Pre Dynamite thoughts..

Pre Dynamite thoughts..

I can only see Mox losing so that he can enter the casino battle royal & win that contract & hold it over the new champion Ospreay’s head for an undetermined amount of time.. other than that.. #LOLMoxleyWins

Don’t care about Nigel or the masked guy..

TBS 4 way.. Persephone is going to win tonight only as a bribe so that she doesn’t jump to AAA/NXT when her contract is up later this year.. &
stays in CMLL/AEW. Shida just had it.. so she ain’t winning.. Maya has no character & Stat can’t promo.. Maya should win to give meat to her championship reign but it is going to Persephone.. if she doesn’t win.. she definitely AAA bound..

Renee interviewing all 4 of em.. eh.. trying so hard to make her the Erin Andrews of AEW but she doesn’t have the gravitas of Erin.. nor talent.. with that said Mercedes/Willow feels like a Dynamite main event & not a big match that belongs in Wembley.. Kenny & Will need a big night tonight to get their match feeling like a Wembley main event..

Speaking of which.. I am beyond sick of the DCF.. they have championships but the group still feels small time & unimportant.. maybe because everyone but Fletcher & Knight always lose..(Okada barely wrestles) how is the group helping to elevate Fletcher? Knight? The championships feel like an afterthought when there is 25 members of the DCF..

Also, Bucks teaming with Omega, is this Tony throwing in the towel on the “dream match” between Cope & Christian & the Young Bucks.. for such an “dream match” there is absolutely zero heat behind it.. & no beating up Cope &
Christian backstage like the Dogs & Pac & Claudio did ain’t going to put “Heat” on this match.. to me it feels super unimportant..

So Ospreay’s match will further tensions between his old group in NJPW & himself.. great, I don’t watch NJPW so these guys mean nothing to me.. hence the match means nothing to me..

All in all, this doesn’t feel like a “Wembley is 2 weeks away” excitement type of card.. but we’ll see if the 9738 time WON Booker Of The Year can cook up some heat for All In cause boy howdy, does it ever need it..

Agree or disagree Midcarders?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 12 hours ago

Some AEW thoughts..

Running 50% off tickets until show day isn’t inspiring confidence in your product…

You know who isn’t running 50% off tickets?

Taylor Swift, whatever K-Pop bands are in America, Backstreet Boys at the Sphere here in Vegas, Usher on tour with Chris Brown, Jay Z at Yankee Stadium last month, etc etc..

You know why, because there is a demand for their product & can charge top price for them cause people want to buy them & see the entertainers..

There is no demand for AEW, hence the 50% off promotion to get Wembley at least half full, less than 3500 for the last Dynamite show in America before their “WrestleMania”(next weeks show is in England) when allegedly AEW is the “hottest” & “bestest” it’s ever been..

Speaking of Dynamite, a show that will struggle to get 3500 when it’s your last show in America before your “WrestleMania” tells you what the general real world consensus is about your product.. & not AEW pilled bots on here & other “AEW state media” subreddits & Facebook pages.. are saying..

This is a dead promotion that is being held together by duct tape, magic, & NDA’s.. I can only imagine how bad the vibes are backstage..

There is ZERO talent in AEW that you can put on the marquee that can get you 5-7k minimum just off of their name.. & then you can build off that with the rest of the card .. the artists formerly known as New Day isn’t going to help in that regard either.. speaking of which, I wonder how much Tony is overpaying for that nostalgia act? 2-3 million each for Creed & Kofi is my best guess..

Speaking of dead promotions.. ROH has a PPV in 2 days & NO ONE is talking about it.. like I haven’t seen one post about ROH in any wrestling subreddit this week that wasn’t DubOfficial & that was the ROH special on Tuesday that had 5-7 people in the thread..

ROH is more dead & buried than the New York Jets with Geno Smith at QB this season.. who the fuck is even watching ROH at this point.. Tony needs to be taking way more heat for his absolute mismanagement of ROH..

Hell, the Buss family kids family drama with selling the Lakers is not as fucked up & dysfunctional as what Tony Kahn did to ROH..

