The annual Blood and Guts edition of “AEW Dynamite” is just two weeks away, and we got a little insight into who the two teams would be for the men’s match. The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, and Kyle O’Reilly, along with Roderick Strong, who is still trying his best to not conglomerate, and Darby Allin, threw out the challenge to the Death Riders, who will be made up of Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, and Daniel Garcia. It will likely be a great match that scratches the bloodthirsty itch I personally have, but you would be forgiven in thinking that this is the first Blood and Guts challenge that has been thrown out in recent weeks.

A few weeks ago on “AEW Collision,” Jamie Hayter stated that she had had enough of the Triangle of Madness and demanded that their score be settled inside the demonic double-caged structure. Since then, there have been references to it, but it only results in a graphic popping up in the lower third, reminding people of when and where the show is and how you can buy tickets. There have been almost no segments and no movement towards what the first-ever women’s Blood and Guts will look like, which is just frustrating, as it is disappointing, considering we basically got a full picture of what the men’s match would look like in one segment.

The cliché of arguing about Tony Khan’s inability to book his women’s division with any amount of consistency has been ran into the ground, but the first-ever women’s Blood and Guts match is a historic moment for the company and the women’s division itself. The fact that it’s not been treated as such is just baffling. What’s more, the tournament to crown the first-ever AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions seems to have completely overshadowed the build to what is meant to be a historic match. Yes, we all love the fact that the women are getting more things to fight over, but the way things have played out in recent weeks just proves that when it comes to the women, Khan can only focus on one thing at a time.

At the time of writing, it looks as if we are getting Hayter, Aminata, and then maybe Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, and even Kris Statlander involved for the faces, while the Triangle of Madness could be joined by Athena and Mercedes Mone. Again, that should be great, but the fact that we are two weeks away from such a big moment and there are still question marks over who is going to be in the match itself is a real headscratcher.

Written by Sam Palmer