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As 2021 comes to a close and I sat down to reflect on the year that was, I realized something: there were two editions of Happy Wrestling Land, The Newsletter: Vol. 25.
So welcome to Vol. 29 & 30, the first of a few HWL Newsletters looking back at the past 365 days.
HWL’s Adventures in Newslettering 2021 (Best of the Newsletter!)
What If RK-Bro Is As Good As It Gets? (WWE TV 12/12 – 12/18/21)
Something Resembling Wrestling: The Best and Worst WWE Matches of 2021
AEW 75: The Best AEW Matches of 2021
My Favorite Wrestling Angles and Promos from 2021
Happy Wrestling Land’s Adventures in Newslettering 2021
This past March, Happy Wrestling Land began publishing a weekly newsletter via Substack highlighting all the posts from the week prior.
Dum Dum Daniels, Captain Lou, Robert McCauley, and Codysseus became a sort of Four Horsemen of posting throughout 2021, and as we head towards issues 29 and 30 this weekend here’s a look back at some of my favorites:
HWL Adventures in Newslettering 2021:
DDT Friendship, Effort, Victory in Nagoya 2021 (2/23/21) – Captain Lou
AEW Dynamite: St. Patrick’s Day Slam (3/17/21) – Dum Dum Daniels, Vol. 1
Ganbare Pro Bad Communication 2021 (4/7/21) – Captain Lou, Vol. 4
WrestleMania 37 Nights 1 & 2 (4/10 & 4/11/21) – Dum Dum Daniels, Vol. 5
AJPW Champion Carnival 2021 Finals (5/3/21) – Captain Lou, Vol. 8
AEW Dynamite: Blood & Guts (5/5/21) – Dum Dum Daniels, Vol. 8
Dragon Gate Dead or Alive 2021 (5/5/21) – Captain Lou, Vol. 9
How I Met Your Puroresu Season 1, Episode 8 – Robert McCauley, Vol. 10
Wrasslin’ With Ol’ Dad: Hansen, Kawada, Kikuchi! – Codysseus, Vol. 13
Wrasslin’ With Ol’ Dad: AJPW Champion Carnival 1991 – Codysseus, Vol. 14
Q2 SWEET: Happy Wrestling Land’s Best Matches of Q2 2021 – HWL, Vol. 16
NOAH Cross Over 2021 in Sendai (7/11/21) – Captain Lou, Vol. 18
How I Met Your Puroresu Season 1, Episode 14 – Robert McCauley, Vol. 21
The Best Matches & Wrestlers of G1 CLIMAX 31 – Dum Dum Daniels, Vol. 25
AEW Full Gear 2021 (11/3/21) – Dum Dum Daniels, Vol. 26
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What If RK-Bro Is As Good As It Gets?: Hey, It’s WWE TV (12/12 – 12/18/21)
As we head to the end of the year, the past week of WWE TV continued a theme of reading a very specific set of metrics instead of the room. Liv Morgan got booed for standing up to Becky Lynch, Johnny Gargano‘s NXT run was ended by Grayson Waller, and we’re on the way to Roman Reigns/Brock Lesnar again. Let’s… do it…
WWE TV Recap (12/12 – 12/18/21)
Highlights:
– Riddle w/ Randy Orton vs. Otis w/ Chad Gable (RAW 12/13/21)
– Bianca Belair vs. Doudrop (RAW 12/13/21)
– Maryse endorses The Miz for the WWE Hall of Fame (RAW 12/13/21)
– No Holds Barred: Cameron Grimes vs. Duke Hudson (NXT 12/14/21)
– MSK meet with Shaman Riddle again (NXT 12/14/21)
– Bron Breakker vs. Roderick Strong w/ Diamond Mine (NXT 12/14/21)
– NXT UK Heritage Cup #1 Contender’s Match: A-Kid vs. Nathan Frazer (NXT UK 12/16/21)
– The New Day vs. The Usos (SmackDown 12/17/21)
Stuff Happening: Day One’s Growing WWE Title Match, Edge Lectures The Miz, NXT Post-Gargano, Harland Wrestles, Regal’s Kid Beats Joe Coffey, Brock Attacks Bloodline
Good Work: Bobby Lashley, Maryse, Bianca Belair, Pete Dunne, Roderick Strong, A-Kid, Nathan Frazer, The New Day
RAW (12/13/21)
On a Monday night that announced WWE’s latest NIL program signings and aired a 7th week of Veer Mahaan vignettes, there were three Bobby Lashley matches. I love Bobby, but not 3-match Bobby.
