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PETE: What did you think of Forbidden Door? Let us know in the comments! The Cursed History of Money in the Bank 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWTGlqOnmbWXpdU SUBSCRIBE TO CTRL FREAKS 👉 kzbin.info/door/oXj3Sg7mr2Ll2H3F0FLiCg More wrestling news on wrestletalk.com/ Unlock the secrets to working in professional wrestling, sign up to www.wrestlingmasterclass.com/ 00:00 - Forbidden Door 2024 Review 00:17 - Zero Hour 01:05 - Hechicero vs MJF 01:39 - The Elite vs Scissor Ace 02:57 - Bryan Danielson vs Shingo Takagi 04:01 - Toni Storm vs Mina Shirakawa 04:32 - Orange Cassidy vs Zack Sabre Jr. 05:25 - Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata vs Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Jeff Cobb 05:54 - TNT Championship Ladder Match 06:55 - Mercedes Mone vs Stephanie Vaquer 08:01 - Jon Moxley vs Tetsuya Naito 08:32 - Swerve Strickland vs Will Ospreay

[@jesserice7777]

*MATH>PIPEBOMB!!!!*

[@jonasjohansson5093]

TK would have to pay me to watch all theese people i've never heard of + Jericho and the middle aged bucks.💩💩💩

[@CNormanHocker]

I don't know why do I watch this crap! Is if for the reviews or the comedy? May be both...

[@TunaGoodingJr]

It sounds like what I imagined it would be: fine to great wrestling with not much story. I want AEW to succeed, but, I haven’t really been compelled by one of their stories in some time.

[@CNormanHocker]

Mone is a wast of money.

[@ROSS1270]

You got to understand boston and newyork is a generational fued that will never end mone will not get cheered in ny lol

[@emilpimentel3883]

Exactly

[@winginitpodcast]

thanks I was just about to say this, she won't get cheered in NY.

[@packerpf]

Has nothing to do with that mone isn't at all a believable face and her character in no aspect is a face.

[@adamstark1850]

I'm from England and I even understood that. Great match regardless!

[@ROSS1270]

@@packerpf thats most definently what it is like i said sports rivalries are real its like me being from houston whenever my team gets knocked out of anything wether it be the astros rockets or texans its still F the rangers cowboys mavericks and anybody that associate with them and the celtics just won the nba championships it couldve been cena he wouldve got booed

[@cameronlee4530]

I was at the show and I can tell you the booing of Mone was purely because she is from Boston. The f the celtics and f the red sox are for the rivalry between boston and ny

[@maraviyoso8473]

And in any other place she'll be booed because she is Mercedes Mone.

[@iadesigns]

No, I'm a NYC native, we don't give a damn about who's from Boston unless it's a Yankee game. Mone was booed because the crowd doesn't like her.

[@alternative7586]

I was there and the booing happened like halfway and I was caught off guard. "Did I miss something? Did she do something?" I'm not from the city, I'm from the Island (where the event took place) and found it funny they were chanting F the Celtics.

[@sauce93_]

Yes famously John Cena also gets booed every single time he's in NY (sarcasm)

[@lopez3088]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@IrishJaguar]

I feel like the booing for Mone was partially driven by intercity rivalry between NY and Boston. But at the same time, isn’t heel Mone where this character has been heading since she debuted? Feels like a natural progression of the character rather than something unexpected that they need to deal with.

[@Jeff_Pryce]

They can’t turn her this soon. She’s only been around 3,4 months? They’ve invested way too much into marketing her being a babyface. They shouldn’t turn her because a couple of smarks on Long Island got drunk and booed her, that’s not smart. 😂 Saraya turned heel like a month in and never recovered as a character since. Mone is being positioned as one of the main stars of that company. She needs to be a babyface.

[@cchisolm92cc]

​@Jeff_Pryce Nothing about her screams "babyface."

