Welcome to this week’s edition of the Wrestlepurists’ coverage of AEW Collision. Tonight’s show promises some hard-hitting action, with the international championship being defended by Orange Cassidy against the debuting ‘The Bounty Hunter’ Bryan Keith, and of course the continuation of The Continental Classic that promises highly competitive matches in the Blue League and much more. Blue League…
2023 has been quite the year for the wrestling business as a whole. With multiple international shows for multiple major companies, an incredible uptick in the value of tag team wrestling in a company that previously didn’t value it, beautifully crafted wrestling coming out of every corner of the globe, and wrestlers making history, it’s…
WWE star Cody Rhodes believes that current world champion MJF will eventually jump ship. For months, MJF teased that there would be a bidding war between AEW and WWE in 2024 for his services, though those teases have all but ceased since he turned babyface. MJF did try out for WWE over a decade ago…
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means. Winter is Coming! Dynamite is stacked with Continental Classic matchups from the gold and blue league. Jon Moxley and Swerve Strickland, who are both undefeated in the tournament, will be facing each other in the main event. Andrade El Idolo and Brody King from the blue league will…
The ROH Women’s World Championship has been a highlight for the promotion throughout the year. In the eyes of many fans, Athena has not only been one of the best women’s champions in wrestling this year but one of the best champions altogether as she’s consistently been the standout performer for Ring of Honor despite…
Saturday Night’s is Alright For Fighting! Welcome to the Wrestlepurists’ coverage for the December 9th, 2023 edition of AEW’s Collision. EDDIE KINGSTON DEFEATS CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI These two men have one of the most intense rivalries in wrestling history which in turn creates incredible matches across multiple wrestling companies, and with this new chapter in the…
All Elite Wrestling’s VP of Post Production, Kevin Sullivan was let go by AEW on December 4th, a decision reportedly made by Mike Mansury, AEW’s Senior VP and Co-Executive Producer. Kevin Sullivan, who is NOT the Wrestler Kevin Sullivan, was the mind behind a lot of video packages, online hype videos, and “Countdown” shows for…
AEW’s Andrade is reportedly heading to CMLL to tick off a return to the company in case he goes to WWE. Andrade has been with All Elite Wrestling since June 2021, however there have constantly been questions regarding his future. He has suffered a fair few injuries during his time working under Tony Khan, and…
Kazuchika Okada may be about to become a free agent. Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada is truly among the greats. The 38-year-old defined New Japan Pro Wrestling throughout the 2010s and has an astonishing eight main event matches at the Tokyo Dome under his belt to this point, however doubt has now been…
We now have more information on who was on the committee that came to the decision to bring CM Punk’s time with AEW to an end. On September 2nd earlier this year, AEW officially announced that CM Punk’s contract with the promotion had been terminated following his involvement in an incident at AEW All In…