Agree or disagree with anything I said Midcarders?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 14 hours ago
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A soon to be 53 year old man doing the splits for TK’s gift basket..

What kind of Jedi Mind Trick does Tony do on these people that they all want to blow him like the Charlie Brown balloon on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?

I mean, has anyone heard from Kamille lately?

Dr Britt Baker?

Anna Jay?

Harley Cameron?

Mina?

Tay Melo?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 1 day ago
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If you think your family is dysfunctional.. have you met the Buss Kids?

& it’s not even 5:00 PM yet.. lmao..

So Jeannie not selling null & voids the whole thing or how does it work?

You need all 6 of them to agree to sell? 5 out of 6 isn’t good enough?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 2 days ago

Sunday night WrestleTix Update:

Sheesh..

The WRENQCC is a draw Midcarders.. even though no matches have been announced..

In the words of Izzi Dame..

“It Iz What It Iz”…

NXT/AAA is blowing AEW out like they are the Legion Of Boom in the Super Bowl going against Peyton Manning & the Denver Broncos..

Shout out Richard Sherman & all of em!!

When the Punk match really gets announced instead of it just being on his tour schedule..

How high will it go?

11-13k?

Higher?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 3 days ago

When you have friends like this, who needs enemies?

What a swell “partnership” between AEW & NJPW..

BFF’s 4 EVER!!

Is this “Generational Heel Work” or just MJF being Tony’s mouthpiece, cause I can’t see MJF going “rogue” like this & burying NJPW cause that is what this is without Tony’s blessing..

What is the point of this partnership again Midcarders?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 4 days ago

Hahaha.. remember this Midcarders?

First screenshot is an update from
SRS about Britt’s “return”..

Also remember these Tony Khan gems(following 3 screen shots)

“Still waiting for the right creative opportunity for Britt to come back”…

Only if Tony knew who the booker was & who runs creative so that he could talk to them about Britt’s return..

Also, whatever happened to Serena Deeb?

Is she still collecting a paycheck from All Elite Wrestling?

According to Cagematch, she hasn’t been on AEW television since 3-5-2025 & only 3 appearances on ROH television(6-21 2025, 9-24-2025, & 11-19-2025) since her last appearance in AEW..

It’s 8-15-2026..

How much longer is their sentence in Khantanamo Bay Midcarders?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 4 days ago

Coming to you faster than a Joshua Baez HR.. Pop Or Respectful Japanese Silence(WWE Smackdown)

Chelsea Green-Beyond pop.. she is made beyond belief now & selfishly I hope she doesn’t have a kid for another year.. cause this is lighting in a bottle.. & I don’t want her to go away for a year+.. #1 women’s babyface in all of WWE.. take your time in getting back Rhea.. Chelsea has it from here..

Gunther-Best heel in the game… he came across sooo good as the smug cocky heel in the promo with Chelsea.. plus against Finn backstage as well..

Matt-Decent pop.. dude tried to fight for his wife & got beat up.. but showed great babyface character in standing up for his wife.. will be interesting to see where he goes from here..

Melo-Pop.. but the size difference between him & Corbin was crazy.. I had no idea Melo was that small or Corbin is that big.. Melo’s personality makes him come across way bigger than he is..

Corbin-Pop.. Corbin is what Tony D’Angelo wishes he could be..

Jacy-Major Pop.. she is the main roster rookie of the year.. she is incredible.. & the right call in her winning..

Tiffy-Major pop as well.. this ultimate babyface character she has defending Chelsea from Nia & Lash & then Fatal Influence really is hitting quite well.. I hope she doesn’t go back heel..

KO-Punk-Nuclear Pop.. this is the feud that Omega Ospreay wishes it was.. can’t wait for next week..

Cody Randy at the end plus Sami getting screwed-Pop.. this is what their WrestleMania feud should have been sans McAfee.. it needs a stipulation for Sunday Night Main Event..

WWE Smackdown being 2 hours & having a hard out at 10:00.. Loud Japanese Silence.. this roster is too good & too deep now for a 2 hour show.. can’t wait for the 3 hours to come back in January..

Also Blake vs Guila next week-Pop. If Blake can’t get Guila over.. it might be the end of the line for Guila on Smackdown.. can see her going to RAW to freshen up there..

