial break.
After the break, we saw Henry hitting a leg lariat to Page on the floor as Drake distracted the referee. Page low-bridged Drake to the apron, then dropkicked him down and hit a tope. Page hit a high crossbody for a nearfall. Page clobbered Drake with multiple clotheslines before hitting a Death Valley Driver for a nearfall. Page couldn’t get Drake up for a Deadeye, but back body dropped him up and over.
Page took a swing at Henry on the apron, but that led to Drake hitting a Magnum-style belly-to-belly on Page. Drake hit a cannonball in the corner, but Page moved out of the way of a moonsault. Page dropped an interfering Henry with a moonsault off the apron before hitting the Buckshot Lariat for the win.
Deonna Purrazzo defeated Red Velvet
Purrazzo looked very impressive here. She has a real snap to her offense that stood out to me. Red Velvet was also quite good here, as she’s grown on me since her return from injury.
The two traded armdrags before coming to a standoff. Velvet took Purrazzo down with a leg lariat for a nearfall. Velvet took Purrazzo around with a step-up armdrag, but Purrazzo snatched her into an armbar that forced Velvet into the ropes. Purrazzo countered a Velvet strike into a quick Koji clutch that Velvet got out of with a pin reversal.
Velvet snapped Purrazzo’s arm over the ropes before working on the arm. Velvet peppered Purrazzo with body shots before Purrazzo traded boots with Velvet. Purrazzo hit a Side Russian Leg Sweep before locking on a Fujiwara armbar. Velvet tried to counter it into a rollup, but Purrazzo kicked out and locked on the Venus Di Milo double arm submission for the win.
Hook defeated Kevin Matthews
Hook felt like he cooled off, but the challenge to Samoa Joe has heated him right back up. The crowd was all the way with him for this squash match.
Matthews went for a sneak attack on Hook, but Hook moved, sending Matthews into the FTW Title belt. Hook sent Matthews flying with a suplex before following him to the floor and suplexing him on the ropes. Hook hit the crossface strikes and locked on Redrum to score the quick win.
The House Of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black) defeated Daniel Garcia & FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
This was a hell of a main event. FTR have solidified themselves as the Collision marathon men, consistently in these high-level main event matches on TV. The established trio scoring the win here made sense, but the end segment made it clear that these teams aren’t done with each other yet.
Matt Menard joined commentary as Harwood and Matthews started in the ring. Matthews was isolated in the corner but slipped past Garcia to get the tag out to Black. Garcia ducked a head kick before landing cross-legged to taunt Black. The good guys cleared the ring before they all sat cross-legged to taunt their opponents.
After a commercial, Garcia sent Matthews over the top rope with a hip toss. Wheeler and King tagged in, with Wheeler running wild. Wheeler and Harwood hammered King with lariats before taking him down with high-low clothelines. King screamed through strikes from Harwood before dropping him with a tree slam for a nearfall.
Harwood was isolated in the House of Black corner up through the next commercial break, with Matthews and Black hitting the lifting knee strikes for a nearfall. Harwood dropped Matthews with a DDT, then nutmegged Black to get the tag out to Black. Garcia ran wild, sending Matthews and Black to the floor. King went to choke Garcia out, but Garcia used King’s bad hand to take him out of the ring.
After a Wheeler dive, Garcia hit a brainbuster on Black for a nearfall. Garcia caught King in a guillotine choke, but King herked him up and over. FTR helped Garcia hit a triple-team spike piledriver. We got a move train that ended with Black dropping Garcia with a head kick. The House set up triple superplexes, but everyone fought out. Garcia took Black on his shoulders, leading to Harwood hitting the Steiner Super Bulldog for a nearfall.
FTR went for the Powerplex, but after Wheeler got knocked down, Garcia went up to take his place. Harwood hit the superplex, but Black got his knees up on Garcia’s splash. Black snatched on a kneebar on Harwood, forcing Harwood to fight to the ropes. The House took out Garcia and Wheeler on the outside, leaving Harwood and Black in the ring.
Black moonsaulted onto Garcia, and Matthews hitting a double powerbomb for a nearfall that Harwood flipped into a pin for a nearfall. Harwood hit a piledriver for a nearfall. The numbers became too much for Harwood, as after a King distraction from the apron, Black hit the Black Mass on Harwood. Matthews hit a Curb Stomp to follow up and score the win. After the match, the House of Black attacked Matt Menard before FTR and Garcia came back with chairs. FTR and Garcia hit a triple-team Shatter Machine to leave King lying.
As Collision came to an end, we saw Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara brawling with Ricky Starks & Big Bill outside of the building.
Adam Copeland has issued an open challenge for this week’s AEW Collision episode.
Copeland will be in singles competition on the Saturday, January 13 Collision show in an open challenge as announced during Wednesday’s Dynamite Homecoming episode. Copeland’s team won on Dynamite Homecoming in an eight-man tag team bout, and Copeland defeated Griff Garrison in singles competition on last week’s Collision episode.
Deonna Purrazzo will make her Collision debut on Saturday’s episode as well. Purrazzo, whose signing was announced on last week’s Dynamite, will face Red Velvet on Collision.
The ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship will also be defended on Saturday, as Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony put the titles on the line against Lance Archer & The Righteous.
A Hangman Page returns to Norfolk segment has also been announced for Saturday’s show.
Collision airs at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, and will be followed by a Battle of the Belts special on TNT.
The Saturday, January 13 Collision lineup:
Adam Copeland open challenge
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Red Velvet
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony defend against Lance Archer & The Righteous
Adam Copeland will address the events of Worlds End on this week’s AEW Collision episode.
The new segment for Saturday’s Collision was announced during Friday’s AEW Rampage.
Copeland defeated Christian Cage to win the TNT Championship at last Saturday’s Worlds End pay-per-view, then quickly lost the title back to Cage. Killswitch won a battle royale earlier in the night for a guaranteed TNT title shot, then granted that shot to Cage at Cage’s direction.
Copeland’s promo is one of four segments official for the Saturday, January 6 Collision show.
Continental Crown Champion Eddie Kingston will defend his title against Trent Beretta, FTR’s Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler will face House of Black’s Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews in tag team action, plus Sting & Darby Allin will team against The WorkHorsemen’s JD Drake & Anthony Henry in another tag bout.
Collision airs at 8 p.m. Eastern time on TNT. The announced lineup for the Saturday, January 6 episode:
AEW Collision (Saturday, January 6) —
Continental Crown Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Trent Beretta
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. House of Black (Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews)
Sting & Darby Allin vs. The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry)
Adam Copeland knows he doesn’t have much time in wrestling left.
The 50-year-old spoke to Sam Roberts recently and said he has about a two-year window left in his in-ring career and hopes to do as much as possible with that time.
Copeland said:
Even though it’s been four or five years back now, it’s not like I got another four or five in front of me, I know I don’t. We’re looking at like a two-year window here to be able to get as much done as I can get done, tell as many stories as I can, try and help talent along the way with that.
Earlier in the conversation, Copeland reiterated that one of the reasons he chose to sign with AEW was that WWE was only offering him limited dates.
He said:
I had the offer (from WWE) and it was a good place to be but I also felt like I was only going to be allowed to do so much. That could get boring, honestly, if I’m being truly forthright.
It’s like ‘okay, come in every three months or two months or whatever it is and do a match with a Grayson Waller in MSG” because they need a match for him. Again, that’s a great place to be but from a creatively stimulating standpoint, it’s kind of not.
Copeland continued:
I was willing to do more but I just felt like the place that I was going to get to do it and be able to tell those stories was AEW, because I’d be allowed to. That was really exciting.
Regarding where he might want to have his retirement match, Copeland suggested Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens, the venue where he saw his first live wrestling show.
The place is really important. I would love to do it in Maple Leafs Gardens. That I would love to do. Even if it means I’ve got to start an indie for a day and I’ve got to book Maple Leaf Gardens and I’ve got to film it, and I’ve got to get the production team, and I’ve got to get the talent. To be able to do it in the place where I first saw wrestling live. To be back in that place.
Maple Leaf Gardens is now the Mattamy Athletic Center in Toronto. It underwent major changes in 2012 to become a multi-purpose building but still has an arena with a capacity of around 2500 people for hockey. It is the home arena for Toronto’s PWHL franchise and the Toronto Municipal University teams. ROH occasionally ran shows from the venue, with the last one being Summer Supercard on August 9, 2019, drawing an estimated 650 fans.
Christian Cage is now a two-time TNT Champion following the events of Saturday’s Worlds End.
After sending Nick Wayne through a flaming table, Copeland pinned Christian Cage with the killswitch to win the TNT Championship for the first time. However, Killswitch came to the ring after the match and attacked Copeland, chokeslamming him through a chair. He then took the TNT title match contract he won earlier in the night and wanted to cash in. Christian Cage told Killswitch he wanted to cash it in instead. Killswitch refused until Cage whispered something in Killswitch’s ear. He then gave the contract to Cage, allowing Cage to cash in the contract and pin Copeland with a spear.
The former friends first met in a one-on-one match in AEW back in early December, when Cage retained the title thanks to interference from Nick Wayne’s mother, Shayna. Copeland then issued the challenge for the no disqualification match for Worlds End, which Cage accepted.
Killswitch has teased dissension between himself and Cage in recent weeks, as he was reluctant to accept Cage’s new name for himself.
The following is an opinion-based preview and reflects the views of the author.
AEW’s gift to us this holiday season was a wonderful wrestling tournament that got us through the winter doldrums and into the always promising new year.
By any objective measure, the Continental Classic was/is a tremendous success — a reminder and throwback to the foundation that AEW was built on which is an incredible in-ring product. Building a series of shows around high-quality matches has breathed much-needed life into AEW as it feels exciting again and reinvigorated.
The best Dynamite of the past few months was the December 13th episode. No skips, no filler, just good in-ring action with some necessary story exposition. Folks, that’s all it takes. The Devil storyline took a deserved backseat — the sooner this is and the rest of MJF’s version of As The World Turns is over the better — and the focus was almost entirely between the ropes. The sun AEW should revolve around is whatever happens between the bells, not who is under a Party City mask.
