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Fatal four-way World title match signed for AEW Worlds End

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will defend against a former AEW World Champion and two other challengers in a fatal four-way at this month’s Worlds End.

Moxley will face Hangman Page, Jay White and Orange Cassidy in the match that is now set for the Saturday, December 28th pay-per-view.

The bout was made after a tag team match featuring Moxley & PAC vs. Cassidy & White that opened Wednesday’s Dynamite. Page ran in to attack Moxley for the DQ and shoved off Cassidy who tried to pull him off.

The two then came to blows before White came after Page. Cassidy then accidentally delivered an Orange Punch to White before also punching Page which was followed by White delivering a Blade Runner to Cassidy. Moxley’s Death Riders then came back to life and laid out all three men.

In a backstage promo, Moxley said he would give all three men an early Christmas gift: the title shot in a fatal four-way. Afterward, Christian Cage did a live promo where he reminded Moxley that if he survives, he might cash in his anytime, anywhere title shot.

Here’s the current card for Worlds End:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Hangman Page, Jay White & Orange Cassidy
  • AEW Continental Classic semifinals & finals
  • MJF defends the Dynamite diamond ring against Adam Cole

Wrestling Weekly: WWE Survivor Series predictions

Posted on by Victor Sosa

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Les Thatcher & I are return with a new Thanksgiving weekend edition of Wrestling Weekly!

This week’s show has our WWE Survivor Series predictions, a few thoughts on AEW Dynamite and who has the best chances of making through the Continental Classic.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Tag team match added to AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A new tag team match has been added to Dynamite.

Tony Khan announced Friday that Hangman Page will team up with Christian Cage to face Juice Robinson and Jay White.

“At war vs Bang Bang Gang, Hangman Page will team up for the first time ever with his only apparent ally: Christian Cage On WEDNESDAY!,” Khan wrote.

Hangman has continued his feud with the Bang Bang Gang after White scored a victory over Hangman at WrestleDream last month. On this week’s Dynamite, Hangman jumped White during an interview and the two brawled, with Robinson making the save. White cut a promo after the altercation promising to dismantle Hangman at Full Gear.

Christian Cage in recent weeks has been targeting Hook, recently revealing that it was him that attacked Taz several weeks ago. After saying he wished his father was dead, Hook attempted to go after Cage, who managed to escape as Hook laid out security.

The card for next week’s Dynamite:

  • Konosuke Takeshita vs. Adam Cole – if Cole wins, he earns match against MJF at Full Gear
  • Hangman Page & Christian Cage vs. Jay White and Juice Robinson
  • Mina Shirakawa returns

Jay White to face Hangman Page at AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Full Gear 2024 will host the next chapter in Jay White and Hangman Page’s feud.

After defeating Shane Taylor on AEW Collision tonight, White cut a promo challenging Page to face him at the Saturday, November 23 pay-per-view. It was announced later in the night that Tony Khan has made the match official. Page will address White and their Full Gear match while appearing on Dynamite this coming Wednesday.

This will be the second straight AEW PPV where White and Page have faced each other. White defeated Page at WrestleDream earlier this month, giving him a 4-1 record over Page through the course of their careers. White touted in his promo tonight that — at every step — he has always been ahead of Page. He offered Page a chance at redemption by facing him at Full Gear.

Following his loss at WrestleDream, Page cost White a match against Christian Cage on Dynamite last week. There was an angle this Wednesday where Page came up limping while fending off an attack by the Bang Bang Gang. White has referenced that storyline injury in his promos against Page.

Page’s one victory against White was in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament this summer. Interference by Christian led to White losing that match.

The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey wil be the venue for Full Gear.

AEW Full Gear 2024 (Saturday, November 23) —

AEW Collision live results: Ricochet vs. Lio Rush

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For the first time ever, Ricochet will battle Lio Rush in the one of the featured bouts on tonight’s live AEW Collision from Cedar Rapids, Iowa — the company’s debut show in the city.

Ricochet is looking to remain undefeated in singles matches while Rush is looking to rebound from a recent defeat to the debuting Shelton Benjamin.

Former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will take on the new look La Faccion Ingobernable of Rush & Dralistico. In other tag team action, The Outrunners will battle MxM Collection.

Anna Jay will look for her sixth straight win when she faces Viva Van while Penelope Ford will make her in-ring return for the first time since February 2023 when she faces Robyn Renegade.

In search of a rematch with Hangman Page, Jay White will go one-on-one with Shane Taylor.

Wheeler Yuta will be on hand to talk with Nigel McGuinness in a sit-down interview.

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AEW Collision comes to us live from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The show started with an exclusive video from after Dynamite. The AEW babyface army was surrounding the injured Chuck Taylor as he was stretchered out. Orange Cassidy shoved Daniel Garcia, saying he didn’t want to be involved because something like this would happen. Garcia told Cassidy that he had to do something about it now, and Cassidy said he would do something about it on Wednesday.

Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were at the commentary desk, noting that Chuck Taylor was recovering from the attack at the hospital.

Jay White (w/ Juice Robinson) defeated Shane Taylor (w/ Lee Moriarty)

I’m enjoying White’s work since his return, with his dedicated leg work giving him the slightest of openings to get the win. A Hangman Page rematch was fairly obvious after the interference in the Christian Cage match, and now we have a set date for it at the PPV.

White went for the leg of Taylor before Moriarty interference allowed Taylor to land a big forearm. Taylor landed a big leg drop on the apron before jaw-jacking at the fans. After a commercial break, White dodged a leg drop in the ring and began a comeback, chopping away at Taylor in the corner. White landed a dragon screw leg whip and a kneebar stunner before scoring a nearfall with a DDT.

