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Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Cole TNT title rematch set for AEW Dynasty

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A third match for the TNT title is set for AEW Dynasty.

During Saturday’s Collision, it was confirmed that TNT Champion Daniel Garcia and Adam Cole will meet once again next Sunday. This time around, there will be no interference and no time limit, ensuring that there will be a winner.

Cole and Garcia met each other in the ring on Saturday, upset about their last two matches that ended up without a winner. Cole said that he didn’t want to end their issues with a draw. Garcia admitted that it was eating him up that he couldn’t beat Cole. Matt Menard, who accompanied Garcia, told him that Cole didn’t need any more shots at the title. Garcia agreed that he didn’t have to give Cole another match, but said he needed to, telling Cole that the better man will win and it will be him.

Their first match on March 1 ended in a no contest when Shane Taylor Promotions ran out and attacked both men. The two then faced off in a rematch on Collision Slam Dunk Saturday last weekend that ended in a time limit draw.

Here’s the updated lineup for Sunday, April 6th in Philadelphia, PA:

  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Megan Bayne
  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Swerve Strickland
  • AEW International Champion Kenny Omega defends against Ricochet and Mike Bailey in a three-way
  • AEW Trios Champions Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Claudio Castagnoli) defend against Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
  • ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Bandido in a title vs. mask match
  • AEW TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Adam Cole – no time limit, no interference

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge – Hook defeated Max Caster

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

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

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

Julia Hart defeated Queen Aminata

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TNT Championship rematch announced for AEW Collision Slam Dunk

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Two matches are set for next week’s editions of AEW Collision.

It was announced on Saturday that Daniel Garcia will defend the TNT Championship against Adam Cole on Collision Slam Dunk Saturday in a match where everyone will be banned from ringside. Meanwhile, a match pitting Dralistico & The Beast Mortos against Hologram & Komander will take place the following day on Collision Slam Dunk Sunday.

After Garcia retained his title the first time around due to a no contest, Adam Cole met with Garcia last week and said he wanted a rematch, though first he wanted to see how Garcia did against Lee Moriarty. In the main event of last week’s Collision, Garcia defeated Moriarty to retain the title.

Komander & Hologram have formed a team in recent weeks setting their sights on LFI, who have jumped the two on multiple occasions. During a vignette highlighting the team on Collision, Alex Abrahantes issued the challenge to LFI on behalf of the Lucha Stars.

Collision will be split into two one-hour shows next week as they will air coast-to-coast at 11 pm ET immediately following coverage of the second round of the men’s March Madness college basketball tournament. 

Here are the lineups for next weekend’s shows:

Slam Dunk Saturday:

  • TNT Championship, everyone banned from ringside: Daniel Garcia defends against Adam Cole

Slam Dunk Sunday:

  • Hologram & Komander vs. LFI (Dralistico & The Beast Mortos)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Momo Watanabe defeated Serena Deeb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harley Cameron defeated Tatevik

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Gravity vs. Chris Jericho? Alrighty then.)

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

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

Hologram defeated Dralistico

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TNT title defense, Momo Watanabe match part of AEW Collision lineup

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Daniel Garcia will look to keep his TNT title reign intact as he defends the title as part of this Saturday’s AEW Collision lineup — the go-home show for Sunday’s Revolution.

After going to a no contest with Adam Cole last Saturday, Garcia will defend against reigning Ring of Honor Pure Champion Lee Moriarty whose title will not be on the line. It will be Garcia’s sixth title defense and the third time he has faced Moriarty in AEW history. He has yet to lose to him.

Before she challenges TBS Champion Mercedes Mone at Revolution, Momo Watanabe will take on Serena Deeb with Mone on commentary. It will be Watanabe’s first AEW TV match and first match in an AEW ring since last summer’s Forbidden Door.

Harley Cameron will look to win her second straight as she will be in action against an opponent to be named.

Hologram will look to remain undefeated since making his return as he faces Dralistico.

Here’s the current lineup for Saturday that is being taped Wednesday after Dynamite:

  • TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Lee Moriarty
  • Moto Watanabe vs. Serena Deeb
  • Hologram vs. Dralistico
  • Harley Cameron in action

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong defeated FTR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wheeler Yuta defeated Willie Mack

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

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

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

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

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

Swerve Strickland defeated Clark Connors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We quickly cut to a hype package for The Opps.

