The Dominion War is probably the biggest Long Story Arc in Star Trek's history.  It takes up several seasons of Deep Space Nine's story, and it will reverberate through Lower Decks and Picard in future seasons.We also continue to monitor Voyager's prgress through the Delta Quadrant, and have a couple very heavy episodes of Strange New Worlds.

Given how breezy and fun last season was, it makes sense that things get really dark for a bit. 

1101. By Inferno's Light (DS9)
(Sisko,  Garak, Kira, Bashir, Dax, Odo, Worf, Gul Dukat, O'Brien, Nog, Rom, Martok, Jake)

It's official, The Dominion War is underway. Who will the Cardassians align with? How about the Klingons? Will Worf, Bashir, and Garak escape the internment camp? Will Bashir succeed in his...hang on, are there two Bashirs?


1102. Episode 20: Call To Arms (DS9)
(Sisko,  Garak, Kira, Bashir, Dax, Odo, Worf, Gul Dukat, O'Brien, Weyoun, Nog, Rom, Martok, Jake)

The Dominion War is already, and will continue to be depressing, but here's a somewhat upbeat episode where Jake and Nog try to cheer everyone up through some unusual means.


1103. Ultimate Computer (TOS)
(Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Sulu, Uhura, Chekov, Leslie)

So many of TOS episodes are just the crew of The Enterprise versus crazy or incompetent Starfleet personell that it's nice to see them have to battle technology every once in a while.


1104. Where Pleasant Fountains Lie/I Excretus (LD)
(Boimler, Freeman, Rutherford, Mariner, Tendi, Billups, Ransom, T'ana)

While the Upper Decks crew deals with their own rogue computer, Billups, who has had minimal screen time gets to be the focus of an episode when his mother, a member of a very Rennaisance style race, needs his help to save the planet where he is supposed to be the next ruler. Then the crew is tested on how well they would function as lower decks crew, and lower decks crew would function on the bridge. 


1105.  Sacrifice Of Angels (DS9)
(Sisko, Gul Dukat, Odo, Kira, Rom, Ziyal, Weyoun, Quark, Jake, Garak, Worf, Martok)

Both sides in the Dominion War begin to suffer horribly.


1106. Lift Us Where Suffering Can Not Reach (SNW)
(Pike, Spock, Chapel, 1, M'Benga, Uhura, Ortegas, Sam Kirk, Kyle)

Pike's old girlfriends don't seem as dangerous as Kirk's old girlfriends, and yet, when one shows up asking for help protecting the messiah of her paradise planet, everything quickly falls apart.


1107. Waltz (DS9)
(Sisko, Gul Dukat, Odo, Worf, Kira, O'Brien, Dax, Bashir, Weyoun)

This is a defining moment in the series, and I considered making it the end of a previous season but, uhm, there are some events that happen that I don't want to give the sense of importance that the original series of Deep Space Nine did.


1108. Who Mourns For Morn? (DS9)
(Quark, Sisko, Worf, Odo, Kira, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir)

Quark's most reliable, most silent customer, who's been in almost every episode in our chronology, and yet has never spoken a single line, dies and leaves Quark a fortune.


1109 & 1110. A Year Of Hell  (VOY)
(Janeway, 7of9, Tuvok, Chakotay, Paris)

There are species that even The Borg avoid. When this new threat attacks Voyager, they try a series of increadingly desperate tactics to survive. Nah, something ain't right here.


1111. In The Flesh (VOY)
(Janeway, Chakotay, Tuvok, Doctor, Boothby, 7of9, Torres, Paris, Neelix, Kim)

I remember thinking that Barclay was the weirdest legacy character to show up on a Star Trek series where they're lost in an uncharted region of space. But then Riker showed up. And now ... Boothby? The crew of Voyager is back on Earth at, of all places, Starfleet Academy. Nah. Something ain't right here, either. 


1112. All Those Who Wander (SNW)
(Pike, Ortegas, Hemmers, Uhura, Spock, Chapel, 1, M'Benga, Sam Kirk, Kyle)

A regular old, every day, let's respond to a distress signal mission turns into an homage to Ridley Scott's Alien. It's another great example of how this series manages to seem fun and light, despite having sometimes greater consequences than the very dreary "Discovery" series that preceded it.


