Join us as we go mostly freeform and get real, in honor of the Bastard. We talk through our feelings and our appreciation for AEW’s approach to love and grief during a very difficult September. In addition to discussing the Tribute to PAC (September 30), we talk this week’s Collision (October 3) and about what we’re looking forward to this week in Paris. Since everything went upside-down this week, there’s a bit of All Out talk, but it’s not really a recap.

No timestamps this time – we’re all over the place. Thanks for listening.

Join us in our triumphant return as we yap about a week in wrestling that left our heads spinning. We focus mostly on AEW Collision (August 8), because Kat ‘glommed with our friends at Wednesday Night Fake Fights to chat Grand Slam Mexico this week! (episode link: https://pca.st/3ojcwpy3 & check out WNFF at https://linktr.ee/mnffpod)

[0:30] Yeah, it’s been a while! We talk about some of the life stuff that’s been going on during our two-month pod hiatus.

[3:57] AEW Collision from Colorado Springs! (are we a Collision podcast now!?) We talk about the commentary team, the new Continental Cup tournament, Ace Austin’s prodigious quads vs. Claudio Castagnoli’s consummate professionalism, the Motor City Machine Guns and other new roster additions, the Brawling Birds vs. VertVixen and Viva Van, Darby sharpening his focus on Kevin while we make plans for Speedball, JANE IS BACK AND SO ARE WE!!!!, Mox’s acts of service, The Rascalz (and Speedball) popping off, the ongoing Shida/Perse/Maya/Hyan/Stat situation, our beautiful baby deer getting a rare W, and the return of Eddie Kingston to AEW TV! Plus: IS altitude a myth?

[45:37] A huge Semana Internacional in CMLL: we discuss a few highlights from Tuesday’s AEW vs. CMLL matches and Friday’s International Men’s Grand Prix torneo cibernetico. (We need to see what happens next between Bandido and Soberano Jr., for one thing!)

[1:02:34] Ring of Honor: we’ve still got a bit to catch up on, but that won’t stop us from talking about a few recent events and the build to Death Before Dishonor! Will we get a lil Philly Street Fight or a Parking Lot Brawl, as a treat?

[1:20:04] Produce: we talk about our experiences getting to witness Volume 1 (The Octopus) and Volume 3 (Azúcar) in person at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and some of the ensuing drama and nonsense.

[1:34:54] The HOG Corner! We visited our most local promotion for High Intensity (August 7) and had a blast, f*ck finishes and all. Kat, uhhh, has some choice words about Zilla Fatu’s indie legacy, and we start to get braver about meeting and greeting. Semi-relatedly, we talk FOMO and Orange Cassidy’s secret show in Worcester, MA.

[2:02:01] A little preview of the upcoming week in AEW and what we know about the All In card so far!

[2:11:22] Final notes: a small update on the status of All Elite Heels, our cats, and everyone’s favorite segment: the Bean of the Week!

Join us as we talk about our experience in the audience at AEW Double or Nothing and review the fallout on AEW Dynallision (May 27) and Collision (May 30)!

[00:30] We kick things off with a little postmortem of Darby Allin’s title reign. Per usual with us and Darby, it’s complicated!

[06:02] A quick trip to the HOG Corner! House of Glory: Waging War featured Kevin Knight vs. Amazing Red, Blackheart Lio Rush in action, Shotzi Blackheart vs. Lena Kross, and a real ripper of a championship match between Charles Mason and “Sweet Cheeks” Joey Silver (which, as it turns out, is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v-IMFMpXyTs).

[10:46] Double or Nothing from Louis Armstrong Stadium in beautiful Flushing, Queens! We were so delighted to be part of the hottest AEW crowd of all time. We talk about our experience, our emotional turbulence (KEVIN!), and our favorite moments without doing a full recap.

[44:58] Dynallision: we mostly didn’t love it, but we talk about the important bits (especially the JetSpeed drama and Stat & Shida going ham)!

[1:06:13] Collision: an absolute all-timer, with unhinged energy from start to finish, featuring the Conglomeration with Konosuke Takeshita (and Lio Rush?), the Death Riders (with toes in buttholes), and Shane Taylor Promotions all over the place! (but where’s Trish??) Also: CHUCK TAYLOR LIVES! Adam’s manifesto comes one glorious step closer to realization.

[1:33:15] What we’re looking forward to this week: the Owen, the TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest tournament, Jet vs. Speed! Also, naturally: your faithful cat update and the Bean of the Week!