[@IrishJaguar]

She came in as an arrogant megastar and immediately started a feud with the most over face in the company. At no point have AEW marketed her as a babyface.

[@everett-tnredsfan]

I agree a Boston star in NY = boos.

[@philanderphillips2309]

Limeys don’t understand the NY v. Boston dynamic.

[@Geekchorus42]

It was a NY crowd..Monet is from Boston. That's why the crowd chanted "F+++ the Red Sox" while she was wrestling. Let's now jump to conclusions until we see her reaction at Dynamite

[@user-ez5ff6vy6m]

so they boo Monet but Live Morgan gets the red carpet treatment and threw out the first pitch at a red sox game..lol. Morgan if from NJ/NY area..lol

[@HughG_Rection416]

Nah it’s cuz she’s boring.

[@Sammo212]

@@HughG_Rection416 the funny thing was how people drooled over her until she didn't work at WWE anymore...

[@intothevoid81]

@@user-ez5ff6vy6mbecause not nearly as many people know who liv Morgan is or where she’s from.

[@sauce93_]

​@@Sammo212the people that dislike mone have disliked her the entire time, casuals like her, casuals don't watch AEW, the boos become more noticeable, being an entitled brat that booked herself to win two belts in 5 matches in the company doesn't help

[@TSeay1996]

Takeshita is very underrated. Always puts on a great performance. Hope he’s next in line to win the TNT title. I’m glad to see Swerve retained the World title. It’s too early for Osprey to win the World title.

[@diabeticman2194]

@@TSeay1996 his blue thunder bomb to ELP through the tables was rad, honestly wouldn’t have minded if he won after that (even if I had picked Perry for WrestleLeague)

[@TSeay1996]

@@diabeticman2194 He was so clean with it. I’m not a Jack Perry fan, so I wouldn’t have minded if Takeshita won the match too haha

[@alexgsr1ify]

He might jump ship to wwe cuzz he is that good

[@tankdiggs8974]

How is he underrated from day 1 they talk about how great he is the crowd knows how great he is? How is he underrated?

[@TSeay1996]

@@tankdiggs8974 Hype hasn’t matched his booking. Fans respect him, but doesn’t seem like Tony Khan values him all that much.

[@DeadAutumnLeaves]

'Gee, Mariah, how come you get to have TWO girlfriends?'

[@xjlegendx5023]

1:09 first time watching hechicero? im not saying hes great or anything but hes been on both dynamite and collision lol, do u not watch the weekly TV and still review this?

[@tarekt8427]

jerk spotted

[@CapitalPSY]

You guys underestimate how insane cities can get about sports over here (it's why cheap sports heat always gets a reaction). They didn't start booing Mercedes until they remembered she was from Boston (a guy standing up in a Celtics jersey reminded them); that's why they started doing anti-Boston chants. And despite that, she still got her fair share of cheers. And I can't hate the Pulp Fiction/Learning Tree match because everyone (except Jericho, tbh) made it really entertaining. To me, Mox/Naito was the worst match of the night, sadly; Naito just didn't look like his heart was in it.

[@doubles7533]

TK better not screw up this fued with Mercedez and Britt Baker.

[@crimsonite2044]

Don’t hold your breath

[@DJTaka64]

Team Baker!

[@Felix-rg3yc]

Team Moné!

[@pinroshan020]

Bruh! 😅

[@wstine79]

It seems like Mercedes Mone can't escape being a Heel.

[@davidjsaul]

Everything she does is heelish though, from her stripper-dance entrance, to her never ending obsession with talking about money, to her facial expressions and body language. She just comes across as naturally unlikeable so why not just lean into it and let her run with it as an egomaniac heel?

[@lebowskidee7557]

Because she’s selfish and only wants to win

[@Linklex7]

That’s because she’s always been entitled and a jerk in real life. She’s just naturally a heel.

