#is he gonna challenge Hook for the ftw belt

[homoeroticgrappling]

Big fan of wrestlers posting pictures of their ring gear with blood stains after an intense match

[sequentialprophet]

My longstanding theory has been that Orange was gonna challenge for the FTW and Danhausen was gonna come back, either during that match or just after if Hook dropped the belt, and we'd get an EvilHookhausen run.

But then Orange picked up the International belt again. So. My new working theories are either he drops it on Saturday, immediately turns around and challenges for the FTW and we get the scenario above or

1. He keeps the belt, Evilhausen comes back and collects both Orange and Hook, break from the Best Friends and they go on an EvilOrangeHookhausen heel rampage

2. He keeps the belt, Evilhausen comes back and collects him, Hook stays with Best Friends and we get an EvilOrangehausen run with a parallel Best Friends "we must rescue our friend(s)" feud

Either way, I am stoked for what's coming!

[badbanaynas]

SINCE IM HERE i wann agive my raw quick match ratings/thoughts!!!

willow / ishii vs kris / stoke: so fun!! i wish we had more intergender fighting , but tony is coward so... 💫💫.5

latter match: LOVE.. i love the wackiness of latter matches, i loveed loved loved lucha in it i love how much they're dragging out the eventual moment lucha eats christiAN. i also liked that pac, yuta, and claudio won, very different and fun! 💫💫💫💫

gauntlet match: this was pretty fun too! was hoping jay white would show up but ALAS... i was really into christian running in for another chance at a belt because he CANNOT be beltless. it was awesome.. i love him.. AND LUCHA....AUGH...i kno there was some disappointment that hangman didn't win but i also think there's this shared idea that hangman is the main character of the show and deserves everything.. like no he dont! he's MEAN! and there's a story being told with him obviously, it wasnt this one. 💫💫

tony vs mariah: this shit was SO GOOD, i dont know why it was SO early in the show tho? they def should have switched slots with the tbs match...anyways it was pretty emotional , the way it PAINED toni to fight mariah.. she still loves her despite it all, and mariah feels nothing.. YES! 💫💫💫💫

jericho vs hook: why do we keep letting jericho have matches in the main show? why don't we zero hour this bitch and eliminate him once and for ALL...? dont get me started on hook.. he's just not good, he has NO juice. there's no reason to want him to win his belt besides the fact that his dad created it. and if its so important to uphold the family legacy then why not.. like make it important? why not have taz be like ' im gonna disown you if you lose this belt again' or something? there's NO stakes and hook suplexes like he's gonna leap out of the ring bc he has NO CONTROL CAUSE HE'S FUCKING 2 PPOUNDS BUT FIGHTS LIKE HE's JUICED. i DID like him throwing the cricket balls tho, that was really funNY. 💫.5

bucks vs ftw vs acclaimed: daddy ass looked SO CUUUTEE ^_^! (NO STARS)

mjf vs ospreay: 90% of this match felt like we were in the middle of a commercial break... why were they on the ground so much. why where they SO WINDED.. very boring, ospreay's ADVERTISEMENT entrance STUNK as well. this whole feud just could have not happened and i think things would have been fine....see in the jericho and hook match i can at least name a moment i thought was fun .. not so much this match, just a whole DUD..glad we got to see danny again tho, i know he WILL SLAY. 💫

britt vs mercedes: i anticipated this one the most cause i wanted to see if mercedes could carry britt to a decent match.. but it seems when you're working with someone as limp as THE DENTIST , it's just impossible. i feel bad for mercedes because she deserves better than to have the DMD thrown onto her lap like that. im glad she retained but i dont think these two will have another feud for a while...TO THE PERFORMANCE CENTER BRITTANY!! 💫 ( all stars are for merecedes)

jack vs darby: UGHH i wanted to love this one but it was just too short! this felt like being edged and then just getting over with the rest.. everything that happened was fun and good but it all just hAPPENED AND THEN ENDED. i dont like darby at all, but it didnt make darby look too good. he wasnt the challenge that he made himself out to be.. i dont blame either men because i truly think they were just rushed for time , because that's what it felt like. i am glad jack retained tho, he deserves it! i rthink the moment where the crowd starts doing his lil emote with him over the pile of glass was beautiful. a nice contrast to where he was last year at this time! im looking forward to who challenges him next, and i hope we see him more on tv now. >_> 💫💫

swerve vs brian: AUGH......SO GOOOD... swerve looked very pretty tonight, i loved his hair cuffs! bryan as always, just knows how to play a crowd he's a sicko that lives off upsetting people and i think thts really great :-)!! im glad bryan won, but i cant help but feel so sad when seeing swerve on the ground like that.. i wish swerve could have retained but i think thats what makes the match really good. you pick someone to root for and you can root for either of them honestly, both are great.. im glad it was bryan he lost the belt to than hangman honestLY...deducting points for no shaka khan tho... 💫💫💫💫

