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AEW Collision live results: Mid-South street fight, TNT title defense

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Tonight’s AEW Collision from Huntsville, Alabama, will feature a Mid-South street fight, a three-way TNT title defense, and more.

Former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will take on AEW World Champion Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta in a Mid-South street fight.

After the events of the last few weeks, TNT Champion Daniel Garcia will defend his title against Kyle O’Reilly and ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty in a three-way.

The AEW women’s division will be represented as Megan Bayne will compete in an AEW singles match for the first time since February 2022 while Harley Cameron goes one-on-one with Taya Valkyrie.

Former AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will be on hand to share some thoughts about reigning titleholder Mariah May.

In a pair of tag matches, Samoa Joe & Hook will face Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian while Chris Jericho & Bryan Keith will face The Outrunners.

The card is rounded out by the first Max Caster open challenge and The Beast Mortos in action.

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Collision comes to us live (to tape!) from Huntsville, Alabama. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

Hook & Samoa Joe defeated The Patriarchy (Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne) (w/Christian Cage)

A lifeless, paint-by-numbers opener here. Joe injected some life into this Christian/Hook feud when he returned, but it’s time to get off the pot and get the trios match or the Christian/Hook blowoff.

Hook and Wayne started off, with Hook catching Wayne with a crotch-lift suplex. Tags on both sides led to Joe walking away from a Sabian dive. After interference from Wayne on the floor, Hook was your Street Tough-In-Peril. After a few minutes, Hook caught Wayne with a T-Bone suplex and got the hot tag to Joe.

Joe ran wild on Sabian and hit the Muscle Buster for the win. After the bell, Christian attacked Joe and Hook with his non-union equivalent Money In The Bank briefcase and left them laying.

Cope was backstage. He wondered if Jon Moxley even knew what his goal was, as nobody else seemed to know what it was. Cope called Moxley a malcontent, unaware that he may be the problem with AEW. Cope said that even when he was a young gun, he respected the veterans that made it better for his generations. He paid it back by helping make the business better for people in Moxley’s generation, but Moxley was entitled and didn’t respect that. He hated how Moxley hid the AEW World Championship away and was going to beat Moxley up to take it. The challenge was made for Revolution: Cope vs. Mox for the AEW World Championship.

(This was the big promo to set up the Revolution World Title match, and much like the Cope/Mox feud, it was very unfocused. Instead of the feud being about having pride in AEW or getting revenge for the weeks of attacks up and down the roster, Cope made it about respecting your elders? A messy set-up for the PPV match.)

The Beast Mortos defeated Adam Priest

Mortos killed Priest quickly, finishing with Chuck Taylor’s Awful Waffle – now renamed the Destination Hellhole.

Max Caster came to the ring to interrupt Mortos’ celebration. He congratulated Mortos but said that he wouldn’t stand a chance against the Best Wrestler Alive. Caster kicked off the first of his Open Challenge Series.

Max Caster Open Challenge Match – Rush (w/Dralistico & The Beast Mortos) defeated Max Caster

Rush killed Caster quickly, finishing with The Bull’s Horns for the win. After the match, Rush took the microphone and reminded Mortos that LFI was a family.

(Rush is back, and he’s good as usual. We’ll see how long it lasts.)

The Outrunners were backstage with Lexy Nair, and they cut their promo on The Learning Tree.

The Learning Tree (Bryan Keith & Chris Jericho) (w/Big Bill) defeated The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

(I was ready to complain about another heel beatdown on AEW TV this week, but Bandido came back to make the save and get some shine here. I think the world of Bandido, as I think he has high-level star potential for AEW. I’m glad to see him back here.)

Jericho & Magnum started, and the Outrunners soon ran wild with atomic drops. They dumped Jericho & Keith to the floor, but a Big Boot from Big Bill took Magnum down on the floor.

After a commercial break, Floyd tagged in and ran wild with bodyslams. Keith cut off the Predator handshake, and Jericho got Floyd in the Walls of Jericho. Floyd got out of the hold and we got a Pier Six brawl, ending with the Predator elbow drop. Big Bill interfered again to break up Total Recall, and Keith got a small package to win the match. After the match, Big Bill laid out both Outrunners as Keith pulled out a table.

Big Bill had a double chokeslam set up when Bandido came out to make the save. Bandido ran wild on the Learning Tree, putting Keith through the table with a press slam to a big pop.

Kyle Fletcher & Mark Briscoe cut promos on each other ahead of their Continental Classic rematch next week on Collision. Fletcher was upset that Briscoe spoiled his perfect record in the tournament and wanted to get his win back before Grand Slam Australia, while Briscoe said he was going to prove his win wasn’t a fluke.

(Fletcher/Briscoe was on the short-list of the best matches of the tournament, and I’m glad we’re getting the rematch.)

Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada was backstage with Lexy Nair and was immediately interrupted by Buddy Matthews laughing at him. Matthews laughed at Okada calling himself a champion, and Okada laughed off another Matthews challenge. Matthews called Okada a b*tch and left.

Harley Cameron defeated Taya Valkyrie

Cameron was the most over babyface on the show to this point, and she finally got her first win in AEW. I was wondering if they would save it for Grand Slam Australia, but it looks like she may be Mercedes Mone’s opponent for the show.

Valkyrie jumped Cameron at the bell and landed double knees in the corner for a nearfall. After a commercial break, Cameron hit a Shining Wizard for a nearfall. The crowd chanted Feel The Wrath as Cameron brought Valkyrie to the top rope, but Valkyrie took Cameron out of the corner with a powerbomb for a nearfall. Cameron came back with a Canadian Destroyer for a nearfall.

Cameron went for a senton off the top rope, but Valkyrie moved and hit a spear. Cameron kicked out at two, then rolled up Valkyrie with a crucifix pin to score the pin and her first win in AEW. Deonna Purrazzo was shown upset at her partner dropping the fall here.

During this match, Hounds of Hell vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher & Will Ospreay vs. A Mystery Member of the Don Callis Family was announced for Dynamite.

Ricochet Sit-Down Interview

A damn good piece of business to build the Dynamite match between Ricochet and Swerve Strickland. Strickland found a way to cut Ricochet’s early work down without cutting Ricochet himself down, and Ricochet found a way to hit a nerve on Swerve by bringing up Hangman Page.

Ricochet had a sit-down interview with Renee Paquette backstage. He listened to the fans that told him he belonged in AEW, and watched from afar as his peers did amazing things in AEW. But when he got there, the fans turned their backs on him and showered him with toilet paper. Swerve Strickland joined in with the mockery, and when Ricochet stabbed Strickland in the head with the scissors, he was doing it to curse at the fans as well.

Swerve Strickland entered the scene calmly, choosing to save the fight for the people in Atlanta. He shooed Paquette away and sat with Ricochet to talk. He talked about how they never saw eye-to-eye in their encounters, and how he didn’t want Ricochet in AEW to begin with. Ricochet pretended to be a superhero, and the fans rejected him for it. Meanwhile, Strickland accepted his role as the villain, and he got all the respect in the world for it. Strickland promised to show Ricochet that there was levels to this, and that Ricochet wasn’t on his.

Ricochet agreed that he wasn’t good at pretending and admitted that he never cared about the people. Ricochet said that ever since Hangman Page punked Strickland out, he hasn’t felt threatened by Strickland at all. Strickland responded by snatching the scissors out of Ricochet’s suit pocket and holding them to his throat. Strickland said that he would see Ricochet on Dynamite and left without incident.

Timeless Toni Storm Town Hall

A good promo from Toni here. I’ve…not been the target audience for this feud, but the crowd does seem to be into it, and the Grand Slam Australia match feels hot.

Timeless Toni Storm appeared on stage, announcing that she had spent the last six weeks playing the role of Toni Storm. She knows no one caught on because she was a good actress, but everyone bore witness to her metamorphosis. She didn’t do it for the fans, she did it for herself. She was embarrassed and ashamed when Mariah May stabbed her in the back and ran away from herself. She rebuilt herself from the ground up to look May in the eye, and she saw everything she needed to see. She cursed May and said that it doesn’t get realer than her. She promised that May’s time was over.

Harley Cameron was backstage with Renee Paquette outside of Mercedes Mone’s locker room. Paquette noted that Mone wasn’t there, but Cameron corrected her as Mercedes Mone entered the frame. She looked like a puppet and was connected to Cameron’s hand, but that may have just been the picture quality on my TV. Mone agreed to wrestle Cameron in Australia, and Cameron shook her hand to make it official.

Wait a minute, Mercedes Mone then walked into frame? Two Mercedes Mones? Is this a Dave Hebner situation? Saturday Night’s Main Event is back, after all. The actual Mone called Cameron a loser and said that losers don’t ride the Mone Train.

We got promos from all three competitors in the TNT Title match.

AEW TNT Title Match – Daniel Garcia (c) (w/Matt Menard) defeated Kyle O’Reilly, Lee Moriarty (w/Shane Taylor)

A solid TV defense here for Garcia, as they kept up the energy and didn’t fall into typical three-way issues. They worked hard to make sure everyone felt involved, and the result was a good match.

All three men locked up to start and broke up each other’s submissions with other submissions. O’Reilly caught Moriarty with a knee lift to send him out of the ring. Moriarty sent O’Reilly and Garcia to the floor before hitting a tope to both men as we went to a commercial.

After the break, Moriarty caught Garcia with a crossbody for a nearfall, then transitioned to a double wristlock. Moriarty hit a facebuster on O’Reilly while hitting an Eat Defeat on Garcia for a nearfall on both men. O’Reilly and Garcia teamed up to hammer Moriarty with strikes before turning on each other when Moriarty fell out of the ring.

Moriarty got back in the ring and all three men traded strikes before taking each other down with boots. Garcia took both men down with ten punches in the corner and a double clothesline. Moriarty hit a neckbreaker on Garcia for a nearfall. Garcia locked Moriarty in the Dragon Tamer, but O’Reilly caught Garcia in an armbar. O’Reilly transitioned to a triangle choke and caught Moriarty in an ankle lock.

Moriarty knocked O’Reilly loose and sent him out of the ring. Moriarty sent O’Reilly to the floor, then sent Garcia into the ropes for Taylor to punch. Moriarty locked Garcia in the Border City Stretch as Taylor held O’Reilly back. Garcia turned the hold into a jackknife pin for the win as O’Reilly was dealing with Taylor.

After the match, The Infantry came out to surround O’Reilly and Garcia. Angelo Parker joined Matt Menard to even up the numbers, and Adam Cole & Roderick Strong came out to make sure Shane Taylor Promotions left the scene. It was announced here that a three-way trios match was booked for next week’s Collision, as it would be Shane Taylor Promotions vs. The Undisputed Kingdom vs. Daniel Garcia & 2.0.

We got a video package for Penelope Ford vs. Thunder Rosa next week.

We got a video of Hologram walking the streets in street clothes. He had lightning in his fingers.

Megan Bayne defeated Hyena Hera

Bayne got a quick showcase win here with an F5.

Lio Rush & Action Andretti were outside earlier today. They weren’t in the building last week, and they weren’t there this week, so Top Flight would have to wait. Rush said that when they came back, he might take up Darius Martin on his challenge for a match.

We got a video package for Queen Aminata vs. Toni Storm on Dynamite, with Mariah May on commentary.

Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale were backstage with Lexy Nair. Statlander asked for this interview to apologize to Nightingale, but Nightingale wasn’t interested. Statlander pulled out her friendship bracelet and said that she never broke it.

(After the CM Punk/Drew McIntyre feud, I don’t want to ever see a friendship bracelet on a wrestling show again.)

Mid-South Street Fight – FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defeated Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta)

This was a very good main event, as the babyfaces finally got their act together and stood together to take a chunk out of the Death Riders. The crowd was at their hottest here as well, making for a fun close to Collision.

FTR jumped the Death Riders as they came out. We got plunder and crowd brawling with ladders and trash cans. Moxley got the first nearfall on the floor by booting Harwood out of a chair. Harwood got beaten down in the ring with a chair, but Wheeler came back with a high cross and ran wild. Marina Shafir came out to send Wheeler into the post, and we went to the commercial break with Moxley clawing at Harwood’s nose with pliers. That’ll clear your sinuses.

After the commercial, Moxley laid out thumbtacks. Unfortunately, the Rule of Abyss came to be here as Moxley went into the weapon he set up. Wheeler powerbombed Moxley into the tacks and took Yuta out with a dive, but Moxley came back with a Death Rider on the floor. Harwood was by himself and fought hard, taking Yuta out with a brainbuster.

Moxley re-emerged with a giant hook – I guess he had a run-in with Captain Hook – but Harwood took it from him and crotched him with it. Shafir hit Harwood with a low blow and tried to choke him out, but Harwood backed her through a table. Harwood hit a piledriver on Moxley for a nearfall and locked on a Sharpshooter, but Claudio Castagnoli came out to cut him off. Harwood sent Castagnoli to the floor, but Moxley caught him with a cutter and hit a curb stomp onto a chair for a nearfall.

It was 3-on-2 on FTR before Jay White & Cope came out to help FTR. The fight spilled to the outside, and FTR hit Yuta with a spike piledriver through the announce table to get the win. The fight continued, with White hitting Castagnoli with the Blade Runner. Moxley was surrounded by the babyfaces and got hit with a Shatter Machine and a Spear. The babyfaces set up Moxley for a Con-Chair-To, but Castagnoli dragged Moxley to safety.