[@Garrus234]

A huge part of the Mercedes boos had to do with the New York/Boston sports rivalry. I would assume if you don't live in the states (in particular the east coast) it would be hard to understand. But it is widely considered the biggest rivalry in the country.

[@packerpf]

Had nothing to do with that she's not a believable face and her opponent was amazing in the ring and won crowd over.

[@Garrus234]

@@packerpf also I agree Stephanie was INCREDIBLE!!!

[@user-ez5ff6vy6m]

so they boo Monet but Live Morgan gets the red carpet treatment and threw out the first pitch at a red sox game..lol. Morgan if from NJ/NY area..lol

[@sauce93_]

She's been getting mixed reactions since she got to aew

[@bonusbaby801]

I DID NOT see the end of Toni Storm/Mina turning out that way. I FULLY expected Mariah May to turn on one of them. NEVER considered them all leaving together...WHICH IS BRILLIANT!!! But now, what if Toni & Mina become super close & leave Mariah out? Then, Mariah gets her revenge by winning The Owen & beating Toni Storm for the Women's title, in Wembley, at All In.

[@diabeticman2194]

@@bonusbaby801 it was similar to the end of All In, which I appreciated

[@kidvillain188]

She's from Boston of course she's a heel in New York

[@Jack-rg9vc]

No just noone likes her

[@kevinmacdonald3574]

Red Shoes is probably the ONLY referee on the planet that can get away with pushing away Mox's hand when he flipped off Red Shoes. Mox flipped him off, and Red Shoes was like, "Get that finger out of my face, asshole." And he's, subsequently, one of the best parts of Forbidden Door for me. I pop pretty hard for Red Shoes.

[@coreywalker5651]

I watched the event and I enjoyed it from start to finish. All of the matches were good but the one that truly delivered was the main event of Swerve and Ospreay which me and my brother believed was a 5 star classic, we were also happy that Britt Baker returned which my older brother predicted that she would return before we watched the event. Hopefully business begins to pick up for AEW now that Britt baker is back. I give Forbidden Door the vote of 4 out of 5 as well.

[@diabeticman2194]

I think Mercedes needs to turn heel after this, the crowd weren't into her at all after Stephanie bashed her head into the canvas. With that said, a very fun show and it might be the best Forbidden Door event yet. Loved ZSJ/Cassidy and Swerve/Ospreay. Also push Takeshita; that blue thunder bomb was nuts Edit: we might be getting Billy Gunn/Okada, let's go!

[@CelticGlasgow92]

Were you even listening to what the crowd were chanting at her? 😂 Boston sports teams/Boston wrestler getting heat from loud New York crowd does not mean she has to turn heel 😂

[@diabeticman2194]

@@CelticGlasgow92 that was one part of it, but the boos were definitely there and got louder towards the end of the match

[@sonic5993]

​@diabeticman2194 because she's from Boston

[@martinputt6421]

@@sonic5993 Or because they know she's a natural heel. She's been a heel pretty much everywhere she's wrestled, you only need to listen to her promo's, see the way she wrestles and how she acts in character.

[@Raphmatic5000]

I was in the crowd and a decent portion of the crowd turned on her after Stephanie Vacquer had her on the ropes, she really showed out and I think she was the surprise star of the night.

[@Thefufflylord]

To be honest, the thing I'm most excited about is we're going to get Shida vs. May. I need to see those two go full throttle on each other like Shida and Hayter did.

[@professoreinstein6]

Between keeping Mone off of TV for a hot minute to keeping her out of the ring for what seemed like longer, only for her to skip the line and beat Willow who the crowd absolutely loved was what turned them against her. Her attitude and swagger are a part of her character, I get that, but she's not a Babyface at all, not even in my opinion.

[@jorgecardona4338]

She's overrated and was given too much too soon. Monet is honestly mid card at best. That's my opinion.

