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AEW Collision live results: Adam Cole vs. Josh Alexander TNT title match

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

Reigning TNT Champion Adam Cole will put his title on the line against former TNA World Champion Josh Alexander on tonight’s AEW Collision from Kent, Washington.

Like others, Cole has been feuding with the Don Callis Family recently and issued an open challenge to anyone in the faction. He will be looking for the third title of his run while Alexander has lost two straight. This will be their first ever singles bout.

The Callis Family will be represented in two other matches as Rocky Romero & Hechicero take on Brody King & Templario while Kyle Fletcher goes one-on-one with Kyle O’Reilly.

FTR will confront The Outrunners while The Patriarchy’s Christian Cage & Nick Wayne will be in action against Big Bill & Bryan Keith.

The women will also be represented as Megan Bayne takes on VertVixen while Queen Aminata battles Skye Blue.

The show is airing Thursday at 8 PM Eastern due to NASCAR coverage this Saturday on TNT.

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AEW Collision opened with FTR and The Outrunners coming out to the ring, with FTR intending to address The Outrunners attacking them and standing against them on Dynamite last night. FTR had a video made to highlight their friendship, saying that The Outrunners were jealous of the success of FTR. Harwood said that they failed in their quest to become AEW World Tag Team champions, and that is why they attacked FTR last week.

Harwood did a lot of talking here, not letting The Outrunners talk, but once he said they would never be as good as FTR, they took their time to talk. Truth Magnum, from Seattle, where the show was, pointed out that the fans would always believe in them, and they the fans, and their biggest mistake was believing in FTR. Turbo Floyd said that he wanted a fight with them, but Stokely Hathaway said that they didn’t fight for free, so they could fight next week in California.

–A recap video aired of the Young Bucks moving Swerve and Ospreay’s match up to the first match on the show, and Swerve and Ospreay challenged them to a match for their EVP titles with the company, and how the Bucks suspended Swerve for a week for attacking a referee, and then cut to the Bucks beating up Hangman Page, and Swerve was unable to join in for the save since he was suspended. I really liked how they cut those two angles together, showing the implication that the heroes tried to save Hangman, but couldn’t because Swerve was not there to round out the team.

The Patriarchy (Christian Cage & Nick Wayne) (w/ Kip Sabian & Mother Wayne) vs. The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith)

This match started slow, with Keith and Wayne opening. Eventually Wayne tagged out to Christian and Keith tagged out to Bill, which made Christian afraid. Christian ate a punch and immediately tagged out to Wayne, who was forced to come in and fell victim to Bill and Keith double teaming him. Wayne shoved Bill, who came into the ring and took Wayne, who cockily turned his back on Bill, into a Gorilla Press and tossed him at Christian Cage.

When the came back from the break, Christian and Wayne were beating on Keith in the corner, with Wayne hitting a vertical suplex. Christian tagged back in and hit an inverted DDT on Keith for a 2-count. Christian went for the Killswitch, but Keith fought out and both men bumped heads and went down. Keith tagged out to Bill while Christian tagged out to Wayne, and Bill started the hot tag. Wayne launched off the top rope and Bill hit a big boot, then jumped over a spear attempt from Christian and hit a big boot on him.

Bill hit a black hole slam on Wayne and tagged back out to Keith. Keith hit a Northern Lights Suplex on Wayne for a 2-count. Sabian tried to interfere, so Bill threw him into the timekeeper area and started beating on him. As Keith hit a powerbomb on Wayne, Mother Wayne jumped up on the apron and distracted the referee, allowing Christian to recover and break the pinfall attempt. Bill missed a charge at Christian, leading to Bill running into the ring post, while Christian hit a spear on Keith who was attempting to powerbomb Wayne again for the win.

Match Result: The Patriarchy defeated The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith)

–Josh Alexander was backstage, saying that he was going to beat Adam Cole for the TNT Championship tonight, freeing him of the burden of carrying the title. Alexander promised that he was going to break the ankle of Cole, sending him to the injury list again.

–MVP met Christian and Nick Wayne backstage, saying that he was impressed with their wins, but that the Nick Wayne was just a kid, but that if he and Wayne went against the Hurt Syndicate, he couldn’t win with Wayne, and that they didn’t stand a chance against the Hurt Syndicate. Christian Cage said that if he wanted the tag titles, they would have them. MVP said “Good luck, because you’ll need it.” This was a good segment, where we finally see people aiming to get the tag titles.

Brody King & Templario vs. The Don Callis Family (Rocky Romero & Hechicero)

Templario & Hechicero started the match, to the delight of the fans as they were getting lucha. Hechicero tried to intimidate Brody King. It did not work. Templario hit a hurricanrana on Hechicero, but Hechicero hit a flying knee leading to King to blind tag in. Romero demanded to tag in, and went face to chest with King, with Romero attempting to knock King down with shoulder tackles, which was a funny image. Hechicero and King ended up on the apron exchanging strikes, while Romero hit a dropkick to the knee of King, allowing the heels to start to beat on the bigger man.

Templario blind tagged in and hit a crossbody on Hechicero, and King slammed Romero onto his partner and hit a senton. When we came back from break, Templario hit a face first suplex on Hechicero before tagging out to King. King hit a cannonball in the corner on Hechicero, but Romero broke it up. King hit the ropes, but Romero low bridged him while Hechicero locked a leg submission on Templario and Romero hit a flying knee off the apron on King.

Templario made the ropes, and Hechicero was very upset. Templario hit a wheelbarrow suplex. King tagged in and Romero tried to chop him. This did not work. Hechicero choked him in the ropes instead, but while Hechicero was trying to do this, King walked forward, pulling Hechicero onto the ropes letting Templario to hit a flying double stomp on Hechicero and then a Sasuke Special to the floor. King hit the Gonzo Bomb on Romero for the pinfall. This was a really fun match.

Match Result: Brody King & Templario defeated The Don Callis Family

–A hype video aired for Mercedes Mone and all her titles, and it was inter-cut with a hype video for Toni Storm, but Mone cut the film off literally, hitting a projector with a bat. Mone said that Storm was a faker, and that their match would be a beautiful murder that she wrote. That was a good pun. Mone invited Storm to ringside for her match against Mina Shirakawa next week, as she wrestles her 1000th match.

–Toni Storm was with Mina Shirakawa backstage, and Storm was promising revenge against Mone, but Shirakawa said that she did not want storm to get involved in her TBS title match against Mone. Storm agreed, but asked that Shirakawa leave something left for her at All In.

Megan Bayne (w/ Penelope Ford) vs. Vertvixen

Bayne hit a running kick and a butterfly suplex on Vertvixen to open the match. Bayne hit Fate’s Descent soon after for the pinfall.

Match Result: Megan Bayne defeated Vertvixen

–Anthony Bowens was backstage and he announced he was entering the qualifier for the Casino Gauntlet, saying that he and Billy Gunn will have a new strategy so he can enter at #2 and have a better chance of winning to secure a title shot.

AEW TNT Champion Adam Cole defends against Josh Alexander (w/ Trent Beretta)

Adam Cole and Josh Alexander had a great match that would have been ever better with more time. I’d like to see them do this match again down the line.

Alexander seemed to have the advantage over Cole several times throughout this match, hitting hard chops and a crossbody while Cole was on the apron, sending him to the floor. As they came back from an ad break, they showed Alexander charging at Cole in the corner, and Cole hit a superkick out of the corner, and a few pump kicks before hitting an Ushigoroshi. Cole blocked a brainbuster and hit a back stabber for a 2-count.

Cole signaled for the Panama Sunrise, but Alexander caught him and hit a flapjack before going back to an ankle lock. Cole escaped, but Alexander hit a forward rolling fireman’s carry and a knee off the middle ropes for a 2-count on Cole. Cole and Alexander battled on the ropes for a bit before Cole shoved him off and hit a Panama Sunrise for a 2-count. Cole went for the Boom, but Alexander fell to the mat, baited Cole in, and locked on the ankle lock again.

Cole escaped with a series of upkicks, but ate a big boot from him and then a German suplex but he was unable to bridge due to Cole working on the neck. Alexander blocked a superkick, hit a forearm, and picked Cole up for the C4 Spike. Cole flipped onto his feet as Alexander picked him up, hit a superkick, and then the Boom for the pinfall victory. This was a good match.

Match Result: AEW TNT Champion Adam Cole defeated Josh Alexander to retain

–Ricochet was confronted by AR Fox backstage for abandoning him in their tag match on Dynamite, but The Gates of Agony attacked and laid out Fox, leaving Ricochet impressed, asking to talk with them more.

–A hype video aired for Alex Windsor, announcing her signing with AEW.

Queen Aminata vs. Skye Blue (w/ Julia Hart)

This match was a little rough at the start, but the crowd got into it when Skye Blue dodged a beheading dropkick from Aminata and hit a twist and should off the apron to the floor before they went to break. When they came back, Aminata hit a big boot the head of Blue in the corner. Aminata went for a fisherman’s neckbreaker, but Blue fought out, hit a knee, and then a TKO for a 2-count. Aminata hit a big headbutt and a kick that sent Blue to the floor.

Blue hid behind Julia Hart, allowing her to pop out and pull Aminata into the ring steps. Blue went to the top rope and hit flying knees to Aminata. Blue looked a bit hesitant, and Aminata couldn’t catch her on that, so both hit the floor and it is a miracle that neither got hurt there. Aminata didn’t catch Blue, and Blue didn’t stretch out, instead jumping vertically, leaving very little room to be caught. Aminata hit the decapitating dropkick in the ropes and got the win.

Match Result: Queen Aminata defeated Skye Blue

–Thekla ran down to the ring as Julia Hart and Aminata faced off, and Hart, Thekla, and Blue beat on Aminata, forming an alliance of some sort. Anna Jay and Tay Melo ran down to make the save, and as they chased the heels off, Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne came out to the ramp, as Nigel McGuinness pointed out that all 8 women might be in the Women’s Casino Gauntlet at All In.

–Daniel Garcia & Matt Menard were backstage asking about Garcia’s problems with the Don Callis Family. Rocky Romero walked up saying that the family had no problems with Garcia, and that the offer of joining Callis’ family was still on the table. Romero said that Garcia didn’t know what a real friend looked like, and that he shouldn’t trust Cole, and if he wanted a real family, he knew where to find them.

Kyle Fletcher vs. Kyle O’Reilly

Fletcher and O’Reilly immediately started with some high quality mat wrestling, as the fans amusingly chanted “Kyle!” for both men. This was followed with “This is Kyle!” I love wrestling audiences. Fletcher claimed credit for the chants, which caused the fans to boo him, and as fans chanted “Kyle’s Awesome” and “Kyle Sucks!” it actually worked well as a clever dueling chant.

As they came back from ad break, the fans were chanting “We want Kyle!” Well, you have two of them, fans! Fletcher slammed O’Reilly in the ring, maintaining wrist control, but O’Reilly pulled himself up and hit some forearms. Fletcher went for another slam, but O’Reilly turned it into a triangle choke that Fletcher powered out of.

O’Reilly and Fletcher exchanged kicks and knees and both men went down. This match has been great, and the fans have been red hot for it, which is both a testament to their commitment to have fun chanting about Kyle, while also enjoying the work of both wrestlers. O’Reilly went for a guillotine choke, but Fletcher pulled O’Reilly up, who floated over, clipped the knee, then locked on an armbar as the fans chanted “We Kyle people!” ala the Hurt Syndicate. O’Reilly hit a dragon screw on Fletcher as the fans chanted “He’s our Kyle!” like the “He’s our scumbag!” chant for MJF.

O’Reilly hit a flying knee drop onto the knee of Fletcher and went for a heel hook, leading to Fletcher screaming in pain and grabbing for the ropes. O’Reilly missed a flying knee strike and Fletcher hit a superkick and a running big boot on the floor, but O’Reilly pulled Fletcher’s arm into a chair as Fletcher grabbed for him. The fans chanted “You sick Kyle!” as O’Reilly hit a flying dropkick off the apron on Fletcher.

Lance Archer ran down and laid O’Reilly out on the ground as Fletcher distracted the referee. O’Reilly kicked out of a Michinoku Driver, but finally fell to a brainbuster from Fletcher to end a fantastic match. As Archer and Fletcher attacked and beat down O’Reilly after the match, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Daniel Garcia ran down to make the save and they posed together as Fletcher yelled that the TNT Championship was his.

Match Result: Kyle Fletcher defeated Kyle O’Reilly

Final Thoughts

This was a decent episode of Collision with a fantastic main event. I loved the video packages and announcing of a few big matches for Dynamite on Wednesday, and even one match for Collision. AEW has been hit or miss in announcing matches for the next show the last few years, but always benefit when they do announce at least one big match. I do miss the days of having the full card in advance like the early Dynamites though.

AEW Dynamite: Episode 300

  • TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
  • Kota Ibushi vs. Kazuchika Okada
  • Casino Gauntlet #2 Spot Qualifier: Brody King vs. MJF vs. Anthony Bowens vs. AR Fox

AEW Collision: Episode 100

  • FTR vs. The Outrunners

AEW Collision live results: All star eight-woman tag team match

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

For the first time in three weeks, AEW Collision returns for a live episode from Kent, Washington, headlined by an all star eight-woman tag team match.

On one side, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena teams with Thekla, Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford to take on former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata, Tay Conti and Anna Jay.

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will be on hand to share thoughts ahead of her All In Texas defense against Mercedes Mone.

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will take on AR Fox in non-title action while former champion Swerve Strickland takes on Shane Taylor.

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Hey folks, internet issues prevented me from starting the show right on time! Sorry about that!

Collision opened with Stokley Hathaway cutting a promo about the 8-man tag match against Paragon, Daniel Garcia, and Bandido following AEW’s successful debut in Arena Mexico. This week, they come live from Seattle.

The Death Riders made their entrance, with Moxley entering the arena ready for his match against AR Fox.

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley (w/ Wheeler Yuta) defeated AR Fox in a non-title match

Fox was very over in this match, with the fans chanting loudly for him as he went right after Moxley. However, as Fox launched off the top ropes, Moxley countered with a huge forearm that dropped Fox and it was quickly turned around where the AEW World Champion was beating on the local favourite.

Moxley’s heat was incredible in this match. Fox hit a DDT as Moxley got caught in the ropes, and flipped over the top rope into a stomp on Moxley’s chest before hitting a triangle moonsault to the floor. Moxley cut Fox off and locked in a choke while Fox was on the top rope, before suplexing Fox down and locking on a submission while crucifixing the arms of Fox.

Fox escaped to the ropes, hit an enziguri, and a tope sucidica to the floor on Moxley. Fox hit a pump kick on Yuta on the floor and a cutter on Moxley in the ring, followed by another pump kick and cutter. Fox celebrated, and Moxley immediately took advantage, hitting a lariat on Fox, a Gotch Style Piledriver, mounted elbows, and a rear naked choke until Fox went out. Great finish.

–After the match, Moxley hit a Death Rider and called for the microphone from Yuta. Moxley talked about how he was not as patient with Hangman as the the AEW audience was, as Hangman wasted all his opportunities and that All In would be no different. Excellent promo.

–AEW aired a great recap of the Dynamite at Arena Mexico. This hype package ruled, including highlights from Hangman’s awesome opening promo, Mercedes’ title win, and Hangman Page saving Swerve Strickland.

–Adam Cole, Daniel Garcia, Roderick Strong, and Bandio cut a promo about their upcoming 8-man tag.

Protoshita (Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita) & FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Stokley Hathaway) defeated Paragon (Adam Cole & Roderick Strong), Daniel Garcia, & Bandido

This match served as the weekly Collision party match, and I’m glad it did. It is hard to have a bad match with these 8 tremendous wrestlers, and this was no exception to that rule. Harwood immediately attacked Bandido, but had to cope with Bandido quickly turning it around and tagging out to Strong. Harwood managed to drop Strong with a hard forearm and tagged out to Takeshita, who mocked the babyfaces as he beat on Strong.

Garcia made a brief comeback, but ate a kick from Fletcher that sent him to the mat, allowing Harwood to work him over for the next few minutes. Bandido tagged in and hit Harwood with several lariats before hitting a kick on Takeshita and an incredible tornado DDT on Fletcher. The match eventually broke down into everyone hitting big moves, ending with Cole and Fletcher exchanging strikes with Cole hitting a brainbuster onto his own knee. All 8 men started brawling, with Cole saving Strong from a Shatter Machine and Bandido hitting a moonsault to the floor. Strong, however, turned into a superkick from Fletcher and ate the Shatter Machine for the win for FTR and the Don Callis Family.

–The heels were beating down the babyfaces and The Outrunners, with hometown hero Truth Magnum, made the save. Wheeler was calling for help from someone, but they never arrived. The announcers highlighted that Harwood was shocked that the Outrunners took Bandido’s side, rather than theirs, highlighting the brief on screen friendship we saw with the Outrunners and FTR.

–Tay Melo, Anna Jay, Thunder Rosa, and Queen Aminata talked about their upcoming main event tag match against Athena, Thekla, Penelope Ford, and Megan Bayne. They cut to the other team, and Athena talked about how it was Athena Elite Wrestling tonight, and how she didn’t like Ford or Bayne, which Bayne took exception to.

–Mercedes Mone was interviewed by Renee Paquette in Mexico on Wednesday, and she talked about how Toni Storm’s time was up.

Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) defeated Shane Taylor (w/ Shane Taylor Promotions)

Early on, the Infantry seemed to be arguing with Taylor on the floor, betting money on the match among themselves and with Prince Nana, which confused the announcers. Swerve kicked Taylor right in the face to the delight of the crowd, and Taylor responded with hard forearms. The Infantry convinced Tony Schiavone to come over and bet on the match too, which was super entertaining.

Taylor hit a splash crushing Swerve against the apron. Schiavone came back to the desk and claimed he put his money on Swerve, while Nana and the Infantry continued to cheer on their subsequent betting partners. When the came back from the ad break, Taylor crashed into the corner, missing a corner charge. Swerve hit a dropkick to the knee of Taylor and then a running knee for a two count. At this point, the fans started chanting very loudly for local indie promotion Defy (which I highly recommend checking out, as their shows are always awesome).

Swerve locked on an armbar of sorts on Taylor, who fought out using his strength, hitting a big standing knee on Swerve. Swerve managed to stun Taylor on the top rope, and hit a massive Olympic slam on Taylor off the ropes. Swerve hit a Swerve stomp off the top rope onto the apron, and Prince Nana stole the cash from the betting, leading to money flying everywhere as Swerve hit a dive onto the Infantry and a House Call on Taylor for the win. This was tremendous.

–A recap of Toni Storm attacking Mercedes Mone aired.

–Toni Storm was on the stage dressed as Carmen Sandiego, and cut a promo about Mercedes Mone, talking about how Mone said that they were going to have the biggest match of all time, but Storm was disappointed in her. Storm asked if the AEW Women’s World Championship was just another trophy for her, and that she was not just some other opponent (cussing in the process), and that Mone better not take her lightly, because she was going to eat Mercedes Mone alive if she makes one mistake.

Storm said she wanted Mone’s best, because she is the best. The first woman to ever wrestle at Madison Square Garden, Wembley, the Tokyo Dome, and Arena Mexico, and Storm said she was the greatest of all time. Storm said that she wasn’t that, but that she was the one that made magic happen when she held the world title, and that Mercedes Mone would have to kill her to take her title. This promo was incredible.

The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Hologram, & Willow Nightingale) vs. MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) & Taya Valkyrie (w/ Johnny TV)

This was a fun back and forth match that saw Hologram and Briscoe trying to over come the size of Madden and Mansoor. In a ridiculous spot, Mansoor hit a catapult into the posterior for Madden, but their advantage did not last long, with Mark Briscoe firing up for the comeback taking on both men to a roar from the crowd.

Briscoe hit a palm strike that sent Mansoor flying backwards to the floor, and Briscoe hit a running dropkick on Madden, but was double teamed by Johnny TV and Mansoor, leading to Hologram coming in and clearing the ring, but Taya Valkyrie hitting a hurricanrana on Hologram, leading to Willow Nightingale hitting a spear on Mansoor before Hologram hit a portal bomb on Mansoor. Briscoe and Hologram hit tope sucidias to the floor and Briscoe hit the Froggy-bow on Mansoor for the win. Really fun match.

–Kris Statlander was backstage with Lexy Nair, and she was fed up with people asking her about Willow Nightingale. Wheeler Yuta walked up to talk her, and she shoved Yuta away, but turned right around into Jon Moxley. She dropped her phone, and Moxley slowly picked it up, and said, “Don’t let anyone tell you who you are and what you are worth” before handing the phone back to her and walking away. This was very interesting.

–The Don Callis family came down to the ring with Josh Alexander and Lance Archer accompanying him. Callis announced the newest member of the Don Callis Family, officially now, Kazuchika Okada. Callis grabbed the mic back from Schiavone again, interrupting him, and the fans booed Callis out of the building as they re-aired the attack on Kenny Omega. Callis said he was tired of Schiavone talking trash about him, but he wasn’t here about that, and wanted to talk about Kenny Omega, asking how Omega felt to have his greatest opponent, Okada, and the man that knew all his weaknesses, Callis, was now a unit.

Callis said that even if Omega made it to All In, he has no friends left. Mark Briscoe came out and told Callis to shut up, claiming he was Omega’s friend. Briscoe said he wasn’t his only friend either, and out came Kota Ibushi, returning to AEW looking like he was in incredible shape. Briscoe and Archer started brawling, and Ibushi slowly walked down to the ring, and he laid Alexander out with a massive kick only to turn around and face one of his biggest rivals, Kazauchika Okada.

Ibushi and Okada have unfinished business from the G1 Finals years ago when Ibushi was injured and unable to finish the match, and it seems that the old feud is reigniting again. This was a huge angle, and it was tremendous.

–The Workhorsemen and Learning Tree were brawling when they came back from break, with both teams not having a match, but a massive fight that started backstage. Big Bill hit a massive chokeslam into a set of four chairs that were setup. As Bill grabbed a mic, Christian Cage and the Patriarchy came out. Christian said that the only good things to come out of Washington State were Nick Wayne and the Matriarch.

Christian claimed that the brawl was cutting into his mic time, and he had a huge announcement to make. Christian said that it was time that he and Nick Wayne became a tag team, becoming the first ever father & son tag team. Big Bill said a rather crass comment about Mother Wayne, and offered to fight Christian Cage & Nick Wayne tonight. Cage claimed to be the man that ran Collision and he only fights on his own terms.

–Last week, Anthony Bowens was with Billy Gunn after his loss. Bowens said that the two of them needed to get their act together, and Gunn was supposed to help him. He said he didn’t want to end up like Max Caster. It seems like we might see Bowens moving towards a heel turn and division with Billy Gunn.

Jetspeed (Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey) defeated The Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun)

I really like Toa Liona, and would love to see more of him. I have said this several times, but I’d love to see AEW do something with him. Ricochet was on commentary, saying that his crew was not going to be the Cru, as they ruined the chances of them being a part of his group. Liona spent the early portions of the match beating on Mike Bailey, saying his face was perfect for punching. Knight tried to armdrag Liona, but Liona blocked it. Knight sent Liona to the floor, but ate knees to his chest as Kaun put his knees up when Knight went for a splash.

Bailey went for a tope to the floor, and Liona hit a pounce on Bailey before he hit the floor, sending him flying. Liona walked up to the applauding Ricochet and put his arm around him as Ricochet showed his approval. The Gates of Agony hit a double team powerbomb on Knight for a 2-count, and it is clear that these two huge men are getting over in this match.

The Gates of Agony continued to beat on Knight for the next few minutes, coming back from break as Knight managed to hit a lariat off the middle rope on Kaun. Bailey made the hot tag, dodging a corner charge from Liona that saw Liona fly over the ropes, hitting the ring post as he crumbled to the floor. Liona, however, like a monster, came back in and hit a a fallaway slam on Knight while hitting Bailey with a Samoan drop.

Liona smashed Knight with a headbutt but as they went for Open the Gates, Knight hit a DDT on both men, but Liona just stood up again, and ate a double dropkick from Jetspeed. Jetspeed hit stereo tope con giro’s to the floor. Kaun and Bailey went back into the ring, and Kaun hit a gorilla press into a lung blower on Bailey. Bailey hit a spinning heel kick and triangle moonsasult to the floor on Liona while Knight hit a frog splash onto Kaun. This match was awesome. I would have had the Gates of Agony go over with Ricochet’s help, but this was not a bad result by any stretch.

Athena (w/ Billie Starkz), Thekla, Penelope Ford, & Megan Bayne defeated Tay Melo, Anna Jay, Queen Aminata, & Thunder Rosa

Athena came across as the biggest star in this match, by far, and she exchanged some very hard strikes with Aminata. Anna Jay came in and soon all women were setting up for a joint suplex, and all 8 women fought over a suplex, with the babyfaces and heels unable to complete the move. They broke off from each other and Athena and Megan Bayne both hit a double Samoan drop and fall away slam at same time on their opponents. Bayne and Athena stood face to face, as Thekla and Aminata resumed their match from last week.

Thekla was so fast in this match, with almost no one being able to keep up with her. Animata hit a huge headbutt, but Athena reached through the ropes to break the count. Tay Melo and Ford tagged in and resumed their violent feud from a few years ago, with Melo hitting a DDT on Ford. Bayne broke it up and hit a double German suplex on Jay and Melo at the same time.

Melo popped up and hit a knee strike on Bayne and tagged out to Rosa, while Athena came in and started exchanging chops with her. Athena hit a sole butt and then a series of kicks ending in an enziguri. Rosa hit a dropkick bouncing off the ropes. Rosa hit a stiff dropkick to Athena who was laying on the bottom rope. Melo hit a Gotch style piledriver on Ford, while Bayne hit a spear on Melo. Jay dropped Bayne with a DDT, and Thekla hit a spear on Jay. Animata hit a twist and shout on Thekla, and Athena hit a tombstone on Aminata. Rosa hit a Death Valley Driver on Athena, but Red Velvet ran out and tossed the ROH Women’s title to Athena, who leveled Rosa and pinned her for the win.

Final Thoughts

This was an awesome episode of AEW Collision, with some big angles, great promos, and great wrestling. As the show closed, Tony Schiavone announced that there would be a Casino Gauntlet match at All In, and that Kota Ibushi would be on Dynamite. Really great show, though some more matches announced for Wednesday would have been great.

AEW Collision live results: International Title four-way qualifiers

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

The final two entrants into this Wednesday’s four-way match for Kenny Omega’s International title will be decided on tonight’s AEW Collision from El Paso, Texas.

The show will air late Eastern Standard Time on TNT due to the NBA playoffs, approximately at 11 or 11:30 PM.

In one match, Claudio Castagnoli will face rival Komander while in the other, Mascara Dorada takes on Hechicero in a CMLL showcase. The two will join Brody King in challenging Omega at Wednesday’s Fyter Fest in Denver, Colorado.

AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada will face Anthony Bowens in a title eliminator.

The Don Callis Family’s Rocky Romero, Trent and Konosuke Takeshita will battle Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong of Paragon & Tomohiro Ishii in a trios bout.

Another trios match features LFI’s Rush, Dralistico & The Beast Mortos against Top Flight & AR Fox.

Mina Shirakawa will look to rebound from her loss to AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm at Double or Nothing when she faces Skye Blue, competing in her first singles match in more than 300 days.

The show is rounded by The Gates of Agony in action, and a promo segment featuring FTR and Stokely Hathaway.

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Claudio Castagnoli defeated Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) to advance to the International Title Match

There was a helpful recap video of the last time Komander and Castagnoli faced off one-on-one in December, when Komander eliminated Castagnoli from the Continental Classic. Castagnoli did not forget that loss, and immediately started attacking Komander with heavy strikes, and shrugged off a shoulder tackle. Komander hit a head scissors quickly though, and ran across the top rope into an arm wringer across the ropes on Castagnoli. Castagnoli caught Komander on a spring board and transitioned smoothly into a giant swing before beating on Komander at ringside.

Castagnoli hit a big back suplex on the guard rail, which had to suck to take. Komander leaped up onto the shoulders of Castagnoli, standing vertically on it, jumping onto the ropes into a springboard moonsault, and caught Castagnoli in an armdrag before hitting a tope con giro on the floor. That was absolutely incredible. Komander went to run across the ropes, but Castagnoli ran into the ring as Komander was cross the ropes, so he decided to jump with a crossbody on Castagnoli, but Castagnoli caught him and hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker out of midair.

Komander did try for a shooting star press, but Castagnoli countered, put Komander in a fireman’s carry, and walked up the ropes, which was impressive enough, but Komander transitioned into a hurricanrana off the ropes on Castagnoli before hitting a sunset bomb for a 2-count. Komander missed a twisting senton and Castagnoli hit the Neutralizer for the pinfall. This was a quick match, but it was tons of fun.

–A recap aired of the opening segment from Dynamite, where Hangman Adam Page, Swerve Strickland, and Will Ospreay had a confrontation. They really drove home that Ospreay is trying to build bridges between Swerve and Hangman, but it had frequent cuts to all the terrible things Page and Strickland did to each other. This video ruled.

–Strickland was walking backstage at Dynamite, and Swerve wanted to clarify his relationship with Hangman, saying that he owned up to what he did, and that he did deserve what Hangman did to him, but that didn’t mean they were friends. Ospreay walked up and asked the question, “Who’s the bigger threat right now? The Death Riders or Hangman Page?” Swerve didn’t like this, and he really didn’t like when Ospreay said that Hangman Page was the best wrestler in the world right now. Swerve reminded Ospreay that he beat Ospreay too. Ospreay and Swerve broke into a brawl and were separated by security. This was an awesome segment.

The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Rocky Romero, & Trent Beretta) (w/ Don Callis) defeated Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) & Tomohiro Ishii

The Don Callis family attacked early, brawling around ringside. Ishii and Strong chopped Beretta, setting him on a chair at ringside. They also set Takeshita on the chair, and O’Reilly flew off the apron with a kick that knocked both men over. Ishii chopped Romero in the corner while Don Callis went on about how much he hated Roderick Strong on commentary, and it was great. Takeshita hit a huge forearm on Strong and distracted the referee, allowing Callis attack Strong behind the referee’s back.

Strong hit an Olympic Slam on Takeshita before tagging out to O’Reilly, hitting some hard kicks, sweeping the legs of Rocky Romero and working over the arm of Beretta before hitting a German suplex. O’Reilly countered a dead lift suplex by Takeshita and hit a kitchen sink before tagging in Ishii who dared Beretta to hit him before destroying Beretta with a forearm. Takeshita tagged in and both men immediately started to hit clotheslines on each other. Takeshita finally dropped him with a German suplex, but Paragon ran in to cut off the heels from further offence.

Takeshita hit a Blue Thunder Bomb on Ishii, but was kicked in the face by O’Reilly. Beretta hit a half-and-half suplex on O’Reilly, and Takeshita and Ishii exchanged hard strikes. Romero sneaked in after when the referee was bumped and hit a low blow on Ishii, letting Takeshita hit a falcon arrow on Ishii for the win. Good match.

Kazuchika Okada defeated Anthony Bowens

Okada got a superstar reaction coming out, and while no one believed Bowens was winning this match, he tried his best to get them to believe, with Okada selling for him well when he was on offence as well. Okada went to the floor after some of that offence, and slowed things down, hitting a DDT on Bowens on the floor. When the came back from break, Okada was hitting an elbow drop off the top rope.

When Okada posed to flip off the audience, Bowens reached up and scissored the finger with his index and middle finger, standing up and chopping Okada. Bowens ducked a Rainmaker and hit a neckbreaker. Bowens hit a superkick to the knee of Okada, who was on the middle ropes, before hitting a DDT on Okada who was caught in the tree of woe, twisting him into it. That looked cool.

Bowens dodged the dropkick from Okada and they went into a few near falls before Okada hit a neckbreaker across his knee, and locked on the Money Clip. Bowens shoved Okada back into the corner and hit a chop, but Okada only got angry and hit a series of strikes into the ropes. Bowens hit a pump kick and elbows to the back of Okada’s head. Bowens hit a superkick and called for the Mollywhop, but Okada hit a dropkick and a Rainmaker for the pin. This was a good match.

–Lexy Nair was with Daniel Garcia was backstage, and they talked about the difficult loss he faced at Double or Nothing. Don Callis walked up as Matt Menard was trying to encourage him, and Callis offered Garcia a spot in the Don Callis family, saying that Garcia has not been mentored well by Menard. Garcia said he was tired of old men trying to tell him how to handle his career. Callis said that he was an old man, but he was a rich old man, and that he wanted Garcia to do something he hadn’t done for a long time – think.

–Tony Schiavone was in the ring and invited FTR out with Stokely Hathaway. Nigel McGuinness put the Shatter Machine over, saying that he had difficulty breathing for 4 days after the match at AEW Double or Nothing. McGuinness hoped they would honour their agreement that their grudge was over, and they wouldn’t touch Tony Schiavone or McGuinness again. Hathaway buried McGuinness saying that he belonged behind the announcer’s desk before challenging any team from Mexico to a match on Dynamite since they were in El Paso.

Atlantis Jr. and Templario answered the challenge, coming down to the ring. FTR said they respected the luchadors, but they were lucha libre legends themselves, having won titles in Mexico before. They then said that maybe they needed to go down to CMLL and win some gold. FTR said they had no issue with Altantis Jr. & Templario, but had a question for them. Harwood said that no one recognized them, saying the lucha masks were “Stupid Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers masks,” which was a good line for heat. Harwood didn’t give Atlantis Jr. a chance to respond, which got more and more heat the more he did it.

Harwood said that he liked Atlantis Sr., but that the old man should keep himself at home and stay away from FTR. Atlantis Jr. did not take to that kindly, saying that his dad was not there to defend himself, but that he would fight them. Harwood and Wheeler attacked Atlantis Jr. & Templario, but the luchadors fought back, and drove FTR from the ring. Atlantis Jr. made the challenge official for the joint CMLL/AEW show at Arena Mexico in June. This was a great segment.

–A hype video aired for Toni Storm and Mercedes Moné. This was excellent.

Mina Shirakawa defeated Skye Blue

Blue mocked Shirakawa early on, and it broke down into a striking battle that saw forearms exchanged. Shirakawa ducked under a clothesline and posed, but Blue kicked her in the back and continued her attack. Shirakawa hit a sole butt and then ran up the ropes before hitting a knee to the arm of Blue for a 2-count. Shirakawa hit a tornado DDT out of the corner as they came back from an ad break and a then a rolling elbow.

Shirakawa hit a dragon screw on the right leg of Blue, but Blue blocked a kick and hit a forearm in the corner before hitting a cheeky Nando’s kick and a powerbomb out of the corner for a 2-count. Blue hit a superkick on Shirakawa and hit the ropes to go for Code Blue, but Shirakawa responded with a spinning backfist and went to the top rope to hit a flying neckbreaker off the ropes for a 2-count. Blue countered out of the Mina Driver, but Shirakawa hit another rolling elbow before hitting the Mina Driver for the win.

–As Shirakawa was celebrating, Julia Hart attacked ran in and attacked her from behind, locking in Heartless. Toni Storm ran down to make the save and drove Hart from the ring, while Hart then pulled Blue from the ring to save her from further assault.

–A Gates of Agony hype video aired, building them up like they are unstoppable monsters. I really liked this. I think it’s time to do something with these guys. They are good workers, and it is always fun seeing two big wrestlers destroy people.

The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) defeated Aerospace (GMO Kaminari & Cosmo Orion)

These poor young wrestlers were utterly crushed by the Gates of Agony, and I loved every second of it. Poor Kaminari got killed by Liona, while Kaun killed Orion, and they stacked them up and pinned them after a double team crucifix bomb. It was great.

–Max Caster was in a room with a bunch of fans, trying to get them to chant for him. A few did. He offered to take pictures with everyone once they signed his petition saying he was the best wrestler alive. As fans lined up for the pictures after signing, he ran out of the room and down the hall. Okay.

La Facción Ingobernable (Rush, Dralistico, & The Beast Mortos) defeated Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) & AR Fox (w/ Leyla Grey)

Rush immediately ripped of the turnbuckle pad on his side of the ring and tried to send AR Fox into it. This did not go well for Rush, as Top Flight and AR Fox were soon hitting dives on everyone after Fox blocked the turnbuckle smash. Poor Paul Turner, the referee, could only stand there as bodies were flying all over the ring, hitting kicks, dives, and suplexes back and forth with no sense of proper tag team wrestling, so I’m just calling this a lucha libre rules six man at this point based on that.

Rush did a tranquilo pose after kicking Fox in the face, which got a huge pop from this lucha libre knowledgeable audience. Mortos hit some hard kicks and strikes in the corner before hitting a powerslam on Fox. Rush threw Dante Martin into the guardrail viciously, with Martin bouncing off it like he was a rubber ball. When they came back from the ad break, Top Flight hit a shotgun dropkick into a German suplex on Mortos, before sending Dralistico flying across the ring into a cutter from AR Fox. That was awesome.

Dralistico hit a springboard into a Canadian Destroyer on Darius Martin for a 2-count. Mortos and Rush double teamed Fox, allowing Dralistico to hit a springboard into a code breaker on Dante Martin and a tope con giro on Fox. Mortos hit a through the middle ropes torneo to the floor on Dante Martin, before Rush finally hit The Horns on Darius Martin in the corner for the win. This was a great party match.

–La Facción Ingobernable attacked Top Flight and Fox after the bell, but Mike Bailey and Komander ran down to make the save, driving LFI from the ring.

–Mark Briscoe was cutting a promo back in his home with his ring, saying that his son thought he quit on Dynamite when he passed out in the bulldog choke. Briscoe said that he couldn’t take that, saying that he would never quit, and that he wanted Moxley in a one-on-one match, not for the title, but for pride, and proving to his kids that he not a quitter. He told Moxley to man up. This was reminiscent of those great Briscoe promos in ROH, and I loved this.

Mascara Dorada defeated Hechicero

Before the match began, a short highlight video of Herchicero aired as he made his way down to the ring, showing him holding his own against MJF and Orange Cassidy as the announcers put over hoe dangerous he is. A video also aired for Mascara Dorada, doing the same. This is great. I have greatly enjoyed when AEW does this, even when I am familiar with the talent because it often reminds me of things I forget.

A lot of mat work was done in the early parts of this match, with Dorada trying to fight out of a surfboard stretch and then trying one of his own, getting it to applause from the crowd. However, Dorada, may have paid for that attempt, as Hechicero kept baiting him into doing what he wanted, dodging to the floor, and frustrating Dorada. Dorada ran at the ring post while on the apron, grabbing it, swinging around it, and hit a hurricanrana on Hechicero. Fantastic spot.

Hechicero hit the ropes and hit a spiking headscissors take over that planted Dorada on his head. That was got a lot of reaction from the audience. Hechicero attempted to remove the mask of Dorada, which the fans gave him a lot of boos for. Hechicero hit a pumphandle throw, sending Dorada flying across the ring and a hard chop in the corner. Dorada popped out of the corner with a hurricanrana, but Hechicero hit a lariat to go back to slowing it down and working over Dorada.

Dorada hit an enziguri from the apron and sent Hechicero to the floor, hitting a torneo over the top ropes to the floor, getting a great reaction from the crowd as they chanted “Mascara!” Dorada hit a crossbody, but Hechicero launched Dorada into the air and back into a sleeper in a way that I can’t possible explain unless you see it. Both wrestlers exchanged pinfall attempts. Dorada hit a Code Red for a nearfall. Hechicero wrapped Dorada’s knee in the ropes and stomped on them before hitting a flying elbow off the ropes for a 2-count.

Both men exchanged chops, hitting each other hard, before Dorada did a tilt-a-whirl back stabber on Hechicero. Dorada went for a dive off the top ropes, but he slipped after the knee work from Hechicero. Hechicero placed Dorada on the ropes, but Dorada slipped out and hit a super poisonrana from the ropes and a shooting star press to follow it for the pinfall. That was an awesome match.

Final Thoughts

This was a tremendous episode of Collision. While definitely not an A-show in the way Dynamite is, the wrestling on this show was so good. I am all for more lucha libre being on Collision to make it stand out as different from Dynamite. The major angle that went down was Swerve and Ospreay, and I hope they replay that extensively on Dynamite as well, especially as the show is four hours next week.

AEW Fyter Fest Card

Jon Moxley vs. Mark Briscoe
La Facción Ingobernable vs. Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey, & Komander
Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue
FTR vs. Atlantis Jr. & Templario
Thekla’s in ring debut
AEW International Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brody King vs. Mascara Dorada

AEW Collision live results: Tag Team title eliminator, Ric Flair honors ‘Mongo’ McMichael

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

Tonight’s Beach Break edition of AEW Collision will feature some implications for the upcoming Double or Nothing in addition to Ric Flair honoring his late friend, Steve “Mongo” McMichael.

The WWE Hall of Famer will be on hand in Chicago to pay tribute to the former WCW announcer, wrestler and Pro Football Hall of Fame member after his recent passing.

ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara will take on CRU’s Lio Rush & Action Andretti with the winners challenging AEW World Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate at Double or Nothing.

The Don Callis Family will be represented as Kyle Fletcher takes on AR Fox while Rocky Romero, Trent & Lance Archer battle Brody King, Tomohiro Ishii & ROH World Champion Bandido.

Big Bill & Bryan Keith will challenge the Gates of Agony in a street fight.

Megan Bayne will take on Anna Jay, “Speedball” Mike Bailey faces Blake Christian, and Powerhouse Hobbs goes one-on-one with Wheeler Yuta to round out the show.

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Live Coverage of the show will begin at 9 PM ET due to Triller delaying the airing until then.

Megan Bayne (w/ Penelope Ford) defeated Anna Jay (w/ Harley Cameron)

Bayne drove Jay back into the corner, attacking with shoulder blocks and a chop. Jay got distracted by Ford on the floor and Bayne hit a kick that caused her to fall to ringside. Bayne hit a back suplex on the apron on Jay while blowing a kiss to the camera and waving. Bayne hit a belly to belly suplex out of a bear hug, which was impressive. Bayne missed a senton on the apron and her and Jay exchanged strikes until Jay hit a back stabber. Jay low bridged Bayne, forcing her to fall to the floor, and followed with a crossbody off the apron onto both Ford and Bayne.

Jay hit a blockbuster off the middle rope, but Bayne responded by holding onto Jay as she hit the neckbreaker and rolled into a falcon arrow on Jay. Jay countered Fate’s Descent with DDT and tried to lock on a sleeper, but Bayne fought out. Ford pulled a turnbuckle pad off, but Harley Cameron pulled Ford out of the ring and they brawled to the back. Jay hit a drop toe hold into the exposed buckle on Bayne, but Bayne kicked out of the school boy roll up. Jay locked on the sleeper again, but Bayne drove Jay into the exposed buckle back first, and then powered Jay up into Fate’s Descent. This was fine, but the crowd was pretty dead for the match. A lot of the women are struggling with taking Fate’s Descent (the F5), so this looked a little rough. Jay is way better than she was even just a year ago, and Bayne is very good, and this match was better than the crowd reaction would dictate.

Kyle Fletcher (w/ Don Callis) defeated AR Fox

Fletcher rushed Fox to start the match, hitting a Yakuza kick in the corner. Fox hit a jumping kick on Fletcher and ran up the ropes and did a bunch of springs into a wheelbarrow bulldog on Fletcher. Fletcher ran back into the ring before Fox could dive and hit a pop-up eye of the storm, which was a cool twist on the old James Storm move. The graphics AEW showed throughout this match were glitched on screen, and I’m not sure if this was a Triller issue or something with the file they sent to Triller to air. Regardless, it was a bit distracting.

While TNT was on break Callis commented that his desire for the Hangman Page vs. Will Ospreay match was that they both get injured and Fletcher comes in and wins it. Fox hit a school boy into a cutter, which was really cool. Fletcher fought off a piledriver and hit a half nelson suplex. Fox tripped Fletcher on the apron and hit a stomp to him while rolling over the ropes, and then hitting a tope con giro to the floor. That was really cool. Fox missed a 450 splash and Fletcher picked him up and hit a Michinoku driver for a two count. Fletcher hit another Yakuza kick, but Fox hit a cradle for a 2-count. Fox dodged a kick to a great reaction from the crowd, but Fletcher took control again, hitting the kick he just missed, and hit a vertical drop brainbuster for the win. The crowd was getting into this one by the end, and Fletcher did take most of the match. Good match.

–A short recap video aired for Hangman Adam Page and Will Ospreay. Good way to drive the story home.

Brody King, Tomohiro Ishii, & Bandido defeated Lance Archer & Roppongi Vice (Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero) (w/ Don Callis)

Ishii immediately went after Romero, angry that he betrayed CHAOS, but Beretta pulled Romero from the ring, allowing Lance Archer and Brody King battle to the delight of the crowd. Both big men hit hard strikes, but King hit a big boot and a tope suicidia to the floor on Archer. Great start to this match. King tried to hit a running attack on Archer on the floor but Beretta cut him off with a busaiku knee on King. Archer hit a chokeslam on King onto the apron and it broke down into a ringside brawl between everyone.

The graphics continued to be washed out like someone used the fill function in photoshop to paint them all white while they advertised several matches before going to break. Romero and Beretta almost hit Strong Zero, but Bandido superkicked Beretta to break it. Brody King and Ishii helped launch a running shotgun dropkick on Rocky Romero, which almost went through Romero at the speed he hit, and King hit a cannonball in the corner for the win.

–Lance Archer attacked King after the match and the Don Callis family started beating on the babyfaces, but the Outrunners ran down to make the save and cleared the ring. The Outrunners, sadly, got very little reaction.

–We saw the Paragon talking to Lexy Nair while the Grizzled Young Veterans walked up to them, and I am having déjà vu as this angle was almost exactly the same as last week, except this time, we now have a date for their match – next week on Collision.

Mike Bailey defeated Blake Christian (w/ Lee Johnson)

As one would expect with these two, it did not start slow, with Blake Christian hitting a lowpe on Bailey, followed by a 450 double stomp on Bailey. That had to suck. Christian and Bailey exchanged kicks in the middle of the ring until Christian went for a springboard until Baily hit a superkick on the incoming Christian that dropped him. Christian and Bailey exchanged chops in the middle of the ring, ending with Bailey firing up and demanding Christian chop him. Christian stomped his foot instead, but Bailey hit a crane kick and a triangle moonsault to the floor on Christian.

Lee Johnson distracted Bailey on the floor, allowing Christian to hit his fosbury flop through the middle rope. However, this did not last long, and Bailey hit a top rope hurricanrana and a spinning heel kick for the win. This was very fast, both in time, and actual moves done in such a short period of time.

–Mike Bailey grabbed a mic and challenged Kazuchika Okada to come out and fight him. Okada’s music hit and he made his way to the ramp. As Okada was talking, Rush and Dralistico came in from the crowd and laid Bailey out. Rush eyed Okada, and Okada feigned great sadness at Bailey getting beat down. It seems we’re heading for a multi-man match for Double or Nothing.

–A short recap video aired for The Gates of Agony vs. The Learning Tree for their street fight that is coming up next.

–A post match promo from Dynamite with Jon Moxley aired, as he was still covered in blood, as he said that no one will ever make him flinch, and that Gabe Kidd worked for him now. Kidd ended the promo with the words, “Abandon all hope.” Truly awesome promo from Moxley here. One of the best he has done in awhile.

The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith) defeated The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)

As expected, this was a wild brawl. Keith was driven through a table in the corner by Kaun hitting a spear. Toa Liona Big Bill went into the middle of the ring, and Liona broke a pool cue over his own head, tossed the other half to Bill, and then they started wailing on each other with the broke pieces of the pool cues. That was awesome. Eventually they got tired of doing that, dropped the broken cue, and started charging at each other repeatedly without falling.

Bishop Kaun started choking out Bill with a cut cable of sorts, and smashed him with a garbage can. Keith hit Liona with the broken pool cue and Liona smacked Keith with a garbage can lid. Kaun and Liona started getting over in this match with their violence against Bill and Keith. There is definitely something they could do with these two.

Liona and Kaun put a garbage can over Keith’s head and put him in a tree of woe, hitting dropkicks in the corner. Liona then hit a Banzai Drop on Keith but Bill ran in and laid him out to make the save. Bill grabbed a backpack from ringside that was filled with bricks, and a fan in the front row audibly yelled “Oh man! Bricks!” That was hilarious. Bill went to hit Kaun with the brick against the ringpost, and Kaun ducked and Bill broke the brick against the ring post with an awesome loud sound. Liona dumped Bill over the announce table, taking out some of the crew, as Nigel jumped into the front row to avoid getting hit.

Keith hit Liona with a garbage can lid but Liona no sold it and hit Keith before hitting a crossbody over the barricade, onto Keith, who was propped up on the barricade, and they destroyed the timekeeper’s area. Liona picked up Keith and attempted to put him through two tables at ringside, but Keith countered out of it. Big Bill ran in and hit a big boot that sent Liona crashing through the tables. Keith grabbed a piece of drywall and broke it over Kaun’s head, who just laughed about it. Keith hit a knee and Big Bill hit a chokeslam as the fans chanted “We want drywall!” a chant I never expected to hear. Bill pinned Kaun in this wild brawl that was tons of fun.

–A hype video aired for Mina Shirakawa and Toni Storm, with Shirakawa saying that her time was now, and she was going to take Toni Storm’s title.

–The tribute for Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael was next, with his widow, Misty, and Dean Malenko there. Tony Schiavone ran down the story of Mongo’s football career and his start in wrestling, being on TNT on Monday Nitro as a commentator, and joining the Four Horsemen. Flair said a lot of very nice things about Mongo here, talking about the six year battle Mongo faced with ALS, and the fans started chanting Mongo’s name. Flair thanked all the fans as Schiavone announced AEW working with an ALS charity. This was really nice.

The Sons of Texas (Sammy Guevara & Dustin Rhodes) defeated Cru (Action Andretti & Lio Rush)

Nigel McGuinness said that he never saw a team look so sharp, referring to the points on Rush and Andretti’s jackets, and I laughed. I do love a good pun. However, them wearing actual spikes instead of stuffing filled ones on a jacket would have made it better. Andretti mocked Rhode’s old Goldust gimmick, and Rhodes quickly made him pay for that, then tagged out to Guevara who hit a standing moonsault. Guevara hit a dive onto Cru, and Guevara then asked Rhodes to do it, and the fans cheered him on. He hit the ropes, told them to suck it, then did a spinaroonine. Not sure what I expected, as it wasn’t that, but it was hilarious.

Rush worked over the bigger Rhodes while he was grounded, and it reminded me of how good Leo Rush actually is, as he was so smooth in everything he did, right down to clipping the knee of Rhodes, letting Andretti tag in and continue the heat. I liked how they did this, as they are significantly smaller than Rhodes, but were able to make it seem believable as they cut down the bigger man. Rhodes got the foot up on a corner charge, hit a classic Rhodes style powerslam on Rush, and tagged in Guevara for the hot tag. Guevara flew over the ropes onto Andretti, hit a crossbody into the ring on both, and hit Rush with a cutter.

Guevara hit a second cutter on Andretti for a 2-count. Guevara called for a top rope move, but missed a 450 splash. Andretti and Rush then hit a seamless series of moves. Rush taunted Guevara, and Cru both hit kicks and a suplex on Guevara for a 2-count as Rhodes broke it up. Rhodes hit a Canadian Destroyer on Rush, but Andretti hit a superkick on Rhodes and dropped him. Guevara flipped out of a burning hammer and hit a GTH on Andretti and pinned him before Rush could come in to make the save. The finish seemed a little weird, like Rush was late getting there, but regardless, The Sons of Texas will face the Hurt Syndicate at Double or Nothing. Good match, though we spent weeks watching Cru in the crowd for nothing, it seems.

–Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander were arguing backstage, and both of them said “When you’re done with the Death Riders, you know where to find me,” with Willow insinuating that Statlander was joining them and Statlander was commenting on Willow’s ongoing feud with them.

–Tony Schiavone ran down a few of the matches we will see over the next week, including a stretcher match being added to Double or Nothing between Ricochet and Mark Briscoe. That seems a little out of nowhere for the stip, but not for the match, at least. I list the full announcements below the main event! Schiavone noted that we should see the promo that Ricochet did on social media. While I have no problem watching a promo on social media, the majority of fans that watch the show do not watch social media promos, so a clip of it would have been nice here.

Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Wheeler Yuta

Yuta hit some forearms that Hobbs no sold, but got Hobbs necked on the ropes. It didn’t do much good though, as Yuta ran into Hobbs and nearly killed himself as Hobbs hit a shoulder tackle. Yuta poked Hobbs in the eyes and went for a crossbody, but Hobbs caught him and hit an Oklahoma Stampede. Hobbs slammed Yuta repeatedly on the apron then hit a massive superplex. Hobbs looked insulted that Yuta had the audacity to kick out.

Yuta slipped out of another middle rope move attempt from Hobbs, and hit a dropkick to the knee of Hobbs. Yuta ripped the kneepad off Hobbs’ right knee, screamed “What is all this tape for?” before stomping Hobbs and announcing he had to five, echoing Bryan Danielson in ROH, as the referee tried to break the hold and resuming stomping the knee. Yuta was incredible in this match as a heel.

Hobbs refused to give up, as he and Yuta ended up back on the ropes again, and Yuta bit Hobbs and shoved him from the ropes and hit a big splash for a 2-count. Yuta mocked the ‘Yes’ chants of Danielson, going for a busaiku knee, but Hobbs hit a clothesline and a powerslam to cut him off, and the fans chanted, “Meat!” for Hobbs. Yuta ended up caught in the corner, and he ate several lariats which McGuiness dubbed a series of t-bones and a ribeye. Yuta went to the knee again, and for the busaiku knee once more, but Hobbs popped up and hit a big spinebuster to pin Yuta. The crowd was not overly hot for this match, but Yuta was an incredible heel.

–Marina Shafir ran down to the ring from the crowd and hit a chopblock on Hobbs. Willow Nightingale ran down to make the save, hitting Shafir with a spinebuster. Yuta grabbed Willow by the hair to stop her beating on Shafir, but Willow shoved him into a forearm from Hobbs. Nightingale went to hit a powerbomb on Yuta, but Shafir pulled him from the ring, and the camera showed Statlander at the entrance tunnels watching the events as the show went off the air.

Final Thoughts

This was a decent episode of Collision, though largely uneventful. No match was a blow away match, but that street fight was tons of fun. The Moxley promo was awesome.

Announced for Dynamite:

Will Ospreay and Hangman Page face-to-face
MJF signs a Hurt Syndicate Contract
Mina Shirakawa vs. Julia Hart
Mercedes Mone and Jamie Hayter face-to-face

Announced for Collision:

The Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Paragon

AEW Double or Nothing Card:

Owen Hart Tournament Finals: Mercedes Mone vs. Jamie Hayter
AEW World Women’s Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
Nigel McGuinness & Daniel Garcia vs. FTR
Ricochet vs. Mark Briscoe in a Stretcher Match
AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate (c) vs. The Sons of Texas
Anarchy in the Arena (no official competitor list yet)
Owen Hart Tournament Finals: Hangman Adam Page vs. Will Ospreay

AEW Collision live results: FTR vs. Paragon two-out-of-three falls

Posted on by Marc Quill

The rivalry between the newly-turned FTR and Paragon’s Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong continues on tonight’s live AEW Collision as the two teams battle in a two out of three falls match.

Tonight’s show airs on TBS due to NBA playoff coverage on TNT.

In a $100,000 “high speed collision” four-way, it will be Rush vs. Kevin Knight vs. AR Fox vs. ROH Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara.

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm takes on Lady Frost in a title eliminator bout while Megan Bayne goes one-on-one with Harley Cameron.

In a highly-anticipated singles match, Josh Alexander looks for his first AEW singles win as he battles Brody King.

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– It’s Saturday and you know what that means. Time for Collision on “The Mothership” for Saturday night wrestling, just like old times. Adam Cole made his entrance as he walked to commentary to join Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness on the call.

Women’s World Championship Eliminator: “Timeless” Toni Storm versus Lady Frost

Frost looked impressive early as she had Storm on the ropes outside with a dive to the outside. In the ring, Storm bounced back with a Lou Thesz Press on Frost. After a rollup attempt, Frost caught Storm with a shoulder charge, followed by a cannonball in the corner.

Frost headed up top and dropped Storm with a cross-body for the two. Storm answered with a sitdown powerbomb for the near fall. She tried for the hip drop, but Frost intercepted and caught her for the Chiller Driller for another near-fall. Storm recovered and managed to connect with the hip drop in the corner. Storm eventually prevailed with the TCM Chickenwing submission, as Frost passed out.

“Timeless” Toni Storm def. Lady Frost via submission

After the match, Storm got on the mic and addressed that while everyone’s coming for her, Storm said that she’s be coming for them instead. She headed out the ring and all around the crowd, and outside the arena in the Atlantic City boardwalk. She said that she’d be here, queer and always timeless as she wrapped her promo.

A solid enough opener and Frost did get her shots in, so really can’t complain. Storm’s post-match promo was entertaining as usual, and her remarks about being here and queer are very much welcomed, especially in the current climate of our world today.

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– We got backstage remarks from Jon Moxley ahead of his steel cage match against Samoa Joe for the AEW Title at Beach Break on May 14th. Moxley said that his affairs were in order, and that if we subscribe to the notion that he’s scared, Joe should think things through better.

$100,000 High-Speed Collision: Rush versus Sammy Guevara versus Kevin Knight versus A.R. Fox

Things started off with the four men facing off before we were left with Knight and Rush mixing it up in the ring. The two men traded chops and strikes before Rush got the edge on Knight with a fierce headbutt. Knight recovered to deliver a scoop slam on Rush as we then got a stalemate of armdrags and dropkicks from the two. Guevara and Fox soon re-entered the match and had their turn of the action as they dispatched of Knight and Rush.

Guevara flipped over Fox as he then floored his foe with a dropkick. Fox reversed Guevara in the corner and hit a splash on the apron. As Knight and Rush re-entered the ring, things quickened right as Knight missed on a running corner attack after Rush dodged at the last second. We went to break at this point.

We returned to Collision with Hologram keeping an eye on the match from the crowd as Fox and Knight exchanged pleasantries. From the apron, Fox soared with a springboard inverted moonsault on Knight. Guevara soon took down both Knight and Fox with a shooting star press. Rush aggressively reasserted himself as he threw everyone into the barricade. Knight fought out of an attempted suplex on the steps by Rush, as he blasted him with a stairs-assisted leaping dropkick. As Knight tried to run at Rush, he got thrown right onto the ramp back first, which made for a rough landing. Rush and Knight then brawled their way up the stage as Guevara and Fox were left in the ring.

Fox countered Guevara’s GTH as he then caught him with a Spanish Fly, followed by a splash for the close near fall. Fox left a prone Guevara in the middle of the ring and looked to hit a senton. Fox again countered out of a GTH attempt, but he couldn’t avoid the knee from one half of the ROH Tag Champions. Third time’s the charm for Guevara as he finished off Fox with the GTH to earn the $100,000.

After the match, Guevara pointed towards Adam Cole, making it clear he wanted a shot at Cole’s TNT Championship.

Sammy Guevara def. A.R. Fox, Kevin Knight, and Rush via pinfall (Guevara pinned Fox)

Just a fun four-way match, something that AEW has really excelled in as of late with four high-flying stars. Lots to like here.

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– We got a pretape promo from Samoa Joe ahead of his Steel Cage match against Jon Moxley at Beach Break. Joe said that while he understands that Moxley has the ruthless streak to go after him, and that he had to put this match in the cage because he felt that the the Jon Moxley he sees today doesn’t have the courage to face him like a man.

– A hype video from The Paragon’s Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong, and FTR for their 2/3 Falls Match was shown before our next match.

Megan Bayne versus Harley Cameron

Cameron caught Bayne flatfooted as the bell rang with a charge into the corner, which gave her the early advantage. Cameron battered Bayne from the corner as she continued to set the tone early on, at least until Bayne turned the tide with an overhead throw. This gave Bayne the opportunity to take over with repeated attacks in the corner, followed by a suplex right on the AEW logo in the middle of the ring. Bayne maintained command with a butterfly suplex, followed by a spear from the corner as we headed to a break in the action.

Collision returned with Cameron having made a brief comeback as she fought off Bayne up the top rope with a bite. When Penelope Ford tried to get involved, she got dropped by Cameron for her troubles. A spinning tornado DDT from Cameron nearly had the match won for her, but Bayne kicked out. Bayne blocked a Cameron suplex attempt before she delivered a Falcon Arrow for the two-count. Cameron escaped a Fate’s Descent attempt, but that couldn’t translate to anything substantial as Bayne dropped her with a sit-out powerbomb. That only got a near-fall, however.

Cameron blasted Bayne with a running knee, but her attempt at a dive was caught by Bayne, who then propped her up for Fate’s Descent and the victory.

Following the match, Cameron and Ford put in the beatdown on Cameron, up until Anna Jay ran in and hit Bayne with the two-by-four to no effect. Jay goaded Bayne to attack her, but that sent her flying out of the ring.

Megan Bayne def. Harley Cameron via pinfall

Quite the impressive showing for Harley Cameron, even in defeat. She continues to be a great talent that just gets better and better every time I see her in action. As for Megan Bayne, what else can be said? She is a dominant force and booked accordingly by AEW.

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Jon Moxley speaks again

The AEW World Champion and Marina Shafir stormed the ring from the crowd, as Moxley took the mic. He asked just what exactly it was according to Samoa Joe that he didn’t understand, and wondered what it was that Joe was going to do inside the steel cage. Moxley said that he had faced the baddest competitors on the planet — all of whom were saying the same things that Joe were saying — and that they all ended up the same way.

Moxley said that Joe should look at his parntners and realize that they’ve been in a real firefight this whole time.

– After a recap of Roppongi Vice assaulting The Outrunners last week, we got remarks from The Youngest Men Alive backstage. Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd issued a challenge to Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta for a match.

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Brody King versus Josh Alexander

Lock-up in the middle of the ring to start as King held the advantage early on to start. Alexander eventually tried to keep pace, but found himself hit hard with a King chop. In the corner, King teed off on Alexander with repeated strikes before referee Bryce Remsburg told him to back off. King placed Alexander across the top turnbuckle and chopped him hard.

On the apron, Alexander thought he had King stun, but he was caught with a Death Valley Driver onto the floor outside the ring. King threw Alexander over the barricade before he threw him for the suplex right on the floor. King had Alexander stunned as he sat him onto a chair against the barricade. He looked for a running charge, but Alexander wisely dropped to the floor, as he then kicked King’s leg against the steel steps. Alexander trapped King on the apron with a leg tied on the bottom rope as he followed that with a neckbreaker right onto the apron.

Collision returned to live action with King looking to deliver a high-risk maneuver from the top rope, but Alexander fought out of it. The Canadian had King lifted up, but couldn’t get anything as King escaped a grisly fate. A battle of chops saw King get the best of Alexander in the ensuing duel. Alexander put the straps down and had King rocked with repeated running boots to the head. Alexander again hoisted King and dropped him with an Argentine Powerbomb for the two count.

A big back body drop by King allowed for the big man to follow that up with a Black Hole Slam on Alexander for the near-fall. Alexander shoved King onto the ropes for a follow-up snap German suplex, but he got absolutely crushed by King’s lariat afterwards. With Alexander prone in the corner, King barreled onto his foe with a cannonball, but that only got a two-count once more.

With Alexander on the apron, King lifted him onto the top rope for an attempt at a titanic superplex that he got all of with maximum force. As both King and Alexander got up, we got a warning that one minute was left on this match. Alexander targeted King’s leg as he applied the ankle lock. King got on his feet somehow and hit a German suplex, followed by the lariat. King connected with the Ganso Bomb, but Alexander rolled out of the ring as time expired on the match.

After the match, as Lance Archer tended to Alexander, King flew onto the two with a dive. King placed Archer onto a chair, as well as some security men for the running dive against the barricade. Alexander clipped King’s leg, which allowed Archer to recover and lay out King.

Brody King vs. Josh Alexander ended in a Time-Limit Draw

Hell of a match and you can never go wrong with big meaty men slapping meat, and it was certainly on the menu in Atlantic City. Just nothing but hard-hitting action. What more can you ask for? The post-match with Lance Archer certainly guarantees we’ll be in for more meaty action in the near future.

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Max Caster’s Best Wrestler Alive Challenge

Max Caster, the so-called Best Wrestler Alive, was in the ring as he asked for a five-minute timer to be up, so he can prove that nobody can survive five minutes in the ring with him. He then asked for the fans to do his chant correctly.

Daniel Garcia appeared to answer Caster’s challenge.

As the bell rang, Garcia had the early advantage as he dropped Caster with a swinging neckbreaker. He did his signature dance, followed by the shotgun dropkick and the piledriver for the quick win in under a minute.

After the match, Garcia said he just handled his business and told FTR to handle their business so he can talk to them afterwards.

Daniel Garcia def. Max Caster

Caster’s act is getting over quite well, to the point that he seemed to be struggling to hide his laughter as the crowd was doing his “Best Wrestler Alive” chant with him, so that’s nice to see.

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– Backstage, Lexy Nair interviewed Anthony Bowens before Blake Christian rudely interrupted the interview. Christian claimed that while Bowens won when they faced, the people were talking about how Christian outshined Bowens in that encounter. Bowens challenged Christian and Lee Johnson to step up to him anytime, anywhere.

The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) versus Ray Jazz and Goldy

Kaun held the advantage early on Jazz with a pair of suplexes before he tagged in Liona to get his pound of flesh. Goldy got sent to the outside with a fierce pounce from Liona. The Gates of Agony then put Jazz away in short order with a double slam.

After the match, the Cru were in the crowd and tried to get in, before Big Bill and Bryan Keith challenged Kaun and Liona to meet them in the parking lot for a fight.

The Gates of Agony def. Ray Jazz and Goldy (Toa Liona pinned Jazz)

Short and sweet squash, not much else to say.

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This Week on Dynamite:

  • Swerve Strickland/Speedball Mike Bailey/Mark Briscoe vs. The Young Bucks & Ricochet
  • Jamie Hayter sits down with Renee Paquette
  • Samoa Joe vs. Claudio Castagnoli

– In the parking lot, Big Bill and Bryan Keith brawled it out with the Gates of Agony, as a hapless local competitor found himself in the crossfiire of Toa Liona and Big Bill’s brawl. The action cut away as the brawl seemed like it was far from over.

2/3 Falls Match: FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong)

O’Reilly and Wheeler started things off for their two teams as the latter escaped an omoplata attempt from the former. O’Reilly countered Wheeler into an armbar as Harwood entered the match for his team. In the corner, Strong was the legal man as he chopped Harwood with vicious force. This led to a skirmish of chops and strikes between Harwood and Strong, which ended with a dropkick by Strong and the tag to O’Reilly.

Wheeler tagged back in as FTR looked to have the upper hand on O’Reilly, but not for long. O’Reilly had Wheeler and Harwood dead to rights with a series of kicks to each men. FTR attempted the Shatter Machine on O’Reilly, but Strong broke it up. Strong took out Wheeler with a dropkick to the outside as O’Reilly locked in an ankle lock on Harwood. On Stokely Hathaway’s instruction, Wheeler tapped out to give Paragon the 1-0 lead, and a breather for FTR.

Paragon scores the first fall via submission (K. O’Reilly via submission on D. Harwood)

The action returned after a quick break with O’Reilly getting floored by a double clothesline from FTR. The diving elbow by Wheeler kept O’Reilly grounded as FTR held control of the match at this juncture. O’Reilly tried to create space by escaping Wheeler’s chinlock, and then avoiding a dropkick in the corner. Hot tag to Strong gave the Messiah of the Backbreaker a surge of momentum on both Wheeler and Harwood, which naturally made Adam Cole proud on commentary.

Outside the ring, both teams were fighting it out as Strong stacked Wheeler and Harwood onto a chair — which broke the chair — as O’Reilly then took flight with a Canadian missile dropkick onto both FTR members from the apron. The brawl entered into the crowd as Harwood threw O’Reilly onto the apron, which left Strong alone in the ring with FTR as we had our final commercial break of the evening at this point.

Our main event returned with O’Reilly having made it back to his corner and the tag being made. Like a blaze of fire, O’Reilly went on the attack against both Harwood and Wheeler. Ankle lock applied on Wheeler, but Harwood broke the hold. WIth Harwood tagged in, O’Reilly and Strong appeared to have him trapped for a double team move, but Wheeler stepped in at the last minute to shove O’Reilly away. This allowed FTR to deliver Shatter Machine on Strong for the 1, 2, 3, and the match tied.

FTR scores the second fall via pinfall (D. Harwood pinned R. Strong)

With the action now in sudden death overtime, FTR attempted to hit the Shatter Machine again, but O’Reilly and Strong hit High and Low on Harwood. The cover was made, but Stokely put Harwood’s foot on the rope as things broke down. By match’s end, FTR would get the final fall with a rake to the eye of O’Reilly and the Shatter Machine.

After the match, Daniel Garcia walked down the ramp, armed with a crowbar and a microphone, to confront FTR as promised. Garcia said that there’s nothing more that he’d like to do but hit the three of them with a crowbar, but he has too much love for FTR to do that. He said that after what FTR did to Cope, Daddy Magic, and Garcia himself, he was looking for answers. Garcia challenged either one of Wheeler or Harwood to meet him in the ring next week, and that it didn’t matter if there was ten of them, fifteen of them, fifty of them, or one hundred of them, He was going to beat the answers out of them next week.

FTR def. Paragon via pinfall (2-1)

A very fun 2/3 Falls main event match to cap off another solid edition of Collision, which maintains its streak of being a breeze to watch from start to finish. The absolute war that was King vs. Alexander and this main event were the standouts of a great show that I enjoyed.

AEW Collision Playoff Palooza live results: FTR vs. The Paragon, Toni Storm in action

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

After they laid out the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Wednesday and formally aligned with Stokely Hathaway, the new-attitude FTR will take on The Paragon’s Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong on tonight’s AEW Collision.

Live coverage begins shortly after the NBA playoff action ends on TNT.

In a title eliminator match, AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will put a future title shot up against Queen Aminata.

ROH World Champion Bandido will have the first defense of his title reign as he takes on Dralistico. The challenger’s brother Rush will go one-on-one with AR Fox.

Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will face Blake Christian while Max Caster will host yet another open challenge in search of his first win.

In a tornado tag team match, Cru (Lio Rush & Action Andretti) will take on rivals Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin).

Past title challenger Anna Jay returns to AEW for the first time since December against an opponent to be named.

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AEW Collision opened with Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana coming down to the ring. Before Swerve could say anything, The Young Bucks came out with mics to confront him. Nick Jackson was deeply offended at the crowd booing him, and Matt Jackson said Nick was a hot head, but Swerve’s match, which was scheduled for later, was now moved up to be the opener and Swerve had to wrestle without his gear on.

Swerve Strickland defeated Blake Christian (w/ Lee Moriarty)

Swerve hit the ropes and Moriarty tripped him, allowing Christian to get a jump on him at the start of the match. Christian hit his backflipping suicide dive on Swerve, but Swerve raked the eyes of Christian and threw him into the barricade. Christian, however, drove Swerve into the ring post and continued his short heat segment. Christian tried to hit a spear on the apron to Strickland, but he caught Christian and placed him on middle ropes before hitting aneckbreaker as Christian was draped between the ropes. That was a really cool spot.
Swerve rolled out of the way of 450 splash and popped up, hitting a House Call that immediately ceased all of Christian’s offence. Swerve hit a JML Driver for the pinfall.

Lee Moriarty attacked Swerve after the bell, but Swerve fought him off. However, the Young Bucks ran in and hit the EVP Trigger, leaving Swerve laid out as Nick Jackson did a dance to mock Swerve and Prince Nana. The Bucks went for the Meltzer Driver on Swerve, but Kenny Omega ran down to make the save. The Bucks immediately started stomping him but Omega managed to hit a snap dragon suplex on Nick Jackson, but before he could hit V-Trigger, the Matt Jackson pulled Nick from the ring. AEW then announced Mark Briscoe, Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, and Kenny Omega against Kazuchika Okada, Ricochet, and The Young Bucks for Dynamite next Wednesday. That match is going to rule.

–Samoa Joe talked about Jon Moxley in a backstage promo, saying Moxley was not unpredictable. He was always looking to create chaos, but Samoa Joe was not someone that would be bothered by it, and he was coming for Moxley. This promo was awesome. Samoa Joe is still one of the best promos in the business.

Toni Storm (w/ Luther) defeated Queen Aminata

Aminata overwhelmed Storm in the early part of the match, but Storm was able to hit a shoulder tackle and a basement dropkick. The fans did not believe Aminata could win, so this hurt the heat a bit, but the fans sung Storm’s theme throughout, so at least there was that. Storm ended up with a bloody nose, and Aminata knocked Storm to the floor. Aminata has a lot of potential and is improving a lot, but she does need to work a little bit on being less stiff.

Aminata and Storm exchanged… hip attacks? Posterior battles? Either way, they started hitting each other that way are some snapmares. Aminata locked in a submission attempt, but Storm leaned back for a 2-count, and then both women hit headbutts and dropped to the mat. Storm hit a Thesz Press and several punches and forearms on Aminata, hitting a few heavy shots before hitting a DDT and locked on a STF. Nigel claimed that Toni taught the move to Lou Thesz.

Aminata hit a facewash kick in the corner, sending Storm to the floor. Storm hit a drop toe hold on Aminata into a chair, but Aminata dodged the hip attack against the guardrail. Storm hit a flying body press for a 2-count, but Aminata kicked out and powered Storm up into a Beach Break for a 2-count. Storm hit a chokebomb for a 2-count, and went for Storm Zero, but Aminata cradled Storm then hit a twist and shout. Aminata missed a splash, ate a German suplex, and hit her running hip attack and a Storm Zero for the pinfall. This turned into a really good match, and the crowd got into it the harder and harder the women worked. Props to them, as this ended up being very good by the end.

–Jeff Jarrett and his crew showed up, and they were questioning where Sonjay Dutt has been of late. Dutt showed up, and they dismissed Lexy Nair. Jarrett pointed out that he wanted AEW gold in 2025, and that Sonjay was supposed to help them get there as their manager (I think?), and Jarrett said he was listening to the wrong voices. Lethal agreed, and Jarrett, Karen Jarrett, Satnam Singh, and Lethal all left Sonjay Dutt looking said. I really have no idea what was going on in this, and had no idea Dutt was gone or not around them. Was this something that was happening in ROH? Or was it just something that happened now? Either way, I feel like we missed at least a week or two of storytelling here.

–Max Caster was in the ring, and apparently he is just continuing his gimmick after losing to Anthony Bowens. Tony Schiavone expressed disgust when a sign said, “Let’s go Max, you’re the best wrestler alive!” which the highlight of this segment. Caster accused the streets of smelling like horse urine, and a guy in the front row nodded, knowingly. That was hilarious.

Hologram defeated Max Caster

Caster tried to attack, but Hologram hit a Spanish Fly and then a tope suicida headbutt and a portal bomb for the 3-count. The crowd was really into Hologram in this match, popping big for his moves. Come on, Tony, it’s time to do something with this guy, even an ROH title.

–A recap video aired of Master P on Dynamite, and he was interviewed backstage by Renee Paquette and he talked about his charity work and how he was not impressed by the Death Riders attacking from behind. This was a nice segment, especially for promoting the charity.

Cru (Action Andretti & Leo Rush) defeated Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) (w/ Leila Grey) in a Tornado Tag Match

Cru grabbed kendo sticks from under the ring to start an attack on Top Flight, but Top Flight stepped on them and took them away. Cru refused to get in the ring, so Top Flight put them down, baited them in, and immediately started hitting a series of double team moves on Andretti and Rush. Andretti chased Grey around the ring, and Rush managed to hit a dive on Darius Martin as he was distracted by Andretti. Cru put a garbage can over the head of Darius Martin and hit it with kendo sticks, before choking Darius Martin with the stick.

Cru beat down on both Martin brothers for the next few minutes. The match came back from the ad break as Dante Martin hit a garbage can lid on Andretti and then Lio Rush, as they started their comeback. The fans were chanting for tables, but Dante Martin grabbed a black bag of something from under the ring, and the fans booed. Just grab the table, man, then grab the bag. Lio Rush hit a stunner on Darius Martin and Andretti picked up the bag and it was filled with Mardi Gras beads, which actually popped the crowd. Dante Martin slammed Rush on the beads for a two count,.

Rush hit a drop toe hold on Darius Martin onto a chair, and Andretti followed with a dropkick. Cru suplexed Darius Martin on the chair that was setup, which looked absolutely brutal as the chair shot out from under Martin and across the ring. Leila Grey tried to stop Cru from hitting Top Flight, but she got knocked off the apron the process, with Rush then hitting a frog splash on Darius Martin, followed by a 450 Splash from Andretti for the win. This was a fun match.

Anna Jay defeated Taylor Gainey

Anna Jay hit a hook kick on Gainey, followed by a hard forearm in the corner and a spinning kick. Jay hit the Gory Bomb for the win very quickly.

Penelope Ford came down to the ring, and it seems Anna Jay will be facing Ford and Bayne for a little while, at least on TV. Bayne’s music hit, and Jay looked away, leading to Ford attacking and brawling with Jay as Bayne slowly came down to the ring. Ford held Jay in the ring so Bayne could hit a F5, leaving Jay laid out.

–A hype video aired for Mercedes Moné and Jamie Hayter for the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament. This was very good.

Bandido defeated Dralistico to retain the ROH World Championship

Dralistico flipped of the fans when they wouldn’t cheer him, and he rolled to the floor to yell at the fans and threaten to leave. Given that this is a world title match, that is not very wise. Bandido tried to honour the Code of Honor, but Dralistico refused. Bandido and Dralistico went to it with some awesome lucha to open the match, exchanging some very fast paced offence. Both men exchanged hard chops on the apron before Dralistico hit a hurricanrana to the floor on Bandido.

Dralistico did his Los Ingobernables pose, and the crowd popped. As they came back from an ad break, Bandido hit a tope suicida on Dralistico before went back into the ring and hit a Fosbury Flop and the crowd roared in approval. Bandido hit a frog splash for a two count. After an exchange, Bandido hit a kick and both men were down. Dralistico hit a code breaker off the middle rope to Bandido for a two count. Bandido managed to counter a corner charge, and then hit the 21-Plex on Dralistico for the 3-count. Good match.

–The Learning Tree was backstage, and Big Bill & Bryan Keith were talking about how they needed to start beating people up and winning for their own benefit, and not just to please Chris Jericho. They called out the Gates of Agony, saying that they were offering to let them try to make a name for themselves against the Learning Tree. This was a good promo. Simple, to the point, and sets up a match for Dynamite.

Rush defeated AR Fox

Fox got a brief moment of offence in this one, hitting a dive over the top rope, but soon defeated fox with the corner dropkick for the win.

–RPG Vice were backstage, and Trent Beretta and Rockey Romero were insulted because people were calling them underrated. Romero said he was tired of the disrespect he has faced, including not being on the Conglomeration T-shirt, and they attacked and laid out the Outrunners. Good segment here too.

–Kyle Fletcher was featured in a promo video, talking about how he wasn’t sure what was more important – winning the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, or stopping Will Ospreay from winning. Fletcher promised to make Hangman choke and lose, and Hangman said he was going to violently fight Fletcher in a way that he has never felt before, and that he needed to win the tournament so he could get the title back. AEW is keenly aware that the long term story needs to be Hangman chasing the world title, but might have Ospreay win it first. Either way, we are in for a great match with Hangman and Fletcher, and a great finals is either faces Ospreay.

The Paragon (Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Stokely Hathaway)

Strong and O’Reilly spend the start of the match isolating FTR, sending them to the floor. FTR started arguing with the announcers, and Nigel McGuinness told them off for losing their focus, and said they needed to focus on the match in the ring, as he tried to maintain being unbiased, as they are clearly starting to get under his skin. I really like this aspect of the story, as Nigel is a tremendous wrestler, and two heels going after him is intriguing, especially as he is usually the heel announcer.

FTR performed an illegal tag, not holding onto the ring rope, and Harwood complained to the referee, but this only opened Wheeler to get his hands stepped on repeatedly by O’Reilly. When they came back from the break, FTR was finally able to get some offence in, throwing O’Reilly into the ring steps while beating down Strong nearby. Harwood hit a slingshot suplex on O’Reilly for a two count, calling back to Tully Blanchard. O’Reilly broke away and went for a tag, but Strong was still on the floor. Wheeler went for a bulldog but quickly switched direction and hit a lariat on and dropped O’Reilly.

O’Reilly hit a kitchen sink as Wheeler hit the ropes and tried to tag out again, but Strong was still on the floor. O’Reilly steeled himself, and hit a leg sweep on Wheeler and hard kicks on both members of FTR and both Harwood and O’Reilly went down after a double clothesline. O’Reilly went for a tag again, but Wheeler had rolled to the floor and dropped Strong on the stairs knee first, keeping him down again. O’Reilly went for a guillotine choke on Wheeler, but Harwood hit an axe handle to break the submission.

FTR continued to isolate O’Reilly, as Strong stood up again, but got thrown into the barricade by Harwood, while O’Reilly was catapulted into the bottom rope by Wheeler. O’Reilly finally managed to tag Strong in, who continued to sell his leg with every move he did, making a comeback on one leg. Strong couldn’t run from teh corner at one point, so he just turned around and went back to punches. As he came back again, Harwood grabbed him and went for a cover with his feet on the ropes.

Tony Schiavone was disgusted with Stokley Hathaway cheering FTR, calling him one of the worst human beings he knows, which was great. Harwood did a figure four around the ring post on Strong, breaking before the 5 count, but continuing to work the knee of Strong. Harwood locked on the figure four leglock in the ring, this time going for the official submission. O’Reilly came in with a flying basement dropkick to Harwood to break the hold before hitting a plancha to the floor on Wheeler. Strong tagged out to O’Reilly, who started kick and brawling with Harwood.

O’Reilly shot on Harwood and took him down into a leglock, but Wheeler broke it up with a big splash on O’Reilly. Harwood went for a piledriver, and FTR succeeded in the spike piledriver on O’Reilly for the win. What a fantastic tag match. That was a tremendous main event match and about as good as a tag team match you will see this week, if it wasn’t for the Young Bucks and Knight & Ospreay on Dynamite.

Adam Cole came down to check on his friends, and was about to be taken out by FTR and Hathaway, but Daniel Garcia ran down with a crowbar to chase the heels off to close the show. Good main event, and good closing angle that continues to build this feud with FTR and Paragon/Garcia. Daniel Garcia called out FTR, saying they couldn’t finish the job against him. Garcia said that no matter how long it took, he was going after them each week until he made them pay. Good promo.

Final Thoughts

A good, if uneventful, AEW Collision, with some stories advancing slowly, and an awesome tag team main match in the main event. This was definitely a thumbs up show, and I like the stories they are developing slowly as they move towards Double or Nothing and All In.

AEW Collision live results: Mercedes Mone & Harley Cameron team up, TNT title match

Posted on by Suit Williams

A night after delivering a memorable performance in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament, reigning TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will compete in tag team action on tonight’s live AEW Collision.

The Boston native returns home for the second consecutive night, this time teaming with Harley Cameron against Kris Statlander and Julia Hart with AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm on commentary. Mone will face the winner of Statlander vs. Hayter in the finals of the women’s Owen tourney next month.

After making his promotional debut Wednesday, Josh Alexander will team with Konosuke Takeshita against Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii. Alexander fell in defeat to Hangman Page and attacked him afterward at Don Callis’ behest.

After winning the title at Dynasty, TNT Champion Adam Cole will put his newly-won gold on the line for the first time in an open challenge.

Nick Wayne will challenge for Komander’s Ring of Honor men’s TV title while Kevin Knight will battle Lance Archer.

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THE DEATH RIDERS TAKE OVER THE SHOW

Sir Elton John welcomed us to the Spring Break Thru edition of Collision. Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness were on the stage to welcome us to the show, where they recapped last night’s Dynamite and ran down the card for tonight’s Collision before getting cut off by Marina Shafir attacking a stagehand. She took the mic from Arkady Aura as The Death Riders made their way to the ring.

Claudio Castagnoli destroyed a camera before destroying a cameraman by putting him through a table at ringside. The crowd cursed out Wheeler Yuta as they destroyed the ringside area. The crowd chanted You Tapped Out at Moxley before he told the babyface army to enjoy their celebration as it’s the last one they would be having for a long time. Moxley said that he didn’t want help from The Young Bucks and warned them not to cross him or they would never be seen in pro wrestling again.

Moxley moved onto Samoa Joe, who choked him out last night on Dynamite. He treated Joe with reverence and gave him his space, but Joe started something that Moxley had to finish. He wouldn’t hide and would fight Joe to the death for the AEW World Title because he didn’t know any other way. Moxley officially challenged Samoa Joe and said that Joe knew exactly what he was dealing with. The Death Riders left the scene, allowing the announcers to finish running down tonight’s card.

(A hot start to the show, with a clear direction for the World Title set after Samoa Joe choked out the World Champion last night.)

Kevin Knight vs. Lance Archer (w/ Don Callis)

Archer got a jump start on Knight and dragged him up to the stage to pinball him off the video board and down the ramp. Archer went for a chokeslam from the ramp to the ring, but Knight spun to his feet and dropkicked Archer. Knight hit a springboard moonsault to Archer on the ramp before following with a high cross. Archer shot out of the corner with a lariat to shut Knight down.

A short-arm clothesline from Archer, reminiscent of Archer’s former manager Jake Roberts, laid out Knight as Archer took full control. Knight got Archer to his knees and hit a shoulder block to send Archer to the floor. Callis cut off Knight as he climbed to the top rope, allowing Archer to pull Knight from the ring and swing him into the ring steps as we went to a commercial.

Archer squashed Knight in the corner as we came back from commercial. Archer teased Knight to fight back before drilling him with a forearm. Knight pulled Archer down for a small package for a nearfall, but Archer kicked out and hit a release German suplex. Archer set Knight up for the Blackout, but Knight flipped through to his feet. Knight countered a chokeslam with a dropkick and evaded Archer but ran into a boot from Archer in the corner. Archer set up a chokeslam from the second rope, but Knight pulled Archer down with a headscissors and hit the UFO Splash for a nearfall.

Archer came back with a buckle bomb and a chokeslam for a nearfall. Archer went for a ropewalk, but Knight swiped Archer’s legs out from under him and hit a springboard lariat to the floor. Knight hit another springboard lariat in the ring for the win.

(This was a fantastic match as far as giving Knight some shine against a credible name in Archer. The crowd was fully behind him as he eventually took the big man down for the win. An effective TV match in terms of building Knight as a future star.)

Match Result: Kevin Knight def. Lance Archer

We got video from the new AEW Trios Champions Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, & Powerhouse Hobbs. Samoa Joe said that The Death Riders learned that predators can be hunted too. They were The Opps, they were men just looking for a fight, and they were coming for so much more. Joe indicated that Hobbs was now an official Opp.

(This is the energy I want these Trios Titles to have. Groups of people coming together to fight anybody. A guy who has issues with Samoa Joe personally can find partners to fight them, or a guy who has history with Hobbs. These titles can be vibrant showcases of the roster instead of shackled by the need for a dedicated Trios division.)

Kris Statlander & Jamie Hayter were backstage ahead of their Owen Hart Foundation Tournament semifinal. Statlander said that there were other women in the division worthy of praise. They got in each other’s faces and said that whoever won had better go all the way.

At the desk, Tony Schiavone read a letter from FTR, who were suspended without pay for the week for their actions on last week’s Collision. They apologized for their actions and claimed that their punishment wasn’t strong enough. Harwood claimed that he wouldn’t have gone through with a piledriver to Schiavone, but he felt justified in scaring him for what he said. They gave a disingenuous apology to Nigel McGuinness as well, making it clear that they didn’t think McGuinness could beat them up if they wanted to. Schiavone & McGuinness were nonplussed.

(I enjoy the disingenuous nature of FTR’s characters right now.)

Josh Alexander & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii

Don Callis joined commentary as his newest charge took the ring with Takeshita. Ishii and Takeshita got after it while McGuinness announced that Mark Briscoe would be adding a ninth child to the Briscoe Family. There may be more Briscoes than Bullet Club members at this point, congratulations to the Briscoe family. Callis explained that he gave former TNA World Champion Alexander his first contract in the US and stayed in touch with him over the years. Takeshita and Alexander teamed up on Romero, with Alexander hitting his sick car crash crossbody off the apron as we went to commercial.

After the break, Romero hit a top rope Sliced Bread to Takeshita before tagging in Ishii, who ran wild on Alexander. The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl as bodies flew everywhere. Takeshita shoved Romero onto Ishii’s cover, and the two argued before they got shoved into each other. Alexander got Ishii in an ankle lock before Romero broke it up.

Alexander scored with a German suplex for a nearfall before Romero broke it up. A double team got broken up by Alexander, and Ishii accidentally caught Romero with a lariat before Alexander rolled up Ishii for a nearfall. Ishii scored with a headbutt and went for the tag, but Romero hopped off the apron and left Ishii to the dogs. The Callis Family hit a pair of forearms before Alexander hit a powerbomb for the win.

The crowd chanted Rocky Sucks like it was 1997 as Romero got back into the ring looking apologetic. He went to help Ishii up before Ishii shoved him. From behind Ishii emerged Trent Beretta, and the seemingly reformed Roppongi Vice laid the boots to Ishii. The Callis Family came back to ringside to welcome Beretta back. Callis handed Beretta a giant wrench, and Beretta drilled Ishii in the back of the head. The Callis Family stood hand in hand with Roppongi Vice to end the segment.

(A solid match, but the story is the return of Trent Beretta after another long injury layoff and the addition of Roppongi Vice to the Callis Family. The Romero turn was done well, as Rocky fought hard but got tired of the miscommunication. RPG Vice is a hell of an addition to the tag team ranks and will be a great addition to AEW TV going forward.)

Match Result: Josh Alexander & Konosuke Takeshita def. Tomohiro Ishii & Rocky Romero

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Mercedes Mone. After reminding Nair that she’s beaten Kris Statlander twice, Mini Mone entered the frame. This was some more comedy with Harley Cameron.

Megan Bayne (w/ Penelope Ford) vs. Rebecca Scott & Ashley Vox

The locals had a decent idea of getting a jumpstart on Bayne, but Bayne took them down with a double German suplex. Bayne took Vox down with three powerbombs, dropped Scott with a jumping clothesline, then dropped Scott on top of Vox with Fate’s Descent for the quick win. Bayne made them both bow down before standing tall.

Match Result: Megan Bayne def. Rebecca Scott & Ashley Vox

We got a video package for Anthony Bowens, where he repeated the five tools he had and hit all of his catchphrases.

Adam Cole came out for a TNT Title Open Challenge. Cole was listed as representing “Paragon,” which might be the new name of the Undisputed Kingdom. The challenge was answered by Claudio Castagnoli.

AEW TNT Title Match – Adam Cole (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Cole took the fight to Castagnoli, but Castagnoli took him down with a slam and a boot out of the corner. Cole fought Castagnoli off and took him down with a neckbreaker for a one count. Cole caught Castagnoli with a superkick to the knee and a shining wizard for a nearfall, then sent Castagnoli to the floor with bicycle kicks. Castagnoli brought Cole to the floor, where they fought around ringside before Castagnoli dropped Cole back-first on the barricade. Castagnoli hit a Gorilla Press to Cole over the barricade as the crowd chanted AEW.

Castagnoli took Cole down with a lariat as he re-entered the ring. After a commercial, Castagnoli pinballed Cole around with uppercuts before running into a superkick. Cole hit a backstabber for a nearfall. Castagnoli backdropped out of the Panama Sunrise but caught a superkick after a back and forth. Cole hit a neckbreaker over the knee for a nearfall.

Castagnoli countered a second Sunrise attempt into a Giant Swing for a nearfall, before transitioning into a Crossface. Cole rolled back into a pin for a nearfall, then caught a launching Castagnoli with a superkick for a nearfall. Cole went to drop The Boom, but Castagnoli hit the Swiss Death uppercut for a nearfall. Castagnoli hammered Cole with uppercuts in the corner before hitting a superplex, but Cole pulled Castagnoli back with a crucifix pin to get the win.

The rest of “The Paragon” came out to celebrate with Cole before leaving. Castagnoli lost his mind at ringside, tipping the announce table over before the rest of the Death Riders came out to calm him down. The crowd chanted LOSERS as the Death Riders left.

(A much better showing for Cole in his first TNT Title defense. Castagnoli losing his mind after the match may be the signs of a crack in the Death Riders after their first big loss. As an aside, did I miss when they started calling the Undisputed Kingdom “The Paragon”? When did that happen?)

Match Result: Adam Cole def. Claudio Castagnoli to retain the TNT Title

We got a recap of Chris Jericho’s TV Time from last week where he took a leave of absence. Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were Big Bill & Bryan Keith. Bill said that he was angry, but Keith calmed him down and said that if they were a family, they needed to handle things in-house. Keith said that maybe if Bill hadn’t put Jericho on blast last week, then Jericho wouldn’t have left. Bill said that maybe they shouldn’t be living and dying by Jericho’s whims, but said that they needed to crack some skulls and get some wins either way.

La Faccion Ingobernable vs. KM, Rosario Grillo, & LSG

Rush is back, and he’s here with Dralistico and The Beast Mortos. This was a beating, and Rush pinned KM with The Bull’s Horns.

Match Result: La Faccion Ingobernable def. KM, Rosario Grillo, & LSG

Renee Paquette’s guest at this time was Kevin Knight, who was hanging out with Speedball Mike Bailey. Ricochet cut them off, complaining about his team’s loss in the $400,000 tag match from Dynamite last week. Ricochet told them not to annoy the vets around AEW, claiming that they’re far below his level. Knight said that he could do everything Ricochet could do, but Ricochet couldn’t swing his hair around like Knight could. They got in each other’s faces and Knight feigned a slap and made Ricochet flinch. Knight and Bailey left, and Renee flipped her hair before leaving Ricochet by himself.

ROH World Television Title Match – Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes) (c) vs. Nick Wayne

ROH announcer Bobby Cruise handed the ring announcements for this one. Wayne refused the Code of Honor, spitting at Komander instead. Komander laid in some strikes and took Wayne down with a headscissors. Wayne rolled out of the way of the ropewalk Shooting Star, then after some back and forth, sent Komander to the floor on a springboard attempt. The rest of The Patriarchy were watching the match backstage at a normal TV-watching angle.

After a commercial, Komander caught Wayne with a fancy flash pin for a nearfall. Komander caught Wayne with a big backbreaker as the crowd chanted his name. Komander hit a double jump kick to Wayne on the top rope, then hit a senton over the ropes onto Wayne as he laid on the ramp. Komander hit a step-up moonsault for a nearfall. The crowd chanted Who’s Mom, Nick’s Mom as Wayne caught Komander with a flash pin before sending Komander into the turnbuckles.

Komander came back with a poisonrana for a nearfall. Wayne caught a launching Komander with a Dragon Suplex with a bridge for a nearfall. Komander cut off Wayne’s World and hit a springboard destroyer before landing a step-up moonsault to big cheers from the crowd. Wayne cut off the ropewalk Shooting Star with boots to the face, then hit the Prodigyplex for the win and the ROH TV Title. The Patriarchy looked pleased in the back.

(A great title match, and a great showcase for both of these young talents. The crowd was rabid for this one after the commercial break. Glad to see AEW giving Nick Wayne some momentum on-screen ahead of Best of the Super Juniors.)

Match Result: Nick Wayne def. Komander to win the ROH World Television Title

It was announced during this match that next week’s Playoff Palooza Collision will air after the NBA playoff games next Saturday night.

We got a video package for Hologram, as he returns to action next week.

Top Flight were backstage. They announced that next week they would get another match with The Cru, and this time, it would be a Tornado Tag Match. The Cru came for a fight, but security broke them up.

Julia Hart & Kris Statlander vs. Harley Cameron & Mercedes Mone

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm joined commentary.

Cameron tried to use Mini Mone to get a quick rollup, but Statlander was too strong. Cameron eventually got a rollup after a sequence for a nearfall. Julia Hart tagged in and hit Old School on Cameron, which was funny to me for some reason. What was funnier was Storm on commentary saying that she wouldn’t be walking the streets calling herself a CEO right now. Statlander and Mone fought on the floor in front of Storm as we went to a commercial break.

After the break, Mone took Statlander up for the Three Amigos, but Statlander responded by doing the Three Amigos with both Mone & Cameron. Jamie Hayter was impressed while watching in the back. Statlander went for the 450 Splash, but Mone and Cameron rolled out of the way. Hart tagged in and moonsaulted onto both of them. Mone sent Hart into the corner, but Mone caught her with a Spider Suplex.

A Pier Six brawl broke as all four women got their moves in, ending with Mone stuffing a moonsault attempt with the knees. Statlander lost her footing with Mone and almost dropped her on her head, but eventually they got to where they were going, with Cameron tagging in. As Hart held Mone in the Tarantula, Statlander hit a discus lariat and the Hayterade on Cameron for the win, sending a message to her opponent on Dynamite.

(Jamie Hayter not being in this match was interesting, as instead we had Statlander in the ring with Mone as a possible preview of the Owen Finals. The match was fine, aside from the one scary spot. This wasn’t quite up to the last two AEW shows, but this was a quality episode of TV.)

Match Result: Kris Statlander & Julia Hart def. Harley Cameron & Mercedes Mone

During this match, Speedball Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight vs. The Young Bucks was announced for Dynamite.

AEW Collision live results: Dynasty go-home show

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Tonight’s taped AEW Collision from Peoria, Illinois, is the final stop before Sunday’s Dynasty pay-per-view from Philadelphia.

TBS Champion Mercedes Mone teams with rival Harley Cameron against ROH Women’s World Champion Athena & Julia Hart as all four women are part of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament.

Ahead of his challenge of International Champion Kenny Omega Sunday, “Speedball” Mike Bailey takes on Dralistico with Ricochet, who will also be in the Omega match, on commentary.

Powerhouse Hobbs teams with the returning Tomohiro Ishii against Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita while in a tag team grudge match, Top Flight battles The Cru (Action Andretti & Lio Rush).

FTR’s Cash Wheeler takes on PAC of the Death Riders, Max Caster hosts another open challenge, and Daniel Garcia and Adam Cole have a sit-down interview ahead of their TNT title match Sunday.

The show is rounded out by promos and appearances by Jay White, Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa, and Jamie Hayter & Billie Starkz.

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With the Dynasty PPV coming tomorrow night, Collision comes live (to tape) from Peoria, Illinois. Sir Elton John welcomed us to the show, as Tony Schiavone was on the call. Nigel McGuinness was out this week, replaced at the desk by Don Callis as his charges entered for the opening contest.

Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher defeated Powerhouse Hobbs & Tomohiro Ishii (w/Rocky Romero)

I’m enjoying the shows that feature the Callis Family talent a lot, as Takeshita and Fletcher are currently two of the best wrestlers in a company full of great wrestlers. I’m also glad they’re keeping Hobbs in sight, even in a losing effort here.

Ishii asked to start with Takeshita, rekindling their war from the Tokyo Dome this past January. The two traded shoulder blocks until they both went down. Fletcher and Hobbs tagged in, with Hobbs simply refusing to fall down on a DDT attempt. Fletcher feigned that Romero tripped him from the outside, distracting the ref so the Callis Family could get an advantage going into the commercial break.

Ishii took Takeshita up and over on a suplex as we came back from the break. Hobbs got the hot tag and ran wild before taking the straps down. Takeshita dropped Hobbs with a German suplex, but Hobbs came back with a main event spinebuster. Ishii and Fletcher tagged in and traded suplexes.

Fletcher and Takeshita dropped Hobbs before double booting Ishii in the corner. They went for a super powerbomb, but Ishii hit a Frankensteiner on Fletcher to escape. Hobbs and Ishii double-teamed Fletcher, with Ishii hitting a vicious headbutt/lariat combo. Takeshita helped Fletcher hit a brainbuster on Ishii, and after Takeshita took Hobbs down with a Blue Thunder Bomb, Fletcher hit a bloody-nosed Ishii with a Tombstone and a brainbuster for the win.

We got a video package on the happenings on Dynamite between Swerve Strickland, Hangman Page, & Jon Moxley. In an interesting editing note, an All In Texas commercial aired, with Page and Strickland as the last two featured faces.

Max Caster was here for another Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge. He said he had to drive by himself through some terrible weather to get to this show, unlike a former partner of his. He kicked off his chant to boos before announcing he would have another Open Challenge tomorrow night at Dynasty. Mark Briscoe answered the Open Challenge, and we had ourselves a match.

Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge – Mark Briscoe defeated Max Caster

With Caster announcing another open challenge for the PPV, you have to wonder if that will be the place where Anthony Bowens makes his return.

You know how these open challenges go by now. Briscoe pinballed Caster around and won with the Jay Driller.

We got a video package hyping the Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight Hart Foundation Tournament match at Dynasty.

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Jay White, who was ruled out of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament with a broken wrist caused by an off-screen attack by the Death Riders. White mockingly wished Kevin Knight luck and said that Will Ospreay was lucky that he got to duck White again. White turned his attention to the Death Riders, saying that they will regret ever crossing him.

Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) (w/ Leila Grey) defeated Cru (Action Andretti & Lio Rush)

This match was alright, but there was a big lack of crowd heat as this was on the back end of a Dynamite taping. I’m glad they’ll get to run it with a hotter crowd at the Dynasty Zero Hour. Interesting to see Nick Wayne get shine on his own, as it was announced that he’ll be in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors for New Japan next month.

Top Flight jumped Cru as the lovely Leila Grey distracted them from the ramp. Top Flight pinballed Cru around, and all four guys hit dives as we went to a commercial.

Darius and Andretti took each other down with clotheslines as we came back from commercial. Dante and Rush tagged in, with Dante hitting a springboard dropkick off the bottom rope for a nearfall. Rush snuck a tag, and Cru got some quick offense in to isolate Dante. Andretti hit a springboard clothesline for a nearfall.

Darius saved his brother on a suplex, and the teams traded punches. Andretti dropped Darius, but Dante snuck behind Andretti to catch him with a crucifix for the win. After the match, Cru jumped Top Flight again before AR Fox made the save. Nick Wayne came in and dropped Fox with Wayne’s World (Wayne’s World) before the announcement was made for a six-man tag match at the Dynasty Zero Hour: Nick Wayne & Cru vs. AR Fox & Top Flight.

Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were Hart Foundation Tournament opponents Jamie Hayter & Billie Starkz. Hayter said she was impressed by Starkz and shook her hand and told her to keep her eye out for Athena as she took Starkz’s moment last week. Starkz said she wasn’t a failure and would prove it in The Owen.

Matt Menard told us about the latest sale on the AEW merch store. I won’t be telling you about it because they don’t pay me.

Adam Cole & Daniel Garcia Sit-Down Interview

This feud feels like it’s been building to Garcia getting the biggest defense of his reign so far, beating an All In main eventer and major name in Cole. I think these two have a high quality PPV match in them.

Renee Paquette sat down with both TNT Champion Daniel Garcia & Adam Cole ahead of their title match at Dynasty. Paquette asked the first question to Garcia, but Cole cut her off to talk about the first time they had faced off. Garcia was talented but confused, and he was still the same. Cole said that he had beaten Garcia, but Garcia had never beaten him. This Sunday was Cole’s 17-year anniversary in pro wrestling, in the city where he had his first match, and he felt it was destiny to win the TNT Title at Dynasty.

Garcia said that he didn’t have to give Cole this title match but wanted to out of respect for Cole. Cole has had chances to be the man, just as he’s had chances to be the TNT Champion, but he hasn’t gotten it done. Garcia wouldn’t be giving Cole any other shots after he beat him on Sunday.

Cole asked to clear the room to speak to Garcia alone. He told Garcia that while he had been the man in multiple promotions and carried promotions on his back, Garcia wasn’t ready to do that. He said he would prove it on Sunday. The two stared each other down before Garcia took his title and left.

PAC defeated Cash Wheeler

PAC controlled the opening stage of the match until Wheeler caught him with a flash pin. Wheeler picked the pace up and whipped PAC out of the ring. Wheeler fought out of a superplex after PAC got back in the ring, but PAC swept Wheeler’s feet out from under him and sent him to the floor off the apron. PAC hit a springboard moonsault to the floor to retain control as we went to a commercial break.

PAC got a nearfall with a running uppercut for a nearfall as we came back. Wheeler sent PAC to the floor and followed him with a big suicide dive. Wheeler hit a high cross for a nearfall, then caught PAC with a powerslam for another nearfall. PAC moved out of the way of a big splash but got caught on the ropes with a big superplex for a nearfall. PAC booted Wheeler into the ropes for a German suplex but got caught with a lariat from Wheeler.

Wheeler ran into a thrust kick, but as PAC came off the ropes with a Shooting Star Press, Wheeler moved and pulled PAC up for a piledriver. Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli arrived, but Cope came out to cut off Castagnoli. Dax Harwood cut off a charging Yuta, but PAC caught Wheeler in a crucifix to steal away with the win.

After the match, Cope and Wheeler offered Harwood their hands, and he took them as Rated FTR embraced to applause from the crowd.

During this match, Max Caster’s open challenge was made official for the Zero Hour.

We got words from Kenny Omega during a video package for the International Championship match at Dynasty. He said that he had to prove he was the best as he was a champion and said that we would all find out who the true best was at Dynasty.

Shane Taylor Promotions were backstage, as they were tired of hearing people talk tough when they aren’t like that. They called out The Opps, saying that they weren’t opps, they were just an opportunity.

Speedball Mike Bailey defeated Dralistico (w/The Beast Mortos)

Ricochet came out for commentary. Bailey and Dralistico traded headscissors and strikes before bowing to each other. Dralistico gave Bailey the finger and took a mid-kick as a result. Bailey scored with the Lightning Kicks on Dralistico before Beast Mortos got in Bailey’s way, allowing Dralistico to pinball Bailey around the outside to Ricochet’s delight as we went to a commercial.

Bailey caught Dralistico with a missile dropkick as we came back, scoring with a standing shooting star press for a nearfall. Dralistico rolled to the floor, but Bailey followed with a triangle moonsault to Mortos. Dralistico hit a dive, then hit a springboard lungblower for a nearfall. The two traded roll-ups before Bailey scored with a pair of spinning heel kicks to win.

After the match, Ricochet kicked Bailey in the groin before hitting the Spirit Gun to stand tall.

Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were Owen Hart Foundation Tournament opponents Thunder Rosa & Kris Statlander, who would be facing off for the first time ever. They got in each other’s faces, with Rosa landing a slap to Statlander.

Mercedes Mone & Harley Cameron were backstage warming up, with Mone being generally annoyed with Cameron.

We got a video package for Megan Bayne vs. Toni Storm at Dynasty.

Athena & Julia Hart defeated Harley Cameron & Mercedes Mone (w/Mini Mone)

This was a damn good main event, with the interactions between Athena and Mone getting over well as that match gets built. The interactions between the two were very good as well, as that match could end up being the major match AEW wants it to be down the line.

Athena and Mone got in each other’s faces immediately and started the match piefacing each other before Mone tagged in Cameron. Cameron got dragged into the wrong corner, with Hart tagging in and taking her down by the arm. Cameron hit an enzuigiri and tagged Mone, who got caught with a couple of flash pins before Mone took her down.

Mone hung Hart in the Tree of Woe, but Hart sat up out of the way of a pair of corner charges before catching Mone in an Octopus Hold. Cameron threw Mini Mone in the ring to motivate(?) Mone, and I guess it did, as she hit a lungblower on Hart as we went to a commercial.

Hart was your Witch-In-Peril as we came back. She tagged in Athena, and she fired up on Mone before Cameron tagged in. Athena hit a Brian Cage-esque Samoan Drop/Fallaway Slam combo on both her opponents to a big pop. Athena hit a big forearm on Cameron for a nearfall before diving onto Mone on the outside. Cameron took Athena down with a tornado DDT on the floor, and Hart dove from the top rope onto the pile.

Cameron and Athena rolled into the ring, with Athena scoring with a double powerbomb. Hart tagged in and went for her moonsault, but Cameron moved, and Hart ended up taking a backstabber from Mone. Hart and Cameron were left after Athena and Mone took each other out. Cameron hit a back suplex and went for Her Finishing Move, but Hart maneuvered around into an Octopus Hold. Mone could have made the save, but chose not to fight Athena, allowing Cameron to tap out.

AEW Collision live results: Mercedes Mone in action, Jay White vs. Kevin Knight

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Tonight’s live AEW Collision from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will see the return of reigning TBS Champion Mercedes Mone.

It will be Mone’s first in-ring action since defending the title against Billie Starkz earlier this month and subtly taking a jab at ROH Women’s World Champion Athena afterward, leading to speculation of a future match.

Ahead of meeting in a match for the AEW Trios titles at Dynasty, FTR’s Dax Harwood will go one-on-one with Wheeler Yuta of the Death Riders.

Visa issues seemingly behind her, former AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter will return for the first time since late-January to battle Queen Aminata.

In what is effectively a Tag Team title eliminator match, Big Bill & Bryan Keith will take on Top Flight. Bill and Keith challenged the Hurt Syndicate for the titles Wednesday with MVP suggesting they need a win first.

After declaring for this year’s men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament on Wednesday, Jay White will compete against Kevin Knight.

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Collision is coming tonight from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sir Elton John opened up the show, as Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness are on the call as AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm made her way to the ring.

Toni Storm Town Hall

An effective opening segment setting up the women’s title match at the PPV. I would like a little explanation as to why Ford is sticking around with Bayne, as their partnership seemed to come together by happenstance more than anything. But they’ve made Bayne a credible threat to Toni. The question now is whether Bayne is a monster of the month or the new face of the division.

Storm said she loved Milwaukee but told Megan Bayne to get out there immediately. Bayne didn’t come out, so Storm took a spotlight and spoke. She was embarrassed, hurt, and ashamed that she got pinned by Bayne on Dynamite so easily. She replayed the scene in her head all night in her hotel room, wondering if that would be the scene at Dynasty. In the morning, she hit her head on the sink and remembered who she was. That would’ve been nice a few months ago.

She promised to beat Bayne at Dynasty before Penelope Ford jumped her. There was a very interesting camera shot here, as the camera was right next to the ropes, so we never saw Ford coming. Storm took out Ford, but Bayne laid Storm out with a lariat and a Fate’s Descent. Bayne stood tall with the Women’s Title and told Storm to bow down.

The Death Riders were in the back. Claudio Castagnoli challenged Cope to a singles match on Dynamite to get revenge for Cope taking him out. He said that Adam had lost his Edge and was just trying to Cope with it. I see what he did there. He promised to leave enough of Cope to destroy at Dynasty. Jon Moxley said that there were only three people in the world he feared – his mother, his sister, and his wife. That was until he met Marina Shafir. He felt like he and Swerve Strickland should sit back and watch Shafir and Willow Nightingale take each other on Wednesday. Shafir told Nightingale to try and smile after getting her liver ripped out. That’s a very specific organ. Will random intestines or a spleen work as well?

Jay White defeated Kevin Knight

White with a clean and tidy win in this opener. Knight got some shine here, and Tony Khan announced that Knight was All Elite, so we’ll be seeing more of him in the future. I think Knight has a ton of potential from his athleticism alone, and could develop into a player on the AEW roster in due course.

We got highlights of Knight in New Japan, as the announcers ran down his credentials as a New Japan Dojo graduate and a former IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion alongside KUSHIDA. The announcers talked about both men’s similar backgrounds having been foreigners that trained in New Japan during the opening exchanges.

Knight scored with a headscissors, but White came right back with chops. White sent Knight to the apron and DDT’d his leg to hobble him. After a commercial, White chopped Knight off the top rope to the floor. White laid in more chops before Knight drilled him with a dropkick. Knight fired up, hitting a standing frog splash for a nearfall. Knight hit a headscissors that took White off the top rope, but White came back with a slick flatliner. White hit a big uranage before putting Knight away with the Blade Runner.

After the match, White took the mic and put Knight over, saying he believed we would see a lot more of Knight in AEW. The crowd gave Knight an ovation before he left. White said that he would show the world that he was the most elite because he needed his shot at the AEW World Title. He would show everyone it was still the Switchblade Era at All In.

The announcers reset things before throwing to video of MJF throwing the first pitch at the Texas Rangers Opening Day game, in the building where All In will take place. MJF noted that Bobby Lashley lived in Texas, but the Rangers asked for him instead.

We saw a picture of ROH Women’s World Champion Athena standing outside of Mercedes Mone’s locker room, with an accompanying tweet where she said that she might say hello to Mone tonight.

Non-Title Match – TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defeated Robyn Renegade

We got the long-awaited face-off between Mone and Athena here, and it went as well as they could have hoped. With Mone entering herself into the Owen, this is a perfect way to transition her from the TBS Title to the World Title without taking much steam off of her. With Dynasty being in a week, I think this match may be better served for Supercard of Honor in May with a Title For Title stipulation.

Renegade got a lot more offense in than I thought she would, but Mone moved out of the way of a moonsault and landed a Meteora for a nearfall. Mone put Renegade away with the Mone Maker and the crossface.

After the match, Tony Schiavone made his way into the ring as Mone had something to say. Mone called herself the greatest TBS Champion of all time and came to AEW to win more gold. She added herself to the Owen Hart Tournament and vowed to become the AEW Women’s World Champion. Schiavone said that Billie Starkz would be in the tournament as well, which annoyed Mone. She said that Starkz didn’t have more heart than Robyn Renegade and said that whoever trained Starkz sucked at pro wrestling.

This brought out Starkz’ mentor and Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion Athena for a face-off to a big reaction as Nigel McGuinness listed her bonafides. Mone swung at Athena, but Athena laid her out with a forearm. Renegade went to help Mone up, but Mone shoved her in the way of an O-Face and bailed. Athena stood tall with her title to end the segment.

We got a recap of last week’s match between Julia Hart & Queen Aminata. Aminata was with Lexy Nair, who informed the audience that due to a wrist injury she picked up in that match, she wouldn’t be cleared for action tonight. Nair said that Billie Starkz would be taking Aminata’s place against Jamie Hayter. Nair was interrupted by Serena Deeb, who told Aminata that all of this could have been prevented if she had listened. Deeb said that Aminata made the wrong call, but Aminata said that she still refused to listen to Deeb’s trash. Deeb said that since Aminata had a few weeks off anyway, she could do some reading. She handed her the BINDER OF 1,000 HOLDS and left.

(The BINDER OF 1,000 HOLDS is so over with me.)

The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith) defeated Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) (w/Leila Grey)

A strong win for The Learning Tree as they head to challenge The Hurt Syndicate. Top Flight feels like a more dynamic version of Private Party, but they continue to be fodder for the pushed acts on this show. Hopefully, this issue with The Cru will get them some positive momentum. That is, if they ever book the match.

After some posturing, Keith started with Dante Martin. Dante got Keith in their corner and scored some tandem offense with his brother, but Keith caught Darius with a kick to the face and tagged in Bill. Darius tried to fight out of the corner, but Keith booted him off the apron as we went to a commercial.

After the break, Darius was fighting for a tag. Dante booted Keith and got the tag but immediately got cut off by Bill. Bill ran wild, but Dante ducked a jump into the post and vaulted over Bill for a tag. They double teamed Bill and sent him to the floor before Darius hit the standing Muscle Buster for a nearfall. Bill took Darius out on the floor before taking a top rope dive from Dante.

Keith got his knees up on a Dante splash, and Bill hit a corner splash before throwing Dante into Keith’s rising knee. Bill put Dante away with a big chokeslam for the win. After the match, The Cru came from the crowd to try and jump Top Flight, but AR Fox slid in the ring to cut them off. The Cru backed away as this issue continued.

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Jamie Hayter, who she welcomed back. Hayter was excited to be in the ring with a young whippersnapper like Billie Starkz and respected how hard she fought. She promised to give Starkz a ton of fight in the main event tonight, then entered her name in the Owen Hart Tournament. She said that she came back at last year’s All In and will leave this year’s All In as champion.

Adam Cole & Daniel Garcia Town Hall

They announced the match with the graphic before the wrestlers made the match in the segment. It’s not like we didn’t know where this was going, but it made the promo here quite redundant to the TV audience. Maybe Khan made the match without telling them. Anyway, this was a good segment, with Garcia getting the last word in and getting a strong response to his promo.

During Cole’s entrance, it was announced that the rematch between Cole & Garcia would happen at Dynasty with no time limit and no interference. Both men came out with their partners, Cole with The Kingdom and Garcia with Matt Menard. Cole said that he respected Garcia for being a fighting champion, and it had to sit wrong with a fighting champion that he couldn’t beat Cole. Cole didn’t want their issues to end with a draw and said that Garcia knew Cole was the better man.

Garcia said that it did eat him up that he couldn’t beat Cole. Menard took the mic and asked how many shots Cole would get, and that Garcia didn’t need to give him another shot. Garcia agreed that he didn’t have to do it, but he wanted to do it. Strong took the mic and said that as good as Garcia was, he wasn’t ready to beat Cole. This started an argument that Garcia finished by saying that nobody would be at ringside, and there would be no time limit. It would be Cole vs. Garcia one last time, the better man would win, and it would be him.

Athena & Billie Starkz were backstage, with Athena mocking Mercedes Mone’s cadence. Athena said that if Mone was going to be a passive-aggressive b***h, she would get hit. She told Mone to keep her and her minion’s name out of her mouth. Athena got down to business and entered the Owen Hart Tournament before turning her attention to Starkz’ main event. She was sure Starkz would let her down but promised to watch closely anyway.

(Athena entering The Owen caught me off guard, as I expected her to simply take the TBS Title off of Mone. They’re stacking these Owen tournaments with marquee names and really stacking the build to All In.)

Wheeler Yuta defeated Dax Harwood

A solid match here, as Yuta continues to get heat and continues to weave Bryan Danielson’s offense into his arsenal. Yuta getting the clean win surprised me a bit, but it does advance Harwood’s frustrations heading into Dynasty.

