Babes Of Wrath Go Their Separate Ways As Divine Dominion Retain Titles On AEW Collision

After defeating The Babes of Wrath at on the Zero Hour portion of AEW Revolution to become the new AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, Divine Dominion, the team of Megan Bayne and Lena Kross, had to give the former champions a fair fight, given how their initial bout went down. This led to a title rematch on the March 28 episode of “AEW Collision,” which saw Divine Dominion retain their titles, and The Babes of Wrath decided to put their alliance on ice.

Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron were still feeling the effects of what happened at Revolution, but wanted to get things going early as the action began before the bell had even rang. The champions used their environment to their advantage by taking Nightingale out of the ring and isolating her on the outside, amplifying the pain she was still feeling after pulling double duty at Revolution.

Despite still selling the punishment of 13 days ago, Nightingale was able to hold her own, as did Cameron, and the two ladies even came close to getting their titles back with some close near falls, including Cameron hitting Bayne with a big Powerbomb. Nightingale was able to hit Kross with a Spinebuster, and the champions ended up in dueling Single-Legged Boston Crabs. However, Bayne was able to reach the ropes to break things up. In the end, Kross was able to throw Nightingale to the outside to single out Cameron, and with the odds stacked against her, Cameron was hit with the Divine Intervention, and Bayne secured the victory with the high stack pin. 

Backstage after the match, Cameron apologized to Nightingale for costing her team the win, which led to both women appreciating what they had done for each other. However, with Nightingale still reigning as the AEW TBS Champion, Cameron told her to focus on herself, and for now, at least, The Babes of Wrath are no more.

Match Spotlight: Ultimate Warrior Vs. Randy Savage, WWE WrestleMania VII

Everyone knows that The Ultimate Warrior wasn’t the best wrestler in between the ropes. He could get the people hyped up, hit a couple of power moves, and leg it out of the arena before he or the crowd could have the time to catch their breath. When matches went longer than just a few minutes, that’s when he was exposed to be, well, not that good. However, there were a few occasions that Warrior rose up to, and during his entire career, he never reached the lofty heights of his performance at WrestleMania 7.

What helped right from the off was the fact that for the first time in his WWE career, Warrior walked to the ring rather than running, meaning that he only got blown up about halfway through rather than the first few minutes. Realistically, all of the heavy lifting in this match is done by the “Macho King.” This is an all-time classic performance from Randy Savage who manages to squeeze more out of the Warrior in 20 minutes than anyone else in wrestling. He basically positions himself as the dastardly heel who has to resort to underhanded tactics in order to gain the advantage. After all, Warrior was able to catch Savage, who wasn’t a small man by any stretch, place him down gently, and slap him across the face as a way of saying “You’re not going to get me that easily.”

Savage also had the help of one Sensational Queen Sherri at ringside, who appeared to be wearing a see-through chandelier. But that didn’t stop “The Queen” from dishing out some punishment of her own, repeatedly getting Warrior’s business until Savage could make a comeback. As time went on, it looked as if there was no hope for Warrior as Savage wore him down, avoided all of his big power moves like the Running Splash, and proceeded to go to the top for his patented Elbow Drop. Savage hit five Elbow Drops, but to the amazement and some annoyance of the fans, Warrior kicked out. Savage was able to return the favor on the kickout front, being hit by a pair of Lariats, a Press Slam, and a Running Splash, only to fire his shoulder up at the count of two.

Warrior’s answer to this was to talk to his hands and the sky, probably asking “What more do I have to do to beat this man?” but with more words that only exist in The Ultimate Warrior dictionary and thesaurus. Savage was able to get back into it by knocking Warrior to the floor, but Warrior wasn’t pleased about his conversation with the sky being interrupted, and avoided Savage who was coming down off the top for a Chop Block to the outside. Warrior received word from whoever he was speaking to, and that word was to finish the job. Warrior hit three shoulder tackles, which Gorilla Monsoon called “A Spear Job” at one point, but the main thing was that it did the job, and Warrior put his foot on an exhausted Savage to get the win and his hand raised in victory.