Everything falls neatly into place when the shows have something to revolve around rather than just someone. Anchoring the show around one main character can be burdensome to the viewer. How many 20-minute MJF solo promos can we take? This is not a reflection of his talent, which remains generational, but it’s not working as well as it should. For over a year, MJF has been the linchpin of the show, for better or for worse. Giving so much focus to the Continental Classic gave him space to breathe and gave him time to rest. And let’s face it, the last few months in the MJF-verse haven’t been good. When he first won the title, he talked about going on a HHH-esque reign of terror. If only we knew how accurate that would turn out to be.
Saturday’s Worlds End looks strong on paper and with AEW never missing at pay-per-views, I have high hopes for the last big show of 2023. Let’s run through the matches and give some predictions.
Andrade El Idolo vs. Miro
Andrade was one of the breakout performers in the Continental Classic. It might seem strange to refer to someone who has been wrestling since the early 2000s as a breakout, but this was by far his best work — not just in AEW, but since he’s been a regular in a major US wrestling promotion. The dude had his working boots on for every match and fully opened up the engines. When engaged and motivated, there is nothing he can’t do in the ring. Being reminded of that these past few weeks was wonderful. Let’s hope he carries the momentum into 2024.
It would have been easy to do something corny about Miro and CJ Perry’s IRL marriage. Instead, AEW decided to tell a story with nuance and layers which are things not typically associated with wrestling storylines. CJ wants to get back to what she was great at; managing and elevating talent. She’s upset that her husband wants to wrestle on his own, but she’s soldiering on doing what she wants. Miro, now no longer feuding with God, just wants to focus on wrestling.
It’s not going to win any awards or breathlessly be described as cinema, but this is a program that means something without any gold attached to it. This should be a good one!
Prediction: Andrade El Idolo
Keith Lee vs. Swerve Strickland
For whatever reason(s), Keith Lee in AEW hasn’t worked out like most (I am most) thought. The AEW Tag Team title run with Strickland was excellent, but other than that, nothing has been memorable. He has, somehow, become an afterthought. Or perhaps he’s been surpassed by others with greater gifts than his own. Maybe even a bit of both. There was a time when he was looked at as a no-doubt future World champion. Does that ceiling still exist? I hope it does. Wrestling is more fun when Keith Lee is regularly hossing people around the ring and making everyone roll their eyes when he’s doing a backstage promo.
This is going to be good, but it’s not hot. I’ll give AEW some grace on this one, though. Too often they are pumping the card full of last-minute matches, but with the C2 running until this week, they had no choice here. This does feel like a step down for Strickland who remains on a months-long heater. He might not have won the C2, but he maintained his momentum coming out of it and is positioned for a massive year in 2024 – one that should include an AEW World Championship reign. Anything less would be uncivilized.
Prediction: Swerve Strickland
Big Bill, Ricky Starks, Powerhouse Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher vs. Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Sting & Darby Allin
I continue to love the Bill/Starks pairing. It’s self-aware and smart enough to work. They aren’t friends and there is no ‘can they co-exist’ storyline. This is just two dudes who recognized each other’s immense talents and thought ‘Yeah, this should work.’ Wrestling is better when it’s not all brothers and best friends tag teams. Homogeneity is boring. There’s a reason Baskin Robbins has 31 flavors.
Guevara continues, unceasing, ebbing and flowing, between character alignments like tides that lick the coast of the Atlantic. He turned on Jericho in October, went on paternity, and came back to his waiting arms. Sure, whatever. Why was he so upset about the painting of his daughter? A young queen with five kings supporting her? Seems good to me! But alas, here we are yet again, closing 2023 with another Guevara/Jericho pairing that no one asked for and even fewer wanted.
Prediction: Jericho, Guevara, Sting & Allin
Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston in the Continental Classic finals
The Continental Classic was destined to come down to this. The King of The Bums vs. the man who has done everything in pro wrestling. It took Kingston into his 40s to achieve what Moxley was doing in his late 20s. Bound together since the early years of AEW, the two men who know each other best go to war on Saturday. It’s going to be messy, it’s going to be brutal, and it’s going to be beautiful. Sometimes wrestling is just two dudes hitting each other really hard and is the most perfect thing in the world.
This year checked a lot of boxes for Kingston. The absolute madman won the Ring of Honor World title from his forever rival, wrestled in the G1, and is now in the finals of the C2. He is primed to win the American Triple Crown and follow in the footsteps of all his heroes. Getting to do it in his home state is the cherry of all cherries to cap off a hell of a 2023.
There are certainly people who don’t love or believe in him, but those are the exceptions that prove the rule. Those who love him do so loud and love him fiercely. They will be out in full force for his coronation on Long Island.
Prediction: Eddie Kingston
TBS Champion Julia Hart defends against Abadon
Hart just won the TBS Championship and is going to stay winning. She continues to grow in the ring and adds to her overall presentation on what seems like a weekly basis. She is AEW’s biggest homegrown success and her future is bright…or dark…or however she prefers it, really.
Abadon’s look and presentation are just incredible. Even the most ardent of haters have to admit that her character just works. In a sea of similar gimmicks and aesthetics, she stands out. She’s just not going to win the TBS title. Too much time was invested in building Hart into what she is now for her to lose the title less than two months after she won it.
Prediction: Julia Hart
TNT Champion Christian Cage defends against Adam Copeland in a no DQ match
It’s likely that you, the intelligent wrestling consumer that you are, have already decided if you’re going to like this match. This is the Copeland special. These are the matches he loves to have with plunder and weapons galore. It will likely be too long. It will likely have a few missed pinfalls and submissions. It will likely be a bit overwrought. It can be all of those things and still be good because as always, this is subjective. If that is your type of match, I have some good news. You’ll probably get an excellent version of it on Saturday night. If this is your preferred brand of vodka, get ready for top shelf. If not? You can probably squeeze in a 40-minute nap during the match.
Recently, AEW has shied away from doing trilogies. The Orange Cassidy vs. Jon Moxley and Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page programs wrapped up (for now) after two matches. I can’t help but feel that will be the case at Worlds End, too. Christian has done yeoman’s work making the TNT title important again — important enough that Copeland winning it will feel like a big deal.
Prediction: Adam Copeland
AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm defends against Riho
Your opinion on Storm is a telling character decoder. Do you think she’s the funniest thing you’ve ever seen? Perhaps broaden your comedic horizons. Do you think it’s terrible and an embarrassment to this business? I would encourage you to allow a little light and levity into your life. The highs are high and the lows are cause for shaking your head, not changing the channel. The truth is this probably skews more towards good than a transcendent character, but Storm is the singular focus of the women’s division.
There is too much juice left in the Storm orange to change the title here. AEW is invested in her current character and future program with Mariah May. Taking the title from her here makes no sense.
Prediction: Toni Storm
AEW World Champion MJF defends against Samoa Joe
There is no good reveal for the Devil. It’s low floor, low ceiling storytelling and the type of storytelling that AEW should do well to avoid. What is a good reveal here? It’s a rhetorical question, but is there anyone on the roster that would make this amount of TV time worth it and make some storyline sense?
Even if it leads to a returning Kyle O’Reilly, would an Adam Cole reveal really move the needle? The best they could do in that situation would be if the entire injury was a work, leading to him costing MJF the title. Even if that’s the case, we’re still in for another long MJF melodrama program — the same type of program Cody Rhodes would get killed for if he was still in AEW, by the way — and something has to change. After Wednesday night’s show-closing angle, something has to change immediately. Put this to bed and never talk of it again.
Regardless of anything else that happens at Worlds End, Samoa Joe should walk out with a World title on his shoulder. Even at 44, he remains a singular force of nature in wrestling. His presence and menacing delivery on the microphone scream monster. He can be that final boss. He can be the person everyone is terrified of. Let him run roughshod over AEW for a few months while the next big babyface (Swerve Strickland) gets primed for a run on top.
It should be a big deal when MJF drops his belt as he is the longest reigning champion in company history, after all. But the reign has been lackluster ever since Cole became his best friend and why am I still writing about a friendship storyline in December?
If Joe doesn’t win here, I don’t know what’s left to do. MJF is hurt and carrying 1.5 lame-duck storylines by himself. Let him heal up and give Joe the one thing he’s never had and the one thing he deserves: a World title in a major company.
My Josh Nason’s Punch-Out pro wrestling year in review series begins its final descent with an extended look at October 2023.
Joining me is first-time guest Rich Fann of PW Torch and POST Wrestling.
Rich and I led off with the so-called Tuesday Night War between NXT and AEW that saw WWE bring in John Cena, Undertaker, Cody Rhodes, Paul Heyman and Asuka to ensure they didn’t lose to AEW’s Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite. We talk about what happened and some of the key learnings coming out of it.
We also delve into Paul “Triple H” Levesque being firmly entrenched as head of creative for WWE and what that meant for Vince McMahon in the new TKOverse.
After 25 years in WWE, Adam “Edge” Copeland found a new home in AEW, debuting at WrestleDream in Seattle. We talked about his debut and why it made sense for him to try something new.
We also talk the first-ever clash between MJF and Kenny Omega and the rest of the month in AEW.
Ronda Rousey made a surprise return to wrestling, so why didn’t it make a big impact? We discuss.
Plus, we cover the month in Impact Wrestling, Japan, and the junk drawer that covered all the other notable happenings.
I promise this is unlike any other year-end series you’ll hear or read, so catch up on the rest of the series in the archive and my MMA year in review series as well.
On Saturday’s Dynamite, Copeland said he has no excuses for losing his match to Christian Cage on Dynamite, saying he should have been prepared for every possible situation. He said that he realizes he misses carrying gold and wants to add to his championship pedigree. He challenged Cage to a no disqualification match at AEW Worlds End on December 30, promising to become the new TNT Champion.
Adam Copeland lays out a challenge to Christian Cage for the #AEW TNT Championship at #AEWWorldsEnd in a No Disqualification Match!
The two previously met on the December 6 edition of AEW Dynamite in Montreal. The finish of the match had Shayna Wayne, Nick Wayne’s mother, attack Copeland with the TNT Championship, allowing Cage to cover him for the win. Copeland had given Nick Wayne a conchairto in front of his mother on the November 22 edition of Dynamite.
