I used to be a bit fearful tonight, as I normally am in terms of the AEW ladies’s division for the reason that TBS Championship match pitting Mercedes Mone in opposition to Anna Jay opened the present – and clearly, Mone was popping out of that on prime. I assumed we might solely see that a lot from the division tonight, plus the brief Mariah Might promo (fairly than a full-on confrontation) the place she ran down Thunder Rosa and the Tijuana Road Battle at Worlds Finish. I even had the dearth of a Might vs. Rosa face-to-face confrontation, and the dearth of Toni Storm on “Dynamite,” written down as a “hated” thought for this text.
Then, lastly, AEW gave me a breath of contemporary air and Storm (wow, is it tough to not name her “Timeless”) appeared in a brief, however efficient phase of her personal, alongside RJ Metropolis. The phase was even given a reputation, “Toni Storm: Portrait of a Rockstar,” so I am positive we will be getting extra of those going ahead. It is lengthy been rumored that RJ Metropolis wrote, or helped write and produce, a minimum of, the “Timeless” Toni Storm gimmick and segments alongside Storm herself, and simply desirous about that made me chuckle a bit to myself when she launched herself to him. This little sit-down interview was brief and to the purpose, driving the complete amnesia angle house much more, if you have not seen Storm’s work on “AEW Rampage” and “AEW Collision.” RJ Metropolis was there to ask all the questions that we’ve as followers, like “Are you able to clarify the place you have been?” main into Storm’s historical past with AEW, to which she exclaimed that she’s seen each present. As for being a three-time Girls’s Champion? Storm declared it was a little bit too quickly to be pondering like that.
RJ Metropolis then rattled off an inventory of names who Storm had feuded with up to now, together with Saraya, and Mercedes Mone (which does not precisely match within the timeline Storm is portraying, as she was nonetheless Sasha Banks again then, nevertheless it’s nice, I can suspended my disbelief even additional, particularly with AEW not desirous to convey the Banks character up), lastly talked about Mariah Might. Storm gave simply sufficient pause that it made me assume that possibly RJ had gotten by way of to her, however she gasped a bit and easily mentioned, “Greatest within the enterprise.”
I completely love the place Storm and AEW are going with this character, who seemingly has amnesia after shedding her championship in AEW, then occurring to lose in numerous promotions throughout the globe, solely to revert to her previous gimmick with out realizing it. This is not being rushed, both, which I am actually liking to date. Might is dealing with off in opposition to Rosa at Worlds Finish, leaving loads of time for Might and Storm to go face-to-face as soon as once more within the new 12 months. That provides time for Storm to both keep in mind, or probably go into her personal Mariah Might period to make issues much more attention-grabbing.
Written by Daisy Ruth
