Collision looked good. Punk and Starks tore up up on the mic. The inclusion of Darby was good. Christian felt…tacked on to me. He shouldn’t be that “stupid.” I dunno. I also didn’t like his gear in the main event. Not a fan of CM Trunks returning either.

Billy Gunn returning means you might as well pack it up.

"Tore It Up" :roll:

I know you especially hate The Elite (they suck, no arguments), but can we not pretend the guy getting booed out of the building and doing cartwheels is anything but gutter trash at this point?

CM Punk is a good performer, dude. I get you hate him, but there’s a reason he has this company by the balls.

Punk hit all the points he should have hit. Starks did his part really well too. You can also tell they listen to Cornette because they didn’t render Schiavone useless.

No one is ever going to hate cm punk like you do.

Wrong. /Trump

So I ended up catching some of the highlights on YouTube and in typical Noid fashion, I'll present my thoughts and sheer disgust at the quality of the show.

One thing that stands out to me as a veteran professional wrestling fan is the how distinct the show is in terms of its in-ring content. It separates itself from Dynamite which is a good thing. Relying on stars who are past their prime like Christian Cage and CM Punk, shoving them in the main event scene for the sake of TRP is not edgy or creative. Using older superstars as a crux was what made fans livid at WWE and I wish they bring the same energy here.

I mean this as sincerely as I possibly can, CM Punk is extremely sloppy and dangerous in the ring. If anything, John Cena's in-ring style was more refined and polished in comparison. There's no cohesion when it comes to his moves or his ring gear. He comes across as a jabroni mark to be completely honest. For someone who prides himself in being "straight edge", he looks and moves like a homeless meth addict. He needs to take it easy on the donuts and Pepsi. The way Christian hit his head on the guard rail after the GTS was scary.

While Darby Allen makes Rey Mysterio look like "The Big Red Machine" Kane, he's genuinely one of the best acts that the company has produced. Do I believe he deserves to be world champion some day? Absolutely, not. While AEW's world title is devoid of the "heavyweight" naming scheme, Darby Allen should never win the big one. He has to remain true to his second rate Tommy Dreamer underdog aspirations. He should never be world champion.

Towards the end of the match, when Luchasauras interferes, Starks takes less than 2 seconds to recover from the supine position to go grab Darby from the top rope!!! I mean, what the actual fuck are we doing anymore? https://youtu.be/WrGDt7EmjFw?t=331 Starks' opening promo was terrible as well. People need to chill with the Rock comparisons, not because they don't have any merits, it's because they're spending too much energy on someone who's going to be relegated to the indies in less than three years. He's not special. Wrestling marks will get behind anyone...seriously.

I didn't have the energy to sit through the trios title match because of how bored I am of the Acclaimed. They have 1/10th the charisma or star power of Enzo Amore and Big Cass when they first debuted on the main roster. They have nothing to offer besides the "scissor me daddy" gimmick. It was adorable at first, now it's just cringe.

Don't want to talk about Miro...he's fine and Taya is the drizzling shits. Skye Blue has overachieved and doesn't deserve any television time. It's not like the fans are craving for it...maybe it's a Tony thing. I don't know...I don't trust that guy. It's a travesty how they're misusing Jay White. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Overall, I'll give this show a lenient 1 star out of 5 Doug Basham vs Nick Dinsmore 2/3 falls OVW matches. Can't believe this show even exists. Should just call it Rampage+ :nono:

That is exactly who Tiny Khan talks like. Everything is the best, greatest, huge, massive success, etc.

Tell that to everybody that was booing him :lol:

It’s weird. Ticket sales go up and the audience is mostly boos.

Went up from what, exactly? It is a new show, but it doesnt sell as many tickets as Dynamite. It didnt even sell as many tickets as Rampage's debut either.

Phil sold more tickets than they used to sell for Collision, before it existed, but other than that...

Yeah, I mean, that’s it. Tickets were abysmally low. Punk is announced, they go up. Yet the fans are still booing him. I’d suggest it is performative.

Started watching the July 8th episode from Regina, SK just to "check it out".... "cool" to see the locations they did their shouty promos from at the start of the show and know exactly where they were....

Arena looked good... they made it look way bigger than it actually is.....

Turned it off midway through the first match though cause I got better things to do

Just got home from South Bend. What the fuck! Where all you fools at?! IT'S COLLISION TIME, BAY BAY

Eating a slice of Sbarro in Triple A's honour

Holy shit! The Forums still are fucking slow and fucked. No wonder no one is discussing the hottest wrestling show on television.

Come on, Andrade

Hell yeah another title belt. AEW doesn't have nearly enough of those.

Damn! that ladder spot was cool

Break free, Anie!

Jesus, another banger of a match brought to you by AEW Collision on TNT! bah god!

Rarity. Gonna forward through a Darby match...no interest in this match.

Lol..sending him back to Hot Topic

It's Sweet Tooth in the flesh

lol, this Gravity jabroni again?

Kill him, Needles!

Musk gonna be pissed at the CM Punk X belt!

damn...thought Storm versus Shida was tonight. fuck me

Main event should be gr8. I'm here for it

I recognise CM Punk as the AEW and Lineal World Champion.

I thought he was (MTV’s) The Real World Champ. The Miz gonna challenge for the belt.

So MJF was there, but he just didn't care that Phil is calling himself the World Champion???

Tiny is such a good and logical booker! :roll:

lost my power yesterday missed a great show. i love the clips of ftr and max pizza booze part waiting for the hulu streaming

MJF was just so thrilled about having a friend for the first time. Nuanced storytelling.

yeah it looks like a big fake face turn for mjf i want to see where this goes with cole

Collision felt weird this week. Not necessarily bad weird, but just a bit of weird. I honestly think it’s mainly the CM Punk World Champ thing. I felt a bit of whiplash how they’re all acting.

This past week's edition of Collision was an absolute dumpster fire. Way to make your world's champion look like a fucking joke...unbelievable :nono:

Just got home and starting

Ricky can't pronounce consequences no gewd.

They should have swapped the last two Collision shows somehow.

They should have swapped the last two Collision shows somehow.