[@DSFking]

No. I was there. They only boo'd her because she's from Boston. They were chanting F the Celtics and F the Red Sox. That started it all. Cause we all sang her CEO entrance song. And she was getting positive reactions as the match started. Then the basketball fans started the F the Celtics chants. Once that built up, everyone turned on Mone. It didn't help that there was some dumb guy in a Celtics t-shirt sitting in the 4th row. He was standing up showing off his shirt, pushing off the crowd more and more.

[@professoreinstein6]

@DSFking well, my point is, she shouldn't be presented as a Babyface to the crowd, not that she was booed bc fans don't like her. Her presentation from jump says Heel to me. I also enjoyed her character work as a Heel as well.

[@DSFking]

@@professoreinstein6 I'm not sure that her presentation screams heel. Maybe in an old school since where it's mote black and white. But we have more and more tweeners these days. And with AEWs booking style, you may be face or heel depending on who you're fighting that week. Or who the fans side with in the story. Swerve was doing evil stuff in the feud with Hangman but was eventually booked as the face because the fans sided with him. Just for example. I think Mercedes character is very cocky, looks like money, leans into knowing her worth as a star, and those things come off as heelish cause she isn't humble. But she has yet to cheat, run from a fight, attack anyone who didn't deserve it or politic her way into opportunities. We haven't seen her actually do anything foul or wrong. So for me, it's your actions that make you a heel, not how much you brag or flaunt your success.

[@bricey413]

Swere and Will was the match of the night!

[@CB-ci5ys]

To me it was a boring match. Will can't put on a good match. Highly overrated.

[@RPAULL77]

I really hope you guys are going to talk about smackdown today

[@AzumiLP]

Todays live review is about forbidden door, there won't be any smackdown.

[@I_Am_NAKOA]

🫤Go somewhere Bruv😐

[@MediCali951]

I’ll give you a spoiler there was about 1.5 hours of promos/entrances and about 20 minutes of actual wrestling

[@OnMyLunchBreak07]

Goku fought Frieza in a 5 minute iron man match for the world title. Pretty good episode of SmackDown.

[@KalEl1358]

I'm not a Mercedes Moné fan, but the facts are that she was booed because the event was in Long Island New York and Mercedes Moné is billed from Boston. So the booing on part of the fans is more about the New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox feud and hate.

[@TheSpektrum1989]

honestly, do it. AEW fans love Britt, she returns as Face and Mone goes Heel (though she was always one step away from being Heel as it was), and Mone could even join The Elite to reference continuity from that time she stood side by side with Okada in Japan.

[@andrewmorrison5289]

The crowd know that mercedes has been handed boat loads of cash for not much return. She's not a likeable personality and her work is just fine. I'm not surprised she was booed

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Long Island is a notoriously smarky crowd. And not the good kind like the crowds overseas. And I say that as a Long Islander. Them booing at one show shouldn’t be taken as any kind of sign. Long Islanders get drunk and stupid at those shows and turn it into Bizarro Land. They’ve booed CM Punk, they’ve booed the Rock, now they booed Mercedes. It’s just an outlier, not a trend.

[@andrewmorrison5289]

@@Jeff_Pryce give it time. It's gonna become a trend. Especially when, now that she's been signed, Deonna has basically been booted down the card

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@andrewmorrison5289😂 So now Mercedes is why Purazzo isn’t going for belts? Come on, y’all can do better than that. Deonna just isn’t on that same level of star power, and she had her shot. When you spend millions on bringing in a Kevin Durant, nobody is gonna care that some guy on the bench isn’t getting as much time.

[@andrewmorrison5289]

@@Jeff_Pryce oh I'm not arguing that. I'm just saying it doesn't help her public profile when she has the whole Hogan esque thing of "walks in and other people have to go" She's a big star so that's natural but some people don't like that

[@stevemcknelly5036]

Suddenly, a wild Tempest appears!

