Supremo

As amusing as Kevin is doing this stuff, there’s a real sense of having-your-cake-and-eating-it with WWE. They clearly trust Kevin and recognise that he’s one of the best performers, with one of the sharpest minds. But if they’re willing to give him the freedom to take the piss like this, why don’t they actually stop, listen, and consider not being so fucking weird? Spare a thought for Aleister Black. He must be gutted watching this. Extremely cheeky of the company to give him the sack, yet continue to host segments in his Pocket Dimension of Empty Nothingness. The scripting was dog shit, too. Remember the first promo they cut, where they specifically stated that they weren’t going to refer to insider bollocks? Now Kevin’s making references to CM Punk, “hating T-shirts,” based on CM Punk slagging him off for wrestling in a T-shirt thirty years ago. Rubbish.

Sammy having a belter, here. Presumably mixing up the order of the photos he attached to the Tweet, he appears to be suggesting 2026 has been a much better year for chucking his kid into the sea.

They should hesitate to use any weapons that don’t have a massive sponsor plastered on them. ”Where are the Slim Jim tables?” exclaims Kofi, as Hangman cracks him over the head with a barbwire chair. That’s a point. Has a Kofi ever bladed in the history of his career? I can’t recall it. Seeing him in a wild CZW match might be the maddest visual ever.

This clip is phenomenal. 1997 chaos distilled. These days, the whole thing would be so clean and tidy. Owen would get the win, the Headbangers would vanish, then the fat lads would run out and do the beatdown. That’d be it. Everyone would hit their marks. Here, Owen pins Mosh, who immediately jumps up and carries on fighting. During this bonkers no-sell of the finish, Davey is seemingly too pilled up to even notice his partner is being beaten up, so continues to pose and do cartwheels. And then as soon as the Headhunters come out you can sense Davey, Owen and even Vince himself give up on them mid-segment, leaving them to brawl with the Headbangers instead. Vince already slagging them off for their look is incredible. You can hear him immediately realise he has a pair of Vaders on his hands and isn’t about to waste anywhere near the amount of time on them that he did stinky Leon. What a fascinating mess of a segment. Pro-wrestling used to be better. You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. *I keep watching the Bulldog cartwheel and it gets funnier every time. There’s a Gangrela Effect for you. I thought the British Bulldog was a normal, competent wrestler as a kid. It’s only watching his stuff back that he’s probably the funniest wrestler to ever live.

I like the idea of Swerve trying to drink Hangman’s blood in Texas Death, and that’s the final straw for The New Level to finally admit their mate is actually a complete nutter. A Nick Wayne/Chris Jericho Tag Team feels nailed on at this point. It’s very obvious that Jericho has fallen in love with Nick Wayne and won’t want to leave his orbit. Legitimately the first thing Jericho’s done in years that’s truly clicked. Everything from Wayne’s cadence, T-shirt and the pyro gimmick all feels extremely Jericho-coded. The way he looks at Wayne dicking about also reminds me of how proud he used to look upon Sammy Guervara during the Covid tapings. Let’s just hope Nick Wayne has more of an upside than Sammy! Funny to watch both AEW and WWE push these wildly young guys in Nick Wayne and Je'Von Evans, yet they couldn’t feel more different. Nick Wayne legitimately feels like a young, exciting talent. Man’s a walking meme generator. By contrast, despite only being one year older, and equally as young in terms of how long he’s been on TV, the way they script Je'Von Evans makes him feel older than Bobby Fish! Je'Von is one of those weird kids who’s spent too much time with his nan. The only way Nick Wayne would ever hang out with Je'Von Evans is if his mum forced him to.

Treat yo’ self! Steal it as your own!

Adam Copeland perfectly encapsulating what it feels like to be the oldest person in your job.

Tale as old as time. True as it can be. Roman Reigns a directionless mess again? Saved by my boy Sami.

The run of success AEW is having with the ship jumpers this year is getting ridiculous. Ciampa, Andrade and the New Level all doing some of their best ever work, slotting in perfectly, and now this. How has the weird cringe goblin from Smackdown suddenly turned into an absolute hunk? Did he brush past Steven Borden or something backstage, catching a lethal dose of handsome?! I apologise Draganov, I wasn't familiar with your game.