Taylor took a clothesline before headbutting White and dropping him with a uranage. White ducked a lariat and caught Taylor with a flatliner, followed by a side suplex. White hit a big uranage of his own for a nearfall. Moriarty tried to interfere again, but Robinson bounced him off the apron. Taylor hit White with a knee lift, but suffered from the knee work White had done earlier. Taylor went for the Marcus Garvey Driver, but the knee gave out, allowing White to hit the Blade Runner for the win.

White took the microphone after the match, noting that both Taylor and Hangman Page hit a lot harder than he does. He said that he got under Page’s skin because, despite Page’s accomplishments, White has always been better than him. White offered Page one last shot at redemption, challenging him to a match at Full Gear.

Ricochet was backstage with Lexy Nair, who asked about MVP’s managerial offer on Dynamite. Ricochet said that he planned on doing his own thing, leading to Lio Rush entering the frame. He noted that he also got an offer from MVP before telling Ricochet to not overlook him tonight.

Kyle Fletcher and his big buzzcut were backstage with Lexy Nair, who said he was here on Don Callis Family business. He would keep an eye on Ricochet on behalf of Konosuke Takeshita. Fletcher said that if Will Ospreay answered his challenge on Dynamite, he would be going on the shelf for a long time. And if he didn’t? Ospreay would prove that he was a coward. Fletcher said that he would be in action next week on Collision either way, wanting a new challenge after disposing of Ospreay.

Penelope Ford defeated Robyn Renegade

This was Ford’s first match in nearly 750 days. Renegade got some offense in, including a rope-hung DDT. But Ford ended up scoring the win with a gutbuster and the Muta Lock. After the match, Jamie Hayter appeared on the JumboTron, taking a page out of Ford’s book. She reiterated her challenge for the November 6th Dynamite.

FTR & The Outrunners were backstage with Lexy Nair. They were hyping each other up for their respective matches before the Outrunners made their way to the ring, with Dax Harwood noting that the Outrunners road to the AEW Tag Team Titles began tonight.

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) defeated MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden)

The Outrunners are a solid comedy team. My limit when it comes to comedy is when my intelligence is insulted, and these guys are far from doing that. They’re just a parody of territory wrestling, and I can live with that.

We got posing from Mansoor and Magnum to start before a shoulder block took Mansoor down. Madden snuck a tag in before blindsiding Floyd with a back elbow. Johnny TV was watching backstage as Madden challenged Floyd to a test of strength. Madden bailed first, but the Outrunners peppered him with dropkicks to send him out of the ring. They shot Mansoor onto Madden on the floor as we went to a commercial break.

Back from the break, MxM kept Magnum away from his corner. They hit a leg lariat variant on the Hart Attack for a nearfall. Magnum fought his way to the corner and made the tag to Floyd, who ran wild. Madden caught both of the Outrunners with a goozle, but they fought him off and hit an assisted bodyslam. They dropped Madden on top of Mansoor before hitting the Predator elbow drop. MxM came back with the old Beer Money finisher, but Floyd kicked out. The Doomsday Device was countered, and the Outrunners hit Total Recall for the win.

Wheeler Yuta Interview with Nigel McGuinness

I really enjoyed this interview. McGuinness having some sympathy for Danielson after the attack was a nice touch, with Yuta framing it perfectly as the Joker being upset that someone else killed Batman. Yuta came across like someone trying to convince himself that he had no choice but to join Moxley’s crew.

Wheeler Yuta sat down with Nigel McGuinness, who asked Yuta why he suffocated Bryan Danielson at WrestleDream. McGuinness said that he wanted to hear what Yuta had to say because he had to answer for it one day. Yuta mocked McGuinness, saying that they killed Batman before the Joker could. He questioned whether that was what McGuinness wanted, with all of the trash talk McGuinness had spoken about Danielson. McGuinness said that he wanted to prove that he was a better wrestler than Danielson, but Yuta went much further than that.

Yuta said that they gave Danielson a warrior’s death. The American Dragon that McGuinness knew was long dead, and they just put him out of his misery and got him out of the way for the greater good. McGuinness asked where it would stop after Yuta helped put his trainer Chuck Taylor on the shelf. Yuta said that if it wasn’t for the BCC, he’d be sitting beside a corpse, hoping it would rise up to save the day. If they were willing to do that to the people they loved, what would they do to everyone else for the greater good?

La Faccion Ingobernable & Jake Roberts were backstage. Roberts said that while FTR had proven a lot in wrestling, they hadn’t proven that they could hang with LFI. Roberts gave away their game plan, noting that they would go after Harwood’s bad shoulder and that there wasn’t anything they could do to stop them.

Ricochet defeated Lio Rush

Despite being the smaller man, Rush was a very good aggressor in this match. A good match here, with Ricochet continuing to settle into his groove in AEW.

Rush was the aggressor to start, sending Ricochet to the floor with a handspring. Ricochet came back with a hurricane boot to take control. Ricochet caught Rush with a 619 in the corner, then stuffed a Spanish Fly attempt before rocking Rush with a knee. Rush feigned being knocked out before sending Ricochet to the floor and landing a pair of dives as we went to commercial.

After the break, Rush took Ricochet off the top into the ropes. Ricochet evaded a frog splash before running wild on offense, hitting a running shooting star for a nearfall. Rush fought Ricochet off with a stunner and cut him off with a clothesline. Ricochet countered the Rush Hour with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a nearfall, calling out Takeshita in the process. Ricochet went for Vertigo, but Rush caught him with a nearfall after almost shoving him into the referee.

Rush followed with a hurricane kick for a nearfall as well. A frustrated Rush grabbed a chair from ringside, but Ricochet booted it into his face before landing a Fosbury Flop. Ricochet sent Rush into the ring and landed his new finisher, a running elbow strike, for the win.

Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, & The Beast Mortos were backstage with Lexy Nair. The Kingdom was still trying to get Mortos to team up with them instead of LFI and offered him a candy bag. They didn’t seem to be getting through to him, so they had Mike Bennett in a Mortos mask to translate. Mortos growled in response to all of this.

Anna Jay defeated Viva Van

The announcers put over Van’s accomplishments on New Japan’s US shows, teasing this as a trap match for Jay ahead of next week’s Women’s Title match. Van caught Jay with a leg lariat after a misdirection. After a commercial break, Jay fired up with a chop exchange before landing a shotgun dropkick. Jay hit a Dangerous Jay kick in the corner before scoring a nearfall with an Iconoclasm.

Van caught Jay with an upkick, then followed up with a backfist for a nearfall. Jay came back with a backstabber for a nearfall. Van hammered her in the corner before hitting a springboard crossbody for a nearfall. Van pulled Jay up into electric chair position, but Jay slid down and pulled Van into a Gory Bomb for the win.

We got comments from Mariah May in a pre-tape. May said that if Anna Jay quit the business tomorrow, no one would care as another blonde would take her place and waste five years of her life. She mocked the idea of Jay as a role model, saying that people who never give up were never good enough to begin with. May learned in Japan what she’s learned in AEW, that there’s not a woman alive who could touch her. May called herself the woman from hell who would step on anyone’s dream and told Jay that if next week was sink-or-swim, May would drown her.

(May continues to improve as she goes on as champion, with her slight character pivot working well. A very good promo to set up next week’s title match.)

We got a hype video for Adam Cole vs. Buddy Matthews on Dynamite. The announcers ran down the card for Fright Night Dynamite and next week’s Collision, with the addition of Kyle Fletcher vs. Komander.

Kyle O’Reilly & Tomohiro Ishii were backstage with Lexy Nair. O’Reilly said it was laughable that The Learning Tree thought they ran Ishii out of AEW, and that the word of the day per Mark Briscoe was honor, which the Learning Tree had none of. O’Reilly turned his attention to Orange Cassidy, saying that he had never seen Cassidy so angry before. He would let Cassidy say his peace on Dynamite. When Nair asked O’Reilly about his focus on the Undisputed Kingdom on Dynamite, O’Reilly said that he kept his eye on everything in AEW and that he was good in the Conglomeration.

FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Dralistico & Rush) (w/ The Beast Mortos & Jake Roberts)

A hard-hitting main event here that earned the crowd after a while. Dralistico is always at risk for an off night, but he was on point here to contribute to a good Collision main event. This FTRunners deal has the crowd’s attention, and I wonder where they go with it.

As the match began, Jay White vs. Hangman Page was made official for Full Gear, with a note that we will hear from Page on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Dralistico used his speed to outpace Harwood to start, but FTR got him in their corner for a quick double team to send him scurrying to tag Rush. Rush and Wheeler peppered each other with shots before FTR landed dual German suplexes to send them to the floor. Back in the ring, Dralistico caught Harwood’s attention and allowed Rush to send Harwood into the post.

After the break, Rush took Harwood on a tour of the barricades before LFI clubbered on him. Wheeler got the hot tag after a while and ran wild on both Rush and Dralistico. Dralistico came back with a springboard crucifix bomb, and both men slowly tagged out to their partners. Harwood and Rush charged each other with lariats before Rush landed a senton. Harwood ducked through both of their legs to set up a Wheeler double clothesline off the top rope.

Dralistico caught Harwood with a La Mistica, targeting the shoulder as Roberts said they would. Harwood got to the ropes as Wheeler ducked a Rush charge on the floor. Harwood hit a superplex, but a Shatter Machine attempt was cut off by Rush from the floor. Harwood got sent into Wheeler on the apron, with Dralistico scoring a roll-up nearfall. Wheeler cut off a Bull’s Horns attempt, and Harwood got a nearfall with a rebound powerbomb. Rush caught Harwood with a crucifix for a nearfall.

Rush and Harwood slapped each other as the crowd fired up. Rush fought off a Sharpshooter attempt to send Harwood into Mortos and get a roll-up nearfall. FTR sent Dralistico into Mortos before landing the Shatter Machine for the win. Mortos jumped Harwood after the bell, and LFI went to do more damage before The Outrunners ran them off. The babyfaces did the Predator handshake as we went off the air.

Two new matches, Swerve Strickland’s return booked for AEW WrestleDream

Posted on by Josh Nason

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The next challenger for AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May is set for Saturday’s WrestleDream following the Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite.

Former CMLL Women’s Champion and 2024 Owen Hart Foundation tournament winner Willow Nightingale will get the nod after winning a four-way that included Saraya, Nyla Rose and Jamie Hayter.

Nightingale got the win after hitting a Samoan drop on Saraya through a table, followed by her pinning Saraya and Harley Cameron who had interfered in the match repeatedly.

Britt Baker was set to face Nightingale for the shot, but Baker had to withdraw due to illness.

Nightingale defeated May in the finals of the aforementioned tournament. The champion will be looking for the third defense of the title she won at August’s All In.

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For the first time since losing to Hangman Page in a cage match at September’s All Out, former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will return at this Saturday’s pay-per-view.

The return was announced via a vignette on Tuesday. In recent weeks, new signee MVP has targeted Prince Nana, wanting to talk “business’ with Strickland and blaming Nana for his recent woes. MVP and another new signee, Shelton Benjamin, were shown watching the vignette backstage.

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Former AEW World Champion Hangman Page will battle old rival Jay White in another new match.

White made his in-ring return Wednesday and after picking up an easy win, he called out Page for a match Saturday after the two brawled and put Page through a table last Wednesday.

White made his return last week after being out since July with a foot injury. His last match was against Page who picked up the win that night in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament. The two have a history dating back to 2017 in Ring of Honor, continued in NJPW and returned in AEW.

