AS I SEE IT
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling Between the Sheets
PWBTS.com
Thoughts on Dynasty...
I think an excellent PPV got spoiled by the finish of the
Jon Moxley- Swerve Strickland main event, with a
Bloodline/House of Torture cluster#%$k finish. Making things
worse is the fact it's the second month in a row for AEW
having a great PPV harmed by such an ending.
I'm hardly one of those dramatic types on social media
saying it'll prevent me from watching Dynamite and Collision
or buying AEW PPVs.
But here's the problem: the real world's burning because of
the insanity in Washington. People are losing jobs, programs
that keep people alive are being slashed or eliminated. Book
banning is going on. Transgender people are being made non-
persons in their own country.
People are seeking escape for a few hours in this particular
athletic soap opera, and when they aren't getting it because
a storyline drags on so long and the payoff seems never to
come...you get reactions from one fan on BlueSky: "I live
in the United States, if I wanted to see a loathsome despot
trample over all resistance and never lose, I could just put
on the news. I don’t need that brand of misery in my
escapism too."
It's an old truth in professional wrestling that the money
is in the chase...but that only works if people see an end
to the story, and the hero winning. You can't keep the
fanbase from getting the happy ending to the story for too
long, or fans find other things to watch or to do.
Last Sunday's Dynasty began one of the most important
stretches in company history. Over the next 90 days:
Dynamite passes Nitro for number of episodes aired with
Spring BreakThru this Wednesday/Thursday, a special three-
hour slot for the April 26 Collision in-between NBA playoff
games from 8:30-11:30 pm ET; the Double or Nothing PPV on
Memorial Day weekend, the Fyter Fest four-hour special in
June, and AEW's first domestic stadium show, ALL IN, in
July. So with all of those important events coming up, Tony
Khan needs to remember that upset fans are less likely to
buy tickets, PPVs, or watch Dynamite/Collision.
At the Dynasty post-show media scrum, Tony Khan was asked
about the negative reaction to the main event for the second
consecutive month, and whether he considered “calling an
audible”, Tony Khan spoke about the result, fan feedback,
and The Young Bucks; he said yes, he listened to fan
feedback, but in his answer... pretty well outlined the
story as he saw it and wasn't changing the plan.
I hope AEW hasn't gone too far with Mox and the Death Riders
in a way that ends up hurting viewership, buy rates, or
ticket sales for those attending live over these next 90
days. Indicators are mixed with ALL IN ticket sales
noticeably down from the previous week, but last Wednesday's
viewership was up post-Dynasty (Collision's ratings aren't
out yet).
Let's hope viewership and ratings stay that way with this
week's loaded Spring BreakThru lineups Wednesday and
Thursday... and that ALL IN sales start to pick up.
Chris Harrington of AEW tweeted late last week that there
has been new content added to MAX. with more 2020 episodes
covering March 18-June 24, including:
* Brodie Lee debut - March 18
* Hikaru Shida vs Dr. Britt Baker, DMD - April 8
* Falls count anywhere tag team street fight - May 6
* Jungle Boy vs Cody Rhodes - May 28
* Best Friends vs Sammy Guevara/Chris Jericho -June 17
It's been suggested that this is a good sign as a good sign
for rolling out content that MAX feels AEW fans are chewing
up older content and they’re trying to get subscribers to
come back for more.
On Smackdown last Friday, they just announced DDP was
inducting Lex Luger into the WWE Hall of Fame, rather than
include Sting, who Luger had also requested.
There had been controversy as to whether or not Tony Khan
would permit Sting to attend the Hall of Fame ceremony,
given his Legends contract. But it appears that WWE never
bothered to ask Sting or AEW.
Tony Khan, time to have Sting show up on this week's Spring
BreakThru Dynamite and let Sting honor Luger yourself on
YOUR show.
Just have Sting come out on Dynamite, acknowledge that
Dynamite surpassed Nitro, and congratulate Luger on his
honor this week on the air. I mean, if WWE isn't going to
ask Sting...then it's fair game for Khan to use the
opportunity to get one over on them.
Finally, here's an update on the independent shows in Las
Vegas this Wrestlemania week with lineups for many (thanks
to Voices of Wrestling for their incredible work listing
events):
Wednesday, April 16
Game Changer Wrestling: WWE ID Championship Tournament
4:00 PM PT
Moon & View at Palms Resort Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
WWE ID Opening Round, No DQ: Marcus Mathers vs. Sam
Holloway, Zayda Steel vs. Kylie Rae, Aaron Rourke vs. It’s
Gal, Ice Williams vs. Aaron Roberts vs. Atticus Cogar,
Jordan Oasis vs. Freedom Ramsay, Jack Cartwheel, Sean Legacy
& Cappucino Jones vs. Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes & Jackson
Drake, Izzy Moreno vs. Zara Zakher
NTLL
5:00 PM ET
Swan Dive, Las Vegas, Nevada
NTLL Women’s Championship: Gatubela (c) vs. Keyra, NTLL
Khutulun Championship: Lady Lee (c) vs. Sandra Moone, RMW
Tag Team Championship: Las Too Much (Mazzerati & Rachelle
Riveter) (c) vs. Tuskana & Dabria, Alice Blair vs. Jody
Threat, Carolina Cruz vs. Jazmin Allure vs. Amira, Bryn
Thorne vs. Johnnie Robbie, Taniya vs. Gypsy Mac
Colorado Wrestling Collection: CWC vs. The World
7:30 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
CWC Heavyweight Championship: Bruce Wayans (c) vs. Duke
Lawrence, CWC Trios Championship: S.O.B. (Dorian Maddox,
Marlion Bishop, Papa Lypto) (c) vs. Pillars of Stackhouse
(Sam Stackhouse, Hunter Grey, Paul Titan), CWC Women’s
Championship: Stormi Renee (c) vs. Lillith Grimm, Hillside
Heritage Championship: Damian Malice (c) vs. Logan Knight
vs. Manny Lemons, NWA US Tag Team Championship: The Country
Gentlemen (AJ Cazana & KC Cazana) (c) vs. Big Guns Justin
Andrews & Mikey O’Shea, Danny Rivera vs. Fuego del Sol,
Royce Isaacs vs. Cody Devine, Sean Legacy vs. Damien Lee
Grundy
Dragongate USA: The Rebirth
8:00 PM PT
Moon & View at Palms Resort Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Kzy vs. Marcus Mathers, Ben-K & Hyo vs. Willie Mack & Rich
Swann vs. Jimmy Lloyd & Alec Price, Ultimo Dragon, La
Estrella & El Cucuy vs. Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis
Williams, ,Ho Ho Lun vs. Rhys Maddox, Starlight Kid & AZM
vs. Natsuko & Tora Konami, YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu
Yokosuka vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN
Big Valley Wrestling/World's Greatest Wrestling
7:00 PM PT
The Sci Fi Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
BVW Heavyweight Championship: Noah Anderson (c) vs. Tim
Strange, Frescomatic vs. Chris Nastyy, Sky High (Mondo Avion
& Robby Avion) vs. The Bayou Dream Team (Jordan Cruz & Jimmy
Jack), Taniya vs. Kidd Bandit vs. Gin Sevani, Papa Jace vs.
Slice Boogie, Ricky Tenacious vs. Bovi, Scheduled To Appear:
Da Shade, Kid Isaac, The Party Captain Guy Cool, Captain
Buggy The Pirate, 702 Justice, El Super Abogado
Knokx Pro Wrestling, 1 and 10 pm
Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday, April 17
Wrestlecon, Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas,
Nevada (through April 20)
DEFY Wrestling
11:00 AM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
DEFY World Championship: Clarks Connors (c) vs. El Phantasmo
vs. Man Like DeReiss, ,KENTA vs. Mance Warner, DEFY World
Tag Team Championship: Sinner & Saint (c) vs. Lykos Gym vs.
HYO & Susumu Yokosuka, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky
Morton & Robert Gibson) vs. Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl &
Ricky Gibson), Cody Chhun, Guillermo Rosas & Negro Casas vs.
Harv Sihra, Gurv Sihra & Galeno del Mal, EVIL vs. Michael
Oku, Vert Vixen, Amira & Viva Van vs. Nicole Matthews, Rhio
& Liiza Hall
ASÉ Wrestling
11:00 AM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship: Suge D
(c) vs. JTG, Team Darius Carter (Darius Carter, Frontman
Jah, Movie Myk, Ashton Starr, X) vs. Team Darius Lockhart
(Darius Lockhart, Yhya, Man Like DeReiss, Darian Bengston,
X), Fire N’ Flava (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz) vs. King Bees
(Charity King & Dani Bee), AJ Francis vs. Calvin Tankman vs.
Reyhan Inteus vs. Papa Jace vs. Moses, Jada Stone vs. La
Rosa Negra, plus Kev on Stage, Big Swole, Faye Jackson, Jazz
Oasis Pro Wrestling
11:00 AM PT
Swan Dive, 1301 South Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada
Team Super Crazy (Super Crazy, Jack Carthweel, Jay Lyon &
Midas Black) vs. South Pacific Savages (Zilla Fatu, Journey
Fatu, Juicy Finau & Iosefa Parisi), Pacific Seas
Championship: El Fatal (c) vs. Gringo Loco, Hoka vs. Midas
Kreed, Melanin Mafia (Beatrice Domino & Sancho Dimera) vs.
Adrianna Mosley & Samoan Reaper, Trapp Inc (Lyta Jay &
Elliot Rey) vs. The Islandahz, Sean Maluta vs. Sonico
Pandemonium Pro Wrestling: The House Always Wins
12:00 PM PT
Fremont Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tommy Billington vs. Sean Legacy, Mustafa Ali vs. Ninja
Mack, Shelton Benjamin vs. Kevin Blackwood, Maya World vs.
Miu Watanabe, Wardlow, Alan Angels and Fuego Del Sol vs.
Jordan Cruz, Sonico and Wicked Wickett; Scheduled to appear:
Brittnie Brooks, Kris Brady, Brooke Havok, Ella Envy,
Cappucino Jones, Roger Clark, Hyan, Zara Zakher, Ben-K,
YAMATO, Kzy, Sandra Moone, Peter Tihanyi
Kirk White’s Big Time Wrestling: What Happens at Big Time,
Stays at Big Time
12:00 PM PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Stardom: American Dream 2025 in Sin City
12:00 PM PT
The Veil Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled To Appear: Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Maika, Mina
Shirakawa, HANAKO, Syuri, Starlight Kid, AZM, Suzu Suzuki,
Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Konami, Thekla
Circle 6 Wrestling
12 pm PT
Punk Rock Museum, 1422 Western Avenue, Las Vegas, NV
Knokx Pro Wrestling,
1 and 10 pm
Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Phase 1 Wrestling
2:00 pm
6035 W. Harrison Las Vegas, NV
WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow
3:00 PM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
West Coast Pro Wrestling: Vegas Vacation
3:00 PM PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
West Coast Pro Championship: Kevin Blackwood (c) vs. Calvin
Tankman, West Coast Pro Tag Team Championship: Crush Boys
(Starboy Charlie & Titus Alexander) (c) vs. 1 Called Manders
& Thomas Shire, West Coast Pro Women’s Championship: Johnnie
Robbie (c) vs. Great Sakuya, MAO vs. Jiah Jewell, Los
Suavecitos (Adrian Quest, Danny Rose, Ricky Gee) vs. Alpha
Zo, LJ Cleary, Man Like DeReiss, Kzy, YAMATO, Dragon Kid vs.
Bendito, Toxin, Latigo, Trevor Lee vs. Timothy Thatcher,
Vinnie Massaro & X vs. Bret The Threat & Aaron Solo, Jayson
Xavier vs. Ryan Clancy vs. Danny Orion vs. Matt Brannigan
Dusk Pro Wrestling
4:00 pm PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Winner’s Circle Pro Wrestling: The Score
4:00 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Spark Joshi Puroresu: Lady Luck
5:00 PM PT
Silverton Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
World's Greatest Wrestling
5:00 PM ET
Dive Bar, 4110 S. Maryland, Las Vegas, NV
TNA
Cox Pavilion
6:00 pm
TNA International Championship: AJ Francis vs. X vs. X, TNA
International Championship Tournament: Eddie Edwards vs. Ace
Austin vs. Steve Maclin, TNA International Championship
Tournament: Zachary Wentz vs. JDC vs. Eric Young, plus Joe
Hendry, Masha Slamovich, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy
Melina's Divas and Drag
6:30 pm
4605 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada
Open Invitational Battle Royal, Kidd Bandit vs. Jamie
Senegal, plus Melina, Kidd Bandit, Katie Forbes, Jillian
Hall, Axe Massacre, Mazzerati, Jazze Parry, Melissa Santos,
Liberty Barros, Frankie B, Nikki Van Blair, Layla, Alexis
Mateo, Larah Dominatrix, Kelsey Heather, J-Rod
Prestige Wrestling: Nothing To Lose
7:00 PM PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled to appear: Michael Oku, Jessica McKay, Cassie Lee,
Minoru Suzuki, Kid Lykos, Kid Lykos II
Pride Wrestling
7:00 pm ET
Swan Dive, 1301 South Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada
Demand Lucha x Destiny World Wrestling
8:00 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled to appear: Gringo Loco, Trent Seven, Jody Threat
GCW: Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 13
8:00 PM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tavion Heights vs. Royce Issacs, Josh Barnett vs. Gabe Kidd,
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jonathan Gresham, Karrion Kross vs. JR
Kratos, Shayna Baszler vs. Konami, Natalya vs. Miyu
Yamashita, Pete Dunne vs. Timothy Thatcher, Leyla Hirsch vs.