The streak continues! This week, it was Kevin Owens having a row with CM Punk backstage, storming out of shot, but then throwing his crumpled up wrist tape back into shot, as Punk mutters, “children…” Due to the daft 2D way in which they shoot backstage segments, with everyone presumably slipping into another dimension as soon as they leave the the camera’s field of view, it felt genuinely shocking for someone to reveal that they still exist after leaving the scene. In a company where people are committing arson and attempted vehicular homicide, they somehow managed to make someone chucking a bit of rubbish feel more dangerous and transgressive. Bonus shout out to Sami Zayn quietly developing a similar relationship with Johnny Gargano that Roman used to have with Sami. Gaslighting and exploiting Johnny, it’s a nice little touch watching Sami continue the cycle of success corrupting. What you've lost sight of is what you are. And what you are, is what you hate. You are the WWE champion. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, the champ is here. You, like the Red Sox, like Boston, are no longer the underdog. You're a dynasty! You are what you hate! You have become…Big Rome! I think these Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn lads might be ones to watch, you know. They’ve got the stuff. Cody Rhodes also went to the dark place and I couldn’t give a flying fuck. Pull out Arn Anderson’s shooter and pop a cap in Baron Corbin or don’t even bother, Cody.

Late to finish the second half of this show, I’m shocked more hasn’t been said about that incredible Tag Title match. A genuine Match of the Year candidate, it was almost too good, all but killing the rest of the show when nothing else could live up to it. It was followed by matches specifically designed and gimmicked to be fast-paced and/or crazy (Trios two-out-of-three-falls, Moxley’s bloodbath, Clockwork Carnage) and yet none of them came anywhere close to Nick Jackson going fucking mental, seemingly on 30x speed. Liquid pro-wrestling. I lost my mind the longer that madness went on. Do you think anyone alive still genuinely considers the fucking Usos as the greatest Tag Team of all time? Because The Young Bucks are so many leagues ahead of them at this point that it’s not even funny. They’ve hit that Bryan Danielson tier, where they’re not only demonstrably the best ever, but they’re somehow hitting their stride and delivering their best ever work at a point when most careers are winding down. It’ll be a sad day when they pack it in. They’re the absolute best. Cannot fucking wait for that New Level vs. Young Bucks match. They should headline Full Gear.

Seeing all the compilations online left me wondering, did Samoa Joe ever do the, “NOPE,” spot in NXT or WWE? All the (brilliant!) clips seem to be exclusively from ROH, TNA and AEW. He must have done at least one in a Fed ring, surely? Trying to figure out what might be next for Will Ospreay also got me thinking; how many singles ladder matches have Ospreay or MJF had? Assuming they’ll want to eventually do a big pay per view match together to unify the belts, a Wrestlemania-10 style ladder match feels the natural direction. It would fit with Max’s pattern of having arguably the greatest examples of specific stipulation matches. The best Dog Collar match of all time, against CM Punk. The best Iron Man Match of all time, against Bryan Danielson. The best what-the-fuck-is-that-on-his-neck match of all time, against Cody Rhodes. Ospreay vs. MJF in a ladder match certainly has that potential. Max has probably already got the HBK-inspired tights ordered.

How it’s going to feel when the Toni Storm Tapes confirm Willow Nightingale as the culprit, revealing she was a heel this whole time. Still hoping it’s Ronda Rousey. Their confrontation was electric.

Looks like they kickstarted a Toni Storm whodunnit storyline at Wrestledream, handing out cassette tapes to content creators. Cool stuff. If there’s anyone I’d trust to deliver on something like this, it’d be Toni Storm. She’s a creative genius. With the way AEW often understate their storylines, it'll be interesting to see how - if at all - this bleeds over to television. That’s half the problem with AEW sometimes. They trust that their audience know and follow everything and don’t feel the need to spoon feed or endlessly hit fans over the head with stuff. There‘s a fine line, I think. And as with most things, it often feels like WWE and AEW are at the opposite ends of the spectrum, neither finding the sweet spot. Never forget WWE’s QR code campaigns. Always makes me laugh remembering their attempt at subtle, alternative reality game storytelling. See if you can spot the tiny, hidden details onscreen!

When we were at university (twenty three years ago, for fuck's sake), my mate announced to the group that he'd invented the sport, "Folf," which was golf, but with footballs and giant holes. Everyone laughed at him. To this day, the Whatsapp group is regularly updated with a photo whenever anyone sees a FootGolf course in the wild. He's still convinced he lost out on millions because no-one took him seriously.

What is the charge? Having a wank? A succulent step-motherly wank?