1113. Change Of Heart (DS9)
(Worf, Dax, Sisko, O'Brien, Bashir, Kira, Quark)

Worf's relationships have traditionally Not Gone Well. His first wife died just after surprising him with the existence of their son. Then he was married to Troi in a parallel timeline. Now he's married to Dax, the parasitical symbiont who can be any species, race or gender. And it's been going really well. But can he prioritize his most recent marriage over his duty to Deep Space Nine?


1114. Inquisition (DS9)
(Bashir, Sisko, Worf, Odo, O'Brien, Quark, Kira, Weyoun)

Wait...is Bashir a spy for The Dominion? Section 31 (Holy Holy, we haven't seen them since the Discovery story arc. Finally, we see their origin in the Star Trek Universe.) is determined to find out.


1115. One (VOY)
(7of9, Doctor, Janeway, Paris, Torres, Kim, Chakotay)

When radiation from a nebula threatens the lives of everyone else on the ship, 7of9 becomes the crew's favorite member as she and The Doctor team up to save the ship.


1116. In The Pale Moonlight (DS9)
(Sisko, Garak, Bashir, Quark, Weyoun, Odo, Kira, Dax, Worf, O'Brien)

War is a constant shifting of allegiances and ethical dillemas, so nobody should be surprised at how wrong everything goes when Sisko tries to bring the Romulans into the Dominion War.
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1117. The Sound Of Her Voice (DS9)
(Sisko, Bashir, O'Brien, Kira, Odo, Quark, Dax, Worf, Yates, Jake, Morn)

In the midst of The Dominion War, The Defiant hears a distress call and sets out to rescue a woman stranded on an alien planet. During the trip she gives advice to several members of the crew about their personal lives. Quark also dispenses love advice to one of DS9's newest couples.


1118. ​Message In A Bottle (VOY)
(Janeway, 7of9, Doctor)

It's finally time, the crew of Voyager sends a message back to the Alpha Quadrant, hoping that The Federation will acknowledge that they're still alive.


1119. Tears Of The Prophets (DS9)
(Sisko, Dax, Dukat, Worf, Kira, Bashir, O'Brien, Quark, Odo, Garak, Nog, Weyoun, Martok, Ross, Jake)

Every war has to have its great casualty. When Dukat returns to the picture to help the Cardassian/Dominion alliance win the war, he sets events in motion that change the whole feel of the show. 


1120. Latent Image (VOY)
(Doctor, Janeway, Kim, 7of9, Chakotay, Torres, Neelix, Tuvok, Naomi)

Can a hologram have a psychotic break? Is it morally ethical to erase the memories of someone who isn't precisely sentient in order to help them do their job when it is imperative that they can always do their job to the best of their ability?

Obviously I love all the seasons from this reimagined headcanon. Otherwise, why would I have spent all this time watching and writing about them? This season, however, is probably my favorite. There are a ton of nostalgic adrenaline hits in this season from the first episode to the last. We start with the TOS/TNG crossover film, Worf joins the cast of DS9, Lower Decks gives us some quality callbacks in eac of their episodes, and we also have the brilliant DS9/TOS crossover where new footage is seamlessly added to the "Trouble With Tribbles" episode of The Original Series.

If I ever decide to watch a full season out of the context of the other seasons, it will be this one.

1001. Generations (TOSM/TNGM)
(Picard, Kirk, Riker, Data, Laforge, Worf, Troi, Scotty, Chekov, Crusher)

Not the greatest Star Trek film by a long shot, but we do get to see a prolonged sequence with Picard and Kirk working together to stop the villain from A Clockwork Orange, I mean the villain from Tank Girl, I mean Mad Mod from Teen Titans. It's....watchable, and a fun adventure to start off the season.


1002. Tomorrow Is Yesterday (TOS)
(Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Sulu, Uhura)

Sometimes you just need a basic time travel story to calm your nerves. In this one, the TOS crew return to the 1960s (hey, that's when the series was airing!) to stop a time paradox. This is the introduction of the ol' slingshot the ship around the sun time travel method that series will return to several times.


1003. Future Tense (ENT)
(Archer, Phlox, T'Pol, Reed, Mayweather, Sato, Tucker)

An episode from the Temporal Cold War, the crew of the Enterprise discovers a corpse inside a pod from the future. This episode provides with both a timeloop (still one of my favorite tropes) and involves the Tholians, who we just never have enough time with over the entire course of the franchise, so this is a little treat.