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

Queen Aminata defeated Julia Hart

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

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

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

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

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

Kenny Omega Speaks

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

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

Bandido & Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Big Bill & Bryan Keith

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

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

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

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

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

Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia, Kenny Omega appearance set for AEW Collision

Posted on by Josh Nason

For the first time in nearly two years, Adam Cole will square off with Daniel Garcia one-on-one but this time, gold will be on the line.

After the events of Wednesday, Garcia will put his TNT title on the line against Cole who is still looking for his first taste of AEW gold. The two wrestled in March 2022 with Cole picking up the win.

Cole pinned Garcia as part of a trios match on Dynamite and both the Undisputed Kingdom and FTR/Garcia got into a shoving match afterward. Cole, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly have been eyeing up Garcia for a month as part of various trios bouts.

In another bout coming out of the post-match encounter, former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will take on Strong and O’Reilly.

Former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega will be live in attendance to share some thoughts after his AEW International title match against Konosuke Takeshita at next month’s Revolution was confirmed.

Here’s the current lineup for Saturday’s live show from Oakland, California:

  • TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Adam Cole
  • Kenny Omega live in person
  • FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly

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

Posted on by Suit Williams

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.

Mid-South street fight, TNT three-way title match set for AEW Collision

Posted on by Josh Nason

A Mid-South street fight will be one of the featured matches on this Saturday’s AEW Collision.

After making the challenge during Dynamite after running The Death Riders off, FTR (seen above) will take on AEW World Champion Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta in the aforementioned match.

The TNT title will be on the line in a three-way as reigning titleholder Daniel Garcia defends against Kyle O’Reilly and Lee Moriarty. The three men have been part of larger issues between their respective trios factions, setting this into motion.

After Samoa Joe made his AEW return for the first time since this past July, Joe will team with Hook against The Patriarchy’s Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian. Joe defeated Wayne this past Saturday in his return bout.

The Learning Tree’s Chris Jericho & Big Bill will take on The Outrunners while Max Caster will host his first open challenge match.

The show will also feature an appearance by Toni Storm and a Ricochet interview with Renee Paquette.

Here’s the current lineup that was taped before and after Dynamite in Huntsville, Alabama Wednesday:

  • FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) in a Mid-South street fight
  • TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Lee Moriarty and Kyle O’Reilly in a three-way
  • Hook & Samoa Joe vs. Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne
  • Chris Jericho & Big Bill vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
  • Max Caster open challenge
  • Toni Storm appearance
  • Ricochet interview with Renee Paquette

TNT title defense part of updated lineup for AEW Collision

Posted on by Ian Carey

A TNT title defense is one of several new matches for tonight’s AEW Collision.

Reigning champion Daniel Garcia will put the title on the line against Katsuyori Shibata after picking up his first defense last Saturday over Mark Briscoe. The past partners have gone one-on-one just once at last July’s ROH Death Before Dishonor for Shibata’s then-Pure title.

AEW Trios Champion PAC will take on current ROH TV Champion Komander. It will be PAC’s first match since December 18, 2024, as Dave Meltzer noted in Friday’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that he had been given a few weeks off.

The new additions are rounded out by The Outrunners vs. PAC’s fellow Trios titleholders Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta. The Outrunners were taken out by the Death Riders at the end of last week’s Collision.

Khan also noted that tonight’s show in Athens, Georgia, may be impacted by weather-related travel issues. However, he mentioned that AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May was in a limo on her way to the venue. May will wrestle Harley Cameron in a non-title match on tonight’s show.

Here’s the updated lineup for Athens, Georgia:

  • AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May vs. Harley Cameron in a non-title match
  • ROH World Champion Chris Jericho vs. Dax Harwood in a non-title match
  • Cope vs. Big Bill
  • TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Katsuyori Shibata
  • PAC vs. Komander
  • Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

AEW Collision live results: Two title matches, Rated FTR vs. The Learning Tree

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The first TNT/Max simulcast edition of AEW Collision airs live from Charlotte, North Carolina, with two title matches and Rated FTR looking for their second win in four days.

Fresh off strong showings in the Continental Classic, TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against former ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe in a tournament rematch.

After earning a shot with their win over Top Flight, Lio Rush & Action Andretti will challenge AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party for the titles.

After defeating the Death Riders in their first trios match, FTR & Cope will unite again to face Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Bryan Keith of the Learning Tree.

Former AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will take on Deonna Purrazzo.

After announcing this will be his last run in the ring, Jeff Jarrett’s quest for an AEW World title shot begins tonight.

An appearance from the legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll Express rounds out the main card.

