AA: August 10

The Wrestling Brethren Podcast

NEWS (8/7/24–8/10/24)

• Kevin Sullivan Passes Away at age 74

• Tony Khan in a new tweet states that the ‘most important announcements in AEW history is looming large now’.

• Roman Reigns dates

Not only appearing Friday night, but next Friday, as well as the SD debut on 9/13.

• Dakota Kai + Seth Rollins both dealing with injury recoveries

• Bobby Lashley Update

• Mustafa Ali Update

• Daniel Garcia Update

• Jacob Henry Update

• Ricky Starks is expected to sign with WWE, once his contract with AEW is up. (via WON)

• LA Knight Contract Update

• WWE is expected to hold a PPV in Italy in 2025. (via PW Nexus)

• WWE has announced a WWE Speed Women's Championship Tournament

• Recent trend of female trios is “no accident” (per SRS)

Not sure yet what it means, but it is being done on purpose.

• Cody Rhodes is now the only surviving champion from WM XL

• Bryan Danielson reveals that odds are he’s going to have to get neck surgery by the end of 2024. (via an interview w/JR on AEW Collision)

AEW Analysis

• Minor moment on Rampage that popped me:

Saraya v. Nyla Rose; Saraya hits the Knight Cap (frm Paige Turner), and Harley Cameron screams from ringside: HIT THE RAMPAIGE! And Saraya yells back THAT’S NOT WHAT IT’S CALLED ANYMORE! IT’S THE GOOD KNIGHT, HARLEY! IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS!

• Nigel McGuiness is a nuisance and a menace as heel color commentator

• Deonna Purrazzo and Thunder Rosa have had a great “unseen feud” on Collision, maximized by last night’s Texas Bullrope Match.

• Feuds heading into All In

- Bryan Danielson vs Swerve Strickland

BD will never wrestle again if he can’t win the AEW World Title

Dynamite featured a sit-down between Swerve + JR / most important he’s felt

- Trios Titles

House of Black

Bullet Club Gold

The Patriarchy - still working on that Killswitch face turn

- Mariah May vs Toni Storm

This is probably the best thing AEW has done in a long time

On Dynamite Mariah hits a running knee strike, May Day, and Storm Zero

- Will Ospreay vs. MJF

Not a fan of the Heel American Hero MJF

History shows us Kyle Fletcher will turn on Ospreay

- Moné vs. DMD

Not feeling Mercedes… Kamille doesn’t help… this act is dry

Britt “via satellite” like The Rock back in the day… has a good line:

“You can trust me… I’m a doctor.”