Tatum, Alexa & Charlotte.. Major major pop.. in that 40 second to a minute backstage skit.. it got Tatum over as this generation’s Mickie James & Charlotte & Lexi as the proverbial Trish.. their reaction was golden in seeing what Tatum did for them.. I make no bones as being an unabashed Tatum mark.. she has it..

Agree or Disagree Midcarders?

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u/ChrisRhodes789 — 4 days ago

Another Edwin Diaz Blown Save(NXT thoughts- Pop or Respectful Japanese Silence)

Opening mixed Tag match-Pop.. They are really trying with EK Prosper to get him over & I see potential there.. I like his high flying moves & his selling is getting better.. although I feel right now that Dorian Van Deux has a higher babyface ceiling potential than EK.. Lizzy is great.. & Izzi as a heel is top notch.. just not feeling anything with Niko not quite yet..

Kali & friends segment- pop.. it got Kali over as a heel by interrupting Lizzy & EK during their promo.. & Kalani is killing it in her role as a character who isn’t getting the respect that she deserves.. & everyone is jumping past her in line.. also love that Kendall is still selling the effects of the Underground match a week later.. but still came out with a contract for a title match against Kalani in two weeks time.. also Wren is magic in everything she does..

Shugars- Pop.. he gets it.. however Lennox-Respectful Japanese Silence.. he has regressed.. the whole Dark State thing isn’t working.. Lennox needs to move on from them & the tired Shugars storyline..

Zaria-major pop.. she is out of Sol’s shadow & has established herself as a hoss of NXT.. that Zaria/Myka Lockwood match or Reina match down the line will be soooo good.. Wren-major pop.. she has improved so much in the last 12-18 months.. she is the next Chelsea Green..

Vanity Project-Major pop.. don’t ever break them up.. they are great.. & can we get a Lockwood match soon..

Kam- Major pop.. dude has it & I am sold on him as the NXT champion coming out of S&D 2027.. Mason-Respectful Japanese Silence- his gear sucks & he needs to drop 20-30 pounds.. he just comes off as fat..

Price-pop.. might be the breakout star of OTM. That chop he gave Lexis that bloodied King’s chest.. unreal..

King-RJS.. Birthright faction is dead.. push Grace.. she is too good to be doing nothing..

Thea Hail-Pop.. she finally found something that is letting her shine.. Jadia getting the ick from Thea is another pop.

Waller, Cruz & at the end Zilla.. pop… all of the handwringing about NXT not having legit main event men’s division can be put to bed.. the match was great & now Zilla adds something spicy to that division.. however..

Tony D’Angelo-Respectful Japanese Silence.. dude sucks beyond words as a lone wolf/Punisher type wrestler.. dude has negative rizz which is crazy cause he had all the rizz when he was a mob boss.. he needs to drop the championship.. beyond boring..

Agree or Disagree Midcarders?

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u/ChrisRhodes789 — 4 days ago

Coming to you faster than a Edwin Diaz blown save(WWE RAW thoughts)

Going to try something new & see if it gains any traction..

It is what popped me & what I gave the respectful Japanese Silence for in the week of WWE & AEW..

WWE RAW:

Solo Dolo: Pop.. the way he started off RAW singing Jey’s entrance music & his whole vibe is something that you can’t teach.. you either have it or don’t & Solo has it.. plus the whole ducking of Jey’s warning shot followed by Solo’s pew.. hilarious.. major pop for me..

Penta’s match- decent pop.. we all know that he is making it to the finals of the tournament.. let’s just hurry up & get there..

Becky & Vaquer’s promo- big pop.. Becky is the goat female on the mic, I can’t think of one bad promo she has given in years & putting Vaquer with her will only elevate Vaquer.. love the way Vaquer mixes her Spanish with her English in her promos.. plus Liv is great as well..

Rey getting an IC championship match- Respectful Japanese Silence.. I don’t want to see Rey do anything in the ring anymore.. he does nothing for me.. & does nothing for Gable.. you are 50+.. go away & let someone else get some shine..

Dom-RJS as well.. Dom needs to put on muscle & weight.. or else he comes off looking like a high school freshman football player going against the
Varsity senior football player in an Oklahoma drill.. he just doesn’t come off as believable against Oba or Bron.. speaking of which..

Oba & Bron.. Pop.. big time money match.. can’t wait for it..

Women’s IC title picture- lukewarm pop.. I don’t see a credible challenger for Raquel.. hopefully Vice goes to Raw & challenges Raquel..

Lyra backstage with Sol & Sky.. pop.. I feel like Lyra can bring something out of Sol(a personality) that we haven’t seen since Sol got called up..

Solo maybe going back to the Bloodline- major pop.. it will be interesting to see if OTC accepts Solo back in like Jey thinks he wants or gets mad at Jey for running a play that OTC didn’t call.. & now is stuck with Solo Dolo like a Temu version of Sami Zayn with the Bloodline..

Agree or disagree Midcarders?

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u/ChrisRhodes789 — 5 days ago

For the late nite Midcarders/morning Midcarders from across the pond..

& somehow this senile old fuck thinks Dynamite is outdrawing RAW?!?

I am off to bed..

Have at it Midcarders..

I’ll have a lot more to say later today..

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 5 days ago

Why is MJF responding to Tony’s alt Twitter handle when he could just say it to his face?

These AEW talent are never beating the allegations of being chronically online..

Thoughts Midcarders..

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 7 days ago

For the late night graveyard shift Midcarders..

First of.. I finished Countdown on Amazon Prime & they didn’t bring it back for season 2?!?

How do you end season 1 like that & just say nah, we are good.. off to parts unknown you go.. to go join Rampage & Velocity in cancelled show heaven.. awful.. Countdown deserves a season 2..

Anyways.. here are my Dynamite thoughts..

I am completely underwhelmed by Omega & Ospreay.. thought they had something good with how they started it.. then Omega missed last week & Ospreay had that dumb match with Davis.. & now Tony has to reheat Omega & Ospreay & he didn’t do a good job tonight.. Don Callis was dumb & unnecessary here.. same with his goons who attacked Ospreay & Omega saved Ospreay & that was that.. we didn’t see Omega nor Ospreay again for the rest of the show.. not a backstage segment.. nothing.. strange.. this doesn’t feel like a big main event match at all..

MJF wrestled & won.. basic 3 way match with Wayne getting pinned.. Wayne isn’t good enough to win on AEW TV but I am supposed to buy him beating Bandido for the dead ROH championship? MJF cut a basic promo saying he was going to win the Gauntlet match blah blah.. (speaking of which, Tony needs to end one of these Gauntlet matches super early like with only 3 or 4 people in it cause we keep hearing how it can end at any time & it never ends until like 8-10 people have entered it, & its 18-25 minutes long.. it’s time to change it up & end it like at 6 minutes with only a couple of people in it, keep us on our toes).. Also MJF is too giving in his matches.. he sells way too much off of regular moves for a “top guy”.. especially in these undercard matches..

Jay White wrestled & all I could think about was how small & tiny he is.. since it was predictable that he was going to win.. so my mind wondered during it.. he made the right call going to AEW to be with other small & tiny wrestlers that are there.. however, Finley should have went to WWE & joined his brother in NXT.. his group is cooked in AEW.. they get no pops & they stink it up every-time they are on screen.. plus I couldn’t tell who was who in this match with their long hair..

Divine promo.. forgettable.. this tag title match has zero heat on it..

Quick showing of Willow getting beat down by Mone.. & that was that.. none of them showed up on Dynamite to further that storyline other than the recorded beat down.. another match that is losing steam fast..

Trios promo that was only made interesting by Swerve joining in it & it getting heavily hinted that Swerve won’t be alone much longer(hello Kofi & Creed)..

Jericho Knight match that we all knew that Knight was going to win.. best part of the match was the major botch by Callis & Jericho.. fucking dummies.. it’s in the Jerk sub & the basement if you want to see it.. it was sooooo dumb.. it put Moxley’s fuckup from the Kommander match look like nothing..