AEW Collision Maximum Carnage live results: Texas Death Match, Continental title defense

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Tonight’s Maximum Carnage edition of AEW Collision from Cleveland, Ohio, will feature two ends of the wrestling spectrum: a violent Texas Death Match and a Continental title defense.

Former AEW World Champion Hangman Page will square off with Christopher Daniels in a Texas Death Match. The two have an extensive history outside AEW and Daniels, who hasn’t wrestled since last September, will have contend with Page in his speciality match.

AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada will defend against old NJPW rival Tomohiro Ishii in their first singles bout since 2020’s G1 tournament.

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Bryan Keith will take on Cope, FTR, Powerhouse Hobbs & The Outrunners.

Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly go heads-up against The Infantry & Lee Moriarty.

The card is rounded out by Julia Hart vs. Harley Cameron, Dustin Rhodes vs. Adam Priest, and Lance Archer & Brian Cage vs. Top Flight.

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Collision started with words from Rated FTR, The Outrunners, Powerhouse Hobbs, Kazuchika Okada, & Hangman Page. Collision was live (to tape) from Cincinnati, Ohio, and our announce team was Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, & Matt Menard.

Texas Death Match – Hangman Page defeated Christopher Daniels by knockout

An ugly, vicious beating from the Hangman here as he dominated Daniels here. Daniels had some slight hope spots, but Page was unrelenting in his beating here and left him down for the count. A great match, and a great way for Daniels to go if the rumors of his retirement are true.

A vice principal no longer, Daniels came out as the Fallen Angel. Page slapped Daniels in the face and took him to the floor before drilling him with a chair to the head. Daniels was lacerated as Page pulled barbed wire out from under the ring and whipped Daniels with it as we went to the first commercial.

We came back to both men on the apron, stood over Chekov’s Table. Daniels backdropped Page into the ring, but Page threw Daniels into a chair wedged into the corner. We got a replay of Hangman dropping Daniels with a pop-up powerbomb through chairs during the commercial, and after we got back to full screen action, Page double-stomped Daniels through a table.

Daniels got up at the count of seven, with Page responding by pulling out another table with barbed wire taped all over it. Hangman set it up in the ring and looked to go for a Deadeye off the ropes, but Daniels countered with a uranage off the ropes into the barbed wire table. Daniels fired up, but Page quickly shut him down with a clothesline to the ramp. Daniels dodged a Buckshot but had an Angel’s Wings attempt countered with a backdrop into the ring.

Page went for a barbed wire assisted Buckshot, but Daniels countered with a facebuster and a Muta Lock. Page raked at Daniels’ eyes with the barbed wire to escape, but Daniels countered the Deadeye again with the Angel’s Wings. Daniels hit the Best Moonsault Ever, then sat part of the broken barbed wire table over Page and hit another one.

Page popped up at a count of nine with a bloody mouth, dropped Daniels with a lariat, and hit a Tombstone on a chair. Daniels’ arm was limp, and Page followed up with a Deadeye on a chair. Daniels got up, but Hangman dropped him with a Buckshot Lariat to the back of the head. Daniels was unmoving as the referee counted him out, giving Page the win by knockout. Page went to leave but came back to lay Daniels out with the Angel’s Wings. The referee and the ringside doctor checked on an unmoving Daniels as the announcers sold the beating he had taken.

Toni Storm Town Hall

Tony Schiavone welcomed Technicolor Toni Storm to the ring for an interview. Storm said that her dreams were coming true, as she would wrestle in the building where she saw her first wrestling match. Schiavone asked Storm about Mariah May, and Storm called her the best in the business. She said that she had yet to introduce herself to May and wanted to introduce herself to her next week on the Homecoming episode of Collision. Schiavone tried to get through to Storm that they had been in a feud, but Storm cut him off and said that since they were both Toni/Tony, then it was Toni Time.

We got a recap of Wednesday’s trios match before we cut to words from the Hurt Syndicate from after the match. MVP believed that their win made them the #1 contenders to the tag team titles and challenged Private Party to a title match on Dynamite, which was confirmed by an on-screen graphic.

The Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) defeated Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo, & Shawn Dean) (w/Shane Taylor)

Solid trios match here as the Kingdom finally pivots away from MJF. This had a good energy to it, and both teams would be good additions to the Trios division.

We got quick tags to start, with the Kingdom getting the first nearfall with a double suplex on Dean. Dean cut off O’Reilly from the floor, allowing STP to get heat as we went to a commercial.

O’Reilly got the tag out to Cole, who ran wild. Cole got a nearfall with a brainbuster over the knee. Strong tagged in and had a flurry of offense on Dean before getting saved by his partners on a nearfall. The Kingdom hit all of their finishers before finishing Dean off with a Total Elimination.

After the match, Shane Taylor laid out all three of the Kingdom and talked trash to Matt Menard. TNT Champion Daniel Garcia came out to take the fight to Taylor, and all the babyfaces worked together to take Taylor down and out. After the match, the Kingdom stared down Garcia before thanking him for the help.

We got a recap of the issues between the Don Callis Family, Kenny Omega, & Will Ospreay. We cut to an interview Alicia Atout held with Will Ospreay after Dynamite. Ospreay said that his battles with Omega were legendary, and they were linked through Don Callis. Ospreay said that it was time to have a chat with Omega and wanted to do it on Dynamite.

Murder Machines (Brian Cage & Lance Archer) defeated Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) (w/ Leila Grey)

A bad night at the office for Top Flight.

The Machines jumped Top Flight to start the match and pinballed them around until Darius dodged a corner charge from Archer. Cage tagged in and kept control until Darius landed an enzuigiri. Dante got a tag in and laid in some strikes before dropping Archer with a springboard cannonball. Cage and Archer quickly cut them off and hit a Chokebomb for the dominant win.

After the match, Action Andretti and his poofy coat came out to talk trash to Top Flight. Lio Rush attacked Top Flight from behind, and they laid out Top Flight.

The Learning Tree was backstage with Lexy Nair. They had none of Lexy’s muckraking and stirring the pot between the Learning Tree and the Death Riders. Jericho went over his history with Jon Moxley before saying they would prove why the Death Riders should trust them tonight.

TNT Champion Daniel Garcia & Matt Menard were backstage with Lexy Nair, but the Undisputed Kingdom interrupted them. Cole thanked Garcia again for their help before lamenting that Menard and Garcia didn’t have a third man to challenge for a trios match. Garcia said that he walked into Daily’s Place three years ago with two men he didn’t even know and left with a contract. Menard said that they would call their friend Angelo Parker to accept their challenge for next Saturday.

Max Caster Town Hall

(The end of the Acclaimed, and not a moment too soon. I was in the building at All Out 2022 for the Acclaimed’s breakout match with Swerve In Our Glory – remember them? – and they were a naturally over team of AEW originals. But they were about a year passed their sell-by date, and their Trios Title reign heavily impacted those titles in a negative manner. With that said, I have enjoyed how they’ve gone about breaking the team up, with Bowens getting fed up with Caster’s arrogance and ego. Caster in particular has done a good job of being an annoying weasel heel, and he’s gotten some good heat. I’m interested in seeing how these two do on their own.)

Max Caster was in the ring with a Louis Vuitton bag, getting booed by the crowd. He said that there had been a lot of rumors about the Acclaimed but wanted to clear the air with his partner Anthony Bowens. Bowens came to the ring, and Caster said that there was a misunderstanding between the two. Caster was upset that Bowens wouldn’t call him the Best Wrestler Alive, and Bowens immediately cut him off.

Bowens said that he had protected Caster for five years because he was his partner and he became Bowens’ best friend. Caster made him a liar, because he was an arrogant edgelord piece of s**t. The people thought he sucked, leading to Caster pulling out a framed trademark calling himself the Best Wrestler Alive. Bowens said that he was more than Caster’s partner, and that he had every tool he needed to be a World Champion. He was an ambassador for AEW, the pride of AEW, and wrestling’s five-tool player, and he didn’t need a piece of paper to prove it.

Billy Gunn came out to try and calm things down. Caster said that Gunn didn’t care about them and only attached himself to The Acclaimed to get attention for himself. (The man makes a point.) He said that Gunn made the team about himself when it should be about him, the best wrestler alive…oh, and Bowens too. Caster said that Bowens was his best friend, while Gunn’s own sons didn’t want anything to do with him. Gunn got in Caster’s face, and Caster told Bowens that if he wanted to keep the team together, he would pick him over Gunn.

Bowens threw up the scissors, but when Caster went to scissor him, Bowens gave him the middle finger. Caster threw a tantrum, telling Bowens that The Acclaimed was done because he said they were done. Caster said that he would prove that he was the Best Wrestler Alive, and that Bowens and Gunn would suck without him. Bowens and Gunn scissored one last time to end the segment.

We got footage of Swerve Strickland at a pro-am golf event, rubbing elbows with various celebrities, including recent Monday Night Raw guest Travis Scott. Does that count as a jump? Anyway, Strickland was backstage with Lexy Nair, who asked about his match with Ricochet on the February 5th Dynamite. Strickland said that this wasn’t cat-and-mouse, this was lion-and-rodent. Strickland planned on getting his hands on Ricochet far before February 5th.

AEW Continental Title Match – Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tomohiro Ishii

(The word from the tapings is that Ishii hurt his ankle or his leg during this match, which would explain why this was far from what you would expect when you see these two paired up against each other. They basically cut to the closing stretch of a good match before actually having the good match, which is unfortunate as I was looking forward to this.)

Okada was cautious to lock up with Ishii to start before Ishii laid into him with a chop. Okada raked Ishii’s eyes before Ishii dropped him with a shoulder block. Okada bailed out of the ring, but Ishii dropped Okada with another shoulder block on the floor as we went to a commercial.

After the break, the announcers noted that the doctors had to check on Ishii’s ankle during the break. Ishii hit a superplex out of the corner, but Okada caught him with a neckbreaker as he tried to follow up. Okada hit the big elbow drop and did the middle finger pose, but Ishii popped up and grabbed the finger to give Okada one of his own. Okada raked the eyes and hit a landslide, but Ishii countered a Rainmaker with a lariat of his own.

Ishii went for another lariat, but he got cut off with a dropkick. Okada went for another Rainmaker, but Ishii cut him off with a pair of headbutts. Okada caught Ishii with a short-arm lariat, but Ishii powered through and hit another headbutt. Ishii hit a sliding lariat for a nearfall. Ishii went for a brainbuster, but Okada cut him off with a dropkick to the back. Okada grabbed the ring bell from ringside but only used it as a distraction. Okada hit a ripcord low blow, then hit the Rainmaker to win and retain the title.

The Gates of Agony were backstage, putting themselves over and telling AEW to send the best they had to Daily’s Place next week. During the next match, it was made official that the Gates of Agony would take on Brody King & Buddy Matthews.

Dustin Rhodes defeated Adam Priest

Rhodes dumped Priest high on a scoop slam, then went for the Shattered Dreams before the referee cut him off because, y’know, it’s a kick to the nuts. Rhodes was undeterred, hitting the Cross Rhodes and the Final Cut for the win.

We got a highlight video for Brody King & Buddy Matthews, with the encouraging words from Will Ospreay & Adam Copeland played over their highlight reel.

Julia Hart defeated Harley Cameron

As the match began, it was announced that Julia Hart would be taking on Jamie Hayter in a rematch on next week’s Dynamite.

Cameron came out with sunglasses on, or as her people would call them, sunnies. She sold her eyes being damaged after taking the glasses off, but she brought the fight to Hart. Hart clawed at Cameron’s eyes to get control, then dug her fingers into Cameron’s eyes while having her tied up in the ropes.

After a commercial break, Hart countered a fireman’s carry into an Octopus Hold. Cameron fought out of the hold, but Hart peppered Cameron with strikes in the corner before hitting a DDT for a nearfall. Cameron fought to the ropes as Hart tried to lock on Hartless, but Hart dropped her onto the turnbuckle and hit a rabbit lariat before locking on Hartless for the quick submission win.

We got a recap of Samoa Joe’s return to AEW on last week’s Dynamite, followed by the announcement that he would take on Nick Wayne on Dynamite this coming week.

That announcement was cut short, as we cut to the back where The Learning Tree was standing over Powerhouse Hobbs. Jericho had his bat, and Big Bill walked off with Hobbs’ knee brace.

Powerhouse Hobbs, Rated FTR (Cope, Cash Wheeler, & Dax Harwood) & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeated Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta) & The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill, & Bryan Keith)

(This main event caused a bit of a furor on social media, but it ended up being a fun fireworks match. The showcase at the end of the day was on Hobbs, who comes out of this important week looking pretty good. If he’s getting programmed with the Learning Tree moving forward, I would have him quickly put them away. The fact that I can’t definitively say whether putting the Ring of Honor World Title on him would be a positive move says everything about the state of ROH these days, but it would be a nice statement of intent to put a World Title on him.)