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Collision started with the cold open promos, featuring Mark Briscoe, Daniel Garcia, The Learning Tree, & Rated FTR. Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting came back as the intro song, as Sir Elton John made his return after a suspension for a backstage scuffle. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as always.

AEW TNT Title Match – Daniel Garcia (c) defeated Mark Briscoe

(This was a fun start to the show. After entering the Continental Classic immediately after winning the title, Daniel Garcia’s TNT Title reign truly kicked off here. Charlotte was behind Briscoe on this night, and Garcia rolled with the punches and let Briscoe get a ton of shine here. I wouldn’t panic about the weaker reaction for Garcia, but they do need to give him something to sink his teeth into as TNT Champ moving forward.)

This is Garcia’s first defense of the title. Briscoe earned this title shot by beating Garcia in the Continental Classic, then challenged Garcia at the Worlds End Zero Hour. Matt Menard joined the commentary team as per usual for Daniel Garcia matches.

The 113th TNT Title match in company history began with champion and challenger fighting to a stalemate. Briscoe kept wanting Garcia to fight on the floor, but Garcia refused to leave the ring. Briscoe got in the ring and took the advantage over Garcia with chops, chopping him off of the top turnbuckle to the floor. Briscoe hit a blockbuster to send us to a commercial.

Both men jockeyed for position on a suplex attempt before Briscoe suplexed Garcia over the top rope, with both men tumbling to the floor. They beat the countout and traded strikes in the ring, with Briscoe laying out Garcia with a lariat. Briscoe scored with another lariat before getting a nearfall with a fisherman’s buster. Garcia wouldn’t allow a Jay Driller, so Briscoe hit a powerbomb instead for a nearfall.

More strikes were traded, with Garcia scoring with a shotgun dropkick. Garcia hit the ten punches in the corner before hitting a piledriver for a nearfall. Garcia fought out of the Jay Driller again, transitioning into the Dragon Tamer to force Briscoe to the ropes. The two fought to the top rope as the ring announcer announced 3 minutes remaining in the time limit.

Briscoe hit the Froggy Bow and the Jay Driller, but Garcia got his foot on the rope on the cover attempt. The 2 minute call came as Briscoe went for the Cut Throat Driver, but Garcia fought out and caught Briscoe with the jackknife pin to get the win and retain the title. After the match, Briscoe shook hands with Garcia, noting that he came just that close to beating him.

Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, & Marina Shafir were backstage. Yuta was upset at Jay White getting involved in their business and was ranting at him before Moxley hushed him and changed the subject to FTR. He considered their issues with FTR squared after their attack on them in December, but FTR came back with Adam Copeland on their side. Moxley warned Cope and FTR that if they kept walking this path, they would find nothing good.

We got a recap of Jeff Jarrett’s promo on Dynamite, where he stated his goal to become the AEW World Champion in 2025.

Jeff Jarrett defeated Aaron Solo

Jarrett made quick work of Solo, hitting him with two Strokes to win.

Lio Rush & Action Andretti were walking backstage ahead of their tag team title match tonight.

(Just a small gripe, I’m not sure what this shot accomplishes. We know there’s a tag title match tonight. Why do we need to see them walking?)

We got a recap of Ricochet’s attack on Swerve Strickland.

(I do enjoy Ricochet being the Carrie of AEW, getting bullied past the point of no return.)

AEW World Tag Team Title Match – Private Party (Quen & Zay) (c) defeated Action Andretti & Lio Rush

(A solid TV defense of the titles. Give Private Party a couple more of these nice little defenses and you’ll have something going with them. The Top Flight/Andretti & Rush story would benefit from ending soon and moving them around in the division.)

This is Private Party’s second defense of the titles.

Private Party had the advantage early, but the challengers cut off a Poetry In Motion attempt and double slammed Quen into the barricade. Zay was left to be double teamed through the commercial break before fighting to his corner for the tag. Quen ran wild on both challengers, scoring a nearfall by hitting a Death Valley Driver to Rush on top of Andretti.

Private Party went for Gin And Juice, but Quen’s back gave out before he could elevate for it. Andretti & Rush came back, with Andretti hitting a Spanish Fly on Quen. The challengers hit Gin and Juice on Quen for a nearfall before noticing Top Flight watching at ringside. They went to the top rope, but Private Party called them to the mat to throw fists.

After a quadruple down, Quen sent Rush to the floor to start a dive train. Quen hit a big Shooting Star Press onto Rush for a nearfall, broken up by an Andretti springboard 450. Andretti stuffed a sunset flip attempt and tried to hold onto Rush’s arms for a pin, but Dante Martin broke the grip and allowed Quen to reverse the roll-up for the win.

