AEW TV 2026 discussion

[WyattSheepMask]

A decent episode all round l, however I did flag a bit towards the end and skipped Persephone v Aminata. 2 and a half hours for the weekly TV is too long for me, but I’m probably in the minority on that.

Great to see Sting Jr back and great to hear the reaction to him as well. He’s green as grass obviously, but the crowd are with him and willing him to do well which is awesome to hear.

Marina should absolutely batter Mone, both in kayfabe and shoot, but Mone will have no doubt developed some world class MMA skills whenever the match happens.

Bucks getting absolutely battered was the most enjoyable thing I’ve seen them do in years. Lesnar has Suplex City, Davis can have Piledriver County and just drop Matt Jackson on his head until the end of time.

Great debut for Dragunov, he’s going to be an excellent addition to the roster. I wouldn’t even worry about rushing him into a feud at this point, just use him like this until the CC comes around 

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My last time watching Dragunov was on NXT:UK and I could never fully buy into him. In-ring, I always thought he was enjoyable enough, but almost everything else about his presentation reminded me of a little boy in his underpants playing at being a wrestler. Seeing him on this show, age has helped with that somewhat - he definitely looks a bit cooler - but I still wish he'd carry himself with more weight. I find the air-conducting deeply uncool and think it makes him look like a massive dork. Literally no better than when you see clips of people at the Air Guitar World Championship. If intensity is your thing, be intensely focused on your match and your opponent. Leave the air-conducting to fans and just try to look the business. If he doesn't, for me at least, he absolutely screams "relegated to The Conglomeration within a few months". Maybe an odd-couple tag-team with Orange Cassidy, seeing as they're basically inversions of each other (which I'm sure could be great fun, to be fair). I genuinely hope he's in the C2 and proves me wrong though.

[Lorne Malvo]

I watched this! My first AEW show since March. It was interesting to see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same.

I can't remember if the staging was the same the last time I watched, but I hated it. Those giant screens on top and either side of the entranceway just screamed WWE to me. Tone it down a bit and bring the tunnels back!

Mark Davis always seemed to have a ton of potential but something was missing. Whatever it was, he's found it. He looked the absolute business out there.

Orange Cassidy is far too good to get stuck in this Conglomeration/Dogs/Bang Bang Gang quagmire, and I still can't engage with Jay White despite the fact he has all the tools. As soon as the bell rings I just lose interest in him.

The Mercedes/Marina stuff was top drawer and Mercedes seems to have gone from strength to strength. I absolutely love her.

I love Jon Moxley too, but when I stopped watching he was in a run of middling Continental Eliminator matches and here he was in a middling Continental Eliminator match. I'd be happy for him to drop that belt soon and move on to something else.

Holy shit, where did this Nick Wayne come from! Funny as fuck, this was probably segment of the show for me. His feud with Greg The Hammer Valentine looks to have been a good one. It's an ideal pairing really as this new Nick Wayne character seems a stones throw away from Jerichos WCW persona.

Persephone and Britt Baker is a very odd pairing, and I'm not sold on Maya World off this appearance either. Hearing she was TBS champ at some point came as a surprise. 

Cracking main event and Ilja is going to have some absolute belters on this roster.

Really great show for the most part and they've done enough to reel me back in for now, the bastards.