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Victor Oceguera

Two blood and guts matches and Jon Moxley continues to be the coolest thing on the show and the trios stuff continues to be awesome!

FightForever3301

Oli said AEW hasn’t been telling stories so they gave him 30 minutes of promo packages, and story between each Blood and Guts matches

Jake McCoombes

Mr hangman, I want Texas death, both B&g matches lived up to the potential and made the challengers look dominant and Darby did his stupid thing. I thought he missed the tables watching it live

Will B

Men's match was very disappointing. Felt way too staged. Women's match was SOOO much better, for the 2nd year in a row

Randy Bobandy

Not a fan of ending of blood and guts, seemed too contrived. Okada with the leaf blower was best moment on the show

Wheels

I enjoyed the show because of the women’s blood and guts match as well as the death riders segment and the fantastic swerve, hangman segment. However, am I the only one who thinks that the ending to the main event was anti-climactic and could have been done much better

Levi Havens

I liked how both blood and guts matches felt different. The women's felt more like a hard-core match in a cage while the men's felt more like a wrestling match in a cage

Jamaal Ellison

Well, this year's Blood-and-Guts lived up to the hype. It was bloody and gory, but like most years for the men's Blood-and-Guts, it had a goofy finish and like most years, the women's Blood-and-Guts was amazing. They always show up and show out even if the build is always. lackluster.

Morgan Hill

I think tonight highlights why I think this kind of match shouldn't be used and end point for stories but to start them, being able to plant multiple seeds is much more efficient storytelling than ending the current story that 12 people are telling all at once.

Chris deaton

Kyle Fletcher is one of the best sellers in the business today and while I don’t think he’s winning at full gear he should at All In next year

Kitty Kat

I want to shout out Oli and say thank you for finally explaining your rating system last week! For so long, I was scratching my head wondering "Why the fuck is RAW a 4 and Dynamite a 3?!" but now it all makes sense! Also want to say the Trios stuff is the best damn thing in wrestling right now and the Women B&G was way better than the Men's

Don

Even though the build was atrocious, the show was excellent with the women taking the show again. Megan Bayne and Lena Kross both need singles pushes, especially the former with her effort tonight. I thought a velociraptor had attacked Kofi and was shouting "Shoot her!" at the screen. I didn't realize Bandido had evolved into Devilido. Has Mox always been this good at promos? I feel he's really entered another level this year. The visual of Wardlow carrying Darby across the cage was insane. I'm excited for Full Gear and think Davis and Doyle should beat the Bucks

Jaws 24

This was a good show, but I'm probably the only one that'll think this. I think there should be one blood and gut match because during the men match i was getting bored and felling asleep.

BiggestBoyInTown

my first time watching Blood and Guts Live and the most hardcore match i’ve sat down to watch live since Punk McIntyre HIAC. Women’s B&G had an impressive intensity all the way through, absolutely stoked for this Trios Texas Death Match, and Mox is brilliant as always, but the Mercedes/Marina segment felt underbaked and the ending of the Men’s match was disappointing. Cope submitting was the right choice, but i thought for sure the DCF was going to beat down on the faces anyway. oh well, at least darby had his latest mick foley moment.

Don

And holy crap, how about the card for Wrestle Kingdom? Heck of a way for NJPW to counter program the first Raw of the year

Andrew M.

Women's B&G was a heatless banger. Men's B&G was a heatless heatseeker

Q. Raymond Fisk

As an AEW sicko I enjoyed the men's B&G match because there was a decent amount of story packed between some great hardcore spots. The women's match did feel more hardcore for hardcores sake. I personally wish they just had some more regular matches with the cherry on top being one singular B&G match, whether men's or women's. Truthfully I can't be mad though because they announced a Blake Christian singles match for this Saturday and that's all I ever want. Hope you boys are doing well and Godspeed vanilla baby!

Brody Allsep

Credit to the women in the match, but I feel like it should have been both men's matches. From the rush to put it together to the fewer number of matches, both in general and between these women, the ring chemistry wasn't there and it showed in various delayed spots.

Ripper3112

Hangman getting dragged back into hell. He just wants to be happy man. Also glad to see the Don Callius family win but hate to see Don Callius win.

Brody Allsep

While it was on theme for the show, I hated Mercedes's outfit. Completely unearned after how much the other women gave in the actual match.

Pogo is here

You know i knew the Women's blood and guts would be great as aew hardcore matches are always great but fuck me that was chaos. It also gave me more then i thought i would get with Persephone getting an actual character for the first time in aew and i'm looking forward for queen vs Persephone 2.

reallyjustjamer

A real good time! I liked both matches in different ways, women's felt more like a hardcore match while the men (clearly knowing they couldn't match them lol) did more of a normal cage match which I enjoy to differentiate them. Also liked the intermission of promos we got between them to build some other stories, especially seeing how much the trios feud is becoming more and more of a Bandido driven one as well.

Jonathan “The Headmaster” Hedman

I had a problem with the psychology in the women’s Blood & Guts match, especially Queen Aminata holding the cage door shut to keep Skye Blue out. Isn’t Aminata supposed to be a babyface? My understanding is that babyfaces are supposed to show courage, stand their ground, and overcome adversity, while heels take shortcuts and avoid a fair fight. So why is the babyface preventing an opponent from entering instead of being ready to fight her? I get the strategy, but that felt like heel behavior from someone we’re supposed to cheer. Am I wrong about the psychology here?