AEW Star Matt Jackson Compliments WWE Tag Team: ‘Game Recognizes Game’

When it comes to tag team wrestling, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) are often amongst the discussion for the best in-ring duo, especially from the modern day. In that same conversation, fans frequently utter the names of the reigning WWE World Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jey Uso as well. Based on recent comments from Matt Jackson, it seems that The Usos’ nomination is indeed warranted.

“Years and years and years ago, this was probably in 2011. I believe we got to go backstage at a SmackDown when we actually did this. It was SmackDown, prior to the show, so all the boys were out there watching. We got to do a sort of a tryout match in front of the boys and we got to wrestle The Usos,” Matt said on “Being The Elite.”

“Even way back then, those guys were awesome. They’re really good, next level. They were calling great stuff on the fly. I remember afterward thinking like, ‘Whoa, those guys are good. I would really like to have a proper match with them one day.’ Now, fast forward all years later, it’s probably not possible, but hey, I recognize that they’ve done some great stuff. Real recognized real. Game recognize game.”

Jimmy and Jey Uso have remained regular fixtures in WWE since their main roster debuts in 2010. Together, they’ve enjoyed numerous reigns with WWE’s tag team titles, and even a WrestleMania main event match in 2023. Meanwhile, The Young Bucks soared across the indies, TNA, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and now, All Elite Wrestling. Both pairs have been recognized as PWI’s Tag Team of the Year at different points.

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WWE’s Brock Lesnar Says The Wrestling Industry Is ‘Softer’ Now Than When He Came In

Brock Lesnar first broke into WWE when he started in Ohio Valley Wrestling back in 2000 following his successful amateur career at the University of Minnesota. He debuted on the main roster in 2002, when the likes of guys such as The Undertaker, Big Show, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, and more were dominating the roster. It was certainly a different time than today, as Undertaker himself has often alluded to on his own podcast, and Lesnar seemed to echo the sentiment on an episode of “Spittin’ Chiclets” when he talked about his start in the industry.

“I was a shooter, an amateur guy. I had a lot of credentials to my name,” Lesnar explained. “Of course, I got tested along the way by the old-timers. You have to pay your dues. Back then, you paid your dues and you had to earn your respect. It’s different now, obviously. Things have gotten a lot softer. There isn’t no more kangaroo courts. So, it’s different now. I go there, I’m the old guy, now.”

The notoriously private Lesnar appeared on the podcast ahead of his match against main roster newcomer, and former NXT Champion, Oba Femi at WrestleMania 42. Lesnar, alongside career-long manager and “advocate” Paul Heyman, issued an open challenge for “The Showcase of the Immortals” on an episode of “WWE Raw.” In the following weeks, Femi, who Lesnar eliminated from the Royal Rumble after numerous teases of a showdown, answered the challenge.

“The Ruler” hit Lesnar with a big Fall From Grace powerbomb. He then placed a foot on his chest and pointed to the WrestleMania sign, with WWE confirming the match was official later in the night.

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Candice Michelle Thinks TNA Role Will Lead To Comeback

It was revealed earlier in March after weeks of rumors that former WWE Women’s Champion Candice Michelle had returned to professional wrestling by the way of a new job at TNA. The company posted a video to social media showing Michelle signing a contract alongside Tommy Dreamer and TNA President Carlos Silva. No further details were made available at the time, but in a new interview on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet,” Michelle revealed that Dreamer offered her a spot as an agent.

“It was like, ‘Come and shadow me the first weekend, and the next weekend, you’ll be an agent,'” she explained. “All I could think about is like, ‘That is wrestling.’ ‘We’re going to see if you’re going to survive or not and if you can do it or not and throw them to the wolves. I was like, ‘Okay. Let’s go. I’m back.”

The former WWE Diva said that while she hasn’t been wrestling for the last 20 years, it doesn’t mean she hasn’t been doing the work. She left WWE in June 2009 and wrestled her retirement match on the independent scene, a victory over the former Victoria, Lisa Marie Vachon, in 2017. Michelle believes that this backstage role in TNA could lead to more.

“I think that this initial call was my hope spot,” she said. “I think it’s going to lead into my comeback… I was at WrestleCon and I was doing an appearance and my promotor had Dustin [Rhodes] on. Something [in me] said, ‘Go up to him and tell him you want to wrestle again…’ I just feel it coming. I don’t know when it’s coming, but it’s coming.”

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