Jordan Blade, Charlie Dempsey vs. Shinya Aoki,
Karmen Petrovic vs. Maika
Marks R Us: Cenobite
8:00 PM PT
Meet Vegas, 233 South 4th Street Las Vegas, Nevada
Lucha Mania
10 pm PT
The Nerd, 450 E. Fremont, Las Vegas, NV
All Caribbean Wrestling/Fighting Evolution Wrestling: Sin
City Burn
11:00 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Zicky Dice vs. Elijah Burke, Marty Scurll vs. Kenny King,
Lince Dorado vs. Sidney Akeem, Cassandra Golden vs. Kaliya
Capri,
Chandler Hopkins vs. Jay Rios De La Sangre, Leroy Jones vs.
AJ Francis
Scheduled to appear: Danny Limelight, Prince Agballah, Tito
Colada, Jada Stone
Marvelous Pro Wrestling
11:00 PM PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
PROGRESS Wrestling
11:59 PM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday, April 18
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
11:00 AM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled to appear: Mizuki, Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh,
Suzume, Yuki Kamifuku, Pom Harajuku, Shoko Nakajima, Rika
Tatsumi, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, Miu Watanabe, Raku, Arisu
Endo, Yuki Arai, Wakana Uehara, Shino Suzuki
Ed in San Antonio Productions: Poder Mania~!
11:00 AM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled To Appear: Brittany Blake, Brittnie Brooks,
Miranda Alize, Jazmin Allure, Alex Gracia, Leva Bates,
Shazza McKenzie, Nicole Matthews, Maya World, La Leona
STARDOM
11:00 AM PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled to appear: Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Maika, Mina
Shirakawa, HANAKO, Syuri, Starlight Kid, AZM, Suzu Suzuki,
Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Konami, Thekla
Versus Pro Wrestling
12 noon
Container Park, 707 East Fremont, Las Vegas, NV
Knokx Pro Wrestling
1 and 10 pm
Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Texas Wrestling Cartel
1:30 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wrestlecore
3:00 pm PT
Swan Dive, 1301 S. Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada
DDT Pro-Wrestling: DDT Goes Las Vegas
3:00 PM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled to appear: MAO, Shinya Aoki, Daisuke Sasaki, Yukio
Naya, Antonio Honda, Illusion, Yuni, Kazuma Sumi
DEADLOCK Pro Wrestling
4:00 PM PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
DPW National Championship: LaBron Kozone (c) vs. Leon
Slater, DPW World Tag Team Championship, Sin City Street
Fight: Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)
(c) vs. Violence Is Forever (Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku),
Arez & The Beast Mortos vs. Laredo Kid & Rey Horus, Masha
Slamovich & Queen Aminata vs. Magenta (Maria & Riko
Kawahata)
Devotion Championship Wrestling
4:30 PM PT
6035 W. Harrison, Las Vegas, NV
Compton Mania
4:00 pm
Container Park, 707 East Fremont, Las Vegas, NV
Ruthless Pro Wrestling:
4:00 PM PT
Swan Dive Bar, Las Vegas, Nevada
Devotion Championship Wrestling
4:30 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
GCW: Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9
7:00 PM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Joey Janela vs. Sabu
Dragongate x Pro Wrestling Revolution: The Gate of
Revolution
8:00 PM PT
MEET Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
YAMATO vs. Rich Swann, Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura, ISHIN
vs. Ben-K, Kzy, Hyo, PWR Tag Team Championship: Lucha Solos
(c) vs. Panther Brothers, Dave Dutra & Colt Stevens vs. Rey
Horus & Vary Morales, Karisma & Hyan vs. Hanan & Saya Iida,
La Estrella & Viento vs. Willie Mack & Mike Sydal vs. El
Cucuy & Oni El Bendito, Ultimo Dragon & Dragon Kid vs.
Susumu Yokosuka & Ho Ho Lun, Rhys Maddox vs. Diablo Azteca
vs. Kid Lynx
Future Stars of Wrestling
8:00 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Primos Premier Pro
Dive Bar, 4110 S Maryland, Las Vegas, NV
8:00 pm PT
GrapHouse: For Vegas, By Vegas
10:00 PM PT
Fergusons Downtown, Las Vegas, Nevada
New Texas Pro Wrestling
10:00 pm PT
Swan Dive Bar, 1301 S. Main Street, Las Vegas, NV
UPW Pro Wrestling: Live from Las Vegas
11:00 PM PT
FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Heels Have Eyes: Four The Culture
11:59 PM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, April 19
Effy’s Big Gay Brunch 10
11:00 AM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Kidd Bandit
RISE Underground Pro Wrestling: RISE or Die in Las Vegas
12:00 PM PT
The Dive Bar, Las Vegas, Nevada
TJPW vs. DDT vs. GCW
2:00 PM PT
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Scheduled to appear: Jada Stone, Brittnie Brooks, Brooke
Havok, Kiah Dream, Jazmin Allure, Maya World, Zamaya, Zayda
Steel
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