[@arlopear7136]

Mercedes Mone was clearly the Heel in her feud with Willow & she absolutely crushed it. I don't know why they tried to shift her back to Babyface as if the only reason she was being booed was because of Willow's popularity. They shifted too quickly, they should've seen how the crowd reacts to her as TBS Champ in her new feud. Crowd was luke warm to her as a Face at best leading up to Forbidden Door but you saw the wheels predictably come off that & now with Britt Baker returning you have to go full on Heel Mercedes Mone now!

[@sauce93_]

She literally cut promos about how she wants to inspire little girls like her and how AEW saved her life

[@arlopear7136]

@@sauce93_ yeah & how's that working out in front of crowds? WWE tried to make Lacey Evans into a Babyface by overdoing the military & family side of her & she still got booed. Fans don't have to cooperate with the wishes of the company or even a talent. Mercedes needs to be Heel in this upcoming Britt Baker feud or else it's going to fail spectacularly

[@sauce93_]

@@arlopear7136 she won't let herself be a heel because she wants to be a face lmfao, to suggest she was trying to be a heel during the willow feud is indicative of what an unnatural babyface she is (because she's a completely unlikeable person that used her creative control to get two belts in less than 5 matches)

[@bonusbaby801]

3:12..."Enough tape to hold up a bridge"😂 That, seriously, might be Pete's best line ever.

[@Gmane1709]

Stephanie was just too damn good this was my first time seeing her an I became an instant fan!!

[@crewkid52]

Paul Turner earned his paycheck dude took a hidden blade directly to the schnoz lol

[@yungbiloo]

HAPPY BURTHDAY CHOPPA

[@l228spn]

No, his birthday was yesterday, and tomorrow.

[@OneReallyGrumpyJill]

UK boys when they don't understand American state antagonism: 🗿

[@karandubeyrantingsofablogger]

Swerve vs Ospreay was one of the best matches of the year! And if you ain't down with that, I've got two words for ya...

[@SimonPhungChannel]

Two words; that's okay.

[@OnMyLunchBreak07]

Elden Ring!

[@SimonPhungChannel]

@@OnMyLunchBreak07 maidenless behavior!

[@michaelsoto8490]

Good match but the finish was sloppy. The camera caught Will clearly jumping instead of it looking like Swerve lifted him up into the move. Not a fault on the wrestlers but their production team always tends to botch things like this.

[@rahulmcintyre2553]

Zack vs Orange was best and if u ain't down with that I got two words for ya.

[@beep6437]

I'm glad Baker is back and wait to see all the injured wrestler back in Aew including Sammy

[@dustinhuffman19]

Had a great time watching forbidden door last night. That swerve versus Osprey match was awesome. Are you guys going to do a SmackDown review?

[@detmorales9151]

Ppv was one of the best ppvs by far 👍

[@MaydayMayday34]

How y’all skip smackdown 😡

[@Dtrain10.]

They always skip weekend shows on ppv weeks, next week won’t have smackdown or collision either. Probably MITB or NXT if they do MITB Sunday review

[@BigChucka419]

Mone saying she has a "Hulk Hogan" clause in contract has killed any storyline interest

[@sihlenhleko5156]

What does that mean??

[@mxm8029]

​@@sihlenhleko5156 virtually can't lose on TV

[@sihlenhleko5156]

@@mxm8029 OMG 😭😭😭so basically Britt Baker gonna lose ? I love mone but damn being invincible is boring AF same as Bianca she never losses

[@helix4511]

As a New Yorker: we “hate” Boston. This isn’t a story, it’s a location thing and that’s really it.

[@DanaStout72]

So you hate another City because "you're supposed too"? Have you ever had an independent thought you can claim as your own?

[@intothevoid81]

@@DanaStout72 it’s not because they’re “supposed to”, it’s a feud based on sports rivalries. Rivalries that take place every year. It’s not some Hatfields vs McCoys thing, where after generations of feuding they don’t even remember why they’re feuding

[@intothevoid81]

@@DanaStout72 PS: you’re not clever enough to to be that condescending

[@DanaStout72]

@@intothevoid81 I am very aware of what you state, it is a very clear example of how group think destroys rational independent thought and turns people into babbling morons who crave affirmation from other non-thinkers.

