Ramblings of an Englishman

Man it's weird how time goes. Feels like All In was just the other week but no it's a month and we are back for another AEW show. Aw dude, take me back to Wembley I miss it so much. But the passage of time is undefeated and we are now in Chicago for All Out. I quite like this card it's a real fall out from All In vibes big 2000s Backlash feel here to me and that's no bad feeling. But let us see how the show on the day holds up. Tailgate Brawl With PPV’s back to Saturday for the rest of the year we get Tailgate Brawl back as opposed to the Zero Hour. These normally have bigger or more booked in advance matches. Not complaining that I saw Big Boom AJ in an 8 man tag match at All In but some of the matches here were announced over a week in advance. Jack Perry vs. Katsuyori Shibata  So this is what we have for the return of Samoa Joe? Gutted he wasn’t at All In he’s one of my all time favourites probably second behind Kurt Angle so I’ll remain hopeful for Dynasty & Dyn...

I wanted to give it a few days to collect my thoughts and feeling not rush into hyperbole but oh man what a weekend. It is always a great weekend when AEW come over the England in August and this year All In was brought back. On top of this RevPro also went all out with their biggest show yet the day before for their Anniversary show and held it right next door in Wembley Arena. It's a big expectation on the weekend with two big venues.   And man, that shit delivered. The weekend delivered big matches, big moments and memories forever. It is kinda insane to have seen 10 title changes over two days but I won't complain. It's really nice RevPro wise as I have been going to the Live in London shows and been more invested into the company then I have beforehand so the real pay off I got for this show was even more then when I use to just do a handful of shows a year. Connor Mills finally putting 6 years of hurt to bed to beat Michael Oku and become Undisputed British Heavyweigh...

​The King of Sports is back and I’m not talking about that horror show of an AI Antonio Inoki. New Japan has been hovering for years and I do think this year has show some ambition towards its rebuild of the coming with this generation. I’ve had my issues with New Japan towards this I think they waited too long to move a lot of new talent into title contention and when everyone was gone you were left with a lot of people not established as next up with credentials to back it. We essentially had to have Tsuji carry the load for regular talent as more and more established guys went away. However, I do think there’s some good moments. Shock booking like Callum Newman’s Heavyweight Title win have helped and The Knockout Brothers run of title defences and that New Years Dash promo it just felt like we needed a moment in time where everyone (well nearly everyone) moved in sync and the battle to determine the strongest of the summer was it. G1 Climax season always feels me with hope to begin ...

Is this PPV really needed? A strange opening sentence but legit help me out here. I dunno why we are doing this are we not better suited to running through to All In? I get we need to get all the ducks in a row but are some of those big enough for PPV hooks? Look I'm watching I pay MyAEW for that privilege and I'm sure this PPV is being created to justify the price points but still. As ever yeah sure will be a good show they always are but let's break it down. Last one of these actual quick thoughts before I am at Wembley all Bank Holiday August weekend. I wanna dedicate this one to my cat Jess who passed away the Monday before the show. Redemption is the first AEW I'll watch without her sleeping in the kitchen and disturbing here when I go to the fridge. She's give me a confuse look and then go back to sleep it wasn't breakfast time just yet. I'm gonna miss you so much and just hope you know how much you were loved and how much you will be missed.  Zero Hou...

​July 2026 is a funny time for a niche topic in the grand scheme of things. It will be 20 years since my first wrestling show seen live (I mean it will be if All-Star never get back to me regarding the buttons 2004 show I was at, the DMs is there in your requests please respond). As such it’s a nice round number to fully look into the facts and figures. A lot of these shows are from the last 12 months where I've really started to be more interested in live wrestling as opposed to just going to the bigger shows and watching the rest at home but it's still a fun collection of names and matches.  For the record this contains 32 shows which are broken down as the below x2 LDN Shows (2006-2007) x8 TNA/Impact Wrestling Shows (2008-2016) x3 NJPW Shows (2019-2024) x15 RevPro Shows (2023-2026) x3 AEW Shows (2023-2025) x1 Pro Wrestling EVE Show (2026)  Most Seen Wrestler So who takes the crown for most seen wrestler? Well as ever there’s some slight controversy with it in terms of the w...

Forbidden Door season rolls about again. Not in the UK this time we have all in but this show will have UK implications with the finals of both men and women’s versions of The Owen. Slight deviation on normal I’ve been away for the most part so my thoughts on TV may not be accurate for what the show has shown. I’ve not seen everything so you know what can you do.  Buy In Drilla Moloney vs. Daniel Garcia  A match announced while I was sleeping before the show. It should be a fine match but I have nothing but that to say for it. I might hit that Drilla right. This was good enough felt heatless with how late it was announced. Drilla killer is nice. 2.75/5   Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Skye Blue vs. Maika  I’ve really enjoyed the idea of building to the next TBS champion after Willow sadly had to vacate the belt. Build up to it make it seem like everyone wants it and blow that off with a first time gimmick match (in AEW) of Survival of the Fittest. F...