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The rest of the show:

The audio sounded really weird throughout - I've seen other people complain about it, so it seems like it was the show or Triller, not my computer. It wasn't too bad, but it made the crowd sound really quiet most of the time, and gave the show a bit of an odd, subdued vibe, unfortunately

I'm glad Mox didn't beat Takeshita and get his win back - I had a feeling Take wouldn't win, just because when it comes to Don's loyalties it seems like the main thing that would push him to side with Okada right now is that Okada's a champion, and Takeshita's not. Which might just be me daydreaming, but I just got the feeling it would change the atmosphere with the DCF from the tension that's going on currently, so I did not expect him to get the belt, and was worried Moxley would get a pin on him. But he didn't, at least - Takeshita did 'worse' than when they were both in a round robin tournament together, but he did last the full time limit against him. So I'm assuming a rematch is coming up, probably at Revolution - and the outcome of that could be very significant for their current storylines 👀

The Kris-Thekla video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😵 Kris talking with the blood dripping down her face. 'You took me to hell, and I loved it' is a hell of a statement for toxic yuri. Things aren't over. I sense another potential rematch at Revolution. And I'm excited to see Kris become Thekla's personal nemesis for revenge :D:D:D

Fun tag match, and it was nice to see Harley get the pin. Also to see Penelope live her best life surrounded by tall women <3 Good for her

We learned that Tony Schiavone's spanish is worse than Don's

That woman just wanted everyone to have fun, but especially her

Yuta shaved! \o/ Honestly when he came out with the braid of Mina's hair I felt like his fate was sealed, heel shit like that doesn't go unanswered by the face gods

I feel like Marina has 'Serenity' written on the back of the jacket she comes out to matches in, but I haven't seen it properly and I don't know if I'm just hallucinating. It makes me think of Serena either way <3

I love the way them letting red through in the black and white of Toni's entrance means they let orange through too, while she's teaming with Orange <3

Also I love that her gear was little denim-coloured again, to match with him

I was worried that Mina might blame Toni somewhat for what happened to her hair, and be mad about her hanging out with Orange so much, but no, peace and love in our time \o/

Marina getting on her knees to support Yuta through getting a haircut, lmao

The one person with a "bald is beautiful" sign in the crowd

And the one person with "Happy Valentine's Day to everyone but Wheeler Yuta" 😭

I wasn't sure what Kyle was wearing on his head during his entrance, but it turned out to be a FLOWER CROWN. With ROSES.

Roses (and pink) did used to be a Don thing though...might also be showing where his loyalties lie, which might not work out for any Family members currently not vibing with the group

There were some nasty-looking bumps in that match, but you can't always tell with the way they misdirect - I hope everyone's alright

We also heard Don is going to (or regularly does?) watch clips of his Family members hurting people "over and over again" in his hotel room...it also sounded like he was directly comparing being in the Family to being married rather than blood-related. So many morbidly fascinating insights 👀

"That's culturally insensitive, in my opinion" 😭

And then the Max match. And now Max versus Hangman probably coming up at Revolution

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More Collision thoughts:

Mina with the soap opera random head bandage of Injury 😭

Toni and Mina swearing revenge of Megan and Marina and Julia and Skye makes me feel like they're facing them in the tag tournament. Which would mean TayJay would be out in the first round. Which I sincerely hope isn't true. Maybe Toni does some sabotage instead.

You know how people are always booing newborn baby deer

It always surprises me when title bouts aren't the main event on a show. Kyle versus Scorpio was beautiful. Scorpio Sky told a SCORPIO LIE. I'd also been wondering where SkyFlight was lately, but they are clearly around. And Kyle attacking Chris Daniels...I wonder if Hangman might be mad about that. They kind of dropped the him versus the DCF thing, for Joe (understandable to drop anything for Joe tbh, but it might come back around)

The double spotlight for him in his entrance, and then the pink spotlight, was a very nice effect

Taya with the Lady Dimitrescu swag <3

MANSOOR AND MASON HAD ROSES ON THEIR GEAR!!!!!!! <3

It's a shame Anna was off sick - hopefully she gets well soon, and is back for the tag tournament. The Tay vs Taya (lol) match was short, but it's nice to see them both, and another women's match is always appreciated

I had no idea what was happening when they announced that Tailgate Brawl fourway match and then acted like Bowens and Caster were teaming, but I figured it out eventually. Interesting way to take their storyline.

Dalton 😍

Alex and Riho looking so beautiful in red! It was a great match also, I thought. Interesting teamwork from them

Maya World 😍

So it's a Kyle vs Jon rematch, probably at Full Gear. Okay.

Jon does not understand the Don Callis Family, I guess he wasn't listening to the oath the other week

Jon also doesn't like numbers, when I thought numbers was what the DR were all about

Honestly I found that last 8-man tag match a little hard to follow and convoluted. Not bad, exactly, but not a patch on Kyle vs Scorpio. Ah well. Odd that Brody wasn't out there with Bandido though - hopefully he's okay

Mike Bailey also seemed to be having knee issues at the end there :( Fingers crossed he's good too

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Also, I feel like a lot of people are talking similarly on AEW at the moment. Max is talking about people not respecting him, and the Bucks are talking about being annoyed by "the disrespect" lately. Max is on twitter saying anyone who hates him is just jealous, Don Callis is on commentary saying anyone who hates Kyle/the DCF are just jealous. FTR have been calling themselves "living legend killers" for a while - now Kyle's talking about how he's a legend killer. Sometimes it's hard to know if people are just seeing each other's promos and those phrases are sort of in their head, or if it's something meaningful storyline-wise...but it's got me like 👀. I'm 👀

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Thoughts on Collision:

FTR losing - interesting, but it makes it seem more likely they're winning at Collision, to me. Which kind of makes sense if there'll be a C&C (important ampersand) revenge arc and title run

OKADA TRYING TO STEAL TAKESHITA'S HUSBAND???????????? :O

Kyle versus Ace was very good, my stream kept freezing so I don't think I got the full benefit of all the action, but I enjoyed it

Tony's getting really quick at changing the subject from whatever Nigel's talking about <3

Kris is annoyed Mercedes is not paying her enough attention 👀

They are both getting more black make-up around their eyes 👀

Whoever you have to go through in the B&G match, ey Kris? That covers people on her own team too...

DCF and the Death Riders collide, finally.

I mean, it seems to me like they might need a favour, it's not like they win their matches fairly anyway and they've been taking some Ls lately. Death Riders obviously want nothing to do with politicking though, so it still makes sense

My guess is that Claudio will want a shot at the TNT title...it's interesting he didn't just follow Moxley's lead, though 🔬

Bald Elite Wrestling

I thought Lexy was kicked out of Minion status, clearly she is back in

Athena's rage is justified and thrilling \o/

Look out, Harley

TayJay! <3

MAYA WORLD!!!!!

Jamie in purple! Is she becoming Jokerified for the DC show?

She and Skye put on great matches <3

Thekla had two beautiful security guards holding her back. I hope she got to keep them

Thekla vs Harley was exactly as rousing as I thought it would be. In a word: 🚬

If you combine Harley and Spider you get Harder, which is almost useless as a pairing tag on Tumblr, but it's a nice coincidence

Little Miss Muffett at ringside for the match

Roddy <3

SPITTING!!!!!!!!!! :O:O

Is the Death Riders stuff going to continue till I wish I was dead

But I really wanted Roddy to get the win after All That, and he did. Not with a pin on Moxley, of course, but he did, so I have that

Get tabled, Danny. Get put on next meeting's agenda