[bang-bang-gang]

yuta’s gonna beat up orange cassidy & katsuyori shibata and become double champ and also first ever three time pure champion and then he will challenge hook for the ftw belt and lose tragically to him but keep his other belts

[wrestlingisfake]

AEW Fake Rankings, 7/15/2024

Men's singles division - babyfaces

Swerve Strickland (AEW men's world champion)

Jon Moxley

Bryan Danielson

Will Ospreay (AEW international champion)

Mark Briscoe (ROH men's world champion)

Orange Cassidy

PAC

Kyle O'Reilly

Katsuyori Shibata

Tomohiro Ishii*

Men's singles division - heels

MJF

Adam Page

Kazuchika Okada (AEW continental champion)

Jack Perry (AEW TNT champion)

Chris Jericho (FTW champion)

Konosuke Takeshita

Roderick Strong

Kyle Fletcher

Big Bill

Rush

Unranked: Angelico, Anthony Henry*, AR Fox, Dalton Castle*, Jeff Jarrett, Marko Stunt*, Matt Menard, Rocky Romero*, Serpentico, The Beast Mortos*, The Butcher, Tommy Billington*

Jobbers: Ben Bishop*, GPA*, Kevin Blackwood*, London Lightning*, LSG*, Michael Allen Richard Clark*, MSG*, Rhett Titus*, Shaun Moore*

* - Not listed on the AEW's official roster

Right now the main storylines in this division appear to be: Strickland vs. Danielson; MJF vs. Garcia; Ospreay or MJF vs. PAC; Perry vs. a returning Darby Allin; and Briscoe, Cassidy, and O'Reilly against Strong, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett. I'm confident Jericho, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith will continue feuding with HOOK, Samoa Joe, and Shibata, but that seems to be on hold (possibly creating room for the teased Jericho vs. Minoru Suzuki program).

Okada and Page seem a bit lost in the shuffle for now, even though they're both in the "blood & guts" double cage match on 7/24, and Okada has a non-title match with Strickland this week. Both men could be set up as challengers for Swerve, but not right away. My guess is they'll just be squashing a lot of undercard guys over the next six weeks.

The Don Callis Family is in a bit of disarray, what with Powerhouse Hobbs and Trent Beretta getting injured, Ospreay leaving the group, and Takeshita about to tour Japan for a month. On 7/13 Callis started an issue with Billington, Cash Wheeler, and Dax Harwood, but as it stands he won't have anybody to back him up against those guys except Kyle Fletcher. So I expect some big moves from Callis, and it'll take more than simply trying to recruit Rush.

Men's tag team division - babyfaces

The Acclaimed - Max Caster & Anthony Bowens

Lucha Bros. - Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo

Wheeler Yuta (ROH pure champion) & Claudio Castagnoli

Private Party - Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen

Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo*

Komander (AAA cruiserweight champion) & Metalik*

The Outrunners - Truth Magnum* & Turbo Floyd*

Men's tag team division - heels

The Young Bucks - Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (AEW tag team champions)

Matt Taven & Mike Bennett (ROH tag team champions)

* - Not listed on the AEW's official roster

The tag division is pretty lopsided, although that doesn't have to be a problem if you're keeping both sets of belts on the two heel teams. But if, for example, the Acclaimed actually dethrone the Young Bucks soon, they're gonna need a mess of heel teams to work with in a hurry. (In theory you could just cannibalize the trios division to fill the void, but I'm not a fan of doing that.)

Five months into AEW's alliance with CMLL, Kommander seems to be the only luchador left in AEW that hasn't severed all ties with CMLL's rival, AAA. I expect he'll either drop the title and stop working for AAA, or he'll gradually get phased out of AEW (which would be a huge mistake in my opinion).