Copeland’s newfound rivalry with Cage dates back to when Cage rejected Copeland’s offer to reunite their tag team, telling Copeland to “go f*** yourself”. This led to Copeland eventually agreeing to team with Darby Allin and Sting at AEW Full Gear last month, defeating Cage, Wayne, and the former Luchasaurus, now named Killswitch.
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. We started off the show talking about our newest project which will be on this podcast feed for anyone that is interested.
We then got to our Top 5 which included:
NJPW star Kazuchika Okada and the latest news surrounding his contract status
How WWE could actually book Okada if they did sign him
The latest standings for the AEW Continental Classic and our thoughts on last Wednesday’s matches on Dynamite
Last Wednesday’s match between Adam Copeland and Christian Cage, and our thoughts on the finish and main angle at the end
How we’re losing interest who whoever “The Devil” is supposed to be
Shayna Wayne cost Adam Copeland a chance to win the TNT Championship on AEW Dynamite.
Nick Wayne’s mom hit Copeland with the TNT title belt as the referee was knocked out in Wednesday’s Dynamite main event, costing Copeland the match and a chance t defeat Christian Cage for the Championship.
With referee Bryce Remsburg down after eating a spear and a punt from Cage, Shayna Wayne made her way to the ring and grabbed the belt. After teasing hitting Cage, she clocked Copeland with the belt. Cage then hit Copeland with a Killswitch and a stomp on the title belt as Remsburg was revived, and Cage scored the pinfall victory to retain the title and extend his reign.
Copeland hit Nick Wayne with a con-chair-to on the November 22 Dynamite as Shayna looked on, providing the impetus for Shayna’s actions on Dynamite. It remains unclear if Shayna will now be a part of the Cage-Nick Wayne-Luchasaurus/Killswitch group going forward, or if her actions were simply in retaliation against Copeland.
It also remains unclear whether or not Cage’s stomp to Copeland on the title belt was meant as an injury angle to write Copeland off for a period of time, or simply as a finish to the match. All of these angles will continue to play out on AEW programming.
Our full Dynamite report from this week’s episode is here.
Christian Cage defends the TNT Championship against Adam Copeland on tonight’s AEW Dynamite.
The lifelong friends and former tag team partners-turned bitter enemies will settle their feud with a TNT title bout on tonight’s episode in Montreal.
“Timeless” Toni Storm is also set to defend the AEW Women’s World title tonight against Skye Blue. Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies will introduce the Champion prior to the bout.
The Continental Classic also continues tonight with three Gold League bouts.
The undefeated Swerve Strickland (6 points) faces the winless Mark Briscoe (0 points), undefeated Jon Moxley (6 points) faces Rush (3 points), and Jay White (3 points) takes on the winless Jay Lethal (0 points) in the night’s Continental Classic tournament bouts.
AEW World Champion MJF and his Worlds End title challenger Samoa Joe will be in tag team action on tonight’s episode as they team against two of The Devil’s masked men.
AEW Dynamite comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us alongside Tony Schiavone and Taz as we get a recap of the Continental Classic rules and standings before going to our opening contest of the evening.
Jon Moxley [9] defeated Rush [3] in the Continental Classic Gold League
(Moxley is the first to 9 in the Gold League and it came after an excellent, hard hitting battle. Rush put up one hell of a fight, working heel throughout, but ultimately Moxley had him scouted in the end. I really loved Moxley’s match with Briscoe, but I would say this was Rush’s best tournament match so far.)
Both men wasted no time throwing chops before Moxley was dropped on his head with an overhead belly to belly. To the floor they went, as both spilled into the crowd with Moxley’s chest already beat red. The referee was lenient with the count as Rush smacked Moxley in the face with a fans drink before going back to the ring, as Rush is heeling it up early. The stalling boot by Rush connected before posing, as Moxley flipped him off to respond. A snap powerslam put Rush in control, but played too long to the crowd and Moxley fired up with a cutter. Moxley got a near fall off a superplex, as both threw forearms to the apron where Moxley blocked an overhead belly to belly, only to suffer one on the floor against the barricade.
After Rush controlled the entire break, Moxley answered with a DDT to regain control briefly, but was stuck by a Rush piledriver for two. Rush returned the favor from earlier, hitting a superplex off the top, but Moxley escaped a DDT, sent Rush to the floor and connected on a Tope. Both men barely beat the count, which led to another intense striking exchange, with Moxley ultimately taking Rush’s head off to cut off Bulls Horns and hit the Death Rider, but Rush kicked out. Moxley slapped on the rear naked choke and Rush passed out. Rush woke up and he was furious since he didn’t tap out, as the referee had to tell him he lost consciousness.
-A video package for the upcoming Jay White & Jay Lethal match is shown, with White saying he looked up to Lethal when he was younger in ROH, but tonight, he’s getting the 3 points in the Gold League. Lethal realizes his back is against the wall and it’s a must win for him.
-Renee Paquette announces Roderick Strong & The Kingdom to the stage. Strong said it’s obvious tonight MJF will stab his best friend by proxy, SAMOA…Joe, in the back. Paquette asks what if Max isn’t The Devil like Strong assumes? Strong called her crazy and said he’s in the wheelchair because of decisions he’s made. Strong rose up from his wheelchair and said he’ll no longer be held back, throwing the wheelchair off the stage, saying it’s held him back for far too long. Taven & Bennett celebrated this resurrection of Strong like it was some sort of miracle.
