{"id":206945,"date":"2025-11-04T11:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=206945"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:27:13","slug":"aew-collision-hits-misses-11-1-okada-takeshita-tension-during-tag-mercedes-vs-olympia-womens-blood-guts-developments-roh-title-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/11\/04\/aew-collision-hits-misses-11-1-okada-takeshita-tension-during-tag-mercedes-vs-olympia-womens-blood-guts-developments-roh-title-match\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW COLLISION HITS &#038; MISSES (11\/1): Okada-Takeshita tension during tag, Mercedes vs. Olympia, Women&#8217;s Blood &#038; Guts developments, ROH Title match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1996852622\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>To help you add context, my \u201cHits\u201d are ordered from best to worst. Each review includes a historical tidbit and a final grade. With that said, let\u2019s move into the high points of this week\u2019s episode, starting with the most significant moments.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>HITS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>BANDIDO vs. M\u00c1SCARA DORADA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No costumes, no fake fog, no spooky distractions \u2014 just two luchadors having a match that would\u2019ve opened an Arena M\u00e9xico anniversary show. Technical chain wrestling to start, wild rope-running sequences in the middle, and Bandido pulling out a clean 21-Plex to retain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MERCEDES MON\u00c9 RETAINS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olympia had size and power; Mon\u00e9 had ring IQ and spite. The match was paced around that contrast \u2014 Olympia tossed her Mone around early, but Mon\u00e9 adapted, slowed the match down, and finished with a crossface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEGAN BAYNE &amp; MARINA SHAFIR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bayne and Shafir wrestle like a tag team built to hurt you and then consider apologizing about it. Double suplexes, suffocating positioning, no wasted motion. Newell and Alize did their jobs as crash-test dummies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S BLOOD &amp; GUTS ANNOUNCED<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-940272813\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Credit where it\u2019s due: AEW finally decided women\u2019s violence isn\u2019t a novelty, but rather it\u2019s a main-event narrative device. Announcing a women\u2019s Blood &amp; Guts match is a massive statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the &#8220;All Elite Conversation Club&#8221; with Joel Dehnel and Gregg Kanner, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/all-elite-conversation-club-dehnel-kanner-review-fright-night-dynamite-discuss-dual-blood-and-guts-full-gear-card-developments-trivia--68372782\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Elite Conversation Club - Dehnel &amp; Kanner review Fright Night Dynamite, discuss dual Blood and Guts, Full Gear card developments, trivia\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=68372782&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>MISSES<\/h2>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S BLOOD &amp; GUTS ANNOUNCED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the other side of it: AEW announced the most violent women\u2019s stipulation in company history with the energy of tweeting out a merch link.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No pull-apart brawl.<\/li>\n<li>No Storm vs. Mon\u00e9 confrontation.<\/li>\n<li>No team captain promos setting the stakes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just a graphic. \u201cThis is happening.\u201d Moving on.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the kind of lazy rollout that makes a monumental match feel like a formality instead of a powder keg. The women earned the platform; AEW creative owes them the build.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ACCLAIMED \u2014 STUCK IN CHARACTER LIMBO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whatever\u2019s happening between Bowens and Caster isn\u2019t storytelling, it\u2019s static. There\u2019s no clear heel turn, no real dissension arc, no emotional stakes. Just awkward miscommunication spots and passive-aggressive body language that go nowhere.<br \/>\nRight now, it feels like watching a team you used to care about slowly dissolve without purpose, heat, or direction. It isn\u2019t dramatic. It\u2019s just sad.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2755051825\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>FINAL SCORE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>HITS: 4<\/li>\n<li>MISSES: 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>FINAL THOUGHTS<\/h3>\n<p>Bandido vs. Dorada was classic ROH-style wrestling. Mercedes Mon\u00e9 continues to operate like someone who actually knows her legacy is on the line.<\/p>\n<p>AEW still struggles with urgency and follow-through. The women\u2019s Blood &amp; Guts announcement should\u2019ve felt like a generational moment \u2014 instead, it landed like a press release. The Acclaimed are creatively stranded. Okada and Takeshita\u2019s tension is the most compelling story in the company.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>WRESTLING HISTORY:<\/strong> On this week in 2012, in a Guerrilla Warfare match in Reseda, California, Adam Cole beat Kevin Steen (Kevin Owens) to capture the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>PODCAST PLUG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out the Collision Caf\u00e9 I host with PWTorch\u2019s Amin Ajani, available exclusively to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorchvipinfo.com\/\">PWTorch VIP members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know you can read an ad-free, silky-smooth-loading version of this website with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorchvipinfo.com\/\">PWTorch VIP Membership<\/a>? Also, unlock 35+ years of archives including nearly 2,000 PWTorch Weekly Newsletters dating back to the late 1980s, hundreds of retro radio shows from the 1990s, and two decades of podcasts including Post-PPV Roundtable Podcasts dating back to the mid-2000s. Plus, new VIP-exclusive articles and podcasts throughout the week, fully compatible with the native Apple Podcasts app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorchvipinfo.com\/\">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON VIP MEMBERSHIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show (11\/3) - WWE Raw w\/cohost Brandon LeClair\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KObBMcDRfTo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2083480980\"><div id=\"pwtor-1180373587\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>To help you add context, my \u201cHits\u201d are ordered from best to worst. 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