Chicago Fallout: Who Really Won, AEW or WWE? | Remembering PAC — The 2 Count 9/29/26

Chicago played host to the biggest wrestling weekend of the fall, and The 2 Count picks it apart. AEW sold out the NOW Arena for All Out while WWE ran Worlds Collide across town with CM Punk, Oba Femi and Omos. Coach and JDFromNY debate who actually won the weekend — sell-out vs. bigger house — and whether AEW's pay-per-views need more story and less length. Then it's Will Ospreay's defiant "don't step to us" promo against Swerve Strickland's celebrate-the-20,000 take, and a no-holds-barred review of the Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley main event.

On the business side, the guys break down WWE's new multi-year content deal with Bleacher Report — a WBD-owned brand — and what it could signal for AEW's TV future. Over on Raw, Jaida Parker's debut ends with Jacob Fatu under her car and a 946 cliffhanger, plus the Penta-over-Bron Breakker Money in the Bank rumors and CM Punk's qualifying win over Gunther and Finn Bálor.

The back half turns serious. JD and Coach question who green-lit the spot that injured Steven Borden at All Out, and close by remembering PAC — Benjamin Satterley, the NXT black-and-gold flag-bearer beloved across the locker room. Super Chats, a nod to Dennis Haskins, and where to find JD round it out.

Topics

• [00:00] Open — ten topics, two and a half minutes each; presented by BlueChew Gold and Betya
• [00:57] JDFromNY checks in: Braves playoffs and House of Glory's Chicago show
• [01:59] Topic 1: Chicago — did WWE get what it wanted out of Worlds Collide?
• [05:14] Topic 2: AEW All Out as a show — TLC tag match, Okada vs. Ciampa, and the tag division
• [08:54] Topic 3: Ospreay's "don't step to us" vs. Swerve's reaction — whose was better?
• [12:30] Topic 4: Ospreay vs. Moxley — anticlimactic main event?
• [16:04] Topic 5: WWE x Bleacher Report — what it means for AEW and WBD
• [20:34] BlueChew Gold presents
• [21:45] Topic 6: Jaida Parker debuts on Raw
• [25:17] Topic 7: The hit-and-run — why Jacob Fatu made the cliffhanger better
• [28:17] Topic 8: Penta vs. Roman II — should one great match change Money in the Bank plans?
• [32:13] Bonus: CM Punk qualifies for Money in the Bank
• [35:32] Topic 9: The Steven Borden injury — who green-lit that spot?
• [42:09] Topic 10: Remembering PAC
• [47:38] Super Chats: Was it apples to apples? Mixed WarGames with Jaida and Naomi?
• [50:58] Remembering Dennis Haskins, and where to find JDFromNY
• [52:51] Close

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