AA: Sept 29

The Wrestling Brethren Podcast

NEWS (9/28-29/24)

• Nikkita Lyons made her return to NXT on the road … hopefully she can stay healthy and return to TV soon; possibly as early as one of the first two CW shows.

• Fightful Select has learned that USA were 'seconds away' from cutting off this week's NXT overrun.

• After the last NXT on USA, the PC set was torn down. They will be working on a new set during the two weeks the show is on the road in Chicago and St. Louis.

• NXT is listed for the next two episodes as TV-14 on the CW

• Shawn Michaels spoke with Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown recently about the NXT Roster

• Powerhouse Hobbs has been medically cleared and is waiting on new Creative.

AEW Analysis

Heading towards WrestleDream on Sat. Oct 12th

Dynamite Grand Slam highlights:

* Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuiness … in 2024. Lived up to the hype.

* Roderick Strong challenged HOOK for the FTW Title. Hook wins, then retires the FTW Title and returns it to his father, Taz. They shared a nice moment. In a weird moment prior to that, Roderick Strong shook the hand of Hook and pulled him in for a hug. Weird show of respect from the heel.

* Young Bucks successfully defended the AEW Tag Team Titles against Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher. Someone at Busted Open (either J-Hood or Matt Camp) said it was the best YB match in 4 years.

* Prince Nana gave an update on Swerve Strickland, saying mentally he is one of the most dangerous men in AEW. But physically he is not cleared to compete just yet. Interrupted by the debuting Montel Vontavious Porter… MVP. He offers Nana his business card … when Swerve is ready to ascend to the mountain top where he belongs… please give him my business card… and let him know I’ll be ready to talk… BUSINESS.

* “The Glamour” Mariah May def. Yuka Sakazaki in a pretty good match. After the match, Mariah goes to attack Yuka, but Willow Nightingale makes the save; only to be interrupted by the returning Mina Shirakawa.

* Jon Moxley d. Darby Allin to win Darby’s Title Shot at WrestleDream. Post-match Bryan Danielson sneaks up behind Mox and chokes him with a necktie… while Justin Roberts was at ringside. Bryan says to Mox as he scatters… “You want a war? I DECLARE WAR!”