Even when I’m down, the show must go on. I ask during this difficult time that you just bear with me. The difficult time, you may be wondering, is Para Lira are LPW Tag Team champions, which means I now have to listen to Berat Gorani run his mouth until they lose those championships. Thankfully there was a lot more good this past week in professional wrestling, so let’s get right into it!
CM Punk is Officially a WrestleMania Main Eventer
We found out this past Friday on Smackdown that finally CM Punk will get his first opportunity to star in the main event of the biggest show of the year. It’s the only thing CM Punk has wanted in his illustrious career that he has yet to accomplish. As a CM Punk guy, I couldn’t be more excited for him to cross this goal off his list. Now can the Second City Saint put the cherry on top and defeat both Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins? Here’s hoping!
Double Duty for the Double Champ
I love the fact that Stephanie Vaquer, one week after winning the NXT Championship, is out here defending her North American Championship and the NXT Championship. She’s been presented as an absolute force in a women’s division that is widely considered one of the best in wrestling.
Proceed With Caution
Holy smokes, this was easily the best promo of Naomi’s career. Those that love Naomi knew she had it in her. Those that didn’t believe, what do you have to say now? I know for me it would have been a crazy moment had we found out it was Bianca that attacked Jade Cargill. That said, if this is the Naomi we are getting as a product of her attacking Jade, then sign me up twice and I’ll happily shout it from the rooftops that I was wrong. Keep the foot on the gas with Naomi – that promo was special work and I need more!
Swerve Strickland bodies Jon Moxley on the mic
No surprise to AEW fans that Swerve Strickland is that guy. He went toe to toe with the leader of the Death Riders Wednesday night and I think he came out on top. It was a great back and forth between Moxley and himself. Even Moxley himself put Strickland over in the segment, saying, “Seeing a guy like you makes me want to keep going and all my hard work in this business run by billionaires and YouTubers is not going to waste.” I’m still not sold on Swerve winning at Dynasty, though I think he should. It wouldn’t shock me if Moxley held it until All In.
LPW 35 Into The Void
Normally I try and stick to moments on these lists but I’m hard pressed to not sing the praises of the entire LPW 35 card. It was one of my favorite LPW shows of all time. We saw three title changes, an absolute classic in the other title match (MRB vs Miles DeVille), plus that ending. Zoe Sager, the Intangible Opportunist, may have lost her tag title to Para Lira to open, but she made damn sure she left with gold as she becomes a 2-time Grand Champion beating TY Jackson and Marz The Specialist. Not only that she set off a chain of events amongst the roster that now has the anticipation for LPW 36 at an all time high! Head to IWTV or Love Wrestling on YouTube to catch all the action.
Another week another 5 in the books. We are just heating up to as the Road to WrestleMania continues and AEW Dynasty is next week. So keep it here and see what moments from the week that was stood out to me. As always, feel free to drop your favorites in the comments and keep it locked here for the latest from everyone at Love Wrestling.