We get a recap of Darby Allin’s war with the Death Riders, ending with footage of them taking Allin out on the final Rampage in Hammerstein Ballroom.

Adam Copeland was backstage with Lexy Nair, who asked him about his issues with the Death Riders. Copeland said that his issues were because they attacked his friends and claimed that no one wanted to be AEW World Champion. Chris Jericho walked in and shouted about his accomplishments before Copeland told him that he already respected Jericho. Copeland ran down their history together, with Jericho claiming to remember none of it. Copeland called Jericho and a**hole, and Jericho called Cope a dope.

Toni Storm defeated Deonna Purrazzo (w/ Taya Valkyrie)

(This Toni Storm goofiness just doesn’t work for me. She’s been back for weeks, and instead of restarting her feud with Mariah May, she’s got amnesia. I get we need to kill time before the Australia show in February, but maybe don’t bring her back until we’re closer to the show? Or find another way to keep them apart? On another note, I don’t know what this Vendetta group is supposed to be accomplishing, other than giving these two pin eaters something to do on the weekends.)

The two fought on the mat before Purrazzo tagged Storm with a slap. She sent Storm to the floor, where a Valkyrie distraction led to a crossbody from Purrazzo to send the match to break. After the commercial, Storm made her comeback and locked on an STF. Storm went for a hip attack, but Valkyrie distracted her. Purrazzo put on a Fujiwara armbar, forcing Storm to the ropes. The two traded strikes before Storm hit a DDT for a two count. Storm clocked Valkyrie, then pinned Purrazzo with an inside cradle.

We got video from after Dynamite with Christopher Daniels trying to get through to Hangman Page. Daniels told Page that he could be World Champion if he could control himself, but Page rejected Daniels’ advice. He tore into Daniels, calling him an old man clinging to a sport that left him behind. He told Daniels that he should’ve retired five years ago when he still had a shred of dignity, then slapped him in the face. Page walked away before Daniels jumped him in a frenzy. Daniels got bloody and left Hangman lying, with Hangman muttering to himself as he pulled himself to his feet.

$100,000 High Speed Collision Four Way – Brian Cage defeated Dante Martin (w/ Leila Grey), Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes), The Beast Mortos

(This was awesome. Just four guys going out there and fighting for some cash. Komander was spectacular here, as he had two great bases to work with in Cage and Mortos. The mercenary Cage gets the big check in the end.)

During Cage’s entrance, we got video of his Callis Family teammate Konosuke Takeshita’s NEVER Openweight Championship win at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 earlier today.

The action was fast and furious to start, with Martin and Komander flying onto the big guys to start. Those two got in a pinning predicament before Mortos broke it up, but Komander hit a triple-rotation headscissors to send him to the floor before hitting a double-jump corkscrew dive to Mortos and Cage on the floor. Martin hit his own double-jump dive to the floor before Lio Rush jumped Martin and sent him into the barricade as payback for earlier in the night.

Back in the ring, Mortos squished Komander with a pop-up Samoan Drop before Cage dropped Mortos with a spinny facebuster deal. Look, I don’t know every move name. After a commercial, Martin tried to fight his way back into the ring before Cage booted him down. We got a lot of minutes of a lot of moves, and Cage pinned Martin with a Weapon X.

FTR were backstage with The Rock N’ Roll Express, who brought up the angle from 2021 where FTR hit Ricky Morton with a spike piledriver. Harwood apologized for that before The Outrunners entered the frame, complaining about gas money they were owed from 1982. Morton apologized, and the Outrunners did the Predator handshake with the Rock N’ Rolls.

(The only way this could have been better is if it was in front of the crowd.)

Rated FTR (Cope, Cash Wheeler, & Dax Harwood) defeated The Learning Tree (Big Bill, Bryan Keith & Chris Jericho)

(A trademark Collision trios main event, as Adam Copeland fills in the role of FTR’s trios partner. I’m of the opinion that Big Bill has the tools to be a player in AEW, and I would spin him off as a singles and let Jericho & Keith stick around as a tag team. The post-match angles with the Death Riders continues to miss the mark, as them tying up the Rock N’ Roll Express just felt goofy instead of menacing.)

As someone who has to quickly write names down, I’m a fan of Cope. Cope and Jericho stared each other down to start the match, but Jericho tagged out before they fought. The first third of the match was Big Bill being just too damn big and handling FTR by himself. After a commercial, Jericho & Cope tagged in and faced off to a big reaction.