[@intothevoid81]

@@DanaStout72 lmao. Sure thing, bud. I bet you’re a blast at parties.

[@richardmeaden8061]

Most of your review was pretty spot on though I thought the TBS championship match was better than you said for two reasons. A guy in the front rows stood up with a Celtics shirt on and the crowd turned on him chanting F the Celtics. They then cheered some very impressive moves from Stephanie and chanted This is awesome and fight forever so I think your call on the crowd turning on her is premature.

[@jordannufcfan]

I thought she was already a heel

[@TriViuM2k22]

Same.

[@willable4JC]

the crowd turned on Tony's million dollar baby 🤣

[@christopherhamiltonsr]

I'm glad it's only your opinion, Peter 😊

[@montygranito]

you guys aren’t New Yorkers. .” They were chanting Red Sox sucks. They were booing mone because she always talks about Boston and we hate Boston.

[@user-ez5ff6vy6m]

so they boo Monet but Live Morgan gets the red carpet treatment and threw out the first pitch at a red sox game..lol. Morgan if from NJ/NY area..lol

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@user-ez5ff6vy6m Red carpet treatment? 😂 What are you talking about? Liv is getting booed everywhere.

[@gioohhh9416]

Danielson matches are always compelling bc of the history of his neck and the way he always sells. I love that we have danielson wrestling, but please be safe we need you as long as we can

[@dancredge7080]

How Takeshita doesn't win is beyond me

[@GQSmoos]

I was in the crowd. It felt to me that it was more a case of Stephanie winning them over and Mercedes being booed because “she’s not Stephanie! We like Stephanie!!”

[@Tony-vh9oe]

Thumbnail: Crowd Boo's Mone Me: YESSSSS!!!!!!!

[@Rcurtis777]

Yeah Mercedes being boo’d had nothing to do with Stephanie and everything to do with American sports. Celtics just won the NBA title and New York hates Boston. Also really hope the elite get some edge with hanger coming back because their gimmick isn’t doing anything for me outside of okada.

[@jameshill1212]

Did you all stop reviewing smackdown?

[@petecuellar8144]

Yeah I don't think you guys realize the rivalry between Boston and New York. And how Mercedes is really all about Boston

[@gogogadgetrectalpunch7436]

Of all the things AEW can be criticized for, bringing back HLA in 2024 is definitely a curious one.

[@FishDS9]

Pete - Long Island is not a town, it's an island. The Premium Live Event was in Elmont, NY. Thanks for the review!

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Pipebomb> Math Period.

[@jray3058]

Hey sorry to be a bug @WrestleTalk but can someone point me in the direction of where the WWE SmackDown review from this past Friday is located? You know the Smackdown where Paul Heyman was destroyed by the Bloodline episode of Smackdown, may be I missed it but if you can let me know where it is that would be awesome 😉 THANKS WWE GUY

[@thefrostguy9522]

Naito vs Mox………..Good. I like both. Just admit it wasn’t good. Glazing is crazy

[@anti-socialcustoms8441]

Never liked or understood the fandom behind Sacha Mone lol....the hype was gone completely the night she debuted a promo

[@tolltroll316]

Her debut match was beating Willow for the TBS title she literally just won. Anyone who thought her as a face would work is crazy

[@marcfrancis7931]

Lmao. Nice little cameo for control freaks lol

[@richsloma]

I was wondering when they were going to address Oli’s shirt. WrestleTalk with the long-term storytelling 👏🏻

[@owaiscarneiro226]

Mercedes mone vs Stephenie vaquire was amazing I give it 4.5stars and what happened was that the crowd turned on mercedes because Stephenie was so goodddd

[@luchadorbeaux1698]

Banger of an episode, Pete

[@AyyFuji]

Man, what happened to the channel I loved that wasn’t reliant on clickbait and “AEW bad” thumbnails, and was actually good like 2-3 years ago?