Riddle vs. Otis and Bianca Belair vs. Doudrop were a pair of pretty outstanding TV matches to open the show though, both telling the strength vs. size story and delivering a few classic pops. “Otis is down!”
Austin Theory cost Finn Balor & Damian Priest a match against the Dirty Dawgs, while Rhea Ripley gave Nikki ASH a pep talk before losing in a minute to Queen Zelina. These are called STORIES.
RAW On-Screen Pairing Updates: Theory had more awkward chats with Mr. McMahon, AJ Styles & Omos reunited, and Reggie sort of adorably offered Dana Brooke advice on being 24/7 Champion.
The MizTV and Edge promo was a little repetitive and try-hard, though it had its’ moments including Maryse‘s incredible command of the crowd at the start.
Becky Lynch attacking Liv Morgan a little repetitive and try-hard too, though it didn’t have moments or Maryse. Morgan delivers her lines confidently, but the lines and situation are so bad that the confidence ends up just co-signing the bad thing.
Bobby Lashley’s 3-Match Odyssey: squashed Kevin Owens, 2 minutes and an easy out with Seth Rollins, and the working boots came on for Big E.
Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
NXT (12/14/21)
NXT 2.0 is taking so many swings it can be hard to follow, though you’ve got to appreciate the swings. The week was really about NXT’s 3 Musketeers: Bron Breakker, Grayson Waller, and Harland.
Harland (with Joe Gacy) made his in-ring debut, an occasion that celebrity Westside Gunn sat in the crowd for and agent Brian Kendrick took a bump down stairs for. It felt dominant.
Grayson Waller‘s attack on Johnny Gargano last week was re-enforced all show with a heated arrival, Io Shirai yelling at him, and setup for a freaking LA Knight grudge match.
“He’s not even verified on Twitter” – Vic Joseph on Grayson Waller
In the opener, Cameron Grimes and Duke Hudson No Holds Barred absolutely smoked their Hair vs. Hair match at WarGames too. They actually got to use gimmicks and take bumps and the good guy’s win actually felt like a triumph.
Elsewhere, the tonal inconsistency continued. Diamond Mine’s Ivy Nile beat Amari Miller, Jacket Time went on Lashing Out, and Briggs & Jensen went out with Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro. MSK met Shaman Riddle again too and it isn’t much but it also may be the weirdest goddamn thing WWE has allowed on their television programming since Vince McMahon was trying stuff out on TNT in late-1984.
Dakota Kai, stuck in NXT amber, was rolled up and lost to Cora Jade before getting challenged by Raquel Gonzalez to a Street Fight – tough gig.
Tony D’Angelo defeated Andre Chase in a battle of NXT 2.0 gimmick supremacy, then Pete Dunne confronted Tony D and sparks… mustered.
Bron Breakker vs. Roderick Strong was the main event, a pretty easy layup of a wrestling match where some serious physical wrestling made Breakker look like a killer.
Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
MAIN EVENT (12/15/21)
Main Event’s usual two cold matches got heated up a bit this week. Thy were practically cooking, baby.
Cedric Alexander cut a promo so bitter I thought he was about to relaunch the Social Outcasts, then lost to the (debuting?) Veer Mahaan.
T-BAR actually beat Apollo Crews too, which setup a confrontation with Commander Azeez like it was 1988. I’ll let you know if they follow-up.
Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
NXT UK (12/16/21)
Talented young lads do pretty plain wrestling.
Charlie Dempsey (Regal’s son) got a big win when he tapped out Joe Coffey amid faction wars with Gallus and Teoman‘s Die Familia.
Blair Davenport cut a promo on Meiko Satomura, and Jordan Devlin did the same on Ilja Dragunov.
Kenny Williams refused to wrestle Danny Jones, then did. Trent Seven teased retirement, then did not.
The A-Kid vs. Nathan Frazer main event for a shot at Noam Dar‘s Heritage Cup was held under the rounds rules and a good showcase of two good wrestlers. Among all the moves, the second-rope sliding German suplex is an awesome move.
Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
SMACKDOWN (12/17/21)
This was the first show of a 2-show taping that will take SmackDown through Christmas Eve.
Brock Lesnar in Overalls was the story, his impending arrival providing a thread to follow before he laid out Roman Reigns and The Usos to end the show. Overalls Brock is a heck of a modern babyface that like everybody can use a better show.
The Sasha Banks & Toni Storm vs. Charlotte Flair & Shotzi Blackheart 2-commercial break opener delivered some pretty nondescript wrestling before the Toni rollup on Charlotte. Sasha and Shotzi should’ve probably switched places.
In other in-ring competition: Ridge Holland beat Cesaro in a quick and dumb match, and Shayna Baszler lost to Naomi in another quick and dumb match. The Viking Raiders pounded their chests, beat Jinder Mahal & Shanky, and pounded their chests.
Right before the Brock attack came The Usos vs. King Woods and Kofi Kingston, which delivered a reliably exciting close to a solid tag team wrestling match. In the era of the Roman Reigns promo, his cousins and The New Day are carrying the show.
Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
205 LIVE (12/17/21)
All the folks not getting love on NXT 2.0 are over here having wrestling matches.
Sarray vs. Lash Legend was a rough one.
Valentina Feroz & Yulisa Leon vs. Erica Yan & the debuting Fallon Henley wasn’t terrible, but a match of newbies doing WWE developmental.
Ideally the 205 Live tag follows the format of the main event, where newcomers Ru Feng & Malik Blade were paired with Legado del Fantasma.
Rating: 2.0 / 5.0
**29 ⁄ 50 / ***** (+.16)
Something Resembling Wrestling: The Best and Worst WWE Matches of 2021
Welcome to Happy Wrestling Land’s Best and Worst WWE Matches of 2021. A year ago for the 2020 version of this list, I wrote:
“The wrestlers fought through the insanity to deliver something resembling good wrestling. Nothing was consistent, but watching them adapt to new surroundings was occasionally interesting.”
Midway through 2021, WWE escaped the Thunderdome but soon fell back into newer, similar uncomfortable surroundings. Dropping focus on in-ring competition in favor of spectacle is fine, unless you suck at spectacle now too. We begin at #25.
The Best 25 WWE Matches of 2021
25. NXT Title: Finn Balor [c] vs. Pete Dunne (TakeOver: Vengeance Day 2/14/21)
It’s ridiculous this isn’t top 10, but we were where we were and in 2021 we were in the WWE Thunderdome or Capitol Wrestling Center or whatever. Good, serious title match that sometimes strayed too much into silly.
24. Edge vs. Seth Rollins (SmackDown 9/10/21)
Edge. Seth. They do a certain type of match, and in front of an MSG crowd still caught in the honeymoon period of WWE returning to live shows they managed fireworks.
23. Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 37 4/10/21)
High-level, well-executed, and just plain simple: build-up cool moment, give cool moment. On the way there the boys did all their stuff on the big stage, including the first Cesaro UFO in WWE.
22. WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Cesaro (WrestleMania Backlash 5/16/21)
Needed Cesaro to bring a little bit more “killer instinct” but this is still an awesome 30-minutes of professional wrestling, a continuous battle of headlocks and arm work and deadlift suplexes and strikes that hit real hard, baby.
21. Triple Threat Match – WWE Title: Bobby Lashley [c] w/ MVP vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Braun Strowman (WrestleMania Backlash 5/16/21)
Just an absolute adrenaline-pumping action-filled stupid WWE heavyweight spectacle. On top of the usual barricade bumps, Braun gets tossed around and does a plancha like a little guy.
20. Falls Count Anywhere: Leon Ruff vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott (NXT 5/4/21)
As close as WWE got to the Mustafa Ali/Buddy Murphy 205 Live series since it happened, a match packed with wild spots and Ruff wishing death on each bump. Six months later? Both free agents.
19. WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. John Cena (SummerSlam 8/21/21)
Roman vs. John in 2021 didn’t have a lot of surprises, but it did have two guys who understand how to do big and amplified main event pro wrestling. Reigns is frustratingly good at wasting time, while Hollywood Cena remains an amazing big match seller.
