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

Posted on April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 by Josiah MacDonald

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Swerve Strickland defeated Blake Christian (w/ Lee Moriarty)

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

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

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

Toni Storm (w/ Luther) defeated Queen Aminata

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

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

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

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

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

Hologram defeated Max Caster

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anna Jay defeated Taylor Gainey

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

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

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

Bandido defeated Dralistico to retain the ROH World Championship

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

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

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

Rush defeated AR Fox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final Thoughts

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

FTR aligns with Stokely Hathaway, attacks Rock ‘n’ Roll Express on AEW Dynamite

Posted on April 23, 2025April 23, 2025 by Josh Nason

For the first time in a long time, manager Stokely Hathaway returned to AEW during Wednesday’s Dynamite and with some new clients in the newly-heel FTR.

Hathaway interrupted a Tony Schiavone in-ring segment to introduce Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler who are coming off a brief storyline suspension due to their recent antics of hitting officials and threatening Schiavone. Hathaway thought the suspension was unjust given the actions of other wrestlers and said he was going to get the suspension expunged from their record and their fines reversed.

He then revealed as of Wednesday, he is the new agent for FTR. Wheeler then made no apologies for attacking Daniel Garcia last week as he came to aid Matt Menard and Angelo Parker.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, who were shown earlier in the night in the crowd, were welcomed to the ring by Harwood and Wheeler as they wanted to show Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton respect.

As one might expect, that didn’t go well for the legends who were then laid out by the former AEW World Tag Team Champions after being insulted by Harwood for several minutes and shown a t-shirt that read “Living Legend Killers.” After Harwood and Wheeler delivered a spike piledriver to Morton, they were run off by Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong as that feud continues.

FTR will face Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong this Saturday on Collision.

FTR brutally attacks the Rock N' Roll Express!

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AEW Collision live results: Owen Hart Foundation tournaments continue

Posted on April 12, 2025April 12, 2025 by Suit Williams

Both the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournaments will continue on tonight’s live AEW Collision from Springfield, Massachussetts.

In the men’s tournament, former AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita will battle Brody King with the winner moving on to face Will Ospreay in the semfinals.

On the women’s side, reigning ROH Women’s World Champion Athena faces Harley Cameron with the winner facing Mercedes Mone this Wednesday on Dynamite.

In another tournament bout, former AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter will face Billie Starkz with the winner facing Kris Statlander.

After turning on Adam Copeland at Dynasty, FTR will be in attendance to explain their actions.

Following his return at Dynasty to take out Max Caster, Anthony Bowens will begin his singles run as he challenges former ROH World Champion Blake Christian.

After unsuccessfully dethroning AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm at Dynasty, Megan Bayne will look to climb the ladder again in singles action.

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Sir Elton John played us in for this edition of Collision from Springfield, Massachusetts. I heard a rumor that the Simpsons were in the cheap seats. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call, and after running down tonight’s card, Schiavone announced that PAC’s injury suffered on this past week’s Dynamite will not allow him to defend his Trios Title in the near future. This Wednesday on the Spring Break Thru episode of Dynamite, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will take PAC’s place alongside the Death Riders as they defend the World Trios Championships against The Opps.

(Hopefully PAC’s injury won’t put him out for too long. Meanwhile, can Mox fit two titles in that briefcase?)

FTR Town Hall

FTR walked to the ring to boos as Tony Schiavone continued to chide their actions. Cash Wheeler said that what happened between them and Adam Copeland wasn’t premeditated, and that his relationship with Copeland predated his partnership with Dax Harwood. Wheeler said that all of Copeland’s actions showed that he didn’t care about FTR, Copeland only cared about himself. Copeland didn’t respect Wheeler as a man, and he had to pay for disrespecting FTR.

Harwood took the mic and said that he saw a sign in the crowd that said Why FTR, Why? Instead of asking why, the fans should be thanking FTR for giving Copeland the relevance he was begging for. He didn’t sell out because he didn’t make any money off of it, and he didn’t have to justify his actions to anybody because they were right. Harwood gave an explanation anyway, as FTR’s only direction for four months was to be Copeland’s new Edge-heads while he chased his dream of being a World Champion one more time.

