{"id":207575,"date":"2025-11-19T11:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=207575"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:51:04","slug":"aews-top-promos-of-the-week-what-ftr-stokely-toni-storm-and-pac-did-to-rise-to-the-top-of-all-aew-talking-segments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/11\/19\/aews-top-promos-of-the-week-what-ftr-stokely-toni-storm-and-pac-did-to-rise-to-the-top-of-all-aew-talking-segments\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW&#8217;S TOP PROMOS OF THE WEEK: What FTR &#038; Stokely, Toni Storm, and Pac did to rise to the top of all AEW talking segments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1886756136\" 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>Another week of just good not great promos from AEW. Both Blood &amp; Guts matches took up a lot of the show on Dynamite, so there weren\u2019t many promos throughout the show. The best promos this week were on Collision, and I really thought Toni Storm was the bright spot from Collision this week. I thought she knocked it out of the park this week with her promo segments.<\/p>\n<p>I know this is an AEW article, but I must be selfish here for a minute and quickly talk about my experience last week getting to go to John Cena\u2019s last match at the Boston Garden. Nights like that are the reason I am a wrestling fan. It was the best experience I\u2019ve had at a wrestling show since the early days of AEW. Being in that building was a moment I\u2019ll never forget, and I thought WWE knocked it out of the park. The pop Cena got when he came out was the biggest pop I\u2019ve ever experienced live as a wrestling fan. So, thank you, John Cena.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>FTR and Ricky Steamboat \u2013 Dynamite 11\/12\/25<\/h3>\n<p>I thought this was well done for what it was supposed to be. This thing could have quickly gone off the rails if it wasn\u2019t set up correctly. I love Ricky Steamboat, but he\u2019s not exactly known as a talker. Say what you want about AEW, but I will always respect Tony Khan for how he treats the legends of the wrestling business with the respect they deserve. Shoutout to the fan who had the \u201cLegends of Greensboro\u201d sign in the audience. That was an amazing sign, and I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s on a shirt yet, but it should be.<\/p>\n<p>I thought once again Stokely Hathaway stole the show with how good he is playing his role. It was so funny when he introduced himself as &#8220;Big Stokely Hathaway&#8221; with the emphasis on the &#8220;Big.&#8221; I liked Ricky Steamboat using his hand to measure Stokley\u2019s height. I really like FTR in this role too of just being absolute jerks.<\/p>\n<p>They had some great lines about how they were miracle workers to make Ricky Steamboat look good in his retirement match and how Ricky should have saved his money because &#8220;if you did, you and Flair wouldn\u2019t have to be here tonight.&#8221; I guess Ric Flair was there, but was under the weather. Hope he\u2019s feeling better. (I saw a clip of him walking through an airport recently and he really didn\u2019t look well.)<\/p>\n<p>I appreciated FTR letting the audience know they were Ricky Steamboat&#8217;s last match. I had totally forgotten that happened and it helped the segment make sense on why they would be the ones interrupting Steamboat.<\/p>\n<p>I thought Ricky Steamboat looked and sounded really good throughout the promo. I actually thought he was going to take a real bump, but luckily Brodido came out to make the save. This was just a fun promo to break up the seriousness of both Blood and Guts matches, and I thought it was very well done and entertaining.<\/p>\n<h3>Toni Storm \u2013 Collision 11\/15\/25<\/h3>\n<p>I think the AEW Women\u2019s Division has really developed into a strong division over the last couple years. Toni Storm is the straw that stirs the drink, though. Could you imagine where this division would be if she didn\u2019t develop this character and if it didn\u2019t hit the way it has? Toni Storm has been the MVP of AEW for a long time at this point. It was really her and Will Ospreay, in my opinion, that took AEW out of that down period a couple years ago when the shows were a chore to get through.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2896563396\" 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>Toni\u2019s promo this week was awesome. It really showed it&#8217;s not how long you can go in a promo, it\u2019s what you say and the conviction you have saying it. Before we get to Storm though, I just want to talk about how funny that bandage was wrapped around Mina Shirakawa\u2019s head. It fit her whacky personality so perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Storm had some incredible lines in this promo. I loved how she called Shirakawa \u201ca woman who brings color to a world that is black and white\u201d and that you can attack Toni because \u201cToni Storm lives and dies everyday,\u201d but they crossed the line touching Mina. I just thought Storm nailed her delivery here.<\/p>\n<p>Toni ended the promo with maybe one of the coldest lines in AEW history when she told the other women from Blood and Guts \u201cdon\u2019t ask God for mercy, he\u2019s a big fan of our work.\u201d Toni Storm is coming for them and she\u2019s coming for those AEW Women\u2019s Tag Team Titles. I really hope they put the titles on Storm &amp; Shirakawa and just let these two run wild with them.<\/p>\n<h3>Pac \u2013 Collision 11\/15\/25<\/h3>\n<p>I thought this was the best promo Pac has done since he returned to the Death Riders a couple months ago. I thought he was menacing and delivered his message clearly. I also laughed when Moxley, who was on commentary, told Schiavone how he finds Pac\u2019s voice \u201csoothing.\u201d What I liked about this promo was how Pac really got across how much he loved burning Darby Allin and it showed how dangerous Pac is at this moment.<\/p>\n<p>Something about Pac\u2019s accent makes him sound even more dangerous and when he said, \u201cStanding and watching [Darby] burn was my magnum opus, the piece de resistance, a masterpiece.\u201d I also got a good laugh at Pac calling Darby \u201ca little freak.\u201d He said it with such hate in his voice for Darby. A<\/p>\n<p>lso, it was a small thing, but it was such a veteran move by Pac the way he kept plugging the Full Gear PPV coming up. He mentioned the name of the PPV, where it was taking place, and then every time he\u2019d refer to the upcoming match, he\u2019d make sure to mention it was on PPV. That\u2019s how a pro sells a PPV match.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t even imagine the beating Darby is going to take in this match at Full Gear. I\u2019m really looking forward to how this story continues with the Death Riders and Darby. 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