Kris Statlander vs Jade Cargill (AEW, 9-15-2023)

AEW Rampage, Cincinnati, OH

Statlander, of course, won the TBS title from Cargill and ended Jade’s undefeated streak in an impromptu match at Double or Nothing in May, right after Jade had beaten Taya Valkyrie to retain the belt and run her undefeated streak to whatever-and-0, it doesn’t really matter.

But here is the first — and, it seems, the last — real singles match between these two.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

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PPV REVIEW: AEW Double or Nothing 2022 (5-29-2022)

I’m in a very cautious budgeting period of my normally reckless, freestyle way of life but I really wanted to watch this pay-per-view program live, so I went the crowdsourcing route via Ko-fi. It worked! And I actually did use the money to buy the show instead of sneaking away with it and stealing a pirate stream, which I do know how to do, despite everyone on the internet assuming you don’t know how if you suggest you’re willing to pay for something.

Also, I note nobody asked for any match reviews or anything, but I’d have a feeling of some type shame or the like if I didn’t do anything to even kinda feel like I’d earned this great payday, so I’m going to dust off the ol’ PPV-reviewing gloves and do a proper PPV review for the first time since probably, like, 2014.

This is a match review blog by design, but also it is a stupid fucking blog intermittently given attention by an aging idiot, so this will just exist. Who knows? Maybe more of this will happen. I do actually believe that there is value in how matches seem in the context of their entire show, but also in how matches seem in a vacuum. So in other words I have no opinion about reviewing wrestling other than most people should stop it. Not me, though.

Anyway, let’s go, motherfuckers.

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