Welcome to The Pipe Bomb, where we discuss the latest news and events from the wrestling world, both inside and outside the ring. This week, let’s talk Nixon Newell being a weirdo, Daniel Garcia being a loser.
That Doesn’t Work For Nixon and Miranda, Brother
On Saturday night Collision, Anna Jay and Tay Melo, AKA TayJay, (only rhymes on paper)—defeated Hyan and Maya World.
According to reports, Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize—the team who debuted on AEW TV last week, losing to Megan Bayne and Marina Shaffir in a 2 and a half minute squash—were originally planned for the Hyan/Maya World spots—once again asked to be squashed in less than 3 minutes, before electing to leave the arena—refusing to do the job.
Nixon Newell, then Tegan Nox, competed in the 2024 Royal Rumble. She even recorded an elimination on Natalya, the woman she was teaming up with on Monday Night Raw, losing every single week. She was drafted to SmackDown, lost a few more times, fired.
She and her girlfriend, Miranda, given an opportunity to help grow the new AEW Women’s Tag Team division—understanding the pre-existing tag teams would need easy wins to build their credibility and relationships with the audience—but Nixon and Miranda put their heads together and determined they are worth more than serving as enhancement talent.
It’s not hard to decipher their intentions.
From their perspectives, they were just squashed by a UFC fight/valet and now, they show up to “where the best wrestle”, and have to once again take the L to TayJay—two women on TV because they’re hot and AEW’s sweat equitity, developing them into acceptable, entry-level workers (and hopefully they continue improving even more. They’re young. Who knows how great they can be?)
Nixon Newell is a vet—decade-plus in the game, on WWE television most of her career.
I get it.
But the economy is one AI Silicon Valley startup away from collapsing beneath us.
AEW gave Nixon and her no-name girlfriend a backstage segment last week, back-to-back weeks on television, against their most popular women—Deonna Purrazzo and Serena Deeb needing a front row ticket if they ever wanted to be seen on AEW TV—and these two bi-foons fumbled a potential bag, at the 1-yard line, because they weren’t willing to lose in under 3 minutes.
They could have been Big Bill and Bryan Keith—two pillars of the men’s tag division, used to heat other teams up, like Gates of Agony or now the Bang Bang Gang—on TV every week, well-paid, well-fed, chillin.
Who the fuck is Nixon Newell?
7 years in NXT/WWE.
Zero accomplishments.
A background character, queen of catering, a Windex bottle away from the custodial staff.
AEW provided her the chance to prove she’s deserving of more—even allowed her to bring her girlfriend to work, a woman with an even smaller resume than Nixon—and they were too cool for school.
But I don’t want to mock these women.
I’ve self-sabotaged plenty.
At 30 years old, Nixon Newell’s career need not be defined by this moment.
She has room to rebuild her reputation within the industry, but most importantly, remove whatever ego or pride convinced her she was too good to audition for a part hundreds of other women are thirsty for.
It’s already insane how many words I’m using on Nixon fucking Newell.
Check out her boring ass podcast or stream for more!
Daniel Garcia is Still a Loser
Earlier this year, Daniel Garcia gave a passionate speech about being a loser.
Then he lost some more.
He told Daddy Magic he abandoned him because he was tired of being a loser—joining the Death Riders, a group of winners.
Except he joined them in the midst of their spiral down.
Daniel Garcia, loser of his last 3 matches—sent through a table on Saturday night’s Collision.
DANIEL GARCIA TRIED TO INTERFERE BUT GOT THROWN DIRECTLY THROUGH THE TABLE. 😭
pic.twitter.com/xcdphanXSx— Drainmaker (@DrainBamager) November 9, 2025
The funniest possible outcome of this entire Death Riders endeavor, the most hilarious ultimate payoff, after years building from the Blackpool Combat Club—to the whole Jon Moxley championship reign—to the addition of Daniel Garcia—a long con to reinforce just how fucking much Daniel Garcia loses.
This is long-term storytelling.
Sometimes in life, we go through trials and tribulations, only to realize we are exactly who we thought we were.
You’re not the chosen one.
You’re not special.
It doesn’t matter who you hang with or why.
You are you.
No matter how good you get at your job, people are better than you.
I still love watching Daniel Garcia perform.
I will weep when he inevitably holds up that AEW World Championship, like, 15 years from now.
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