Harwood said that, like every wrestler in Copeland’s position, he was too damn selfish. He understood that there were a lot of people that weren’t happy with them and turned their attention to Tony Schiavone at the desk. They brought Schiavone into the ring and asked him to repeat his comments from Dynamite, which Schiavone did. Harwood asked Schiavone to repeat his comments regarding his daughter, and Schiavone once again asked how Harwood’s daughter would feel about his actions.

Harwood grabbed Schiavone, and FTR set up a spike piledriver. This forced Nigel McGuinness to rise from his seat to cheers and get in the ring to save Schiavone. Harwood told McGuinness that he signed his death warrant. Daniel Garcia came to the ring to settle things down, but Harwood shoved him down without looking. In a shot mirroring their deception of Copeland, FTR offered hands to Daniel Garcia before helping him up and giving him a hug. FTR left, and Garcia checked on Schiavone at the commentary desk before McGuinness warned Schiavone never to put him in that position again.

(My god, what an opening segment. This felt straight out of the territories, as the bully wrestlers crossed a line and forced McGuinness to make the save. The Daniel Garcia angle is a great short-term point of intrigue as they have an established team as well. I cannot put this segment over enough, just fantastic work from everyone involved.)

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm was backstage and talked about all of the remaining women in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament before saying that she would be at Double or Nothing to watch the finals.

Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Women’s Tournament Quarter Final Match – Jamie Hayter defeated Billie Starkz

(A stellar showing from both women here as they kicked the in-ring portion of this show off with a bang. Starkz needs some polish, but she’s got an impressive moveset and went blow-for-blow with Hayter here in this hard-hitting matchup. Hayter vs. Statlander in the next round, batten down the hatches.)

The winner of this match will wrestle Kris Statlander in the semifinal.

After watching out for a lariat, Starkz pulled Hayter in on a handshake and drilled her with a spin kick. Hayter knocked Starkz out on a dive attempt and pinballed her around ringside before dumping her in the timekeeper position. Starkz booted Hayter before hitting a Swanton Bomb off the barricade to Hayter’s back. After some back-and-forth in the ring, Hayter scored a nearfall with a main event spinebuster.

After a commercial break, Hayter had Starkz in a single-leg crab. Starkz rolled Hayter into the buckles and caught Hayter with a rebound kick. Starkz hit a high-angle German suplex for a nearfall. Starkz ducked a Hayterade attempt and hit a half-and-half suplex before locking Hayter in A HOLD. Hayter hit the Ushigoroshi and a sliding lariat for a nearfall.

Starkz ducked the rebound Hayterade that beat her in their last match and hit a brainbuster over the knee for a nearfall. Starkz hit a Swanton Bomb for a nearfall, then brought Hayter to the apron. Hayter hit a headbutt before suplexing Starkz from the apron to the floor to a big reaction. Both women beat the countout and traded strikes before Hayter caught Starkz with a backbreaker and a Hayterade for the win.

Match Result: Jamie Hayter def. Billie Starkz

During this match, it was announced that next week’s Spring Break Thru Collision will be live on Thursday. I’ll have to check my schedule for that.

The Death Riders Weren’t Mourning

The Death Riders were backstage. Claudio Castagnoli said that they expected casualties in this war but never mourned them as duty only ends in death. They wouldn’t hide, and they would accept the challenge of The Opps as they did not concede territory. Castagnoli handed PAC’s Trios Title to Marina Shafir as Jon Moxley entered the frame.

Moxley called this a learning experience for a generation of punk play wrestlers who don’t show up to work. There’s glory on the front lines, and you have to put yourself on the front lines to get it. Samoa Joe and Katsuyori Shibata knew that, but what were they teaching Hook? It’s the biggest match of Hook’s life, but he didn’t have to worry, as chicks dug scars.

The Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) defeated two locals

The Gates have been on a winning streak in ROH, and they handled their business quickly here, dumping one guy on the other for the double pin.

Match Result: The Gates of Agony def. two local competitors

Backstage, Lexy Nair tried to talk to FTR as they were leaving before Matt Menard & Angelo Parker cut her off. 2.0 weren’t going to allow FTR to trick Daniel Garcia the same way they tricked Adam Copeland. They challenged FTR to a match tonight, which FTR accepted. Wheeler told 2.0 to give them a taste.

Anthony Bowens (w/Billy Gunn) defeated Blake Christian (w/ Lee Johnson)

(An effective re-introduction of Bowens to the TV audience. He’s a confident talker, and he’s got a nice complement of moves. He should do well as a singles.)

This was a Bowens showcase that went through a commercial break. A Lee Johnson distraction at ringside allowed Christian to get the advantage during the commercial, but Bowens came right back with a jumping Fameasser and a spinout facebuster he calls the Grand Slam for a nearfall. Christian clawed at Bowens’ eyes before hitting a dive through the turnbuckle.

Bowens caught Christian with a twisting DDT in the ropes, but Johnson put Christian’s foot on the ropes to boos. Christian caught Bowens with a Spanish Fly and a handspring kick before scoring a nearfall with a 450 Stomp. Christian caught Bowens with a Stunner off of the ropes but spent time jawing at Billy Gunn before getting caught with a superkick. Billy Gunn took out Johnson before Bowens hit the Mollywop rolling forearm for the win.

Bowens took the mic after the match and said that it was time for him to level up. He called himself AEW’s five-tool player, with the five tools being power, athleticism, intelligence, the look, and the It Factor. He called himself the Pride of Professional Wrestling, and he didn’t need a trademark to prove himself. He asked who would be the next one to step up to the plate.

Match Result: Anthony Bowens def. Blake Christian

Handicap Match – Megan Bayne (w/Penelope Ford) defeated LMK & Kelly Madan

Bayne trucked these poor girls, hitting the Fate’s Descent on Madan on top of LMK and pinning them together. She must’ve watched that Gates of Agony match and gotten an idea. She picked both of them up by the hair and told them to bow down before slamming them down on the mat.

Match Result: Megan Bayne def. LMK & Kelly Madan

Kevin Knight defeated AR Fox

(Another showcase win for Knight on AEW TV. He’ll be off to compete in New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors in a few weeks, as will Nick Wayne. You can feel Knight getting more confident on-screen with every appearance, and his dual AEW/New Japan contract will continue to get him the reps a budding talent like him needs.)

These two went to a ten-minute time limit draw on Ring of Honor TV in recent weeks and started off quickly here to avoid another draw. After a quick opening exchange left Knight on the apron, Fox rolled over the ropes to stomp Knight in the guts before hitting a post-assisted moonsault to Knight on the floor.

After the commercial, Knight caught Fox with a big dropkick before scoring a nearfall with the Sky High. Fox caught Knight on the ropes with a Lo Mein Pain before hitting a quick 450 Splash for a nearfall. Knight hit another big dropkick and a rolling DDT before hitting the big springboard lariat for the win.

Match Result: Kevin Knight def. AR Fox

The Gates of Agony were backstage, noting that they didn’t mind getting hurt. They called out The Hurt Syndicate and said that they broke people.

FTR defeated Matt Menard & Cool Hang Ang

(What a grand slam home run FTR have hit tonight. In about an hour, a tired act has become an act with energy and vigor. Tying together the threads with Daniel Garcia, Harwood’s issue with the referees, and the Undisputed Kingdom over the past few weeks is excellent television booking, and I applaud whoever put it all together over these past few months. If I had to have one negative about the scenario, it’s Daniel Garcia getting geeked out after a lackluster TNT Title run.)

