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The winner for my best match of the night was Mina Shirakawa versus Thekla for the AEW Women’s World Championship. I loved the versatility of Mina, who looks to be slotted into the top of the women’s division to fill the vacuum left by “Timeless” Toni Storm’s injury. She’s a great pick, as the crowd already loves her and she constantly makes others look good in matches. Mina’s selling ability is really underrated, she’ll give strong reactions while simultaneously delivering h

Matt Cardona recently put forth a backstage revelation on Chris Van Vliet’s podcast. He revealed that originally, he wasn’t even supposed to be in the Intercontinental Championship ladder match from WrestleMania 32, let alone win it. The original winner was supposed to be Pac, then known as Adrian Neville, which many of us suspected following his high profile matches.  Included in that was a WWE Title Open Challenge match against Seth Rollins, one of the first matches my youn