Men's trios division - babyfaces

Juice Robinson & Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn

Malakai Black & Brody King & Buddy Matthews

Darius Martin & Dante Martin & Action Andretti

Men's trios division - heels

The Patriarchy - Christian Cage & Killswitch & Nick Wayne

Cage of Agony - Brian Cage & Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun

Shane Taylor Promotions - Shane Taylor & Anthony Ogogo & Lee Moriarty

Premier Athletes - Josh Woods & Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari

Iron Savages - Boulder* & Bronson* & Jacked Jameson*

* - Not listed on the AEW's official roster

The trios division has been kinda wild lately because a lot of the bigger acts, like Chris Jericho's Learning Tree or Mark Briscoe's Conglomeration, have been nowhere near the trios title. Instead we've had two heel teams--the Patriarchy and the House of Black--chasing a third--Jay White and the Gunns--and two of those three teams are now down a man, so now it's Patriarchy vs. Robinson and the Gunns vying for the vacant title. I'm not even sure if AEW is trying to turn House of Black or the Bang Bang Gang babyface, but it's clearly happening one way or another.

(Technically, Buddy Matthews is out with a storyline injury and has yet to return. But since that was to cover for his legit honeymoon, and since WWE is heavily promoting the return of his wife Rhea Ripley for tonight, I assume Buddy doesn't have anything better to do this week than to stage his own return.)

Women's division - babyfaces

Toni Storm (AEW women's world champion)

Willow Nightingale (CMLL women's world champion)

Thunder Rosa

Hikaru Shida

Queen Aminata

Lady Frost*

Trish Adora*

Leyla Hirsch

Rachael Ellering*

Women's division - heels

Mercedes Mone (AEW TBS champion, STRONG women's champion)

Mariah May

Kris Statlander

Deonna Purrazzo

Skye Blue

Nyla Rose

Saraya

Serena Deeb

Harley Cameron

Anna Jay

Jobbers: Ava Lawless*, Kelly Madan*

* - Not listed on the AEW's official roster

It feels like the women's division is firing on all cylinders lately. We've got four key feuds--Storm vs. May, Mone vs. Britt Baker, Nightingale vs. Statlander, and Rosa vs. Purrazzo--not to mention Athena vs. Aminata and Billie Starkz vs. Red Velvet over in ROH. It also seems like Shida, Nyla, and Skye are being primed to step up when the time comes. This is really good--it feels like a division, and not just the same six women endlessly wrestling each other.

No televised AEW matches in over 30 days: Aaron Solo, Alex Reynolds, Angelo Parker, Bobby Dutch, Brandon Cutler, Diamante, Evil Uno, Griff Garrison, John Silver, Lance Archer, Lee Johnson, Marina Shafir, Taya Valkyrie, Vincent Marseglia

Everybody here is mainly working midcard matches for the ROH tapings. Right now I can't even tell that any of them are being set up for matches in the Death Before Dishonor show on 7/28, which seems like a waste. But all of them are still working regularly, even if you haven't seen them around lately.

No televised AEW or ROH matches in over 30 days: Abadon, Athena (ROH women's world champion), Billy Gunn, Britt Baker, Bryan Keith, Cash Wheeler, Colt Cabana, Danhausen, Darby Allin, Dax Harwood, Dustin Rhodes, Emi Sakura, Jay Lethal, Johnny TV, Kiera Hogan, Kip Sabian, Leila Grey, Madison Rayne, Mercedes Martinez, Nick Comoroto, Peter Avalon, Preston Vance, Red Velvet, Ricky Starks, Sammy Guevara, Satnam Singh, Scorpio Sky, Wardlow

Baker, Harwood, Wheeler, and Allin all just came back to TV. Lethal and Singh have been on-screen supporting Jeff Jarrett, but that's about it. (Singh was recently moved out of the official roster's wrestlers' section to the broadcasters' section, for whatever that's worth.) Athena is doing an angle on ROH where she says she can't wrestle but she has a title match scheduled. Velvet is also booked for the ROH PPV. The Patriarchy clobbered Sabian on TV the other day, but I'm not sure whether that means he'll be doing anything in the near future.

The last I heard about Guevara is that his suspension was lifted some time ago, so I can only assume they haven't come up with a story to bring him back, or they're holding off so he can return alongside Tay Melo. Scorpio has been doing some weird vignettes to set up his return, although I can't remember seeing one in a while. I'm starting to wonder what's up with Wardlow, Starks, and Vance, and at this point I've given up hope Danhausen will ever be back.