Hobbs was not out with his team as the match started, with Jericho and Harwood starting off with slaps and chops. Keith tagged in, but Harwood got the better of him and took him to the tecnico corner. Keith escaped to his corner and went to tag Big Bill, but Yuta tagged himself in to get pinballed by FTR. Some back and forth with Yuta and the Outrunners led to a Pier Six brawl breaking out as we went to a commercial.

After the break, Harwood was your mustache-in-peril as the Learning Tree worked him over. Jericho offered Moxley a tag, and Moxley accepted it as the two of them stared each other down. Mox hit Harwood with a piledriver before Yuta tagged in to put more work in on Harwood. Harwood ducked a Busaiku Knee and hit a German suplex, then dodged a Big Bill corner charge to tag in Cope.

Cope ran wild and went for a spear on Jericho, but Cope cut him off with a Codebreaker. Turbo Floyd tagged in and ran wild with bodyslams, eventually hitting the Predator elbow on Jericho and Keith. Another Pier Six brawl broke out, with Cope hitting Moxley with an Impaler DDT on the ramp. Cope went for a spear, but PAC cut him off as the referee was distracted. The Death Riders went to take out Cope’s leg, but Wheeler hit a dive off of the stage.

The Death Riders and Rated FTR brawled through the crowd, but Powerhouse Hobbs hobbled to ringside to tag in and fight off The Learning Tree on one leg. Hobbs and Big Bill faced off, with Hobbs winning the exchange. Jericho got hit with Total Recall, and Hobbs caught Keith trying to hit him with the ROH World Title. Hobbs hit Keith with the spinebuster to get the win.

AEW Christmas Collision live results: Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet

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AEW will make their Hammerstein Ballroom debut tonight with a live Christmas Collision episode featuring the latest chapter in a rivalry that goes back years.

In the Continental Classic Gold league, Will Ospreay will take on Ricochet. Both men are in a five-way tie with six points as the tournament enters its final week. They went to a no contest in their first AEW clash back in October.

In another Gold league match, Darby Allin and Claudio Castagnoli (six points each) will meet in a rematch from November.

In two Classic Blue league bouts, TNT Champion Daniel Garcia will face Shelton Benjamin for the first time while Mark Briscoe takes on The Beast Mortos.

Adam Cole and MJF will have a face-to-face confrontation ahead of their Worlds End match while TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will also be on hand to share some thoughts.

The card is rounded out by former TBS Champion Kris Statlander vs. Penelope Ford.

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The final Collision of 2024 comes to us live from Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Ian Riccaboni, Big Boom AJ, and Big Justice started the show in the ring, running down tonight’s card before Will Ospreay made his entrance for the opening match. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

The final Collision of 2024 comes to us live from Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Ian Riccaboni, Big Boom AJ, and Big Justice started the show in the ring, running down tonight’s card before Will Ospreay made his entrance for the opening match. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

Continental Classic 2024 Gold League Match – Ricochet [9] def. Will Ospreay [6]

Ricochet is in the driver’s seat in the Gold League, getting to 9 points with some underhanded tactics. Ricochet has been getting real heat over the last few weeks with this try-hard character he’s been rolling out. Meanwhile, Ospreay is on the back foot, as with one match left, he’ll need a lot of help to advance to the Continental Classic playoffs.

Ospreay got streamers on his entrance, while Ricochet got toilet paper thrown at him to Ospreay’s delight. Ricochet bailed from the ring after the first exchange to big boos. Another exchange ended with Ricochet dumping Ospreay onto the top rope before following him to the floor with a Fosbury Flop.

After a commercial break, Ospreay got on offense, hitting a Phenomenal Forearm for a nearfall. Ricochet fought out of a Styles Clash, hitting an Angel’s Wings for a nearfall. Ricochet had an uncharacteristic stumble on a Best Moonsault Ever attempt, allowing Ospreay to move out of the way. Ospreay caught a cartwheeling Ricochet on his shoulders before transitioning into a Styles Clash for a nearfall.

Ricochet rolled to the apron when the Hidden Blade was teased, leading Ospreay to follow. Ricochet popped Ospreay onto his shoulders and hit a Death Valley Driver on the apron. Ricochet followed with a Shooting Star Press off the apron to the floor, followed by a springboard 450 in the ring for a nearfall. Ricochet hit a head kick and a lifting reverse DDT for another nearfall in this offensive flurry.

The crowd was firmly behind Ospreay as Ricochet loaded up the Spirit Gun. Ospreay ducked, and a series of counters ended with Ricochet catching Ospreay with a cutter on an Oscutter attempt. Ricochet hit another Death Valley Driver, but Ospreay countered the Spirit Gun with a Hidden Blade to put both men down. They both agreed to stand up and trade forearms, with Ospreay winning the exchange.

Ospreay went for the Stormbreaker, but Ricochet forced Ospreay into the referee. Ospreay hit the Stormbreaker, but the referee was out. Ospreay went to the top rope, but Ricochet booted the referee into the ropes and knocked Ospreay down. Ricochet drilled a recovering Ospreay with the Spirit Gun to score the win to big boos.

MJF & Adam Cole Summit

This is the closest this feud has felt to having any juice in a long time, so I’ll call it a success. I’m still not personally invested in it at all, but the crowd here did seem to at least play along with the promo.

Adam Cole & MJF came to the ring, with MJF coming out with security. MJF started by reminding Cole that he turned on MJF first. MJF took some pot shots, including saying that his dentist isn’t seeing him anymore. He said that Cole had several shots at the World Title before MJF won it but blew it like he blew out his ankle. MJF said that Cole used to be Adam Cole Bay Bay, but now he looks like a crack bay-bay.

Cole asked if MJF was done before starting on his own. He could talk about MJF’s hair replacement surgeries or his politicking to get his girlfriend a job, but he wouldn’t go in depth on it. He had some regrets, but he didn’t regret turning on MJF. MJF made friends and stabbed them in the back all the time, Cole just did it better than him and he knew it. Cole got in MJF’s face and said that he knew MJF would have turned on him anyway, and MJF admitted to it.

MJF said that last year at Worlds End, he was going to turn on Cole. He didn’t care about Cole when their team started, but he started to once they became friends. But then Cole got hurt and became a liability. Cole wasn’t the Devil, he just beat the Devil to it. He promised to end Cole’s world at Worlds End. Cole said that he would end this face-to-face and punched MJF in the face. MJF’s security got involved, and Cole bumped all of them before MJF kicked him low. He went to punch Adam Cole with the Diamond Ring before the Undisputed Kingdom ran him off.

We got a recap of Mercedes Mone defending both of her titles this past week.

Kris Statlander was backstage with Lexy Nair, who asked her about her attempted reconciliation with Willow Nightingale. Statlander said that the conversation between her and Nightingale was between them for now and promised to handle Penelope Ford tonight. Statlander turned her attention to Mercedes Mone, saying that her downward spiral this year began when Mone entered the company. She believed that getting the TBS Title back would lead her to getting back some of what she lost and challenged Mone to round two at Worlds End.

Orange Cassidy was backstage with Lexy Nair. He said that he couldn’t have a conversation with Hangman Page or Jay White, so he just asked them to listen. Jon Moxley couldn’t escape the three of them at Worlds End, and they all knew Moxley had to be removed as champion. He asked for a temporary alliance to take Moxley out of the picture, then the three of them could work out the title between themselves.

Kris Statlander defeated Penelope Ford

I’ll take another Statlander/Mone match. With Statlander getting back into Willow Nightingale’s orbit, I can see all of this leading to a big three-way for the title down the line no matter who wins at Worlds End.

Statlander went for a stalling vertical suplex, but Ford transitioned to a sleeper hold. Statlander maneuvered Ford back into the suplex before completing it for a nearfall. Statlander got Ford onto her shoulders and went to the second rope, but Ford knocked Statlander to the mat and hit a blockbuster for a nearfall. Ford hit double knees to Statlander on the apron as we went to a commercial.

After a commercial, Ford missed the double knees before Statlander dropkicked her off of the apron. Statlander hit a spinning Fisherman buster for a nearfall. Ford ducked a corner boot and hit a Perfect-Plex for a nearfall. Statlander caught Ford on a handspring elbow, and a series of counters ended with a Ford springboard poisonrana for a nearfall. Statlander came back with a pair of German suplexes before landing Staturday Night Fever for the win.

Mercedes Mone came out after the match. She was planning to take the PPV off but decided to grant Statlander another beating. She accepted Statlander’s challenge for Worlds End.

Big Boom AJ, Chris Jericho, Anthony Bowens Summit

Not sure why the Costco Guys are still here, unless it’s just because they’re local. It is interesting to see Bowens by himself cutting a promo with the ROH World Champion. He was fine on his own here, and maybe a short Jericho program could be a test-run for a singles run after the teased Acclaimed split goes down.

After a commercial break, Big Boom AJ & Big Justice were hyping the crowd up when The Learning Tree interrupted them. Chris Jericho asked if they had a permit to be there from Mayor De Blasio, and Big Justice called him a jackass. Jericho said that he spoke for all New Yorkers when he said that they didn’t want Big Boom AJ there. They didn’t even have Costcos in New York, they had bodegas. Jericho said that New York wasn’t about silly gimmicks like Boom, or guys in bandit masks – referring to Bandido after his run-in at Final Battle – or people who scissor.

This brought out Anthony Bowens by himself, who told Jericho to shut the hell up. Big Bill said that people who asked for silence were afraid of the truth, and his hometown crowd chanted his name. Bowens challenged Jericho to fight him now, but The Learning Tree bailed. AJ went to hit his line, but Bowens interrupted him and scissored with them instead.

Deonna Purrazzo & Taya Valkyrie were backstage with Lexy Nair when Technicolor Toni Storm stumbled into the frame to introduce herself to them. Purrazzo didn’t feel like dealing with Storm, so she challenged Storm to take on Valkyrie on Dynamite.

Continental Classic 2024 Blue League Match – Daniel Garcia [7] defeated Shelton Benjamin [6]

Garcia stays alive with a win over Benjamin. The finish played into Benjamin’s weakness of “playing with his food” as MVP often calls it, as Garcia survived Benjamin’s onslaught to get the win with his now-trademark jackknife flash pin. Both men are still alive for the playoffs going into Dynamite, with win-and-in scenarios against Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada respectively. The post-match was great, as it both worked as a Heyman Special for the next match and a reminder of the Swerve/Lashley feud.

With a loss or a draw, Garcia would be eliminated from playoff contention. Matt Menard joined commentary for Garcia’s match, as always.

Garcia jumped Benjamin at the bell after the Hurt Syndicate’s attack on Dynamite. Benjamin dumped Garcia over his head and pinballed him to the floor and around the ringside area. Benjamin controlled Garcia as the crowd chanted We Hurt People. Garcia tried to come back with chops before Benjamin chopped him down and hit a back body drop as we went to commercial.

After the break, Garcia took Benjamin down with a dropkick, but Benjamin came back with a pair of German suplexes. Garcia blocked a German suplex off of the apron, but Benjamin caught Garcia on the floor and dumped him with a belly-to-belly suplex. Garcia dropped Benjamin with a drop toe hold onto a chair and laid in the ten punches, but Benjamin dropped him with a lariat. The crowd helped Garcia back to his feet, and Garcia hit a Dragon Screw Leg Whip on Benjamin.

Benjamin came back with another German Suplex, but Garcia dodged the knee lift in the corner and locked on the Dragon Tamer. Benjamin transitioned into an STF variant and forced Garcia to the ropes. Garcia caught Benjamin in a small package for a nearfall, but Benjamin kicked out and hit a superkick for a long nearfall. Justified This Is Awesome chants rang out as Garcia caught Benjamin with the jackknife pin to steal the win and stay alive in the tournament.

With this result, Mark Briscoe is officially eliminated. That didn’t stop Briscoe from coming out to make the save as the Hurt Syndicate went to attack Garcia after the match. Swerve Strickland joined the fray, jumping off of the top rope and Swerve Stomping all of the security. Strickland took the mic and reminded everyone of his promise to get his hands on Bobby Lashley by the end of the year.

Continental Classic 2024 Blue League Match – Mark Briscoe [9] defeated The Beast Mortos [0]

Another energetic, fun match on this Collision. Briscoe technically leads the block right now, but he needs some help on Dynamite to advance to the final. Briscoe needs Benjamin/Okada to go to a time-limit draw. In that case, he will advance to the playoff in second place behind either Daniel Garcia or Kyle Fletcher. It’s unlikely, but it’s not impossible.

This is the final match of the tournament for both Briscoe and Mortos. A win would keep Briscoe ever-so-slightly alive, as he would need some help on Dynamite to advance to the playoffs.

The two traded strikes to start before transitioning to flash pin attempts. Mortos dropped Briscoe with a shoulder block before Briscoe vaulted Mortos to the floor. Mortos cut off a Briscoe dive attempt with a spear as we went to a commercial. Mortos was in control after the break before Briscoe ducked a rising knee in the corner and sent Mortos to the floor. Briscoe hit a baseball slide, then followed it with a tope con hilo.

Mortos cut off the tope chair hilo, but Briscoe dumped Mortos on the apron with a German suplex. Briscoe hit a skytwister press from the top rope to the floor before hitting the tope chair hilo. Justified This Is Awesome chants rang out as Briscoe went for the Froggy Bow, but Mortos got his knees up and hit the Banebreaker and a powerbomb over the knees. Mortos hit a pop-up Samoan Drop for a big nearfall.

Mortos fought out of the Jay Driller, but a Death Valley Driver and a Froggy Bow scored Briscoe a nearfall. A second Froggy Bow landed, and a Jay Driller scored the win for Briscoe to keep his faint tournament hopes alive.

Continental Classic 2024 Gold League Match – Claudio Castagnoli [9] defeated Darby Allin [6]

A solid main event featuring Castagnoli pinballing Allin around some more. Castagnoli’s frustration at not being able to put Allin down was the key point of the finish, resorting to brass knuckles to beat him. I expect Allin to get his win back over Castagnoli at some point in the new year as the Death Rider feud continues. As far as the tournament goes, Ricochet and Castagnoli control their own destiny as the outright block leaders and will clinch playoff spots if they win their matches. An upset will open the door for the winner of the Brody King/Will Ospreay to sneak in.

Allin dove onto Castagnoli to start the match. Allin fought Castagnoli to the top of the ramp before climbing to the top of the entrance structure and diving onto him. The two crawled to the ring so the bell could ring, and Castagnoli immediately caught Allin with the Swiss Death uppercut for a nearfall. Castagnoli got Allin in the Giant Swing for nearly a minute before tossing him to the floor.

After the commercial, Allin sent Castagnoli to the floor before diving into him. Allin hit another suicida before hitting a Coffin Drop to the floor. Castagnoli dove onto Allin’s back in a sleeper hold, but Castagnoli dumped Allin through the ringside table to escape the hold. Allin beat the count and ducked the big lariat, scoring with several flash pins before Castagnoli double stomped his chest to shut him down.

Castagnoli deadlifted Allin up and bodyslammed him from the ring to the apron. He then drove Allin into the ringpost back first before swinging him into the ring stairs. Castagnoli hit a big lariat for a nearfall. Allin countered the Ricola Bomb into a Sunset Bomb for a nearfall. Castagnoli set Allin on the top rope and went for a superplex, but Allin reversed it into an Avalanche Scorpion Death Drop. A Coffin Drop met Castagnoli’s knees, but a Ricola Bomb only scored a two-count.

Another Ricola Bomb got another nearfall. Castagnoli went outside and got a chair. The referee took the chair away, but that allowed Castagnoli to pull out brass knuckles and knock out Allin. Castagnoli scored the pin and went to do more damage after the match but Will Ospreay returned the favor to Allin from last week’s Dynamite and ran Castagnoli off.

Collision will return on January 4th, 2025, so I will take this time to wish you all a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Krazy Kwanzaa, a Festivus for the rest of us, and a Happy New Year!

AEW Collision live results: Mariah May vs. Anna Jay Women’s title match

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AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May will defend her title against Anna Jay on tonight’s live AEW Collision from Philadelphia.

Two weeks ago at Battle of the Belts XII, Jay pinned May in an upset to earn the shot. Jay has been looking to prove herself since returning from Japan, saying she has improved tremendously. May will be looking for her fourth title defense.

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will also be making an appearance. He and the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club have been going after everyone who stands in their way. On Dynamite, Orange Cassidy threw out the challenge to Moxley for Full Gear after Moxley took out Chuck Taylor.

The reborn Kyle Fletcher will take on Komander, who scored an upset win over Lio Rush on Friday’s Rampage.

After feuding for the last several weeks, Thunder Rosa will meet Harley Cameron in what is being billed as a Day of the Dead match.

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Private Party Town Hall

This was a nice follow-up to Dynamite, giving Private Party some focus after their big tag team title win. This wasn’t Hard Times or anything, but it was a fine little segment.

Collision began with a collection of wrestlers in the ring and on the stage. Tony Schiavone welcomed out the new AEW World Tag Team Champions Private Party. They thanked the Young Bucks for pushing them to be their absolute best before letting the assorted tag teams around ringside know they were willing to defend their titles against anybody. They got in FTR’s faces and a little shoving commenced, but The Outrunners broke it up and reminded everyone that this was a celebration. They started an AEW chant before Kassidy closed things out.

Separately, Mariah May & Anna Jay walked into the building ahead of their Women’s Title match tonight. Jay cut a short promo saying there would be a new champion tonight.

The Acclaimed were backstage with Renee Paquette. When asked about the changing of the guard in the tag team division, Anthony Bowens congratulated Private Party but noted that they were coming back for the titles. Max Caster interrupted Bowens’ catchphrase to brag about their popularity, with fans giving them money and friendship bracelets. (Don’t let CM Punk see!) To Bowens’ surprise, Caster also pulled out one of MVP’s business cards, noting that Private Party hadn’t gotten an offer from MVP like the Acclaimed had. Bowens cut Caster off to hit his catchphrase and end this enlightening interview.

(I love MVP casting a wide net to see how many people he can get into the Hurt Syndicate. I also enjoy some friction with the Acclaimed, as I’ve grown tired of their act.)

Day Of The Dead Match – Thunder Rosa defeated Harley Cameron

This was a fun little bit of plunder to kick off the wrestling on this show.

This was a no-disqualification match, with Day of the Dead-themed weapons around ringside. Both came out with face paint, Cameron’s more resembling a day at the fair than Dia De Los Muertos. Rosa came out with a picture of Cameron that she sat in a Dia De Los Muertos tribute at ringside. She also had skeleton paint on her body, giving me an excuse to bring up La Parka. Rosa hit Cameron with some plunder around ringside before Cameron cut off a barricade walk. Rosa came right back by throwing Cameron through a big board with a sugar skull skeleton on it.

The two traded clotheslines as we came back from a commercial before they took each other down with hairmares. Rosa hit a lungblower for a nearfall before setting up a chair contraption. She took too long, allowing Cameron to hit her with a SHOOT PINATA before putting her through the contraption for a nearfall. I think there were M&M’s or Skittles in there. God forbid they were Reese’s Pieces. Cameron went for a shining wizard to a seated Rosa, but Rosa moved, and Cameron kicked the chair.

Rosa stuffed Cameron in a trash can and kicked her into the corner. Rosa then set up a table as a ramp before launching with a hesitation dropkick to a binned Cameron for the win.

A freshly shaven Roderick Strong & The Kingdom were backstage with Lexy Nair, with Strong warning SHANE Taylor that he was just an obstacle on his path to MJF. Strong put over his group’s accomplishments, with the Kingdom winning a three-way tag match on last week’s Rampage and Adam Cole coming back better than ever. Brian Cage & Lance Archer walked in to talk trash and tell them to stay out of their way.

Kyle Fletcher defeated Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes)

This was a must-see match with two stellar young talents in AEW. The crowd being so against Fletcher made it easy for Komander’s normally impressive moveset to get an even bigger reaction. Fletcher has been great in these big spots on TV, and the turn is giving him great momentum into the eventual Will Ospreay match. The Mark Davis diversion is a great call, as he can be a road block match on the way to Ospreay. Just excellent stuff all around.

Fletcher now has Taichi-style tearaway pants, ripping them off and throwing them in Komander’s face to sneak a big boot in. Fletcher caught Komander on a reverse crossbody, but Komander got him into a crucifix hold for a nearfall before running wild on offense. Komander went for a fancy lucha armdrag, but Fletcher shoved Komander off the top rope to the floor. Fletcher followed with a powerbomb on the apron as we went to a commercial break.

After the commercial, Fletcher had Komander in the tree of woe, but Komander somehow caught Fletcher to hit an Avalanche Sliced Bread off the top rope. Fletcher juked Komander on a dive attempt and hit a dive of his own before booting Abrahantes in the face. Komander came back with a step-up moonsault to the floor to a big pop. Back in the ring, Komander scored with a Spanish Fly for a nearfall.

Komander went for a moonsault, but Fletcher countered by booting Komander in the face. Fletcher hit a Last Ride powerbomb for a nearfall. Fletcher teased the Tiger Driver, but Komander countered with a hurricanrana for a nearfall. Fletcher caught Komander on his shoulders on a poisonrana attempt, but Komander pulled Fletcher to the outside and hit the poisonrana on the floor.

Komander hit a Destino on the apron, then followed up with a top rope moonsault for a nearfall. Fletcher scored with a lariat before following with a running boot. Komander slipped out of a top rope Brainbuster attempt before sending Fletcher to the outside with a step-up Destroyer. Komander hit his Spaceman dive to the outside, but when he tried his ropewalk Shooting Star Press, Fletcher booted the rope to knock him down. Fletcher hit a running boot and the top rope Brainbuster for the win.

After the match, Fletcher laid more punches on Komander before Mark Davis came out to stop him. They barked at each other before Fletcher bailed out.

TNT Champion Jack Perry was backstage. He was cutting one of his grumpy promos with his back to the camera when Daniel Garcia walked in. Garcia wanted to put Perry against the wall again like he did on Dynamite but wanted to try a different approach to get through to him. Garcia wanted Perry to know that he’s dealt with pretentious people like Perry all of his life and that Perry didn’t know anything about him. Perry said that he knew Garcia because he was Garcia, having walked the path that Garcia walked. He gave everything to AEW because he loved it, but AEW turned his back on him all the same. He said that Garcia saw who succeeded around here, and that Garcia was afraid to be the person he needed to be to succeed. Perry told Garcia that his unwillingness to sacrifice was why he wasn’t ready.

(This was an excellent bit of business here. Perry has made the dynamic between these two clear and compelling. These are two sides of the same coin, with Perry as the burnt-out, bitter counterpart to Garcia’s ascending, rah-rah babyface.)

Lance Archer & Brian Cage defeated Shaun Smith & Joe Keys

This was a murder, with Smith getting pinned after a chokebomb. They murdered these poor goons some more after the match. They murdered these poor goons some more after the match, leading to The Undisputed Kingdom running them off. Kyle O’Reilly was in the back looking on. Shane Taylor was also watching as Strong was his opponent later tonight.

AR Fox was in the back with Lexy Nair. He was about to talk about what was next for him when Nick Wayne & The Patriarchy walked in. Wayne told Fox that his father – Christian Cage, of course – taught him to always hold a grudge. Wayne reminded Fox that the biggest mistake of his life was jumping Wayne at his training school last year. Fox cut Wayne off to challenge him to a match for next week’s Collision.

We got a recap of Kris Statlander’s win over Kamille on Dynamite, with Mercedes Mone attacking her after the match. Statlander was backstage, noting that she was pissed after the attack. She said that if Mone was the star she believed herself to be, then facing Statlander at Full Gear wouldn’t be an issue.

Jon Moxley Town Hall

Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, & Marina Shafir came out. Moxley spoke amongst the people, noting that he would face Philadelphia’s own Orange Cassidy at Full Gear. Moxley warned Cassidy that the games didn’t begin at Full Gear, they had already begun. Moxley said that it was a question of if Cassidy would make it. He said that Philadelphia built tough, hard-nosed people like Wheeler Yuta. Yuta understood what it meant to sacrifice, and he understood what it meant to be a Philadelphia hero.

Action Andretti came out to the ring. He was tired of Yuta claiming to be a hometown hero because he didn’t represent Philadelphia like Andretti did. Andretti challenged any one of them to a fight right now, leading to PAC jumping him from behind. Moxley and crew made their way to ringside, and Bryce Remsburg came into the ring to start the match.

PAC (w/ Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, & Marina Shafir) defeated Action Andretti

(The match was an enhancement match for PAC, but the segment was a good bit of build for the World Title match. Wheeler Yuta continues to be the most interesting aspect of this story, as he continues to waver in his allegiance to Moxley.)

PAC stomped out Andretti through the commercial break. Andretti came back with a handspring elbow, then followed up with a dive to the floor. Andretti had a flurry of offense that ended with a Falcon Arrow for a nearfall. Yuta distracted the referee as Shafir hit Andretti in the ankle with the briefcase. PAC brought Andretti down with a superplex before snatching on the Brutalizer for the win.

PAC held onto the hold after the bell as the BCC surrounded Andretti. Orange Cassidy appeared in the crowd. He reminded Yuta of their past, living in his and Chuck Taylor’s house when he fell on hard times. The old Wheeler Yuta wouldn’t have allowed the attack on Taylor, and the old Yuta would have realized that Moxley was only using him. He said that he would bring back the old Yuta and stop Moxley’s madness by winning the title at Full Gear.

Moxley told Yuta to go get Cassidy. When Yuta hesitated, Moxley smacked him in the face and told him to go again. Yuta went after Cassidy but hesitated when they came face to face. Cassidy pulled the chair away, then hit the Orange Punch when Yuta went to attack. Moxley was furious and went after Cassidy, but he left through the stands.

Malakai Black was in the House of Black’s rumpus room. He said that when people have sat dormant for too long, they become worse versions of themselves. Black had sat dormant for too long, which is why he stepped up to Adam Cole. He said that he saw people like himself and Cole becoming relics in a rapidly changing AEW, and challenged Cole to fight off the darkness that had already consumed Black.

Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher were backstage with Lexy Nair. Fletcher was tired of dealing with the past and was looking toward the future alongside Takeshita. He reminded Private Party that Takeshita & Fletcher beat them earlier in the year, and wanted to move toward a tag team title match. They challenged Ricochet to find a partner to take them on for Dynamite.

Lio Rush defeated Ariya Daivari

Daivari jumped Rush at the bell, but Rush quickly came back with a headscissors. Rush clubbered on Daivari in the corner to the point where the referee had to pull him off, allowing Daivari to clothesline Daivari. Rush outmanuevered Daivari for a flash pin, but Daivari came back with a reverse DDT for a nearfall. Rush came back with a lariat and a Falcon Arrow for a nearfall.

Rush went for a dive, but Daivari threw Woods in the way. Another dive attempt took out Mark Sterling before Rush caught Daivari with a headscissors. Daivari caught Rush with a DDT, but Rush came back with Rush Hour and a frog splash to score the win.

MxM Collection & Johnny TV were backstage with Lexy Nair. Johnny said that MxM had “it,” and offered them a collab any time. Collab is short for collaboration, for those unaware.

Roderick Strong (w/ The Kingdom) defeated Shane Taylor (w/ Lee Moriarty & The Infantry)

(A solid TV win for Strong as he tries to get his hands on MJF as well.)

The Infantry joined Shane Taylor Promotions on a recent episode of Ring of Honor television. Taylor snuck a body shot in as they were against the ropes. MJF was seen watching on, somehow having a live camera in his house. Taylor and Strong hammered each other with chops as their respective units barked at each other on the floor. Strong went to the floor, but it was to bait Taylor for a baseball slide. Taylor caught Strong with a forearm, then hung him over the ropes before dropping him with a stunner.

After a commercial break, Taylor was still in control as the crowd chanted Strong’s name. Strong evaded an apron leg drop and dropkicked Taylor to the floor. Strong hit a set of flying forearms before taking Taylor down with a lariat for a one-count. Taylor was too big for an Olympic Slam, but a Sick Kick softened him up for a successful second attempt and a nearfall. Taylor evaded a knockout knee, then yanked Strong up into a uranage. A splash from Taylor got a nearfall, but Strong slipped out of the package piledriver and scored the win with a knockout knee. An unimpressed MJF watched on.

We got footage of Bobby Lashley’s debut on Wednesday with the Hurt Syndicate. The Hurt Syndicate was announced for an appearance on Dynamite.

It was announced that Private Party would defend their tag team titles in a four-way match at Full Gear. The teams will be determined in a series of qualifying matches. Those matches will be The Outrunners vs. Top Flight on next week’s Collision, FTR vs. The House of Black on the November 13th Dynamite, and La Faccion Ingobernable vs. The Acclaimed on the November 16th Collision.

Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher vs. Ricochet & a mystery partner was made official for Wednesday’s Dynamite.

We got a Mina Shirakawa video package, noting that Mina Is Coming. Good for her.

AEW Women’s World Title Match – Mariah May defeated Anna Jay to retain

(This was what you would expect it to be. The crowd got into Jay well enough, and the Queenslayer nearfall did get interesting after a point. A solid TV defense for May.)

They paint-brushed each other in the corner before locking up. Jay hit a Dangerous Jay kick in the corner before May came back with a back suplex into the corner. Jay fired up with strikes after a commercial break. A shotgun dropkick sent May into the corner, and after a pinning predicament, Jay hit a lungblower and a backstabber for a nearfall.

Jay hit another pair of kicks in the corner but May caught Jay with a choke on the top rope. May hammered Jay with a shotgun dropkick off the top rope. May hit a high-angle back suplex for a nearfall. May caught Jay with a headbutt and a running knee for a nearfall. Jay went for the same flash pin that earned her this title match but May fought out of it.

Jay caught May with a neckbreaker in the ropes, then followed up with a blockbuster for a nearfall. Jay snatched on the Queenslayer choke, and after some fight, May grabbed the referee’s shirt to escape the hold. May dropped Jay neck-first onto the ropes, then caught Jay with a flash pin of her own to score the win and retain the title. May offered a handshake but pulled her hand away to celebrate on the stage.

AEW Collision live results: Bunkhouse Brawl for ROH Tag Team titles

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A Bunkhouse Brawl for the Ring of Honor Tag Team titles headlines tonight’s live AEW Collision from Springfield, Massachussetts.

Sammy Guevara & Dustin Rhodes will defend the titles against former champions The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett). The former titleholders lost the gold back on the August 17th Collision in Arlington, Texas, while tonight marks the first defense for the champs.

The show will feature an all star ten-man tag team match with FTR, Hook and The Outrunners uniting to take on the Grizzled Young Veterans, Roderick Strong, The Beast Mortos, and Rush. The Outrunners made the save for FTR last Saturday after they were attacked by GYV after their match.

Darby Allin, who is set to face Jon Moxley at Wednesday’s Grand Slam, will take on Evil Uno while AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May, who will defend against Yuka Sakazaki Wednesday, will square off with Lady Frost in non-title action.

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Collision kicked off with plunder all around the ring for the opening match. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

Bunkhouse Brawl for ROH World Tag Team Titles – Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara (c) defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)

A fun, fast-paced plunder brawl to kick off the show. The Rhodes and Guevara team is working wonders, as Guevara gets to benefit from Rhodes and his eternal goodwill with the fans. I’d expect these two to continue to get shine on the road to All In: Texas next year.

The champions came out first in jeans and jumped the challengers on the ramp to kick off the title defense. Rhodes used his father’s belt buckle to carve up Bennett while Guevara hit a moonsault off the barricade to Taven. Bennett sent Rhodes into a chair in the corner to take him out for a moment. Guevara had a chair flung in his face to cut off a dive before the Kingdom hit a suicide doomsday device from the ring to the floor.

Rhodes menaced both of the Kingdom with a tazer, but they cut him off with a double superkick. Rhodes fought Bennett away and took Taven off the stage with a bulldog through barbed wire tables. Bennett sent Rhodes into the ring, but Guevara pulled him off the apron with a cutter through another table as we went to a commercial.

After the commercial break, Guevara climbed a ladder before a now-bloodied Taven shoved him off the ladder through two tables. A bloody Rhodes fought both men off with double crotch grabs, then got his hands on a cowbell and ran wild with it. Rhodes sent Taven into a chair with a powerslam, then suplexed him through the chair for a nearfall. Bennett sent Rhodes through two chairs with a Death Valley Driver, then held a chair in place for a Just The Tip with the chair.

Guevara cut off the pin and hit Taven with the Go To Hell. Guevara set Bennett up in the corner for Shattered Dreams, which Rhodes hit with a barbed wire cowboy boot. Rhodes hit the Final Reckoning, then held Bennett in place for a Guevara senton off of a ladder for the win.

Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly, & Hologram were backstage with Lexy Nair when The Premier Athletes immediately cut them off. Mark Sterling noted that his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts named today AEW Day, and that he was going to make sure there were no Conglomeration shenanigans tonight. Mark Briscoe took offense, calling Sterling a “shenanigator” and bringing in Rocky Romero as an equalizer for their team.

We got a short video hyping Britt Baker’s return to the ring at the Dynamite 5 Year Anniversary show on October 2.

Tony Schiavone announced that after the events of last week, Queen Aminata demanded a match with Serena Deeb and will get it tonight.

Evil Uno was backstage with Lexy Nair ahead of his match with Darby Allin. He was upset that people were overlooking him when Allin entered the frame. Allin warned Uno that Jon Moxley was starting a war and that he looked down on everyone else in AEW. Allin challenged Uno not to wrestle him tonight, but to fight him tonight and prove Moxley wrong.

Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly, & Hologram (w/ Rocky Romero) defeated The Premier Athletes (Ari Daivari, Josh Woods, & Tony Nese) (w/ Mark Sterling)

Hologram took the first advantage of the match, evading Nese in the corner before hitting a ropewalk dropkick. The Athletes caught O’Reilly in the corner and laid the boots to him as we went to a commercial. I normally fast-forward the commercials, but there was one for the season premiere of 911, in which a truck crashed and sent 22 MILLION KILLER BEES into the streets. And they called a bunch of firefighters to…wrangle them up, I guess? I just about died. Why were there so many bees in a truck? What is Jennifer Love Hewitt supposed to do about it?

I wiped the tears out of my eyes for Hologram’s hot tag. He got cut off but tagged in Briscoe for his own hot tag. Briscoe hit a Death Valley Bomb and went up for the Froggy Bow, but Sterling cut him off. Romero got Sterling in place for a Hologram dive, and Briscoe hit the Jay Driller on Woods for the win.

(MxM Collection taking tips from Jean Pierre Lafitte, it seems.)

Non-Title Match – Mariah May defeated Lady Frost

May blew McGuinness a kiss on commentary, allowing Frost to steal a roll-up for a nearfall. May took control with a Mariah-Go-Round spinning sidewalk slam. May took Frost off the top rope with a headscissors and hit a John Woo dropkick, but Frost came back with a cartwheel off of May’s back into a dropkick. May and Frost traded German suplexes before May hit a headbutt and a running knee. May hit the Storm Zero for the win.

During this match, it was announced that the Learning Tree would take on The Conglomeration (Cassidy, Briscoe, & O’Reilly) next week on Collision: Grand Slam in a Tornado Trios Match.

We got a video package for the Women’s Title match next week on Dynamite: Grand Slam between Mariah May & Yuka Sakazaki.

Willow Nightingale was backstage with Lexy Nair. Nightingale said that she was still hurting from her loss at All Out but was looking forward to the future. Deonna Purrazzo & Taya Valkyrie entered the frame to chew out Nightingale for not looking out for her friend Yuka Sakazaki over the past few weeks. Purrazzo offered Sakazaki protection, drawing Nightingale’s objection. Valkyrie got in Nightingale’s face, and a challenge was made for next week’s Rampage.

(I can’t say that a Purrazzo & Valkyrie team excites me very much.)

The Acclaimed were in the back. Caster insulted MxM Collection with a freestyle, saying that their style was weak and that MxM was stealing the Acclaimed’s style to get themselves noticed.

We got a video package for Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley on Dynamite: Grand Slam that also brought up the group’s pleas to Wheeler Yuta to join them.

Darby Allin defeated Evil Uno (w/ Alex Reynolds)

Much better than it looked on paper, as Allin fired Uno up to fight hard in the pre-tape. Allin is one of the most consistently good TV wrestlers in the world, as he never takes a night off in the ring and always finds an interesting angle to approach a match.

Uno slapped Allin in the face to start, then clubbered on him in the corner. Reynolds distracted the referee to allow Uno to whip Allin with his belt. Allin came back with a suicide dive and tore into Uno’s mask, but a Reynolds distraction allowed Uno to pinball Allin around ringside. A piledriver got uno a nearfall. Allin caught Uno in a Bully Choke, a move that Jon Moxley used to beat Uno in the past, but Uno got to the ropes. Uno hit a buckle bomb and a flatliner for a nearfall.

Reynolds helped Uno fight off a sunset flip, forcing Allin to hit him with a suicide dive. Allin side-stepped an Uno cannonball off the apron, then hit a Coffin Drop to the floor. Allin hit a Coffin Drop in the ring to score the win.

We got a recap of the Hangman Page/Jeff Jarrett interaction from Dynamite. In video from after Dynamite, Jeff & Karen Jarrett were with Renee Paquette. To his wife’s dismay, Jarrett challenged Hangman Page to a Lumberjack Strap Match at Grand Slam. Jarrett named a few people he had in mind to be lumberjacks, like the Dark Order, Jay Lethal, & Satnam Singh. He had enough of Page’s attitude and his ego and was going to kick his ass at Grand Slam.

Serena Deeb defeated Queen Aminata

The crowd wasn’t into this match to start, chanting for Willow instead. By the end, these two earned This Is Awesome chants as they had a very good TV match here.

Deeb outwrestled Aminata to start, catching her in a seated surfboard stretch. Aminata had a short flurry before Deeb took Aminata down with a neckbreaker in the ropes. After a commercial break, Aminata fought out of an Octopus Stretch with a sidewalk slam.

Aminata made her comeback, hitting a swinging suplex for a nearfall. Aminata dropped Deeb with a German suplex before hitting a sliding kick for a nearfall. Deeb came back with a hammerlock lariat for a nearfall. We got a pinning predicament before Deeb hit a chop block. Aminata hit Deeb with the Brain Drain headbutt, but it sent Deeb to the floor. Deeb caught Aminata with a Dragon Screw on the way back into the ring, then hit the Detox in the ring for the win.

We got a recap of the Harley Cameron vs. Hikaru Shida match from Rampage. It featured interference from both Saraya & Jamie Hayter, leading to Saraya challenging Jamie Hayter to a Saraya’s Rules match for Grand Slam. Saraya & Cameron were with Renee Paquette backstage. Cameron ran down what Saraya’s Rules were, all of them essentially saying that Saraya could cheat and that Cameron could interfere.

Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara were backstage with Lexy Nair. They put each other over before Guevara noted that he wanted two titles like Rhodes had. He challenged Kazuchika Okada to an eliminator match for Grand Slam and said that if he won, he’d take his title match at the 5-Year Anniversary Dynamite the following week.

(Sammy Guevara vs. Kazuchika Okada. What the hell does that look like? I guess we’ll find out next week.)

All-Star Ten Man Tag Team Match – Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson), Roderick Strong, Rush & The Beast Mortos defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood), Hook & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

This felt like a throwback to CM Punk’s Collision, with a multi-man tag main event that went one commercial break too long. It’s good to see Rush get a win, though.

Wheeler & Drake started, but a big brawl kicked off and the babyfaces pinballed Strong around before Mortos saved him from the Redrum. After a commercial, Mortos had control of Harwood and hit him with a cannonball. Rush tagged in and stomped on Harwood before hitting his pose. Gibson tagged in but got overwhelmed by Harwood. Hook tagged in but took a double clothesline from the Veterans for a nearfall.

Strong and Hook got after it, with Hook laying the rudos out with strikes before sending Strong flying with a T-Bone suplex. The rudos took control of Hook as we went to another commercial. Hook made the tag to Floyd, who ran wild with bodyslams. Magnum tagged in to hit the Predator elbow drop. They hit Drake with the Shatter Machine, but the pin got broken up and a Pier Six brawl broke out.

Gibson cut off Magnum with a throat chop. Magnum got worked on by the rudos into and through the commercial break before getting the tag to Harwood. We got German suplexes from the tecnicos before another Pier Six brawl broke out. Strong and Hook brawled to the back, and Rush and Harwood were left in the ring. FTR set up the Shatter Machine, but Mortos broke it up before hitting the spinning tornillo to the crowd on the floor. Another Shatter Machine attempt got broken up by Mortos, who worked together with Rush to lay Harwood out. Rush hit the Bull’s Horns and pinned Harwood to get the win.

Serena Deeb was backstage and challenged Britt Baker to a match on the 5 Year Anniversary Dynamite from Pittsburgh on October 2.

Nigel McGuinness Town Hall

A very good promo from McGuinness to close out the show. I liked Schiavone standing up for Danielson in his absence and calling out McGuinness for trying to manipulate the situation outside of Danielson’s control. McGuinness really got it across how his obsession with Danielson had driven him crazy and how badly he needed the Danielson match to prove himself right after over a decade of retirement. A great final sell for Grand Slam.

Nigel McGuinness was on the stage, noting that Bryan Danielson had still refused to answer his challenge for Grand Slam. He accused Danielson of faking his injury, and that the reality was that Danielson feared McGuinness. McGuinness said that if Danielson wouldn’t do it for them, and if he wouldn’t do it so his family couldn’t be embarrassed by him anymore, he should do it for the fans.

Tony Schiavone took to the stage and said that he knew that McGuinness was trying to manipulate Danielson into a match. He said that Danielson wasn’t afraid of McGuinness and that he would fight McGuinness if he was cleared. Schiavone said that in his five decades of calling wrestling, Danielson was the greatest wrestler he had ever seen. McGuinness said that if anybody else had said that to him, they would have gotten laid out.

He told Schiavone to sit back down, then told Danielson that it was his destiny to get one more match with Danielson. He spent years shouting at the moon about how he was as good as Danielson, but no one believed him. There were only two people who knew what he was saying was the truth, himself and Danielson. Danielson knew that McGuinness was better than him and refused to give McGuinness his vindication. McGuinness hoped Danielson showed up, and if he didn’t, he hoped the devil heard his prayers.

AEW Collision live results: FTR vs. The Acclaimed, Eddie Kingston appearance

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The challengers for the AEW Tag Team title at this month’s All In will decided on tonight’s AEW Collision from Arlington, Texas.

The match will see rivals and former champions FTR and The Acclaimed battling it out with the winners set to face The Young Bucks for the titles in London. The match happened after FTR interfered in Wednesday’s title match, causing a DQ loss for The Acclaimed.

In a surprise announcement Friday, Eddie Kingston will make an appearance on tonight’s show as he has All In on his mind. The former ROH World Champion has been out of action since May after tearing his ACL, meniscus, and fracturing his leg in a match against Gabe Kidd at NJPW Resurgence.

Tonight’s show will also feature ROH Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) defend against Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara, Britt Baker vs. Harley Cameron, and TNT Champion Jack Perry in action. Toni Storm is also set to debut a new film.

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The final Collision from the eSportatorium started with Britt Baker making her entrance for the opening match. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

Dr. Britt Baker DMD defeated Harley Cameron

Decent build for the TBS Title match at Wembley.

We got footage of Baker’s attack on Mercedes Mone from Dynamite. The two went back and forth as the announcers ran down the card for tonight. Baker fired up with forearms before running wild, scoring a nearfall with the Twist and Shout neckbreaker. Baker pulled out the glove, but Cameron showed her no love by hitting her with Sole Food and a Shining Wizard for a nearfall.

The two jockeyed for position before Baker scored with a question mark kick. The two traded kicks before Baker hit a Slingblade and a curb stomp for the win. After the match, Mercedes Mone & Kamille came out. Mone sent Kamiile to the ring, with Baker responding by fishing a kendo stick from under the ring. Kamille took the kendo stick and broke it over her knee before booting Baker in the face. Kamille carried Baker into the ring before dumping her with the Dominator. Mone & Kamille stood tall over Baker to end the segment.

We got footage of the press conference announcing All In: Texas for July 12, 2025. Arlington mayor Jim Ross – not that one – was shown in the front row for tonight’s Collision.

We got a recap of Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara’s recent history on Ring of Honor television, with them getting laid out by the Undisputed Kingdom on Thursday’s episode of ROH.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match – Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) (c) to win the titles

This was a load of fun, as the eSportatorium got behind the Texas boys winning the titles here. Dustin Rhodes is a double champion in Ring of Honor, as we all predicted back in 2002.

Bennett & Rhodes started the match off, with Rhodes working hard to eventually catch both men with the sliding uppercut. Guevara tagged in and ran wild with dives, with him and Rhodes posing to big cheers. The Kingdom got the advantage on Guevara by chucking him into the stairs as we went to a commercial break.

The champions continued to beat on Guevara as we came back from the commercial. Rhodes provided a distraction to Taven while he was on the top rope, allowing Guevara to race up the ropes and hit a little Spanish Fly. Rhodes got the hot tag and ran wild, dropping Taven with the Canadian Destroyer. Rhodes set up for Shattered Dreams, then sent Bennett into Taven’s crotch before hitting the move behind the referee’s back.

Rhodes hit Taven with the Cross Rhodes for a nearfall. A move train broke out before Rhodes and Taven were left alone again. Roderick Strong & The Beast Mortos came out, with Mortos providing distraction as Strong hit a Sick Kick. Rhodes kicked out, and the Von Erichs came out to lock on them both in the Claw.

A battle royal broke out at ringside, with Cage of Agony & The Conglomeration joining the fray on the floor. Back in the ring, Guevara cut off the Hail Mary with a springboard cutter to Taven. Rhodes hit the Curtain Call on Bennett before Guevara scored the win with a senton.

We got a video package of the roster making predictions on the Swerve Strickland/Bryan Danielson AEW World Title match at All In: Wembley, set to Machinehead by Bush.

FTW Champion Chris Jericho was with Renee Paquette backstage, who noted that Jericho would be facing Tommy Billington on Dynamite in Wales. Jericho called his All In opponent, Hook, stupid for fighting him blind. He told Hook that he would be banned from the Jericho Vortex after All In and said that he wanted a warm-up against one of the UK’s top prospects. He said that Billington’s uncle wouldn’t have liked Billington as he hadn’t worked enough to earn his opportunities. Jericho called himself a modern-day Stu Hart and said that the Dynamite Kid would be Dynamite done.

Hologram defeated Angelico

The announcers made sure to note that Hologram used his mat skills to beat the technician, spotlighting the diversity of Hologram’s work. I wonder how Hologram’s push will translate to the bigger buildings, with this being the last show in the eSportatorium for now. And yes, I am shoehorning eSportatorium into this review as much as possible.

The two worked on the mat, with Hologram spinning on his head to take Angelico down with his legs. They fought to a stalemate before Hologram armdragged Angelico with his feet to send him to the outside. Hologram hit a massive suicida as we went to a commercial break.

After the commercial, Hologram evaded Angelico in the corner before hitting a high kick and a ropewalk hurricanrana. Angelico caught Hologram in the corner, but Hologram turned it into a DDT for a nearfall. Hologram went for a 450 splash, but Angelico moved out of the way and hit a rising enzuigiri for a nearfall. Hologram stood on Angelico’s back, then vaulted up into a rana for a nearfall.

We got a pinning predicament before Hologram stuffed a La Magistral cradle for a nearfall. Hologram caught Angelico with a leg-trap crucifix pin to win.

We got a video package highlighting the danger of the Tiger Driver ’91, with Will Ospreay talking about how there is no way for the man taking the move to protect himself. We got footage of Mitsuharu Misawa using the move in Ring of Honor as Excalibur talked about the origins of the move. After Misawa’s death in 2009, the move was effectively retired until Ospreay used it at Forbidden Door 2023 against Kenny Omega. Ospreay regretted using it on Bryan Danielson because of his neck issues and walked out of the interview.

(Mitsuharu Misawa footage on Collision. This really is the People’s A-Show.)

Non-Title Match: TNT Champion Jack Perry defeated Danny Orion

I was expecting Perry’s personalized TNT Title to be made of glass. I don’t know how that would have worked, but it would’ve been something.

Orion was billed from “Dallas Singles dot com.” Perry quickly drilled Orion with a rebound lariat. Perry hit the Glass Jaw knee to score the win.

After the match, Perry grabbed a can of spray paint and a body bag. He painted half of Orion’s face white and stuffed him and the TNT Title in the body bag, which was branded with Darby Allin’s name. He pulled out another bag which held a personalized TNT Title, spraypainted black with veiny leather. Is there a better way of describing the look of the leather? It looked veiny.

We got a video package of the recent events surrounding the AEW Trios Titles. The House of Black and the Bang Bang Gang cut separate promos about Christian Cage screwed them both over. It ended with Brody King asking Cage if he felt nostalgic. Vice Principal Christopher Daniels then announced that The Patriarchy would defend the AEW Trios Titles at All In: Wembley in a “London Ladders Match.” Their opponents would be The House of Black, The Bang Bang Gang, and a third team to be determined in a Wild Card match on Collision from Wales next Saturday.

Claudio Castagnoli defeated Lio Rush

This match was everything I wanted it to be, with Rush less challenging Castagnoli and more being a gnat that Claudio eventually caught.

Castagnoli is warming up for his Continental Championship match on Dynamite against Kazuchika Okada by facing his former CHAOS stablemate Lio Rush. Yeah, Lio Rush was in CHAOS for a minute last year, remember that? Rush manuevered around Castagnoli to find an opening and hit a stunner for a one count before getting booted. After a commercial, Castagnoli caught Rush on a poisonrana attempt, then stuffed a regular rana attempt before Rush baited him over the top to the apron. Rush hit a pair of handspring boots before going for a suicida, but Castagnoli caught him and tossed him on the apron.

Rush hit a kick and a rana off the apron, but Castagnoli vaulted him over the barricade and sent him tumbling among the humanoids. Rush beat the count into the ring, then evaded several strikes before hitting a low enzuigiri. Rush went for the frog splash, but Castagnoli moved before hitting the Swiss Death uppercut for the win.

Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway were in the back complaining about Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii. Statlander talked about how scary Ishii was, with Hathaway becoming more visibly afraid. Hathaway said that whoever won at Wembley would earn the right to pick the stipulation for Nightingale & Statlander’s singles rematch at All Out in Chicago on September 7th. Hathaway then feebly threatened Ishii, claiming that he was the Stone Pitbull around here and failing to bark with any bass in his voice.

Eddie Kingston, with a bushy Mick Foley beard, was at his home. He wasn’t here to give an injury update, as he still had a long road to recovery. He talked to Bryan Danielson, asking what version of Danielson this was. He called this version of Danielson disrespectful to the sport, and a man that would get beaten by Swerve Strickland at All In. This version of Danielson didn’t have the fire anymore. Kingston asked Danielson if he would find that fire and step up, or just go to Wembley and lose.

(In case you were wondering, Eddie Kingston can cut a money promo about a match he isn’t in while nursing a bum leg.)

Mariah May defeated London Dior

May jumped her opponent with a shotgun dropkick as she entered the ring. May hit a hip attack and a Storm Zero for the quick win, as Tony Schiavone barely spit out Dior’s name before the match was over.

After the match, we got a Toni Storm film entitled “My Final Gift.” Storm, in a black wig, told a story about the doctor recommending her to see a clown called Pagliacci. She said that Pagliacci should pay to see her. She threatened May, saying that the River Thames would run red with her blood. I think the River Thames is red anyway from the pollution, but that’s neither here nor there. Storm said that May would regret the day she met the woman who loved her. Wembley was waiting, so they would give them a show.

Back in the ring, May was seething. She beat the poor dead jobber with the shoe before leaving.

For an AEW World Tag Team Title Match at All In: Wembley – FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) ended in a time limit draw, both teams will challenge for the titles at All In

I looked at the clock when this match started and had a feeling it would go the time limit. The live crowd was very into the match, but I can’t say I agree. It was a solid effort, but there were some sloppy moments as well as some stretching to fill the time. This was also basically the same thing they did with the trios titles, both ending in a multi-team match at Wembley. They’re both undercard matches, so I’m not terribly upset about it, but it isn’t the most inspired booking here.

We got some video packages on both teams throughout the show to hype the match. Bowens and Harwood started as the crowd was firmly behind FTR. We got some Acclaimed chants as Caster and Wheeler tagged in. The teams worked slowly to start before the Acclaimed sent FTR to the floor. FTR baited Caster to the floor, where Harwood led him into a Wheeler lariat as we went to a commercial.

After the break, the crowd was hot as Caster fought his way to the corner for a tag to Bowens. Bowens ran wild until Harwood caught him with a series of German suplexes. Both Caster and Wheeler blind-tagged their partners, leading to a bit of confusion from FTR before Caster fought out of a Harwood powerbomb. The Acclaimed took control, hitting a suplex/high cross combo for a nearfall.

FTR came back, with Wheeler catching Caster with a sunset flip before getting him with a lariat. Caster went for a victory roll, but Wheeler backed into the corner to tag Harwood, who hit the Steiner Super Bulldog for a nearfall. After a commercial, Harwood and Bowens were trading shots in the ring. Harwood dropped Bowens with a DDT before both men made the tag. Wheeler ran wild on the Acclaimed, hitting Caster with a Gory Special for a nearfall.

Caster hit a powerbomb, but Wheeler rolled through the pin for a nearfall of his own. Harwood pulled Bowens in the ring for a spike piledriver, but Caster knocked Wheeler to the floor. The Acclaimed ran wild, but Wheeler cut off a tag move and allowed Harwood to score a nearfall with a small package. Harwood caught both men in separate Sharpshooters, but Bowens hit a jumping leg drop for a close nearfall.

Harwood and Bowens fought for positioning before Harwood sat Bowens on the top rope. The announcer gave the five-minute call as twenty-five minutes had passed. Harwood slipped on the Powerplex but still pulled Bowens up and over. Wheeler hit the splash and dove onto a sitting Caster on the floor. FTR went for the Shatter Machine, but Caster broke it up and hit the Shatter Machine with Bowens for the nearfall. The Acclaimed hit the Mic Drop, but Wheeler threw Caster into the pile to break up the pin.

The four men swung at each other before FTR hit the Shatter Machine on Bowens for a nearfall broken up by Caster. The one-minute call came as Caster tagged in, with he and Harwood trading flash pins before dropping each other with punches. Harwood sent Caster into the ropes and bonked heads with Caster, falling into the cover for a nearfall. The time limit expired, with the match ending in a draw.

The crowd chanted Five More Minutes as the four men got to their feet. Billy Gunn tried to settle things down, but Harwood punched him in the face and kicked off a brawl that got security out. Tony Schiavone announced on commentary that, since neither team lost, both teams would get the World Tag Team Title match at All In. It will be the Young Bucks vs. The Acclaimed vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Team Titles next Sunday, as the two teams continued to brawl to end the show.

AEW Collision live results: Okada & The Young Bucks trios debut

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The Elite are set to make their ‘debut’ on this week’s Collision.

Nicholas and Matthew Jackson will team with Kazuchika Okada on Saturday. This will mark the first time the three have teamed together since Wednesday, when The Young Bucks officially recruited Okada into the group, suspending Hangman Page and firing Kenny Omega in the process.

The House of Black will face Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, and Jeff Jarrett. After The House of Black laid out the challenge to Briscoe, Lethal offered to team up with him. After Briscoe questioned Jeff Jarrett’s involvement, Lethal said that it was he that Briscoe had to trust, not Jarrett.

Stars from CMLL will also be in action. Chris Jericho will take on Titan, while Mistico will face Angelico. Other matches will see Bryan Danielson face Shane Taylor, Mariah May will face Trish Adora, and Toni Storm will present the first-ever Toni Award.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 pm ET.

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Sir Elton John played us in to the first episode of Collision post-Revolution. Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, and nobody else welcomed us to the show as Bryan Danielson made his entrance for our opening match.

Bryan Danielson defeated Shane Taylor (w/ Lee Moriarty)

An awesome David vs. Goliath match to open this show. Danielson had a plan, stuck to it, and took down the giant. If the last year of both men’s careers has been anything to go by, Ospreay vs. Danielson at Dynasty will be the talk of the pro wrestling world. If you want to know how excited I am for the match, I bought a ticket after the show-closing tease on Dynamite.

Taylor overpowered Danielson to start, talking trash to Danielson while he did it. Danielson transitioned from a Greco-Roman knuckle lock into hammer-and-anvil elbows before trying kicks to Taylor’s leg, but Taylor popped him with a jab and chops in the corners. The two traded position in the corner, landing strikes before Danielson landed a flurry of strikes. Danielson tripped Taylor before sitting on Taylor’s tied-up leg.

Danielson went to work on Taylor’s left leg before Taylor checked a kick and hammered Danielson with an elbow. After a commercial break, Taylor landed a leg drop on the apron for a nearfall. Taylor continued to clubber on Danielson as commentary noted how Danielson knocked out Moriarty in a previous match from years ago. Danielson fired up, going after Taylor’s knee by wrapping it around the ring post.

Danielson landed a shotgun dropkick before peppering Taylor with kicks to the leg. They were back leg front kicks, for anyone wondering. Taylor crumbled to his knees before Danielson hammered him with more kicks, but Taylor defiantly kicked out at one after a head kick. Danielson hit a pair of corner dropkicks, but Taylor drilled Danielson with a lariat for a nearfall. Taylor landed a big offensive flurry, ending in a uranage and a splash for a nearfall. Danielson evaded a cannonball, hit a trio of head kicks, then hit the Busaiku Knee for the win.

After the match, Will Ospreay made his way to the ring. He grabbed a mic for both him and Danielson, asking for a conversation. After praising the match with Taylor, he noted how the first thing he noticed was how respected Danielson was in the locker room and by the fans. But after getting interrupted on Dynamite, Ospreay has a feeling that Danielson wanted to ask him something. Danielson welcomed Ospreay to AEW and praised his match with Takeshita at Revolution. He heard Ospreay talk about being the best wrestler in the world, and Danielson wanted to give Ospreay a chance to prove it. The challenge was made and accepted; Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay on April 21st at AEW Dynasty.

The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) defeated Adrian Alanis, Jon Cruz & Liam Gray

I get paid to watch Kazuchika Okada wrestle. That’s pretty cool. An emphatic debut for Okada and a big-time trios match for Big Business in Boston.

During the Young Bucks entrance, Matthew pulled out a giant coin and dropped it to signal the entrance of Okada. Okada requested the tag to start the match, then promptly beat all three of his opponents by himself, scoring the pin on Gray after hitting the Rainmaker.

After the match, Eddie Kingston went after Okada but got quickly overwhelmed by the Elite. Eddie’s old friend Penta El Zero Miedo came out to make the save but got dropped with a neckbreaker by Okada. Okada posed with the Continental Championship before PAC made his return to save his Death Triangle partner. He took out both Bucks before facing off with Okada. PAC ran wild and took Okada down with a German suplex before the Bucks pulled Okada out of the ring. PAC said that he was back and looking for trouble. Kingston made the challenge for Wednesday’s Big Business show: Kingston, PAC, & Penta vs. The Elite.

We got a video package hyping Darby Allin vs. Jay White for Big Business.

Mariah May defeated Trish Adora

While I’m not a fan of the Timeless Toni stuff, this was a fun segment.

In a continuance of the All About Eve story going on here, May came out to Toni Storm’s music while wearing her old gear. After May controlled the match before the commercial break, Adora ran wild, hitting a German suplex from her knees. May shut her down with a big running knee before landing the May Day to score the win.

After the match, Timeless Toni Storm came out to present the first annual Toni Award. This award represented the outstanding achievement in the field of pro wrestling. The nominees are: Mariah May for her portrayal of Toni Storm at Revolution. There are no other nominees. The winner is…Mariah May! On behalf of us all at F4WOnline, allow me to congratulate May on her big win. Deonna Purrazzo crashed the stage like Will Smith, jumping Storm from behind and attacking her with the Toni Award – which was a shoe. May saved Storm and dropped Purrazzo with a DDT before accepting her award to You Deserve It chants.

We got a video package recapping Kris Statlander vs. Riho before hyping Willow Nightingale vs. Riho at Big Business.

Nick Wayne (w/ The Patriarchy) defeated Adam Priest

Wayne thoroughly controlled this match early on. Priest laid in some chops on the floor, but a momentary distraction allowed Wayne to hit a handspring that knocked Priest off the apron. After paying homage to “his father” with the standing choke on the ropes, Wayne hit Wayne’s World to get the win.

After the match, Christian talked trash to fans and tore up one masked fan’s sign. The fan jumped Christian and Wayne before unmasking as Adam Copeland. Copeland held up the TNT Championship before pulling out a box from under the ring. The Patriarchy surrounded the ring, but Copeland opened the box and spooked Cage enough to get him to bail. What was in the box was never revealed, so there’s a little mystery going into Toronto on March 20th.

Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett & the others were with Lexy Nair backstage. Jarrett talked about trust and told Briscoe that he could trust that Jarrett would do anything to win this street fight. Lethal and Briscoe trusted each other before Briscoe got hyped for the street fight.

Chris Jericho defeated Titán

These two had some slight missteps early but rounded off into a solid match. This match had a nice backstory, as Jericho wrestled the original Titán in his first match in CMLL before wrestling the new generation Titan here tonight. Hook and Jericho look to be taking on the Gates of Agony at some point soon, which is a fine spot for both men.

The two locked up before Titán won the early exchange with an armdrag. Jericho engaged in a chop battle before Titán sent him to the floor and hit a tope suicida. Titán sent Jericho into the stairs before bringing Jericho to the top rope, but Jericho took Titán down with a top rope bulldog for a nearfall.

After a commercial, Titán sent Jericho to the floor with a nip-up Pele Kick. Titán followed up with a no-touch tope to the floor before Jericho came back with a butterfly backbreaker for a nearfall. Titán avoided the Lionsault and hit a Tornado DDT for a nearfall. Titán lifted himself to the top rope and hit a double stomp for a nearfall. Titán went to lock on El Immortal, but Jericho reversed it into a Walls of Jericho attempt. Titán rolled Jericho up for a nearfall, but Jericho caught Titán off the ropes with a Codebreaker for a nearfall.

Titán matrixed out of the way of a Judas Effect, hitting a kick and a spinning Death Valley Driver for a nearfall. Titán went for the same step-up rana he had hit earlier, but Jericho reversed it into the Walls of Jericho for the win. After the match, the Gates of Agony jumped Jericho after he got involved in their business on Dynamite. Hook came out with a kendo stick and a favor to repay, running off the Gates of Agony.

Tony Schiavone announced the AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament would begin next Saturday on Collision before welcoming FTR to the ring. Cash Wheeler noted that next month noted a decade of FTR and that they’ve gotten knocked down plenty of times in that span. They got back up before, and they would get back up again after their loss at Revolution. Dax Harwood noted how great they’ve been and how Collision was built on great tag team wrestling, but openly wondered if they should even be in the tournament after their recent cold streak. He said if they were in the tournament, they would give everything they had to be the first three-time tag team champions in AEW history.

The Infantry came out, making me wonder if I clicked on Honor Club by accident. Captain Shawn Dean introduced themselves as the most dynamic, best-looking tag team in wrestling. Carlie Bravo noted that they were almost late to the show due to a sale at Magic City but wanted to wish FTR luck. They shook hands before noting that they wanted to give the tag team tournament a Revival. Harwood said that the Revival was dead, and if they came across the Infantry in the tournament, they would be dead too.

(A nice introduction for the Infantry, who have been a solid team in Ring of Honor. Glad to see them get the nod here.)

Mistico defeated Angelico (w/ Serpentico)

A fine showcase for Mistico.

Mistico won an early exchange with armdrags before landing a handspring elbow as the show went to a commercial break. After the break, Mistico hit a headscissors and a 619 before hitting a springboard dropkick. Mistico dove onto Serpentico before hitting Angelico with a headscissors on the floor. Mistico vaulted back into the ring with a tornillo before hitting a senton off the top rope for a nearfall.

Angelico avoided a moonsault and countered a La Magistral cradle with one of his own for a nearfall. The two traded kicks before Mistico hit a springboard crossbody. Mistico twisted himself into La Mistica to score the submission win. After the match, everyone shook hands as Angelico and Serpentico raised Mistico’s hand in victory.

Atlanta Street Fight – House Of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black) defeated Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett & Mark Briscoe

This was a wild match, paying off the fire teases from Briscoe’s temporary pyromania last week. With Jarrett’s friend and wife getting caught up in the match, it can easily lead to the long-teased split between Lethal and Jarrett. Meanwhile, the House of Black gets a bounce-back win and closes this chapter after losing the cage match in January to FTR and Daniel Garcia due to Briscoe’s interference.

The House was in black and red while Briscoe’s team was ready for war decked out in camo. During the opening Pier Six brawl, it was announced that Hook & Chris Jericho would take on the Gates of Agony at Big Business on Wednesday. This was an absolute riot to start, with bodies flying everywhere and plunder being set up. King went for a crossbody to Lethal into the barricade, but Lethal moved out of the way. Lethal and Jarrett went to put King through a table, but Black knocked Jarrett down. King sent Lethal through the table with a crossbody into a barricade.

Briscoe and Matthews fought on the top rope near a table, but King sent Briscoe off the top rope and over the table into a pile of chairs. After a commercial, the House had Jarrett isolated as Matthews pulled out lighter fluid. They went to set the table on fire before Sonjay Dutt tried to involve himself with a guitar. It didn’t work, leading to Julia Hart bringing out a gas can. Matthews doused Dutt in the gas, but Karen Jarrett came out and hit Matthews low, allowing Dutt to send Matthews through some stageside tables. Hart misted Karen, taking her out of the fold.

Jarrett and Lethal took down King in the ring with a double-team, but King hammered Lethal repeatedly on the apron before choking Lethal out. Jarrett cracked King with a guitar before tipping him off the apron through a table, then turned around into a Black Mass from Black. Hart handed Black the railroad spike, but Briscoe fought it off and hit the Jay Driller.

Briscoe went for a dive onto Black, but Matthews helped Black catch Briscoe and dumped him on the apron. Hart lit the table on fire before Matthews and Black powerbombed Briscoe into the flaming table. Black rolled Briscoe into the ring and got the pin to win this wild main event.

AEW Collision live results: Bryan Danielson vs. Andrade El Idolo

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The AEW World Team titles are at stake on this week’s Collision.

Ricky Starks and Big Bill will defend their titles against Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta. Starks and Bill won the Tag Team titles two weeks ago on Collision, defeating FTR in under five minutes. FTR will be making their return to in-ring action on Saturday for the first time since losing the titles.

Bryan Danielson will take on Andrade El Idolo in what Tony Khan has billed as a dream match. It will be the first time the two have wrestled in AEW. Danielson lost to Christian Cage on last week’s Collision thanks to interference from Ricky Starks.

Eddie Kingston will meet Jeff Jarrett in a Memphis street fight. If Jeff Jarrett wins, Jay Lethal will earn a shot at Eddie Kingston’s ROH World Championship. Miro will also be in action, taking on Action Andretti after Andretti was shown talking to Miro’s wife CJ Perry about potentially becoming a client of hers.

Live coverage of Collision begins at 8 p.m. ET.

No pre-roll comments again this week, as Sir Elton John played us into Collision. Tony Schiavone, Kevin Kelly, and Nigel McGuinness were on the call for a Saturday night chockful of fights.

Bryan Danielson defeated Andrade El Idolo

While the “Dream Match” terminology used by Tony Khan to hype this match was a bit extreme, this was still a stellar television match. Andrade has been a lynchpin of Collision since day one, and Danielson was obviously going to live up to the billing. The post-match will garner attention, with Malachi Black stepping up to Danielson.

The fans chanted This Is Awesome at the bell as the two men locked up. It was announced that both Skye Blue & The Gunns would be in action tonight. In separate matches, to be clear. After an early exchange, Andrade lifted Danielson into a Gory Special. The two men got into a pinning predicament before standing off. Another fast-paced exchange ended with another standoff and a handshake. Danielson lifted Andrade in a Romero special, and Andrade escaped into another pinning predicament.

Danielson and Andrade fought out of each other’s submission holds to another stalemate. Danielson landed a chop, which quickly changed the tenor of this match as both men started chopping each other. Andrade caught himself in the ropes and baited Danielson in before sending him to the floor, but Danielson caught Andrade on a baseball slide before throwing him shoulder-first into the ring post. Danielson hit a running knee off the apron as we went to a commercial.

Danielson stomped on Andrade’s arm as we returned from the commercial. Andrade flipped out of a back suplex before throwing an overhand chop. The two men traded strikes again before Andrade laid Bryan out with a flying forearm. Danielson countered Andrade’s running knees but didn’t counter Andrade’s springboard dropkick and got sent to the floor. Andrade followed Danielson to the floor with a moonsault, before hitting a split-legged moonsault in the ring for a nearfall.

Andrade brought Danielson up for a superplex, but Danielson sent Andrade to the mat with headbutts. Danielson hit a shotgun dropkick before landing the chest kicks. Andrade caught the head kick and hit a dragon screw leg whip before attempting the Figure Four, but Danielson caught him in a small package for a nearfall. Andrade went for another Dragon Screw, but Danielson countered it into a LeBell Lock.

Andrade got to the ropes, so Danielson brought him to the top rope. Andrade knocked Danielson away and hit the Perro Aguayo double stomp to the chest. Andrade followed with the double knees in the corner for a nearfall. Andrade went to the top rope going for the double jump moonsault, but Danielson countered it and stomped Andrade’s face. Danielson went for the LeBell Lock, but Andrade countered it into the Figure Four. Danielson made it to the ropes as Andrade was bridging up into the Figure Eight.

Another chop battle ensued before Andrade drilled Danielson with a back elbow. Danielson hit a high kick, but Andrade countered the Busaiku Knee with an O’Connor Roll. Another pinning predicament ensued before Danielson stacked Andrade with a crucifix pin for the win.

After Andrade and Danielson shook hands, the lights went out. When they came up, Malachi Black drilled Danielson with Black Mass. Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli came out, but the lights went out again. When they came up, Black was gone.

Darby Allin talked about Nick Wayne in a video package. He talked about Wayne feeling hated by fans online, who believed he wasn’t ready for a spot in AEW. Allin was disappointed by Wayne listening to the hate and turning on him. Allin said that he had a fractured shoulder but would be on Dynamite on Wednesday to give Sting his special gift if Wayne wanted to finish what they started last week.

Skye Blue defeated Hollyhood Haley

The announcers mentioned Blue’s recent change in attitude as she walked out in Scooby Doo-themed gear. Blue laid Haley out with a clothesline and mounted forearms. Haley made a short comeback before Blue powerbombed her out of the corner. Blue hit Code Blue for the win.

Austin & Colton Gunn (w/ Jay White) defeated The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)

Colton got the upper hand on Floyd with a straight punch to the face before dropkicking Magnum. Austin got some shots in before both Gunns hit the 3:10 To Yuma for the quick win.

After the match, the lights went out. A man in a devil mask appeared on the screen but never unmasked. Back in the ring, Bullet Club Gold was shaken but quickly regained their confidence and left.

Lexy Nair was backstage with Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander. Statlander needed to prepare, so she lifted Nair for a while. Statlander and Cassidy were ready for their respective title defenses on Battle of the Belts later tonight.

Memphis Street Fight – Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, & Satnam Singh) defeated Eddie Kingston

Bound For Glory is tonight, and Jeff Jarrett paid tribute to the promotion he founded with a classic Impact Zone main event. A silly fun match, and an underhanded way to get Lethal a shot at the ROH Title.

If Jarrett wins tonight, then Jay Lethal will receive a shot at Kingston’s ROH World Championship.

Legendary Memphis Wrestling announcer Dave Brown joined the commentary desk, noting that he had been calling matches for Jarrett since he was 18 years old. Jarrett got a big pop in his home state. Kingston came out and was immediately overwhelmed by the numbers advantage. Jarrett and Kingston brawled toward the stage near a makeshift concession stand, where Kingston slung hot dogs at Jarrett.

Jarrett threw a barricade at Kingston before hitting him with assorted plunder around the ring. Kingston came back with a headbutt before squirting Jarrett with ketchup and mustard. Kingston laid Jarrett on a table, but Karen Jarrett clawed his eyes. Lethal then took Kingston off of the stage with a cutter through the table as we went to the commercial.

Back from the commercial, Jarrett used plunder to work over Kingston’s knee. After using everything in his sight to batter Kingston’s knee, Jarrett locked on the Figure Four. Kingston writhed in pain before reversing the hold. Lethal went up for the elbow drop, but Jarrett ended up rolling Kingston out of the way. Kingston fought two-on-one before drilling Sonjay Dutt with a punch.

Kingston caught Jarrett with an Uraken, but Lethal cut off the pin. Kingston fought off Lethal and drilled Singh with Jarrett’s guitar, but that allowed Jarrett to hit the Stroke. Jarrett took too long to pin him, allowing Kingston to kick out. Singh, Jarrett, and Lethal all hit their finishers on Kingston, allowing Jarrett to score the win and a title shot for Jay Lethal.

Lexy Nair was backstage with The Acclaimed. Max Caster unsuccessfully hit on Lexy before Billy Gunn apologized for it and hyped their title defense on Battle of the Belts.

Miro defeated Action Andretti

CJ Perry came to ringside for this one. Miro overpowered Andretti in the corner to start. Andretti landed on his feet on a beel, peppering Miro with dropkicks. Miro cut off an Andretti springboard with a forearm before drilling him with short-arm lariats. Miro sent Andretti shoulder-first into the ring post before we went to a commercial.

Andretti fought out of a chinlock as we came back from the break. Andretti fired up, sending Miro to the floor and hitting a dive onto him. Back in the ring, Miro caught a high crossbody attempt and slammed Andretti to the mat. After blowing a kiss to Perry at ringside, Miro had Game Over countered by Andretti with a flash pin for a nearfall.

Andretti hit a tornado DDT, a shotgun dropkick, and a springboard 450, but Miro kicked out at one. Andretti hoisted Miro up, but the back gave out. Miro hit the side kick and locked on Game Over for the win. Perry looked nonplussed at ringside.

Tony Schiavone announced that Hikaru Shida would be defending the AEW Women’s World Title against Ruby Soho on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.

Lexy Nair was backstage with 2.0, Daniel Garcia, & Anna Jay. Jay said that the beef was squashed, but Matt Menard brought up Garcia’s dancing to everyone’s annoyance. Jay told Menard and Garcia to follow her, leaving Angelo Parker behind. Nair welcomed Ruby Soho, who shared a word with Parker about their respective groups falling apart. Soho said that she deserves to be a champion in AEW, and will be one soon enough.

We had another meeting with La Faccion Ingobernable. Rush was tired of seeing other wrestlers get opportunities and being told that he was too violent. He was sick of conforming just to see other people get what he deserved. This will be continued.

Eddie Kingston was backstage with a medical trainer. Kingston made Jay Lethal jump through hoops because he didn’t like how he called someone who wasn’t his blood his uncle. He knew Lethal used to love wrestling but fell in line with that “carny son of a b*tch” Jeff Jarrett and his crew. Kingston told Lethal not to bring his crew or his family to their title match. Lethal’s mother would cry at the beating Kingston gave Lethal. Not because she was sad for her son, but because she knew her son had it coming. An excellent promo.

FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Bad Thad Brown & Darian Bengston ended in a no-contest

FTR was in firm control of the match when the lights went out. Malachi Black was back, alongside Brody King and Buddy Matthews. The House of Black took out FTR and stood tall.

We got a rundown of the card for Wednesday’s Dynamite, with the addition of a Chris Jericho sit-down interview with the remarkable Renee Paquette.

AEW World Tag Team Title Match – Big Bill & Ricky Starks defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) to retain

They certainly want to get the House of Black back in the mix. Their third interference spot led to the end of this solid main event, and the return of Jon Moxley. An energetic end to the show.

Jim Ross joined commentary, noting that he had breakfast with Jerry Lawler earlier in the day. Starks and Yuta started, with Yuta using his technique to tie up Starks on the mat. Starks tagged out to Bill, who clubbered on Yuta, who unsuccessfully fought back. Yuta rung up Bill on the ropes, but a distraction from Starks allowed Bill to knock Yuta off the apron into the barricade. Starks used a BCC shirt at ringside to run Yuta into the barricade as we went to a commercial.

Back from the commercial, Bill and Starks were still beating up on Yuta. Castagnoli saw Starks coming to pull him off of the apron but didn’t see Bill boot him off the apron. Yuta made his way to the corner but had no partner to tag before walking into a Bossman Slam for a nearfall. Yuta avoided a splash in the corner, then got the tag into Castagnoli, who hammered Starks with lariats in the corner. Castagnoli went Old School on Starks before hitting a dropkick for a nearfall. 

Starks bailed out of the ring on a Giant Swing attempt. Castagnoli followed him to the floor and hit both Starks and Bill with running European uppercuts as we went to another commercial.

Castagnoli hit a diving uppercut on Starks for a nearfall as we came back from the break. Castagnoli went for the Neutralizer, but Starks fought out and got a tag out to Bill. Starks hit a tornado DDT, with Bill following with a big boot for a nearfall. Castagnoli brought Bill to his corner, where Yuta hit an assisted shotgun dropkick for a nearfall. Yuta went for a German suplex on Bill, but a Starks distraction allowed Bill to drop Yuta with a lariat for a nearfall. Yuta evaded multiple moves but got caught by Bill with a Razor’s Edge for a nearfall. 

Yuta booted Starks on a spear attempt before hitting the Right Angle Slam. Castagnoli tagged in, hitting Starks with a lariat for a nearfall. Castagnoli called for the Giant Swing and hit it, with Yuta hitting a dropkick on a swinging Starks for a nearfall that Bill broke up. Castagnoli and Yuta set up the Fastball Special, but the House of Black made their third appearance tonight. Black got the referee’s attention as Matthews and King took out Castagnoli. Starks hit the spear and the Rochambeau to win and retain the titles. 

The House of Black menaced the champions before beating down Yuta. Danielson came out, but Starks and Bill joined in the beatdown. FTR couldn’t make a difference, as they were overwhelmed. Jon Moxley made his return from injury to even the odds and helped the BCC and FTR clear the ring. Starks was left alone to take the Shatter Machine and the Death Rider. Castagnoli swung Starks again as Collision faded out.