18. NXT Tag Team Title: MSK [c] vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher (NXT 7/6/21)
For 10 minutes on a Tuesday night, the energy previously only found in the opener of prime NXT TakeOver was felt inside the CWC. Around a traditional tag structure, Wes (Lee) was especially crisp, Nash (Carter) threw hands, and the whole thing felt like Rey vs. Angle in doubles or something.
17. RAW Women’s Title: Rhea Ripley [c] vs. Charlotte Flair (Money in the Bank 7/18/21)
Having a good match is cool, but wrapping an unconvinced crowd into your match is another level of wrestling. Bumps, strikes, strength, and — yep — Big Match Charlotte overcame some early chants for Becky Lynch and delivered an ol’ Match of the Night.
16. Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Final: MSK vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans (TakeOver: Vengeance Day 2/14/21)
The familiar beats of a WWE tag match occasionally give comfort, especially when they hit as well as they did here. These four just powered through an empty arena with a whole epic tag match carried by grounded work from the GYV and spectacular spots from MSK.
15. NXT UK Title: WALTER [c] vs. A-Kid (NXT UK 1/14/21)
This has all the hilarious ass-kicking a match between WALTER and little A-Kid would promise, but they also do an amazing job keeping the-Kid credible by way of a general resourcefulness, the most underrated wrestling trait.
14. Hell in a Cell: Edge vs. Seth Rollins (Crown Jewel 10/21/21)
There were tables. Ladders. Chairs. Stairs. A Cactus Jack elbow drop with chair on stairs and sunset flip powerbomb off ladder through table. Rollins was game for bumps, while Edge did that thing where he maintained the energy of his entrance by strategically using some signature moves. It’s the kind of commercially acceptable showcase Hell in a Cell WWE does nowadays, an insane effort physically if not always creatively.
13. WWE Title: Big E [c] vs. Drew McIntyre (Crown Jewel 10/21/21)
Move the boys from Monday Night RAW to a big arena where the crowd is actually reacting you’ve got yourself a premium WWE heavyweight classic. It reminded me of Batista/Edge from Vengeance 2007, which had no right to be as good as it was but careful build-up and hot near falls from a couple of bodybuilders reminded everyone that, after so many TV matches, the boys are good at this.
12. Last Man Standing – WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Kevin Owens (Royal Rumble 1/31/21)
Roman and KO seem to respect each other even if they may not get each other, and the contrast delivers some very fun and very painful-looking wrestling with both heel Roman Reigns and the Thunderdome getting the whole Kevin Owens experience.
11. RAW Women’s Champion vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion: Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair (Survivor Series 11/21/21)
Given Becky and Charlotte’s longform rivalry and a live audience not yet exhausted by the choices WWE would make on pay-per-view, the opening match of Survivor Series already had an atmosphere going for it. It also just happened to be the match presented by WWE that most resembled an actual professional wrestling match in November. Strikes, stomps, and Scarlet Witch – sometimes that is all you need.
10. If Reigns Wins, Bryan Leaves SmackDown – WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Daniel Bryan (SmackDown 4/30/21)
Bryan’s last match before he began the Fall semester with AEW was really, really good. He was always great at building momentum in a wrestling ring, and Roman was right there to bring him down with all the most demoralizing cut-offs.
9. Edge vs. Seth Rollins (SummerSlam 8/21/21)
Edge and Rollins are a pair of guys who usually go 20-minutes because the job is asking for it, even if they maybe shouldn’t. They went 20 here and the first half wasn’t the most compelling game of chess I’ve ever seen, but all their signature moves and big match spots were capitalized on they both looked like tough guys by the end. A show stealer, if that’s a term still being used.
8. Triple Threat Match – WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan (WrestleMania 37 4/11/21)
One-half wrestling classic, one-half wrestling experience – there are a few too many convenient Triple Threat spots that blew more vibes than minds, but if you can get past the jokes this this WrestleMania main event is just scientifically engineered to be as fun as it can possibly be.
7. Triple Threat Match – SmackDown Women’s Title: Becky Lynch [c] vs. Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks (Crown Jewel 10/21/21)
They put on the t-shirts and went to work, delivering 20 minutes of fast-paced and well-timed action highlighted by Banks and Belair’s one-on-one exchanges and Becky Lynch just raging everywhere. It might be the best women’s Triple Threat I’ve ever seen, I don’t know.