They were very evenly matched in the opening exchanges, with Yuta retreating to ringside after a suplex. Yuta baited Harwood to the floor and sent him to the barricade and the stairs. Yuta locked Harwood’s arm in the turnbuckle before reminding the referee that he had till five to break, then took Harwood down with a superplex as we went to a commercial.

We came back to Harwood and Yuta brawling across the barricade. Yuta backdropped Harwood on the floor, but Harwood caught Yuta with a Dragon Screw as they got back into the ring. Harwood locked on the ringpost Figure Four, but when he tried to put a Sharpshooter on in the ring, Yuta shoved him into the post. Harwood fought back and took Yuta down with a back superplex for a nearfall.

Yuta locked on a Cattle Mutilation, but after Harwood made the ropes, he slipped away from Yuta and socked him in the face. Yuta rebounded into the ring and dropped Harwood with a German suplex. Harwood escaped another Cattle Mutilation and got the Sharpshooter on. Yuta got to the ropes, and when Harwood pulled him in the ring, Yuta caught him with the Seatbelt pin combination to score the win. Harwood looked upset as Claudio Castagnoli gave Yuta a solemn pat on the back.

After the match, Harwood argued with referee Paul Turner and grabbed him by his shirt. The black shirt security came in and restrained Harwood to the corner, a bit forcefully in my opinion. Cash Wheeler came out to clear the security off of his partner, but Harwood shoved him down, presuming he was another security guy. Harwood offered a hand to help Wheeler up, but Wheeler shoved him away and left. The crowd gave Harwood You F****d Up chants as he stewed in the ring.

Alicia Atout’s guests at this time were Nick Wayne, Kip Sabian, & Mother Wayne. They were immediately interrupted by The Cru, who asked him what was up with Wayne’s boy AR Fox. Wayne sussed out that The Cru wanted him to deal with their dirty work for them, but his issues with Fox were well in the past. Sabian told Wayne to hear them out, and The Cru said that no one knew Fox like Wayne did.

Hologram defeated Blake Christian (w/ Lee Johnson)

Schiavone put over Hologram’s winning streak, as it was the longest in AEW today. We got some quick action as you would expect from Hologram, ending with Christian sending Hologram into the steps as we went to a commercial.

After the commercial, Hologram made his comeback and hit a dive into Lee Johnson, who shoved Christian out of the way. Christian put Hologram on the barricade, but Hologram took Christian down with a hurricanrana to the floor. A slight distraction from Johnson allowed Christian to hit a Spanish Fly off the stairs and a springboard 450 for a nearfall. Both men traded kicks before Hologram hit the crossbody Spanish Fly. Christian fought off the Portal Bomb, but handsprung onto Hologram’s shoulders, allowing Hologram to hit the Portal Bomb anyway for the win.

Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were Thunder Rosa & Kris Statlander, who Nair announced were both in the Owen Hart Tournament. Statlander said that nobody could stop her, but Rosa disagreed. She never lost the women’s title and would scratch and crawl to get it back. Things got testy, but they shook hands and parted ways.

The full Owen Hart Memorial Tournament brackets will be announced on Wednesday’s Dynamite. Toni Storm vs. Penelope Ford was also added to the card for Wednesday.

Jamie Hayter defeated Billie Starkz

An interesting choice for a main event here, and a very interesting Athena/Hayter staredown at the end of the show.

Hayter knocked Starkz down with a pair of shoulder blocks, but Starkz popped back up with a straight punch to the face. Starkz caught Hayter with a rebound kick, but Hayter ripped Starkz off the ropes and hit a missile dropkick as we went to commercial.

Starkz fought to the ropes on a single-leg crab as we came back from the break. Starkz sent Hayter to the apron and booted her to the floor before hitting a dive. Back in the ring, Starkz hit a senton for a nearfall. Hayter won a strike exchange with a shotgun dropkick. Starkz caught Hayter and hit a backbreaker for a nearfall. Hayter fought out of the Electric Chair and hit the Ushigoroshi and a sliding lariat for a nearfall.

Starkz ducked the Hayterade and traded running strikes, but Hayter scored with a German suplex for a nearfall. Starkz ducked another Hayterade, but Hayter hooked her arm and hit a step-up Hayterade off the ropes for the win. After the match, Athena stared down Hayter from the ramp as the show came to a close.

AEW Collision Slam Dunk Sunday live results: Trios title match

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For the second straight night, AEW returns to TNT with a one-hour Slam Dunk Sunday edition of Collision from Omaha, Nebraska.

The special is headlined by AEW Trios Champions The Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) defending against Top Flight & AR Fox.

In a lucha showcase, Hologram & Komander will team up against The Beast Mortos & Dralistico.

Former ROH World Champion Bandido will take on Johnny TV and also hope to get his brother Gravity’s mask returned by Chris Jericho.

Harley Cameron will be in singles action.

The broadcast will also feature promos from AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm, Don Callis, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong, and AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada.

The show is expected to start at 11 PM Eastern following NCAA men’s basketball tournament coverage.

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We’ve been waiting all day for Sunday Night, it’s Slam Dunk Sunday! We’re still in Omaha, Nebraska for another one-hour edition of Collision. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as the Trios Champions made their way to the ring for their seventh defense of the titles.

AEW World Trios Title Match – Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta) (c) defeated AR Fox & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin)

An energetic opener, with the crowd behind Fox after his performance against Will Ospreay on Wednesday’s Dynamite. The Cru issue with Top Flight needs to have some type of conclusion some time soon, as it’s been going on in the undercards for months.

The announcers made sure to bring up Fox & Top Flight’s win in the $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Battle Royal from a 2022 Rampage. I don’t know if anyone has got more out of winning one battle royal than these three have.

Yuta and Darius Martin started, but it didn’t take long for Castagnoli to take control of the match. Dante Martin sent Castagnoli flying to the floor with a headscissors and took PAC down before tagging in Fox. Fox sent Yuta to the floor and PAC to the apron, then hit a flipping stomp onto PAC before diving onto Yuta. Castagnoli took him down with a boot on the floor.

The Death Riders isolated Fox in the ring, but Fox ducked a lariat and got the tag into Darius, who quickly took out the Death Riders. The match broke down quickly, with Yuta scoring a Right Angle Slam on Darius as we went to a commercial. After the break, the crowd chanted for Fox to get the hot tag as the Death Riders isolated Darius. Instead, Dante got the hot tag and ran wild.

Dante hit a double springboard dive and tagged Fox in, who hit a step-up moonsault off of the ring post onto Castagnoli. Fox hit a big Swanton Bomb on Yuta for a nearfall. Castagnoli cut off Fox briefly, and PAC took down Top Flight with a low blow to both men on the outside. The Death Riders circled Fox, and while Fox fought valiantly, the Death Riders eventually ran a train of back elbows on him. PAC laid him out with a Tombstone, and the Fastball Special scored the win.

After the match, The Cru jumped Top Flight and choked them out with their chains. The referees ineffectively pointed and pulled at The Cru to stop them.

During this match, a special Dynamite was announced for April 16th titled Spring Break Thru. Tony Schiavone noted, without saying any trademarked show titles, that this would be the show where Dynamite surpassed WCW Monday Nitro for the longest-running primetime wrestling show in Turner history. I’m sure everyone will take that news with grace.

We got a recap of the TNT Title match from last night’s Slam Dunk Saturday show between champion Daniel Garcia & challenger Adam Cole. Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were the Undisputed Kingdom, who asked Cole if the draw felt worse than a loss. Cole said that he had Garcia beat and promised that there would be no interference and no time limit in their rematch. Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong talked about the waved-off handshakes from FTR, saying that they wouldn’t accept the disrespect for a third time.

After a commercial, Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada, who talked about how he beat both members of the Hounds of Hell and “put those b****es to sleep.”

Bandido defeated Johnny TV

This was a showcase for Bandido, with the quick win over Johnny and getting his brother’s mask back from The Learning Tree. With Supercard of Honor coming up in May, a Title vs. Mask match that’s been built on AEW television would be a nice headliner.

Johnny threw his jacket at Bandido and started with the advantage. Bandido quickly came back and monkey flipped Johnny all the way over to his stomach. Bandido dropped Johnny with a one-armed Gorilla Press as we went to commercial. After the break, Bandido dropkicked a charging Johnny for a nearfall. Bandido hit the X-Knee, then landed the 21-Plex to score the win.

After the match, Bandido demanded Chris Jericho to bring his brother Gravity’s mask back. All three members of The Learning Tree came out, as Jericho had Gravity’s mask in hand. Jericho said that he wished it could be different, but he had to show people what happened when they took Chris Jericho too lightly. Bandido could ask his disgraced brother and weeping mother about that, as that’s what happened when you messed with Jericho.

Jericho refused to give Bandido the mask back, saying that he wanted Bandido to remember the shame he felt when Jericho took it. Jericho said that the only thing worse than taking a luchador’s mask was putting it on. Jericho put the mask on and asked if Bandido was going to stand there and cry like his mother. Bandido punched Jericho, then evaded the Learning Tree before swiping the mask off of Jericho’s face to a big pop. Bandido celebrated getting his brother’s mask back as Jericho held Big Bill and Keith back in the ring.

We got a Megan Bayne hype video. Bayne spoke about none of the other women having true power and called herself the All Elite Goddess. She said that this was her kingdom now.

Toni Storm was backstage, wondering who died and made Megan Bayne God. She promised to cut off the head of the mighty Megasus and stand tall with her title. The title match was made official for Dynasty.

Harley Cameron defeated Aminah Belmont

Cameron got a quick win with Her Finishing Move.

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Don Callis, who was asked about Kyle Fletcher. Callis said that having talent like Fletcher allowed the Family to put nights like Revolution behind them. Callis introduced Fletcher to the interview, who said that he was still destined to be the greatest of all time. He promised to be at Dynamite on Wednesday, and promised to make it clear what was next for him and the Family. Tony Khan later announced that Fletcher would be in action on Dynamite against Brody King.

Los Titanes Del Aire (Hologram & Komander) (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Dralistico & The Beast Mortos)

A sick lucha tag that I may have opened one of these shows with. This was eye-catching action with a hot crowd and standout characters. I also would have put the hype for Dynamite and Dynasty earlier on in the shows as well. We know the audiences for these post-sports shows dwindles toward the end of the night, so front-load them with big action and hype for the next shows.

As promised last night, Harley Cameron stuck around for commentary for this match. When asked about the identity of Harleygram, she didn’t know who she was, but she had a fantastic chest. I am inclined to agree.

We got some quick action to start, with Dralistico taking Komander off the apron with a headscissors and Mortos diving onto Hologram. Cameron said that she had to make a phone call, so she left the announce desk and went to the back. After a commercial, Titanes were on offense and Harleygram was rooting them on at ringside. Harleygram was wearing Harley Cameron’s gear, so hopefully Harley had something else in her bag.

Komander hit a step-up Phoenix Splash on Dralistico, and Hologram hit a Destroyer on Mortos. Hologram hit a massive dive onto Mortos, and Komander hit his rope-walk Shooting Star Press for a nearfall that Dralistico broke up. Dralistico tagged in and cut Komander off on the top rope, but Komander slipped free and hit a step-up poisonrana.

The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl with sick moves before Komander landed on top of Dralistico for a nearfall. Dralistico and Komander traded chops before Dralistico hit a springboard Destroyer for a nearfall. Dralistico hit a hurricane kick on Hologram, but Hologram came back with a big dive. Mortos chucked Abrahantes away, but got distracted by Harleygram. That allowed Komander to hit the rope-walk dive to the floor. Titanes put LFI away with a Portal Bomb into a rope-walk Shooting Star Press for the win.

During this match, the rest of the Dynamite card was announced: Toni Storm & Thunder Rosa vs. Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford, Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Mark Davis, Mark Briscoe vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Kenny Omega vs. Blake Christian, MJF answering MVP’s offer, and a sitdown interview with Rated FTR.

AEW Collision Slam Dunk Saturday live results: Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Cole

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A rematch for the TNT title headlines tonight’s one-hour Slam Dunk Saturday edition of AEW Collision from Omaha, Nebraska, airing after NCAA men’s basketball tournament action.

Daniel Garcia will once again put the title on the line against Adam Cole. The two squared off this month with the match going to a no contest after members of Shane Taylor Promotions ran in to beat both men up. Garcia has held the title since November’s Full Gear and is looking for his sixth successful title defense.

In the third match in their trilogy, former TBS Champion Julia Hart will go one-on-one with Queen Aminata.

In a trios about, Powerhouse Hobbs will team with Mark Briscoe and Rocky Romero against Konosuke Takeshita, Lance Archer and Brian Cage of the Don Callis Family.

Max Caster is still in search of his first open challenge series victory and will continue that quest tonight.

Tonight’s show is expected to begin around 11 PM Eastern.

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It’s Slam Dunk Saturday, and your t-shirts are too tight too Billy! (Shout out to soon-to-be Hall of Famer Lex Luger!) We’re in Omaha, Nebraska for this special one-hour edition of Collision. Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & Matt Menard were on the call as the show began with the TNT Title match in the ring, ready to go.

It’s Slam Dunk Saturday, and your t-shirts are too tight too Billy! (Shout out to soon-to-be Hall of Famer Lex Luger!) We’re in Omaha, Nebraska for this special one-hour edition of Collision. Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & Matt Menard were on the call as the show began with the TNT Title match in the ring, ready to go.

AEW TNT Title Match – Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole went to a time-limit draw

I loved this show starting with a match in the ring ready to start. That’s something I would love AEW to do more of. WWE will always start a show with five-ten minutes of video packages and entrances, so make yourselves standout by starting with immediate action. These two work very well together as their last two matches have shown. The finish tells me that there will be a third match coming soon, probably for Dynasty and possibly with a stipulation regarding the time-limit. A quality start to this special episode. The only thing I would have done differently is announce when the rematch was happening on this show. In theory, you have a bigger audience, so try to hook them in for the next show or the upcoming pay-per-view.

The first exchange went to a stalemate, unless you consider Garcia doing his dance getting the upper hand. Cole won the second exchange and did his Pokemon taunt. Another exchange saw Garcia left stood up, and after some rough breaks in the ropes, Garcia hit a dropkick to send Cole into the corner. Cole interrupted Garcia’s ten punches and sent him over the top rope to the floor.

Cole sent Garcia into the ring steps, with Garcia favoring his knee in the process. Cole went to work on the knee, then hit a Shining Wizard for a nearfall. Garcia rolled Cole up on a Figure Four attempt, but Cole came right back with a backstabber for a nearfall as we went to a commercial.

We came back to Cole driving Garcia’s leg into the post to light boos. Garcia swung on Cole from his knees, but Cole caught him with an enzuigiri. Garcia countered a brainbuster with a Twist N’ Shout, then hit another before a rope-assisted third one got a nearfall. The crowd was split as Garcia went for a piledriver, but the knee gave Cole an opening to hit an Ushigoroshi for a nearfall.

Garcia shoved Cole off of a Figure Four attempt and booted him off the apron so hard that he went to the floor as well. Garcia had a fan help him to his feet before dropkicking Cole in a chair, but Cole caught Garcia with the Last Shot for a nearfall. Cole signaled for the Panama Sunrise, but Garcia cut him off as the ring announcer gave the 15-minute call. Garcia went to give Cole a superplex, but his leg crumbled underneath him. Cole hit the Panama Sunrise, but Garcia got his arm on the rope at two.

Cole set up for another Panama Sunrise, but Garcia ducked out of the ring to the floor. Garcia avoided a Sunrise on the floor and hit a side suplex. With the weak knee, Garcia pulled and pulled Cole up to hit a piledriver for a nearfall. Cole went to superkick a charging Garcia, but Garcia collapsed on the leg. Another Panama Sunrise only got a 2-count, so Cole locked on a Figure Four.

Garcia scraped his way to the ropes, then pulled Cole into the Dragon Tamer and forced Cole into the ropes. The men fought to the apron as the announcers said there was one minute left. Cole hit a Canadian Destroyer on the apron. Garcia held onto Cole’s ankle to keep him from running for The Boom, and it worked as the bell rang right before Cole hit the Boom. The time limit expired, and Garcia retained the title. The two men yelled at each other as we went to a commercial.

During this match, ROH Supercard of Honor was announced for the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on May 2nd.

Max Caster was in the ring for his open challenge. He said that he had a busy schedule, unlike his former partner. The crowd chanted for Anthony Bowens, who Caster said was gone and was never coming back. He did his chant to little success and asked for an opponent for his open challenge. Hook came out, and the match was on.

Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge – Hook defeated Max Caster

They’re setting up Anthony Bowens to get a big pop answering a Caster challenge, which should set him up nicely on his new path as a singles wrestler.

Caster threw the mic at Hook to start, but Hook simply tripped him and locked on the Redrum for the quick win.

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Queen Aminata ahead of her match against Julia Hart. She was immediately interrupted by Serena Deeb, who bore a gift: All ONE THOUSAND of her holds in a binder. She wanted Aminata to study those moves, not realizing Aminata’s match was literally about to start. Aminata declined and said she could win this match on her own, with Deeb wondering about that after Aminata left.

Julia Hart defeated Queen Aminata

An odd finish here, with Hart just rolling Aminata up for the win. But Aminata could not beat Hart again without Deeb’s help, so she may need THE BINDER OF HOLDS to advance in her career.

Aminata got the first advantage with a suplex into the corner before dropping her on the apron with a uranage. We came back from a commercial with Hart hitting a standing moonsault for a nearfall. Aminata came back with an Air Raid Crash for a nearfall.

Both women got to the top rope, with Hart hitting a Spider Suplex. Hart went for a moonsault, but Aminata moved and hit the Brain Drain for a nearfall. Aminata hit Hart with a forearm and went for Off With Her Head, but Hart moved and stacked Aminata up for the win.

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Harley Cameron. Nair asked Cameron about the lucha showcase match tomorrow night, and Cameron said that she would hop on commentary for that match after her match. When Nair asked about the scurrilous rumors that Cameron was the mysterious luchadora Harleygram, Cameron screamed Feel The Wrath and ducked away.

Konosuke Takeshita & The Murder Machines (Brian Cage & Lance Archer) (w/Don Callis) defeated Mark Briscoe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Rocky Romero

A fun, energetic main event to cap off the show.

Callis hopped on commentary as Briscoe and Takeshita started off. Takeshita cut Briscoe off on a top rope attack, but Briscoe knocked the other Callis Family members off the apron and dove onto Cage. Hobbs tagged in and took Takeshita down with running Vader attacks – the one where you just throw your body into the other guy – before Romero scored with a double stomp. Romero went for a dive, but Cage caught him and passed him to Takeshita for a powerbomb on the apron.

Romero was fighting back on Takeshita as we came back from commercial, hitting a tornado DDT and getting the tag out to Briscoe. Briscoe ran wild, hitting a Fisherman’s Buster for a nearfall. The Murder Machines pinballed Briscoe around before Takeshita hit a home run forearm for a nearfall. Briscoe fought out of the Murder Bomb and tagged in Hobbs, who ran wild on the Murder Machines.

Hobbs laid out Takeshita with a spinebuster before Cage dumped him with a German suplex. Romero tagged in and kicked Cage into a spinebuster. The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl, with Romero hitting a rewind kick for a nearfall. Archer cut Romero off with a forearm, and Cage helped him hit the Murder Bomb. Takeshita came in and hit the Raging Fire for the win.

AEW Collision live results: International title eliminator tournament continues

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The eight-man tournament to determine who faces AEW International Champion Kenny Omega at April’s Dynasty continues on tonight’s live AEW Collision from Las Vegas, Nevada.

The featured bout will pit former Ring of Honor Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata against Ricochet. The latter was defeated by Swerve Strickland at last Sunday’s Revolution while Shibata has been teaming with The Opps as of late.

The other bout will see former Ring of Honor World Champion Mark Briscoe against Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family. Davis was involved heavily in the Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher cage match last Sunday while Briscoe was in tag team action on the pre-show.

In a rematch from last week, former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will look to go 1-1 against Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong of the Undisputed Kingdom.

The main card is rounded out by former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa going heads-up against the surging Megan Bayne.

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We’re on the short track to Dynasty, with this week’s Collision stopping at The Virgin Hotels Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. Collision started with words from the International Title Tournament competitors, The Undisputed Kingdom, & FTR. Sir Elton John kicked off the show properly, and Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as always.

International Title Eliminator Tournament Match – Ricochet defeated Katsuyori Shibata

This was a solid opener with good energy to kick off the show. Ricochet gets a nice win to bounce back after his loss at Revolution.

The winner of this match joins Orange Cassidy & Mike Bailey in Wednesday’s four-way tournament final. Despite both men spending several years in New Japan Pro Wrestling, this is the first time these two have met in a singles match, and only the second time they’ve ever shared a ring together.

Shibata, who called Ricochet “baldie” in his cold open comments, scored the first strike with a shot to the leg. Ricochet took the upper hand with a springboard clothesline before throwing Shibata around on the floor. Ricochet landed a standing moonsault for a nearfall as we went to a commercial break.

The two men were trading strikes as we came back from the commercial, with Ricochet dropping Shibata with a dropkick. Ricochet sat with Shibata and tried to hurt him with strikes, but Shibata put on the Iron Claw – as taught to him by the Von Erichs – before smacking Ricochet on his bald head. Shibata followed with a suplex for a nearfall.

The two men traded suplexes before Shibata caught a flying Ricochet and put him in an STF that forced Ricochet into the ropes. Ricochet picked Shibata up and hit the Benadryller and a Lionsault for a nearfall, then hit a standing Shooting Star Press for another nearfall. Shibata locked on a sleeper hold, and after kicking out of a stacked pin, hit an Ushigoroshi in honor of his long-time friend and IWGP World Champion Hirooki Goto. Ricochet ducked the Penalty Kick and rolled Shibata up, then put his feet on the ropes as the referee was counting to score the tainted win.

During this match, it was announced that there would be special Slam Dunk Saturday and Slam Dunk Sunday editions of Collision coming on immediately after next weekend’s college basketball coverage on TNT.

After a recap of Dynamite, The Don Callis Family killed some extras in the back.

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm was backstage, ready to collide with Megan Bayne. She called out Bayne, as well as anyone else who wanted to challenge her for her title.

Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Griff Garrison (w/ The Frat House)

Hobbs walked out through the crowd. The Frat House is ROH’s newest stable, featuring Garrison, Preston Vance, & Jacked Jameson. Hobbs bumped all three of them and beat Garrison with a main event spinebuster. Vance and Jameson circled Hobbs, but The Outrunners came out to run them off.

Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Thunder Rosa. Rosa was tired of Megan Bayne’s disrespect before getting jumped by Bayne and laid out in the back.

International Title Eliminator Tournament Match – Mark Davis defeated Mark Briscoe

A surprising result here, as Mark Davis gets the win with some Callis Family assistance. Since Omega took the title from a Callis Family member, I wouldn’t write off Davis as a potential challenger, although that wouldn’t exactly be a marquee matchup.

The winner of this match joins Orange Cassidy, Mike Bailey, & Ricochet in Wednesday’s four-way tournament final.

Briscoe used his redneck kung-fu to get the jump on Davis, but Davis came back with a big back body drop. Briscoe ripped Davis over the ropes, then followed him to the floor with a dive. Briscoe sent Davis into the post, then launched himself off of a chair into Davis on the floor as we went to a commercial break.

We came back to Briscoe biting Davis off of the top rope before landing a missile dropkick. Briscoe and Davis hammered each other with chops, but Davis wouldn’t drop after repeated lariats. Davis caught Briscoe with a Tiger Suplex and a running knee for a nearfall. Davis followed Briscoe to the floor, but Briscoe caught him with a running blockbuster off the apron. Briscoe then climbed the guardrail and hit a Cactus Elbow.

Briscoe hit a lariat and a Fisherman’s Buster for a nearfall. Davis backdropped out of a Jay Driller attempt before snatching Briscoe up in a piledriver for a nearfall. Briscoe smacked Davis off the top rope into a Death Valley Driver. Briscoe went up for the Froggy Bow, but the Murder Machines came out. Archer took the referee as Cage knocked Briscoe off the top rope into a boot from Davis. Davis hit his pendulum piledriver for the win.

The Murder Machines defeated multiple victims

After a commercial, The Murder Machines dragged four corpses to the ring and killed them all. I don’t even know which ones were in the match, and none of them got names. They pinned one with the chokebomb. They continued killing before Mark Briscoe came out for revenge after the last match. Powerhouse Hobbs came out to help, brawling with Archer to the back as Briscoe and Cage brawled through the crowd to the back.

Swerve Strickland Town Hall

Swerve Strickland came out to address the crowd. He recapped his last week, noting that Prince Nana was at home safeguarding the Embassy robe. He reminded everyone that he won the AEW World Title at Dynasty last year, reigning as champion for four months, and that he’ll be challenging for the World Title at Dynasty this year in a nice coincidence.

Strickland talked about his relationship with Cope, as a professional inspiration and as someone whose helped him to become more dangerous over the years. Strickland said that he would run through him if he was in his way, as champion or challenger. Strickland then talked about Jon Moxley, putting him over for being a four-time World Champion but noting his complete desperation to stay on top. Strickland said to catch a maniac, you had to send a maniac, and Strickland promised to take the World Title back at Dynasty.

Jon Moxley made his way through the crowd and dropped Strickland with a crowbar. Moxley laid Strickland out with a Curb Stomp before leaving through the crowd. The camera followed him outside, with Moxley saying that he was tired of people like Strickland and Jay White trying to close him into a corner. Moxley said that on Dynamite, Cope was a dead man.

Hologram & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) defeated Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty, Shawn Dean, & Carlie Bravo)

There was a lot going on here.

The announcers said that this was a stand-by match. Lio Rush & Action Andretti, now known as The Cru came out to watch the match from the stage. Harleygram was also watching from backstage. Hologram and Moriarty started on the mat before Dante Martin and Dean tagged in. Andretti got in Dante’s face, allowing Dean to score with a suplex as we went into the commercial.

After the break, STP had Dante isolated. In the back, The Beast Mortos found Harleygram and stared her down. Can’t blame him. We got a sight of Dralistico on Spanish commentary before Dante tagged in his brother. Darius ran wild before Dean and Bravo double teamed him. The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl before Top Flight got the win with a shotgun dropkick into a German Suplex. Top Flight stared down The Cru at ringside as Hologram stared down Dralistico at the Spanish commentary desk.

In a voiceover promo, Alex Abrahantes challenged La Faccion Ingobernable to a tag team match on behalf of Hologram & Komander.

Megan Bayne defeated Thunder Rosa

Bayne is getting the Monster of the Month treatment here, leaving everyone laid out. She’s been fine, but I wouldn’t call her impressive in her outings so far.

Thunder Rosa came out with her ribs taped after the attack by Bayne earlier tonight. Rosa came out firing, hammering Bayne with chops before Bayne dropped her with a shoulder block. Rosa fought off a charging Bayne in the corner, but Bayne caught her and dumped her with an overhead throw. Bayne booted Rosa off of the apron as we went to a commercial.

Bayne and Rosa were hammering each other with strikes as we came back from the break. Rosa sent Bayne into the corner, then knocked her down with a shotgun dropkick. Rosa sent herself and Bayne to the floor with a seated dropkick against the ropes. Rosa sent Bayne off the post and the stairs. They brawled onto the ramp, where Bayne dropped Rosa with the F-5.

Bayne got back into the ring to take the countout, but Rosa beat the count. Bayne hit her with another F-5 to score the win over the former AEW Women’s World Champion. After the match, Bayne put Rosa in an Argentine Backbreaker when Toni Storm came out to make the save. Bayne dropped Storm with the F-5 as well, leaving the champion laid out as referees and Kris Statlander came out to ward her off.

The announcers ran down the card for next week’s Dynamite, now featuring Megan Bayne vs. Kris Statlander. A TNT Title Match was announced for Slam Dunk Saturday, as Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Cole was booked with everyone banned from ringside. Hologram & Komander vs. The Beast Mortos & Dralistico was announced for Slam Dunk Sunday.

FTR (w/Daniel Garcia) defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) (w/Adam Cole)

I love this tag team match serving as a build of sorts for the TNT Title match next Saturday. That’s why I’m always in favor of singles stars having tag partners or associates for reasons. This match started out roughly, with Strong and Wheeler on different pages, but they rounded into form and pulled together a quality main event. FTR continuing to refuse handshakes is a point of interest here, even with Garcia shaking Cole’s hand.

Garcia and Cole joined the commentary desk, in support of their respective trios partners. O’Reilly and Harwood started, with O’Reilly forcing Harwood to the ropes while attempting an ankle lock. Wheeler tagged in but got isolated in the Kingdom corner. Strong and Wheeler kept whipping each other into the ropes, leading to Wheeler dumping Strong on the ropes and isolating him for a short while.

Strong dumped Wheeler to the floor, but Wheeler came back in to distract the referee on a tag, keeping Strong in the ring. Wires got crossed on a Hart Attack attempt, but FTR eventually got it as we went to a commercial. After the break, Strong dropped Harwood with an Olympic Slam to get the tag into O’Reilly. O’Reilly immediately got Wheeler in an ankle lock, then dropped Harwood with a side suplex when he tried to break it up.

O’Reilly hooked Wheeler in the ankle lock again, with Strong locking Harwood in an ankle lock on the apron. Harwood shoved Strong into the post before breaking up the ankle lock with a diving headbutt. An FTR Doomsday Device was cut off by O’Reilly, but FTR got him in position for the Steiner Brother Bulldog for a nearfall. Strong cut off a Shatter Machine, then drilled him with a jumping knee for a nearfall.

The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl, with the Kingdom hitting the Total Elimination for a nearfall broken up by Wheeler. Harwood’s chest was bleeding as the four men got up and swung. FTR scored with the Shatter Machine on Strong, but O’Reilly pulled Harwood off the cover. Wheeler dove onto O’Reilly, but Harwood’s second cover only got a nearfall as the referee saw Strong’s foot on the ropes this time.

The ring announcer made the fifteen-minute call, as five minutes remained in the time limit. FTR went for the PowerPlex, but Strong got his knees up on the splash and rolled him up for a nearfall. The Total Elimination got cut off, and FTR hit a second Shatter Machine to score the win. Both Cole and Garcia went to the ring to help their friends and ended up staring each other down. Cole & Garcia shook hands, but when FTR were offered a handshake from the Kingdom, they refused.

AEW Collision live results: Daniel Garcia vs. Lee Moriarty TNT title match

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For the second straight week, the TNT title will be on the line as Daniel Garcia defends against Ring of Honor Pure Champion Lee Moriarty on tonight’s AEW Collision from Sacramento, California — the go-home for Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view from Los Angeles, California.

Garcia went to a no contest with Adam Cole last Saturday as Moriarty and The Infantry jumped both men with just a few minutes remaining. The Infantry may pay the price for their interference as they take on Cole’s friends Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong tonight.

Mercedes Mone will be on commentary as her Revolution TBS title challenger Momo Watanabe will go one-on-one with Serena Deeb.

Before they challenge for the AEW Tag Team titles, The Outrunners will take on Tony Nese & Ari Daivari.

The Opps (Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata) look to remain undefeated as they face Starboy Charlie, Jack Banning & Titus Alexander.

Hologram vs. Dralistico and the ever-popular Harley Cameron vs. Tatevik round out the card.

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Tonight’s Collision is the go-home show for AEW Revolution, and it is coming to us live (to tape) from Sacramento, California. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as always.

The Opps (Hook, Katsuyori Shibata & Samoa Joe) defeated Jack Banning, Starboy Charlie & Titus Alexander

Starboy Charlie & Titus Alexander have spent time in Pro Wrestling NOAH recently. Unfortunately, that time in Japan didn’t help them here, as The Opps wrung them out in short order. Poor Tony Schiavone got put on the spot to try and explain what Opps mean. I wouldn’t call that Schiavone’s area of expertise. For those who don’t know, an “opp” is your opposition, basically someone in competition against you. Shibata scored the fall with the Penalty Kick.

Cope was backstage, one night ahead of his AEW World Title match against Jon Moxley. Cope recapped the feud to this point before realizing that Moxley was a coward and a false messiah, only having control over the Death Riders because he’s the World Champion. Cope wanted the Jon Moxley who set the wrestling world on fire when he came into AEW, not the coward he stands in front of now. Cope had been in hundreds of World Title matches and knew this could be his last chance, but there was no expiry on heart or grit. He was going to make this shot count because he had to.

(A solid go-home promo, with Cope putting over his need to win the title on Sunday.)

TBS Champion Mercedes Mone came to the commentary desk with all of her title belts to scout her opponent at Revolution.

Momo Watanabe defeated Serena Deeb

This was a fine showcase of Watanabe’s hard strikes, as well as making sure the fans know what her finisher is ahead of her title challenge.

Tony Schiavone brought up the match from NJPW Capital Collision last year between Mone & Watanabe, wondering if Watanabe used her International Women’s Cup win to get a measure of revenge on Mone. Deeb won the opening exchange, locking Watanabe in a seated surfboard to Mone’s delight. Watanabe came back with a dropkick to a charging Deeb before scoring with a hesitation dropkick in the corner.

Watanabe landed a few heavy mid kicks before Deeb caught her leg and hit a Dragon Screw. Deeb worked on Watanabe’s leg throughout the commercial break before Watanabe drilled Deeb with a heavy kick. Watanabe landed the Three Amigos, pointing at Mone after the second, before landing a penalty kick for a nearfall.

Deeb locked Watanabe in the Octopus Stretch, but Watanabe escaped and dropped Deeb with a suplex for a nearfall. Billie Starkz was watching from backstage. They traded waistlocks before Deeb scored with a German suplex, and a hammerlock lariat got her a nearfall. Watanabe came back with a running Meteora for a nearfall, but Deeb countered the B Driver into a single leg crab. Watanabe fought out, hit a head kick, then landed the Peach Sunrise suplex for the win.

After the match, Mone got in the ring and piefaced Watanabe with the TBS Title. Watanabe responded with a head kick before dropping Mone with the Meteora. Watanabe stood tall with the TBS Title to end the segment.

We got a recap of the Don Callis Family beatdown of Will Ospreay after his match on Dynamite. In footage from after Dynamite, Will Ospreay said that the pain he felt physically didn’t match the pain he felt mentally. He was spent physically and emotionally ahead of a match he’s never participated in against a man who he cared about. He wore a United Empire armband that he found in his bag in the hopes that Kyle Fletcher would come to his senses seeing that symbol of brotherhood they shared. That wasn’t the case, and a year after Fletcher welcomed Ospreay into AEW, they would be locked in a cage. He still loved Fletcher, but he had to fight, and he would take every knife Fletcher put in his back and cut him with it.

(I can’t do Ospreay promos justice, as he was great here. He got across that he still cared for Fletcher but wouldn’t hesitate in the cage.)

Harley Cameron defeated Tatevik

Tatevik jumped Cameron before the bell and beat her down as the crowd chanted Feel The Wrath. Cameron fought back and landed Her Finishing Move for the win.

Kyle Fletcher was backstage. He said that his favorite thing in the world was dropping people on their heads, and the only things that made it sweeter was looking like he did and doing it to Will Ospreay. Ospreay thought that Fletcher was a stepping stone to the World Title, but Ospreay was the one in the way. He took the United Empire armband off of Ospreay’s arm on Wednesday, as that group was only a vehicle for Ospreay’s ego. The crowd could chant his name all they wanted, but he would paint the canvas with Ospreay’s blood and repay all of the pain Ospreay caused tenfold.

(A quality promo from Fletcher here, as the cage match might be my most anticipated match of the wildly stacked Revolution show.)

The Undisputed Kingdom (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) defeated The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) (w/ Shane Taylor)

This follow-up from last week just makes it feel like they didn’t want to beat either Daniel Garcia or Adam Cole last week, so they sent in Shane Taylor Promotions to get out of it. It doesn’t feel like that group is in line for any kind of strong push.

Bravo & Strong started, with Strong answering Bravo’s trash talk with a big chop. O’Reilly got driven into the Infantry corner and clubbered on. O’Reilly ducked a corner charge and sent Bravo to the floor before tagging in Strong, who ran wild with backbreakers and dumped Bravo onto Dean as we went to commercial.

Back from the break, Bravo and Dean laid out Strong with a scissor kick into a frog splash for a nearfall. Strong made the tag out to O’Reilly, who ran hot and sent Dean to the floor with the axe and smash strikes. He caught Bravo in a guillotine choke, with Dean making the save by clawing at O’Reilly’s eyes. Strong tagged in and cleared Dean out before hitting the Total Elimination for the win.

Konosuke Takeshita & Don Callis were backstage. Callis refused to allow Kenny Omega to interrupt the ride they were on, and proclaimed Takeshita as the new God of Pro Wrestling. Callis asked how long before Omega’s guts exploded again, and promised that Takeshita wouldn’t just beat Omega again, but would end him.

We got a video of Chris Jericho giving Bryan Keith & Big Bill an ultimatum to step up and start getting the job done. We got footage of The Learning Tree laying out Bandido & his brother Gravity on Ring of Honor this past week. Bandido challenged the Learning Tree to fight them like men before Gravity challenged Jericho to a singles match at Revolution to Bandido’s surprise.

(Gravity vs. Chris Jericho? Alrighty then.)

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley was backstage. He said that himself and Cope were the last of a dying breed, people who were willing to fight for the impossible fantasy that was being a World Champion professional wrestler. They would sacrifice everything for one last chance to play the game. Moxley wanted to respect Cope, but he didn’t get what he was about. He promised to get his hands around Cope’s busted neck and show him the mercy that Cope showed the Death Riders. When Cope hears the sound of his spinal cord cracking, he will know what respect feels like.

(A good promo from Mox. The turnaround this Mox/Cope feud has had in the last few weeks has been remarkable, feeling much hotter now that it’s time to put the money down.)

Hologram defeated Dralistico

Hologram is quickly becoming must-see TV, as his matches continue to impress. LFI getting some heat on them after the match and going for the masks seems like it would set up a mask match, but if I had a dollar for every teased mask match that never happened, I’d be a rich man.

These two started fast before Dralistico hammered Hologram with a chop. Dralistico went after Hologram’s mask, but Hologram sent Dralistico to the floor and hit a torpedo dive. Dralistico cut off another dive with a springboard headscissors before launching over the top rope to Hologram on the floor. Dralistico pinballed Hologram around the ringside barricades before hitting a springboard senton for a nearfall. Dralistico hit a thrust kick in the corner and posed as we went to commercial.

Back from the break, Hologram slid to the floor on an Irish Whip and caught Dralistico with a Spanish Fly on the floor. The two men traded chops and strikes on the apron before Dralistico sent Hologram to the floor with a Frankensteiner. The two got in a forearm battle on the floor but dove in the ring on the count of nine to avoid the countout. Dralistico scored with a springboard Codebreaker for a nearfall.

Hologram came back with a pair of kicks and a sit-out powerbomb for a nearfall. The two traded big moves in the ring before Hologram evaded Dralistico in the corner. Dralistico caught Hologram with a springboard destroyer, but had the count nullified when he tried to pin Hologram with his feet on the ropes. Hologram came back with the Portal Bomb for the win.

After the match, The Beast Mortos attacked Hologram and went for the mask before Komander made the save. Komander went to dive on Dralistico, but Dralistico pulled Alex Abrahantes in the way. Mortos dropped Komander and Dralistico sent Abrahantes into the barricade to stand tall.

FTR & Daniel Garcia met with The Undisputed Kingdom backstage. Cash Wheeler said that they didn’t present themselves well last week, but Dax Harwood didn’t apologize and said that his only mistake was stooging himself off to the referee. O’Reilly and Strong challenged FTR to a rematch on Collision next week, which was accepted. Adam Cole stopped Garcia from leaving and said that Garcia knew he deserved a rematch, but he would have to see if Garcia retained tonight to get that rematch. Garcia blew Cole off, saying he had a title to defend.

(It’s good to see the Garcia/Cole deal isn’t done yet, as their match last week was very good.)

Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were The Hurt Syndicate. MVP cut off Nair’s question about The Outrunners, saying that while they were entertaining, the Hurt Syndicate were about a different type of entertainment. The crowd was chanting We Hurt People in the background as MVP said the Outrunners were underdogs while Lashley & Benjamin were the top dogs. They would put the underdogs down at Revolution because they hurt people.

(It was very funny seeing MVP try to get heat as the crowd did their chant. The Hurt Syndicate really ought to be babyfaces, as they are one of the most popular acts in the promotion right now. Don’t fight the tide.)

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeated The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) (w/Mark Sterling)

The Hurt Syndicate are going to kill the Outrunners, and I will enjoy every second of it. Don’t fight the tide, Hurt Syndicate is red hot right now.

FTR vs. Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong was official for next week. The Outrunners cleared the ring before the commercial break, even with Sterling slapping Magnum as the referee was distracted. Chris Jericho vs. Gravity for the ROH World Title was made official for the Zero Hour as we came back from the break. Daivari hit a big splash for a nearfall.

The Outrunners ran wild and were loaded up for Total Recall, but The Hurt Syndicate came out for a distraction. The Athletes got a short bit of offense in before the Outrunners came back and finished Total Recall for the win. The champions and challengers stared each other down.

Toni Storm was on the red carpet for the Queen of the Ring premiere when Mariah May laid her out with a punch before getting dragged away by ex-Vice Principal Christopher Daniels.

We got a rundown of the Revolution card, leading to a hype video for MJF vs. Hangman Page. Any Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 players will get a flash of nostalgia at the use of Bullet With A Name by Nonpoint in this video package.

We got dueling promos from MxM Collection & The Conglomeration to hype the Zero Hour match. The Murder Machines were with MxM Collection, having wrestled Cassidy & Briscoe on Dynamite. They were confused by the whole situation.

AEW TNT Title Match – Daniel Garcia (c) defeated Lee Moriarty

Another quality defense for Garcia, as the crowd got into this match with Moriarty despite Moriarty’s lacking record on AEW TV. I’m glad this deal with Garcia, The Kingdom and Shane Taylor Promotions is getting a blowoff at the PPV, even if it’s the Zero Hour, as it makes these last few weeks of TV angles feel like they mattered a bit more.

Matt Menard was on the call in support of Garcia, as always. The two technicians started on the mat, with former Pure Champion Garcia winning the exchange. Moriarty snuck in a cheap shot on a rope break, but Garcia came back with a running boot. Moriarty dropped Garcia on the turnbuckle as he was laying in the ten punches, but Garcia came back with a big dropkick against the barricade.

After a commercial, Moriarty had Garcia in an abdominal stretch that forced the TNT Champion into the ropes. Moriarty focused on Garcia’s midsection before Garcia caught him with a flash pin for a nearfall. Moriarty came back with a crossbody for a nearfall, but Garcia scored with a suplex to get a second of reprieve. Garcia laid in with punches before landing a dropkick and firing up. He hit the ten punches and the Twist N’ Shout neckbreaker for a nearfall.

Garcia landed a high angle Backdrop Driver before bringing Moriarty all the way up and all the way down with a superplex. Garcia tried to score with a piledriver, but his bad arm allowed Moriarty to score with a flip slam for a nearfall. Garcia roared back with a lariat. Moriarty countered a piledriver with a jackknife pin, starting a pinning predicament that ended with both men dropping each other with clotheslines.

Champion and challenger traded strikes before Moriarty dragged Garcia into the Border City Stretch. Garcia transitioned into the Dragon Tamer, but Moriarty clawed at Garcia’s eyes to get him back in the Border City Stretch. Moriarty rolled to the middle of the ring, but Garcia finally got Moriarty up in the piledriver and scored with it to get the win and his sixth defense.

After the match, Shane Taylor Promotions circled Garcia before The Undisputed Kingdom chased them off. An eight-man tag was signed for the Revolution Zero Hour, as it would be Daniel Garcia, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, & Kyle O’Reilly vs. all four members of Shane Taylor Promotions.

(An interesting wrinkle added here, with Omega teasing Callis throwing Takeshita to the side if he doesn’t deliver at Revolution. I wouldn’t be opposed to Takeshita being a babyface again, as Kyle Fletcher feels like the crown jewel of the unit now.)

AEW Collision live results: Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Cole, Kenny Omega appearance

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A TNT title match headlines tonight’s live AEW Collision from Oakland, California, as reigning champion Daniel Garcia defends against Adam Cole.

Garcia is looking for the fourth defense of the title he won in November while Cole is searching for his first AEW title of any kind.

Former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega will make an appearance ahead of his challenge of International Champion Konosuke Takeshita at Revolution.

After Garcia vs. Cole spun out of Wednesday’s Dynamite, former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will take on Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly in another spinoff.

Powerhouse Hobbs and Bandido will face Big Bill and Bryan Keith in a continued feud between both teams.

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Collision began with words from Daniel Garcia, FTR, The Undisputed Kingdom, & the team of Powerhouse Hobbs and Bandido. Julia Hart spoke on her match, but was interrupted by Kazuchika Okada coming out of his locker room and getting into a staredown with Brody King. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as FTR came out for the opening match.

Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong defeated FTR

A fantastic opening match as the Kingdom continues to rehab themselves with good performances. The false finish with O’Reilly’s foot on the ropes was an odd spot, but it worked to get the crowd behind O’Reilly & Strong who would have been wrongly robbed if the result stood. The work from there built to a great finish, with O’Reilly surviving the punishment long enough for Strong to give them the opening to win. I would love a rematch, and the post-match suggests that one is on the way.

The announcers talked about how it had been seven years since these two teams last faced off. FTR won the opening exchange, driving Strong & O’Reilly to the floor. Strong and O’Reilly took control of Wheeler with offense on the floor before isolating him on their side of the ring. Wheeler slid his way to the corner to tag Harwood, who came in hot and peppered both Kingdom members with strikes.

O’Reilly caught Harwood with a kick and went to pick the leg, but Harwood caught O’Reilly with a piledriver and pinned him. O’Reilly put his foot on the ropes, but the referee didn’t see it and counted the three. FTR were announced as the winners, but Harwood refused the tainted win and demanded the match to be restarted. The crowd agreed, and the match was restarted. FTR worked over O’Reilly more as we went to a commercial break.

After the break, O’Reilly fought past Wheeler and crawled through another piledriver attempt to get Strong tagged into the match. Strong ran wild, scoring a nearfall with a gourdbuster on Harwood. Strong hit Wheeler and Harwood with Olympic Slams before O’Reilly came in to hit a double team strike for a nearfall.

O’Reilly caught Wheeler in an ankle lock and made Wheeler tap out, but legal man Harwood rolled O’Reilly up for a nearfall. O’Reilly got Harwood in an ankle lock, but Harwood rolled him into a forearm shot from Wheeler and rolled him up for another nearfall. Both teams attempted spike piledrivers, but FTR scored with one with the pin broken up by Strong. FTR fought off Strong to hit the Powerplex, but O’Reilly kicked out to a big pop. FTR went for the Shatter Machine, but Strong intervened with a jumping knee to Harwood. The Kingdom hit the Total Elimination for the win.

After the match, The Kingdom offered handshakes but FTR blew them off.

We got a video package of Willow Nightingale taking out Marina Shafir on Dynamite with the Con-Chair-To. Nightingale said that she had been through a lot in AEW and had done it all with a smile, but people had forgotten what happened when the smile fades. She was the Babe With The Power, and she wasn’t afraid to use it.

Wheeler Yuta defeated Willie Mack

A good set-up match for Yuta/Copeland on Wednesday. Yuta is Moxley’s last soldier standing, so seeing Mox re-embrace Yuta as his protégé instead of a useless underling works as he’s got no other options.

Yuta controlled Mack to start, locking on a single leg crab that forced Mack to the ropes. Yuta beat on Mack until the referee pulled him off of Mack, with Yuta shouting that he had until five. Mack rocked Yuta with an elbow, but Yuta pulled himself back into the ring and landed a German suplex. Mack came back with a big lariat and a cannonball and scored a one-count with a standing moonsault. Yuta shoved off a Stunner attempt and hit the Busaiku Knee for the win.

Jon Moxley came out after the match and brained Mack with the briefcase before handing it to Yuta. Moxley took the mic and said that he had a lesson to teach his protégé about finishing the job. He got back in the ring and told Yuta off-mic that he needed to take Cope out on Wednesday night, and to make sure Cope doesn’t leave on his own two feet. He told Yuta to finish the job and held up Mack for another briefcase shot, which Yuta obliged. Moxley left Yuta with the briefcase and left the arena.

We got a recap of the altercation on Dynamite between Mercedes Mone, Billie Starkz, & Momo Watanabe that left Watanabe with the TBS Title. Mone was backstage when Starkz walked in with the TBS Title, telling Mone to enjoy it now as Watanabe was going to take it from her at Revolution. Starkz got her own receipt from Dynamite, throwing a drink in Mone’s face to leave her steaming.

We got a video of a bedridden Toni Storm with a neckbrace on. The upside to getting piledriven on a stage is that it gave her time to think. Storm said that she could give Mariah May the spotlight she wanted at Revolution and made it clear that their rematch at the PPV would be no holds barred and falls count anywhere. She hoped May believed in God, because she was going to meet her.

Swerve Strickland defeated Clark Connors

A good showcase for Strickland here as he focuses in ahead of his #1 contender match. Connors looked good going against Strickland and helped Strickland to look good ahead of his PPV match.

We got a Connors highlight reel of his work in New Japan since his appearance at Forbidden Door 2022, mentioning him as a member of the War Dogs alongside Gabe Kidd. Strickland got an early advantage before Connors took him down with a shoulder block and got in the referee’s face for being in his way. Connors clubbered on Strickland before Strickland caught him with a backbreaker and transitioned immediately into an arm snap as we went to a commercial.

After the break, Strickland and Connors maneuvered around each other before Connors caught Strickland with a powerslam. Connors went for his Jeep Flip spear, but Strickland caught Connors with an upkick and a hurricane kick. Strickland took Connors to the top rope and hit an avalanche belly-to-back suplex for a nearfall.

Connors caught Strickland with a headbutt, but Strickland countered another Jeep Flip attempt with a rolling flatliner. Connors avoided the Swerve Stomp and landed the Jeep Flip, but a delayed pin due to his arm damage only got two. Connors went for No Chaser, but Strickland pulled Connors to the mat by the arm and drilled him with a sick House Call to the face for the win.

Swerve spoke to the camera and talked about his first step back to the main event being at Revolution as a contract signing between himself and Ricochet was announced for Dynamite.

We got video from after Dynamite with The Outrunners catching up with The Hurt Syndicate. MVP informed them that even though they beat a distracted Murder Machines, MVP was a man of his word. He granted the Outrunners a title shot and told them to get their affairs in order. The Outrunners were pleased, saying they had worked their entire rookie year for this shot.

After a commercial, Harley Cameron was at the announce desk with the announcers seeming confused as to why as she wasn’t scheduled for an interview. After showing highlights of her win on Dynamite, Cameron said that she was there to workshop names for her finishing move. She landed on calling it “Her Finishing Move.” She called Tony Schiavone a genius and told everyone to Feel The Wrath.

Big Boom AJ & Big Justice were backstage with Alicia Atout before they were immediately interrupted by Johnny TV. Johnny saw them disrespect MxM Collection some time back, so he challenged AJ to find two partners for a trios match at Revolution. He clarified that Big Justice nor a cookie would count.

Lee Moriarty & The Infantry (w/Shane Taylor) defeated Vinnie Massaro, Nick Ruiz, & Dave Dutra

Matt Menard joined commentary for this one. You may recognize Vinnie Massaro as the pizza guy from Lucha Underground. Shane Taylor Promotions got a quick win, with Moriarty scoring the fall with The Fang. As they were leaving, Adam Cole made his entrance for the TNT Title match.

AEW TNT Title Match – Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole ended in a no contest

This was a very good match that was on its way to great when the finish happened. Garcia’s got this odd paradox going where he won’t get a strong reaction for his entrance but usually gets the crowds by the time his match ends. That work will pay off down the line. Shane Taylor Promotions hasn’t meant much in AEW up to this point, but if they’re going to do anything with them, they need to do it now as this angle got them a lot of heat from this Oakland crowd.

Cole won the first exchange and hit his catchphrase. Garcia won the second exchange and hit his dance. The two shook hands but got into it afterward, with Garcia hitting the Twist N’ Shout neckbreaker. Cole cut off the ten punches in the corner and hung up Garcia in the ropes before hitting a backstabber. Cole hit a neckbreaker and a Rude Awakening for nearfalls, softening up Garcia’s neck as a point of attack.

Cole landed an enzuigiri, but Garcia got to the apron and hooked Cole’s leg for a Dragon Screw Leg Whip. Garcia hit a running dropkick to Cole on the floor as we went to a commercial. After the break, Cole caught Garcia with a superkick and got a nearfall with an Ushigoroshi. Garcia scored with a neckbreaker, but Cole countered a second one with a brainbuster over the knee for a nearfall.

Cole loaded up for the Panama Sunrise, but Garcia cut him off with chops. Garcia went to the top rope, and after a fight, Garcia brought Cole down with a superplex and quickly followed with a piledriver for a nearfall. Garcia set Cole up for another piledriver, but Cole jackknifed him for a nearfall. Cole scored with multiple superkicks and hit the Panama Sunrise for a nearfall.

Garcia hit a side suplex that sent Cole to the floor, but Cole baited him in with a superkick and hit The Boom on the floor. Cole rolled Garcia into the ring, but the extra time allowed Garcia to kick out. Cole decided that his ankle hurt too much for another Panama Sunrise, but Garcia caught the superkick attempt and locked on an ankle lock. Cole crawled across the ring and got to the ropes to break the hold.

Garcia hit a piledriver on the apron to send Cole to the floor, and rolled into the ring as the referee administered the count. Cole jumped in at the count of nine, and the two got into a hockey fight as the ring announcer made the call that five minutes remained in the time limit. The time limit wouldn’t be the issue here, as Shane Taylor Promotions came out and attacked both men. The Infantry laid out Cole and Moriarty locked Garcia in the Border City Stretch as Shane Taylor walked around with the TNT Title.

We quickly cut to a hype package for The Opps.

After a commercial break, Big Boom AJ updated us on his partner search. Big Justice found Orange Cassidy, and Cassidy brought in Mark Briscoe to do his Mark Briscoe promo. So it will be Big Boom AJ & The Conglomeration vs. Johnny TV & MxM Collection at the PPV.

Queen Aminata defeated Julia Hart

A lot going on here, as Aminata scores the biggest win of her AEW career with the advice from Serena Deeb, and we have a feud with Brody King and Kazuchika Okada forming after the post-match. The crowd was into this one.

During Queen Aminata’s entrance, we got a picture-in-picture promo from Serena Deeb. Deeb challenged Aminata to the first ever women’s Pure Rules match and said that we would see if Aminata was ready for it tonight against Hart. Deeb gave Aminata the gameplan, and now it was time to see if Aminata was smart enough to accept her advice.

Hart took Aminata over with a headscissors before some strikes in the corner got her a nearfall. Aminata traded strikes with Hart before taking her down with a chop block and jamming her knee into the mat, a la Serena Deeb. After the commercial, Aminata had Hart in a full nelson with her legs, with Hart escaping by stacking her up for a nearfall. Hart got a flash pin for a nearfall, then fired up with axe handles and a moonsault for a nearfall.

Hart locked on Hartless, but Aminata rolled Hart to her back for a nearfall. Hart dropped Aminata in the corner and went up for a moonsault, but Aminata moved out of the way and drilled her with the Brain Drain. Aminata hit the running kick in the ropes, called Off With Her Head, for the big win.

After the match, Brody King came out to check on Hart in the ring when Kazuchika Okada appeared and laid King out with the Continental Title.

Kenny Omega Speaks

We got a recap of Konosuke Takeshita beating Orange Cassidy on Dynamite, making Takeshita vs. Kenny Omega official for Revolution.

We cut to Omega at his home, talking about how he had to spend a year hearing Don Callis talking about Takeshita beat him twice in a week. It got on his nerves, but this wasn’t about revenge for Omega. It’s about the belt, and he who holds the belt is regarded as the best. Omega said that if Takeshita beat him a third time, he may have to admit that the old Kenny Omega is gone and that Takeshita is better. But after a year away to focus, he doesn’t have the baggage of friends that left him behind or the baggage of being an EVP. His entire focus is the belt, not because of Don or because of Takeshita. He wanted the International Title, and he was going to take it at Revolution.

Bandido & Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Big Bill & Bryan Keith

An energetic main event to give Hobbs a win in his hometown.

Hometown man Hobbs and Keith started, with Hobbs lifting Keith in a suplex and passing him off to Bandido in a gorilla press before Bandido dropped him in Hobbs’ arms for a fallaway slam. Keith was back in his bad yellow gear, but he dropped the singlet to a minor improvement. Big Bill tagged in and hooked Bandido for a chokeslam, but Bandido rolled through to his feet and pointed his six-shooter at Bill. Bill wanted a duel but charged at Bandido as he took his paces. Bandido, sensing the lack of honor in Big Bill, ducked the attack and laid in shots. Keith cut Bandido off on the apron as we went to a commercial.

The Learning Tree were in control as we were back from the break, but Bandido ducked a Big Bill charge and hit the Trish Stratus bulldog off the ropes on Keith to get the tag to Hobbs. Hobbs encouraged the MEAT chants as he ran wild in front of his home crowd. Hobbs hit a massive twisting slam off the top rope for a nearfall that Bill broke up. Bill caught a leaping Bandido in a Bossman Slam.

Hobbs cut off a Big Bill chokeslam attempt with a big shoulder block, leading to Bandido and Keith dropping each other with running boots. Hobbs and Bill faced off again, with Hobbs sending Bill to the floor. Hobbs told Bandido to go up, and Bandido did a moonsault off of Hobbs’ shoulders to Bill. Bandido went splat on the floor, that looked like it sucked. Hobbs took the straps down and dropped Keith with a main event spinebuster to win the main event.

During this match, Thunder Rosa & Kris Statlander vs. Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford was made official for Dynamite.

AEW Collision live results: Chris Jericho vs. Bandido ROH World title match

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Chris Jericho will defend the Ring of Honor World title against former champion Bandido on tonight’s AEW Collision from Phoenix, Arizona.

Bandido has targeted Jericho since his December return from injury and this will be a rematch from September 2022.

The AEW Trios titles will be on the line as the Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta) defend against TNT Champion Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker.

IWGP men’s Strong Champion Gabe Kidd will make his Collision debut as he takes on The Butcher while Max Caster will host another open challenge in search of his first win in months.

Hologram will make his in-ring return for the first time since last October as he battles The Beast Mortos, and Julia Hart will try to rebound from her January loss to Jamie Hayter as she takes on Queen Aminata.

The Murder Machines (Brian Cage & Lance Archer) will be in competition as they hope to score a future Tag Team title match.

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Collision began with several AEW stars walking through the back. Toni Storm was one of them until she got attacked by Mariah May, who dragged her to the stage and headbutted her. May took a microphone and called for a spotlight. May said that Storm never knew how to write an ending, and that May will write one in Storm’s blood. She wanted them to have a Hollywood ending at Revolution.

(I was hoping the Grand Slam Australia match was the blowoff, but in hindsight, they probably weren’t going to end this year-plus long feud at 1:30 AM on a Saturday.)

We cut from that to a recap of the Continental Championship match from last week’s Grand Slam: Australia. Kazuchika Okada was in the back, talking about how he put the dog down last week. He promised to do the same to anyone else who stepped up. The announce team for this week was the original Dynamite team of Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Jim Ross.

Hologram defeated The Beast Mortos

Hologram is still great, and his rollout continues to rock. His chemistry with Mortos is fantastic, as even if they flub a spot, they seem to transition into something just as cool as what they had planned. Komander teaming up with Hologram is a good sign, as those two can be a quality team in a quickly-rebuilding tag team division.

We got a recap of La Faccion Ingobernable attacking Hologram in October, putting him on the shelf until his return two weeks ago. We got a hot start, with Hologram taking Mortos to the floor with a triple-rotation headscissors and a hurricanrana off the top rope to the floor. Mortos evaded a splash off the top rope and pounced Hologram out of the ring, then followed him out with a tornillo to the floor.

After a commercial break, Hologram cut Mortos off on the top rope with a kick, but Mortos came back with an Avalanche Gorilla Press Slam for a nearfall. Mortos set Hologram up for another move off of the top rope, but Hologram reversed it into a top-rope headscissors. Hologram hit a big torpedo dive to the floor. Some more back and forth led to Mortos avoiding a springboard dive and hitting a sick crucifix bomb on the stage.

Mortos went for a gorilla press off the stage, but Hologram slipped away and hit a crucifix bomb on the stage. Hologram followed it with a ropewalk into a crucifix bomb for another nearfall. Mortos came back with a pop-up Samoan drop for a nearfall. Mortos hit a Bane-style backbreaker but lost Hologram on a powerbomb attempt, allowing Hologram to hit a Spanish Fly. Mortos immediately came back with a lariat.

Mortos took Hologram to the top rope again, but he countered another Gorilla Press into a headscissors before hitting the rolling sunset bomb for the pin and the win. After the match, Mortos jumped Hologram and tried to rip his mask off before Komander made the save to return the favor from two weeks ago. Hologram and Komander teamed up to take Mortos down and out with a double sliding kick.

We got a hype video for Speedball Mike Bailey, who Tony Schiavone said would be debuting soon in AEW.

Harley Cameron Town Hall

Lexy Nair was in the ring to interview Harley Cameron, who came out to a big ovation. Cameron talked about a little blonde girl in Australia who grew up with big dreams, watching wrestling with her grandmother. She told her grandmother that she would grow up to be a professional wrestler. That little girl was Harley Cameron…’s next door neighbor Suzette Dickinson. Cameron didn’t know what ever happened to Suzette, but she took Suzette’s dream and ran with it. Cameron promised to keep going until everyone in AEW felt the wrath.

(A good promo from Harley to rebound from last week’s loss. The loss didn’t hurt her in Phoenix, as she was still over with this crowd.)

Gabe Kidd defeated The Butcher

This was a very good showcase for Kidd, who has rocketed up my list of the best wrestlers in the world. The Butcher matched his style well as the two laid in heavy strikes, but Kidd won decisively. The Don Callis angle is very interesting as both men have feuded with Kenny Omega since he’s returned from injury.

The announcers put over Kidd’s performance at Wrestle Dynasty against Kenny Omega. Kidd charged Butcher at the bell and clubbered on him at the bell. Don Callis was seen watching backstage as Kidd took the Butcher over with a Saito suplex. Butcher took control on the floor with punches and chops, but Kidd sent Butcher up and over with an Exploder suplex.

Kidd rocked Butcher with a lariat on the floor, then sat cross-legged in the ring as Butcher crawled back to the ring. Kidd had Butcher’s handprint across his chest, and Butcher made sure to leave a few more with some chops across the ropes. Kidd hit a rebound lariat and a piledriver to get the win. Kidd laid in some shots after the bell.

Kyle Fletcher & Don Callis were backstage with Lexy Nair. Fletcher kept interrupting Nair, who eventually asked about Will Ospreay’s steel cage challenge for Revolution. Callis wanted Nair to stop trying to gaslight them. Callis said that Ospreay was physically impressive but mentally deficient. Fletcher accepted Ospreay’s challenge for Revolution.

(Revolution is a packed card already, but Fletcher/Ospreay III is my most anticipated match. If they stick the landing, this could be one of the most effective and best feuds in AEW’s short history.)

Julia Hart defeated Queen Aminata

A good TV win for Hart. I don’t know where exactly to fit her in, but Aminata needs to start being highlighted in this women’s division. Her work is clean, and I think she can hang with the top names in the division.

Aminata snuck a quick nearfall in before laying Hart out with a pair of strong kicks. Hart came back with a flurry in the corner as we went to a commercial. After the break, Aminata hit a pair of snap suplexes before hitting a twisting Perfect-Plex. A face wash boot in the corner scored Aminata a pair of nearfalls.

Hart came back with a thrust kick and a running forearm for a nearfall. Hart went up for a moonsault but caught boots from Aminata. Aminata hit a pair of German suplexes, but Hart cut off a third and caught Aminata in an Octopus Hold for the submission win.

Murder Machines (Brian Cage & Lance Archer) defeated two victims

Cage and Archer dragged their unnamed opponents to the ring and demolished them. They hit one of these poor geeks with the Murderbomb for the quick win.

After the match, Cage called out the Hurt Syndicate and said that this was a preview of what the Murder Machines were going to do to them. The Hurt Syndicate came out, with MVP asking who they thought they were calling out the champs. MVP called out the Murder Machines for making their hay on locals trying to make names for themselves. The Hurt Syndicate were the champions, and they called the shots. MVP said that if the Murder Machines beat a real tag team, then they would talk business.

We got a stylized video from Action Andretti & Lio Rush, announcing their new team name of The Cru.

We got a recap of Wednesday’s scene with Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford, Kris Statlander, & Thunder Rosa. We got video from after Dynamite with Statlander and Rosa, with Statlander saying to swing first the next time Ford & Bayne tried to laugh them off.

AEW World Trios Title Match – Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta) (c) defeated Daniel Garcia, Angelo Parker, & Matt Menard

A solid trios title match for TV, and a solid defense for the Death Riders. Wheeler Yuta is getting a lot of good heat in these trios matches. This will sound like a wild comparison to make, but Yuta reminds me of Rocky Maivia in the Nation of Domination as the underling that gets the most heat of the group. The post-match angle was very good, with the babyface army working together long enough for Cope to take PAC out.

Parker & Yuta started as Excalibur brought up how PAC was the first man to hold two AEW titles simultaneously, and that TNT Champion Garcia had the chance to be the second. Castagnoli tagged in took control of Parker. Yuta tagged in as the crowd chanted We Hate Yuta. Parker snapped Yuta off the ropes and tagged in Menard, who ran wild and got a nearfall on PAC. Castagnoli cut him off as the match broke down. The challengers laid in the punches in the corner and posed as we went to a commercial break.

The champions were back in control as we came back, with Yuta tagging in and getting more Yuta Sucks chants. The champs ran an uppercut train on Menard in the corner for a nearfall. PAC feigned a springboard attack and mocked Menard for attempting to counter, but Menard caught him with a powerbomb. Garcia tagged in and ran wild with side suplexes, including getting Castagnoli up for one after some 2.0 assistance.

Garcia hit a Twist and Shout on Yuta for a nearfall, then locked him up in the Dragon Tamer. Parker fought off PAC as he tried to interfere, but Castagnoli lifted Garcia up into a Jackhammer to break the hold. Yuta and Garcia traded forearms, with Yuta resorting to biting Garcia’s head. Castagnoli tagged in and hit a lariat for a nearfall. Castagnoli swung Garcia into boots from PAC for a nearfall, prompting a Don Leo Jonathan reference from Jim Ross.

PAC went for the Black Arrow on Garcia, but 2.0 cut him off. Parker tagged in and took PAC down with a superplex for a nearfall that Yuta made the save on. Castagnoli cut off a double team elbow with an uppercut on Parker, allowing PAC to lock on the Brutalizer for the tapout and the win. PAC refused to release the hold as the champs laid boots in to Garcia and Menard. The Undisputed Kingdom came out to make the save, and the babyfaces fought off the Death Riders. Cole and Garcia stared each other down before bumping fists, and the Kingdom hit their finish on PAC.

Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir came out to even up the numbers, but Cope came out with a pair of chairs. The babyface army walled off the Death Riders as Cope hit PAC with a Con-Chair-To. The crowd chanted for an encore, so Cope obliged by hitting a second Con-Chair-To to PAC. The Death Riders looked dismayed as the ringside doctors checked on PAC.

Deonna Purazzo & Taya Valkyrie were backstage with Lexy Nair. They had issue with Harley Cameron getting all of this attention and told her to move to the back of the line or be moved out of the way.

Max Caster came out for his Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge. He said that he was disrespected by “Hangperson” Adam Page, who attacked him before the bell and chased him around the building before he was ready. He asked whoever answered his challenge tonight should shake his hand like a man.

Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge – Brody King defeated Max Caster

As someone who was sick of the Acclaimed, the turnaround I’ve done on them since the breakup angle is astounding. Caster being so overbearing that he turned his own teammates against him, then consistently getting beaten up in these open challenges has been very entertaining. My guess is that Anthony Bowens will answer one of these challenges at some point to get his singles run started.

King offered a handshake to start the match, then held onto Caster’s hand before chopping him down. Caster tried escaping a head trap, but failed as King chopped him in the chest. King hit his cannonball in the corner to win the match and send Caster to 0-3 in his Open Challenge Series.

The Outrunners were backstage with Lexy Nair, who congratulated them on their win on the Ring of Honor Global Wars show in Australia. They were talking their talk before The Hurt Syndicate walked past. The Outrunners asked about facing the Murder Machines, and what would happen if they won. MVP said that the good news is that if they beat the Murder Machines, they would get a title shot. The bad news was that if they beat the Murder Machines, they would get a title shot. Lashley and Benjamin chuckled as they walked away.

Harley Cameron vs. Deonna Purrazzo was announced for Wednesday’s Dynamite. Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Keith was also announced, as Don Callis put a bounty on Ospreay’s head ahead of Revolution.

ROH World Title Match – Chris Jericho (c) defeated Bandido

This was the best Chris Jericho singles match I’ve seen in a while. Bandido worked well with him and had the crowd behind him. Jericho got a clean win, but not in a manner that would kill Bandido’s momentum on his return. A very good main event to another quality episode of Collision.

Both men adhered to the Code of Honor, with both men pulling each other in before Jericho poked Bandido in the eyes. Bandido came back and sent Jericho to the floor, following him with a pair of dives to the floor. Bandido sent Jericho back in the ring and went for a springboard, but Jericho caught Bandido with a Codebreaker for a nearfall. Jericho hit the ten punches in the corner before taking Bandido off the top rope with a hurricanrana.

Bandido fought back with chops on the apron before taking Jericho off the apron with a headscissors to the floor. After a commercial break, Jericho took Bandido down to his knees with chops. Bandido fired back with chops of his own before poking Bandido in the eyes again. Bandido came back with a head kick and a top rope tornillo before hitting a pendulum facebuster for a nearfall.

Jericho came back with a Death Valley Driver for a nearfall. The two traded boots and punches before they knocked each other down. The two went back-to-back and took their paces for a duel. Bandido went for the X-Plex, but Jericho caught Bandido’s leg and locked on the Walls of Jericho. Bandido got to the ropes, then picked Jericho up with a one-handed Gorilla Press Slam before scoring a nearfall with a Frog Splash.

Jericho cut Bandido off with a dropkick, but Bandido cut off his triangle dropkick with a Sunset Flip Powerbomb off the ropes for a nearfall. Jericho held onto the ropes on a dropkick attempt and hit a Lionsault for a nearfall. Bandido caught Jericho with an inside cradle for a nearfall before Jericho came back with a flying headscissors – which Schiavone noted he called “The Hi Spot” – for a nearfall.

Bandido cut Jericho off on the top rope and hit an avalanche moonsault powerslam for a nearfall. Bandido hit the X-Plex and went for the 21-Plex, but Jericho countered it into a Victory Roll for the win to retain the title.