Stat won.. but most importantly she came out to zero pop.. & while she & Viva Van wrestled well &
Van showed out.. it was a forgettable match.. Stat tried to promo afterwards.. & it was bad.. she was at her best when Stoke was her mouthpiece.. she said that “she was made for the TBS championship”.. girl, you were the main women’s champion like not even 5 months ago.. so you were made for the 2nd most important women’s championship in AEW but not the most important one? Way to bury yourself there.. & nobody should take her as a credible threat to the main women’s championship at all going forward..

Speaking of zero pop.. the Maya World experiment needs to end.. yes, she hit some nice power moves in this match.. but she was completely overshadowed by the other 3 women in the match.. it was like she wasn’t even in it & that’s your #2 women’s champion? Still zero character development from her.. still know nothing about her except her brother died & she won the TBS championship on her birthday..

The best match on the night was the Moxley Perry match.. it was wrestled well & Perry did good as the underdog fighting for his life.. but we all knew that Mox was going to win.. & he did.. dunno where you go with Perry but he did a lot better than I thought he would..

No hype for the Bucks Edge & Christian match which was strange.. feel like teams will be added to it..

All in all, a decent 2+ hours of Dynamite that did absolutely nothing to get me excited for All In..

C- grade for Dynamite..

What say you Midcarders?

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u/ChrisRhodes789 — 7 days ago
▲ 132 r/SCJerk

I feel like AEW missing out on AJ Styles turned out to be a majorly dodged bullet. I can’t see TK wanting him here now.

AEW WINS AGAIN!!!

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 9 days ago

Did we watch the same show part 2

What I did like the best was Smackdown..

3 matches but they all meant something & we had Tatum debut who I feel is the best pure female babyface wrestler in both AEW & WWE.. she is that good.. & improves every storyline & person that she interacts with… she is Chelsea Green in that regard.. but 10 times the wrestler that Green is..

Fatal Influence>Triangle Of Madness. Period Full Stop.

Jacy>Thekla & Fallon & Lainey easily clear Skye & Juila..

Lainey has improved so much in such a short amount of time.. she is going to break out..

But I really liked was the promos on Smackdown.. they set up Punk & KO plus Cody & Randy.. I am invested in the characters because they gave me a reason to be invested in them..

Also is Nakaru debuting as Nak’s partner? If so, does that mean lo Sky is moving to Smackdown?

Professional wrestling is a weekly traveling live action soap opera & I feel like the promo’s & character work is more important to get over & get people invested in seeing the wrestling part of it rather than wrestling 15-30 minute matches every week which are boring as hell if I am not emotionally invested in the characters..

Like I still don’t know a damn thing about Maya Worlds character other than her brother died & she had a birthday last month.. what else is there about Maya World that I should care about? I need more meat on the bone there..

Thea Hail as an annoying younger sister type who wants love & approval from Jaida is hilarious..

Wren is awesome.. no notes.. if you don’t like Wren, then you don’t like wrestling..

Kendall is as can’t miss of a prospect as Wemby..

Have Tony D’Angelo drop the belt as soon as possible.. his Punisher/Lone Wolf type character sucks.. he doesn’t have the character work to pull that off..

RAW is lacking for me in the mid card.. I need more women to challenge Raquel than just Sol.. hopefully some move from Smackdown, & Vice is going to Raw as well..

Liv, Becky & Vaquer will be fun.. wonder if they pull the trigger on Vaquer winning the championship before the Chile show or on that show in front of her country people?

I need Gable to move on from Ethan & Rusev.. I need Ethan to do shit with LA Knight while Roman waits for the Lucha tournament to be over to get him a #1 contender .. think that would be fun between Ethan & Knight..

Jevon Trick or Knight needs to win MITB.. for the women.. Blake or Jacey with an outside chance for Tatum..

What say you Midcarders?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 11 days ago

Did we watch the same show?

I watched all 4 shows this week.. & I found Grand Slam Mexico to be the most boring of all 4…

First of, anything Moxley is in is a total dud for me, I don’t need to see him stumble around the wrestling ring “selling” & flipping people off & doing his shoulder shug & strut every Wednesday & ultimately winning the match..but Tony Kahn feels otherwise.. Moxley is way better backstage & promos than he is wrestling.. stop booking him every week!!