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-Renee Paquette was standing outside MJF’s locker room, wanting to get a word on his upcoming tag match when Hangman Adam Page walked into her shot. Paquette asked how he was feeling since it was the first time seeing him since Full Gear? Page said he’d felt better, brought up the lengths Swerve Strickland went to in their feud, recognizes when he’s lost, but took something from Strickland he’ll never get back. Their feud is not over and realizes what Strickland wants the most in life and he’ll make sure Strickland never gets it.
MJF walks out and says hello to Seabiscuit, saying it was impressive watching a match where both men saw how many STD’s they could get. Page said he didn’t have 30 minutes to have MJF talk to him and MJF said the reason he talks for 30 minutes is to wake the crowd up after Page putting them to sleep. Page asks if this is what he wants to do? MJF said he does and brings up verbally bending over Page in front of Bret Hart at Double or Nothing a few years ago. MJF brought up beating Page for the Dynamite Diamond Ring, as Page said he consoled himself by becoming AEW Champion. MJF said it was only 6 months, while Max’s has been over a year. Page said when he’s 70 years old Max can tell his 9th cat about his one year title reign. MJF accused Page of being The Devil and Page was caught off guard, denying it, telling MJF to be honest and admit he’s the one behind the mask. Samoa Joe showed up and stepped between them, making sure MJF stayed healthy like he had promised. This was a fun backstage exchange, perhaps planting the seeds for a future program.
Swerve Strickland [9] defeated Mark Briscoe [0] in the Continental Classic Gold League
(I feel bad that Briscoe is mathematically eliminated from the Continental Classic now, as he’s been having the best matches of the tournament so far. Now he can play spoiler going forward, as I’m sure his remaining matches will be just as great as the previous ones. Strickland continues to ride the momentum he’s had since Full Gear, as I really hope he goes far in this tournament. The promise from Hangman Page earlier tonight makes me now believe he’s not winning this, however.)
For being a win or get eliminated match for Briscoe, I’m surprised the match started with ground work, trading headlocks. Taz brought up it as more strategic by both men, as Briscoe was the first to fire off chops. Tony Schiavone said there are guys in WCW that love to play spoiler and Taz corrected him that this is AEW. Strickland turned the tables on Briscoe and connected on a uppercut to the back off the second rope. Delayed neckbreaker from Strickland netted a two count, but Briscoe reversed a whip and hit a diving dropkick through the ropes to the floor. Both went to the apron, where strikes were traded until Strickland sent Briscoe into the front row. While standing on the barricade, Strickland hit a superplex back to the floor heading to commercial.
It was all Strickland during the break, but Briscoe escaped an arm bar with some Redneck Kung-Fu. Briscoe started to run wild with a charging boot in the corner followed up by a Fisherman’s Buster for two. Strickland fought back with a beautiful step over gut wrench German, rolling Flatliner and Buzzsaw Kick for a close near fall. Briscoe cut off Strickland in the ropes, sending him to the floor, where a dive followed. Briscoe hit a home run lariat, but Strickland kicked out. Strickland rolled through a Jay Driller into a House Call, but Briscoe got the knees up on a 450 Splash attempt, nearly getting a roll up for two. A rolling DVD from Briscoe, who wanted a Froggy Bow, but Strickland got the knees up. With 5 minutes left, both men went to he apron, where Strickland fought off a Jay Driller into a DVD. Strickland connected with the Swerve Stomp back inside to get the victory, eliminating Briscoe from the Continental Classic.
-Renee Paquette is backstage with Mariah May and asks about her meeting last week with Tony Khan. May said it went well, he’s a fan of her time in Stardom in Japan, saying she’s bringing some much needed glamour to AEW, saying her in ring debut is not Paquette’s business, as tonight is about Timeless Toni Storm.
AEW World Champion MJF & Samoa Joe vs. The Devil’s Henchmen never happened
Samoa Joe made his way to the ring, but before MJF made his, the lights went out and Joe was surrounded by The Devil’s Henchmen ringside. The lights went out again, this time, all of the folks were gone and The Devil appeared on the big screen before it cut to MJF backstage unconscious and laid out. Excalibur said they need to take a look at this, which, yeah, of course. Joe ran to the back and I guess that’s the match we were supposed to get.
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Jon Moxley is backstage and said he’s expected to be 3-0 and to win the Continental Classic because b*tch, he’s the Ace of the World. Swerve Strickland walked in with Prince Nana and said he’s not the only one undefeated in this thing, saying he’ll do whatever it takes to win. Moxley said that’s good, he’s the same way and they’ll see each other in Texas next week at Winter in Coming.
-We go to Turner Classic Movie’s host Ben Mankiewicz (who is also the grand-nephew of Joseph Mankiewicz, the writer and director of All About Eve, which the Toni Storm & Mariah May storyline has been based off of) in the TCM studio saying every generation a performer comes along that redefines what it means to be human. To some it could be Garbo, Brando or Groucho, but could also be Toni Storm. Every slam or piledriver paints a picture and lists off the silent films Storm has starred in before saying chin up, chest out and watch for the shoe, introducing the AEW Women’s Champion ahead of her title match. The fact that they got Mankiewicz to do this is kind of perfect and must make RJ City so proud. If he had anything to do with this, Tony Khan needs to finally give RJ his All Elite graphic.
