I understand that the women’s Blood & Guts match was plagued by injuries, with Queen Aminata and Penelope Ford unable to compete in the match, and the teams weren’t even set for the longest time after Jamie Hayter initially made the challenge to the Triangle of Madness on an episode of “AEW Collision” the entire way back at the end of September. However, this match was historic and a huge win in the annals of AEW, and I thought it outshined the men’s Blood & Guts match by a mile.
I didn’t think there was much to hate at all on this special edition of “Dynamite,” which really felt more like a short pay-per-view rather than an extended weekly show, but I really thought that AEW could have just let the women have this. And, by “this,” I mean letting them have the main event spot, or truthfully, not booking a men’s Blood & Guts match at all and letting them shine for once. I’ll admit, I ended up enjoying the men’s match more than I thought I would by the end of it, but it started so much slower than the women’s match.
The women’s match was balls-to-the-wall almost immediately, and the spots and big moments just kept coming, whereas in the men’s match, things didn’t feel like they kicked off until Jon Moxley entered the fray. Sure, the women’s bout was a bit sloppy at the beginning, and I kind of blame the camera work a bit, and noticed it during some of Harley Cameron’s strikes, but when all the competitors were in the ring, it was the best kind of chaos that should have been highlighted in the main event. Sure, the women didn’t have a flaming table spot, but there was Muppet Mone hiding some brass knuckles!
In all seriousness, I just thought the women’s match was a lot better and had some more star power behind it. You had TBS Champion Mercedes Mone, AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander, and “Timeless” Toni Storm, who is a major draw whether she’s holding a title or not. I don’t think fans would have been upset at all if they got the main event spot. There was also a lot of storytelling throughout the match when it comes to the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament, as well, so there were more stakes and implications for this Blood & Guts match than there were for the men’s, in my humble opinion, at least.
While I really enjoyed both matches, the only thing I can complain about was the fact the women didn’t get the top spot for such a historic match when they more than delivered.
Written by Daisy Ruth
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