White defeated Page in their first AEW match in October 2023.

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Here’s the current card for the pay-per-view from Tacoma, Washington:

  • AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson defends against Jon Moxley
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May defends against Willow Nightingale
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) defend against Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
  • TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Katsuyori Shibata
  • AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defends against Ricochet & Konosuke Takeshita in a three-way
  • ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe defends against Chris Jericho
  • Darby Allin vs. Brody King
  • Hangman Page vs. Jay White
  • Swerve Strickland returns
  • Zero Hour: ROH men’s TV Champion Atlantis Jr. defends against Brian Cage

Jay White, Hook announced for AEW Dynamite

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Jay White and Hook will both be part of tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite.

White returned to the company on last week’s show, coming to Juice Robinson’s aide as he was being hung over the ropes with a belt by Hangman Page. He had been gone since the July 6 AEW Collision where he lost to Page in the Owen Hart Cup semifinals. It was later reported he suffered a foot injury but was not expected to miss much time.

“He’s back TONIGHT
Switchblade Jay White! on TUESDAY Night AEW Dynamite
After returning to AEW last Wednesday with his sights set on Hangman Page, Jay White’s here TONIGHT!” Tony Khan wrote.

Hook is set to call out the person responsible for the attack on his father Taz in the parking lot last week.

The updated lineup for Dynamite Title Tuesday airing at a special 9 p.m. Eastern start time on October 8:

  • Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta vs. Claudio Castagnoli & PAC
  • NJPW Strong Women’s Champion & TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends both belts against Emi Sakura
  • Winner faces Mariah May at WrestelDream for the AEW Women’s World Championship: Britt Baker vs. Willow Nightingale
  • Hologram vs. Komander
  • Hook calls out the person who attacked Taz last week
  • Jay White appears live

Jay White returns on AEW Dynamite, lays out Hangman Page

Posted on by Josh Nason

After being out several months with an injury, former AEW Trios Champion Jay White made his return to AEW during Wednesday’s fifth anniversary episode of Dynamite with a target in mind: Hangman Page.

Page had just defeated White’s Bang Bang Gang teammate Juice Robinson and then proceeded to choke him out with his belt, hanging him over the top rope. White’s music hit and he surprised Page from behind, eventually brawling with the former AEW World Champion in the stands and spearing him through a table.

White had been out of action with a foot injury since the July 6th edition of Collision, losing to Page in the semifinals of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament. The injury resulted in White and the Gunns being forced to vacate the Trios titles.

Assuming a match between them is on tap soon, White will be facing a man on a roll as Page has won five straight singles bouts dating back to August.

AEW injury updates: Skye Blue, Dalton Castle, Jay White, Killswitch

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Several members of the AEW roster are dealing with recently suffered injuries.

– Bryan Alvarez has confirmed that Skye Blue suffered a broken ankle while facing Hikaru Shida on AEW Collision this past Saturday. Just minutes into the match, Blue hurt her right ankle while catching Shida on a crossbody to the outside. The match was stopped, Blue received medical treatment, and she was helped to the back.

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Blue’s significant other Kyle Fletcher shared a photo to social media on Sunday where Blue’s leg was in a cast.

– Dalton Castle is set to miss the remainder of 2024 after being injured while facing Roderick Strong in a match for Collision that was taped on July 10. During the bout, Castle was knocked out with a flying knee. It caused the match to end earlier than expected when Castle was unable to kick out of Strong’s pin attempt.

Alvarez notes that Castle did not suffer a concussion. It’s a different injury, and Castle will need to undergo surgery

– Jay White’s injury that caused The Bang Bang Gang (White, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) to vacate the AEW Trios titles is a legitimate foot injury, but White is not expected to miss a significant amount of time.

– After the titles were vacated, The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch & Nick Wayne) defeated Juice Robinson & The Gunns to become the new AEW Trios Champions. Killswitch (the former Luchasaurus) hurt his arm in that match, but it’s expected that he’ll work through it. The injury appears to be a partially torn biceps.

Hangman Page advances to Owen Hart Foundation tournament final on AEW Dynamite

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The finals of the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament are now set after Hangman Page defeated Jay White in their semifinal match on Saturday’s AEW Collision.

Page now moves on to face Bryan Danielson on this Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with the winner moving onto to challenge AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland at August’s All In.

A twist that occurred after the show is that Jeff Jarrett will now be special enforcer after he got involved during Saturday’s match.

Danielson and Page have squared off three times in AEW with the two going to a one-hour time limit draw in December 2021. The two then rematched a few weeks later for Page’s then-World title. After going 0-1-1, Danielson finally got a win in the first round of the 2022 Grand Slam Tournament of Champions.

The end of Saturday’s match came when White and Page exchanged counters and White got tossed into the referee, knocking him down. Page got a visual pin and then decided to remove his belt to order to choke and whip White with it.

Jarrett then came out to grab the belt but got tossed by another referee. In the chaos, Christian Cage entered the ring and speared White, leading to Page recovering and hitting a Buckshot clothesline to get the pin and win with the original referee counting.

The reason for Cage’s interference is that he and The Patriarchy are in hot pursuit of White and the Gunns’ AEW Trios titles. White had previously made some disparaging comments about the group which Cage retorted earlier on the Collision episode.

Page was bloodied during the match and continued the new-look aggressive style he displayed against Jarrett in the semifinals, his first match since March’s AEW Revolution.

Page, a former AEW World Champion, has feuded with Strickland since last October’s WrestleDream while Danielson has squared off with Strickland once, defeating him on an October 2023 edition of Dynamite.

AEW Collision live results: MJF opens the show

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Following his actions on AEW Dynamite, MJF opens this week’s AEW Collision from Southaven, MS.