1004. Way Of The Warrior (DS9)
(Worf, Sisko, Odo, Kira, Dax, Garak, O'Brien, Gowran, Quark, Gul Dukat, Bashir)

The Klingons haven't been a big part of Deep Space Nine. Sure, Dax and some of her Klingon friends went on an adventure, and yea, the sisters of Duras were around for an early episode, but for the most part, they haven't been very present. But when Gowran decides The Klingon Empire should protect the wormhole from The Founders, he incites a war between The Klingons and The Cardassians, and it gets so intense that Deep Space Nine recruits Worf from Enterprise to join their crew. Take that, Riker.


1005. Homefront (DS9)
(Sisko, Odo, Jake, Nog)

What if The Founders reached Earth, which has been a paradise since the beginning of this series (apart from the whole Borg attack in Best Of Both Worlds a few seasons ago, and the whale problem from The Voyage Home)? Sisko, Odo, and Jake return to San Francisco (say that five times fast) to help prepare the planet, only to discover The Founders may already be there. This is a particularly good episode about fear mongering and the loss of freedom due to the fear of terrorism (and this was a pre 9/11 series). It's technically part one of a two-part arc, but the second half undoes the power of this episode, if it existed in a vacuum.


1006. To The Death (DS9)
(Sisko, Worf, Dax, Bashir, Kira, Odo, Quark)

After Deep Space Nine is attacked by a faction of the Jem'Hadar, the crew of The Defiant run into another faction of Jem'Hadar who were also attacked. The two crews work together to take down the first faction. There are some great moments of culture examination in this episode between The Jem'Hadar, humans, Klingons, and The Founders. Deep Space Nine was truly the best Star Trek series when it comes to examining how every side in a war is actually The Bad Side.​


1007. Broken Link (DS9)
(Odo, Sisko, Worf, Garak, Drax, O'Brien, Quark, Bashir, Kira, Gowron)

Odo isn't doing very well, and needs the help of The Founders to get better. Of course, shenanigans ensue as Worf and Garak are amongst the crew that heads to The Founders' home planet. This episode sets up a ton of different storylines for the rest of the season.


1008. Apocalypse Rising (DS9)
(Sisko, Odo, Worf, Kira, Bashir, O'Brien, Gul Dukat, Gowran, Quark, Dax, Jake)
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Last season, it seemed like The Jem'Hadar were the all powerful enemies, but it turned out that they just serve The Founders. Then the Klingons got involved. Then we went to Earth and it looked like maybe The Founders had taken over Starfleet. But what if they actually took over the Klingons? They are Everywhere. And Sisko, Odo, O'Brien, and Worf have to go undercover to unmask Gowran (who, apart from Worf, has the longest ongoing storyline this season). And Sisko makes A Fantastic Klingon. It's a joy to watch.


1009 & 1010. First Contact (TNGM)
(Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Crusher, Troi, Laforge, Ogawa, Doctor)

It's fun to see the TNG cast in action again (aside from Worf who just won't leave Deep Space Nine). Especially without the baggage of the TOS cast. In what's easily the best TNG movie, the crew follows the Borg into Earth's past, where everyone's favorite assimilators (unless you're a Cyberman fan) attempt to keep Earth's first contact with Vulcans from taking place.


1011 & 1012 .Scorpion (VOY)
(Janeway, Chakotay, Tuvok, Kim, Kes, Torres, 7of9, Doctor, Paris, Neelix)

What could possibly frighten The Borg? Why, a mostly terrible new alien race from another dimension who The Borg just can't seem to assimilate. This new enemy is such a threat that The Borg and the crew of Voyager must team up to stop them.


1013. The Gift (VOY)
(7of9, Kes, Janeway, Doctor, Tuvok, Chakotay, Kim, Torres, Neelix)

The newest member of Voyager is A Borg! And it's up to the rest of the crew to teach her how to be more human. It's somewhat Data-ey, but with more  potential murder than holodeck detective work.


1014: Begotten (DS9)
(Odo, Kira, O'Brien, Keiko, Bashir, Quark, Sisko, Worf)

Quark finds a baby changeling, and gives custody of it to Odo, causing him to rethink his relationship with the doctor who raised him. Alsowhile, Kira is having O'Brien and Keiko's baby and it is awwwwwwwwwwwwkward for everyone.


1015. The Trouble With Edward (ST)/An Embarrasment Of Dooplers (LD)
(Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, Freeman, Ransom, Shax, T'ana)

After we meet the Starfleet moron responsible for the Tribble outbreaks for the entirety of the Star Trek franchise, we meet a different race of reproducing aliens. These ones, however, are a member race of the Federation who happen to duplicate whenever they're embarrassed, and they embarrass easily.


1016. Trials & Tribbilations (DS9/TOS)
(Sisko, O'Brien, Bashir, Worf, Dax, Odo, Kirk, Chekov, Scott, Kira, Uhuru, Spock)

This may be my favorite episode in the whole franchise. Filmed like a TOS episode, the crew of Deep Space Nine goes back in time to keep the Klingon villain from "The Trouble With Tribbles" from changing history.  There are a few scenes from the original TOS episode spliced in, and a lot of fun non-interactions between the two casts. I find this much preferable to the original "Trouble With Tribbles" episodes, so I felt no need to include the original episode.


1017: Affliction (ENT)
(Archer, Phlox, T'pol, Reed, Tucker, Sato, Mayweather)

Why do The Klingons look so different between The Original Series, the Next Generation/Deep Space Nine era, and Discovery? Well, the crew of The Enterprise is back to try and answer that question as best as possible.


1018. Divergence (ENT)
(Archer, Phlox, T'pol, Reed, Tucker, Sato, Mayweather)

A disease has been threatening to make Klingons look more humanoid (as they do in The Original Series). It's up to some rogue Klingons and Doctor Phlox to come up with a cure to save the Klingon identity so that they can all look like Worf again by the time we get to Next Generation. It's a neat explanation, but, uh...why do they look like Glittery bathbombs in Discovery?


1019. In Purgatory's Shadow (DS9)
(Sisko,  Garak, Kira, Bashir, Dax, Odo, Worf, Gul Dukat, O'Brien, Nog, Rom, Martok, Jake)

The standoff with The Dominion gets a whole lot tougher when Gul Dukat leads The Cardassians into an alliance with The Dominion to take on Starfleet. There's a changeling spy on Deep Space Nine, AND Worf and Garak get trapped in a Jem'Hadar prison. This is the episode that cemented Garak as my favorite Cardassian, and soured me on Gul Dukat


1020. Darmok (TNG)/Kayshon (LD)
(Picard, Riker, Data, Laforge, Worf, Crusher, Troi, O'Brien)
(Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, Freeman, Ransom, Shax, T'ana)

Another of my all-time favorite episodes. No spoilers. The TNG episode is about metaphor and languaged. Anyone who tells you why this isn't a great episode or who argues about how the language doesn't make sense is not worth having in your life. I mean this, anyone who dislikes this episode is a joyless buzzkilling troll who does not deserve your time or friendship. I'm willing to disagree about pretty much any book, movie, TV episode, whathaveyou, but I will hold firm on this, if you don't love this episode, that's totally ok. If you hate it and need to suck the joy out of this episode for other people, please join a silent monestary, none of your opinions in life are valid.

The follow-up Lower Decks episode is a fun adventure that re-introduces the race we meet in Darmok. It's also a blast.

This is a really fun season that includes very few WWE episodes. While WWE was the fastest off the blocks during the pandemic, their storytelling was erratic and their matches were super repetitive. Apart from the Bloodline, the feuds were dull, and some of their best talent moved to AEW. 

This gave AEW and Impact some time to shine, and we even got some hopeful glimmers of Ring Of Honor before it folded due to bankruptcy (don't get too sad, it gets relaunched as a sort of minor league AEW pretty quickly next season).

Our big ending last season was Stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! The sixty-something year old hero from the WCW days, and the grizzled veteran champ from the early 2000s and 2010s TNA/Impact era was back on TV as a wrestler in AEW. While he wasn't The Big Star that he was in WCW, he was an absolute madman wrestling some incredible daredevil matches this season. He wasn't upper card but he was definitely the highlight of the mid-card.

What are the season long stories to pay attention to? Kenny Omega bringing AEW to Impact, and then bringing Impact back to AEW, the nostalgia factor of Sting in AEW Mickie James in Impact and The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase in NXT, the Bloodline story doesn't dominate this season as it will in the near future but it percolates away in the background.​

2101. Winter Is Here

The pandemic era is still running wild in AEW, which is a shame because these matches deserved a bigger audience. We're on the cusp of Kenny Omega's double title run, The Young Bucks hold the tag gold, and Japanese wrestlers kick down The Forbidden Door and start to become regular performers in Tony Khan's Live Action Fantasy Wrestling Federation. 

Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Taz, Excalibur, Justin Roberts

1. Kenny Omega & Kenta vs Dean Ambrose (as Jon Moxley) & Lance Archer in a Hardcore Match
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2. Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga, & Rin Kadokura vs Veny, Maki Itoh, & Emi Sakura
3. Young Bucks (AEW Tag Champs) vs Inner Circle
4. Hikaru Shida (AEW Womens Champ) vs Ryo Mizunami
5. The Young Bucks (AEW Tag Champs) vs Death Triangle
6. Team Taz vs Darby Allin & Sting in a Street Fight​

2102. Dusty Cups

MSK and the Grizzled Young Vets are front and center in this tag team heavy episode which also shows the last couple of matches in Iyo Sky (as Io Shirai)'s fantastic run as NXT Womens Champ.

Announcers: Wade Barrett, Beth Phoenix, Vic Joseph, Alicia Taylor

1. MSK vs Grizzled Young Veterans
2. Dakota Kai & Raquel Rodriguez (as Raquel González) vs Ember Moon & Shotzi Blackheart

3. Johnny Gargano (NXT US Champ) vs Kushida
4. Iyo Sky (as Io Shirai) (NXT Womens Champ) vs Toni Storm vs Mercedes Martinez
5. MSK vs Grizzled Young Veterans vs Legado Del Fantasmo
6. Iyo Sky (as Io Shirai) (NXT Womens Champ) vs Raquel Rodriguez (as Raquel Gonzales)

7. Finn Balor (NXT Champ) vs Pete Dunne

2103. Hard Times Again,  2021

NWA returns after being relegated to a few fun but not inspiring Youtube episodes during the Covid-19 pandemic. There's a ton of future and past WWE and AEW talent that goes through Billy Corgan's version of the company that spawned WCW, ECW, and Impact. We also get a glimpse of LA Knight here (as Eli Drake) but he doesn't get into the ring, he just gives an unforgettable promo.

Announcers: Wade Barret (as Stu Barret), Joe Galli, Tim Storm, Taryn Tarelle, Kyle Davis

1. Allisyn Kay (NWA Womens Champ) vs Thunder Rosa
2. Kamille vs Thunder Rosa
3. Trevor Murdoch (NWA National Champ) vs Chris Masters (as Chris Adonis)
4. Nick Aldis (NWA Champ) vs Damien Sandow (as Aaron Stevens)
5. La Rebelión Amarilla vs Marshe Rockett & Slice Boogie vs Sal Rinauro & Sam Rudo vs The End

6. Damien Sandow (as Aaron Stevens) & Kratos (NWA Tag Team Champs) vs The War Kings vs Strictly Business
​7. Nick Aldis (NWA Champ) vs Trevor Murdoch

2104. Return Of Honor, 2021

Oh, hey, look! ROH is back, too! While it was permanently hobbled by the pandemic, we do get a couple of episodes of ROH proper before it ends up being swallowed up by AEW and turned into their version of NXT.

Announcers: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, Rocky Romero, Bobby Cruise

1. Jonathan Gresham (ROH Pure Champion) vs Flip Gordon
2. Bandido vs Flamita vs Rey Horus
3. Bandido vs Flamita (4/30/2021)
4. Jonathan Gresham (ROH Pure Champ)  vs Mike Bennett
5. Tony Deppen (ROH TV Champ) vs Dragon Lee
6. Rush (ROH Champ) vs Bandido

2105. Too Sweet?, 2021

Crowds returning to The Impact Zone isn't the big story in this episode. No, it's the unification of the AEW and Impact Championship and what that would mean. In fact, before the crowds were allowed back, Omega faced Rich Swann for the unified title and the audience consisted mainly of Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone.

Announcers: Matt Striker, D-Lo Brown, Don Callis,  David Penzer

1. Ace Austin vs Matt Cardona
2. TJP (as Manik) (Impact X Champ) vs Chris Bey vs Rohit Raju
3. The Good Brothers (Impact Tag Team Champs) vs FinJuice
4. Kenny Omega (ROH Champ) vs Rich Swann (Impact Champ)
5. Josh Alexander (Impact X Champ) vs Trey Miguel vs Rohit Raju vs Ace Austin vs Chris Bey

6. Deonna Purrazzo (Impact Knockout Champ) vs Thunder Rosa
7. Kenny Omega (AEW Champ, Impact Champ) vs Sami Callahan

2106. Justice For Sami, 2021

Our first mainstream WWE episode of the season continues last season's stories as Sami Zayn and Kevin Owen, and Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair try to settle their differences. We also see The Hurt Business in action, and a killer Hell In A Cell match.

Announcers: Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves, Pat McAfee, Adnan Virk, Jimmy Smith, Greg Hamilton, Mike Rome

1. Bobby Lashley (WWE Champ) vs Braun Stroman vs Drew McIntyre
2. Bianca Belair (WWE Smackdown Womens Champ) vs Bayley in Hell In A Cell
3. Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens
​4. Sheamus (WWE US Champ) vs Damien Priest
5. Rhea Ripley (WWE Raw Womens Champ) vs Charlotte Flair
6. AJ Styles & Omos (WWE Raw Tag Team Champs) vs RKBro
7. Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Champ) vs Edge

2107. Elite Pillars

This is an All Very Elite wrestling card as we see two title defenses from Kenny Omega, two title defenses by The Young Bucks, and three title defenses by Darby Allin in this all-killer, no-filler episode.

Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, Justin Roberts

1. Kenny Omega (AEW Champ, Impact Champ) vs Matt Sydal
2. Darby Allin vs Matt Hardy in a Hardcore Match
3. Young Bucks (AEW Tag Team Champs) vs SoCalU
4. Darby Allin vs Jack Perry (as Jungle Boy)
5. Young Bucks (AEW Tag Team Champs) vs Varsity Blonds
6. Darby Allin vs Rusev (as Miro)
7. Kenny Omega (AEW Champ, Impact Champ) vs Pac vs Orange Cassidy

2108. A Bad Night For The Wiseman, 2021

Despite neither having titles, Seth Rollins and Edge were both in show-stealing condition for the few WWE episodes of this season. The Intercontinental title had fizzled out of importance some time ago, so we get one in a series of multi-men matchups that were more about storylines than the title. Also, Otis and the Alpha Academy join the RKBro-style comedy portion of the show, and both teams excel in humor in a way that WWE hasn't succeeded at since the Jericho/Owens feud.

Announcers: Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves, Pat McAfee,  Jimmy Smith, Greg Hamilton, Mike Rome

​1. Mens Money In The Bank Ladder Match
​Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura, Big E, Riddle, Ricochet, John Morrison

2. Edge vs Seth Rollins
3. The Mysterios (WWE Smackdown Tag Champs) vs The Usos
4. Charlotte Flair (WWE Smackdown Womens Champ) vs Alexa Bliss
5. Apollo Crews (WWE Intercontinental Champ) vs Big E vs Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn
6. Otis vs Angelo Dawkins
7. Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Champ) vs John Cena

​2109. The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle is MJF's faction that he created when leaving Chris Jericho's Inner Circle, and they're powerful but not as powerful as MJF would be when he went solo. This is, once again, an Elite heavy episode.

Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Taz, Excalibur, Justin Roberts

1. Serena Deeb (NWA Womens Champ) vs Riho
2. Young Bucks (AEW Tag Team Champs) vs Dean Ambrose (as Jon Moxley) & Eddie Kingston

3. Hangman Page vs Brian Cage
​4. Young Bucks vs Death Triangle
5. Kenny Omega (AEW Champ, Impact Champ) vs Jack Perry (as Jungle Boy)​
6. The Inner Circle vs The Pinnacle in a Stadium Match
Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Proud & Powerful vs MJF, FTR, Shawn Spears & Wardlow

2110. The Million Dollar Return

I don't think anyone figured on Ted Dibiase becoming a major character in WWE again but he's a nice addition to the Cameron Grimes/LA Knight story. Grimes himself has a decent storyline but he overacts to the point that I have a hard time caring about his character, so it was good that they brought Dibiase in. Other than that, forget the storylines and check out the top tier wrestling.

Announcers: Wade Barret, Beth Phoenix, Vic Joseph, Alicia Taylor

1. Cameron Grimes vs Jake Atlas
2. Pete Dunne vs Kushida
3. Gunther (as Walter) (NXT UK Champ) vs Tomasso Ciampa
4. Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly in an Unsanctioned Match
5. Raquel Rodriguez (as Raquel Gonzalez (NXT Womens Champ) vs Ember Moon
6. Cameron Grimes vs La Knight in a Ladder Match for The Million Dollar Championship

2111. No Blood, No Guts

The AEW Blood & Guts Event of 2021 was famously awful. Capped off by an Exploding Barbed Wire match that was more of a Slightly Carbonated Water Cardboard Match, it left a lot to be desired. Luckily AEW was up to the task, as there were plenty of violent and bloody stipulation matches during the following weeks.

Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Taz, Excalibur, Justin Roberts

1. Hangman Page & Ten vs Will Hobbs & Brian Cage
2. Young Bucks (AEW Champs) vs Eddie Kingston & Penta El Zero
3. MJF vs Sammy Guevara
4. Ethan Page vs Darby Allin in a Casket Match
5. Young Bucks (AEW Champs) vs Eddie Kingston & Penta El Zero in a Hardcore Match
6. Dean Ambrose (as Jon Moxley) vs Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match

2112. Empowerr

NWA's version of The Womens' Revolution highlights some of the hardworkers in NWA and Impact who weren't getting enough screen time. This is an unedited version of the event curated and produced by Mickie James.

Announcers: Alundra Blayze, Velvet Sky, Joe Galli, Brent Tarring, May Valentine, Angela Sharpe 

1. Kylie Rae vs Chik Tormenta vs Diamante
2. The Hex vs Hell On Heels
3. Red Velvet & Killyn King vs FreeBabes
4. Deana Purrazzo (Impact Knockout Champ) vs Melina Perez
5. The Hex vs Red Velvet & Killyn King for the NWA Womens Tag Team Championship
6. Kamille (NWA Womens Champ) vs Leyla Hirsch
7. NWA Womens Invitational Cup
Kiera Hogan, Chelsea Green, Bianca Carrelli, Debbie Malenko, Lady Frost, Jamie Sengal, Jennacide, Masha Slamovich, Thunder Kitty & Tootie Lynn

2113. Fight For The Fallen

This is a fun multi-company episode as we begin with our final AEW matches for this season, which includes an Impact championship match, and then we transition into a few Impact title matches from their own company. Also, Mark Henry is now a backstage personality for AEW in some suits so stylish, you'd swear he was about to doublecross John Cena.

Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, Chris Jericho, Mark Henry, Justin Roberts

1. The Elite vs Dante Martin, Matt & Mike Sydal
2. Shawn Spears vs Sammy Guevera
3. Kenny Omega (AEW Champ & Impact Champ) vs Christian for Impact Championship
4. Young Bucks (AEW Champ) vs Jurassic Express
5. Josh Alexander (Impact X Champ) vs Jake Something
6. Deonna Purrazzo (Impact Knockouts Champ & AAA Womens Champ) vs Masha Slamovich

7. Christian (Impact Champ) vs Brian Meyers

​2114. Knockout Your Shot

2021 was really just a good year for fans of Impact Wrestling, as the storylines got a little better but the wrestling never suffered. About half of this episode is from the 2021 Knockouts Knockdown, one of TNA's best events of the year.

Announcers: Ian Riccaboni, Matt Striker, D-Lo Brown, Mickie James, David Penzer, Veda Scott, Tom Hannifan, Bobby Cruise, Melissa Santos

1. The Good Brothers (Impact Tag Champs) vs Violent By Design vs Rich Swann & Willie Mack
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2. Josh Alexander (Impact X Champ) vs Chris Sabin
3. Deona Purrazzo (Impact Knockouts Champ & AAA Heavyweight Champ) vs Masha Slamovich in a Non-Title Mtch
3. Mercedes Martinez vs Rachel Ellering
4. Christian (Impact Champ) vs Ace Austin
5. Alisha Edwards vs Jordynne Grace vs Kimber Lee vs Savannah Evans in a Monster's Ball Match

6. Trey Miguel vs El Phantasmo vs Steve Maclin for the Impact X Championship
7. Christian Cage (Impact Champ) vs Josh Alexander

2115. Hitting The Links

We wrap up the LA Knight vs Wrestling's Worst Actor storyline, and we see all I imagine we're ever going to see of Karrion Kross in this snapshot of the last days of NXT before it became, *shudder*, NXT 2.0. We also see one of NXT UK's best matches ever, and probably the best match of the season if you're a fan of people beating the heck out of each other.