We got a lot of action, including a Big Bill powerbomb on Harwood, before Cope hit Jericho with the Impaler. Cope went for the spear but Jericho hit the Codebreaker for a nearfall. The Learning Tree isolated Cope in their corner for a while before he got a tag into Wheeler. Wheeler ran wild on Big Bill, finally taking him down with a tornado DDT.

Rated FTR hit Bill with a Double PowerPlex – well, a single Plex and a double Power. A triple Shatter machine got broken up, with Bill hitting a Bossman Slam. Jericho & Harwood had dual submissions on before Cope and Bill broke them up. Cope sent Bill to the floor and hit a big dive to the floor, with Harwood following with a big suicida. Harwood & Jericho were left, but as Harwood went up for a diving headbutt, Keith hit Harwood with the ROH Title for a long nearfall.

Harwood moved out of the way of a Lionsault, and FTR hit Jericho with a Shatter Machine. Cope followed up with a spear, and the good guys won. After the match, Jon Moxley appeared on the screen before revealing that he had The Rock N’ Roll Express tied up in the back. The Outrunners came to try and help before Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir laid them out. The Death Riders bailed out before Copeland and the Death Riders could catch them in the back.

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!

Updated AEW Continental Classic results & standings

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Nine points were handed out during Friday’s Continental Classic matches on Rampage.

The opening bout saw Kazuchika Okada defeating Mark Briscoe with the rainmaker. Following his draw against Daniel Garcia, Okada has earned three more points and now has four altogether.

Daniel Garcia defeat The Beast Mortos meanwhile to score three points of his own, winning with a jacknife cradle. The win puts both Okada and Garcia tied for second in the Blue League, only behind Kyle Fletcher who leads with six points.

In the main event, Ricochet defeated Komander to earn his first three points. That puts him in a three-way tie for second in the Gold League along with Brody King and Will Ospreay. Claudio Castagnoli currently leads with six points.

Upcoming matches:

Collision (Saturday)

  • Continental Classic Blue league: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kyle Fletcher
  • Continental Classic Gold league: Komander vs. Darby Allin
  • Continental Classic Blue league: Daniel Garcia vs. Mark Briscoe

Dynamite (Wednesday, December 11)

  • Continental Classic Gold league: Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli
  • Continental Classic Gold league: Brody King vs. Ricochet

Dynamite (Wednesday, December 18)

  • Continental Classic Gold league: Will Ospreay vs. Darby Allin

Three Continental Classic matches announced for AEW Rampage

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Three Continental Classic matches are set for Rampage.

Friday’s show will see two Blue League and one Gold League match take place. In the Blue League, Daniel Garcia will meet The Beast Mortos. Garcia drew against Kazuchika Okada in his first match, but The Beast Mortos failed to take out Kyle Fletcher in his. Okada will also be in action taking on Mark Briscoe, who was unsuccessful in his first tournament match against Shelton Benjamin.

In the Gold League, Komander will make his debut by taking on Ricochet. Komander is replacing Juice Robinson, who is unable to continue in the tournament due to injury. Ricochet is coming off a loss in his first tournament match against Claudio Castagnoli.

Tournament action kicked off last week on Dynamite, and will wrap up at Worlds End on December 28.

Here is the updated card for Rampage:

  • Continental Classic Blue League: Daniel Garcia vs. The Beast Mortos
  • Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada vs. Mark Briscoe
  • Continental Classic Gold League: Ricochet vs. Komander

Kazuchika Okada vs. Daniel Garcia set for AEW Collision

Posted on by Josh Nason

Saturday’s AEW Collision will be headlined by Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. new TNT Champion Daniel Garcia in their first match of this year’s Continental Classic tournament.

Garcia, who struggled in last year’s tournament, is coming off the biggest win of his career at Saturday’s Full Gear with his title win over Jack Perry. This will be Okada’s first Continental Classic tournament — one where he has to put his title on the line.

This will be their first-ever singles match and will be part of the Blue league.

Collision, which will be taped Wednesday after Dynamite, will air at 4 PM Eastern on Saturday to avoid going directly head-to-head with WWE Survivor Series.

Three tournament matches are also on tap for Wednesday’s Dynamite as Shelton Benjamin will face Mark Briscoe in Blue league action while Claudio Castagnoli vs. Ricochet, and Darby Allin vs. Brody King headline Gold league action.

Here’s the current card for Saturday’s show from Chicago:

  • AEW Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada vs. Daniel Garcia