[@scoob_18]

Omg, Mone isn't getting over?? Who would've thought it...

[@JDizaster]

"The neck snap spot" should rightfully be called the Sonya Blade spot. Put some respect on her name!

[@deionfrancis6715]

Mone didn’t turn heel. It was the equivalent of Punk getting booed in Long Island during his MJF feud

[@Lextriplef]

There was people rooting for mone that jumped in and joined the Celtics and Red Sox chants.

[@makalesoederhuysen6810]

Shingo vs Bryan made me a very happy. Swerve vs Ospreay left me wanting more. Like put them in a cage with the point of it being no outside interference. Can see them take it to that next level when forced to. I enjoyed the story beats and how this encounter went I don’t always want no interference but for the rematch? I think that would be phenomenal

[@franknfoot7200]

Good morning WT❤

[@danielluera5932]

I don't think they were necessarily booing Mone more like Boston in general. Especially that Boston Celtic fan with the green shirt.

[@Loki_Leftist]

As a person who was at the show. Pete’s analysis is completely off. People were booing cause she’s from Boston and Stephanie was super over with the crowd.

[@santoclaws5590]

Normally I'm against crowds turning on SuperStars for no reason but c'mon, she can't say it was unexpected with her apparent Hogan level politics

[@adam7899]

I don't blame the crowd for booing Mone, she is being handed 2 titles with only having 5 matches in AEW

[@GuiItyUniverse]

Vaquer was my performance of the night. She outshined Mercedes. I'm looking forward to seeing more of her.

[@glennpaul3859]

Danielson looking some way to unalive himself. Jesus he needs to take a break

[@calebkasprzyk7114]

Two things: 1. The Toni/Mina/Mariah angle fell flat for me. Was hoping that Mariah was at least interject herself into the finish or even a false finish. 2. Mone vs Vaquer was greatly underrated. Never seen Stephanie wrestle before, but that "head scissor repeated slam" thing got a huge pop out of me. I'd love to see her, ZSJ, and Titan eventually come to AEW or WWE.

[@Linklex7]

Mercedes has always been a heel in AEW. Regardless of what her creative control or arena location says.

[@plastered26]

I was there, while there was definitely a lot of nyers trashing boston by cursing out sports teams and by extension mone, people were also cheering for Stephanie vaquer which was honestly really cool to see. You could argue that it’s just because she was opposite to mone that’s why people were cheering for her. But I think that the crowd were really for vaquer that night seeing that she could go toe-to-toe with mone (I personally think vaquer is the better wrestler) and wanting her to retain because of her skill. Overall tho that was one of the best womens matches I’ve ever seen and hopefully they can both run it back again

[@LeroyOctopus]

I'm really confused that people think Mone is a babyface. When has she acted like one?

[@bmagada]

Mercedes is from Boston. At one point they chanted red sox suck. The venue was in NY. This isn't hard to figure out Pete.

[@six6thdisciple]

THAT MONE MATCH WAS 🔥🔥🔥

[@user-tv5hl8zu9s]

I'm grateful to you for make this videos

[@Power_trip397]

So no review for smackdown?? Ok

[@_Pauper_]

This is the most generous review I’ve watched but fair. Well done

[@DSFking]

Several people have mentioned the Mone boos. I just want to reiterate, I was there, itbwas an isolated incident due to the Boston v NY sports feuds in basketball and baseball. BUT... I have to correct something else Pete said. We were hot for this match. People cheered for Stephanie as much as they boo'd Mone. She was over in the building. Don't know if it translated on TV though.

[@divorcecircus4596]

Shingo and Danielson have a great match. Swerve and Ospreay have a match of the year. And the thumbnail for this is about the crowd boo'ing a former WWE star ... Yup, the wrestling "media" isn't pushing a narrative at all.