Kommander is the definition of a spot monkey.. dude is only there to do cool shit like run the ropes, flip a billion times from the ropes, turnbuckle & lose.. I don’t think I have ever heard him promo.. so why should I care about him again? Champa is ice cold, btw, whatever happened to him going after the champions in AEW.. dude just went to AEW to bleed in matches that he loses in, & to milk Tony for millions.. & to wrestle Andrade’s pants(sooo dumb) & Andrade is decent..

The 6 woman tag was dumb in that Willow’s backslide is as protected as Corbin’s “End Of Days”.. it’s a backslide, how the fuck is it impossible to kick out of.. also why is Mone taking the pin there.. I have no interest in seeing them wrestle now for the championship , cause the challenger was pinned clean in the middle of the ring.. also why is Willow being protected as much as she is.. she rarely ever loses & when she does take a pin(Revolution tag match this year) it comes after she had a match, plus a post match beat down after said match & it’s her 2nd match of the night..

Every Fletcher match is the same, repetitive nonsense.. it’s going 15 plus minutes, big moves will be hit & no sold(Speedball’s finisher & Fletcher’s finisher) all were kicked off at 2.9.. plus other moves will have a 2.9 kick out until Fletcher hits his finishing move involving the turnbuckle.. & it ends.. not every Fletcher match needs to be a 50-50 struggle.. dude is overrated as fuck..

Didn’t care about Jericho’s match.. it was there for the crowd to sing along to his music & Mistico’s..

Statlander literally got pinned for 10 seconds after the belt shot & until the ref hit the 3 count.. her career is DOA in AEW.. but she doesn’t care.. her problem is promos & she still hasn’t improved one bit in years..

GOA deserve a tag title run.. too bad with New Day coming in.. as well as MCMG there.. & FTR coming back.. they will never get it..

Speaking of Refs.. & my biggest problem of the night.. why did the referee start to count Davis out when he was knocked out on the outside & the ref was outside with him? To make matters worse, when the ref got to 9, he stopped counting, physically nudged Davis to get up & to get into the ring to finish the match.. it wasn’t a last man standing match, so why count? I have never seen a no DQ street fight end with a ref count.. it is always pin or submission.. soooo what the fuck was that?

All in all, it was a show that had too much wrestling & not enough reason for me to care about the wrestlers cause I am not emotionally invested in any of them..

What say you Midcarders?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 11 days ago

Let me get this straight…

Darby pins Knight in the 6 man match on Dynamite..

Then on Collision, Darby challenges Knight to a Falls Count Anywhere Match for the TNT Championship at All In…

BUT before all that happens..

Darby’s partner in the 6 man match from Dynamite, Jericho gets a TNT Championship match first on the next Dynamite show..

How the fuck did Jericho without interacting with Knight at all outside of the 6 man tag match, get a TNT Championship match before Darby?

& why would Darby be okay with this, because if Jericho wins, there goes Darby’s title match at All In..

What in the “Whose Line Is It Anyway” booking where absolutely nothing matters is going on here Midcarders?

Make this make sense..

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 11 days ago
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The term “Study Cagematch & get back to me” was applied here.

AEW WINS AGAIN!

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 13 days ago

Like Scott Van Pelt says on Sportscenter: “Do Your Research”

So I did on the Brawling Birds

& can someone tell me how they earned their tag team title match at Wembley?

Since my birthday(middle-ish of April).. they have had 2 proper tag team matches…in 4 months..

They beat the outstanding tag teams of ::checks notes::

Emily Jaye & Jordan Blade as well as Kayla Lopez & Tiara James.

That’s it..

In my Booker T voice: “WHAT THE HELL?!?”

Other than giving Hayter & Windsor their moment at Wembley.. okay.. then what?

What the fuck is the point of the women’s tag team division in AEW when there isn’t any gosh darn tag teams in it?!?

It’s not like they slogged their way thru a grueling division thru many hard fought matches to earn the match & then win the belts..

2 proper tag team matches in 4 months..

This women’s tag team division in AEW is deader than ROH..

Thoughts Midcarders?

u/ChrisRhodes789 — 14 days ago