No televised AEW or ROH matches in 2024: Dralistico, Luther, Mark Sterling, Michael Nakazawa, Mother Wayne, Paul Wight, Penelope Ford, Prince Nana, Rebel, Sonjay Dutt, Stokely Hathaway

Dralistico and Ford are the only ones on this list that I would expect to see wrestling regularly. Wight is clearly semi-retired, if not retired altogether. Luther, Sterling, Nana, Dutt, and Stokely could wrestle, but they're firmly established as seconds. I can't even remember the last time I saw Nakazawa or Rebel. Shayna Wayne, to my knowledge, has never been a pro wrestler, but I suppose sooner or later the Patriarchy will do a comedy mixed tag match.

Inactive

Adam Cole (left leg - ankle fracture)

Adam Copeland (left leg - tibia fracture)

Angel Ortiz (right shoulder - pectoralis tear)

Bandido (left arm - wrist fracture)

Chuck Taylor (left ankle - necrosis)

Daniel Garcia (storyline - "cervical injuries")

Eddie Kingston (right leg - tibia fracture, ACL/meniscus tear)

HOOK (storyline - fireball to the face)

Jamie Hayter (right shoulder - unspecified injury)

Jay White (storyline - unspecified injury)

Julia Hart (unspecified injury)

Keith Lee (unspecified injury)

Kenny Omega (diverticulitis)

Kota Ibushi (right ankle - multiple ligament tears)

Mark Davis (left arm - wrist fracture)

Matt Sydal (right foot - reconstructive surgery)

Miro (unspecified injury)

Powerhouse Hobbs (right knee - unspecified injury)

Riho (right arm - unspecified fracture)

Ruby Soho (pregnancy)

Samoa Joe (on leave - filming Twisted Metal TV show)

Tay Melo (maternity leave)

Trent Beretta (unspecified injury)

The Blade (lower back - unspecified injury)

Yuka Sakazaki (left leg - unspecified injury)

I don't expect Hook, Jay White, or Garcia to be gone for very long--ideally all three should return to set up grudge matches at Wembley Stadium. I'd say the same for Joe, except I don't know how long it will take to wrap up his filming schedule.

I don't know when Adam Cole will be back, but the fact he took a brainbuster from MJF in May suggests he's coming along pretty well. The big question is what there is for him to return to, now that the guy he turned heel on has also turned heel, and has moved on to new business. So there may be no rush to get him back on-screen, unless they have a story in mind.

Ortiz expects to be back around August. Melo is training for her in-ring return, but I wouldn't know how long that will take. I heard recently that Bandido is getting his wrist re-evaluated, but it's been a tough recovery so I won't be surprised if he's not back soon. I never heard of Copeland tearing any ligaments, so if he just had a broken bone that may not take much longer to recover from, although at his age I think he should take his time.

Everybody else on this list is a total question mark as far as I know. And I think it's worth remembering what Britt Baker recently said about suffering a mini-stroke during her time away. There are a lot of injury reports floating around online, but we never really know everything the wrestlers are going through when they're not on-screen.

[sheinthatfandom]

RICKY STARKS YESSSSSS

Look at my pretty boy!!!!

Look at his sassy little strut

Longest reigning champion of the FTW belt is Ricky Starks I’m so glad TK doesn’t have that belt because you know he woulda had every new hire from wwe hold it am I still salty over the trios match absolutely

Noooo Ricky looking dizzy come on baby make him regret getting in here

I hate him calling for a break like I doubt it’s real they have signals for that but eeeesh

Oh such a pretty Ricky look at him posing ugh wish I was still doing clay work he’s make a great statue

Rope walk!!!!

Pin this fucking white boy wtf! Okay okay we gonna choke him out okay

Never mind I guess ahhhh you stressing me Ricky!!!! I do not care about what story line you’re trying to go for DO NOT LET RICKY LOSE HIS BELT!!!!!

FOLD THAT BITCH UP YESSSSSSSSS!!!!

Imma need a gif of him licking his lips… for science…. Please

Damn he got a fat ass baby got all the cake

He wants another open challenge

noooooooooooo DANHAUSEN!!!!!!

Noooooooo laughs and cries where’s hook

Ahhhh Ricky is still a heel not right now it’ll be next week on dynamite

He mimicked danhausen lol that was cute I need to see them both asking hook to be in their corner