New Year, new me? Well, I don’t know about all that, but I’m definitely going to try and write more this year. I love getting an opportunity to put pen to paper, so to speak. So going into 2025, let’s make that happen. I plan on dropping my weekly top 5 moments of the week. Now before we get too deep in the weeds, this list is not ranked 1-5 and I also can’t weight everything so this is simply 5 or so things (who knows, I might get crazy some weeks) that I watch over the previous week that I liked and stood out to me. In 2025 I want to highlight my favorites and not lean so much on the negatives (I have other outlets for that).
So let’s jump right in to my Top 5 moments from the week:
Women Shine at AEW Worlds End!
Mercedes Moné put her TBS Championship on the line vs Kris Statlander in a rematch from Full Gear. I was skeptical that they would be able to replicate their classic from just a month prior, but they absolutely did.
I thought the longest women’s match in AEW history, just under 25 minutes, was their best performances yet. Statlander and Mone have incredible chemistry with each other. This was, in my opinion, the best match either one has had in AEW.
AEW really feels like they are turning a corner with the women’s division and if they keep putting on matches like this and Mariah May and Thunder Rosa from earlier in the night, 2025 could be a banner year for the women of AEW.
I can’t wait for round 3!
CM Punk and Seth Rollins Promo from RAW
Talk about a great way to end a show. Sure, traditionally speaking, you’d want to end your show with a huge main event match. That said, this was a masterpiece segment to end the RAW on USA Network era. Both Punk and Rollins put everything on the table and held no verbal punches. I’m honestly surprised they didn’t come to blows prior to next week’s huge match up on Netflix.
From Punk asking Seth if The Man (Becky Lynch” took her ball and went home to Seth saying “With fire in my eyes and rage in my heart, I will burn you to the ground” it was a great back and forth and you should definitely check it out.
Omos Wins Tag Team Gold in Pro Wrestling Noah
Where has Omos been? We haven’t seen the Giant in WWE since early last year. Well, he kicked off 2025 by showing up in NOAH and winning the GHC Tag Team Championships with Jack Morris.
I’m a huge fan of chaos in my pro wrestling. If Omos winning NOAH Gold as a WWE contracted wrestler is how we are starting 2025, boy are we in for a wild year!
Iyo Sky vs Lyra Valkyria Semi Finals of the Women’s Intercontinental Championship
This for me was the best match of either Women’s championship tournament. You could tell both Iyo and Lyra said “Let’s go out there and steal the whole show,” and in terms of a wrestling match they did just that. I’ve been very happy with how the WWE has handled these Inaugural Women’s championship tournaments. Every match has gotten time and shown just what these competitors can do. I personally was pulling for Iyo to get the win and face her Damage CNTRL partner Dakota Kai – I’m a sucker for inner faction friction – but don’t get me wrong, Lyra and Dakota will kill it in the finals and either outcome will be the right decision for your first ever Women’s Intercontinental Champion.
It’s Finally TIffy Time!
On the 1st three-hour Smackdown they pulled out all the stops. Big matches and big angles being set up on a blue canvas. How did you feel about that? Drop a comment. I dug it all, even the canvas after I got used to it. Nothing though was bigger than Tiffany Stratton finally making the decision to cash in on Nia Jax to become your new WWE Womens Champion. This storyline between Stratton and Nia Jax has been one of the best in the WWE. The way Tiffany played both sides of the fence was brilliant. Over the past few weeks she started to show her true intentions and took the opportunity after Nia Jax retained in a great match against Naomi.
As much as the MITB storyline is now finished, how Nia Jax will handle the betrayal of Tiffany Stratton will be appointment viewing in the first couple of months in 2025.
Thank you checking out my first article of the new year. Did you agree with my 5 or do you think I missed something? Let me know in the comments. We will see you next week where I fully expect there to be some major moneys with RAW on Netflix, AEW streaming on Max and hopefully a Notre Dame win in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff
