4. The Last Words Of Christian Cage And Darby Allin
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It speaks to the believable hatred exhibited by both Christian Cage and Darby Allin that a feud ostensibly paid off at All In has continued on through a handicap match on last week's Collision and a two-out-of-three falls final battle at Sunday's WrestleDream.
The history of Jim Ross sitdown interviews is a mixed one, and the most recent example found the legendary commentator meme'd into mayhem as he stood by and watched Kenny Omega absorb a brutal beatdown at the hands of his All In opponents.
This was night and day from that. Allin was well and truly sick of Christian Cage's dirty tricks, brushing past his attempt to do his "dead Dad" shtick on Allin's deceased Uncle. Allin aggressively removing the paint from his face impressively sold how real all of this had gotten to him, as did Cage's determination to keep his treasured possession. Sunday should be the last time, but the two showed they could sell these stakes all over again if the belt actually changes hands.
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