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!

Join us as we call a Code Bonnie Raitt with an early episode reacting to the events of AEW Dynamite (April 15) and Collision (April 16)!

[00:55] Something to talk about: Darby Allin is the new AEW Men’s World Champion! The vibes were weird, and we have some extremely reasonable and nuanced critiques. Let’s get them out of the way before we continue. We go a little off the rails on Mount Washington (like ya do) and talk rematch strategy.

[24:40] Back to the events of (a particularly yappy) Dynamite: Kenny and Will get vulnerable in medical; Tommaso Ciampa goes goblin with Dezmond Xavier; FTR does their best MxM Collection impression; Kevin Knight defends his fresh new TNT Championship vs. Claudio Castagnoli and scares us again on the mic; Jericho gets his ass beat and files a trademark; Takeshita is soooooo sorry!; Ospreay and Hechicero have a rogue vs. sorcerer battle (with bonus neuro check); Thekla hangs out with some very sleepy children; Mox takes the light with the dark; Willow defends her TBS Championship; and Shida & Stat stir some shit.

[44:45] Moving on to Collision: Cope and his shiner are interrupted; Jack Perry is ready to defend the National Championship; the Bucks and the Rascalz fill our flippy-shit quota; the Dogs bark; the Divine Dominion take over the Parthenon; the Conglomeration take off their backpacks and take on the Lethal Twist (with a little Ring of Honor chat); Bowens and Hook get weird; Shida & Stat in action (hi, Big Anne!); Mox and Nick Wayne entertain; Okada and Takeshita make it official; Blackheart Lio Rush and PAC (with Danny Garcia) give us jump-scares, an exorcism attempt, and more fun than we’ve ever had in our lives; a new push for Bandido?!; Brody King, Místico and Máscara Dorada squash some locals; Mina tries to warn Stat (and the audience) about Shida; and Thekla and Windzaaa have a ripper (and break out the brass knucks) for the Women’s World Championship.

[1:04:50] Odds and ends: A plethora of weekend events, including Effy’s Big Gay Brunch and Palms Slam Fest! Forbidden Door announced (sorry, TNA)! AEW Redemption? Lucha masks! Cats! Giardia!