Timeless Toni Storm (w/Luther & Mariah May) defeated Skye Blue to retain the AEW Women’s Title
(I will say this was the best Blue has looked in a singles match, as she more than held her own against the AEW Women’s Champion. She had some close near falls throughout, but there was no way Storm was losing this one. Post match, we got a set up for what will assumingly be Storm’s next challenger and a welcome return for sure.)
After an early back and forth sequence into a stalemate, Storm just charged and decked Blue with a forearm until Blue answered with a tilt a whirl head scissors. Storm went outside to regroup and cut off a Blue dive, with Luther placing Storm on his shoulders and hit an assisted suplex off the apron as the camera went black and white as Storm posed. With Blue set up against the barricade, Storm connected with a Sweet Cheek Music that took us to commercial. Unfortunately, Storm didn’t throw it to break like she’s done in the past.
Storm wound up for a right hand, but Blue ducked into a dropkick and step up knee in the ropes. A spinning kick to the head led to a cross body off the top for a near fall. Storm avoided Skye Fall and hit a release German sending Blue to the corner. Blue avoided a hip attack and hit a Sweet Cheek Music of her own, with a charging boot to follow. The Code Blue connected for the closest near fall of the match for Blue. Storm cut off Blue in the corner and hit a superplex, with Storm posing for the camera, hit another Sweet Cheek Music, but Blue briefly got a flash roll up, only for Storm to counter into one of her own for the win.
Storm celebrated post match until Riho made her return to a huge ovation. Riho pointed to the Women’s Title before dropkicking Storm to the floor. She teased a dive, but Luther made the save, with Storm repeatedly saying “how dare you!” with Riho patting the Women’s Title left in the ring.
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-Excalibur ran down AEW’s next tour of Canada in 2024 with shows on April 10 in Winnipeg, May 8 in Edmonton, May 11 in Vancouver and July 10 in Calgary. Tickets go on sale December 15 for those shows.
-A video package highlighting the long history between Christian Cage & Adam Copeland is shown ahead of their main event tonight.
Switchblade Jay White [6] defeated Jay Lethal [0] in the Continental Classic Gold League
(A very back and forth match here, with both trying to break out heel tactics to gain the advantage over the course of this. It was even for a majority of this, as White needed the victory to keep up with the leaders and this resulted in Lethal being eliminated from contention. Much like Mark Briscoe, Lethal can play spoiler in his final two matches.)
After firing off early chops, White traded hip toss attempts, with Lethal getting the upper hand, as he did a quick Fargo Strut, something White mocked previously. Both men took turns escaping a fireman’s carry with an eye rake before White wrenched at both legs before throwing more chops. We got a great series of counters until White snapped off a DDT to take control into picture in picture.
Lethal battled back when things returned with a Lethal Combination into a Torture Rack and hit almost a reverse You Can’t Escape, only capped off with a top rope elbow instead of a moonsault. White managed to kick out, as Lethal wanted Lethal Injection, but fired off a combo of kicks instead. White answered with a knee breaker and suplex into the corner before a brainbuster got two. A chop exchange led to both trying for eye rakes and blindly throwing shots until White hit a sleeper suplex. Both men traded finisher attempts until White chop blocked the leg out of a Lethal Injection attempt. After trading pin attempts, White got the high stack and the win with Lethal trying his best to kick out.
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Christian Cage defeated Adam Copeland to retain the TNT Title
(It wouldn’t be a Cage match without at least some shenanigans and you knew it was going to happen, just didn’t know when. If you think about it, it does make total sense for Shayna Wayne to make the decision she did after Copeland delivered a Con-Chair-To to her son two weeks ago right in front of her. The match itself was excellent, as it was the first singles match these two have had since May of 2010 on an episode of RAW. With this finish, it certainly won’t be the last time these two wrestle in AEW. I can’t wait for what’s next in this story.)
After a stare down, Copeland slapped Cage and applied a choke, leaving Cage to scatter to the ropes. Sheamus-like sledgehammer shots to the Cage on the apron before Copeland charged and launched Cage into the barricade. Copeland repeatedly smashed Cage into the announce table until back inside, Cage wanted a low blow for the DQ, only for Copeland to block it and step on Cage’s hand. Back to the floor, Copeland punted Cage in the face against the barricade, posting him to follow up. Cage finally got in a cheap shot and pulled Copeland’s arm to drive him throat first into the steel, tossing Copeland into the front row heading into commercial.
Cage continued his assault during break, as Copeland tried to mount a comeback, but was floored with a back elbow. Cage wanted corner punches, but Copeland bit at the bad hand and followed with a leg sweep off the second rope. Cage side stepped a Spear through the ropes, wanted a pendulum kick, but Copeland countered and hit a diving clothesline off the second. Cage answered with a drop toe hold into the steps as back inside, Cage hit a Frog Splash for two. Cage wanted a Spear, but Copeland countered into an Impaler DDT for a two of his own.