Luther Black

In a match where you can bring literally any loot you want, from light tubes to championship titles, guitars to trash cans, Kazuchika Okada comes to the ring with a leaf-blower. To blind his enemies? Perhaps distract the ref? No! It’s because he didn’t want anything to do with the thumbtacks in the ring, so he blew them away, dodging and ducking attacks, just tidying up, and then, without missing a beat, hit that picture perfect Okada dropkick. I don’t care about anything else, my GOAT

book__wyrm

I think mercedes having stolen valour is honestly the funniest, most in-character choice hahaa

RedDeadGinger

Blood and Guts certainly delivered for me personally since all I wanted was two matches that were orgies of violence and carnage. Funny story, my friends and I were watching it together and before the mens match started we kept making jokes about what Darby Allin shenanigans might happen leading to me making the joke that he's placed a bomb under the ring. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE when Wardlow picked up that back pack and it blew up! As it happened my friends and I burst out laughing as I kept exclaiming to the screen "I WAS JOKING!" Truly a fun night of wrestling silliness that was made all the more special sharing it with my best friends. At the start of this year I introduced them to AEW and they've been loving it ever since.

Shae

This was a perfect show to show the difference between the 2 shows that were on. AEW knew who would be watching and made sure to deliver. Both b&g matches were great, but that women's match HOLY SHIT! Women's B&G was a bit sloppy at times and kind repetitive. Still was great at the end. Now the men's match my only negative would be STOP PUTTING COPELAND IN I QUIT SCENARIOS, ITS LAME. That couldve went to the bucks with d&d. Still an great show 4.5/5 show.

Brody Allsep

Finally finished the episode, and it all needed to be a bit less. Nick Wayne segment was dumb, too many gimmick spots missed, (net, coast to coast chair clearly missed (though probably for the best), the cage door and chain fell apart rather than Wardlow breaking it. Good matches on a less good layout of a show. Another point towards making it an "only when needed" stip rather than a yearly tradition. Plenty of other death match stips to use.

Hunter Harrison

For the second year in a row the women stole the show in blood and guts. Megan Bayne looked like a megastar. Perhaps my favorite thing on the show was the Bandido segment though, has to be the most emotion I have seen from him and a genuinely great way to cement this feud as the best trios feud of all time in my opinion. Loved seeing all the clips from the twitch streamer Agent00 watching front row, its proof that aew can appeal to a casual viewer and broaden their audience

brolly

nxt was better

Thomas westhead

I hope this angle with Fletcher isn’t just to serve the eventual Cope/Osprey match. I honestly don’t know how to feel about Ospreys run as champion so far, it feels underwhelming and I genuinely don’t feel like I’m looking at the Champion of this show like I did with those prior. Is this just due to the absence of any substantial story?, is it just me? Or is there something more to it you can see that I can’t put my finger on. Support Wrestletalk!

Reece Hatfield

Loved this show! Both blood and guts matches felt different but equally brutal with the women's going full deathmatch and the men's having more character driven stuff. Also, Darby's video package before his entrance implied he'd been in that body bag since at least the night before so Darby basically did a monsters ball match. I imagine that one popped Luke

Kurt Bullman

The Woman’s Blood and Guts match showed that the core of the AEW Woman’s roster is strong. I do appreciate that only roughly half of the women wore T-shirts or more layers in addition to their gear, although for some reason Julia Hart decided to wear less than she normally does. Maybe that’s why she gave up, she was obviously not prepared for this at all.

Florian Groß

Great matches, great spots in the matches (even though both matches could have profitted from a better build - but it convinced me that Blood and Guts can also work as something of a "story starter") and the story beats between the matches were also very entertaining. I am quite excited about the trios stuff, mostly.

Dean Brereton

This wasn't as a good as wrestling in 2001. Apologies, adding a comment so Luke can mention 2001 😉

KFizzle4

That leaf blower was the real biggest heel of the night.

Kevin Fleuriot

BANDIDO IS SO COOL. I was convinced that Brody was the one doing the attack, but man the reveal that it was Bandido was so well done. This is a very simple yet very well told story and I can't wait to see their match at Full Gear.

Real One's GEORGIE TUFFS

Women's beat men's again, enjoyed it for what it was. I really liked the show set up. No toilet break match just both blood and guts with set up angle in-between. Needed a better build but being said if this match was ment to be with death Riders and PAC situation changed everything I think was really good. I also loved how we got progressive health insurance in a blood and guts match

Jared Rasmussen

While the New Level say death matches should be reserved for people who hate each other, the AEW women have a Blood and Guts match with no build and no stakes. Skye Blue pulls a gusher and goes back on the shelf until next year's match. Feels very fetishizing.

Matt

Cope announces his retirement plans, then is the lead story of the clockwork match coming up just short, now he’s the one to surrender in B&G. I feel a good version of Cena’s “old man desperate to win one last title turns heel to do it” story. If only there was a title shot mechanic Cope’s career is deeply tied to…

Brent

I'm pretty sure that Megan Bayne hasn't been outrighted pin from a finisher yet in AEW. She has been pinned by Toni Storm but Toni used a surprise rollup to get that pin. AEW has been secretly keeping Megan Bayne strong all this time.

Brent

I very much enjoyed the show. I prefer the women's Blood and Guts match over the men's. Still I think Blood and Guts should be a thing that ends feuds not a yearly staple. Bandido having some actual character growth and demanding Texas Death was great. I knew it would be Texas Death eventually but it was a great build to get there. I'm glad that they didn't have Steven Borden be the one who lost the match.

Jag

Abit late to the party. I love AEW's blood and guts but maybe instead of a set thing every year. Use as a match stipulation that can happen anytime to end a feud between 2 factions. And not both mens and womens in 1 night.

Michael Rivera Morales

I personally think the Crown Jewel championship should be over which championship or champion headlines Mania kinda like how the rumble gives you in theory the main event of Mania.Then it would make more sense why they want to win so much.