Wednesday Night Fake Fights

It's the first night of AEW's Summer Blockbuster in Cincinnati and while this past episode started out a little slow, the actual matches were about as good as you could hope from a named Dynamite! Ciampa and Jericho get serious, Kevin Knight continues making friends, and Mark Briscoe challenges MJF to actually find some friends! Briscoe also fought PAC in a great little back and forth match, Maya World stepped into the Women's Owen...

Happy Pride! We're back covering the first Dynamite of June and the first one in a couple weeks that was under three hours long! The match quality remains high as MJF defended his title against Rush in a no count outs match, Lio Rush whispered the secrets of the universe to Mark Briscoe, Mercedes Mone returned as the wild card in the Women's Owen to clash with Alex Windsor, and Mark Davis stress tested Will Ospreay's neck like neve...

Double of Nothing is in the books, we have a new Men's World Champion, AND WE'VE GONE MAD. Also, it was another three hour Dynallision and there's been an awful lot of them lately, huh? That aside, we all had a blast with this week's episode! AEW hits Philly and gives us a big Lights Out Street Fight between Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander in the main event. Also, The Men's Owen Hart Tournament quarterfinals wrapped up with two ha...

Do you feel it? It's a Dynallision! That's right, a three hour block of pro wrestling to get you ready for 14 hours of more wrestling over the weekend. A go home show, if you will. It was a solid night of wrestling too. Darby got to pad his defenses again, but Mark Brisco and Tommy Chompers renewed their rivalry in a bloody Anything Goes Match. Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong got their promised tag title shot against FTR, Jon Mo...

We're back at it with Dynamite from North Carolina where the action was as intense as a bartender trying to get Ric Flair to pay his bar tab! Okay, maybe not that intense, but it was another mostly solid effort from the AE Dub. Konosuke Takeshita continued to do things that set Erika's heart aflutter, Will Ospreay tests out the input for his new moveset, the Conglomeration rides again, and the brackets for the 2026 Men's and Women'...

Erika is back behind the wheel as we dive into a three hour combined AEW Dynamite and Collision... AKA the dreaded Dynallision! Can the crew keep their sanity through three hours of potentially questionable televised wrestling? Actually, yeah it was a pretty solid episode. The Men's World Title was on the line, Okada put his International Championship up in a hard hitting match with Bryan Keith, Jon Moxley and Juice Robinson renewe...

Hampter take the wheel! Yes, Hamptercero has deployed the big transport orb to take over driving duties while Erika was off LARPing. They're taking a trip through Dynamite in Fairfax with Ella and special guest Betsy, and it was a big one with FOUR title matches. MJF went after Kevin Knight's TNT Title, Divine Dominion defended against Shida and Statlander, Ace Austin had a shot against Okada, and Brody King took on Darby in the ma...

We all got together and decided we might need a week off from Dynamite and so, we bring you our gayest episode ever: that's right, we went to the indies to talk about Effy's Big Gay Brunch XI! One of the premier Queer wrestling events on the calendars every year, the latest edition left a strong impression and since last week had us down we opted for some Queer joy this week. Join us for one of the most fun wrestling shows of 2026 ...

Content Warning for discussion of Sexual Assault.

It's a special edition of Wednesday Night Fake Fights as Ella and Erika are joined by the incomparable Bugs Maytrix and Mia Moore to discuss Mia's new movie, "Again Again"! And then after some thoughtful discussion on filmmaking and writing the trans experience into film we jump right back into the gutter to discuss AEW's Spring BreakThru and hoo boy. The main event was, let'...

It's Chaos in Canada as the feud between Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley turns into GANG WARFARE between The Death Riders and New Japan's United Empire! Jericho chooses his opponent for Dynasty! Okada and Takeshita are still fighting, but now with basketball references! What's the deal with Kenny's guts? Thekla has the perfect first date suggestion! Queen Aminata is back! And all of the rest of the completely off topic digressions that...

We're back and so is Dynamite as it emanated from the city of Winnipeg also known as "The Peg." And we're not the only ones who took some time off and returned in time for a little Canadian tour because Chris Jericho is back. That was sure a thing that happened. Kenny Omega and MJF signed their contract for Dynasty and we got a report on the state of Kenny's guts. PAC beat the holy hell out of Will Ospreay, The Brawling Birds teame...

It was a rough week of Dynamite, but it wasn't all bad. Mike Bailey and Mark Davis continue showing why they both deserve to keep getting TV time. Will Ospreay made had his return match but nobody told him about the pool noodles apparently. Toni Storm is out indefinitely after catching a bad case of Black Dahlia to the back of the head, so Mina Shirakawa fought Marina Shafir in her place. Darby Allin and Gabe Kidd allegedly had a c...

We're got your coverage of the last Dynamite before Revolution and it was kind of a banger! Speedball Mike Bailey gets their shot at Kyle Fletcher's TNT Championship in a re-match of one of the best C2 matches from last year. Takeshita and Hechicero team up against Mox and Claudio, Persephone challenges Willow for the TBS Title, and we finally found Roderick Strong... BUT WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON????? Also, we had a really poorly though...

Dynamite returned to Old El Paso, Texas (aka The Paso) this week with what was admittedly a bit of an off episode. There was still solid action throughout as Jon Moxley battled Hechicero is a real clash of styles match, Thunder Rosa made her challenge for the AEW Women's World Title and Kevin Knight battled MJF over the Men's World Title to open the show. Unfortunately, there wasn't a Hook promo but Tommy Chompers got reacquainted ...

Rough week, rougher weekend? Need something to listen to? Why not this wrestling podcast? Dynamite continues it's hot streak and it's been a good time for it when you consider how just about everything else is going. Mile High Madness steals the show with a chaotic five-on-five war, the women's tag titles were up for grabs again, and MJF and Hangman settle on the stipulation for their Revolution match! Also, run ins, Fraiser refere...

Did you need that? We needed that. Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland blew the doors down on the latest Dynamite and it might have signaled a sea change in AEW. But that was the main event. Elsewhere on a somewhat thrown together episode, Jon Moxley and Mark Davis beat the crap out of each other, Willow put the TBS title up in a four-way match, the Brawling Birds debuted, and Adam Page decided to pull a full Cody. Never do a full Co...

Hamptercero summons a nacho cheez homunculus and that's how this week's episode opens. However, we did spend a little bit of time this week talking about AEW Dynamite and their final push before Grand Slam Australia! The Death Riders and Don Callis Family continue their open hostility, Roderick Strong's annoyance with Orange Cassidy comes to a head, and number one contenders for the Men's Tag Team titles are crowned. Elsewhere, Ken...

Ella's back this week along with Hamptercero as we tackle an eventful week of AEW Dynamite! The thing that everyone's talking about came from the main event, but the entire show set the table for the big Grand Slam Australia show next weekend including great clashes between Kenny Omega and Andrade while Mark Davis attempt to take out Hangman Page! Meanwhile, the Death Riders' war with the Don Callis Family is showing no signs of sl...

Hamptercero returns to talk with Erika and Gef about the last Dynamite of January! The stage is being set for Grand Slam Australia in a couple of weeks and AEW brought out the big guns with three title matches on the card for this show. Kris Statlander and Thekla finally locked horns for the Women's World Title, FTR took on Davis & Doyle, and El Clon battled Mark Briscoe! Plus, Kenny Omega V Triggered Rocky Romero so hard that ...