Looks like Sheamus’ chin to me. One day soon, Ilja Dragunov is going to wrestle Darby Allin and it’s going to be the scariest match of all time. It’s a great looking B show. Exactly what you want coming off All In. Hoping Moxley loses to Mark Davis, leading to a big Death Riders vs. Don Callis Family Blood and Guts match. Whilst I’m certain the original plan was for Jericho to get the win back, this Nick Wayne thing has became such a meme these past few days I think they have to book Nick to win again. I can’t think of a funnier way for Dynamite to open next week than for him to go bigger and better. “Nick Wayne beat Chris Jericho…again.”

The Iron Man Match with Bret weighs the first run down that much. On a potential to disappointment ratio, it might be the worst match of all time. On Copeland, I wonder if a heel run would work? Slimey dickhead heel was always his best work, but it’s probably too late to even try and in 2026 I suspect a heel turn would just bring out his worst instincts even more. An MJF feud sounds fun, and I like the idea of MJF retiring him, but considering the strop he threw when he couldn’t keep up Ricky Starks (“aw, dude!”), I wouldn’t hold out much hope for Copeland doing promo battles with MJF. The Sheamus retirement match in WWE was fun. Maybe just being Sheamus in to do that again. Realistically though, he probably should have called it career after the wild over-delivery that was the,”I Quit,” match with FTR. It ain’t getting better than that.

I feel bad for Copeland because despite delivering some solid work in AEW (fun run with the TNT Title, good feud with Christian, great I Quit match with Christian against FTR), there’s still an overall feeling that he shouldn’t have bothered coming back from retirement and this second half of his career has done more to harm his legacy than add to it. It doesn’t come anywhere close to guys like Shawn Michaels and Bryan Danielson coming back from career-ending injury and somehow being even better. I do hope he can go out on some type of high. I was a huge Edge guy back in the day, but everything since he came back has felt like the business has moved on and left him behind. Maybe they can chuck him into the Continental Classic to do some of those fun TV matches where the graphic alone melts your brain. Do the Okada and Omega matches that way. Both would make excellent TV main events. Cope’s spoken about wanting to work the Tokyo Dome before retiring, but who the fuck is even left in New Japan, if he wants to work next year’s January 4th?

This Nick Wayne thing is by far the best thing Jericho has done in years. The bit where he kept shooting fireworks off every time he said he beat Chris Jericho was brilliant. Funny you mention Wayne potentially being a good Sammy Guevara because coming off this segment I wouldn’t be against Jericho and Wayne eventually forming a Tag Team. There’s similar chemistry there to Le Sex Gods. You assume Jericho himself has clocked how well this is going, how good their chemistry is, and how much potential Wayne has. I think they’d make for a great team. Has Chris Jericho ever worked with Alex Shelley? In his early years Shelley always reminded me of Jericho. I’m sure I read somewhere that Shelley took tonnes of inspiration from Jericho. It’d be cool for them to do something together, and Motor City Machine Guns fighting Chris Jericho and Nick Wayne could be the way in. Fantasy booking Chris Jericho in 2026. What the fuck is going on?! Tony Khan remains the funniest booker of all time, putting all the best stuff for this show in the final hour, when most people had likely switched off. Saving the fantastic Moxley promo, the Ilja Dragunov vignette and Nick Wayne’s bonfire night extravaganza, all for Collision? You’re a nutcase, Tone!

There are definitely Copeland matches I’d like to look at before he retires, like against Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, Darby or Okada, but anyone suggesting Copeland should be World Champion has lost their fucking mind. Has enough time already passed for us to forget how truly dreadful Cope vs. Mox was? How awful Cope is when doing the TOUGHEST, HARDEST MAN ALIVE act? The very reason this Tag Team run with Christian worked so well was because it sidelined all that bollocks. Copeland’s final year needs to see him return to his TNT Title form, where he’s having fun matches with people you’d never expect him to wrestle. At most he should be in the co-main events. Never headlining. The higher up the card you push him, the GRITTIER he’ll become, and no-one needs that. Provided Christian can come back from what sounds like absolutely horrific injuries, I’d quite like Cope and Christian to wrestle each other in a double retirement match.

How it feels arriving home to the wife and kids holding a chippy tea.

The sad truth is that whatever they do with Penta holding the briefcase, they’ll never be able to create a more perfect, magical moment than against Roman in Mexico City the other week. That was the open goal and they bottled it.