Daniel Garcia came out to ringside as FTR got the jumpstart. Menard got bloody in the ring as Harwood pinballed him around the ring. Menard fired up with punches before Harwood dropped him with a lariat. Cool Hand Ang took a Shatter Machine, and Menard took the spike piledriver. They hit a second spike piledriver and set up for a third before Garcia talked them down. Harwood pinned Menard for the win.

FTR feigned leaving before stomping out Garcia as he was helping Menard up. They hit Garcia with a pair of spike piledrivers before security and referee Mike Posey came out to stop them. Harwood dropped another referee with a punch before setting up Garcia for a third spike piledriver. The Undisputed Kingdom came out to run off FTR and finally make sure they stayed away.

Match Result: FTR def. Matt Menard & Cool Hand Ang

Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Women’s Tournament Quarter Final Match – Athena defeated Harley Cameron

(Athena gets the win here to give us the big Mercedes Mone match on Dynamite. Athena never felt in trouble in this match, but I would have made her look even more dominant here ahead of the Mone match. Harley Cameron is perfectly fine where she is and wouldn’t have lost a thing putting over Athena strong. I would’ve had Athena knock Cameron out with one of her big knockout forearms to set that up as a big nearfall. As far as the Mone match is concerned, I think it’s smart to have the match on Dynamite. I don’t think Athena is as over as the most hardcore of AEW fans think she is, so doing the match on Dynamite and having a great showing against Mone in Boston would be huge for her.)

The winner of this match will face Mercedes Mone in the semifinals on the Spring Break Thru Dynamite in Boston.

Cameron tied Athena up in the ropes, but Athena pulled Cameron into the turnbuckle. Athena dropped Cameron with a backbreaker on the apron, then hit a wheelbarrow German suplex on the floor to take control into the commercial break.

After the break, Cameron rolled out of a bow-and-arrow for a nearfall. Athena hit a series of kicks for a nearfall. Cameron avoided a kick while in the Tree of Woe and fired up on Athena. She hit a crossbody, but Athena rolled through with her before Cameron rolled her way through with a headscissors. Cameron caught Athena with a punch before hitting a side suplex for a nearfall. Cameron went for Her Finishing Move, but Athena cartwheeled out of it. Athena caught Cameron with a pair of powerbombs and a spin-out knee strike before hitting the O-Face for the win.

Match Result: Athena def. Harley Cameron

Mercedes Mone was in a pre-tape, as she apologized for skipping the “pathetic” Springfield. She had a dream when she came into AEW to hold all the gold, and the Mone Train was only two stops away from making it happen. Athena was only a speed bump, and the best woman would win on Dynamite.

Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Men’s Tournament Quarter Final Match – Konosuke Takeshita defeated Brody King (w/Julia Hart)

(What a freaking war, and what a freaking Collision this was. These two battered each other, with Takeshita eventually chopping down King and putting him away. Brody King can perform at a main event level, and I hope he gets more chances to as time goes on. Meanwhile, AEW is loading up Spring Break Thru, with Athena/Mone and an Ospreay/Takeshita rematch from the 2024 Revolution show. An excellent main event to a show I implore you to check out for yourself.)

The winner of this match will face Will Ospreay in the semifinals on the Spring Break Thru Dynamite this Wednesday.

We got footage of Takeshita beating Hiroshi Tanahashi at the New Japan Windy City Riot event last night in Tanahashi’s final match in the United States, and King beating Lance Archer on Dynamite a couple weeks ago.

Takeshita avoided chops as long as he could, but King brought him down with one early to barks from the crowd. The two men traded strikes before they ended up on the apron, where King dropped Takeshita with a Death Valley Driver. King lined up for the crossbody to the barricade, but Takeshita drilled him with a jumping knee and hit a big dive as we went to a commercial break.

Both men were down as we came back from the break, as we saw footage of a big superplex from King. King scored with a cannonball in the corner for a nearfall. Takeshita tried fighting back with chops, but a big forearm dropped him to a knee. Takeshita came back with a forearm of his own, but King drilled Takeshita with more chops. Takeshita landed a big forearm and collapsed onto King for a nearfall.

Takeshita herked King up for a big Blue Thunder Bomb for a nearfall, but King wouldn’t fall after repeated lariats and dropped Takeshita with a lariat of his own. King hit Dante’s Inferno for another nearfall. Takeshita got King up for the Bastard Driver, then pulled him up and over for a wheelbarrow German suplex. Takeshita hit a monster lariat for a nearfall. Takeshita hit a pair of Powerdrive knees for a nearfall, then lowered the knee pad to hit another pair of Powerdrive knees for the win.

Match Result: Konosuke Takeshita def. Brody King

During this match, it was announced that Hangman Page vs. The Wildcard was set for Wednesday’s Dynamite as well. That show is loaded to the brim.

FTR attack Adam Copeland following AEW Dynasty loss

Posted on April 6, 2025 by Bryan Rose

After weeks of tension, FTR have finally snapped.

Following their loss to the Death Riders at AEW Dynasty, Cope and Cash Wheeler helped Dax to his feet as the trio hugged. As Wheeler turned away Dax suddenly grabbed Cope and drilled him with a piledriver as he exited the ring to grab steel chairs. He gave Wheeler one of the chairs to lay out Copeland with a conchairto. Wheeler refused at first, throwing the chair down and shoving Dax.

But as Wheeler helped Copeland up on his feet, he too turned on Cope, helping Dax lay him out with a shatter machine. FTR followed that up with a spike piledriver on top of a chair then gave him not one, but two conchairtos as AEW’s medical staff came to the ring to tend to Cope.

On their way out, Wheeler snatched a neck brace from one of the medical staff and mockingly put it on himself as Dax took the stretcher and threw it on the ground.

What the hell are you doing FTR?!

Watch #AEWDynasty RIGHT NOW!https://t.co/JlBXZPLNGj

@DaxFTR | @CashWheelerFTR | @RatedRCope pic.twitter.com/GOwuZ9UsCp
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 7, 2025

Recent weeks had seen Dax Harwood’s behavior become increasingly hostile, first refusing to shake the hands of the Undisputed Kingdom and later refusing to help Cope back on his feet after a brutal loss against Jon Moxley, leaving both Wheeler and Cope confused. On this week’s Dynamite, Dax paid a fine after he assaulted one of AEW’s referees following another loss.

WOL: BRYAN ADDRESSES HIS ENEMIES

Posted on April 1, 2025April 2, 2025 by Bryan Alvarez

Well, not really, but a lot of people think Bryan doesn’t like certain people, and in pretty much every case they are wrong. So we’ll talk the Botchamania video with FTR and Undisputed Era, Triple H and wiener questions, why Bryan would enjoy living next door to Baron Corbin, how he and Punk had more in common then they’d like to admit, how to ask questions at press conferences, MAX numbers, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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

Posted on March 29, 2025March 29, 2025 by Suit Williams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Toni Storm Town Hall

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

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

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

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

Jay White defeated Kevin Knight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adam Cole & Daniel Garcia Town Hall

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

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

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

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

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

Wheeler Yuta defeated Dax Harwood

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hologram defeated Blake Christian (w/ Lee Johnson)

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

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

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

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

Jamie Hayter defeated Billie Starkz

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

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

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

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

Wrestling Weekly: Orton vs. Owens (finally), who will be the fourth Hurt Syndicate member?

Posted on March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 by Victor Sosa

Image: AEW

It’s Friday and that means Wrestling Weekly.

New matches have been made on the road to WWE WrestleMania 41 and MJF’s road no longer seems to run towards the Hurt Syndicate in AEW.

On today’s show, we’ll look at all the happenings in WWE and AEW from this past week.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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AEW Collision live results: International title eliminator tournament continues

Posted on March 15, 2025March 15, 2025 by Suit Williams

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

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

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

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

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

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

International Title Eliminator Tournament Match – Ricochet defeated Katsuyori Shibata

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

International Title Eliminator Tournament Match – Mark Davis defeated Mark Briscoe

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

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

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

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

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

The Murder Machines defeated multiple victims

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

Swerve Strickland Town Hall

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

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

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

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

There was a lot going on here.

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

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

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

Megan Bayne defeated Thunder Rosa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FTR vs. Undisputed Kingdom rematch set for next week’s AEW Collision

Posted on March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 by Bryan Rose

A rematch is set for next week’s episode of AEW Collision.

Next Saturday’s show in Las Vegas will see FTR take on Undisputed Kingdom. This will be a rematch from the March 1 edition of Collision that saw Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong defeat Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler. Controversy arose after the match as the Undisputed Kingdom extended their hands, but FTR instead chose to bail out of the ring, with Dax Harwood particularly upset by their loss.

On this week’s show, FTR and Daniel Garcia met with the Undisputed Kingdom. Cash Wheeler said that they didn’t present themselves well after their loss. Harwood, however, didn’t apologize and said that his only mistake was not stooging off the referee. O’Reilly and Strong then issued the challenge for next week, with FTR accepting.

In the same promo, Adam Cole told Garcia that he wanted a rematch, but wanted to see how Garcia fared in the main event against Lee Moriarty. Garcia ended up successfully retaining the TNT title in the main event.

FTR, Daniel Garcia and Undisputed Kingdom have a lot to clear up after last week's chaotic events on Collision!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 9, 2025

Here is the lineup for next week’s Collision:

FTR vs. The Undisputed Kingdom (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong)

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

Posted on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 by Suit Williams

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 February 26, 2025 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 February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 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 January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 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

VIDEO: Rated FTR speak to hometown crowd at AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen

Posted on January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 by Ethan Renner

Rated FTR spoke to their hometown crowd in Asheville, North Carolina at the conclusion of Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen show.

In a promo after the show went off the air, the trio of Adam “Cope” Copeland, Dax Harwood, and Cash Wheeler discussed their connections to Asheville, the resiliency of its residents, and much more. The segment did not air on TV, but AEW uploaded the video to their YouTube channel.

Copeland, Harwood, and Wheeler all live in Ashevillle.

Wednesday’s Fight for the Fallen was held in Asheville, with some proceeds from the event to be donated to Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in the area.

A Category 4 storm, Hurricane Helene caused more than $100 billion in damages after making landfall in late September, and was the most devastating hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Rated FTR defeated The Death Riders in the Fight for the Fallen main event.

Wednesday’s show also featured Copeland debuting his new ring name.

A full report from the show is available here.

The post-show promo from Rated FTR is embedded below.

Rated FTR vs. The Learning Tree, Jeff Jarrett in action set for AEW Collision

Posted on January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 by Ethan Renner

Two new matches have been added to Saturday’s AEW Collision, including a trios battle, and The Last Outlaw in action.

As announced during Wednesday’s show, Rated FTR will face The Learning Tree in six-man tag team action on this Saturday’s Collision. Rated FTR’s Cope, Dax Harwood, and Cash Wheeler will take on Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith of The Learning Tree.

Rated FTR defeated Jon Moxley’s Death Riders in this week’s Dynamite Fight for the Fallen main event with an assist from Jay White.

Also added to Saturday’s card, Jeff Jarrett will be in action against an unannounced opponent. Jarrett revealed on Dynamite that he has signed his final full-time contract as a wrestler with AEW, and plans to win the AEW World title in 2025.

Already announced for Collision are Deonna Purrazzo vs. Toni Storm, Daniel Garcia defending the TNT title against Mark Briscoe, plus Private Party defending the Tag Team titles against Lio Rush and Action Andretti. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express have also been advertised for the show in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Saturday’s Collision will also be the first episode of the show to be simulcast on the Max streaming platform.

The Saturday, January 4 AEW Collision lineup:

TNT Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Mark Briscoe
AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party (Brther Zay & Marq Quen) vs. Lio Rush & Action Andretti
Toni Storm vs. Deonna Purrazzo
Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill & Bryan Keith)
Jeff Jarrett in action
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express appear