[@twite5462]

Swerve is my favorite thing in AEW rn

[@joshualarkin6902]

I have to give the benefit of the doubt that being English y’all don’t understand the animosity between New York and Boston, but that’s the story here, as well as the crowd genuinely falling in love with Vaquer. Anyway, Moné is a tweener if she isn’t a full heel, so what narrative are we pushing here? It feels like a “the booking is falling apart” assessment, but beloved baby face has never felt like her direction.

[@Friendowo]

Only 6 of the matches mattered. Only 5 of the matches needed to happen (Mox match...in hindsight) This company needs to make more into their week before events to put some of these superficial matches on Dynamite and Collision and Rampage instead of the main card being close to 15 matches going 4-5 hours.

[@AzaiKang]

Ctrl Freaks? Dude, MAKE SMACKDOWN REVIEWS!

[@alainamulvihill420]

😂 I’ve been waiting for Olli to notice!

[@AlternativeMindz]

About the Mone thing .the show was in New York...it's a New York crowd, My friends were there and the fans started cheering for the Mets ( which my Friends are huge Met fans so that popped them) She is billed from Boston and that is a rivalry. that is why they booed her. It's got nothing to do with cool down or whatever Pete said in the video. My friends kept sending video clips the crowd was hot all night even with Y2J match. Wish I was there with them the whole show was a blast

[@joshmartin4761]

They clearly expected Mone to get booed. No way they thought Britt would. They knew they were in NY and they've had her all over the Boston sports teams. She's a better heel anyways

[@Swimmie]

British man doesn't know about the New York and Boston feud

[@OneManAndHisOpinion]

Y'all claiming "it's the NYC Boston Rivalry" as the reason people Booed Mone are delusional. No one cares where she is from, she's been presented awfully and it's actually not Tony Khans fault since she is in control of her own creative. This is why the first defence of her title she won since she always lost her first title before 😂

[@tonyosorio4253]

You’re really forgetting the part about Mercedes being from Boston in the midst of NY sports fans. She became a heel bc ny sports fans are petty AND bc Vaquer was so impressive. Her moves were some of the best female wrestlers have done in aew her style fits the fandom’s preferences. Also Mercedes has been positioned as a tweener with how obnoxious the CEO song is, her treatment of willow. She’s not exactly a baby face at all. The grey area lives in aew. Look at ospreay, he was presented as a heel primarily until he returned but still has the heel alignments with Callis. They do this in a lot of storylines and characters slowly change or progress over time one way or another. Mercedes will emerge as a heel as they’re hinting to it the entire time: just watch the product closely

[@kitsabrefang]

Everyone has pointed out how Mone being booed was more about Boston v NY than anything else, but y'all were so horny to be on the anti-AEW grift that you still went with this for BOTH your thumbnail headlines today in a match that crowned a new double-champion and a huge pop for a returning former-world champion. And this was on top of a card with 14 matches, you still went with this as your headlines? I'm not sure why I do, but I honestly expect better from Wrestletalk.

[@payrysdoscs4903]

The NYC crowd were booing Moné because she's from Boston. They even did a "F the Red Sox" (BOS' baseball team) chant later in the same match.

[@RedbeardInBluegrass]

I see a Pete (Happy Birthday btw) but between the weird Mercedes shade (despite the dude in the crowd and commentary and even a Tempest to explain the city rivalry) and the forced Jericho hate, this feels like it was supposed to be an Oli script. I guess the main difference is Oli would have given it like a 70% because...idk a lot of matches or something lol

[@Bimflam-ib7og]

I was thinking before the match started that the crowd was might turn because of the Boston connection so I started cackling when they were getting into it and the guy with the Boston Celtics shirt stood up

[@yaopete5543]

“Every match can’t be a 5 star banger that goes 13 minutes”…from your lips to Tony’s ears