​Announcers: Wade Barret, Beth Phoenix, Vic Joseph, Alicia Taylor

1. Kushida (NXT Cruiserweight Champ) vs Santos Escobar in a 2/3 Falls Match
2. Karrion Kross (NXT Champ) vs Adam Cole vs Johnny Gargano vs Kyle O'Reilly vs Pete Dunne

3. LA Knight (WWE Million Dollar Champ) vs Cameron Grimes
4. Karrion Kross (NXT Champ) vs Samoa Joe
5. Gunther (as Walter) (NXT UK Champ) vs Ilja Dragunov

2116. When Our Shadows Fall

Three NWA episodes in one season? Truly, it's their Golden Age. This episode sees them dust off Ric Flair to get in the ring and talk for a bit.

Announcers: Joe Galli, Tim Storm, and Velvet Sky

1. Tim Storm vs Thom Latimer Latimer vs Crimson in an Extreme Rules Match 
2. Mickie James vs Kylie Rae
3. Ric Flair says Thank You
4. Kamille (NWA Womens Champ) vs Chelsea Green
5. Damien Sandow (as Aron Stevens) & JR Kratos (NWA Tag Champs) vs La Rebelion
6. Nick Aldis (NWA Champ) vs Tervor Murdoch in a Title Vs Career Match

2117. Streaming Exclusively On Peacock, 2021

It's the end of the Black and Gold era for NXT, as the next generation of stars begins to take over and the old guard moves to either the main WWE roster or AEW. 

Announcers: Wade Barett, Beth Phoenix, Vic Joseph, Alicia Taylor

​1. Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly in a 2/3 Falls Match
2. War Games Match
Iyo Sky (as Io Shirai), Raquel Rodriguez (as Raquael Gonzalez), Cora Jade, Kay Lee Ray vs Dakota Kai & Toxic Attraction

3. Imperium (NXT Tag Champs) vs Kyle O'Reilly & Von Wagner
4. Roderick Strong (WWE Cruiserweight Champ) vs Joe Gacy
5. War Games Match
Bronn Breaker, Grayson Waller, Tony D'Angelo & Carmelo Hayes vs Johnny Gargano, Tomasso Ciampa, LA Knight, Pete Dunne

2118. Crown Jewel, 2021

The Saudi Arabian shows tended not to be great but they slowly improve here with an amazing Hell in A Cell match. Becky Lynch also completely takes over the Womens Division spotlight.

Announcers: Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves, Pat McAfeee, Jimmy Smith, Greg Hamilton, Mike Rome

1. Becky Lynch (WWE Raw Champ) vs Bianca Belair
2. Edge vs Seth Rollins in Hell in A Cell
3. Becky Lynch (WWE Raw Womens Champ) vs Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks
4. Bobby Lashley (WWE Champ) vs Randy Orton
5. Becky Lynch (WWE Raw Womens Champ) vs Charlotte Flair (WWE Smackdown Womens Champ)
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6. Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Champ) vs Sami Zayn

2119. Countdown To Glory, 2021, 2022

Our final Impact episode of the season will steer us out of the AEW Invasion storyline and start shining the spotlight on their homegrown talent, as well as the legendary Mickie James.

Announcers: Ian Riccaboni, Matt Striker, D-Lo Brown, David Penzer, Tom Hannifan, Bobby Cruise

1. John Skyler vs Vicky Dice
2. Hernandez vs Crrazy Steve
3. Mickie James (Impact Knockout Champ) vs Mercedes Martinez 
4. Fallah vs Sam Beale
5. Johnny Swinger vs Jordynne Grace
6. Moose (Impact Champ) vs Eddie Edwards in a TLC Match
7. Madison Rayne vs Chelsea Greene
8. Tenille Dashwood vs Alisha Tyler
9. Jonathan Gresham (ROH Puro Champ) vs Chris Sabin
10. Mickie James (Impact Knockout Champ) vs Deanna Purrazzo in a Texas Death Match

2120. The End Of Honor

The final episode of Ring Of Honor before it was bought out by AEW features double doses of the stars who really held up ROH in its dying days: Bandido and The Briscoes.

Announcers: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman, Rocky Romero, Bobby Cruise

​1. Bandido (ROH Champ) vs Flamito vs EC3 vs Brody King
2. The Briscoes (ROH Tag Team Champs) vs OGK
3. The Briscoes (ROH Tag Team Champs) vs FTR
​4. Bandido (ROH Champ) vs Jonathan Gresham (ROH Champ)