Ramblings of an Englishman

This one snuck up on me. Uh I dunno build is real eh this time maybe we don't need this many PPVs if we don't dedicate the time to build to them. It's an odd one it's another one of those it will be alright on the night and some stuff has build but not enough, weird as fuck. I understand we've had shows where large majority has been covered by other stuff such as Grand Slam France and the tragic passing of PAC but still bit of an odd one here. Still I pay for the MyAEW PPV tier so I will be watching. With that said let's talk about the card Tailgate Brawl Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne) vs. Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue) This one feels like a pseudo number one contenders match but good to see the tag division as a whole gets some spotlight. I do think Sisters of Sin are the ones to tag the belts from The Brawling Birds (and then drop them back to them at Dynasty to get the UK title change pop) so they should get a win here. Or I guess Div...

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...

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...

2026 looks to be a record breaking year for seeing wrestling live. I got the bug last October to attend more than just the AEW PPV in August and whenever New Japan does Royal Quest and it has led to me going to a lot more shows mainly RevPro's Live in London series at the Porchester Hall. This is also a special year regarding to this as it is 20 years since I went to my first show it was an LDN show in 2006. I'm counting this as I and Cagematch cannot find records of the show I was at while I was at the Bognor Regis Butlins in 2004 (or 2005 can't remember). So this is an anniversary year for wrestling and has somehow had a call back.  So far this year I have been to the below shows. RevPro Live In London 103 - 04/01/2026 RevPro Live In London 104 - 01/02/2026 RevPro Live In London 105 - 01/03/2026 Pro Wrestling EVE 146: Wrestle Queendom 9 - 08/03/2026 RevPro Live In London 107 - 03/05/2026 RevPro Live In London 108 - 07/06/2026 This already ties me with the amount of shows ...

Another rotation of AEW PPVs done and it brings us to the second biggest show in the AEW calander in Double or Nothing, the eight one in its history and you could argue the biggest one since that very first AEW show. Taking place in a packed stadium this should be a great match. I am glad this year that Double or Nothing isn't main evented by a match to get a title match at a different show. Instead, this year will be highlighted by a huge world title match and several grudges, so let's go match by match as ever. But you know who cares about wrestling really? ARSENAL WON THE LEAGUE!!!!!! Buy-In 5-minute Tag Team Eliminator Match: Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) vs. Zayda Steel and Viva Van I enjoy the set ups of this matches. Gets Divine Dominion over as dominant force and when someone eventually surivies or beats them it gets them over huge. Look if Brawling Birds are to win it at All In I'd still have someone before hand go the five minutes. Be it Maya World ...

Weren’t we just here a month ago? Yeah it’s the month after month run of AEW shows. I’d prefer to save money but if the shows have the quality that AEW have I don’t mind. The good thing is that the build has to happen and has to happen quick and between the World, Tag Team and the Ospreay grudge match you have big hooks and big matches set up right away and you hope the rest of the card gets that sort of love. AEW is on an upward trajectory carrying on from a good 2025 with American TV viewership booming even without HBO Max numbers it does seem like audiences are looking for an alternative to the slop served by the sex trafficking MAGA company which people somehow still watch.  Anyway, this is a big show for me as it’s the first show for me on the new MyAEW service. With my Triller sub expiring on March 30th and the fact they won’t take new subs meant it was time to move as Triller moves further and further to bankruptcy. A sad end but a great service for supplying AEW content for...

It’s 2026 and you know what that means? More PPV for me to pretend I’m reviewing while really saying nothing. That’s how it goes that’s what the probably two of you who read this are here for. I’m quite positive on wrestling that isn’t run by a sex trafficking MAGA company at the moment because I’ve been having fun watching. I’m writing this the day after going to Wrestle Queendom 8 at the O2 and what a spectacular show. I’d expect a few of those matches to be near the top of my match of the year post a rewatch. But we are here for AEW Revolution 2026 a big show for sure. The first PPV of the year for AEW and know after this is posted I’ll be up for the All In pre-sale so thoughts and prayers. I’ve been really enjoying the AEW product this year it’s continued the good quality of 2025 and seems to be attracting new viewers and fans by the week as WWE prices out and alienates fans (how anyone can still support evil company like that before you consider the dogshit product is beyond me). ...