Two performers that went under the radar somewhat this weekend and competed on both Saturday's Collision and tapings and Sunday's Forbidden Door are El Phantasmo and Willow Nightingale.
Phatasmo came out as ELP, and although he is with NJPW, he was quite over with the Toronto crowd. Faced Willy Mack on Saturday (who also got a huge reaction), and Stu Grayson at FD. Guy knows how to play the crowd, is a great technical/high-flyer, and has a flashy presence that works with a great tune (lets you shout his initials). He's also Canadian so that's a plus.
Nightingale was more over than any of the other female wrestlers and it wasn't even close. She's got presence, she's got great ring pacing, and her entrance is this amazing party atmosphere of electro funk music which got the crowd pumped. Her losing to Toni Storm at FB sucks, I think she should have gone further. She would have been fantastic for the Owen Hart finals in Calgary. She's going to a huge star and AEW found themselves a gem.
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