The former AEW World Champion savagely attacked Daniel Garcia on Wednesday following his loss to Will Ospreay, bloodying him up with his Dynamite Diamond Ring and delivering a second rope tombstone piledriver, scurrying away when Ospreay made his way back to the ring.

The second men’s Owen Hart Foundation semifinal will take place as Hangman Page takes on Jay White. The winner faces Bryan Danielson this Wednesday to determine AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland’s challenger for August’s All In.

After being out since March, Riho will make her in-ring AEW return against Lady Frost. AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will be in non-title action, taking on Trish Adora.

The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy) will take on the Iron Savages (Jacked Jameson, Bulk & Bear).

We’ll also hear from new TNT Champion Jack Perry and from the Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne).

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It’s Saturday night, you know what that means. Collision starts with a recap of MJF’s attack on Daniel Garcia from this past Wednesday’s Dynamite, with words from Matt Menard telling MJF that he had better be sure that he finished the job. MJF made his way to the ring as Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

MJF Town Hall

A good reset for MJF, as his reasons for turning on the fans were strong and logical. His vendetta against the fans allows him to go after any babyface he wants, with his focus seeming to be on Will Ospreay in particular.

MJF immediately dumps on the locals, calling them inbred. MJF said that Daniel Garcia was nothing but a pawn. He was never going to give Garcia a match at All In: Wembley and was always going to stab him in the back. MJF called Garcia a Make-A-Wish kid, having offered him the biggest match of his life only for Garcia to not answer him. After what he did to Garcia, MJF said that he would never wrestle again.

MJF then threw to footage from the August 2nd, 2023, episode of Dynamite where he opened up to the fans about his mental issues and the childhood bullying he endured. Back in the ring, MJF was furious at the fans for turning on him despite him opening up about those issues. He watched from home as people chanted Thank You Joe for taking the World Title from him. The fans turned on him in favor of people like Swerve Strickland, Kazuchika Okada, and Will Ospreay.

MJF said what he did wasn’t personal to Garcia, it was personal to the fans. He was going to take everything from the fans because what they like sucks. MJF said that the fans have ruined the promotion that he built, and the only way to fix it will be with him on top. MJF said that Will Ospreay was a child, who only cared about star ratings instead of Nielson ratings. MJF challenged Ospreay to a fight right now.

Ospreay’s music hit, but Schiavone noted that Ospreay wasn’t here. MJF said that Ospreay wasn’t here because he was a two-faced coward before telling the fans that they could thank him later.

The Conglomeration were backstage with Lexy Nair. Kyle O’Reilly was bummed out after Forbidden Door, but Mark Briscoe fired them up with the word of the day: epiphany. Failure was only in the mind, and they were going to get a piece of the Iron Savages tonight. As usual, Orange Cassidy didn’t care.

The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Mark Briscoe & Orange Cassidy) defeated Iron Savages (Boulder, Bronson & Jacked Jameson)

I wondered what the point of putting O’Reilly against the Undisputed Kingdom was since they feuded very recently. But if the Conglomeration is going to be a regular unit, then making this a trios feud will be fun.

The Undisputed Kingdom made their way to the commentary table. After some shenanigans with the Savage Sauce, the Savages isolated O’Reilly as we went to a commercial. After the break, Briscoe got a hot tag in and ran wild. After some cajoling from Briscoe, Cassidy tagged in and ran wild on all three Savages. Cassidy and O’Reilly hit a high knee/chop block combination, leading to Cassidy scoring the win with an Orange Punch on Bronson.

TNT Champion Jack Perry spoke backstage in the reflection of his newly won championship. He challenged the first TNT Champion for the title, but he wasn’t ready then. Perry said that he was now ready to make the sacrifices needed to be champion and spoke as if he was issuing an open challenge for the title tonight.

We got a video package highlighting Swerve Strickland’s successful AEW World Championship defense at Forbidden Door.

Hangman Adam Page was backstage with Lexy Nair. When asked why he returned now, Page said it was because of convenience. Not for him, but for them, referring to the Young Bucks. They didn’t care about what he and his family were going through, it only mattered when they found an opportunity to use him. He knew why Hangman was back, this time referring to Swerve Strickland. Pronouns, pal. Hangman promised to his dying breath to go to Wembley Stadium and right the wrongs done to him in the past. When asked about wrestling a man he’s never beaten in Jay White in tonight’s tournament match, Page walked off.

Toni Storm (w/Luther & Mariah May) defeated Trish Adora (w/ The Infantry)

Adora took an early advantage, tying Storm up in several submissions. Storm came back with a hip attack that sent Adora off the apron. Storm then took the mic and threw it to commercial after requesting a standing ovation.

After the break, Adora caught Storm with a Bossman Slam backbreaker. Adora caught Storm with a kneeling German suplex but got tripped up on a corner charge. That allowed Storm to hit a hip attack and a DDT for a nearfall. A strike exchange ended with Storm catching a lariat and hitting the Storm Zero for the win.

We got a video package previewing Willow Nightingale vs. Mariah May in the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Finals.

After a promo for the new Brodie Lee memorial Reeboks, Christian Cage & The Patriarchy were backstage. He said that people were shocked that he allowed Bullet Club Gold to speak to him that way last week. They had to google who the champions were because of how lackluster the champions were before running them all down one-by-one. Cage planned on bringing the Trios Championships to new heights, and hoped to bring out the Jay White that everyone thought they were getting when he signed to AEW.

Cage called in Kip Sabian, who was standing near their camera shot. Sabian said that he just lost his father. Cage said that Sabian should be happy that his father wasn’t around to see what a disappointment Sabian turned out to be. Cage then had Killswitch beat up Sabian off-screen.

TNT Championship Open Challenge – Jack Perry defeated Marko Stunt to retain

What a pull, getting Perry’s old partner Stunt for his first title defense. Stunt was fantastic here, bumping like a madman for Perry as the hometown crowd went wild for him. I wouldn’t be opposed to Stunt being a regular again if he can make everyone look as good as he helped Perry look. This was perfect for what they went out there to do.

Perry looked like he saw a ghost, seeing his former Jurassic Express partner and local hero Marko Stunt accept his challenge. Perry offered Stunt the chance to leave, but Stunt instead headbutted him and laid in the shots. Perry laid him out with a clothesline and laid in shots. Stunt went for a tornado DDT, but Perry lawn darted him into the turnbuckle for a sick nearfall.

The crowd chanted for Stunt as Perry laid the boots to him. Stunt fired up, catching Perry with a hurricanrana off of a suplex attempt. Stunt hit a tornado codebreaker before going to the top rope. Perry caught Stunt off the top rope and powerbombed him into the turnbuckle. Perry then hit the Glass Jaw knee for the win.

We got a video package on Bryan Danielson’s win on Dynamite, which advanced him to the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals.

Claudio Castagnoli defeated The Beast Mortos

This was a fun first-time encounter between these two international powerhouses. Powerhomes? They’re keeping Castagnoli warm for something, possibly a title challenge.

Mortos caught Castagnoli with a chop block, but Castagnoli came back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a stomp. Mortos came back with a gamengiri and a powerslam for a nearfall. Mortos went for a rising knee in the corner but Castagnoli moved, sending Mortos over the top rope into a cameraman. Mortos avoided a baseball slide before hitting a tornillo to the floor. Castagnoli sent Mortos into the post before hitting a back suplex as we went to the commercial.

They traded strikes as we came back from the break, with Mortos scoring a nearfall with a pop-up Samoan drop. Mortos hit a step-up headbutt but ran into an uppercut. Mortos popped out of a Ricola Bomb and hit a spear for a nearfall. Castagnoli vaulted Mortos to the floor on a monkey flip attempt, then high-fived the cameraman Mortos ran into before hitting a running uppercut on the barricade.

Mortos came back, picking Castagnoli up and dropping him with a Bane-esque backbreaker for a nearfall. Castagnoli caught Mortos off the second rope with an uppercut, then hit the Giant Swing. Castagnoli hit a running lariat for the win.

Claudio Castagnoli defeated The Beast Mortos

This was a fun first-time encounter between these two international powerhouses. Powerhomes? They’re keeping Castagnoli warm for something, possibly a title challenge.

Mortos caught Castagnoli with a chop block, but Castagnoli came back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a stomp. Mortos came back with a gamengiri and a powerslam for a nearfall. Mortos went for a rising knee in the corner but Castagnoli moved, sending Mortos over the top rope into a cameraman. Mortos avoided a baseball slide before hitting a tornillo to the floor. Castagnoli sent Mortos into the post before hitting a back suplex as we went to commercial.

They traded strikes as we came back from the break, with Mortos scoring a nearfall with a pop-up Samoan drop. Mortos hit a step-up headbutt but ran into an uppercut. Mortos popped out of a Ricola Bomb and hit a spear for a nearfall. Castagnoli vaulted Mortos to the floor on a monkey flip attempt, then high-fived the cameraman Mortos ran into before hitting a running uppercut on the barricade.

Mortos came back, picking Castagnoli up and dropping him with a Bane-esque backbreaker for a nearfall. Castagnoli caught Mortos off the second rope with an uppercut, then hit the Giant Swing. Castagnoli hit a running lariat for the win.

Matt Menard was backstage with Lexy Nair. He suffered a concussion in the attack by MJF on Wednesday. Daniel Garcia is back at home in Buffalo, having lost all strength in the left side of his body. He will be making a full recovery, and Menard promised him that he’d let Garcia get his hands on him first. MJF didn’t know when that would be, but when it came, he wouldn’t get dancing Daniel Garcia. MJF would get Red Death.

Serena Deeb spoke on Riho’s return backstage. She spoke on their highly acclaimed match from Double or Nothing 2021, but warned Riho that she was stronger than she was back then.

Riho defeated Lady Frost

Always good to see Riho back in action. I was live for the Deeb/Riho match from Double or Nothing 2021, and it was a standout match. It’s interesting to see a downcard feud in the women’s division. No titles or massive grudge, just two talents looking to find out who is the better woman. I like it.

Frost started with the advantage, hitting a neckbreaker for a nearfall. Riho sidestepped a Frost corner charge, getting her in position for a 619 – or an 03 if you want the area code for Shinagawa, Japan. Riho hit a high cross for a nearfall as we went to commercial.

After the break, Riho sent Frost to the floor and hit a high cross to the floor. Frost avoided a double stomp and hit the Chilla Drilla for a nearfall. They traded strikes before Frost hit an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Frost hit a high-arcing moonsault for a nearfall. Riho came back with a dragon suplex before hitting a leg-trap Code Red called Runhei – for reference, Kofi Kingston does a similar move called the SOS – for the win.

Shane Taylor Promotions & Top Flight were backstage with Lexy Nair, with a match set up between them for next week’s Rampage. They got in each other’s faces before leaving with no physicality.

We got a video package hyping the Samoa Joe vs. Chris Jericho Stampede Street Fight on next week’s Dynamite.

Owen Hart Foundation 2024 Men’s Tournament Semifinal Match – Hangman Page defeated Jay White

This was an awesome main event. These two had great chemistry, with White picking his spots against Page like a bullfighter sidestepping a raging bull. Several threads came together with the finish, with Jeff Jarrett and Christian Cage getting involved to set up future bouts. This was an odd match on paper, but it came together beautifully.

Ring announcer Bobby Cruise informed the crowd before the bell that the Bang Bang Gang were to be ejected from the building by order of The Young Bucks, as the Bucks continue to try and curry favor with Page. Page took the fight to White, laying in heavy strikes to White in and out of the ring. Page sent White flying with a fallaway slam, but White caught Page with a neck wringer across the ropes.

Page came back quickly, sending White to the floor with a triangle clothesline and a hard whip into the barricade. Back in the ring, White almost caught Page with a Blade Runner, but Page clawed at White’s face to escape before spinning him around in a sleeper hold.

After a commercial, Page was heavily lacerated as White caught Page’s leg with a Dragon Screw leg whip. White hammered Page with chops before clawing his eyes. White dropped Page with a DDT for a nearfall. Page hit a rolling elbow, but White caught him with a swift flatliner before hitting a deadlift German suplex.

The two fought to the apron as the announcers ran down the Dynamite card, with the addition of a Global Glory Four-Way Match between Claudio Castagnoli, Kyle Fletcher, PAC, & Tomohiro Ishii. Also announced was a match for Collision next week as Konosuke Takeshita would take on Tommy Billington in Calgary. Page sent White into the ring post before powerbombing him into the apron.

Page went for the Buckshot Lariat, but White slumped to the mat, baiting White into a small package for a nearfall. White caught Page with another Dragon Screw through the ropes, but Page came back with a pop-up powerbomb for a nearfall. Page went for another Buckshot, but White caught him with a uranage for a nearfall. White hit a sleeper suplex, but Page fought out of the Blade Runner. The two countered each other’s finishers before Page sent White into the referee.

Page got a visual cover with a Deadeye before whipping White with his belt. Jeff Jarrett came down to take the belt away from Page before getting escorted away by another referee. Christian Cage snuck into the ring to spear White, allowing Page to hit the Buckshot Lariat to clinch his spot in the tournament final. A bloody Page eyed up the Owen Trophy as the show ended.

Jay White advances in men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament

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Jay White has advanced in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament.

White defeated Rey Fenix on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals of the tournament, winning after catching Fenix with the bladerunner. He will take on the winner between Jeff Jarrett and a ‘wild card’ entrant that the Elite will be choosing on next week’s AEW Dynamite Beach Break event.

Besides White, PAC is the only other person to advance in the men’s tournament so far. He will meet the winner of the match between Shingo Takagi and Bryan Danielson at Forbidden Door this Sunday.

In the women’s tournament, Willow Nightingale and Kris Statlander Have advanced to the semifinals and will also face off at Dynamite: Beach Break next week. Other matches in the tournament still set to take place are Deonna Purrazzo vs. Hikaru Shida and Mariah May vs. Saraya.

The finals of both tournaments will be held on AEW Dynamite on July 10. The winners will receive World title matches for All In on August 25.

Jay White vs. Dante Martin announced for AEW Rampage

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Jay White will be in action right after AEW Dynamite.

The company confirmed on social media Tuesday that Jay White will be in action on Rampage facing Top Flight’s Dante Martin. AEW’s post on X noted that the two had started in the Casino Gauntlet match that took place on last week’s AEW Dynamite, which was eventually won by Will Ospreay.

Bullet Club Gold also successfully defended the new Unified Trios titles on this past Saturday’s Collision, defeating Top Flight & Action Andretti.

“After opening the Inaugural Casino Gauntlet Match last week + colliding for the Unified Trios Title on Saturday, @lucha_angel1 goes 1-on-1 vs Switchblade for the 1st Time Ever!” they wrote.

This week’s Rampage will air live immediately after Wednesday’s Dynamite. The show has been moving days as a result of NHL and NBA coverage on TNT, last airing this past Saturday night after Collision, which will not air this week.

Here is the updated lineup for Rampage:

  • Jay White vs. Dante Martin

AEW Rampage live results: Jay White vs. Dante Martin, Manitoba Massacre match

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A special live edition of AEW Rampage airs immediately tonight following Dynamite due to NHL and NBA playoff coverage this Friday.

Jay White will take on Dante Martin of Top Flight. The two were the first entrants in a Casino Gauntlet match on last week’s Dynamite that determined a new number one contender for the AEW International title.

The two also faced one another on this past Saturday’s Collision as Bullet Club Gold successfully defended the Unified Trios titles, defeating Top Flight and Action Andretti.

Announced during Dynamite, TBS Champion Willow Nightingale will defend against Skye Blue in a Manitoba Massacre match. Blue is aligned with Julia Hart whom Nightingale defeated for the title at Dynasty. This will be Nightingale’s first title defense.

In a challenge match, Rocky Romero will go one-on-one with Kyle O’Reilly for the first time since June 2016 in NJPW.

The main card is rounded out by Konosuke Takeshita facing London Lightning.

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AEW Rampage comes on the air with doctors and FTR checking on Kenny Omega as The Elite wave to the crowd and make their way to the back as a stretcher is brought down. As Omega was taken back to an ambulance, The Elite ambushed FTR and doctors, leaving Omega all alone on the stretcher. Matthew said he loves Omega to death, but this is just business, they have to Change the World. They dump the stretcher over onto the concrete and told doctors to check on him, as Dax Harwood crawls over to Omega.

Switchblade Jay White defeated Dante Martin

Martin wasted no time showing off his athleticism with a short dive to the floor, back flipped off the apron, landed on his feet and delivered a pump knee. Back inside, Martin wanted a springboard, but White swept the legs out and Martin crash landed into commercial.

White controlled the entire break, but Martin hit a dropkick to lead to the reset. Martin flipped out of the ropes into a series a chops and used his speed to side step White into a springboard cross body for two. Martin took too long to follow up, allowing White to hit a Uranage. Both men slugged it out, as White was hung up in the ropes, with Martin connecting on a Nose Dive for a close near fall. Martin went for his spinning slam, but White countered into a Sleeper Suplex and Blade Runner, spiking Martin for the win. White was going to leave, raised the hand of Martin, but suckered him into a Bloody Sunday before bailing as Darius Martin & Action Andretti ran to the ring.

-Arkady Aura is standing by with Deonna Purrazzo who said she attacked Thunder Rosa last week because she said when is enough enough? She’s The Virtuosa and after last week, she’s starting to feel like herself and if Rosa wants to make this personal, she can do exactly that.

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-A video package on Rush is shown

-Renee Paquette is backstage with Big Bill who said he wants to be under The Learning Tree of Chris Jericho because he has all the tools to make it to the top, just not the proper guidance. Jericho is the one who could give him that guidance and take him to the promise land. Jericho walks in smiling and said he was able to retain his title tonight over Shibata because the fans cheered him on. Jericho said Bill is right, he’d love to take him into the Jericho Vortex. Bill said he won’t let him down. Jericho calls Bill the Big Redwood by the Learning Tree’s side.

-Swerve Strickland is in the back saying Christian Cage chose to team with Strickland at All In because he knew what he’s capable of. It seems like Cage forgot, so next week, they should have a chat so he can remind him and next week, he won’t be alone.

Kyle O’Reilly defeated Rocky Romero

Both men showing why they know each other so well with a crazy series of counters in the early going leading to multiple stalemates. O’Reilly gets the first submission attempt with an ankle lock, but Romero rose into an enzugiri to the floor, where Romero followed up with a Tope. Romero tried again, but O’Reilly caught him with a cross arm breaker on the floor, as things went to commercial.

When things returned, both men are kicking and slugging it out until O’Reilly connected with a Nigel lariat for the double down. O’Reilly sets up Romero in the corner, but Romero battled back and hit an Avalanche Sliced Bread for a close two. Romero shot for a single leg, but O’Reilly caught him with a knee strike. Romero battled back, but walked right into an O’Reilly kimura, which was escaped into an arm breaker. Both men keep trading submissions and pin attempts until Romero got a kimura of his own, but O’Reilly countered into a roll up for the flash pin.

-Arkady Aura is backstage with Saraya & Harley Cameron who trash talk Mariah May’s loss earlier tonight. Saraya runs down Toni Storm and Cameron challenges her to a match next week. Saraya scolds Cameron for rambling and said Storm doesn’t have to tell them to put their tits out, they already do and walk off.

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-Arkady Aura is backstage once again, this time with The Undisputed Kingdom and asks about Roderick Strong about his match with Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing. Matt Taven calls Aura “not Lexy” but she said it should be “not Renee” as he scolds her and puts over Neck Strong trending on social media the last week. Strong said the Aerial Assassin will need all the bullets in his chamber to defeat him. At Double or Nothing WILL! Ospreay will fall to the Messiah of the Backbreaker.

Willow Nightingale defeated Skye Blue in Manitoba Massacre to retain the TBS Title

Kris Statlander came to the stage with Nightingale and presented her with a trash can lid before leaving, as Nightingale hit ringside and decked Blue with the lid. Both ladies brawled into the crowd as the match is literally 20 seconds in and Tony Schiavone said he’s never seen anything like this. Nightingale exposed the guard rail, but Blue hung her up by the throat. Blue leapt off the railing, but ate a chair shot to the face. Nightingale scurried to throw weapons in from under the ring, set Blue up on a chair, wanted a tumbleweed, but Blue moved and flattened the chair to go to break.

When things returned, Blue had a trash can lid in her hand ringside and charged, but Nightingale hit a big time Pounce. Back in the ring, Blue was set up in the corner holding a chair, Nightingale charged, but Blue threw the chair to the face. Blue is bleeding from the head and we’re told by Excalibur it was from “something on the floor”. Blue brought a bag from under the ring and unlike on Dynamite, it wasn’t hockey pucks, this time it’s tacks. Nightingale backed Blue up in the corner, wanted a superplex, but Blue slid out, wanted a powerbomb, instead chucked the chair in the face. Blue wanted a superplex, but Nightingale hit an Avalanche Spinning Fisherman’s Bomb onto the tacks, but only got two.

Nightingale set a table up ringside, but ate another chair shot back inside. Nightingale avoided Code Blue, slammed Blue on the chair, tried a moonsault, but crashed and burned. After a thrust kick, Blue went under the ring and pulled out a barbed wire board, placing it on the already set up table. Blue wanted a Death Valley Driver off the apron, but Nightingale instead hit the Doctor Bomb through the barbed wire table to get the win. Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway helped Nightingale out post-match. I thought this was going to be super rushed when this match started, but these ladies went nuts during the overrun of the show and ended up having a pretty wild main event.

AEW Dynamite 5/8/24

· Adam Copeland defends the TNT Title against Brody King

· Orange Cassidy takes on Trent Beretta

Jay White vs. Darby Allin set for AEW Big Business

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A new match has been made official for AEW Big Business.

Tony Khan announced during Sunday’s AEW Revolution media scrum that Jay White will go against Darby Allin in a singles match on the March 13th edition of AEW Dynamite in Boston. It will be the first match Allin will have as a singles wrestler following Sting’s retirement at Revolution, where he and Allin were successful in retaining the AEW Tag Team titles against The Young Bucks.

In the opening match at Revolution Zero Hour, White and the rest of the Bang Bang Scissor Gang were successful, defeating Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, Private Party, and Willie Mack in a twelve-man tag match. After pinning Mack, White said they were the greatest group in the greatest company. He teased he would be a part of Big Business by saying maybe he’d handle some big business of his own.

When Big Business was announced last month, Tony Khan said that it would be one of the most important nights in AEW history. It is widely expected the show will feature the debut of Mercedes Mone.