6. Last Man Standing Money in the Bank Qualifier: Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (SmackDown 7/2/21)
As this match closed, I texted the group one thing: “JESUS CHRIST THIS MATCH.”In the middle of SmackDown Live on the Friday before the 4th of July, Owens and Zayn said farewell to the Thunderdome with a gimmick match that could’ve been a classic with or without an actual crowd. Their two matches on PPV this year were good but midcard and restricted by time, while this was top-of-the-hour and restricted by nothing.
5. NXT UK Title: WALTER [c] vs. Tommaso Ciampa (TakeOver: Stand & Deliver 4/7/21)
Tests of will, manly strikes, and a stubborn old man trying to do the impossible: this is a dad’s pro wrestling match and it’s incredible. WALTER pops in to remind WWE viewers he’s incredible while Tommy Ciampa just does not stand down.
4. WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Daniel Bryan (Fastlane 3/21/21)
The craft and heart of Daniel Bryan goes up against the size and sociopathy of Roman Reigns, and folks: it’s magic. The stakes and dynamic helped, but Reigns and Bryan provided all the little touches to make sure the story really hit.
3. Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus (RAW 3/1/21)
The pacing and energy of this is great but more than anything this is here because they just beat the fucking shit out of each other for almost half an hour. McIntyre and especially Sheamus adapted to the Thunderdome better than most, and here is their masterpiece.
2. SmackDown Women’s Title: Sasha Banks [c] vs. Bianca Belair (WrestleMania 37 4/10/21)
In a tight main event package that left room for more, Banks and Belair delivered a few of the coolest spots ever done in a WrestleMania match and seamlessly wove them into B-stories and C-stories and the A-story of crowning WWE’s new queen. It was Hogan vs. Andre for the B2B era and I just re-watched it to make sure — still great.
1. NXT U.K. Title: WALTER [c] vs. Ilja Dragunov (NXT TakeOver 36 8/22/21)
They pulled it off last year in an empty arena, pulled it off a few times before WWE, and pulled it off again here: epic, MOTY-caliber championship match that seemed to both surpass what modern WWE (even pro wrestling) can offer while really keeping it pretty easy. Hitting, shoving, kicking, really really hard… sometimes that’s what this great sport is all about. Combine it with a hero taking an alarming amount of damage as he wills his way towards victory and you’ve got yourself two of today’s best wrestlers having WWE’s best match of the year.
See the ongoing tracker here: Matches Worth Watching in 2021.
See more matches in the full post at Happy Wrestling Land.
AEW 75: The Best AEW Matches of 2021
Look man, I’m no wrestling expert. I just call it like I see it, or at least what I interpret from what I see from a narrowly curated set of both online and offline interactions. Last year I talked about AEW matches and wrestlers I liked in HWL’s AEW 2020 Year in Review, and in 2021 AEW got better.
Among many other things: Punk and Danielson re-appeared on the scene, the Bucks and Kingston put it all together, and even before crowds re-energized the shows AEW was taking swings on gimmicks ranging from Arcade Anarchy to bloody Dr. Baker.
The AEW 75 are matches selected for helping shape, define, and/or redefine the year. They are sort of in an order and each links to a post that may cover them in more detail.
1. AEW World Title: Hangman Page [c] vs. Bryan Danielson (Dynamite 12/15/21)
2.CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston (Full Gear 11/13/21)
3.Steel Cage Match – AEW World Tag Team Title: The Young Bucks [c] vs. The Lucha Bros (All Out 9/5/21)
4.Unsanctioned Lights Out Match: Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker (Dynamite 3/17/21)
5.AEW World Title Eliminator – Semi Final: Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston (Rampage 10/29/21)
6.Bryan Danielson vs. Kenny Omega (AEW 9/22/21)
7.CM Punk vs. Darby Allin w/ Sting (All Out 9/5/21)
8.AEW World Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega [c] vs. Hangman Page (Full Gear 11/13/21)
9.Impact World Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega [c] vs. Christian Cage (Rampage 8/13/21)
10.TNT Title: Miro [c] vs. Eddie Kingston (All Out 9/5/21)
11.TBS Championship Tournament – Round 1: Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb (Dynamite 10/27/21)
12.Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki (Rampage Buy In 10/15/21)
13.AEW World Title Eliminator – Round 1: Bryan Danielson vs. Dustin Rhodes (Dynamite 10/23/21)
14.NWA Women’s World Title: Serena Deeb [c] vs. Riho (Double or Nothing Buy-In 5/30/21)
15.AEW World Title: Kenny Omega [c] w/ Don Callis vs. Rey Fenix (Dynamite 1/6/21)
16.Bryan Danielson, Christian Cage & Jurassic Express vs. Kenny Omega, Adam Cole & The Young Bucks (Dynamite 10/6/21)
17.AEW World Tag Team Title: The Young Bucks [c] vs. Jurassic Express (Dynamite 8/18/21)
18.Darby Allin vs. MJF (Full Gear 11/13/21)
19.AEW World Tag Team Title: The Young Bucks [c] vs. PAC & Rey Fenix (Dynamite 4/14/21)
20.Bryan Danielson vs. Nick Jackson w/ The Elite (Rampage 10/1/21)
21.Matt Sydal & Lee Moriarty vs. Lio Rush & Dante Martin (Dynamite 11/10/21)
22.AEW World Title Eliminator – Final: Bryan Danielson vs. Miro (Full Gear 11/13/21)
23.CM Punk vs. Matt Sydal (Rampage 10/15/21)
24.Hikaru Shida’s Possible 50th Victory: Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb (Dynamite 10/6/21)
25.Blood & Guts: The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana & Ortiz) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Wardlow, FTR & Shawn Spears) (Dynamite 5/5/21)
See 26 - 75 in the full post at Happy Wrestling Land.
See the ongoing tracker here: Matches Worth Watching in 2021.
“We’re Winging This”: My Favorite Wrestling Angles and Promos from 2021
Besides Katsuyori Shibata returning to wrestling and Giulia getting a haircut, of course. See the big big list of WWE and AEW Angles & Promos Worth Watching in 2021 here.
25 Best AEW Angles of 2021
Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson debut back-to-back (All Out 9/5/21)
The Inner Circle War Council and formation of The Pinnacle (Dynamite 3/10/21)
CM Punk/Eddie Kingston confrontation (Rampage 11/5/21)
Hangman Page returns as the Joker in the Casino Ladder Match (Dynamite 10/6/21)
The Marshmallow Man reveals himself as Hangman Page (Dynamite 10/27/21)
Team Taz drags Darby Allin in a bodybag (Dynamite 2/10/21)
Darby ziplines with a skateboard and attacks Team Taz (Dynamite 2/24/21)
HOOK debuts (Rampage 12/10/21)
Minoru Suzuki confronts Jon Moxley (All Out 9/5/21)
Miro/Eddie Kingston pull-apart brawl (Rampage 8/27/21)
Malakai Black lays out Arn Anderson and Cody Rhodes (Dynamite 7/7/21)
Serena Deeb lays out Hikaru Shida with her 50th Victory trophy (Dynamite 10/6/21)
FTR and Tully Blanchard hit a spike piledriver on Konnan (Dynamite 6/26/21)
Sammy Guevara quits the Inner Circle (Dynamite 2/10/21)
The Inner Circle returns and attacks The Pinnacle (Dynamite 3/31/21)
Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page throw Darby Allin down stairs (Dynamite 5/5/21)
2point0 and Daniel Garcia attack Moxley and Kingston in the crowd (Dynamite 8/18/21)
Hangman Page reveals what contract Matt Hardy signed (Dynamite 2/17/21)
Dark Order saves Hangman Page from Team Taz (Dynamite 4/21/21)
Hangman Page saves the Dark Order from The Elite (Dynamite 7/7/21)
Britt Baker interrupts Hikaru Shida’s championship presentation (Dynamite 5/28/21)
KENTA attacks Jon Moxley (Dynamite 2/3/21)
Sammy Guevara gives Fuego del Sol an AEW contract (Rampage 8/13/21)
Nick Comoroto ignores a chairshot from Dustin Rhodes (Dynamite 4/21/21)
Eddie Kingston takes the camera backstage and brawls with 2point0 (Dynamite 12/8/21)
25 Best AEW Promos of 2021
CM Punk returns to pro wrestling (Rampage 8/20/21)
MJF’s promo after Full Gear (Dynamite 11/17/21)
CM Punk in-ring interview with Tony Schiavone (Dynamite 8/25/21)
Hangman Page warns The Young Bucks (Rampage 11/12/21)
CM Punk/MJF in-ring promo (Dynamite 11/24/21)
Jon Moxley promo on Kenny Omega (Dynamite 1/27/21)
Jon Molxey promo on the Eliminator Tournament (Dynamite 10/23/21)
Eddie Kingston/Miro video promos (Dynamite 9/1/21)
Eddie Kingston interrupts Miro and lays him out (Rampage 9/3/21)
Miro promo on God (Dynamite 10/16/21)
Britt Baker/Ruby Soho Face-to-Face (Rampage 9/17/21)
Team Taz interrupts CM Punk (Dynamite 9/8/21)
Arn Anderson criticizes Cody Rhodes (9/29/21)
Kenny Omega and Don Callis visit shop class (Dynamite 2/24/21)
Darby Allin interrupt’s MJF promo Four Pillars of AEW (Dynamite 9/29/21)
Ricky Starks vignette (Rampage 10/1/21)
CM Punk promo on Long Island and MJF (Dynamite 12/8/21)
The Lucha Bros & Alex Abrahantes on winning the Tag Team Titles (Dynamite 9/8/21)
Penta El Zero Miedo goads Cody Rhodes into a match (Dynamite 3/10/21)
Darby Allin asks Sting to stay home next week (Dynamite 6/11/21)
Cody Rhodes calls out Malakai Black (Dynamite 7/14/21)
Britt Baker returns to Pittsburgh (Dynamite 8/11/21)
Jade Cargill promo (Dynamite 3/31/21)
Team Taz promo on everything being OK (Dynamite 3/24/21)
Anna Jay & Tay Conti tell Dark Order to figure it out (Dynamite 9/8/21)
28 Best WWE Angles or Promos of 2021
Dexter Lumis/Indi Hartwell Wedding (NXT 9/14/21)
Isaiah “Swerve” Scott introduces Hit Row (NXT 5/11/21)
WrestleMania go-home promos (Big E, Banks, Belair) (SmackDown 4/9/21)
WrestleMania Weather Delay promos (WrestleMania Night 1 4/10/21)
John Cena challenges Roman Reigns for SummerSlam and meets Riddle (RAW 7/19/21)
Bayley runs down the SmackDown champions (SmackDown 5/21/21)
Daniel Bryan challenges Roman Reigns (SmackDown 2/26/21)
Roman Reigns attacks Dominik Mysterio (SmackDown 6/4 & 6/11/21)
Bianca Belair/Sasha Banks Women’s Title Contract Signing (SmackDown 8/13/21)
The Mysterios back up Edge against The Bloodline (SmackDown 7/9/21)
Poker Showdown: Cameron Grimes vs. Duke Hudson (NXT 11/16/21)
Edge returns and challenges Seth Rollins to Hell in a Cell (SmackDown 10/8/21)
The Diamond Mine reveal themselves (NXT 6/22/21)
Tony D’Angelo, Andre Chase and Ikeman Jiro introduce themselves (NXT 9/21/21)
Carmelo Hayes challenges for the North American Title (NXT 10/12/21)
Rey Mysterio promo on Roman Reigns attacking Dominik (SmackDown 6/11/21)
Kofi Kingston backstage interview on Drew McIntyre (RAW 5/31/21)
Kevin Owens promo on his grandparents (SmackDown 1/22/21)
Street Profits/The Usos confrontation (SmackDown 5/28/21)
The Miz, Nikki ASH and Big E cash-in Money in the Bank (2/21, 7/19 & 9/13/21)
Street Profits promo on the SmackDown Tag Team Titles (SmackDown 1/15/21)
Leon Ruff attacks Pete Dunne (NXT 5/11/21)
Xia Li debuts and saves Naomi (SmackDown 12/10/21)
Sami Zayn introduces Trae Young (SmackDown 9/10/21)
Apollo Crews reveals on his true self (SmackDown 2/26/21)
MSK reflect on winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (NXT 2/24/21)
The VIP Lounge w/ Bobby Lashley (RAW 7/12/21)
Sami Zayn practices his Survivor Series speech (SmackDown 11/12/21)