2025-05-08 AEW Collision - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
๐คฏ - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
๐ฅ - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
๐๐ - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
๐ - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
๐ - Indifferent [0]
๐ - Didn’t Like it [-1]
๐๐ - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
๐คฌ- Hated It [-3]
๐คฎ - Made Me Sick [-5]
๐♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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STORYLINES:
(1) Toni Storm cuts naughty promo ahead of Owen Hart Tournament Final which will determine her challenger for All In Texas...
Participants:
Details:
-Toni Storm opens the show with a promo from a sky box…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark:
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(2) Paragon with little time to ponder loss to FTR, challenged by GYV...
Participants:
๐Subplots:
(A) Fallout to Paragon’s loss to FTR last week…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: ๐
(B) Grizzled Young Veterans return… to face Paragon…
Enter Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake, Zach Gibson)… tag match is agreed to…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: happy to see Grizzled Young Veterans. last time we saw them they did one backstage segment and a match in roh and then disappeared again! they’re the only aspect of this that i like. Paragon is dead. i hope that this isn’t just Grizzled Young Veterans doing a job for Paragon to get them going, because they ain’t never gonna get going again…
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(3) Wrestling legend Zach Gowan will not stand for Ricochet's disrespect...
Participants:
๐Subplots:
(A) Ricochet vs Angelico...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: +1/2
(B) Ricochet disrespects Zach Gowan...
Winner: Ricochet…
-Post Match, Ricochet cuts IN RING PROMO running down the audience… Ricochet brings attention to Zach Gowan… He beats up security and cuts one of their hairs...
Zach Gowan enters the ring to stop Ricochet's evil rampage but ends up being put down himself and Ricochet leaves w/ Gowan's prosthetic leg...
-Later, commentators announce that Zach Gowan will take on Ricochet this Wednesday…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) Nigel McGuinness “Ricochet chooses not to have hair.” ๐ The bald stuff is just too much. i’ve said it before, but sucks for anyone in the audience who’s actually bald!…
(B) i totally remember zach gowan from back in the days… glad to see he’s doing well and thriving… he will do well in the upcoming match, im sure…
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(4) Don Callis Family defend the honor of Roppongi Vice, put down Outrunners, AR Fox & Bandido in 8 Man Tag...
Participants:
Details:
-8 Man Tag Match: Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer, Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta) w/ Don Callis vs Outrunners (Turbo Floyd, Truth Magnum), AR Fox, Bandido… Don Callis joins commentary for the match…
Winners: Don Callis Family…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - ๐
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: well, that should teach Outrunners a lesson for talking over Roppongi Vice’s promo…
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(5) Mox cuts promo ahead of Wednesday's Steel Cage World Title Match...
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has previous Samoa Joe & Jon Moxley promos playing over footage of the feud so far…
-Backstage Segment has Jon Moxley cutting a promo…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - ๐
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Ive never been less interested in an aew world title match… i am continuing to be disappointed w/ the Death Riders…
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(6) Anthony Bowens defeats Lee Johnson... Billy Gunn saves Bowens from post match attack at the hands of Blake Christian...
Participants:
Details:
-Match: Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn vs Lee Johnson w/ Blake Christian…
Distraction Interference from Blake Christian… regardless…
Winner: Anthony Bowens…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, Blake Christian tries to attack Anthony Bowens, but Billy Gunn thwarts him and throws him out of the ring…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - ๐
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: No more Daddy Ass ☹️… bowens is a talented wrestler, but unfortunately i fee notning for the gimmick…
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(7) Gates of Agony & Learning Tree have wild IN ARENA melee...
Participants:
Details:
-Gates of Agony (Bishop Khan, Toa Liona) cut IN RING PROMO addressing and calling out Learning Tree…
Enter Learning Tree (Big Bill, Brian Keith)… FIGHT… absolute choas as Bishop Khan fucks himself up flying over a barricade and Toa Liona sends both members of Learning Tree through tables…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: ehhh. kind of contrived looking. this segment and the parking lot fight i had high hopes for but was left a little disappointed…
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(8) Anna Jay gets set to take on Megan Bayne next week....
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Anna Jay & Harley Cameron cutting dueling promos w/ Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne…
-Commentators announce Anna Jay vs Megan Bayne for next Saturday…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - ๐
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: tk has a keen eye ๐ค… Anna Jay and Harley Cameron teaming up is not bad. not bad at all…
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(9) Death Riders' Marina Shafir sticks her nose into Statlander & Willow, who were airing out their issues in physical PERSONAL matchup...
Participants:
๐Subplots:
(A) Kris Statlander / Willow Nightingale saga…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: ๐
(B) Willow Nightingale / Death Riders feud…
-Match: Kris Statlander vs Willow Nightingale…
Enter Wheeler Yuta, Marina Shafir…
Distraction Interference from Wheeler Yuta,
Physical Interference from Marina Shafir who attacks Willow…
Winner: Kris Statlander… Statlander was unaware of the interference...
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Well i was actually rolling w/ the whole Kris Statlander / Willow Nightingale airing it out. i was expecting something big to happen but Marina Shafir came in erased all that. Not that i minded it too much, since willow has been feuding w/ Death Riders too, but the fact that it just wiped out a super emotional angle that i was invested in kinda killed it for me…
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(10) Skye Blue to return soon...
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Skye Blue cutting a promo…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - ๐
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Well this is nothing if not good news…
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(11) Don Callis Family pick up tag win over Dark Order...
Participants:
Details:
-Tag Match: Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Josh Alexander) w/ Don Callis vs Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno)…
Winners: Don Callis Family…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - ๐
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: filler…
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(12) Mike Bailey's night facing La Facciรณn Ingobernable....
Participants:
๐Subplots:
(A) Mike Bailey picks up singles win....
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: +1/2
(B) Tension between Bailey & Rush...
Winner: Mike Bailey…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, Rush comes out to stare down Mike Bailey… Bailey invites Rush to fight but Rush backs off…
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: well it’s about time they featured Bailey in some singles action… this guy can have some really amazing matches if they give him the chance…
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(13) Daniel Garcia's GRUDGE MATCH w/ FTR's Dax Harwood flies off the rails as Nigel McGuinness is disrespected and must get involved...
Participants:
๐Subplots:
(A) FTR feud w/ Daniel Garcia…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: ๐
(B) FTR feud w/ announcers…
Distraction Interference from Stokely Hathaway,
Physical Interference from Cash Wheeler…
Enter Daddy Magic, who fights off w/ Cash…
By announcers desk, Dax Harwood knocks Nigel McGuinness headset off his head and shoves Nigel McGuinness… Nigel is pissed but tries to stay professional…
Cash & Daddy Magic return, Nigel McGuinness enters the ring and the match is thrown out as the babyfaces run off the heels….
๐ช️REVIEWS๐ช️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: I was not caring about this until nigel got involved… i’m starting to agree w/ Cornette, as much as i love Daniel Garcia, he’s not really getting over w/ the fans….
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Other:
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(A) Replay: Confrontation between Hangman Page & Will Ospreay from this past Wednesday…
(B) Video Package reviews events involving MJF & Hurt Syndicate…
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