Cage cut off Copeland in the corner, but Copeland wrenched at the bad hand, slid through and connected on a running Liger Bomb for two. Copeland avoided the Killswitch off an eye poke into an inside cradle for two. Cage went for it again, but this time Copeland hit a sit out slam before applying a crossface. Cage got the rope break, as Copeland mounted and repeatedly hammered forearms before signaling for the Spear. Cage leapfrogged and hit the Killswitch, but Copeland kicked out. Cage charged for a Spear, but Copeland side step, accidentally running into referee Bryce in the process. Cage realized what happened and punted Bryce before getting the TNT Title. Cage charged with the title, but both he & Copeland collided for the double down.
Shayna Wayne then walked to the ring and grabbed the TNT Title. She gave a long look at Cage before decking Copeland with the title. She walked off, as Cage connected with another Killswitch and placed Copeland’s head under the title, stomping on it right as Bryce recovered long enough to make the pin. Post match, Cage stopped the doctor from checking on Copeland as he trash talked him before the show went off the air.
Continental Classic Gold League Standings
9 Points: Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland
6 Points: Switchblade Jay White
3 Points: Rush
0 Points: Jay Lethal, Mark Briscoe
Continental Classic Blue League Standings
6 Points: Brody King
3 Points: Claudio Castagnoli, Andrade El Idolo, Bryan Danielson
0 Points: Daniel Garcia, Eddie Kingston
AEW Rampage 12/8/23
· Konosuke Takeshita & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels
· Abadon vs. Trish Adora
· Orange Cassidy & Danhausen will appear
· Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia in the Continental Classic Blue League
AEW Collision 12/9/23
· Kenny Omega vs. Ethan Page
· Bryan Danielson vs. Andrade El Idolo in the Continental Classic Blue League
· Claudio Castagnoli vs. Eddie Kingston in the Continental Classic Blue League
· Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Martinez
· Wardlow vs. Willie Mack
· Penta El Zero Miedo & Komander vs. Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
AEW Dynamite: Winter Is Coming 12/13/23
· Jon Moxley vs. Swerve Strickland in the Continental Classic Gold League
· Switchblade Jay White vs. Mark Briscoe in the Continental Classic Gold League
· Rush vs. Jay Lethal in the Continental Classic Gold League
It’s a brand new We’re Live, Pal with Andrew Zarian and I, also available for free on YouTube by clicking above.
We opened up the show talking about Randy Orton’s big boost to WWE SmackDown which led us to a discussion on Andrew’s current diet and workout regimen.
We also discussed:
WWE and AEW’s usage of older stars on top
Drew McIntyre’s current storyline
The interest in Kazuchika Okada from both AEW & WWE
Adam Copeland vs. Christian Cage headlining AEW Dynamite
The AEW Continental Classic so far and finals predictions
To Adam Copeland, his TNT Championship match against Christian Cage had to take place in Canada.
Copeland is challenging Christian for the TNT title on this Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite from Montreal. It’s the first time the two best friends and iconic tag team partners have faced each other one-on-one since 2010. Copeland made his AEW debut this October and has been feuding with Christian since.
In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Copeland addressed why the match is taking place on Dynamite instead of this month’s AEW Worlds End pay-per-view. Copeland said that, to him, the match had to happen in Canada. Copeland said facing Christian for a title in Montreal is what he’s dreamed of.
I’ve heard, ‘Why isn’t this at the pay-per-view?’ To me, where is more important than when. We get to do it in Montreal. There’s no other choice for us but to have it here. My family is coming for this one, cousins and relatives who’ve known [Christian] for years.
There’s something special about doing it in Canada. I am really, really amped up to do this one. I truly think there’s not another story like ours, with this real story. Two friends from Orangeville, Ontario, who made it where we made it because of each other. I’m hoping this is a rabid crowd. This is what I dreamed of–working that guy in Montreal for a championship.
Though they’re currently on-screen rivals, Copeland has plenty of praise for the work Christian is doing in AEW.
This is [Christian] without any constraints. He’s discovering and sometimes accidentally stumbling on things that garner a reaction. He’s the type of performer whose ears are always open. If he pushes a button, then just wait, he’ll do it again and even better. And he’s helping bring others up, too.
Christian has been TNT Champion since September. He’s the leader of The Patriarchy in AEW, a faction that also includes Killswitch (Luchasaurus) and Nick Wayne. Copeland teamed with Sting & Darby Allin to defeat Christian, Killswitch & Wayne at Full Gear last month.
Copeland told Sports Illustrated that this story with Christian, and helping give others a boost, is everything that he wants to do.
We were both told we’d never wrestle again. Then we were [in] different companies, so the possibility for us to wrestle each other wasn’t even there. Now we’re here. And we’re at a point where, in terms of being able to tell a layered story, we’ve never been better. And we’re bringing different talent into the story and giving them a boost. It’s everything I want to do.
Wednesday’s Dynamite is being held at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The venue is also hosting an AEW Collision taping tonight (December 5). Collision will air in its normal time slot this Saturday.
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast, starting off the show talking about, who else, but CM Punk as he made his return to WWE last Saturday at Survivor Series.
We then got to the rest of the Top 5 which included:
